Arthur M. Sackler Gallery of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution |
Buddhist stela, China, Northern Wei period, early 6th C. |
Ancient Chinese bronze vessels, Sackler Gallery |
Ritual wine container, Shang Dynasty, 15th C. BC |
Ancient Chinese bronze vessels, Sackler Gallery |
Ritual wine container, Shang dynasty, 13th C. BC |
Ritual wine container, Shang dynasty, 13th C. BC |
Ritual wine container, Shang dynasty, 12th C. BC |
Ancient Chinese bronze vessels, Sackler Gallery |
Ritual wine container, Shang Dynasty, 11th C. BC |
Ritual wine container, Shang Dynasty, 12th-11th C. BC |
Bronze Bell, Shang Dynasty, 13th-12th C. BC |
Ritual Food Container, Shang Dynasty, 12th C. BC |
Ritual Wine Container, Western Zhou Dynasty, 10th C. BC |
Ritual Wine Container, Western Zhou Dynasty, 11th C. BC |
Ritual Food Container, Western Zhou Dynasty, 10th C. BC |
Ritual Bell, Western Zhou Dynasty, 10th-9th C. BC |
Ritual Food and Wine Containers, Eastern Zhou Dynasty, 7th-6th C. BC |
Dragon Pendant, Eastern Zhou Dynasty, ca 5th C. BC |
Bronze Bell, Eastern Zhou Dynasty, 5th C. BC |
Ritual Wine Vessel, Eastern Zhou Dynasty, 8th C. BC |
Bronze Horse, Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) |
Bronze Tripod Lamp, Western Han Dynasty, 1st C. BC |
Tomb Guardian, Tang Dynasty, 8th C. |
Chimera, Six-Dynasties Period, 3rd-4th C. AD |
Mourning Attendant, Tang Dynasty, 7th C. |
Daoist stela, Northern Zhou Dynasty, 572 AD |
Vase, Qing Dynasty (Kangxi period) 1662-1722 |
Compound Wardrobe, Ming Dynasty, ca 1550 |
Ceramics from the Maenam Noi Kilns near Ayutthaya, Thailand |
Celestial Dancer, Karnataka, 12th C. |
Ganesh, Mysore, 13th C. |
South Indian bronze Shiva and Uma (Somaskanda) ca 14th C. |
South Indian bronze Shiva, ca 14th C. |
South Indian Yogini, Tamil Nadu, 10th C. |
South Indian bronze Shiva, Vijayanagar, ca 13-14th C. |
South Indian Shiva Dakshinamurti, 11-12th C. |
Celestial Drummer, Western India, 13th C. |
Vishu with Avatars, 11th C. Bangladesh |
Tibetan Bodhisattva, 14th C. |
Tibetan Bodhisattva Gandhahastin, 14th C. |
Bronze Jambhala, Western Tibet, 13th C. |
Goddess Lhamo, Central Tibet (Densatil Monastery) 15th C. |
Seated Buddha, Central Tibet, 14th C. |
Head of the Buddha from ancient Gandhara (Pakistan) 3rd C. AD |
Buddha, 11th C. Bihar |
Bhairava, 15th C. Nepal |
Bhairava, 15th C. Nepal |
Vasudhara, the Buddhist goddess of wealth, Nepal, 1082 AD |
Indra, 15th C. Nepal |
Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, 14th C. Nepal |
Architectural Fragment from the Shrine of Zayn al-Mulk, Isfahan, ca 1480 |
A selection of Asian Lonely Planet titles at the Sackler Gallery giftshop if the museum has put you in the mood to travel |
Giftshop of the Sackler Gallery |
Chinese and Thai ceramics in the gallery connecting the Sackler to the Freer |
Architectural finial, 15th C. Thailand, with southeast Asian ceramics |
Courtyard of the Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
Map of the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. |
Bodhisattva of Compassion, Kingdom of Dali (Yunnan) 12th C. |
Bodhisattva, Northern Qi Dynasty, ca 575 AD |
Bodhisattva, Northern Qi Dynasty, ca 570 AD |
Sakyamuni as Cosmological Buddha, Sui Dynasty (Hebei) ca 600 AD |
Relief carving of Mount Sumeru on the robe of the Cosmological Buddha |
Cloisonné stupa, Qing Dynasty (Qianlong period) 1736-1795 |
Bodhisattva, Heian Period, 12th C. Japan |
Standing Bodhisattva, Jin Dynasty, 12-13th C. China |
Standing Bodhisattva, Jin Dynasty, 12-13th C. China |
The Freer Gallery has a small Egyptian collection - Two falcons, Ptolemaic Period (304-30 BC) |
Face from a coffin, XVIII-XIX Dynasty 1550-1196 BC |
Ritual Container, Western Zhou Dynasty, ca 1000 BC |
Bronze Chimera, Eastern Han Dynasty, 1st C. AD |
Chariot fitting, Eastern Zhou Dynasty, ca 300 BC |
Landscape in the style of hte Early Masters, Wang Shimin, 1670 |
The Peacock Room, 1876-77, Freer Gallery of Art |
The Peacock Room |
The Peacock Room |
The Peacock Room |
The Thames in Ice, James McNeill Whistler, 1860 |
The Little Red Glove, James McNeil Whistler, ca 1896 |
Choson period porcelain jar with a cobalt blue crane, 19th C. Korea |
Japanese Guardian Figures (Shitenno) Kamakura Period (1185-1333) |
Zocho-ten, Guardian of the South, Kamakura Period (1185-1333) Japan |
Zocho-ten, Guardian of the South, Kamakura Period (1185-1333) Japan |
Under the foot of Zocho-ten, Guardian of the South |
Jikoku-ten, Guardian of the East, Kamakura Period |
Komoku-ten, Guardian of the West, Kamakura Period |
Tamon-ten, Guardian of the North, Kamakura Period |
Under the foot of Tamon-ten, Guardian of the North |
Jikoku-ten, Guardian of the East, Kamakura Period |
Jikoku-ten, Guardian of the East, Kamakura Period |
Under the foot of Jikoku-ten, Guardian of the East |
Male figure in court dress, 14th C. Japan |
Amida Buddha, lord of Western Paradise, Kamakura Period 14th C. |
Early 13th C. Japanese Bodhisattva by Kaikei |
Early 13th C. Japanese Bodhisattva by Kaikei |
Arita ware jar, late 17th C. Japan |
Courtesan Geisha and Child by Gessai Gabimaru, 18-19th C. |
Courtesan beneath a mosquito net by Utagawa Kunisada, 1855 |
The Thirty-Six Poets at Leisure by Matsumura Goshun, 18-19th C. |
Dish with design of reeds in mist, Nabeshima ware, Japan 18-19th C. |
Ryogoku Bridge by Utagawa Toyoharu, 18-19th C. |
Kongorikishi (Ni-o) Kamakura period, 14th C. |
Kongorikishi (Ni-o) Kamakura period, 14th C. |
Kongorikshi (Ni-o) Kamakura period, 14th C. |
Kongorikshi (Ni-o) Kamakura period, 14th C. |
10th C. Abbasid dynasty jar, Iraq |
11th C. Egyptian bowl |
12th C. Iranian rosewater bottle |
Early 13th C. Iranian tile in the form of a six-pointed star |
Inscription panel, 16th C. Iran |
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Syrian jar, 12-13th C. Rakka |
13th C. Iranian bowl |
12th-13th C. Iranian bowl |
Early 13th C. Iranian bowl |
Turkish plate and tankard, ca 1525 Iznik |
An Angel with Cup and Wine Flask attributed to Shah Qali, 16th C. Turkey |
Ewer by Qasim ibn Ali, Syria 1232 AD (629 AH) |
12th C. Iranian candlestick |
Syrian glassware made for Sultan al-Malik al-Mujahid Saif al-Din, 14th C. |
14th C. Iranian mihrab panel |
Qu'ran folio with Sura 21 verses 111-12 and Sura 22 verses 1-2, ca 10th C. |
Egyptian lamp ca 1360 |
Child-Saint Sambandar, Chola Dynasty, 12th C. Tamil Nadu |
Child-Saint Sambandar, Chola Dynasty, 12th C. Tamil Nadu |
Shiva Vinadhara (Holder of the Vina) Chola Dynasty, ca 950 AD Tamil Nadu |
Shiva Vinadhara (Holder of the Vina) Chola Dynasty, ca 950 AD Tamil Nadu |
Nandi the Bull, Chola dynasty, 12th C. Tamil Nadu |
Shiva Nataraja (Lord of the Dance) Chola dynasty ca 990 AD Tamil Nadu |
Shiva Nataraja (Lord of the Dance) Chola dynasty ca 990 AD Tamil Nadu |
Queen Sembiyan Mahadevi as the goddess Parvati, Chola dynasty ca 990 AD Tamil Nadu |
Queen Sembiyan Mahadevi as the goddess Parvati, Chola dynasty ca 990 AD Tamil Nadu |
Standing Buddha, Gupta dynasty (320-485 AD) Uttar Pradesh |
Lower part of a nagaraja (serpent-king) Kushan dynasty, 1st-2nd C. AD Uttar Pradesh |
The Birth of the Buddha |
The First Sermon at the Deer Park in Sarnath |
The Enlightenment of Buddha |
Parinirvana of the Buddha |
Relief of Worship at a Stupa, Bharhut (Madhya Pradesh) 2nd C. BC |
Bodhisattva, 13th C. |
Bodhisattva, 13th C. |
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