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Title
Murals: Vestibule painting
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
Mural in the third bay on the south wall of the vestibule. The bodhisattva (a king), at extreme right , instructs his attendant to offer a part of his own body as food for demons, portrayed at left with green colored bodies, thirsting for bloody flesh. Another demon next to the king carries a parasol as a sign of his conversion.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
acs01394.jpg
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/1504
Subject
Mural painting and decoration
Time Period
12th century CE
Place
Tivanka image house
Polonnaruva
Sri Lanka
Relation
Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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