The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Buddha Vairocana (Dari)

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Ink Painting and the Rinpa Tradition

Part of a Sunday at the Met held in conjunction with the exhibition Designing Nature: The Rinpa Aesthetic in Japanese Art, on view May 26, 2012–January 13, 2013, this lecture features Yukio Lippit, Professor of History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University.

Recorded September 30, 2012

The exhibition is made possible by The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Foundation.
The catalogue is made possible by the Richard and Geneva Hofheimer Memorial Fund.

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Buddha Vairocana (Dari)

Period:: Liao dynasty (907–1125)
Date:: 11th century
Culture:: China
Medium:: Gilt bronze; lost-wax cast
Dimensions:: H. 8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm); W. 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm); D. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm); Diam. of base 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
Classification:: Sculpture
Credit Line:: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 2006
Accession Number:: 2006.284

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 207

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