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Title
Standing Buddha statue
Creator
Bopearachchi, Osmund
Date Created and/or Issued
2002
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
Standing unfinished Buddha statue in gneiss, it has a squarish face. The two feet have been cut out separately and fixed together, remainder of original mortar and paint is visible. Height: 13 meters. The statue stands on a plain double lotus-type pedestal.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
acs00037.JPG
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/107
Subject
Statues
Buddha
Time Period
Circa 9th century CE
Place
Buduruwagala
Monerāgala District, near Wellawāya
Sri Lanka
Relation
Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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