Art explorer / The Met
Temple Dancer
18th century
- Date
- 18th century
- Culture or place
- Sri Lanka, Kandy region
- Medium
- Ivory
- Size
- H. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm); W. 7 in. (17.8 cm); D. 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
- Type
- Ivories
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Licence
- Public domain: free to use, no permission needed
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