Category: Image

Title: Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara Location: Kathmadu Valley, Nepal Culture: Indian Medium: Copper, gold leaf, semi-precious stones Dimensions: Width: 170cm, Height: 473cm,…

Title: The Buddhist Deity Hevajra Location: Tibet Culture: Tibetan Medium: Copper alloy with traces of gilding Dimensions: Height: 6 1/4…

Title: Protector Deity Kshetrapala Location: Tibet, Tsang Provence Culture: Tibetan Medium: Gilded copper alloy with traces of paint. Dimensions: Height:…

Title: XII Floating Lanterns (twelfth of the series, Hiroshima Panels) Creator: Maruki Toshi, Maruki Iri Date: 1968 Culture: Japanese Materials:…

Designer: Su Guojing (苏国惊)1950, DecemberCelebrating the People’s Republic of China’s National DayQingzhu Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo Guoqingjie (庆祝中华人民共和国国庆节)Size: 42×57 cm.Call number: BG D29/685 (IISH collection)…

Details Title: Dōtaku (Ritual Bell) with Flowing Water Design Creator: Unknown Date: B.C. 1th Century Type: bronze External Link: http://syuweb.kyohaku.go.jp/ibmuseum_public/index.php?app=shiryo&mode=detail&list_id=445017&data_id=6495 This bronze ritual bell, dōtaku,…

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Designer unknown (佚名)Ca. 1937Swear to defend the nation to the deathShiyu guotu gong cun wang (誓与国土共存亡)Publisher: Junweihui zhengzhibu (軍委會政治部)Size: 80×52 cm.Call…

Details Title: Standing Buddha Creator: Unknown Date: 4th Century Type: bronze External Link: http://syuweb.kyohaku.go.jp/ibmuseum_public/index.php?app=shiryo&mode=detail&list_id=444878&data_id=4059 This gilt bronze statue is a Buddha standing on a…

Designer unknown (佚名)ca. 1938Oppose Communismda chi 打赤Size: 74×52 cm. The Imperial Japanese government created this propaganda poster during the Second…

Title: Jizo Bosatsu Standing on a Double Lotus Location: Japan Culture: Japan (15th Century AD) Medium: Gilded Wood Dimensions: Width:…

Artist: Ohara Koson (1877-1945) Title: Dancing Fox Medium: Washi on Woodblock with Ink and Color Date: 1910 Dimensions: 14 1/2…

Title: Untitled (Three Women Listening) Creator: Kunisada, Utagawa Date: 1851-53 Culture: Japanese Materials: Wood, Ink Dimensions: aprox. 12 x 18…

Title: Spring Evening on the Kintai Bridge, Yamaguchi Artist: Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) Culture: Japanese (1947) Medium: Color Woodblock Print Dimensions:…

Title: XIII Death of the American Prisoners of War, (thirteenth of the series, Hiroshima Panels) Creator: Maruki Iri, Maruki Toshi…

Title: XIV Crows (Fourteenth of the series, Hiroshima Panels) Creator: Maruki Toshi, Maruki Iri Date: 1972 Culture: Japanese Materials: Sumi…

Title: XIV Crows Creator: Maruki Toshi, Maruki Iri Date: 1972 Culture: Japanese Materials: Sumi ink on paper Dimensions: 180 cm…

Title: III Water (third of the series, Hiroshima Panels) Creator: Maruki Iri, Maruki Toshi Date: c. 1950 Period: Post-Word War…

Title of piece: Water Artists: Iri and Toshi Maruki Date Painted: 1950 Medium: Sumi ink, charcoal or conté on paper…

Title: VI Atomic Desert (sixth of the series, Hiroshima Panels) Creator: Maruki Toshi, Maruki Iri Date: 1953 Culture: Japanese Materials:…

Relief, 1950 Iri Maruki and Toshi Maruki, Japanese Sumi ink, charcoal, or conté on paper180 × 720 cm On August…

Title: Four Mandalas of the Vajravali Series Creator: Unknown; Commissioned by Ngorchen Kunga Sangpo (1382-1456) Date: c. 1429–56 Period: Location:…

Name of Piece: Meditating Avalokiteśvara Artist: Lutso Date Created: 2018 Medium and Materials: Natural mineral pigments (coral stone) and gold…

Title: Painting from the series on the Sarvavid Vairocana Mandala, consisting of 54 miniatures that depict a meditation process Creator:…

Title: Amitabha in Sukhavati Pure Land Period: Late 19th Century Location: Central Tibet, Lhasa Medium: Mineral pigments on sized cotton; Chinese Qing…

Cave Number: Mogao Grottoes Cave 285 Date: Western Wei Dynasty 535-556 A.D. Cave Form: Truncated Pyramidal Ceiling Location: Dunhuang, China References:…

Title: Head of the Fasting Buddha Location: Gandhara, Pakistan Period: 2nd Century -3rd Century Culture: Kushan Medium: Schist Stone Dimensions: Diameter: 18.50 centimetres Height:…

Creator: Unknown (People of the Gandharan Empire) Date: 4th-6th century C.E. Culture: Gandharan culture, Hadda region Medium: Terracotta Dimensions: Overall:…

Title: Fasting Siddhartha Location: Sikri, Khaibar Pakhtun, Pakistan Culture: Gandhara Medium: Schist StoneDimensions: W.21” H.33” D.10” – Measurements taken by…

Title: Buddha Date: 6th-7th century Date Created: 0500, 6th-7th century Physical Dimensions: H 14 3/4 x W 9 3/4 x D 3 1/2 in….

Title: Jar Date: 2500-1500 BCE Location: Japan Physical Dimensions: h14.13 in (Overall) Provenance: 125th Anniversary Acquisition. Purchased with the Hollis Family Foundation Fund, the Henry…

Title: Jomon Vessel with Flame-like Ornamentation Creator: Unknown Date: 3000-2000 B.C. Period: Jomon Period Location: Umataka, Nagaoka-shi, Niigata Culture: Japanese…

Title: Bronze Mirror Location: Japan Period: Middle Kofun Period Date: 400/499 Culture: Yamoto Medium: Bronze Dimensions: Diameter: 12.90cm (excl. jingles)…

Creator: Unknown Period: Kofun Period Date: 3- 4th century Culture: Japan Medium: Bronze Dimensions: 21. 5 cm long diameter Classification: Unknown…

Title: Bronze Mirror Decorated with Triangular Rim, Double-Wave-Patterned Band, Gods, and Animals Creator: Unknown Place: Higashinomiya Tumulus on Mount Hakusan, Japan Size:…

Title: Magatama and Earrings Creator: Unknown Culture: Japanese Kofun period Date: 5th Century Physical Dimensions: Magatama’s height – 4 cm, Earings – 0.2 cm…

Title: Dotaku (Bronze Bell) Creator: Once Known Date: Yayoi period (ca. 300 B.C.–A.D. 300) Culture: Japanese Medium: Bronze Repository: The Metropolitan Museum…

Title: Jomon Vessel with Flame-like Ornamentation Creator: Unknown Date:  3000 – 2000 BC Period: Jomon Period Location: Umataka, Nagaoka-shi, Niigata,…

Title: Shroud Sewn with Silk Thread Creator: Unknown Date: ca.205 B.C. – 24 A.D. Period: Han Dynasty Location: Guangzhou, China…

From the Terracotta Warriors from the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor of China Creator: Unknown (People of the Qin Dynasty)…

Title: Shroud Sewn with Silk Thread Date: ca.205 B.C. – 24 A.D. Dimensions: w44 x d173 cm (Complete) Repository: Museum of the Western Han…

Title: T-Shaped Painting on Silk Creator: Unknown Date: 9 AD Period: Western Han Dynasty Location: Changsha, Hunan Province, China Culture:…

Title: Figure with Dragon and Phoenix Creator: Unknown Date Created: Warring States Period (475-221B.C.) Location: Historically Pre-Qin Dynasty, China Type:…

Title: Square Lidded Wine Ewer (Fangguang) Creator: Once Known Date: ca. 1050-975 BCE Location: China, Henan province, Luoyang Medium: Bronze Dimensions:…

Title: Wine Vessel, Fangyi Location: China Period: Anyang Period Date: 12th Century BC Culture: Shang Dynasty Medium: Cast Bronze Dimensions:…

Creator: Unknown (People of the Harappan Civilization) Period: Mature Harappan Date: ca. 2600–1900 B.C. Geography: Indus Valley Culture: Indus Medium: Burnt…

Title: Stone Bowl Location: Found at Khafajeh Period: Bronze Age Date: -2600/-2400 Culture: Mesopotamian Medium: Chlorite Dimensions: Height: 10.90-11.20cm, Exterior…

Title: Stone bowl Date Created: -2600/-2400 Physical Dimensions: Height: 10.90-11.20cm; Diameter: 17.80cm (rim, exterior); Diameter: 17.00cm (rim, interior); Volume: 2100.00ml External Link: British Museum…

Title: The Gundestrup Cauldron Creator: Unknown Date: 150 B.C. – 0 A.D. Period: Iron Age Location: Contemporary Southwest Romania or…

Title: Woman Riding Two Brahman Bulls Creator: Unknown Date: 2000–1750 B.C. Period: Late Harrapan Period Location: India (Kausambi) Culture: Early…