The Buddhist Art of Gandhara: The Story of the Early School, its Birth, Growth and Decline c12.15
The Buddhist Art of Gandhāra: The Story of the Early School, its Birth, Growth and Decline c12.15
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c12.15
The second feature is the fine surface decoration carved in low relief on the throne and footstool of fig. 54. In spite of its being on such a small scale the details of the patterns, of which the ‘rosette and sheaf’ is the principal, are remarkably clear and effective. It is only at this period, so far as I know, that this highly refined type of ornamentation is found.