Title(s)

Relief in the complex of the Isurumuniya temple in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka

Object type

• photomechanical print
• page

Object number

RP-F-2001-7-285-16

Inscriptions / marks

• title: ‘SCULPTURED TABLET AT ISURUMUNIYA.’

Description

Voorstellende zijn de geliefden Saliya en Asokamala.

Artist

• Henry William Cave
• anonymous

Place

Anuradhapura

Dating

1896

Material

• paper

Technique

Woodburygravure

Measurements

height 89 mm × width 121 mm

What

• sculpture (+ relief ~ sculpture)
• places and objects of worship ~ Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism
• (lovers) caressing each other

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Mondriaan Stichting, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the VSBfonds, the Paul Huf Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Egbert Kunstfonds

Acquisition

purchase 2001

Copyright

Public domain

Is part of

• The ruined cities of Ceylon (RP-F-2001-7-285)