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Show Asian Art T )))1 he Asian collection at the Utah Museum. of Fine Arts mtroduces visitors to both secular and religious art from tlns culturally diverse part of the world. In regions such as South and Southeast Asia (India, Indonesia, etc.) religious art predomm ates, and was often produced m durable m aten als such as stone. In the Far East (Clnna, J apan, and Korea) much secular art, m the form of pamtmgs, ceramics, Jade, lacquer w are, and textiles not only survives but also is held m lngh esteem.. Hindmsm and Buddhism , two of the maJor religions born m Asia, greatly affected South and Southeast Asia cultures m particular. By the third century A .D Hindmsm had grown out of the Vedic and Brahmamc texts of the first and second millenmum B C. It transformed the ancient texts' abstract concepts and eventually created a BELO W India, Bihar area ca. A.D. 900- 1100) Torso of a Ma le D eity Sandstone H eight 24 1/4 111. Purchased with funds from Fn ends of the Art Museum Muse um # J974.037 ABOVE T hailand (Siam), Ayutthaya penod ca. 1700s) Walking Buddha Bronze H eight 44 l/4 111. Purchased with fun ds fro m Fnends of the Art Museum and Mrs. Richard Hudnut by exchange Museum # 1972.049.002.002 A B OVE R IGH T Japanese, anonym.ous Kano School with Tosa School 111fluence, Tokugawa (Edo penod (1615-1868) T he Tale of Cenji PaJ r of six-panel fo ld111g screens, colored 111k and gold on paper Each 67 5/s x 150 111. Purchased with fund s fro m the M arriner S. Eccles Fo undation with assistance from Professo r and Mrs. Lennox Tierney fo r the M arn ner S. Eccles Collect1on of Masterworks Museum # 1991.068.001 A (illustrated) B Sino-T ibetan ca. 1700- 1900) Two Wratliful D eities Gilt bronze Height fro m left to n ght: 7 111. 6 3/4 in. Bequ est of D olores D ore (M rs. George S.) Eccles Mu seum.# from. left to n ght: 1994.042.002, 003 TH E CHRIST E NSEN FUND T he Christensen Fund made an extraordinary gift in 1999 ef nearly 3 00 art and ethnographic objects from a broad range efAsian and South east Asian cultures, including those ef 22 UTA H M LSEl: .\l O F Fl .\' [;" Chma,Java, Thailand, India, and Burma. These splendid objects from both the secular and religious realms form the cornerstone to the museum's growing Asian collection. Highlights A1ns ef the Christensen Fund gift include two groupings ef architectural carvings, one in stone from eastern Java featuring a terracotta female head from eastJ ava, circa 11th century, the other in wood from South India that includes a 17th century - early 18th century south Indian lintel panel depicting the wedding ef Siva and Parvati, and important examples ef Chinese Bencliarong |
