| At the Museum's inception in 1941, nineteen Chinese robes were given by Mrs. Philip Stewart, and, at the same time, ninety-two Asian stone and wood religious sculptures and ceramic works from the Charles Henry Ludington collection were loaned for permanent display (and later donated). These objects, along with select acquisitions made by Ina T. Campbell in the 1940s, formed the nucleus of the Museum's Asian holdings. This collection was further enriched by significant gifts in the past two decades--Kiyochika prints, Chinese textiles and ceramics, jades, Japanese lacquer, and Tibetan art. Today the Asian collection consists of over 2,600 objects in a variety of media, and spans a period of 4,000 years from diverse Asian cultures--China, Japan, India, Tibet, and Southeast Asia. Included are Hindu and Buddhist sculptures, Chinese ceramics dating from the Neolithic (ca. 2,500 BC) to the 19th century, Japanese woodblock prints from the 18th through the early 20th centuries, and over one hundred Chinese Qing dynasty costumes and textiles.
For more information about the recent Asian Gallery Renovation, click here.
Selected works from our Asian Art collection:
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Shiokawa Bunrin
Japanese, 1808-1877
Assemblage of Folk
Tale Characters:
ôtsu-e Picture Subjects, 1871
Ink and light color on silk
65 x 36 5/8" (165 x 93cm)
Museum purchase with funds provided by the Friends of Asian Art, Private Donations and Special Acquisition Funds.
1981.23 |
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Zodiac Figures
Chinese, Six dynasties - Sui dynasty, 6th c.
Earthenware, set of 12
approx. 9 x 4" each (48.5 x 10cm)
Gift of Joseph Halle Schaffner Estate
1973.85.1-12 |
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Conical Bowl
Chinese
N. Song Dynasty (960-1127)
Northern celadon, porcelaneous stoneware with olive green glaze over impressed peony design
2 x 6 (dia.)" (5 x 15cm)
Gift of Wright S. Ludington in memory of Charles Henry Ludington
1983.27.28 |
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Balarama as the Eighth
Avatar of Vishnu
Indian
11th century
Buff sandstone
31 x 20" (78.5 x 50.8cm)
Gift of Wright S. Ludington
1968.3 |
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Gao Fenghan
Chinese, 1683-1749
Impression of Mts. Jin and Jiao, 1745
Ink on paper, hanging scroll
69 1/2 x 39 1/4" (image) (146.5 x 57cm)
Museum purchase with funds provided by Marguerite Putman Keyes
1982.58 |
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Katsushika Hokusai
Japanese, 1760-1849
Mount Fuji Seen from Waterwheel at Onden
Colored woodblock print on paper
9 5/8 x 14 1/4" (24.5 x 36cm)
The Frederick B. Kellam Collection
1971.3.20 |
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Mandala of a Goddess
Tibetan
16th-17th c.
Opaque watercolor on cotton
22 x 18 1/4" (51.0 x 46.0cm)
Gift of Mrs. Clare Harrison
1969.15.1 |
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Standing Bodhisattva Guanyin
Chinese
Jin Dynasty (1115-1234)
Polychromed wood
64 1/2 x 18 x 15" (164 x 45 x 38cm)
Gift of Wright S. Ludington in memory of Charles Henry Ludington
1983.27.11 |
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