A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c9.s2.58
A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c9.s2.58
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Plate XIX) and of the same members on the capital of the inscribed pillar, or the similar Sārnāth pillar (*ante*, Plate XIII). The paws of the early Asokan sculptures are correctly modelled with four large front claws and one small hind claw, the muscles also being realistically reproduced. In the later work five large claws, all in front, are given to the paws, and the muscles are carelessly indicated by some straight channels running up and down.