T. Richard Blurton (born 1952) is a specialist in South Asian art and archaeology, formerly Assistant Keeper at the British Museum.[1][2]

About

Blurton has an MPhil in archaeology from Cambridge, and worked on excavations and research projects in Afghanistan and southern India, before joining the British Museum in 1986. A curator in the Dept of Oriental Antiquities (subsequently, the Dept of Asia), he was responsible for the collections from south India, Southeast Asia, and Tibet. He retired in 2018.[3][4]

Awards and honours

2012 Awarded the Brayton Wilbur Jr. Memorial Fellowship in Asian Art[5]

Selected publications

  • 1990 – Continuity and change in the tradition of Bengali pata-painting
  • 1991 – The Cultural Heritage of the Indian Village (with Brian Durrans)
  • 1992 – Hindu Art
  • 1997 – The Enduring Image: Treasures from the British Museum (ed.)
  • 2000 – Visions from the Golden Land: Burma and the Art of Lacquer (co-authored with Ralph Isaacs)
  • 2002 – Burma: Art and Archaeology (co-edited with Alexandra Green)
  • 2003 – "On the Borders of Tibet", British Museum Magazine, no. 45 (summer 2003)
  • 2006 – Bengali Myths (Czech edn, 2007; Spanish edn, 2008)
  • 2016 – Krishna in the garden of Assam the history and context of a much-travelled textile

References

  1. ↑ "T Richard Blurton". The British Museum. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "Richard Blurton". SOAS, University of London. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  3. ↑ Roy, Amit (1 December 2018). "In British Museum, a heart that beats for India". The Telegraph India. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  4. ↑ Vakkalanka, Harshini (22 November 2011). "North by east". The Hindu. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  5. ↑ "Richard Blurton named Brayton Wilbur Jr. Memorial Fellow". March 2012.
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