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The female in erotic art
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Title
Erotic art
Subject
Erotic sculpture--Sri Lanka
Stone carving--Nalanda Gedige, Matale--Sri Lanka. Tantric-Buddhist art
Description
Associated with Buddhist Tantric ritual is this sculpture of the male and female in an erotic posture, carved on the outside wall of the 8th century A. D., Nalanda Gedige, Sri Lanka.
Creator
Sirima Kiribamune
Source
Nalanda Gedige, Sri Lanka
Date
ca. 8th 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.129
Coverage
ce
Collection
Citation
Sirima Kiribamune, "Erotic art," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #12626, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/12626 (accessed April 24, 2024).