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The Lion in Sinhalese Art

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IN the notice of the new “Guide to the Collections of the Colombo Museum,” which appeared in NATURE of January 9 (p. 523), the point was raised as to the source of the concept of the lion which occurs so frequently in Sinhalese art.

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PEARSON, J. The Lion in Sinhalese Art. Nature 90, 674 (1913). https://doi.org/10.1038/090674a0

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