Author(s)
Peter D.
First published
3 January 2020
Last updated
11 August 2020
Language: Sinhala
Source: Standard literature
Description
Pahade is the Sinhalese term for a decorative motif, often in lacquer, that resembles a row of stylized petals.
It is also called palā peti.
Pāhaḍe or palā peti
(From colored drawings by Ethel M. Coomaraswamy.)
Further reading
Article: Sinhalese lacquer work
Notes
1. For an explanation of the method of Sinhalese lacquer work, see Ananda Coomaraswamy; Mediæval Sinhalese art, Broad Campden Essex House Press, 1908. Pages 215 - 217, 330 and plate XXIV.
