The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Antefix with Head of a Buddha

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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.

Video/Audio (3)

Cambodian Rattan: The Sculpture of Sopheap Pich

Cambodian Rattan: The Sculpture of Sopheap Pich
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Sunday at the Met: Cambodian Rattan Discussion

Sunday at the Met: Cambodian Rattan Discussion
(00:57:05) 64 views

Sunday at the Met: Cambodian Rattan Performance

Sunday at the Met: Cambodian Rattan Performance
(00:28:04) 60 views

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Antefix with Head of a Buddha

Period:: Central Javanese period
Date:: 9th–10th century
Culture:: Indonesia (Java)
Medium:: Terracotta
Dimensions:: H. 13 5/8 in. (34.6 cm)
Classification:: Sculpture
Credit Line:: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Lerner, 1988
Accession Number:: 1988.431

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