Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

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Title

Teapoy

Subject

Furniture

Description

Teapoy, the circular, dished top on spiral turned column, supported by three legs in the form of stylized bird heads.

Source

Lunuganga Trust, Lunuganga

Date

1700-1799

Relation

Full size
Whole

Identifier

gbl.41

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Period

18th century

Place of Creation

SW Sri Lanka

Measurements (H: W: L:)

71.1 x 30.5 cm.(28 x 12 in.)

Materials

Nadun

Techniques

Turned and carved

Features

Spiral turned column

Citation

"Teapoy," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #639, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/639 (accessed May 3, 2026).

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