Sign for the Asian Civilisations Museum at Empress Place |
The Asian Civilizations Museum lies along the north shore of the Singapore River |
Asian Civilizations Mseum |
Asian Civilizations Mseum |
Modern wire sculpture outside the museum |
Asian Civilizations Mseum |
Asian Civilizations Mseum |
Asian Civilizations Mseum |
Asian Civilizations Mseum |
Asian Civilizations Mseum |
Banner for the Vatican exhibition |
Asian Civilizations Mseum |
Asian Civilizations Mseum |
Floorplan of the Asian Civilizations Museum |
Special exhibition, Treasures of the Tang |
Trade routes linking east and west Asia |
Treasures of the Tang, coral encrusted pottery |
Southeast Asia and China |
Pejeng-style Bronze Drum, 600 BC-300 AD, East Java, Indonesia |
Sandstone torso, Baphoun style, 11th C Cambodia |
Sandstone figure of Buddha protected by Naga Muchalinda, 11-12 C Cambodia |
Multi-armed Quan Am, 18C+, Vietnam |
Manjusri, or Pho Hien, representing Wisdom, Vietnam |
Wooden figure, Vietnam |
Young novice, 19th C, Mandalay, Burma |
Stone osa osa, 20th C, seat of high honor, Nias Island, Indonesia |
Ornate sword, 19th C., Sumatra |
Ornate swords, 19th C., Sumatra |
Theatrical mask, Thailand |
Theatrical mask, Thailand |
China Gallery |
China Gallery |
China Gallery |
China Gallery |
India Gallery, Asian Civilizations Museum |
Sandstone capital with shalabhanjika, 2nd C Kushana, NW India |
Yakshi-shalabhanjika woman striking a dance-like pose |
Sandstone capital with shalabhanjika |
Vishnu, 12-13C |
India Gallery |
Granite sculpture, Tamil Nadu, 11th C. |
Sandstone Vishnu as Trivikrama, 9th C Uttar Pradesh |
Granite Brahma, 12th C. Chola, Tamil Nadu |
Schist Surya, 12th C, Eastern India |
India Gallery |
India Gallery |
Sandstone Yogini, mother goddess, 11th C Madhya Pradesh |
Ganesh |
Sandstone seated Buddha, 96-97 AD, Kushana, Mathura |
Emaciated Buddha, 3-4th C. Gandhara, NW India |
Wooden figure of Prajnaparamita, 17th C Nepal |
India gallery |
Teak Chettinad door, 19-20C Tamil Nadu |
Aravan, son of Arjuna, 20th C Singpaore |
Wooden temple doors, ca 1800, Andhra Pradesh |
Bronze Sambandar, 12th C Tamil Nadu |
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Devadasi, servant of God, 19th C, Karnataka |
Devadasi, servant of God, 19th C, Karnataka |
Southwest Asia Gallery |
Tile panel, 19th C, Multan, Pakistan |
Mecca (right) and Medina (left) |
Levha, Turkish calligraphy, Surat al-Mujadilah, 1401 A.H. (1980) |
To Serve God, the One and Only, Turkish Levha calligraphy, 1301 A.H. (1883) |
In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate, 16th C. Turkish by Ahmet Semseddin Karahisari |
Qit'ah in nasta'liq, 17th C. Iran by Mir 'Imad al-Hasani |
Arabic calligraphy |
Arabic script, West Asia gallery |
Arabic script, West Asia gallery |
Arabic script, West Asia gallery |
Arabic script, West Asia gallery |
Marble tombstone, 9th C. Syria |
West Asia gallery |
Ottoman sultan's tugra |
Asian Civilizations Museum annex at Armenia Road |
Asian Civilizations Museum annex at Armenia Road |
Asian Civilizations Museum annex at Armenia Road |
Asian Civilizations Museum annex at Armenia Road |