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"title": "The Year in Review for 1987",
"description": "The Year in Review for 1987. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-April 17, 1988).",
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"title": "The Circle of Bliss: Buddhist Meditational Art",
"description": "The Circle of Bliss: Buddhist Meditational Art. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (organizer) (October 5, 2003-January 11, 2004); Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH (February 8-May 9, 2004).",
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"description": "This miniature stele shows Manjuvara, a form of the the Bodhisattva of Wisdom Manjushri, in union (yab yum) with his consort (sakti). The intimacy between the deities, in accordance with Vajrayana Buddhism, is symbolic of the union between wisdom and compassion that leads to the bliss of enlightenment. Both figures have three heads and six arms holding their attributes: a sword (khadga), a bow (dhanus), an arrow (bana), and a lotus (padma).
The sculpture is made in kaolinite, a clay-based stone frequently used in the northern regions of India and Burma. The exceptionally fine carving, executed with great precision and attention to detail, reflects the Pala style instrumental in the development of the Himalayan schools of sculpture.",
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"citation": "Turner, Evan H. \u201cThe Year in Review for 1987.\u201d The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 75, no. 2 (February 1988): 30\u201371.",
"page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: p. 71, no. 209",
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"citation": "Orientations, vol. 20, October 1989.",
"page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: fig. 16, p. 41",
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"citation": "Huntington, John C., Dina Bangdel, and Robert A. F. Thurman. The Circle of Bliss: Buddhist Meditational Art. Chicago: Serindia Publications, 2003.",
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"citation": "Menzies, Jackie, and Chaya Chandrasekhar. Goddess: Divine Energy. Sydney: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2006.",
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