Buddhas
Nancy Tingleyreceived her PhD in South and Southeast Asian art history from the University of California, Berkeley, where she continues to be an occasional lecturer. She was Paul L. and Phyllis Wattis Curator of Southeast Asian Art at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco for many years and now works as a freelance curator and art consultant. Her recent exhibitions include "Ancient Arts of Viet Nam" for the Asia Society, New York, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Tingley is also the adjunct curator of Asian art at the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, California, where she organized the exhibition accompanying this book. Her recent publications includeDoris Duke: The Southeast Asian Art Collection and Ancient Arts of Viet Nam.