Pala period (650 – 1299): 144 works at The Met

Period144 works650 – 1299

Collection Summary

Works Held	144
Date Range	650 – 1299
Primary Department	Asian Art (144)
Most Common Form	Paintings (89)
Cultures Represented	10
Public Domain	113 works (78%)

Works by Century

7th century

8th century

9th century

10th century

11th century

12th century

Forms & Classifications

Paintings

Sculpture

Metalwork

Jewelry

Shell

Woodwork

Cultures Represented

India (Bengal) or Bangladesh · 65India (Bihar or West Bengal) · 21India (Bihar) · 15 India · 11 Bangladesh · 5Bangladesh or India (Bengal) · 4India (West Bengal) or Bangladesh · 2India, West Bengal or Bangladesh · 2Bengal, eastern India or Bangladesh · 2India (Bihar or West Bengal) or Bangladesh · 1

Works Index

Title	Classification	Date	Origin
Figure	Sculpture	8th–early 9th century	Bangladesh (Comilla District)
Figure	Sculpture	ca. second half of the 8th century	Bangladesh
Group	Sculpture	ca. 9th century	Bangladesh
Group	Sculpture	ca. 9th century	Bangladesh (Chittagong)
Stupa	Sculpture	ca. 9th century	India
Figurine	Sculpture	late 8th–early 9th century	India
Bangle	Jewelry	9th–10th century	India
Chalice	Metalwork	9th–10th century	India (Bihar)
Figurine	Sculpture	9th century	India (Bihar)
Figurine	Sculpture	9th century(?)	India
Group	Sculpture	early 9th century	India (Bihar)
Sealing	Sculpture	9th century	India (Bihar)
Votive plaque	Sculpture	ca. 9th–10th century	India, Bihar, possibly Bodhgaya or Nalanda
Figure	Sculpture	ca. 10th century	India
Figure	Sculpture	late 9th–10th century	Bangladesh
Figurine	Metalwork	ca. late 9th century	India (Bihar)
Shrine	Sculpture	late 9th century	India (Bihar)
Ewer	Metalwork	10th century	India (probably Bihar),
Figure	Sculpture	10th century	Bangladesh
Statuette	Sculpture	10th century	India (Bihar)
Stele	Sculpture	10th century	India (Bihar)
Stele	Sculpture	10th century	India, Bihar, possibly from Nalanda
Votive offering	Sculpture	10th–11th century	India
Figure	Sculpture	ca. 11th century	India (Bihar)
Architectural element	Sculpture	ca. late 10th–early 11th century	India (Bihar)
Figure	Sculpture	late 10th century	India
Figure	Sculpture	ca. late 10th century	India
Stele	Sculpture	late 10th–11th century	India, Bihar, Nalanda monastery
Carved conch	Sculpture	11th century or earlier	India
Conch	Shell	11th–12th century	India (possibly West Bengal) or Bangladesh
Figure	Sculpture	11th century	India (Bihar, probably Nalanda)
Figure	Sculpture	11th–12th century	India (Bihar)
Figurine	Sculpture	11th century	India (Kurkihar)
Plaque	Sculpture	11th century	India (Bihar)
Relief	Sculpture	11th–12th century	India (Bihar or West Bengal) or Bangladesh
Relief	Sculpture	11th century	Bangladesh or India (Bengal)
Shrine	Sculpture	early 11th century	India (Bihar)
Stele	Sculpture	11th century	India (Madhya Pradesh or Bihar)
Stele	Sculpture	11th–12th century	India (Bihar)
Stupa	Metalwork	11th–12th century	India

Data Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access

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