This exhibition singles out two periods when the Buddhist Tibetan tradition drew from outside influences to develop new vocabularies of form. It includes five loans and eighteen objects drawn from department holdings.
Looking from the Indian perspective, the exhibition examines how esoteric imagery
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Nebraska Jules Tavernier ca. 1874 The "Big Medicine Man" Paul Frenzeny 1873-1874 Indian
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16th–17th century Piece Italian 16th–17th century Dagger (Katar) with Sheath Indian
Collected in Kankakee County, Illinois (?); Philip C. Schupp Collection, Chicago; Byron W. Knoblock, Quincy, IL; [John J. Klejman, New York]; Ralph T. Coe, Santa Fe, NM, until (d.) 2010; Ralph T. Coe Foundation for the Arts, 2010–2011
Bannerstones of the North American Indian.
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Costa Rican ca. 800–1526 Whistle North American Indian late 19th century Flügelhorn
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Piece, King 9th–12th century Pair of spitoons Austrian ca. 1830 Chessmen (32) Indian
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Trade in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries Throughout the centuries the Indian
Glass Bowl and DishOf all the different categories of Mughal glass, the milky-white color of this bowl and dish ensemble constitutes the rarest type.[1] The opaque surfaces of the bowl and its matching tray are decorated with identical flowering shrubs enclosed within oval compartments, painted in two shades of gold and silver, now tarnished into a dark metallic gray
paintings.[2] The round, flat tray with everted rim, however, follows a classic Indian
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Painted Designs second half 12th–first half 13th century Dagger (Khanjarli) Indian
Debbie Kuo, a jewelry designer and the administrator in the Department of Greek and Roman Art, shares artworks that inspire her designs.
distended, or stretched earlobes, very much like a Boddhisattva in Chinese and Indian
