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# A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c10.s2.5

A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c10.s2.5

- **Language:** English

### [c10.s2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c10.s2.5)

The remarkable attendant figure in this sculpture, which recurs frequently the Master is depicted with flames issuing from his head and the water of life from his feet. A remarkable parallel occurs in the Catacombs of Rome, where we find similar representations of the water of life streaming from the feet of Christ.¹ Fig. B shows

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