SRI LANKAN
Nine-woman elephant
(Naava nari kunjara)
(early 20th century)

Medium
opaque watercolour on paper

Measurements
29.9 × 34.9 cm (image) 32.6 × 41.6 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Accessioned, 1956

Gallery location
Level 1, NGV International

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Sri Lanka

Inscription
inscribed (vertically) in pen and ink (in Sinhalese script) c.l.: නව නාරි කුන්ජරේ
inscribed in pencil and pen and ink l.c.: 36
inscribed in pen and ink l.r.: Catfol No1 – Case fo.39.No36.

Accession Number
3432C-4

Department
Asian Art

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SRI LANKAN
Nine-woman elephant
(Naava nari kunjara)
(early 20th century)