Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c19.60

c19.60

*Painting on* The following mention of painting on cloth is connected with Parākrama Bāhu II. : “And *cloth* he longed every day to behold a beautiful picture of the Blessed One—a perfect likeness of the Master as he was in his lifetime. So the chief of men employed many skilled painters to paint on a beautiful cloth a surpassing likeness of Buddha, as the Blessed One appeared on earth when he walked on the great bridge of gold and gems” (Mahāvamsa, Ch. LXXXV.).