[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911) › c17.26 # A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c17.26 A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c17.26 - **Language:** English ### [c17.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c17.26) The most striking illustration of the close resemblance between the Mathurā presentation of the Woman and Tree motive and the Copto-Alexandrian form is found in an unexpected place, the cathedral of Aachen or Aix-la-Chapelle in Rhenish Prussia. Six remarkable ivory panels on the sides of the cathedral pulpit have been examined in a special disquisition by M. Strzygowski, who has proved to my satisfaction that the Aachen ivories are of Egyptian origin, and should be considered as examples of the Copto-Alexandrian school. They may have reached their resting-place by way of either Ravenna and Milan or Marseilles.¹ - [Previous: c17.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c17.25) - [Next: c17.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c17.27) - [Up: c17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c17) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c17.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c17.26) · Pramāṇa