Resource Spotlight | “Lost Kingdoms: Hindu-Buddhist Sculpture of Early Southeast Asia” by John Guy

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Lintel with Anthropomorphic Dragon in Foliage
Mid-7th century
Central Cambodia
Sandstone
Gift of Margery and Harry Kahn, 1985
1985.390.1
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Lost Kingdoms

Hindu-Buddhist Sculpture of Early Southeast Asia

by John Guy

This resource is generously provided by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
8th–early 9th century
Southern Thailand or Sumatra
Copper alloy
Rogers Fund, 1982
1982.64
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Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
Second quarter of the 8th century
Northeastern Thailand
Copper alloy inlaid with silver and glass or obsidian
Rogers Fund, 1967
67.234
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Buddha Preaching
Mon-Dvaravati period
8th–early 9th century
Central or northeastern Thailand
Silver alloy
Gift of Enid A. Haupt, 1993
1993.387.6
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Lintel with Anthropomorphic Dragon in Foliage
Mid-7th century
Central Cambodia
Sandstone
Gift of Margery and Harry Kahn, 1985
1985.390.1
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Durga
Late 5th-early 6th century
Southern Thailand
Sandstone
Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Ex Coll.: Columbia University, Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1987
1987.218.20
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Head of Buddha
Pre-Angkor period
7th century
Southern Cambodia
Sandstone
Gift of Doris Wiener, 2005
2005.512
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Buddha
Pre-Angkor period
Mid-7th century
Southern Cambodia
Sandstone
Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 1993
1993.477.3
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Bodhisattva, possibly Maitreya
First quarter of the 8th century
Northeastern Thailand
Copper alloy with tin
Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 1989
1989.151
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Bodhisattva, possibly Maitreya
First quarter of the 8th century
Northeastern Thailand
Copper alloy with tin
Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 1989
1989.151
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Yaksha, possibly Kubera
Pre-Angkor period
Late 6th–early 7th century
Vietnam
Sandstone
Gift of John and Evelyn Kossak, The Kronos Collections, 1983
1983.550
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Bodhisattva Avaolkiteshvara
Pre-Angkor period
Second half of the 7th–early 8th century
Western Cambodia
Copper alloy
Rogers Fund, 1987
1987.145
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Buddha Attended by Bodhisattvas Avalokiteshvara and Maitreya
Central Javanese period
Second half of the 8th century
Sumatra or southern Thailand
Copper alloy
Gift of John and Evelyn Kossak, The Kronos Collections, 1984
1984.486.4
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Harihara
Pre-Angkor period
Late 7th–early 8th century
Cambodia or Vietnam
Sandstone
Purchase, Laurance S. Rockefeller Gift and Anonymous Gift, 1977
1977.241
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Shiva Linga
7th-8th century
Southern Thailand
Sandstone
Gift of Steven Kossak, The Kronos Collections, 1992
1992.150.3
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Shiva
Pre-Angkor period
Mid- 7th century
Southern Cambodia or Vietnam
Sandstone
Rogers Fund, 1987
1987.17
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Author | Guy, John, with essays by Pierre Baptiste, Lawrence Becker, Bérénice Bellina, Robert L. Brown, Federico Carò, Pattaratorn Chirapravati, Janet G. Douglas, Arlo Griffiths, Agustijanto Indradjaya, Le Thi Lien, Pierre-Yves Manguin, Stephen A. Murphy, Ariel O'Connor, Peter Skilling, Janice Stargardt, Donna Strahan, U Thein Lwin, Geoff Wade, U Win Kyaing, Hiram Woodward, and Thierry Zéphir
Publisher | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date of Publication | May 6, 2014

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