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The Guimet Museum (full name in french: Musée national des arts asiatiques-Guimet; MNAAG; ) is an art museum located at 6, place d'Iéna in the
16th arrondissement The 16th arrondissement of Paris (''XVIe arrondissement'') is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, this arrondissement is referred to as ''seizième''. The arrondissement includes part of the Arc de Tr ...
of Paris, France. Literally translated into English, its full name is the National Museum of Asian Arts-Guimet, or Guimet National Museum of Asian Arts. The museum has one of the largest collections of Asian art outside of Asia.


History

Founded by Émile Étienne Guimet, an industrialist, the museum first opened at Lyon in 1879 but was later transferred to Paris, opening in the place d'Iéna in 1889. Devoted to travel, Guimet was in 1876 commissioned by the minister of public instruction to study the religions of the Far East, and the museum contains many of the fruits of this expedition, including a fine collection of Chinese and Japanese porcelain and objects relating not merely to the religions of the East, but also to those of ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome. One of its wings, the
Panthéon Bouddhique The Panthéon Bouddhique, also known as the Galeries du Panthéon Bouddhique or the Galerie du Pantheon Bouddhique du Japon et de la Chine, is a collection of Japanese and Chinese art works. It is a wing of the Guimet Museum, located within the H ...
, displays Buddhist artworks. Some of the museum's artifacts, originating from Khmer culture in Cambodia, Buddhist art from Vietnam and Indonesia, were stolen from Southeast Asia by French authorities and research institutions during the colonial period. From December 2006 to April 2007, the museum harboured collections of the Kabul Museum, with archaeological pieces from the Greco-Bactrian city of Ai-Khanoum, and the Indo-Scythian treasure of Tillia Tepe.


Works of art of the museum


Greco-Buddhist art

File:BuddhaHead.JPG,
Gandhara Gandhāra is the name of an ancient region located in the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent, more precisely in present-day north-west Pakistan and parts of south-east Afghanistan. The region centered around the Peshawar Vall ...
Buddha, 1st–2nd century CE File: GandharaScrolls.JPG, Hellenistic decorative scrolls from Hadda, northern Afghanistan File:StandingBuddha.jpg, Standing Buddha, ancient region of
Gandhara Gandhāra is the name of an ancient region located in the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent, more precisely in present-day north-west Pakistan and parts of south-east Afghanistan. The region centered around the Peshawar Vall ...
, northern Afghanistan, 1st century File: NereidAndKetos.JPG, Stone palette of a Nereid sea-goddess riding a Ketos sea-monster, Sirkap, 2nd century BCE File:Indo-GreekBanquet.JPG, Wine-drinking and music, Hadda, 1st–2nd century CE File:Buddha Capitol 2.jpg, A Corinthian capitol with a Buddha at its center, 2nd century, Surk Kotal, Afghanistan File: GandharanAtlas.JPG, The Greek god Atlas, supporting a Buddhist monument, Hadda File:KushanMaitreya.JPG, The Bodhisattva
Maitreya Maitreya (Sanskrit: ) or Metteyya (Pali: ), also Maitreya Buddha or Metteyya Buddha, is regarded as the future Buddha of this world in Buddhist eschatology. As the 5th and final Buddha of the current kalpa, Maitreya's teachings will be aimed at ...
, 2nd century,
Gandhara Gandhāra is the name of an ancient region located in the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent, more precisely in present-day north-west Pakistan and parts of south-east Afghanistan. The region centered around the Peshawar Vall ...
File:Gandhara Buddha scene.jpg, Scene of the life of the Buddha. 2nd–3rd century.
Gandhara Gandhāra is the name of an ancient region located in the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent, more precisely in present-day north-west Pakistan and parts of south-east Afghanistan. The region centered around the Peshawar Vall ...
File:HaddaTypes.JPG, Portraits from the site of Hadda, 3rd century File:Dharmarajika statuette.jpg, Statuette excavated from the Dharmarajika Stupa site at Sirkap, Pakistan


Serindian art

File:SerindianGroup.jpg, "Heroic gesture of the Bodhisattva", 6th–7th century terracotta, Tumshuq (Xinjiang) File:SerindiaHead.JPG, Head of a Bodhisattva, 6th–7th century terracotta, Tumshuq (Xinjiang)


Chinese art

File:HanHorse.jpg, Han Dynasty Horse (1st–2nd century) File:EasternWeiBuddha.JPG, Buddha triad, Eastern Wei (534–550), China File:ForeignMerchant.jpg, Tang dynasty Foreign Merchant File:SogdiansNorthernQiStellae550CE.jpg, Northern Qi depiction of Sogdians Image:Flickr - dalbera - Statue de l'Arhat Tamrabhadra (musée Guimet).jpg, One of the Group of glazed pottery luohans from Yixian, c. 1000 File:Porcelaine chinoise Guimet 231104.jpg, A sitting celadon lion, dated 11th to 12th century, Song dynasty File:Porcelaine chinoise Guimet 271108.jpg, A porcelain vase with design of men fighting on horseback, from the Jiajing reign period (1521–1567), Ming dynasty File:Plat rond Dynastie Tang Musée Guimet 2418.jpg, A round '' sancai'' dish from the Tang dynasty, 8th to 9th century File:Bodhisattva Who Leads the Way, Musée Guimet.png, Painting ''Bodhisattva Who Leads the Way'' from
Mo-kao caves The Mogao Caves, also known as the Thousand Buddha Grottoes or Caves of the Thousand Buddhas, form a system of 500 temples southeast of the center of Dunhuang, an oasis located at a religious and cultural crossroads on the Silk Road, in Gans ...
, 900–950 A.D.


Indian art

File:MaraAssault.jpg, An aniconic representation of
Mara Mara or MARA may refer to: Animals * Mara (mammal), a species of the cavy family *Mara the Lioness, in the movie ''Born Free'' Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Mara (''Doctor Who''), an evil being in two ''Doctor Who'' serials *Mara, ...
's assault on the Buddha, 2nd century,
Amaravati style The Amarāvati ''Stupa'', is a ruined Buddhist '' stūpa'' at the village of Amaravathi, Palnadu district, Andhra Pradesh, India, probably built in phases between the third century BCE and about 250 CE. It was enlarged and new sculptures repla ...
, eastern India File:MathuraBodhisattvaSide.jpg, The Bodhisattva
Maitreya Maitreya (Sanskrit: ) or Metteyya (Pali: ), also Maitreya Buddha or Metteyya Buddha, is regarded as the future Buddha of this world in Buddhist eschatology. As the 5th and final Buddha of the current kalpa, Maitreya's teachings will be aimed at ...
, 2nd century, Mathura File:MathuraBuddha.JPG, A Buddha, 2nd century, Mathura File:GuptaBuddha.jpg, Buddha of the
Gupta Gupta () is a common surname or last name of Indian origin. It is based on the Sanskrit word गोप्तृ ''goptṛ'', which means 'guardian' or 'protector'. According to historian R. C. Majumdar, the surname ''Gupta'' was adopted by se ...
period, 5th century, Mathura File:MathuraBuddhaHead.JPG, Head of a Buddha, Gupta period, 6th century Madhya pradesh, epoca candella, tirthankara rishabhanatha, x-xi sec.JPG,
Rishabhanatha Rishabhanatha, also ( sa, ऋषभदेव), Rishabhadeva, or Ikshvaku is the first (Supreme preacher) of Jainism and establisher of Ikshvaku dynasty. He was the first of twenty-four teachers in the present half-cycle of time in Jain c ...
, sandstone, Madhya Pradesh,
Chandela The Chandelas of Jejakabhukti was an Indian dynasty in Central India. The Chandelas ruled much of the Bundelkhand region (then called ''Jejakabhukti'') between the 9th and the 13th centuries. They belonged to the Chandel clan of the Rajputs. ...
period, 10th–11th century File:IndianBuddha11.JPG, Buddha and Bodhisattvas, 11th century, Pala Empire File:Flickr - dalbera - Vishnou (musée Guimet).jpg, Vishnu, Madhya Pradesh, 11th–12th century File:Flickr - dalbera - Shiva Natarâdja, Seigneur de la Danse (musée Guimet).jpg, Shiva from Tamil Nadu,
Chola The Chola dynasty was a Tamils, Tamil thalassocratic Tamil Dynasties, empire of southern India and one of the longest-ruling dynasties in the history of the world. The earliest datable references to the Chola are from inscriptions dated ...
period, 11th century File:Orissa, tirthankara rishabhanatha, xi-xii sec, 01.JPG,
Rishabhanatha Rishabhanatha, also ( sa, ऋषभदेव), Rishabhadeva, or Ikshvaku is the first (Supreme preacher) of Jainism and establisher of Ikshvaku dynasty. He was the first of twenty-four teachers in the present half-cycle of time in Jain c ...
, 11th–12th century, Orissa


Southeast Asian art

File:Jina java Andesite Canon Eos 500 D 17092017 1.jpg, Head of Buddha taken from Borobudur, c. 8th–9th century Central Java, Indonesia File:Indonesia, agastya, da candi nagasari, arte di giava centrale, viii-ix sec.JPG,
Agastya Agastya ( kn, ಅಗಸ್ತ್ಯ, ta, அகத்தியர், sa, अगस्त्य, te, అగస్త్యుడు, ml, അഗസ്ത്യൻ, hi, अगस्त्य) was a revered Indian sage of Hinduism. In the I ...
, c. 8th–9th century Central Java, Indonesia File:Brahma Musée Guimet 1197 1.jpg, Hindu deity Brahma, Cambodia File:Cambogia, brahma, da dintorni di vat baset, stile di koh ker, 925-950 ca. 00.JPG, Brahma 10th century,
Khmer art The history of Cambodian art ( km, សិល្បៈខ្មែរ) stretches back centuries to ancient times, but the most famous period is undoubtedly the Khmer art of the Khmer Empire (802–1431), especially in the area around Angkor and th ...
, Cambodia File:Vietnam, shiva, da thap banh it (torre d'argento), stile di transiz. tra my son A1 e thap mam, Xi-Xii sec, 01.JPG, Shiva from Vijayapura, Vietnam File:Vietnam, vishnu garudasana, dalle montagne di marmo presso ngu hanh son, prolungam. dello stile my son E1, VIII-IX sec.JPG, Vishnu on Garuda,
Champa Champa (Cham: ꨌꩌꨛꨩ; km, ចាម្ប៉ា; vi, Chiêm Thành or ) were a collection of independent Cham polities that extended across the coast of what is contemporary central and southern Vietnam from approximately the 2nd cen ...
art, Vietnam File:Nuit des musées (Musée national des arts asiatiques - Guimet)) (7233496060).jpg, Ganesha, Siem Reap, Cambodia, c. 12th–13th century File:MonWheel.jpg,
Mons Mons (; German and nl, Bergen, ; Walloon and pcd, Mont) is a city and municipality of Wallonia, and the capital of the province of Hainaut, Belgium. Mons was made into a fortified city by Count Baldwin IV of Hainaut in the 12th century. T ...
Wheel of the Law ( Dharmacakra), art of Dvaravati, c. 8th century File: CambodianBuddha.JPG, A Cambodian Buddha, 14th century File:Bodhisattva Lokesvara statue.jpg, Bodhisattva Lokiteśvara, Cambodia 12th century


See also

* List of museums in Paris


Notes


External links


Musée GuimetMusée national des arts Asiatiques Guimet
special issue of art magazine '' Connaissance des Arts'', available in French and English {{Authority control National museums of France Asian art museums in France Asian-French culture Art museums and galleries in Paris Buildings and structures in the 16th arrondissement of Paris Art museums established in 1879 1879 establishments in France