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		•Devotion and Desire: Art from India, Tibet, and Nepal in the John and Berthe Ford Collection March 2 - May 26, 2002
			This exhibit brings together works from both India and the Himalayas, demonstrating the range and depth of the Ford collection; it provides an extraordinary overview of 2,000 years of history and illustrates the enduring themes in the art of southern Asia. The exhibit of 150 objects falls into three chief divisions. The first includes Indian sculpture in clay, stone, metal, and wood, dating from the 3rd century BC to the 17th century AD (33 works); the second consists of 10th- to 19th-century Himalayan metal sculpture and paintings (51 works from Tibet and 26 from Nepal), and the final section consists of Indian miniature painting from the 17th to 19th centuries (40 works). With few exceptions, the objects are either Hindu or Buddhist. The exhibit is held together by certain recurring topics or themes, chiefly having to do with the human body.
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