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Durga from India
The Goddess Durga Killing the Buffalo
Demon, Mahisha (Mahishasuramardini),
Pala
period (ca. 750–1200), 12th century
West Bengal, India or Bangladesh
Purchase, Diana and Arthur G. Altschul Gift,
1993 (1993.7)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Ganesha from India
Central Indian
Ganesha
sandstone, 11th-12th century
Ackland Fund, 85.2.1
Ackland Art Museum,
The University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill
Guan Yu from China
Chinese, Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644
Guan Yu
wood, lacquer and lacquer paste, polychrome and
gold,
leather and hair, 1490s
The William A. Whitaker Foundation Art Fund, 95.2
Ackland Art Museum,
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Buddha from India
Standing Buddha, Gupta period (ca.
319–500), 5th century
Uttar Pradesh, Mathura, India
Mottled red sandstone; H. 33 11/16 in.
(85.5 cm), W. 16 3/4 in. (42.5 cm)
Purchase, Enid A. Haupt Gift, 1979
(1979.6)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Fudo from Japan
Wisdom King Fudo (Fudo Myo-o),
Heian period (794–1185), 12th
century
Kyoto, Japan
Joined-woodblock construction with
pigments; H. 63 3/4 in. (162 cm)
The Harry G. C. Packard Collection
of
Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C.
Packard,
and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers,
Harris
Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell
Funds,
Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The
Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975
Buddha from China
Seated Buddha, Tang dynasty
(618–907), ca. 650
China
Dry lacquer with traces of gilt and polychrome
pigments; 38 x 27 in. (96.5 x 68.6 cm)
Rogers Fund, 1919 (19.186)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Krishna from India
Krishna Battles the Armies of the
Demon Naraka: Page from a
Dispersed Bhagavata Purana, ca.
1520–30
Delhi-Agra area, India
Ink and opaque watercolor on paper; 7 x
9 1/8 in. (17.78 x 23.18 cm)
Purchase, Lita Annenberg Hazen
Charitable Trust Gift, 1985 (1985.34)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Ganesha from India
Seated Ganesha, 14th–15th century
Orissa, India
Ivory; H. 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm), W. 4 3/4 in.
(12.1 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Klejman, 1964
(64.102)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Shiva from India
Shiva as Lord of Dance (Nataraja),
Chola period (880–1279), ca. 11th century
Tamil Nadu, India
Copper alloy; H. 26 7/8 in. (68.3 cm),
Diam. 22 1/4 in. (56.5 cm)
Gift of R. H. Ellsworth Ltd., in hon
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Parvati from India
Standing Parvati, Chola period
(880–1279), ca. first quarter of the 10th
century
Tamil Nadu, India
Copper alloy; H. 27 3/8 in. (69.5 cm)
Bequest of Cora Timken Burnett, 1956
(57.51.3)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Bodhisattva from Nepal
Standing Bodhisattva Maitreya (The
Bodhisattva of the Future), 9th–10th
century
Nepal
Copper alloy with gilding and color; H.
26 (66 cm), W. 8 1/4 in. (20.9 cm)
Rogers Fund, 1982 (1982.220.12)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Jnanatapa from Tibet
Portrait of Jnanatapa surrounded
by lamas and mahasiddhas, 14th
century
eastern Tibet
Distemper on cloth; 27 x 21 1/2 in. (68.6 x
54.6 cm)
Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 1987
(1987.144)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Yama from Tibet
Yama, mid–17th–early 18th century
Tibet
Ink, distemper, and gold on cloth; 72 3/8
x 46 5/8 in. (183.8 x 118.4 cm)
Purchase, Florance Waterbury Bequest,
1969 (69.71)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Avalokiteshvara from Thailand
Four-armed Avalokiteshvara (The
Bodhisattva of Infinite
Compassion), ca. second quarter of the
8th century
Prakhon Chai, Buriram Province, Thailand
Bronze with silver and black glass or
obsidian inlay in eyes; H. 56 in. (142.2
cm)
Rogers Fund, 1967 (67.234)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Avalokiteshvara from Cambodia
Avalokiteshvara, Angkor period
(802–1431)-, fourth quarter of the
10th–first quarter of the 11th century;
Khmer style of Banteay Shrei
Cambodia or Thailand
Bronze with silver inlay; H. 22 3/4 in. (57.8
cm)
Purchase, The Annenberg Foundation
Gift, 1992 (1992.336)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Krishna on Garuda from Indonesia
Krishna on Garuda, Central Javanese
period (ca. 730–ca. 930), second half of
the 9th century
Java, Indonesia
Bronze; H. 15 7/16 in. (39.2 cm)
Purchase, Lita Annenberg Hazen
Charitable Trust Gift, 1992 (1992.135)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Warrior from Japan
Bust of warrior, Kofun period
(3rd–7th century), 5th–6th century
Kanto region, Japan
Earthenware with painted, incised,
and applied decoration;
H. 13 1/8 in. (33.3 cm), W. 10 7/8 in. (27.6 cm)
The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of
Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard,
and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris
Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds,
Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The
Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975
(1975.268.414)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Dancer from China
Female dancer, 2nd century B. C.;
Early Western Han dynasty (206 B. C.-A. D. 9)
Chinese; China
Earthenware with slip and pigments; H. 21
in. (53.3 cm)
Charlotte C. and John C. Weber
Collection, Gift of Charlotte C. and John
C. Weber, 1992 (1992.165.19)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Tanpura Player from India
A Lady Playing the Tanpura, ca.1730–40
Kishangarh, Rajasthan, India
Ink, gold, opaque and transparent
watercolor on paper; 18 1/2 x 13 1/4 in.
(47 x 33.66 cm)
Fletcher Fund, 1996 (1996.100.1)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Weigi Players from China
Playing Weiqi at the Water
Pavillion, Hanging scroll, mid–20th
century
Fu Baoshi (Chinese, 1904–1965)
China
Hanging scroll; ink and color on Korean
paper; 49 3/4 x 29 1/2 in. (126.4 x 74.9 cm)
Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, in
memory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth,
1988 (1988.324.3)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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