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15 Apr 2011 - 05 Feb 2012

Images of Lord Buddha – Buddhist Art in Asia

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Visitors to Residenzschloss Oettingen in Bayern, Germany will be able to have an overview of the diversity of Buddhist art over the 1,800 years in the exhibition 'Images of Lord Buddha: Buddhist Art in Asia'. Taking Gandhara and Mathura, the earliest centres which produced images of Lord Buddha in human form as a starting point, the exhibition shows the development of the depiction of Lord Buddha in Sri Lanka, China, Japan, Indonesia, Thailand, Burma, Laos and Cambodia. Images of Lord Buddha: Buddhist Art in Asia is now on till 5 February 2012 Residenzschloss Oettingen in Bayern Branch of the Munich State Museum of Ethnology Schloßstraße 1, 86782 Oettingen in Bayern, Germany