Women in Sri Lankan Sculpture and Painting

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Title

An amorous couple on an ivory comb

Subject

Love in art
Ivory carving--Colombo National Museum--Sri Lanka
Motherhood in art

Description

Among the auspicious items carved on this ivory comb, exhibited in the Colombo National Museum, is an amorous couple. Two other stages of motherhood are carved on separate panels. According to some, this is an illustration of the Krishna legend. An ivory comb being a bride-groom’s gift to a bride, mithuna couples and mothers of children were no doubt considered both relevant and auspicious. The comb may be assigned to the 18th century A.D.

Creator

Sirima Kiribamune

Source

National Museum, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Date

ca. 18th century A.D.
Period of study: 1986-1987
Version: 01/12/2012

Contributor

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

Rights

All rights reserved by International Center for Ethnic Studies, Sri Lanka.

Relation

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

Format

JPEG 2000

Language

eng

Type

image

Identifier

PDWESLSP.S.138

Coverage

ce

Citation

Sirima Kiribamune, "An amorous couple on an ivory comb," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #12635, http://dlir.org/archive/items/show/12635 (accessed March 29, 2024).

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