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Title: Niche, Seated Buddha statue, Makara arch
Creator: de Silva, Preethi
Date Created and/or Issued: 1999
Publication Information: Claremont Colleges Library
Contributing Institution: Claremont Colleges Library
Collection: Ancient Cultural Sites and Royal Residences
Rights Information: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Description: A niche in the outer wall of stūpa with a seated Buddha statue in dhyāna mudrā above a vāhalkada. The niche is framed by stucco decoration in relief comprising two stucco pillars and arch including a makara head at the center. Here illuminated by a recently installed temporary lamp.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: acs00323.jpg
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/413
Subject: Statues
Buddha
Makara
Time Period: Begun in 144 BCE
Place: Mahāvihāra (The "great" monastery): Ruvanvälisǟya Dāgäbe (Mahāthūpa)
Anurādhapura
Sri Lanka
Relation: Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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