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Gilded brass (or gilded copper alloy) standing Buddha on lotus pedestal with both hands raised in abhaya mudra.
Thai
Buddha, standing, in double abhaya mudra and dressed in royal attire
19th century
Anonymous Gift
1975/1.66

Benin (ancient Nigerian)
Leopard Box Lid
1870 – 1880
Gift of Mrs. Chet LaMore
1985/2.12
A copper inkwell in the shape of a man's head with a long, pointed beard. His hat acts as the stopper.
Artist Unknown
Beard man with hat copper ink well with ink well insert
1875 – 1975
Gift in loving memory of Donald Maxwell Robiner from his family
2010/1.244
Shiva dances upon the back of a dwarf figure crouching on his stomach. This pose is not as typical as some of his other dancing postures. He dances on one leg extended straight down with the other straight up almost making a straight line. His torso and head are thrown back. He only has two hands, one holding a drum at his knee and the other a khatvanga, a club made of a bone with a skull at the top. He wears jewelry including a belt with pendent loops and tassels, necklaces including a heavy long necklace, armlets and bracelets and an elaborate crown organized with a number of peaks. On his forehead we find the third eye, another identifier of the god Shiva. A dense circular background consisting of three inner rows of round elements, the middle one may be composed of skulls, and an outer row of flame-like elements surrounds the whole figure, animating the image into a whirl of the dance. The whole sits on a circular base, plain with a flanged bottom section decorated with a lotus petal motif. <br />
Nepali
Shiva dancing
1700 – 1899
Gift of the Estate of Thakur Rup Chand
1995/1.86

Indian (Indian (South Asian))
Shiva as Kevala-Murti
1167 – 1232
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel
1980/2.289

German
Aquamanile, Lion
1267 – 1332
Lent by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsman, 1931 (32.100.198)
LTL2009.5.4

Nepali
Indra
1600 – 1899
Bequest of Thakur Rup Chand
1995/1.56
Kneeling statue of Buddhist monk devotee Mogallana or Shariputra on a pedestal with round face, hair in tight curls, elongated ears, and hands placed together in mediatation. The pedestal is decorated with lotus petals, and the devotee wears an intricate, close-fitting robe.
Thai
Kneeling Monk Devotee (one of a pair)
1800 – 1932
Gift of Doris Duke's Southeast Asian Art Collection
2005/1.455.1
A brass pipe with a figurative bowl in the shape of a human head wearing a cap and smoking a pipe. 
Pipe
1900 – 1987
Gift of Douglas and Mary Kelley
1987/1.344
small bronze figurine made by lost wax process. The child Krishna dances on one leg with his right one raised. He hold balls of butter in his hands, one outstretched to this side and the right one extended forward as if offering it to the viewer. He stands on a round lotus base placed on a square slab. He is naked, but is decorated with a vast assortment of jewelry. Necklaces that cross his chest and drop to his waist, decorated belts, shoulder pieces, rings, bracelets and earrings and elaborate decorations on his head fanning out from his ears and decorating his hair which is arranged in a flat chignon on the top of his head.<br />
Indian (Indian (South Asian))
Dancing Krishna holding butter-balls
1600 – 1799
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel
1976/2.42
Almost life size, this stylized face was probably placed upon a shaft and used as a religious standard at a temple. The face consists of almost a perfect circle with large ears to either side. His mouth is open showing tiny saw tooth like teeth with large canines at either end. His eyes are large and wide open with huge circular pupils and a heavy eyebrows and luxurious moustache. Horizontal lines on his forehead are signs of a follower of Shiva.<br />
Indian (Indian (South Asian))
Bhairava (?), head
18th century
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
1977/2.103
This is a blue glass inkwell with a copper lid. The body has a flattened globe shape and the lid is dark brown in color.<br />
Artist Unknown
Opaque blue inkwell, rounded shaped copper lid
1875 – 1975
Gift in loving memory of Donald Maxwell Robiner from his family
2010/1.231
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