A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c10.s1.14
A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c10.s1.14
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The material of the sculptures is usually a blue clay-slate, also described as 'horn-blende-schist'. The stone was frequently finished with fine plaster, like the rock sculptures of Ajantā and many other localities in India and Ceylon, and the effect was heightened by the free use of colour and gilding, traces of which are still occasionally discernible.