A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c10.s2.58

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An imperfect frieze in the British Museum, about 16 inches long by 6½ inches high (Fig. 77), which puzzled Dr. Burgess, has been convincingly interpreted by M. Foucher as a representation of marine deities in a quasi-Greek fashion. The character of the personages as tritons or marine deities of some kind is established by the paddles which they carry and their kilts of fins cut in the shape of vine-leaves. The object borne in the right hand of the figure the second from the right end appears to be a dolphin, indicating that the holder was intended for Poseidon. The