Moving along the Silk Road, or What I Learned in Hawaii

Globalization?The Academy as a site of post-colonial

politics?MandarinTai ChiHulaKehaulani Tiger, Hula Instructor, 1 808 371

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SELECTIONS FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

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Buddhist Imagery from India to Korea

Where are we, anyway?

Insert Jennifer’s Map here! More serious map taken from Victor’s presentation below.

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A side note on Kushan and Hellenistic Style

Or, is Hellenism really the point?

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Roman Figural Sculpture 1-300 CE6

Early First century CE Roman bronze, approx. 5”, for household shrine. Accession No.: 1987.3.

Early First-Second Century CE Roman bronze, approx. 4”, Silenus bust for a couch. Accession No.: 1974.88.

40-70 CE, Roman, youth with jumping weights, marble approx. 33”x15”. Accession No.: 1985.79.

280-290 CE, Roman, Central Anatolia, Jonah Praying, marble, approx 19”x5”x7”. Accession No.: 1965.240

Kushan Figural Sculpture 1-325 CE7

First Century CE Pakistan, Kushan plaque, gray schist, approx 2.75” diameter, [decorative element?] Accession No.: 1989.346.

First –Century CE Mathura, India. Kushan relief, red mottled sandstone, Seated Sakyamuni (historical Buddha), ht. approx 20”, architectural element. Accession No.: 1970.63.

Late Second Century CE, Kushan Pakistan, Kushan, gray shist, Boddhisattva, approx. 52”, architectural element. Accession No.: 1965.476.

Late Second-Early Third Century CE, Mathura, India. Kushan/Gupta Transition. Terracotta, seated Yaksha, approx. 19”x10”. Accession No.: 1977.175

The Buddha on the Silk Road: South Asia

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Pakistan, Gandhara, first half of third century CE Seated Buddha, gray shist, approx. 50” tall. Accession No.: 1961.418.

India, Sarnath, 5th century CE Gupta period, Standing Buddha, sandstone, approx. 30”. Accession No.: 1943.278.

China, 550-577 CE, Northern Qi, marble with polychromy. H 46”. Accession No.: 1993.108.

Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE, Silla, bronze, approx. 7”, Accession No.: 1918.500.

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Japan, 8th Century CE, Nara, Seated Buddhabronze with traces of gilt, approx. 9.5”x 5.5”. Accession No.: 1985.87.

Thailand, Sixth Century CE, probably Shri-Tep, sandstone, approx 45” Accession No.: 1973.15.

Burma, ca. 1112-1153, Angkor Wat period, bronze, Buddha enthroned, approx. 10”. Accession No.: 1942.149.

Hanuman:Journey to the East? 10

Cambodia, 921-945, Koh Ker Style. Sandstone. Hanuman, approx. 43”h (over life size) Accession No.: 1982.46.