THIS COMPREHENSIVE EXHIBITION EXPLORES
BOTH MONASTIC,
AS WELL AS, SHAMANISTIC TRIBAL BUDDHISM. THE MAJORITY OF EXCEPTIONAL
ARTIFACTS
IN THIS EXTRAORDINARY SURVEY WERE CREATED IN THE 18TH AND 19TH
CENTURIES
AND REPRESENT PRIMARILY: CAMBODIA, TIBET, THAILAND, CHINA AND BUTHAN.
SEVERAL
OTHER SOUTH EAST ASIAN CULTURES AND BUDDHIST SECTS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED
IN
ADDITION TO HILL TRIBE AND TAOIST FORMS OF RELIGIOUS PRACTICE. THE
TWENTY
PICTURES, INCLUDED AS SUPPORT MATERIALS, IN SOME INSTANCES DEPICT
THE SHOWS' ARTIFACT EXAMPLE IN USE. AN ASTONISHING PRESENTATION OF
CEREMONIAL
CHARACTER MASKS FROM BUDDHIST MORALITY PLAYS ARE FEATURE ALONG WITH
EXTRAORDINARY
EXAMPLES OF MAHAKALA AND BUDDHIST STATUARY. ETHNOGRAPHICLY
REPRESENTED:
TEXTILES, JEWELRY, HEADDRESSES, AND TRIBAL STATUS SYMBOLS ARE BUT A FEW
OF THE UNUSUAL COMPLIMENTARY PIECES INCLUDED TO AUGMENT THE MORE
CLASSIC
EXAMPLES. THIS REMARKABLE SHOW OF BUDDHIST REGAL SPLENDOR, SHOULD NOT
BE
MISSED. THE DIVERSE COMBINATION OF CLASSIC AND TRIBAL BUDDHIST
MATERIALS,
MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO EXPERIENCE FIRST HAND, MAGNIFICENT ASIAN ART FROM
ONE OF THE WORLDS' GREATEST RELIGIONS!
94 ARTIFACTS:
INCLUDING STATUES,
TEXTILES,
HEADDRESSES, MASKS, AND SCROLLS.
TOTAL NUMBER OF WORKS:
114
DISPLAY DIMENSIONS: VARIABLE
SQUARE FEET: 1200-1600
RENTAL FEE:
$11950.
SUPPORT MATERIALS:
20
PHOTOGRAPHS
OF THAI TRIBES AND
INTRODUCTORY TEXT PANEL
AND WALL LABELS FOR EVERY PIECE
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