World history and culture: The exhibition “New masterpieces of Asian art in the collection of the Museum of the East” in Moscow

The State Museum of the East (Moscow) from December 27, 2014 presents the exhibition "New masterpieces of Asian art in the collection of the Museum of the East".

The new exhibition represents the most significant revenues, acquired by the State Procurement Commission of the Ministry of Culture of Russia in 2014.

The exhibition will feature more than thirty pieces, covering the period from the IV BC until the end of the XIX century. Among them - the early medieval statues of the Buddha of the North-Western India (Gandhara, IV-V centuries AD); Buddhist stone stelae from China, dating from the reign of Northern Dynasties (IV-VI centuries AD); monumental fragment of temple decoration from Cambodia, made in the style of the famous Bayonne style (XII century); sculptures of bodhisattvas from Nepal (XVII century); Chinese porcelain of the XVII-XVIII centuries; Japanese screens and works of small plastic bones of the Meiji era (XIX-XX centuries).

New acquisitions will be an important addition to permanent exhibitions halls of the Art of China, Japan, India and Southeast Asia. They will help shape new exhibitions - from the history of Buddhist art in China to the iconography of Hindu gods, as well as provide material for research.