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Tileslate 18th century

Not on view
Painted wooden panel with four standing male figures in profile, yellow-toned skin, salmon tunics, striped trousers, each holding a tall staff, against a crimson background
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Tiles
Place Made
Sri Lanka, Kandy
Date Made
late 18th century
Medium
Opaque watercolor on earthenware
Dimensions
5 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. (14.6 x 19.05 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Marilyn Walter Grounds
Accession Number
AC1994.234.5.1-.2
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
South and Southeast Asian Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Pal, Pratapaditya. Icons of Piety, Images of Whimsy: Asian Terra-cottas from the Walter Grounds Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.
  • Brown, Robert L., Tushara Bindu Gude, Donald Stadtner, and Lakshika Senarath Gamage. The Jeweled Isle: Art from Sri Lanka. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2018.

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