 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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