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Title
An amorous couple on a pillar
Subject
Love in art
Stone carving--Atadage--Polonnaruwa--Sri Lanka
Description
This couple forming part of the ‘Tree of life’ or Kalpavruksa carved on one of the stone pillars at the Atadage in Polonnaruva bears a close resemblance to the ‘Isurumuniya Lovers’. It probably belong to the period, 11th to the 12th centuries A.D.
Creator
Sirima Kiribamune
Source
Atadage--Polonnaruva, Sri Lanka
Date
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.137
Coverage
ce
Collection
Citation
Sirima Kiribamune, "An amorous couple on a pillar," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #12634, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/12634 (accessed April 24, 2024).