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Buddhist art at New York`s Met

Sucheta Chakraborty

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By Nascimento Pinto
Published Jul 16, 2023

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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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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