Chinese/Korean/Japanese Art

Terra cotta warriors

Chinese (Qin Dynasty)

221-209 BCE

Painted terra cotta

Mausoleum of the first Qin emperor of China

Funeral banner of Lady Dai (Xin Zhui)

Chinese (Han Dynasty)

180 BCE

Painted silk

Longmen caves

Chinese (Tang Dynasty)

493-1127 CE

Limestone

Luoyang, China

Travelers among, Mountains and Streams

Fan Kuan / Chinese (Song Dynasty)

1000 CE

Ink and colors on silk

The David Vases

Chinese (Yuan Dynasty)

1351 CE

White porcelain with cobalt-blue underglaze

Forbidden City

Chinese (Ming Dynasty)

15 th c. CE and later

Stone masonry, marble, brick, wood, and ceramic tile

Beijing, China

Chairman Mao en Route to Anyuan

Artist unknown; based on oil painting

1969 CE

Color lithograph

Gold and jade crown

Korean (Three Kindoms Period, Silla Kingdom)

5 th - 6 th c. CE

Metalwork

Portrait of Sin Sukju

Imperial Bureau of Painting / Korean

15 th c. CE

Hanging scroll (ink and color on silk)

Todai-ji

Various artists, including sculptors

743 CE; rebuilt 1700 CE

Bronze and wood

Nara, Japan

Night Attack on the Sanjô Palace

Japanese (Kamakura Period)

1250-1300 CE

Handscroll (ink and color on paper)

Ryoan-ji

Japanese (Muromachi Period)

1480 CE

Rock garden

Kyoto, Japan

White and Red Plum Blossoms

Ogata Korin / Japanese

1710-1716 CE

Ink, watercolor, and gold leaf on paper

Under the Wave off Kanagawa

Katsushika Hokusai / Japanese

1830-1833 CE

Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper