Simple and Powerful Expression in Cordillera Traditional Art

by AoASubscriptionManager | Jul 26, 2023 | Article

MARTIN KURER Photographs by AT MACULANGAN 1 Sitting male bulul, lfugao (possibly Lagawe/Bunney style), carved hardwood, late 19th century, height 42 cm. 2 Detail of (1) Introduction This article has been written from the viewpoint of a col­lector of Asian and American...

Introduction: The Florence and Herbert Irving Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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MAXWELL K. HEARNDouglas Dillon Chairman, Department of Asian Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1 Standing Ganesha, India (Tamil Nadu), Chola period (880–1279), 12th century. Copper alloy. Height 64.8 cm (2015.500.4.12). Unless stated otherwise, images are courtesy...

Buddhist Art of Myanmar—An Exhibition at Asia Society, New York

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ADRIANA PROSERJohn H. Foster Senior Curator for Traditional Asian Art, Asia Society Museum, New York 1 Hollow cube. Khin Ba Stupa relic chamber. Pyu period, circa 7th century. Silver. Height 14.6 cm, width 12.7 cm, depth 12.7 cm. National Museum, Yangon. Photo: Sean...

Redefining China Trade Painting: A Decade of Research

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MARIA KAR-WING MOKMuseum Director, Hong Kong Museum of Art 1 Anonymous, Old China Street, Canton, circa 1839, ink and grey wash on paper, 30.5 x 40.6 cm. Collection of Hong Kong Museum of Art, AH1994.0004 The China Trade Collection of the Hong Kong Museum of Art China...

Tantric Buddhist Art of Tibet

by AoASubscriptionManager | Jun 21, 2022 | Article

KURT BEHRENDTAssociate Curator of South Asian Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1 Hevajra Mandala, Tibet (central), 15th century. Distemper on cloth. 54.6 x 44.5 cm. Gift of Steven and Sharon Davies Collection, 2015 (2015.551). Unless stated otherwise, images are...