[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) › c17.57 # A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c17.57 A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c17.57 - **Language:** English ### [c17.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c17.57) The motive consisting of a vine or other conventionalized plant springing from a vase is common to Egyptian and ancient Indian art. M. Strzygowski gives three Egyptian examples in the essay cited above (\*Abb.\* 47, 50, 52). A good South Indian specimen, perhaps contemporaneous with the Sāñchī sculptures, is reproduced in Plate XC, Fig. A. - [Previous: c17.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c17.56) - [Next: c17.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c17.58) - [Up: c17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c17) ## Cites (1) - [Sāñcī](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.sanchi) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c17.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c17.57) · Pramāṇa