The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Buddhist Temple, Kalani
c. 1880
(British, active Ceylon, 1876–1895)
Image: 21.5 x 27.7 cm (8 7/16 x 10 7/8 in.); Paper: 21.5 x 27.7 cm (8 7/16 x 10 7/8 in.); Mounted: 29 x 37 cm (11 7/16 x 14 9/16 in.)
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
Next to the tree are the buildings of a monastery and a whitewashed, dome-shaped structure with pointed spire, called a stupa.Description
This image may actually show the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi, a sacred fig tree planted in 288 BC in Mahamewna Gardens, Anuradhapura, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Grown from a cutting of the tree in India under which Buddha attained enlightenment, it is one of the most sacred Buddhist relics in Sri Lanka.- Bruno Tartarain, photovintagefrance, Arnaville, France?–2018Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CA, given to the Cleveland Museum of ArtJune 4, 2018–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OJH
- Text and Image in Southern Asia (Indian Painting and Himalayan rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26, 2022-March 5, 2023).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2018.38