Dancing Krishna (detail)
South India, Chola Period, 13th-14th century
Bronze
Collection of Nanik and Suneeta Vaswani, Houston
L2008.47 |
Texas Collects Asia: India and Southeast Asia
Saturday, April 19, 2008 - Sunday, June 22, 2008
This exhibition will feature over sixty works of art from the 12th century onward and explores the vibrant and complicated religious system in Indian and other Southeast Asian countries. Through the highly dramatic votive sculptures and paintings, the visitor will have the possibility of experiencing the sacred events and mythology of ancient India and Southeast Asia. The artworks are selected from six private collections and two museums in Texas. They illustrate the iconographical and stylistic diversity encompassing Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.
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Signed Meng Zishou (act.1904-1919)
Snuff Bottle with an Aquatic Scene
China, Qing dynasty, 1909
Ink and color on crystal
CARU Collection |
The CARU Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Part III
Saturday, February 16, 2008 - Sunday, June 15, 2008
This exhibition will showcase masterfully inside-painted snuff bottles by major artists of various schools from the late 19th to the early 20th centuries. With a history tracing back to the Jiaqing reign (1796-1820), this group of bottles represent the zenith of inside-painted snuff bottles development. Each bottle is an impeccable combination of glass making, crystal carving with Chinese ink painting and calligraphy. The bottles are decorated with subjects such as landscape, figures, still life, birds and flowers that are depicted either with great naturalism or in calligraphic style favored by literati patrons.
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