Women in Sri Lankan Sculpture and Painting

Consort of Bodhisattva

Bodhisattvas--Spouses

Stone carving--Bas-relief--Isurumuniya temple museum--Anuradhapura--Sri Lanka

This couple is carved within a stone niche, is in the museum at the Isurumuniya temple, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. The four-armed male figure is either a god or a Bodhisattva and the consort has on her lap a figure which has not been satisfactorily identified. Stylistically, this relief carving may be dated to the 6th to the 7th century A.D. period.

Sirima Kiribamune

Isurumuniya Temple Museum, Sri Lanka

ca. 6th-7th century A.D.

Period of study: 1986-1987

Version: 01/12/2012

Co-Author: Seneviratna, Harsha

Technical Officer: Wijesinghe, Lalith

Technical Assistant: Jayasundare, Subhashini

Photographer: Madanayake, I.S.

International Center for Ethnic Studies, Kandy, Sri Lanka

Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation

American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies, Colombo

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Forms part of Photographic documentation of Women as depicted in early Sri Lankan sculpture and painting / Slide in present collection

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