Asian Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 30,602 artworks
The Met's Asian Art department encompasses the art of East Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. The collection includes Chinese painting and calligraphy, Japanese screens and prints, Indian sculpture, and Southeast Asian bronzes spanning over 4,000 years of artistic achievement.
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Maharana Sarup Singh Inspects a Prize Stallion
Tara
1845–46
「富嶽三十六景 神奈川沖浪裏」|Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), or The Great Wave, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1830–32
Kurukulla
19th century
Grapevine and Squirrels
Unidentified artist
early 19th century
나전 대모 어피 용 무늬 옷상자 조선|螺鈿玳瑁魚皮龍文衣箱子 朝鮮|Clothing box decorated with dragons
19th century
장생 무늬 화각 상자 조선|長生文華角箱子 朝鮮|Box decorated with auspicious symbols
19th century
윤동섬 초상 조선|尹東暹肖像 朝鮮|Portrait of Yun Dongseom (1710–1795)
Unidentified artist
ca. 1790–1805
Pichhwai for the Festival of Cows
late 18th century
Night Rain at the Double-Shelf Stand, from the series Eight Parlor Views (Zashiki hakkei)
Suzuki Harunobu
ca. 1766
백자 청화 용 무늬 항아리 조선 |白磁靑畫龍文壺 朝鮮|Dragon jar
second half 18th century
Hawk at Sunrise
Jeong Hong-Rae 정홍래 鄭弘來
second half 18th century–first half 19th century
A Lady Playing the Tanpura
ca. 1735
The Demon Hiranyaksha Departs the Demon Palace: Folio from a Bhagavata Purana Series
ca. 1740
Rama Releases the Demon Spies Shuka and Sarana: Folio from the Siege of Lanka series
Manaku
ca. 1725
Mahadevi, the Great Goddess
ca. 1725
Maharana Sangram Singh Riding a Prize Stallion
Stipple Master|Jai Ram
ca. 1712
八橋図屏風 |Irises at Yatsuhashi (Eight Bridges)
Ogata Kōrin
after 1709
Buddha
18th century
Palampore
first quarter of the 18th century
Guru Dragpo
18th century
나전 칠 모란 넝쿨 무늬 서류상자 조선|螺鈿漆牡丹唐草文書類箱子 朝鮮|Stationery box decorated with peony scrolls
18th century
清 王翬等 康熙南巡圖 (卷三: 濟南至泰山) 卷|The Kangxi Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour, Scroll Three: Ji'nan to Mount Tai
Wang Hui
datable to 1698
波濤図屏風|Rough Waves
Ogata Kōrin
ca. 1704–9
Shiva and Parvati Playing Chaupar: Folio from a Rasamanjari Series
Devidasa of Nurpur
dated 1694–95
Amitabha, the Buddha of the Western Pure Land (Sukhavati)
ca. 1700
Narasimha, Vishnu’s Man-Lion Avatar
ca. 1700–1750
清 龔賢 墨筆山水詩畫 冊|清 龔賢 自題 山水十六開 冊|Landscapes with poems
Gong Xian
1688
色絵三壺文小皿|Dish with Three Jars
1680–90s
Vilaval Ragini: Folio from a ragamala series (Garland of Musical Modes)
ca. 1680
Two box panels with mithuna couples
late 17th–early 18th century
Portrait of the Great Master Seosan
Unidentified artist
late 17th–18th century
老梅図襖|Old Plum
Kano Sansetsu
1646
Krishna and Balarama Fight the Evil King Kamsa’s Wrestlers: Page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana
ca. 1650
목조 보살 좌상 조선|木造菩薩坐像 朝鮮|Seated bodhisattva (left attendant of a triad)
ca. mid-17th century
Buddha Shakyamuni as "Lord of the Munis"
mid-17th century
Krishna Revels with the Gopis: Page from a Dispersed Gita Govinda (Song of the Cowherds)
ca. 1630–40
菊桐紋蒔絵提子|Sake Ewer (Hisage) with Chrysanthemums and Paulownia Crests in Alternating Fields
early 17th century
Seated Amitayus
17th–18th century
Seated Avalokiteshvara, the Buddha of Infinite Compassion
17th century
탄은 이정 대나무 조선|灘隱 李霆 墨竹圖 朝鮮|Bamboo in the Wind
Yi Jeong
early 17th century
染分紗綾地蜘蛛海松貝模様小袖|Robe (Kosode) with Shells and Sea Grasses
early 17th century
明 吳彬 十六羅漢圖 卷|The Sixteen Luohans
Wu Bin
dated 1591
Ten Elements for East Window of an Architectural Ensemble from a Jain Meeting Hall
last quarter of 16th century
Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi
1575–1600
작자미상 범천왕을 중심으로 한 신중도 조선|作者未詳 神衆圖 朝鮮|Brahma with Attendants and Musicians
Unidentified artist
late 16th century
석가삼존도 조선|釋迦三尊圖 朝鮮|Shakyamuni triad
Unidentified artist
1565
Gibbons in a Landscape
Sesson Shūkei 雪村周継
ca. 1570
The Gopis Plead with Krishna to Return Their Clothing: Folio from "Isarda" Bhagavata Purana
Master of the "Isarda" Bhagavata Purana
ca. 1560–65