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Votive Stupa17th-18th century

Not on view
Ivory or bone stupa-shaped decorative object with a wide conical base, multi-tiered spire, and red painted ornamental bands including rosettes, meanders, and scalloped borders

Unknown, Votive Stupa, 17th-18th century (alternate view), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Beverly Coburn, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Votive Stupa
Place Made
Sri Lanka, Kandy period
Date Made
17th-18th century
Medium
Ivory with paint
Dimensions
Height: 8 1/8 in. (20.64 cm); Diameter: 4 in. (10.16 cm) at base
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Beverly Coburn
Accession Number
M.78.101.2
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
South and Southeast Asian Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Pal, Pratapaditya. Elephants and Ivories in South Asia. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1981.
  • Pal, Pratapaditya; Dehejia, Vidya; Slusser, Mary Shepherd; Fisher, Robert E.; Brown, Robert L. Arts of Asia 15 (6): 68-125 (November- December 1985).
  • 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.