Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c38.54
Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c38.54
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c38.54
PLATE XXIV. LACWORK. 1, 2. Upper part of a lacquered staff. Modern Kandyan. Names of patterns: A., veḷ-poṭa or pahaḍe veḷ-poṭa; B., ādara-koṇḍu; C., gal-biṇḍu or mori biṇḍuva; D., kola veḷa (leafy branch) or kaḷas-daṅgaya; E., pahaḍe or pala peṭi; F., lanu-daṅgaya; G., patura; H., bō-kola (bō-leaf); K., biṇḍuva or tani biṇḍuva.
3. Kaḷas-daṅgaya pattern from a lacquered ‘pingo’ or yoke. Colombo Museum.
4. Deḷa (net) pattern from lacquered staff.
5. Suli veḷa pattern from lacquered staff.
6. Horaṇēva with lacquered wood body (kaṇḍa). Height 13 inches.
7. Veḍi-behet-kārakaya (powder horn) of lacquered wood. Gal-biṇḍu, eka-poṭa-lanuva, patura and other patterns. Slightly reduced. From coloured drawings by Ethel M. Coomaraswamy.