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Friday, March 21, 2014

Norton Simon Museum - Buddha and Adorants, Coming March 28th

Norton Simon Museum

Future Exhibition

In the Land of Snow:  Buddhist Art of the Himalayas
Buddha and Adorants on the Cosmic Mountain, c. 700
India: Kashmir, 675-725
Bronze with silver and copper inlay
13-1/4 x 9-1/2 x 4-3/4 in. (33.7 x 24.1 x 12.1 cm)
The Norton Simon Foundation

In the Land of Snow: Buddhist Art of the Himalayas

March 28, 2014 - August 25, 2014
In the Land of Snow is the Museum’s first large-scale exhibition of Himalayan Buddhist art, bringing together exceptional Indian, Nepalese and Tibetan Buddhist sculptures along with significant thangka (flat field) paintings from throughout the Himalayan region. Almost all of the Museum’s thangkas are on display for this special occasion, in addition to a number of generous loans. A highlight of the exhibition is the display of a monumental thangka, measuring over 20 feet in height, depicting the Buddha of the Future, Maitreya, flanked by the Eighth Dalai Lama, Jamphel Gyatso, and his tutor, Yongtsin Yeshe Gyaltsen. Painted on silk and presented on an elaborate embroidered mounting, the thangka was commissioned by the Eighth Dalai Lama for the benefit of his tutor and for the posterity of the Buddhist faith. This is only the second time that this extraordinary painting has been on view at the Museum.

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