National Museum of Asian Art, West Building
The Arts of South Asia
May 15, 1985 – December 1, 1985
Some 70 objects, ranging in date from the 2nd century B.C. through the 18th century, offer a complete survey of the Freer's painting, sculpture, and decorative art from the Indian subcontinent. Among the notable objects on view:
- a stone relief (c. 200 A.D.) from the Gandharan regions of Pakistan, depicting the Four Great Events in the life of the Buddha
- a 10th-century bronze sculpture of the goddess Parvati, consort of the Hindu god Shiva -an imperial portrait of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir (c.1615)
- a Rajput painting (c.1660) of the goddess Devi being worshipped by the 3 great Hindu gods: Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.
