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The Goddess Durga Killing the BuffaloDemon, Mahisha (Mahishasuramardini), Palaperiod (ca. 750–1200), 12th centuryWest Bengal, India or BangladeshPurchase, Diana and Arthur G. Altschul Gift,1993 (1993.7)Metropolitan Museum of Artwww.metmuseum.org
Durga from India
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Central IndianGaneshasandstone, 11th-12th centuryAckland Fund, 85.2.1Ackland Art Museum,The University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
Ganesha from India
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Chinese, Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644Guan Yuwood, lacquer and lacquer paste, polychrome and gold,leather and hair, 1490sThe William A. Whitaker Foundation Art Fund, 95.2Ackland Art Museum,The University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill
Guan Yu from China
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Standing Buddha, Gupta period (ca.319–500), 5th centuryUttar Pradesh, Mathura, IndiaMottled 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 Artwww.metmuseum.org
Buddha from India
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Wisdom King Fudo (Fudo Myo-o),Heian period (794–1185), 12th centuryKyoto, JapanJoined-woodblock construction withpigments; H. 63 3/4 in. (162 cm)The Harry G. C. Packard Collection ofAsian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard,and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, HarrisBrisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds,Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and TheAnnenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975(1975.268.163)Metropolitan Museum of Artwww.metmuseum.org
Fudo from Japan
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Seated Buddha, Tang dynasty(618–907), ca. 650ChinaDry 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 Artwww.metmuseum.org
Buddha from China
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Krishna Battles the Armies of theDemon Naraka: Page from aDispersed Bhagavata Purana, ca.1520–30Delhi-Agra area, IndiaInk and opaque watercolor on paper; 7 x9 1/8 in. (17.78 x 23.18 cm)Purchase, Lita Annenberg HazenCharitable Trust Gift, 1985 (1985.34)Metropolitan Museum of Artwww.metmuseum.org
Krishna from India
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Seated Ganesha, 14th–15th centuryOrissa, IndiaIvory; 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 Artwww.metmuseum.org
Ganesha from India
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Shiva as Lord of Dance (Nataraja),Chola period (880–1279), ca. 11th centuryTamil Nadu, IndiaCopper alloy; H. 26 7/8 in. (68.3 cm),Diam. 22 1/4 in. (56.5 cm)Gift of R. H. Ellsworth Ltd., in honMetropolitan Museum of Artwww.metmuseum.org
Shiva from India
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Standing Parvati, Chola period(880–1279), ca. first quarter of the 10thcenturyTamil Nadu, IndiaCopper alloy; H. 27 3/8 in. (69.5 cm)Bequest of Cora Timken Burnett, 1956(57.51.3)Metropolitan Museum of Artwww.metmuseum.org
Parvati from India
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Standing Bodhisattva Maitreya (TheBodhisattva of the Future), 9th–10thcenturyNepalCopper 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 Artwww.metmuseum.org
Bodhisattva from Nepal
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Portrait of Jnanatapa surroundedby lamas and mahasiddhas, 14thcenturyeastern TibetDistemper on cloth; 27 x 21 1/2 in. (68.6 x54.6 cm)Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 1987(1987.144)Metropolitan Museum of Artwww.metmuseum.org
Jnanatapa from Tibet
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Yama, mid–17th–early 18th centuryTibetInk, distemper, and gold on cloth; 72 3/8x 46 5/8 in. (183.8 x 118.4 cm)Purchase, Florance Waterbury Bequest,1969 (69.71)Metropolitan Museum of Artwww.metmuseum.org
Yama from Tibet
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Four-armed Avalokiteshvara (TheBodhisattva of InfiniteCompassion), ca. second quarter of the8th centuryPrakhon Chai, Buriram Province, ThailandBronze with silver and black glass orobsidian inlay in eyes; H. 56 in. (142.2cm)Rogers Fund, 1967 (67.234)Metropolitan Museum of Artwww.metmuseum.org
Avalokiteshvara from Thailand
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Avalokiteshvara, Angkor period(802–1431)-, fourth quarter of the10th–first quarter of the 11th century;Khmer style of Banteay ShreiCambodia or ThailandBronze with silver inlay; H. 22 3/4 in. (57.8cm)Purchase, The Annenberg FoundationGift, 1992 (1992.336)Metropolitan Museum of Artwww.metmuseum.org
Avalokiteshvara from Cambodia
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Krishna on Garuda, Central Javaneseperiod (ca. 730–ca. 930), second half ofthe 9th centuryJava, IndonesiaBronze; H. 15 7/16 in. (39.2 cm)Purchase, Lita Annenberg HazenCharitable Trust Gift, 1992 (1992.135)Metropolitan Museum of Artwww.metmuseum.org
Krishna on Garuda from Indonesia
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Bust of warrior, Kofun period(3rd–7th century), 5th–6th centuryKanto region, JapanEarthenware 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 ofAsian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard,and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, HarrisBrisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds,Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and TheAnnenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975(1975.268.414)Metropolitan Museum of Artwww.metmuseum.org
Warrior from Japan
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Female dancer, 2nd century B. C.;Early Western Han dynasty (206 B. C.-A. D. 9)Chinese; ChinaEarthenware with slip and pigments; H. 21in. (53.3 cm)Charlotte C. and John C. WeberCollection, Gift of Charlotte C. and JohnC. Weber, 1992 (1992.165.19)Metropolitan Museum of Artwww.metmuseum.org
Dancer from China
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A Lady Playing the Tanpura, ca.1730–40Kishangarh, Rajasthan, IndiaInk, gold, opaque and transparentwatercolor on paper; 18 1/2 x 13 1/4 in.(47 x 33.66 cm)Fletcher Fund, 1996 (1996.100.1)Metropolitan Museum of Artwww.metmuseum.org
Tanpura Player from India
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Playing Weiqi at the WaterPavillion, Hanging scroll, mid–20thcenturyFu Baoshi (Chinese, 1904–1965)ChinaHanging scroll; ink and color on Koreanpaper; 49 3/4 x 29 1/2 in. (126.4 x 74.9 cm)Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, inmemory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth,1988 (1988.324.3)Metropolitan Museum of Artwww.metmuseum.org
Weigi Players from China