Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm

The Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities

Östasiatiska museet
Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities
Established	1926 (1926)
Location	Stockholm, Sweden
Coordinates	59°19′37″N 18°04′55″E / 59.327°N 18.082°E / 59.327; 18.082
Website	www.varldskulturmuseerna.se/ostasiatiskamuseet/

The Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities (Swedish: Östasiatiska museet), located in Stockholm, Sweden, is a museum launched by Sweden's Parliament in 1926, with the Swedish archaeologist Johan Gunnar Andersson (1874–1960) as founding director. The museum is located on Skeppsholmen in the building Tyghuset and since 1999 the museum is a part of the public Swedish National Museums of World Culture.

Overview

The museum was originally based mainly on Andersson's groundbreaking discoveries in China, during the 1920s, of a hitherto unknown

Gallery

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  Jain Tirthankara Sculpture, Red sandstone, India, 8th century
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  Ganesha, India, Chola dynasty, 12th century AD
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  Monkey gives honey to Buddha Shakyamuni, Kurkihar hoard, India, Pala dynasty, c. 1000 AD
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  Amitabha Buddha, China, Northern Wei dynasty, c. 520 AD
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  Armor, Japan, 19th century
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  Standing Buddha, Korea, Unified Silla dynasty, 8th century AD
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  Avalokitesvara from Rig Sum Gonpo, collected by Sven Hedin in 1930, Efi Khalkha temple, Mongolia

See also

• Johan Gunnar Andersson
• Bernhard Karlgren (the museum's second director)

References

External links

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• English-language website listing exhibitions
• publications of the Museum at the Internet Archive, including
  • volumes 1–75 of the Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities

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