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Introduction

Rockefeller Asian Art Gallery

Selected Objects

Chinese

Universal Mountain Censer, 100–200 CE

Chinese

Covered Vessel with Elephant-head Handles, 1800s

Chinese

Brush Pot, 1700s

Chinese

Agate Snuff Bottle with Jade Cap, early 1800s

Chinese

One of a Pair of Bowls with Flowers, 1700s

Chinese

One of a Pair of Bowls with Flowers, 1700s

Indian, India

Wine Cup of Emperor Jahangir, 1612-1613

Chinese

Amethyst Snuff Bottle with Cap, early 1800s

Chinese

Covered Jar, 900–1100 CE

Chinese

Lithophone, 1761 - 1762

Chinese

Incense Burner, 100-200 CE

Japanese

Gourd Shaped Vessel, 1800s

Chinese

Relief Fragment from Tianlongshan, 550-577

Tibetan

Dipankara, One of the Buddhas of the Past, 1662

Attributed to Payag

Shah Shuja Hunting Nilgai, ca. 1650-1655

Japanese

Jade Mountain Landscape, 1800s

Indonesian, Java Lasem Surakarta

Sarong, ca. 1910

Japanese

Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Kannon), 1200s

Japanese

Head of Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha (Jizo), 1300s

Chinese

Fragment from a Mural, 1500s - 1600s

Korean

Wine Cup on Pedestal, 936-1392

Japanese, Japan

Box with Pine, Bamboo, and Plum, 1800s

Chinese

Pair of Plates with Scenes from the Gengzhitu, 1662-1722

Chinese

Pair of Plates with Scenes from the Gengzhitu, 1662-1722

Japanese

Inrō (small portable case) and Netsuke (belt toggle), 1800s

Chinese

Walled Farmyard, 1–200 CE

Japanese, Japan

Palanquin (norimono) with Tokugawa and Ichijo Crests, late 1700s- 1850s

Indian

Vishnu as Rama, ca. 1100

Japanese, Japan

Lacquer Box with Mount Fuji, 1800s

Chinese

Jade Bowl, 1736-1795

Thai

Head of a Buddha, 700-900 CE

Gandharan, Gandhara

Head of Buddha Shakyamuni, 1-200 CE

Korean

Ewer, 936-1392

Japanese

Inro with Netsuke and Ojime, 1700s

Chinese

Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Guanyin), 500-600 CE

School of Ogata Kōrin

Deer and Bamboo Inro with netsuke (seal) and ojime, 1700-1739

Tibetan

Phurbu Dagger with Head of Hayagriva, 1800s

Liem Soen Tjaij (Tjay)

Sarong, 1905 - 1915

Chinese, Dali Kingdom, probably Yunnan Province, Dali Kingdom, 937-1253 CE or later

Seated Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Guanyin), 1100s - 1400s

Japanese

Food Box, mid 1800s

Indian

City in a Landscape, ca. 1600-1625

Tibetan

Yamantaka with His Consort, 1800s

Chinese

Dragon, 400-600 CE

Turkish

Dish with Floral Design, ca. 1550-1575

Indonesian, Java

Sarong, ca. 1910

Tibetan

Eleven-headed Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, 1600s - 1800s

Indo-European Javanese Indo-Chinese, Java

Sarong fragment, 1910

Chinese

Musician, ca. 650-700 CE

Indian

Shiva and Parvati (Uma-Mahesvara), 1000s - 1100s

Chinese

Pig in a Pen, 1–200 CE

Iranian

Pen Case, late 1800s

Chinese

Plate with Floral and Dragon Designs, late 1600s - early 1700s

Chinese

Musician, ca. 650–700 CE

Iranian

Pen Case with Bird and Flower Design, 1800s

Indian, India Tamil Nadu

Shiva Nataraja, the King of Dance, 1500s

Chinese

Head of Buddha, 500-600 CE

Chinese

Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Guanyin), ca.575 CE

Chinese

Hat Stand, 1644-1911

Chinese

Snuff Bottle with Stopper

Lien Metzelaar, textile designer

Sarong, ca. 1900

Chinese

Stela, 400-530 CE

Chinese, China Gansu Province

Jar of Banshan Culture, ca. 2500-2000 BCE

Chinese

Tripod Censer, 1644-1911

Indonesian Javanese Indo-European, Java

Sarong (unfinished), ca. 1900

Chinese

Bowl with Design of Flowers and Boys, 1100s

Chinese

Bottle with Swirl Designs, 1100s

Kazim ibn Najaf Ali

Pen Case, 1850-1875

Chinese

Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Guanyin), 1100s-1200s

Chinese

Chimera, ca. 475–525 CE

Chinese

Double Vase, 1736-1795

Japanese, Japan

Box with Flying Plovers, 1800s

Burmese

Vessel in the Shape of a Buddhist Begging Bowl, 1800s

Thai

Ladle, 1800s-1900s

Chinese

Covered Bowl, 1800s

Chinese, China, Intended for the Thai market

Teapot, 1800s

Thai

Gable Decoration of Rama, the Seventh Avatar of Vishnu, 1800s

Kawase Shinobu

Vase, 2004

Chinese

One of a Pair of Wine Vessels (Jue), 1100–1300 BCE

Chinese

Lei Vessel, 1200-1100 BCE

Chinese

One of a Pair of Wine Vessels (Jue), 1100–1300 BCE

Chinese

Snuff Bottle

Chinese

Snuff Bottle

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