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Title
Twin ponds
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
One of the pots of abundance (punkalasa) placed on pedestals at the tops of flights of steps. The top of the pot is sculpted with a lotus-bud motif.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
acs00542.jpg
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/657
Subject
Pots
Ponds
Time Period
From 6th to 7th century CE
Place
Abhayagiri Monastery
Anurādhapura
Sri Lanka
Relation
Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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