A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c13.s6.37
A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c13.s6.37
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The nudity above the waist, which may offend the European eye, is in accordance with the ancient custom of Southern India and Ceylon, not wholly disused, I believe, even in these days. The waist is rather too much attenuated, in conformity with common Indian practice, examples of which may be found even in the Bharhut sculptures (*ante*, p. 73); but, except for that defect, the modelling is good, and the hands especially are admirable.