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Asian Sculpture Garden

Lovers of Asian art should take the time to also visit the small sculpture garden off of the Museum’s lower-level galleries. Here are a dozen works from India and Southeast Asia, including the marvelous schist Bull with Shivalingam and Other Images, possibly from 16th-century Rajasthan, India, and the stunning granite Buddha Shakyamuni, c. 1100, from Tamil Nadu, India, which can be seen from inside the gallery of Chola bronze sculptures. Plants in this area include several silk floss and olive trees, giant birds of paradise, bamboo and Japanese maple.


Featured Sculptures:

India: Tamil Nadu, Vishnu, c. 875
India: Tamil Nadu, Vishnu, c. 850
India: Tamil Nadu, Shiva as the Supreme Teacher, c. 1250–1300
India: Tamil Nadu, Vishnu, c. 1200
India: Tamil Nadu, Uma, c. 1200
India: Tamil Nadu, Vishnu, Mid-13th century
India: Karnataka, Vishnu with Sridevi and Bhudevi, late 12th century
India: Rajasthan (?), Bull with Shivalingam and other Images, probably 16th century
Cambodia: Angkor period, Lingam, 9–12th century
Cambodia: Angkor period, Lingam, 9–12th century
India: Tamil Nadu, Buddha Shakyamuni, c. 1100
India: Tamil Nadu, Sri-Lakshmi, 15th century

Featured Plants

#38 Silk floss tree (detail)
Chorisia speciosa
#39 Silk floss tree
Chorisia speciosa
#40 Japanese maple
Acer palmatum

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