Buddhist art in India : translated from the 'Handbuch' of Albert Grünwedel (1901)
Grünwedel, Albert, 1856-1935 · London : B. Quaritch · leaf 164
en on ill. 105, as well as on others, there appears among the foliage a small figure of Buddha, standing or seated. ‘These figures have been regarded as a possible indi- cation of age. The first prominent example of this practice, in classical art, as Mr. Fergusson pointed out,! seems to be found… … 105. INDO-CORINTHIAN CAPITAL FROM LORIYAN TANGAT, Original in Ind. Mus., Calcutta. among the acanthus leaves on the Corinthian capitals of the ante of the temple of Augustus, built by Greek artists at Ancyra about A.D. 10; and another example is found on the capitals at Priene. These are of earlier…
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