The Met: Asian Art

Public domain works from the Met's Asian Art department. Not associated with Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. 

[mia-asian-art]

Lamp, 1644-1912, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Chinese, South and Southeast Asian Art

bottle-shaped lamp with cover, carvings of nine Kylins; rosewood and brass base; quartz Size: 12 3/8 in. (31.4 cm) (without base) Medium: Quartz, rosewood,brass

https://collections.artsmia.org/art/19657/

[met-asian]

Snuff Bottle, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Asian Art

Bequest of Edmund C. Converse, 1921 Size: H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm) Medium: Moss agate

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/41441

[slam-african]

Helmet Mask (mukenga), Unidentified Kuba artist, 20th century, Saint Louis Art Museum: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/12237/

[met-asian]

Krishna, 18th–19th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Asian Art

Gift of Robert W. and Lockwood de Forest, 1919 Size: H. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm) Medium: Brass

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/39449

[met-asian]

Bowl, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Asian Art

Gift of Heber R. Bishop, 1902 Size: H. 2 3/8 in. (6.1 cm); W. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm) Medium: Nephrite, white with greenish tint

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/43816

[met-asian]

An Entertainment at Shinagawa, Sakuragawa Bunkyo, ca. 1788, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Asian Art

Rogers Fund, 1918 Size: 10 1/8 x 7 7/16 in. (25.7 x 18.9 cm) Medium: Right-hand sheet of a triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/36706

[met-asian]

Model of a Stupa, 10th–14th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Asian Art

Seymour Fund, 1983 Size: H. 8 1/8 in. (20.7 cm); W. 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm) Medium: Copper alloy with traces of gilt

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/37445

[cma-japanese-art]

The Fourth Month, A Lady of the Enkyō Era (1744-48), from the series Thirty-six Elegant Selections, Mizuno Toshikata, 1894, Cleveland Museum of Art: Japanese Art

Medium: Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

https://clevelandart.org/art/2017.72

[met-asian]

Page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana Manuscript (Life of Krishna), ca. 1775, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Asian Art

Gift of Jeffrey Paley, 1975 Size: 12 7/32 x 18 5/8 in. (31.1 x 47.3 cm) Medium: Ink and color on paper

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/37982

[met-asian]

Quatrain on spring’s radiance, Empress Yang Meizi, early 13th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Asian Art

Bequest of John M. Crawford Jr., 1988 Size: Image: 9 1/8 x 9 5/8 in. (23.2 x 24.4 cm) Medium: Round fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on silk

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/40103

[met-asian]

Jar, 19th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Asian Art

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Colman, 1893 Size: H. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm); Diam. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm) Medium: Clay covered with glaze and splashes (Kyoto kiln)

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/47137

[met-islamic-art]

Bowl with Fish Motifs, first half 14th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Islamic Art

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Gift of Mrs. Horace Havemeyer, in memory of her husband, Horace Havemeyer, 1959 Size: H. 5 in. (12.7 cm) Diam. 1 ¼ in. (28.6 cm) Medium: Stonepaste; molded and glazed

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/451489

[harvard-art-museums-calligraphy]

Bamboo River (Takekawa), Calligraphic Excerpt from Chapter 44 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari), Konoe Hisamichi, Muromachi period, datable to 1509-1510, Harvard Art Museums: Calligraphy

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of the Hofer Collection of the Arts of Asia Size: H. 24.1 cm x W. 18.4 cm (9 ½ x 7 ¼ in.) Medium: The forty-fourth of a series of 54 kotobagaki (calligraphic album leaves) mounted in an album with illustrations; ink and color on paper

https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/199966

[met-asian]

Vase, before ca. 1860, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Asian Art

Purchase by subscription, 1879 Size: H. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm) Medium: Stoneware with blue glaze (Guandong ware)

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/42326

[met-asian]

The Gopis Plead with Krishna to Return Their Clothing: Folio from "Isarda" Bhagavata Purana, Master of the "Isarda" Bhagavata Purana, ca. 1560–65, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Asian Art

Gift of The H. Rubin Foundation Inc., 1972 Size: Image: 7 3/8 × 10 1/8 in. (18.7 × 25.7 cm) Medium: Opaque watercolor and ink on paper

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/37962

[cma-chinese-art]

Portrait of Buddhist Monks of Obaku Sect, 1600s, Cleveland Museum of Art: Chinese Art

Size: Overall: 171.5 x 99.7 cm (67 ½ x 39 ¼ in.) Medium: hanging scroll (framed), ink and color on paper

https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.352

[met-asian]

Winepot with Cover, late 17th–early 18th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Asian Art

Gift of Edwin C. Vogel, 1964 Size: H. 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm); W. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm); D. 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm) Medium: Painted in famille verte enamels on the biscuit

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/42291