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Title
Lankātilaka ("Jewel of Lanka"): Image house: Façade: Stucco decoration
Creator
de Silva, Preethi
Date Created and/or Issued
2016
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
Close-up view of an architectural model in stucco of a multi-tiered shrine with a vaulted dome and decorated with rows of figures including lions and dwarfs. (Other figures in niches of deities have been vandalized or have perished). It is flanked by two other smaller models of shrines.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
acs01352.jpg
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/1464
Subject
Models and modelmaking
Shrines (structures)
Stucco
Time Period
12th century CE
Place
Lankātilaka Pilimagē
Polonnaruva
Sri Lanka
Relation
Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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