Asian Art Midterm 2

Ma Yuan (circa 1160 to 1225);

inscriptions by Empress Yang (1162 to 1233)

from the album Twelve Views of Water

Southern Song dynasty (1127 to 1279)

ink and color on silk

10.5" high x 16" wide

Palace Museum, Beijing

attributed to Nepalese artist Anige (1245 to 1306)

Green Tārā

c. 1260s

Yuan dynasty (1271 to 1368)

Thangka, pigments, and ink on cotton

21" x 17"

Cleveland Museum of Art

Zhao Mengfu (1254 to 1322)

Autumn Colors on the Qiao and Hua Mountains

Yuan dynasty (1271 to 1368)

1295

ink and colors on silk, 11" high

NPM, Taipe

Sesshū Tōyō (1420 to 1506)

Huike Offering His Arm to

Bodhidharma

1496

Muromachi Period (Japan, 1334 to

1573)

ink and pigment on paper

6.5' tall

Kyoto National Museu

"Naturales. Tagalos"

page from the Boxer Codex

circa 1590

Philippines

manuscript: paper, ink, and paints

i10" x 7"

Indiana University Library

Dong Qichang (1555 to 1636)

Wanluan Thatched Hall

1597

hanging scroll, ink and colors on paper

44" high

private collection

Abu al-Hasan (1589 to 1630)

Emperor Jahangir Embraces Shah Abbas

St. Petersburg Album

circa 1618

Mughal dynasty (1526 to 1857)

gouache, gold, and ink on paper

9.3" x 6"

National Museum of Asian Art

Ogata Kōrin (1658 to 1716)
Irises
Edo period (Japan, 1615 to 1866); byōbu (folding screen);

5' x 11'
Nezu Museum, Tokyo

The Qianlong Emperor as Mañjuśrī, the
Bodhisattva of Wisdom
c. 1750
Qing dynasty ()
hanging scroll,
ink and pigment on silk
44" x 25"
National Museum of Asian Art

Juan Luna (1857 to 1899)
Spoliarium
1884
oil on canvas
14' x 25'
National Museum of Fine Arts,
Manila

Abanindranath Tagore (1871–1951)

Bhārat Mātā ("Mother India")

1905

gouache paint on canvas

11" tall

Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata

Uemura Shōen

[Tang dynasty imperial consort] Yang Guifei

Taishō period (Japan, 1912 to 1926)

1922

ink and pigment on silk

6' wide x 5.3' high

Shohaku Art Museum

Lee Ufan (b. 1936, Korea)

From Line

1979

glue and mineral pigment on canvas

64" x 51"

Goddess mask

Hongshan culture

circa 3000 BCE

terracotta and nephrite

9" vertical

National Museum of China

Female figure "Dancing Girl"

Indus Valley Civilization

circa 2000 BCE

bronze (lost wax)

approx. 4" tall

excavated at Mohenjo Daro

National Museum, New Delhi

standing figure

circa 1200 BCE

Sanxingdui, Pit 2

bronze

8' 7" high

Sanxingdui Museum,Sichuan

wine container (you 卣) "La Tigresse"

Shang Dynasty (1600 to 1046)

circa 1100 to 1050 BCE

bronze

14" high x 9.5" wide

Musée Cernuschi, Paris

Manunggul Secondary Burial Jar

890 to 710 BCE

26" high

earthenware

excavated Palawan, Philippines

Nat'l Museum Philippines

Sārnāth column capital

Mauryan dynasty, under Emperor

Aśoka (ruled 265 to 232 BCE)

circa 250 BCE

sandstone with crushed sandstone

and hematite outer layer

approx. 7' high

Sarnath Museum, Uttar Pradesh, India

Mathura Seated Buddha

Kuṣana Empire

region now Uttar Pradesh, India

circa 200 CE

Red sandstone

28" x 20"

Mathura Museum

Gandhāra Seated Buddha

Kuṣana Empire region now Afghanistan

circa 200 CE

Schist

34" x 19" x 7"

Asian Art Museum, San Francisco

dancing" Haniwa

circa 500

late Kofun period (Japan, 300 to 538)

approx. 2' tall

earthenware

Excavated Saitama Prefecture

Tokyo Nat'l Museum

Śiva mukhaliṇga

circa 400 CE

Gupta dynasty (320 to 550 CE)

Sandstone

58" high

Madhya Pradesh

Asian Art Museum, SF

colossal three-headed Śiva

south wall of Elephanta Cave #1

c. 550 CE

Basalt

20+' tall

Elephanta Island, near Mumbai, India

Pensive Bodhisattva

Silla kingdom (57 BCE to 935 CE)

circa 600s

gilt bronze

37" high

Seoul Nat'l Museum

Harihara, combination of Viśnu and Śiva

circa 700

Kingdom of Funan ("Phnom," now Cambodia), Phnom Da

sandstone

5'8" high

Musée Guimet

Ellora Cave 16, Kailāśanātha Temple

c. 760 CE

finished during Rāṣṭrakūṭa dynasty

basalt, carved in Dravida-style

based on Rāmāyaṇa story of demon king Rāvaṇa attempting to move

Mount Kailāśa and being trapped underneath it by Śiva

Maharashtra, India