Room 1610 of the Harvard Art Museum is the Buddha Statue Gallery. The large stone statues are all from China, and in the display cabinets against one wall are small bronze and gilded Buddha statues from many Asian countries, and at most they are still Chinese.
The gallery's collection is predominantly from the collections of Grenville L. Winthrop (1864-1943). Winthrop graduated from Harvard University and had a special interest in early Chinese art.
The Harvard University Museum considers its collection of Chinese and Korean statues to be among the best in the United States.
Seated Buddha, 9th century, Pakistan.
Statue of Shakyamuni, 8th-10th century, Nepal.
On both sides there is a seated statue of the six-armed Avalokiteshvara, thirteenth century, Tibet.
Ancient gilded little Buddha statue from Asia on display in Room 1610 of the Harvard Art Museum.
Northern Wei 386-534.
Early sixth century, Northern Wei, female benefactor (bottom left); Buddha statue, Northern Qi to Sui (upper right).
Statue of Guanyin, Tang Dynasty 618-907.
Statue of a monk, early sixth century Northern Wei Dynasty.
The gilded little Buddha statue is not very large, but it is exquisite.
Late sixth century to early seventh century, Korea.
Gilded flying group.
Playing the instrument of the Flying Heavens, Northern Wei or Eastern Wei.
Seated statue of Shakyamuni, 3rd-4th century, Six Dynasties period.
The small gilded statues in the Harvard University Art Museum are indeed the top collections of such artifacts.
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