Title(s)

Stone staircase with a moonstone and reliefs representing guardians, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka

Object type

• photomechanical print
• page

Object number

RP-F-2001-7-285-37

Inscriptions / marks

• title: ‘MOONSTONE, GUARDSTONES, AND STEPS.’

Artist

• Henry William Cave
• anonymous

Place

Anuradhapura

Dating

1896

Material

• paper

Technique

Woodburygravure

Measurements

height 101 mm × width 149 mm

What

• flight of steps
• doorkeeper, house-guard (inanimate)
• sculpture (+ relief ~ sculpture)

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)