Buddhist art at New York`s Met
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John Guy
Guy is the curator of Tree and Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India, 200 BCE—400 CE, an exhibition opening at the Met this week, featuring more than 125 objects
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An ivory statuette
Discovered in the ruins of Roman city Pompeii destroyed in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius 79 CE, Naples National Archaeological Museum says it has Indian origin
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Portrait of a donor
It is from Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh, Maurya, 3rd—2nd century BCE, sandstone, 71/2 × 4 × 6 in. (19.1 × 10.2 × 15.2 cm), collection: National Museum, New Delhi
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Ayaka platform panel with the Buddha
Ayaka platform panel with the Buddha in meditation venerated by Nagaraja. Mucalinda and his clan Nagarjunakonda in Andhra Pradesh, Iksvaku, late 3rd—4th century
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Mahapurusa figure
A yaksa honouring the Buddha Phanigiri, Nalgonda district, Telangana, Iksvaku, 3rd–4th century CE, excavated in courtyard adjoining the apsidal shrines
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