The Goddess Durga Killing the BuffaloDemon, Mahisha (Mahishasuramardini), Palaperiod (ca. 750–1200), 12th centuryWest Bengal, India or BangladeshPurchase, Diana and Arthur G. Altschul Gift,1993 (1993.7)Metropolitan Museum of Artwww.metmuseum.org

Durga from India

Central IndianGaneshasandstone, 11th-12th centuryAckland Fund, 85.2.1Ackland Art Museum,The University of North Carolina at

Chapel Hill

Ganesha from India

Chinese, Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644Guan Yuwood, lacquer and lacquer paste, polychrome and gold,leather and hair, 1490sThe William A. Whitaker Foundation Art Fund, 95.2Ackland Art Museum,The University of North Carolina at Chapel

Hill

Guan Yu from China

Standing Buddha, Gupta period (ca.319–500), 5th centuryUttar Pradesh, Mathura, IndiaMottled red sandstone; H. 33 11/16 in.(85.5 cm), W. 16 3/4 in. (42.5 cm)Purchase, Enid A. Haupt Gift, 1979(1979.6)Metropolitan Museum of Artwww.metmuseum.org

Buddha from India

Wisdom King Fudo (Fudo Myo-o),Heian period (794–1185), 12th centuryKyoto, JapanJoined-woodblock construction withpigments; H. 63 3/4 in. (162 cm)The Harry G. C. Packard Collection ofAsian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard,and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, HarrisBrisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds,Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and TheAnnenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975(1975.268.163)Metropolitan Museum of Artwww.metmuseum.org

Fudo from Japan

Seated Buddha, Tang dynasty(618–907), ca. 650ChinaDry lacquer with traces of gilt and polychrome pigments; 38 x 27 in. (96.5 x 68.6 cm)Rogers Fund, 1919 (19.186)Metropolitan Museum of Artwww.metmuseum.org

Buddha from China

Krishna Battles the Armies of theDemon Naraka: Page from aDispersed Bhagavata Purana, ca.1520–30Delhi-Agra area, IndiaInk and opaque watercolor on paper; 7 x9 1/8 in. (17.78 x 23.18 cm)Purchase, Lita Annenberg HazenCharitable Trust Gift, 1985 (1985.34)Metropolitan Museum of Artwww.metmuseum.org

Krishna from India

Seated Ganesha, 14th–15th centuryOrissa, IndiaIvory; H. 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm), W. 4 3/4 in.(12.1 cm)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Klejman, 1964(64.102)Metropolitan Museum of Artwww.metmuseum.org

Ganesha from India

Shiva as Lord of Dance (Nataraja),Chola period (880–1279), ca. 11th centuryTamil Nadu, IndiaCopper alloy; H. 26 7/8 in. (68.3 cm),Diam. 22 1/4 in. (56.5 cm)Gift of R. H. Ellsworth Ltd., in honMetropolitan Museum of Artwww.metmuseum.org

Shiva from India

Standing Parvati, Chola period(880–1279), ca. first quarter of the 10thcenturyTamil Nadu, IndiaCopper alloy; H. 27 3/8 in. (69.5 cm)Bequest of Cora Timken Burnett, 1956(57.51.3)Metropolitan Museum of Artwww.metmuseum.org

Parvati from India

Standing Bodhisattva Maitreya (TheBodhisattva of the Future), 9th–10thcenturyNepalCopper alloy with gilding and color; H.26 (66 cm), W. 8 1/4 in. (20.9 cm)Rogers Fund, 1982 (1982.220.12)Metropolitan Museum of Artwww.metmuseum.org

Bodhisattva from Nepal

Portrait of Jnanatapa surroundedby lamas and mahasiddhas, 14thcenturyeastern TibetDistemper on cloth; 27 x 21 1/2 in. (68.6 x54.6 cm)Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 1987(1987.144)Metropolitan Museum of Artwww.metmuseum.org

Jnanatapa from Tibet

Yama, mid–17th–early 18th centuryTibetInk, distemper, and gold on cloth; 72 3/8x 46 5/8 in. (183.8 x 118.4 cm)Purchase, Florance Waterbury Bequest,1969 (69.71)Metropolitan Museum of Artwww.metmuseum.org

Yama from Tibet

Four-armed Avalokiteshvara (TheBodhisattva of InfiniteCompassion), ca. second quarter of the8th centuryPrakhon Chai, Buriram Province, ThailandBronze with silver and black glass orobsidian inlay in eyes; H. 56 in. (142.2cm)Rogers Fund, 1967 (67.234)Metropolitan Museum of Artwww.metmuseum.org

Avalokiteshvara from Thailand

Avalokiteshvara, Angkor period(802–1431)-, fourth quarter of the10th–first quarter of the 11th century;Khmer style of Banteay ShreiCambodia or ThailandBronze with silver inlay; H. 22 3/4 in. (57.8cm)Purchase, The Annenberg FoundationGift, 1992 (1992.336)Metropolitan Museum of Artwww.metmuseum.org

Avalokiteshvara from Cambodia

Krishna on Garuda, Central Javaneseperiod (ca. 730–ca. 930), second half ofthe 9th centuryJava, IndonesiaBronze; H. 15 7/16 in. (39.2 cm)Purchase, Lita Annenberg HazenCharitable Trust Gift, 1992 (1992.135)Metropolitan Museum of Artwww.metmuseum.org

Krishna on Garuda from Indonesia

Bust of warrior, Kofun period(3rd–7th century), 5th–6th centuryKanto region, JapanEarthenware with painted, incised,and applied decoration;H. 13 1/8 in. (33.3 cm), W. 10 7/8 in. (27.6 cm)The Harry G. C. Packard Collection ofAsian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard,and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, HarrisBrisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds,Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and TheAnnenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975(1975.268.414)Metropolitan Museum of Artwww.metmuseum.org

Warrior from Japan

Female dancer, 2nd century B. C.;Early Western Han dynasty (206 B. C.-A. D. 9)Chinese; ChinaEarthenware with slip and pigments; H. 21in. (53.3 cm)Charlotte C. and John C. WeberCollection, Gift of Charlotte C. and JohnC. Weber, 1992 (1992.165.19)Metropolitan Museum of Artwww.metmuseum.org

Dancer from China

A Lady Playing the Tanpura, ca.1730–40Kishangarh, Rajasthan, IndiaInk, gold, opaque and transparentwatercolor on paper; 18 1/2 x 13 1/4 in.(47 x 33.66 cm)Fletcher Fund, 1996 (1996.100.1)Metropolitan Museum of Artwww.metmuseum.org

Tanpura Player from India

Playing Weiqi at the WaterPavillion, Hanging scroll, mid–20thcenturyFu Baoshi (Chinese, 1904–1965)ChinaHanging scroll; ink and color on Koreanpaper; 49 3/4 x 29 1/2 in. (126.4 x 74.9 cm)Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, inmemory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth,1988 (1988.324.3)Metropolitan Museum of Artwww.metmuseum.org

Weigi Players from China