interior of the chaitya hall, karle, india, 50ad

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Interior of the chaitya hall, Karle, India, 50ad

Great Bath, Mohenjo-daro, Pakistan, 2600-1900bce

Robed male figure, fromMohenjo-daro, Pakistan,2000-1900bce

Steatite, 6” high

Nude male torso, fromHarappa, Pakistan,2000-1900 bce

Red sandstone, 3” high

Seal with seated figureIn yogic posture, fromMohenjo-daro, Pakistan2300-1750 bce

Steatite coated withAlkali and baked,1” x 1”

Lion capital of the columnErected at Sarnath, India,250 bce

Polished sandstone, 7’ high

Great Stupa, Sanchi, India, third century bce to first century ad

Yakshi, detail of the eastTorana, Great Stupa, Sanchi,India, mid-first century bce toEarly first century ad

Sandstone, 5’ high

Meditating Buddha, from Gandhara,Pakistan, second century ad.

Gray schist, 3’7” high

The life and death of the Buddha, frieze from Gandhara, Pakistan,Second century ad. Schist, 2’2” x 9’6”

Buddha seated on lion throne, From Mathura, India,Second century ad.

Red sandstone, 2’3” high.

Seated Buddha preaching first sermon,From Sarnath, India, second half ofFifth century.

Tan sandstone, 5’3” high.

Interior of cave 19, Ajanta,India, second half of fifthCentury.

Bodhisattva Padmapani,Detail of a wall paintingIn cave 1, Ajanta, India,Second half of fifthCentury.

Boar avatar of Vishnu rescuing the earth, cave 5, Udayagiri, India,Early fifth century. Relief 13’ x 22’; Vishnu 12’8” high.

Dancing Shiva, rock-cut relief inCave temple, Badami, India,Late sixth century.

Shiva as Mahadeva, cave 1,Elephanta, India, 550-575

Basalt, Shiva 17’10” high

Vishnu Temple, Deogarh, India,Early sixth century.

Vishnu asleep on the serpentAnata, relief panel on the southfacade of the Vishnu Temple,Deogarh, India, early sixth Century.

Rock-cut rathas, Mamallapuram, India, second half of seventh century.

Rajarajeshvara Temple, Thanjavur, India, 1010

Mithuna reliefs, Vishvanatha Temple, Khajuraho India, 1000

Shiva as Nataraja

Death of the Buddha (Parinirvana), Gal Vihara, near Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka, 11th to 12 century. Granulite, Buddha 46’ long c 10’ high

Aerial view of Borobudur, Java, Indonesia, 800

Harihara, from PrasatAndet, Cambodia,Early seventh century.

Stone, 6’3” high.

Vishnu lying on the Cosmic ocean, fromMebon temple on anIsland in the western Baray, Angkor, Cambodia,11th century.

Bronze 8’ long.

Aerial view of Angkor Wat, Angkor, Cambodia, first halfOf the 12th century.

King Suryavarman II holding court, detail of a stone relief, lowestGallery, south side, Angkor Wat, Angkor, Cambodia,first half of 12th century.

Towers of the Bayon, Angkor Thom, Cambodia, 1200

China

Yangshao Culture vases, fromGansu Province, China,Mid-third millennium bce

Guang, probably fromAnyang, China,Shang Dynasty, 12th

Or 11th century bce.

Bronze, 6” high

Standing male figure, from pit 2,Sanxingdui, China, 1200-1050 bce

Bronze, 8’5” high, including base.

Bi disk with dragons, fromJincun, near Luoyang, China, Eastern ZhouDynasty, fourth to thirdCentury bce.

Nephrite 6” in diameter.

Army of the First Emperor of Qin in pits next to his burial mound,Lintong, China, Qin dynasty, 210 bce. Painted terracotta, 5’10” high

Funeral banner, from tomb 1(tomb of the Marquise of Dai),Mawangdui, China, Han dynasty,168 bce. Painted silk, 6’8” x 3”

The archer Yi and a reception In a mansion, Wu family shrine,Jiaxiang, China, Han dynasty,147-168 ad.

Rubbing of a stone relief,3’ x 5’

Model of a house, Han dynasty,First century ad, painted Earthenware, 4’4” high.

Chinese raised-beam construction (after L. Liu)

Gu Kaizhi, Lady Feng and the Bear, detail of Admonitions of theInstructress to the Court Ladies, Period of Disunity, late fourth century.

Handscroll, ink and colors on silk, entire scroll 9” x 11’4”

Shakyamuni and Prabhutaratna, fromHebei Province, NorthernWei dynasty, 518.

Gilded bronze, 10” high.

Vairocana Buddha, disciples, andBodhisattvas, Fengxian Temple,Longmen Caves, Luoyang, China,Tang dynasty, completed 676.

Limestone, Buddha 44’ high.

Paradise of Amitabha, cave 176, Dunhuang, China, TangDynasty, mid-eighth century. Wall painting 10’ high.

Schematic cross-section and perspective drawing of east main hall,Foguang Si (Buddha Radiance Temple), Mount Wutai, China, TangDynasty, 857

Attributed to YanLiben, EmperorXuan and Attendants, detailOf The ThirteenEmperors, TangDynasty, 650.Handscroll, ink andColors on silk,Detail 1’8” x 1’5”Entire scroll 17’5”Long.

Palace ladies, detail of a wall painting, tomb of the princess Yongtai,Qianxian, China, Tang dynasty, 706. Detail 5’10” high.

Neighing horse, TangDynasty, eighth toNinth century. GlazedEarthenware, 1’8”High.

Fan Kuan, detail of TravelersAmong Mountains and Streams. Northern SongPeriod, earl y 11th century.Hanging scroll, ink and Colors on silk, entire scroll6’7” x 3’4”; detail 2’10” high

Attributed to Huizong, Auspicious Cranes, Northern Song period, 1112.Section of a handscroll, ink and colors on silk, 1’8” x 4’6”.

Meiping vase, from Xiuwi, China,Northern Song period, 12th century.Stone-ware, Cizhou type, withSgraffito decoration, 1’7” high.

View and cross-section ofFoguang Si Pagoda, Yingxian, China,Liao dynasty, 1056. The tallestWooden building in the world.

Ma Yuan, On a Mountain Path in Spring, Southern Song period, early 13th

Century. Album leaf, ink and colors on silk, 10” x 17”

Liang Kai, Sixth Chan PatriarchChopping Bamboo, Southern Song period, early 13th century.

Hanging scroll, ink on paper,2’5” high.

Korea

Zhou Jichang, Lohans Giving Alms to Beggars,Southern Song period, 1178. Hanging scroll,Ink and colors on silk, 3’7” x 1’8”

Crown, from north mound tomb 98,Hwangnamdong, near Kyongju,Korea, Three Kingdoms period,Fifth to sixth century. Gold and jade,10” high.

Shakyamuni Buddha, in theRotunda of the cave temple,Sokkuram, Unified SillaKingdom. 751-774. Granite,11’ high.

Maebyong vase, KoryoDynasty, 918-1000.Celadon with inlaidDecoration, 1’4” tall.

Japan

Vessel, from Miyanomae,Nagano Prefecture, Japan,Middle Jomon period,2500-1500 bce. Earthenware, 1’11” high.

Dotaku with incised figuralMotifs, from Kagawa Prefecture, Japan, late YayoiPeriod, 100-300 ad.

Bronze, 1’4” high.

Tomb of Emperor Nintoku,Sakai, OsakaPrefecture, Japan,Kofun period, lateFourth to earlyFifth century.

Haniwa warrior, from Gunma Prefecture,Japan, Kofun period, fifth to sixth century.

Low-fired clay, 4’3” high.

Main hall, AmaterasuShrine, Ise, MiePrefecture, Japan,Kofun period orLater, rebuilt in 1993.

Tori Busshi, Shaka triad, kondo,Horyuji, Nara Prefecture,Japan, Asuka period, 623.

Bronze, central figure 5’9” high.

Yakushi triad, kondo, Yakushiji, Nara Prefecture, Japan, Nara period, lateSeventh or early eighth century. Bronze, central figure 8’4” high inlcudingBase and mandorla.

Kondo, Horyuji, Nara Prefecture, Japan, Nara period 680.

Amida triad, wall paintingFormerly in the kondo,Horyuji, Nara Prefecture,Japan, Nara period, 710.

Ink and colors, 10’3” x 8’6”

Daibutsuden, Todaiji, Nara, Japan, Nara period, 743.

Taizokai (Womb World) Mandara, Kyoogokokuji(Toji), Kyoto, Japan, HeianPeriod, second half of ninthCentury.

Hanging scroll, color on silk,6’ x 5”

Phoenix Hall, Byodoin, Uji, Koyoto Prefecture, Japan, Heian period, 1053.

Genji visits Murasaki, from the Minori chapter, Tale of Genji, HeianPeriod, first half of 12th century. Handscroll, ink and color on paper, 8” high.

The flying storehouse, from Legends of Mount Shigi, Heian period,Late 12th century. Handscroll, ink and colors and paper, 1” high,

Portrait statue of the priestShunjobo Chogen, Todaiji,Nara, Japan, Kamakura Period, early 13th century.

Painted cypress wood,2’8” high.

Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace, from Events of the Heiji Period,13th century. Handscroll, ink and colors on paper, 1’4” high.Complete scroll 22’10” long.

Amida Descending over the Mountains, Kama-Kura period, 13th century.Hanging scroll, ink and Colors on silk, 4’3” x3’10”.