Himalayan World

Totalling about 2000 pieces of art, the Himalayan art section mostly features paintings, sculptures and ritual objects associated with Asia's two main religions: Hinduism and Buddhism. It has grown to offer a fascinating overview of the thematic and aesthetic diversity of a cultural field focused on transcendence.

 

Sculpture

Hayagriva, "He who has a horse's neck"

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Sculpture

The birth of Buddha

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Furniture/Objet d'art

Priest crown

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Graphic Arts/Painting

The supreme Buddha Vajrasattva and his consort

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Bhairava, the "fearsome one"

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Graphic Arts/Painting

Chakrasamvara, the “Wheel of Supreme Bliss"

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