TY - JOUR T1 - Amarāvatī, Ceylon, and Three “Imported Bronzes” JF - The Art Bulletin Y1 - 1952 A1 - D'Ancona, Mirella Levi AB -

THREE standing Buddha images cast in metal, of exceptionally early date for the remains in Further India, have been found in Champa, Celebes, and Java (Figs, II, 13, and 14). These figures have always been mentioned as obvious products of the school of Amarāvatī and dated between the third and the sixth century A.D. Coedés, the great scholar on Further India, has subscribed to this general agreement, but has prudently added the statement that the term “Amarāvatī” does not exclude the possibility of the images coming from Ceylon. Several difficulties are involved in the question. The term “Amarāvatī” has been used by scholars in two different connotations. It may simply define the sculptures from the Great Stūpa at Amarāvatī) or, in its broader meaning, it may comprise all the sculptures from the Vengī region which are carved in the same kind of marble and share the same style.

VL - 34 SP - 1 - 17 UR - http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00043079.1952.11408084 CP - 1 J1 - The Art Bulletin ID - AZ-CF-184345 M3 - 10.1080/00043079.1952.11408084 SN - 0004-3079 ER -