A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c19.s5.3
A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c19.s5.3
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The bold floral mosaics made of marble or red sandstone which appear on the south gateway of Akbar's tomb (1605–12) are nearly equivalent in effect to *pietra dura* work, but are not identical with it.¹ The Mughal kings evidently loved flowers, which are admirably treated in all forms of art patronized by them.