Women in Sri Lankan Sculpture and Painting

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Title

Divine consorts

Subject

Women in art--Sri Lanka
Stone carving--Atadage Temple--Polonnaruva (Sri Lanka)

Description

The two females in the company of an unidentified male god carved on one of the pillars at the Atadage temple, Polonnaruva, Sri Lanka may also fit into the category of divine consorts (ca. 11th-12th century A.D.).

Creator

Sirima Kiribamune

Source

Atadage, Polonnaruva, Sri Lanka

Date

ca. 11th-12th century A.D.
Period of study: 1986-1987
Version: 01/12/2012

Contributor

Co-Author: Seneviratna, Harsha
Technical Officer: Wijesinghe, Lalith
Technical Assistant: Jayasundare, Subhashini
Photographer: Madanayake, I.S.
International Center for Ethnic Studies, Kandy, Sri Lanka
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies, Colombo

Rights

All rights reserved by International Center for Ethnic Studies, Sri Lanka.

Relation

Forms part of Photographic documentation of Women as depicted in early Sri Lankan sculpture and painting / Slide in present collection

Format

JPEG 2000

Language

eng

Type

image

Identifier

PDWESLSP.S.22

Coverage

ce

Citation

Sirima Kiribamune, "Divine consorts," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #12519, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/12519 (accessed March 28, 2024).

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