(4 images)
Great Stupa at Sanchi
Madhya Pradesh, India
Buddhist
Maurya, late Sunga Dynasty
c. 300 BCE-100 CE
Stone masonry, sandstone on dome
(2 images)
Terra cotta warriors from mausoleum of the first Qin emperor of China
Qin Dynasty
c. 221-209 BCE
Painted terra cotta
Funeral banner of Lady Dai (Xin Zhui)
Han Dynasty, China
c. 180 BCE
Painted silk
(3 images)
Longmen caves
Luoyang, China
Tang Dynasty
493-1127 CE
Limestone
Gold and jade crown
Three Kingdoms Period
Silla Kingdom, Korea
Fifth to sixth century CE
Metalwork
(5 images)
Todai-ji
Nara, Japan
Various artists, including sculptors Unkei and Keikei, as well as hte Kei School
743 CE; rebuilt c. 1700
Bronze and wood (sculpture); wood with ceramic tile roofing (architecture)
(3 images)
Borobudur Temple
Central Java, Indonesia
Sailendra Dynasty
c. 750-842 CE
Volcanic-stone masonry
(5 images)
Angkor, the temple of Angkor Wat, and the city of Angkor Thom
Cambodia
Hindu
Angkor Dynasty
c. 800-1400 CE
Stone masonry, sandstone
Lakshmana Temple
Khajuraho, India
Chandella Dynasty
c. 930-950 CE
Sandstone
Travelers among Mountains and Streams
Fan Kuan
c. 1000 CE
Ink and colors on silk
Shiva as Lord of Dance (Nataraja)
Hindu
India (Tamil Nadu)
Chola Dynasty
c. 11th century CE
Cast bronze
(2 images)
Night Attack on the Sanjô Palace
Kamakura Period, Japan
c. 1250-1300 CE
Handscroll (ink and color on paper)
The David Vases
Yuan Dynasty, CHina
1351 CE
White porcelain with cobalt-blue underglaze
portrait of Sin Sukju (1417-1475)
Imperial Bureau of Painting
c. 15th century CE
Hanging scroll (ink and color on silk)
(5 images)
Forbidden City
Beijing
Ming Dynasty
15th century CE and later
Stone masonry, marble, brick, wood, and ceramic tile
(3 images)
Ryoan-ji
Kyoto, Japan
Muromachi Period, Japan
c. 1480 CE; current design most likely dates to the 18th century
Rock garden
Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings
Bichitr
c. 1620 CE
Watercolor, gold, and ink on paper
(2 images)
Taj Mahal
Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
Masons, marble workers, mosaicists, and decorators working under the supervision of Ustad Ahmad Lahori, architect of the emperor
1632-1653 CE
Stone masonry and marble with inlay of precious and semiprecious stones; gardens
(2 images)
White and Red Plum Blossoms
Ogata Korin
c. 1710-1716 CE
Ink, watercolor, and gold leaf on paper
Under the Wave of Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), also known as the Great Wave
from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji
Katsushika Hokusai
1830-1833 CE
Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Chairman Mao en Route to Anyuan
Artist unknown
based on an oil painting by Liu Chunhua
c. 1969 CE
Color lithograph