Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c10.s1.11

c10.s1.11

Fig. 8. Tiringi tale, half-size of original. From an old drawing in black and red belonging to T. B. Keppitipola, Basnayaka Nilame of Embekke Devale. The vaka deka first drawn is clearly recognizable within the elaborated design (this is not the case in Fig. 4, P. 53, which represents an inferior example). The broad curved tongues (tandu) are red in the original drawing. All these figures are drawn with a brush, as described in Chapter IX. (Painting).