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Title
A scene from a Jataka Story
Subject
Jataka stories--Illustrations
Wall paintings--Tivanka--Image House--Polonnaruva (Sri Lanka)
Description
This one-time queen turned beggar, carrying her crippled lover, an illustration of the Cullapaduma Jataka (one of the former birth stories of the Buddha) at the Tivanka Image House.
Creator
Sirima Kiribamune
Source
Tivanka Image House, Polonnaruva, Sri Lanka
Date
ca. 12th or 13th century A.D.
Period of study: 1986-1987
Version: 01/12/2014
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.154
Coverage
ce
Collection
Citation
Sirima Kiribamune, "A scene from a Jataka Story," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #12651, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/12651 (accessed April 19, 2024).