Kurt Behrendt

Associate Curator, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Nunobiki Waterfall, by Kano Tsunenobu, Japan, Edo period, 1709, ink and color on silk, MMA 3015.300.82 @metmuseum

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Jain Digambara Tirthankara, India, Deccan, Chalukyan period, 12th c., copper alloy, MMA 2015.500.4.13 @metmuseum

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Rock in the form of a fantastic mountain, China, Qing dynasty, 19th c., Taihu limestone, MMA 2008.674a @metmuseum

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Jali, pierced window screen, North India, 17th c., marble, MMA 1984.193 @metmuseum

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Vasudhara, Goddess of Prosperity, Nepal, early Malla period, 14-15th c., gilt-copper alloy, MMA 1983.547 @metmuseum

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Shino Teabowl with Bridge and House, Japan, late 16th c., glazed stoneware, MMA 2015.300.271 @metmuseum

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Maharana Sangram Singh, India, Mewar, 1712, opaque watercolor, gold and pearls on paper, MMA 2004.403 @metmuseum

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Ram-headed Sphinx, Iraq, Mesopotamia, Nimrud, Neo Assyrian period, 9th-8th c., BC, ivory, MMA 64.37.7 @metmuseum

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Dancer, tomb figure, China, Eastern Han, 25-220 AD, earthenware and pigments, MMA 1994.605.87a @metmuseum

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Karaikkal Ammaiyar, Shaivite Saint, Tamil Nadu, Chola period, late 13th c. MMA 1982.220.11 @metmuseum

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Dish with Gardenias, China, Ming dynasty, late 16th c., Jingezhen ware, porcelain, MMA 19.28.10 #themet #chineseart

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Cows in the rain, detail of Krishna and Gopas, India, Bahu, 1725-50, watercolor on paper, #divinepleasures

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Zhao Yuan, detail of Farewell by a Stream, China, Yuan dynasty, late 14th c., hanging scroll, MMA 1973.121.8 #themet

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Vajracharya's Ritual Crown, detail, Nepal, Kathmandu Valley, 13th c., gilt copper alloy,MMA 2016.408 #themet

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Mahasiddha, detail of a Jnanadakini Mandala, Tibet, late 14th c. distemper on cotton, MMA 1987.16 #themet #metmuseum

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Black Stork in a Landscape, detail, India, Lucknow, ca. 1780, watercolor on European paper, MMA 2000.266 #themet

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Bes, protective god popular in west India with traders, Egypt, Ptolemaic period, 4th-2nd c. BC, MMA 29.2.3 #themet

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Seated Durga, India, Uttar Pradesh or Madhya Pradesh, 9th c., sandstone, MMA 1990.15 #themet #metmuseum #durga

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Pleasure Boats on the Sumida River, detail, Japan, Edo period, 1793, woodblock print on paper, MMA JP180 #themet

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Carpet with s Flower Pattern, India, probably Kashmir, late 18th c., cotton and wool, MMA 67.267 #themet