Ceylonese School, late 19th Century

An Album depicting the Ceylonese Myth of Sri Sangaboo

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Ceylonese School, late 19th Century
An Album depicting the Ceylonese Myth of Sri Sangaboo
numbered 'I-XXII' (in the upper margin) and inscribed in Sri Lankan (in the lower margin)
coloured chalks, pen and ink and watercolour, some heightened with gum arabic, within the artist's original borders
66¾ x 23¾ in. (42.7 x 60.5 cm.) ; and smaller; 22 drawings in the album; the album 20¾ x 26½ in. (52.8 x 67.5 cm.), overall (20)

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The present album comprises coloured chalk drawings illustrating the Ceylonese myth of Sri Sangaboo. It has been suggested that the drawings were executed after wall paintings in the temple of Attanagallu. Ceylon is now called Sri Lanka.

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