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Title: Council Chamber of King Parākramabāhu the Great: Stone lion: Pillar décor
Creator: Bopearachchi, Osmund
Date Created and/or Issued: 2015
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 of an ornate pillar of stone that would have supported the wooden roof of the Council Chamber. It varies in shape and is square at the bottom, octagonal in the middle and rectangular at the top. The decoration at top depicts a lotus blossom which is separated from the next ornate motif by an unadorned but chiseled surface. Other decorative motifs end at the bottom with a figure of a gana.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: acs01196.JPG
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/1276
Subject: Pillars
Time Period: 12th century CE
Place: King Parākramabāhu the Great's Council Chamber
Polonnaruva
Sri Lanka
Relation: Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15