Sunday, August 12, 2007

Angkor Art in Musee Guimet Collection

http://www.museeguimet.fr/-Asie-du-Sud-Est-

Some of these fine pieces were brought to Washington DC National Gallery Exhibit in 1997, e.g. Kneeling Tara.

Place names I came across in reading DGE Hall--Mainly a history of the rivalry between the French, the British and the Dutch in S and SE Asia from the 16th century onwards.

I'm only reading the reigns of Naresuan,his brother Ekathasarot and his great grandson Narai-- Narai was very progressive and sent the ...