Resource Spotlight | “The Lotus Transcendent: Indian and Southeast Asian Art from the Samuel Eilenberg Collection” by Martin Lerner and Steven Kossak

Seated Transcendent Buddha Vairochana Central Javanese period ca. late 9th century Indonesia (Java) Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Gift of Samuel Eilenberg, 1987 © The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Seated Transcendent Buddha Vairochana
Central Javanese period
ca. late 9th century
Indonesia (Java)
Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Gift of Samuel Eilenberg, 1987
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Lotus Transcendent

Indian and Southeast Asian Art
from the Samuel Eilenberg Collection

by Marvin Lerner & Steven Kossak

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Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara Second half of the 7th century Southern Thailand Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Ex Coll.: Columbia University, Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1987 © The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
Second half of the 7th century
Southern Thailand
Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Ex Coll.: Columbia University, Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1987
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Top of a Bell in the Form of a Demon King or Guardian Eastern Javanese period ca. second half of the 12th–early 13th century Indonesia (Java) Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Gift of Samuel Eilenberg, 1987 © The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Top of a Bell in the Form of a Demon King or Guardian
Eastern Javanese period
ca. second half of the 12th–early 13th century
Indonesia (Java)
Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Gift of Samuel Eilenberg, 1987
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Slit Gong (Kentongan) Eastern Javanese period ca. 13th century Indonesia (Java) Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Gift of Samuel Eilenberg, 1987 © The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Slit Gong (Kentongan)
Eastern Javanese period
ca. 13th century
Indonesia (Java)
Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Gift of Samuel Eilenberg, 1987
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bust of a Bodhisattva Shakyamuni 3rd–4th century Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara) Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Ex Coll.: Columbia University, Purchase, Anonymous Gift and Rogers Fund, 1987 © The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Bust of a Bodhisattva Shakyamuni
3rd–4th century
Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)
Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Ex Coll.: Columbia University, Purchase, Anonymous Gift and Rogers Fund, 1987
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Standing Bodhisattva Maitreya or Manjushri(?) Late 7th–early 9th century Indonesia (Sumatra) Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Ex Coll.: Columbia University, Purchase, Pfeiffer Fund, 1987 © The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Standing Bodhisattva Maitreya or Manjushri(?)
Late 7th–early 9th century
Indonesia (Sumatra)
Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Ex Coll.: Columbia University, Purchase, Pfeiffer Fund, 1987
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Seated Four-Armed Ganesha Chola period (880–1279) Late 12th–13th century India (Tamil Nadu) Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Gift of Samuel Eilenberg, 1987 © The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Seated Four-Armed Ganesha
Chola period (880–1279)
Late 12th–13th century
India (Tamil Nadu)
Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Gift of Samuel Eilenberg, 1987
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Infinite Compassion Anuradhapura period ca. late 7th–first half of the 8th century Sri Lanka Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Gift of Samuel Eilenberg, in memory of Carneg Kevorkian, 1987 © The Metropolitan Museum of … — Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Infinite Compassion
Anuradhapura period
ca. late 7th–first half of the 8th century
Sri Lanka
Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Gift of Samuel Eilenberg, in memory of Carneg Kevorkian, 1987
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Hanging Lamp in the Form of a Kinnari Central Javanese period ca. second half of the 9th–early 10th century Indonesia (Java) Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Gift of Samuel Eilenberg, 1987 © The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Hanging Lamp in the Form of a Kinnari
Central Javanese period
ca. second half of the 9th–early 10th century
Indonesia (Java)
Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Gift of Samuel Eilenberg, 1987
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Slit Gong (Kentongan) Eastern Javanese period ca. 13th century Indonesia (Java) Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Gift of Samuel Eilenberg, 1987 © The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Slit Gong (Kentongan)
Eastern Javanese period
ca. 13th century
Indonesia (Java)
Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Gift of Samuel Eilenberg, 1987
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Striding Garuda (The Royal Solar Bird) Angkor period Third quarter of the 10th century Cambodia Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Ex Coll.: Columbia University, Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Halpern Gift, 1987 © The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Striding Garuda (The Royal Solar Bird)
Angkor period
Third quarter of the 10th century
Cambodia
Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Ex Coll.: Columbia University, Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Halpern Gift, 1987
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Head of a Male Deity Central Javanese period Second half of the 9th century Indonesia (Java) Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Gift of Samuel Eilenberg, 1987 © The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Head of a Male Deity
Central Javanese period
Second half of the 9th century
Indonesia (Java)
Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Gift of Samuel Eilenberg, 1987
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Halberd Head with Naga and Blades Eastern Javanese period ca. 2nd half of 13th century Indonesia (Java) Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Gift of Samuel Eilenberg © The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Halberd Head with Naga and Blades
Eastern Javanese period
ca. 2nd half of 13th century
Indonesia (Java)
Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Gift of Samuel Eilenberg
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Transcendent Buddha Vairochana (?) Seated in Western Fashion Central Javanese period 9th century Indonesia (Java) Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Gift of Samuel Eilenberg, 1987 © The Metropolitan Museum of Art — The Transcendent Buddha Vairochana (?) Seated in Western Fashion
Central Javanese period
9th century
Indonesia (Java)
Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Gift of Samuel Eilenberg, 1987
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Transcendent Buddha Ratnasambhava Flanked by Two Bodhisattvas Central Javanese period Late 9th–early 10th century Indonesia (Java) Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Gift of Samuel Eilenberg, 1987 © The Metropolitan Museum of Art — The Transcendent Buddha Ratnasambhava Flanked by Two Bodhisattvas
Central Javanese period
Late 9th–early 10th century
Indonesia (Java)
Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Gift of Samuel Eilenberg, 1987
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Seated Four-Armed Ganesha Central Javanese period 9th century Indonesia (Java) Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Gift of Samuel Eilenberg, 1987 © The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Seated Four-Armed Ganesha
Central Javanese period
9th century
Indonesia (Java)
Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Gift of Samuel Eilenberg, 1987
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Holy-Water Vessel Eastern Javanese period ca. 14th century Indonesia (Java) Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Gift of Samuel Eilenberg, 1987 © The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Holy-Water Vessel
Eastern Javanese period
ca. 14th century
Indonesia (Java)
Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Gift of Samuel Eilenberg, 1987
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Image of a Noble Boy Eastern Javanese period, Majapahit kingdom 14th century Indonesia (Java) Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Gift of Samuel Eilenberg, 1987 © The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Image of a Noble Boy
Eastern Javanese period, Majapahit kingdom
14th century
Indonesia (Java)
Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Gift of Samuel Eilenberg, 1987
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Author | Martin Lerner & Steven Kossak
Publisher | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date of Publication | 1991

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