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Title: Council Chamber of King Parākramabāhu the Great: Stone lion
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: Lion figure carved in stone at right side of flight of steps with a flowing mane and its finely chiseled tail on top of its back encircling a lotus blossom motif similar to that found at the center of most ornate moonstones.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: acs01193.jpg
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/1270
Subject: Sculpture
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