The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Garuda Finial

Art Object

Program Information

Ink Painting and the Rinpa Tradition

Program information

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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Garuda Finial

Date:: late 12th–early 13th century
Culture:: Thailand
Medium:: Gilt bronze
Dimensions:: H. 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm)
Classification:: Metalwork
Credit Line:: Gift of The Kronos Collections, 1986
Accession Number:: 1986.501.4

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 249

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