{"meta":{"version":"2.1","_links":{"self":{"href":"https://api.vam.ac.uk/v2/object/O136773"},"collection_page":{"href":"https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O136773/"}},"images":null,"see_also":null},"record":{"systemNumber":"O136773","accessionNumber":"IM.45-1927","objectType":"Oil painting","titles":[{"title":"Four Aged Men (copy of a 13th century Buddhist fresco)","type":""}],"summaryDescription":"","physicalDescription":"An oil painted copy of a 13th century Buddhist fresco depicting four aged men facing left, with palm trees behind them. The colour scheme is brown and shades of yellow.\nBuddhist fresco in the Northern Temple (\"Demala Maha Seya\") at Polonnaruna, North Central Province, Ceylon.  Copy nwas painted by D.J.Lokuge in 1925.\n\n","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"D.J. Lokuge","id":"A19630"},"association":{"text":"artist","id":"AAT25103"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"oil paint","id":"AAT15050"}],"techniques":[{"text":"painted","id":"x30138"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"oil on canvas","categories":[{"text":"Buddhism","id":"THES48984"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"SSEA","id":"THES48598"},"images":[],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"004","id":"THES396855"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"oil painting","id":"AAT33799"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Sri Lanka","id":"x30937"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"Polonnaruva"}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1925","earliest":"1925-01-01","latest":"1925-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by the Archaelogical Commissioner, Office of the Archaeological Survey Anuradhapura, Ceylon.","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"54","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"41","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"An oil painted copy of a 13th century Buddhist fresco depicting four aged men, by D.J.Lokuge, 1925, Polonnaruva, Sri Lanka.","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["IM.45-1927"],"accessionNumberNum":"45","accessionNumberPrefix":"IM","accessionYear":1927,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2026-06-25","recordCreationDate":"2007-07-02","availableToBook":true}}