A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c12.s1.46
A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c12.s1.46
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The unique copper colossus of Buddha, about 7½ feet high, now in the Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham (Fig. 118), is, perhaps, more closely akin to the Sārnāth than to the Mathurā image, the robes being almost smooth, with the folds marked very faintly. The transparency of the garments is clearly marked. This remarkable work, which I had some difficulty in tracing, deserves further notice. The statue was