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Unknown
Tile with Stilt-Walkerslate 18th century

Not on view
Painted decorative plaque with four male figures in salmon tunics and striped trousers holding tall staffs, against a crimson red background, in a slate-black frame with hanging rings

Unknown, Tile with Stilt-Walkers, late 18th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Marilyn Walter Grounds, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Tile with Stilt-Walkers
Place Made
Sri Lanka, Kandy
Date Made
late 18th century
Medium
Opaque watercolor on earthernware
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
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.