A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c18.70

c18.70

marble, a material little employed in Persia, and by the abstinence from coloured tile decoration so much favoured by the architects of that country. The building (Fig. 240) is of special interest as being to some extent the model of the inimitable 'Tāj'. The dome is built entirely of white marble, the rest of the masonry being in red sandstone, with inlaid ornaments of white marble. The four corner cupolas and the narrow-necked dome now make their first appearance in India.²