Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c16.19

c16.19

In connection with *vihāras* and *bō-malu*, stone lamps, altars (for flower offerings), bowls (*patra*) and stone troughs for dyeing robes are sometimes to be found; there is one of the latter at Hanguranketa said to have been carved by the late incumbent himself. The stone pestle used by the potters will be described in the chapter on Pottery.