The female in narrative art

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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

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).

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