JAPANESE<br/>
<em>Bodhisattva</em> (12th century) (detail)<br />
<em>(Sho-Kannon Bosatsu 聖観音菩薩)</em><br />
lacquer, gilt-Cypress (Hinoki), crystal<br />
172.0 x 60.0 x 50.0 cm (overall)<br />
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br />
Purchased with funds donated by Allan Myers AO and Maria Myers AO, 2011<br />
2011.118<br />

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In the steps of the Buddha

Free entry

NGV International

Fashion and Textiles, Level 2

17 Dec 11 – 3 Jun 12

This exhibition of 80 Buddhist and Hindu works of art drawn from the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria explores the development of Buddhist imagery across Asia. From early Buddhist works created in India in the 2nd – 4th centuries AD to a contemporary Zen Buddhist ink and brush painting in the Chinese tradition, In the steps of the Buddha illustrates different styles of art associated with the Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhist schools. The exhibition presents a wide range of Buddhist works of art including sculptures of the Buddha, bodhisattvas and Buddhist deities in bronze, wood, clay and lacquer, ritual items, pilgrimage souvenirs, paintings, masks and manuscript covers and includes works from Gandhara, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Japan, China, Tibet, Nepal and Bhutan.

Select Works

JAPANESE
Bodhisattva (12th century) (detail)
(Sho-Kannon Bosatsu 聖観音菩薩)
lacquer, gilt-Cypress (Hinoki), crystal
172.0 x 60.0 x 50.0 cm (overall)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Allan Myers AO and Maria Myers AO, 2011
2011.118
TIBETAN
The life of Tsongkhapa (18th century)
opaque watercolour and gold paint on cotton
206.1 x 338.0 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of the O. F. Semler family in memory of O. F. Semler, 1955
1533A-D4
CHINESE
White robed Guanyin in a landscape (early 14th century)
pigments, ink on silk
115.3 x 56.2 cm (image and sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of the National Australia Bank Limited, Honorary Life Benefactor, 1997
1997.94
MON
Buddha 9th century CE
bronze
61.2 x 20.3 x 13.2 cm (overall)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of the Sydney Myer Charity Trust and The Myer Emporium Ltd, 1979
AS13-1979
NEPALESE
Kalachakra and Vishvamata (17th century)
gilt-bronze, turquoise, garnet, metallic gilding, pigment
(a-c) 32.2 x 25.0 x 18.9 cm (overall)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Sir James Plimsoll AC CBE, Governor, 1982
AS18.a-c-1982
JAPANESE
Bodhisattva (12th century)
(Sho-Kannon Bosatsu 聖観音菩薩)
lacquer, gilt-Cypress (Hinoki), crystal
172.0 x 60.0 x 50.0 cm (overall)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Allan Myers AO and Maria Myers AO, 2011
2011.118
JAPANESE
Gyōdō mask of Bodhisattva  Kamakura period 1185-1333
(Gyōdōmen Bosatsu 行道面菩薩)
lacquer and gold paint on wood
14.5 x 19.0 x 23.5 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1955
1535-D4
Kim Hoa TRAM
Stillness 2005
ink on paper
128.0 x 64.4 cm (image and sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Lillian Ernestine Lobb Bequest, 2006
2006.343
© Kim Hoa Tram