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The Guimet Museum (French: Musée Guimet) is a museum of Asian art located in Paris, France. It has the largest collection of Asian art outside Asia.
The museum which was first located at Lyon in 1879 and was handed over to the state and transferred to Paris in 1885, was founded by Émile Étienne Guimet, an industrialist. 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 Japanese and Chinese porcelain and many objects relating not merely to the religions of the East but also to those of Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome.
Works of Art of the Guimet Museum
Image:BuddhaHead.JPG|Gandhara Buddha, 1st-2nd century CE.
Image: GandharaScrolls.JPG|Hellenistic decorative scrolls from Hadda, northern Pakistan.
Image:StandingBuddha.JPG|Standing Buddha, ancient region of Gandhara, northern Pakistan, 1st century CE.
Image: Nereid&Ketos.JPG|Stone palette of a Nereid sea-goddess riding a Ketos sea-monster, Sirkap, 2nd century BCE.
Image:Indo-GreekBanquet.JPG|Wine-drinking and music, Hadda, 1st-2nd century CE.
Image:BuddhaCapitol2.JPG|A Corinthian capitol with a Buddha at its center, 2nd century CE, Surk Kotal, Afghanistan.
Image: GandharanAtlas.JPG|The Greek god Atlas, supporting a Buddhist monument, Hadda.
Image:KushanMaitreya.JPG|The Bodhisattva Maitreya, 2nd century, Gandhara.
Image:LifeBuddha.JPG|Scene of the life of the Buddha. 2nd-3rd century. Gandhara.
Image:HaddaTypes.JPG|Portraits from the site of Hadda, 3rd century CE.
Image:SerindianGroup.JPG|"Heroic gesture of the Bodhisattva", 6th-7th century terracotta, Tumshuq (Xinjiang).
Image:SerindiaHead.JPG|Head of a Bodhisattva, 6th-7th century terracotta, Tumshuq (Xinjiang).
Image:EasternWeiBuddha.JPG|Buddha triad, Eastern Wei (534-550), China.
Indian art
Image:MaraAssault.JPG|An aniconic representation of Mara's assault on the Buddha, 2nd century CE, Amaravati, India.
Image:MathuraBodhisattvaSide.JPG|The Bodhisattva Maitreya, 2nd century CE, Mathura.
Image:MathuraBuddha.JPG|A Buddha, 2nd century, Mathura.
Image:GuptaBuddha.JPG|Buddha of the Gupta period, 5th century, Mathura.
Image:MathuraBuddhaHead.JPG|Head of a Buddha, Gupta period, 6th century.
Image:IndianBuddha11.JPG|Buddha and Bodhisattvas, 11th century, Pala Empire.
Southeast Asian art
Image:MonWheel.JPG|Mons Wheel of the Law (Dharmacakra), art of Dvaravati, c.8th century.
Image: CambodianBuddha.JPG|A Cambodian Buddha, 14th century
Image:CambodianLokesvara.JPG|Bodhisattva Lokesvara, Cambodia 12th century.
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Image:EasternWeiBuddha.JPG|Buddha triad, Eastern Wei (534-550), China.
Indian art
Image:MaraAssault.JPG|An aniconic representation of Mara's assault on the Buddha, 2nd century CE, Amaravati, India.
Image:MathuraBodhisattvaSide.JPG|The Bodhisattva Maitreya, 2nd century CE, Mathura.
Image:MathuraBuddha.JPG|A Buddha, 2nd century, Mathura.
Image:GuptaBuddha.JPG|Buddha of the Gupta period, 5th century, Mathura.
Image:MathuraBuddhaHead.JPG|Head of a Buddha, Gupta period, 6th century.
Image:IndianBuddha11.JPG|Buddha and Bodhisattvas, 11th century, Pala Empire.
Southeast Asian art
Image:MonWheel.JPG|Mons Wheel of the Law (Dharmacakra), art of Dvaravati, c.8th century.
Image: CambodianBuddha.JPG|A Cambodian Buddha, 14th century
Image:CambodianLokesvara.JPG|Bodhisattva Lokesvara, Cambodia 12th century.
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