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Moonstone and Steps

Creator

Photographer · 1854–1913

Date: 1896
Medium: Woodburygravure
Culture: English
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum

A moon-stone, also known as Sandakada pahana, a semi-circular stone slab at the bottom of a set of steps. Animals and floral vines are carved in alternating rings around the edge of the moon-stone. Each step is adorned with three carvings of Buddha.

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