South Asian Art in the Fralin Museum

 

Leaf from a Kalpasutra manuscript: Mahavira in the Pushpottara Heaven (ca. 1465, Uttar Pradesh)
Leaf from a Kalpasutra manuscript: Mahavira in the Pushpottara Heaven, ca. 1465 (Uttar Pradesh) [Opaque color and gold on paper, 4 5/8 x 11 1/2 in.]

 

 

 

The University of Virginia's Fralin Museum has been collecting Indian art for decades, and includes in particular a large collection of Indian painting.  

 

For a link to highlights of the South Asian Art Collection, please see here: http://collection.museum.virginia.edu/prt457

 

Fragment of Relief Sculpture 2nd century - 3rd century Unknown Gandharan Artist Asia, Pakistan, Swat Valley Gray schist, 4 11/16 x 11 1/4 x 2 7/8 in. Gift of Edward C. Ingraham, 1983.69.5
Fragment of Relief Sculpture 2nd century - 3rd century
Unknown Gandharan Artist
Swat Valley (Pakistan) [Gray schist, 4 11/16 x 11 1/4 x 2 7/8 in.] Gift of Edward C. Ingraham, 1983.69.5

 

Present here are images of just a few of the items in the University's collection, which not only are rotated into exhibition, but can be incorporated into the curriculum with museum visits in undergraduate and post-graduate courses.

Khmer Figure of Four-armed Avalokitesvara
Khmer Figure of Four-armed Avalokitesvara, Modified as Shivaca. 1100 - 1199
Unknown Khmer Artist, Cambodia, Sandstone, 35 1/4 x 16 1/2 x 7 in.Gift of Paul E. Manheim, 1993.18

 

Leaf from a Bhagavata Purana series: The Cowherd Women of Vraja Observing the Vow of Katyayani
Leaf from a Bhagavata Purana series: The Cowherd Women of Vraja Observing the Vow of Katyayani, ca. 1520 - 1530, India, Opaque color on paper, 6 3/4 x 9 in. Museum purchase with Curriculum Support Fund, 1994.11
Leaf from a Ragamala series: Nata Ragini ca. 1750
Leaf from a Ragamala series: Nata Raginica. 1750, India (Rajasthan)
Opaque color and gold on paper, 13 3/8 x 10 1/4 in.Gift of Neville and Donna Mobarakai, 1998.19.7