A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c11.s2.2
A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c11.s2.2
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The hero grasps the beast with his left arm, and presumably threatened it with a club in the missing right hand. He is nude, except for a skin hung behind his back, and fastened by the paws round his neck. He is fairly well modelled in a way that suggests Greek reminiscences, but the lion, so far as can be seen, is a poor, feeble creature.