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# Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c12.48

Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c12.48

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### [c12.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c12.48)

arranged in cartouches, with floral decoration; outside them there is a wide edge of exquisite Persian floral diapers exactly in the style of the \*pietra dura\* decorations of the Taj Mahal at Agra, which are always wrongly attributed by Anglo-Indian tradition to the French adventurer at Shah Jahan's Court, Austin de Bordeaux.

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## Linked texts (2)

- [Taj Mahal](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.monument.taj-mahal)
- [Agra](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.agra)

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