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Recent Museum Acquisition:Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (British Museum)
04/1971 | 817 | 113
Pages: 216-217
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Subjects
dates:
1970-1979
museums and institutions:
British Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
India
places:
England / London
subjects:
Art museums / Acquisitions
subjects:
Indian sculpture / Bodhisattva / Buddhas
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
61. Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara. Kashmir, Late Tenth Century A. D. Bronze; Height, 24.7 cm. (British Museum.)
Short Notice
Recent Museum Acquisitions: Sarnath, c. Third Quarter Fifth Century 'Torso of a Buddha Image' (Philadelphia Museum of Art)
09/1969 | 798 | 111
Pages: 564+566
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Subjects
dates:
1960-1969
dates:
0400-0499
museums and institutions:
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, United States
places:
India / United States / Philadelphia
subjects:
Art museums / Acquisitions
subjects:
Indian sculpture / Buddhas
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
43. Torso of a Buddha Image. Sarnath, c. Third Quarter of the Fifth Century. (Philadelphia Museum of Art.)
Short Notice
Recent Museum Acquisitions: Gandhara, Late Second-Early Third Century 'Standing Image of Buddha' (Philadelphia Museum of Art)
09/1969 | 798 | 111
Pages: 563+566
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Subjects
dates:
1960-1969
dates:
0200-0299
museums and institutions:
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, United States
places:
Philadelphia / India / United States
subjects:
Art museums / Acquisitions
subjects:
Indian sculpture / Gandhara / Buddhas
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
41. Standing Image of Buddha. Gandhara, Late Second-Early Third Century. (Philadelphia Museum of Art.)
Short Notice
Recent Museum Acquisitions: Buddha Sheltered by Mucalinda (Cleveland Museum of Art)
05/1966 | 758 | 108
Pages: 258+261+263
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Author:
Marcus, Margaret F. (Marcus, Margaret F.)
Subjects
dates:
1960-1969
dates:
1100-1199
places:
Cambodia / United States
places:
Cleveland
subjects:
Cambodian / Buddhist / Sculpture
subjects:
Art museums / Acquisitions / Buddhas
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
64. Buddha Sheltered by Mucalinda, the Serpent King. Cambodia, Mid-Twelfth Century, Early Anghor Wat Style. Bronze; Height, 58.4 cm. (The Cleveland Museum of Art; John L. Severance Fund.)
Non-western art unattributed:
65. Another View of the Buddha Reproduced in Fig. 64. [Buddha Sheltered by Mucalinda, the Serpent King. Cambodia, Mid-Twelfth Century, Early Anghor Wat Style. Bronze; Height, 58.4 cm. (The Cleveland Museum of Art; John L. Severance Fund.)]
Exhibition Review
Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions: Indian, Thai, and Khmer Art at Spink's
12/1963 | 729 | 105
Pages: 578-579+581
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Reviewer:
Harle, J. C. (Harle, J. C.; Harle, James C.)
Subjects
dates:
1960-1969
places:
England / London
places:
India / Thailand
private galleries:
Spink & Son, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Exhibitions / Reviews
subjects:
Khmer (Thai period) / Indian / Thai
subjects:
Sculpture / Buddhas / Indian sculpture
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
57. Standing Figure of Rishi. Rajasthan, Tenth Century A. D. Light Grey Marble, Height, 80 cm; Width, 19 cm. (Exh. Spink & Son Ltd, London.)
Non-western art unattributed:
58. Ganesha, in Framed Aureole, Standing on a Lotus. Vijayanagar, Fifteenth/Sixteenth Century A. D. Bronze; Height, 50 cm Without Halo (64.8 cm with Halo). (Exh. Spink & Son Ltd, London.)
Non-western art unattributed:
59. Buddha. Pala Period, Late Eighth Century A. D. Black Stone; Height, 33 cm; Width, 23 cm. (Exh. Spink & Son Ltd, London.)
Non-western art unattributed:
60. Buddha. Dvaravati Style, Seventh/Eighth Century A. D. Green Stone; Height, 70 cm. (Exh. Spink & Son Ltd, London.)
Book Review
Dated Buddha Images of Northern Siam
03/1961 | 696 | 103
Pages: 113-114
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Reviewer:
Cohn, William (Cohn, William)
Subjects
places:
Thailand
subjects:
Thai / Sculpture / Buddhas
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Dated Buddha Images of Northern Siam | author: Griswold, A. B. , author: Watson, William
Article
Gandhara Bronzes
08/1960 | 689 | 102
Pages: 360-363+365
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Author:
Barrett, Douglas (Barrett, Douglas)
Subjects
dates:
0500-0599 / 0600-0699 / 0700-0799
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
India
places:
Bamiyan / Kashmir
subjects:
Indian sculpture / Bronzes / Gandhara
subjects:
Buddhist / Iconography / Buddhas
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
30. Buddha. Gandhara Bronze, ?Seventh-Eighth Century A.D. Height, 29.3 cm. (Metropolitan Muscum of Art, New York.) Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Edith Perry Chapman Fund, 1948.
Non-western art unattributed:
31. Buddha. Gandhara Bronze, ?Sixth-Seventh Century A.D. Height, 46.5 cm. (British Museum.)
Non-western art unattributed:
32. Back View of Gandhara Bronze Reproduced in Fig.31. [Buddha. ?Sixth-Seventh Century A.D. Height, 46.5 cm. (British Museum.)]
Non-western art unattributed:
33. Buddha. Gandhara Bronze, ?Seventh-Eighth Century A.D. Height, 39.2 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum.)
Non-western art unattributed:
34. Head of Buddha. Gandhara Bronze, ?Sixth-Seventh Century A.D. Height, 10.2 cm. (British Museum.)
Article
The Exhibition of T'ang Art in the British Museum
08/1951 | 581 | 93
Pages: 254-257+259
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Author:
Bulling, Anneliese (Bulling, Anneliese; Bulling, A.)
Subjects
artists:
Wang Wei, 8th c.
collectors and dealers:
Stein, Aurel
dates:
0700-0799
dates:
1950-1959
museums and institutions:
British Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
China / England / London
subjects:
Chinese Art / Chinese / Exhibitions / Tang
subjects:
Chinese sculpture / Buddhas / Bodhisattva
subjects:
Art objects / Metalwork / Textiles / Mirrors
subjects:
Ceramics / Pilgrim bottles
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
10. Oblong Silver Dish with Foliage Scrolls and Birds Engraved in the Centre. Repoussé Scrolls with Birds on the Rim. No Gilding. (British Museum.)
Non-western art unattributed:
8. Oblong Silver Dish Showing Horsemen approaching a Man Fishing, who Is Apparently Chiang Tzū-ya. Gilt on the Reliefs and on Main Features of Engraved Design. Scrolls on the Rim in repoussé. (British Museum.)
Non-western art unattributed:
9. Fragment Showing Scenes from the Life of Buddha. Above: Farewell of Chandaka and Kanthaka; below: The Departure of Chandaka. (British Museum.)
Article
A Great Japanese Wood Carving
04/1951 | 577 | 93
Pages: 105-107
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Author:
Gray, Basil (Gray, Basil; G., B.; Gray, B.)
Subjects
artists:
Unkei
artists:
Kaikei
dates:
1100-1199
places:
Japan
subjects:
Japanese sculpture / Wood sculpture / Techniques / Yoseki Zukuri (joined-block assembly)
subjects:
Late Heian / Muromachi / Kamakura
subjects:
Buddhas / Amida
subjects:
Buddhist / Statues
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
1. Head of Buddha. Late Fujiwara (End of the Twelfth Century). Wood, Height 97.8 cm. (British Museum.)
Non-western art unattributed:
2. Profile View of the Wood-Carving Illustrated in Fig. 1. 3. The Nativity. Faenza. Dated 1528. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.) 4. Amida Buddha. Middle Kamakura. Wood, lacquered and gilt, height c. 104 cm. (British Museum.)
Article
The Tuan Fang Altarpiece and the Accessories Dated A. D. 593
07/1945 | 508 | 87
Pages: 160-164
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Author:
Tomita, Kojiro (Tomita, Kojiro; Tomita, K.; Tomito, Kojiro)
Subjects
dates:
0550-0599
subjects:
Chinese Art / Altarpieces / Buddhist / Reconstruction
subjects:
Buddhas / Sculpture / Chinese
works:
Tuan Fang Altar
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. A-Buddha Amitabha and Attendants: The Tuan Fang Altarpiece. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass.). The Tuan Fang Altarpiece and the Accessories, Dated A. D. 593
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. B-Another View of The Tuan Fang Altarpiece. The Tuan Fang Altarpiece and the Accessories, Dated A. D. 593
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. A-Ananda Detail of I, A. B-A Friar, Probably Mahamaudgalyayana Detail of I, A. The Tuan Fang Altarpiece and the Accessories, Dated A. D. 593
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. C-Human Figure, Probably an Attendant, Detail of I, A. D-Human Figure, Probably an Attendant, Detail of I, A. The Tuan Fang Altarpiece and the Accessories, Dated A. D. 593
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