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Asian Images Inside Out

James Robson, Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University, explores a ritual function that appears to go back to Indian Buddhist conceptions and practices. Inside the hollow centers of many Buddhist statues we can find objects that have been interred. Many times they are texts, but they can also be images of viscera and even small animals or insects. Robson has tracked this practice from China to Tibet, Korea, and Japan. What do these objects inserted inside of statues reveal about the statues themselves?











When: Wed., Aug. 21, 2013 at 7:00 pm
Where: Rubin Museum of Art
150 W. 17th St.
212-620-5000
Price: $15
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James Robson, Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University, explores a ritual function that appears to go back to Indian Buddhist conceptions and practices. Inside the hollow centers of many Buddhist statues we can find objects that have been interred. Many times they are texts, but they can also be images of viscera and even small animals or insects. Robson has tracked this practice from China to Tibet, Korea, and Japan. What do these objects inserted inside of statues reveal about the statues themselves?

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