A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c16.s2.6

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I cannot trace a wonderful object briefly described by Mr. King—a sardonyx of great intrinsic value, six inches in height and width, and nearly the same in thickness, engraved with a representation of Buddha seated in a cave, surrounded by numerous attributes, and all cut with marvellous skill.⁵ The subject evidently was the visit of Indra, as treated in the Gandhāra and Mathurā sculpture (*ante*, Figs. 51, 60). The late General Pearse's rich collection of gems and seals, recently bought by the Government [Figure: 1