A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c11.s3.20
A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c11.s3.20
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A few separate images have been found at Amarāvatī. Two large marble statues, 6 feet 4 inches in height, discovered during the recent supplemental excavations, are illustrated in Fig. 108. The opaque drapery is treated in a formalized style, quite different from the smooth transparent robes of the Gupta period, to be discussed in the next chapter, but to a certain extent resembling Gandhāra work, and