A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c16.1

c16.1

Several classes of Hindu minor works of art, which cannot properly be treated under the major heads of sculpture and painting, demand notice, and may be grouped together conveniently in a single chapter. Strict chronological arrangement being impracticable, the selected objects are classified, chiefly with regard to material, under the heads of (1) coinage; (2) gems, seals, and jade; (3) jewellery; (4) reliquaries and gold images; (5) silver *paterae* and bowls; (6) copper vessels; (7) wood-carving; (8) ivories; (9) terra-cottas and clay figures. Merely a small selection of specially interesting artistic works is offered, no attempt being made to discuss generally the industrial arts.