The female in erotic art

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Title

A woman on the lap of a man

Subject

Lovers in art
Stone carving--Isurumuniya Temple (Sri Lanka)
Makara symbol

Description

Amorous couples, showing the female sitting on the lap of the male, figure among the auspicious symbols coming out of the jaws of the dragon or makara in ornamental arches associated with Buddhist temples of the late Anuradhapura period. On the lintel of a stone doorway at the Isurumuniya temple is this couple, one of a pair on either side of the arch, disgorged by the dragon.

Creator

Sirima Kiribamune

Source

Isurumuniya Temple, Sri Lanka

Date

ca. 9th-10th 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.134

Coverage

ce

Citation

Sirima Kiribamune, "A woman on the lap of a man," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #12631, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/12631 (accessed March 29, 2024).

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