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Description: Associated with Buddhist Tantric ritual is this sculpture of the male and female in an erotic posture, carved on the outside wall of the 8th century A. D., Nalanda Gedige, Sri Lanka.

Contributor: Co-Author: Seneviratna, Harsha

Collection: Women in Sri Lankan Sculpture and Painting

Description: The female in erotic art: It is noteworthy that eroticism is not a pervasive phenomenon in early Sri Lankan art and extreme forms of it are very few and far between. Rather more frequent are amorous couples, usually described as mithuna figures.

Contributor: Co-Author: Seneviratna, Harsha

Collection: Women in Sri Lankan Sculpture and Painting