South, East, and Southeast Asia

Great Stupa at Sanchi

Great Stupa at Sanchi

Madhya Pradesh, India. Buddhist; Maurya, late Sunga Dynasty. c. 300 bce–100 ce. Stone masonry, sandstone on dome.

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.

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.

Todai-ji

Nara, Japan. Various artists, including sculptors Unkei and Keikei, as well as the Kei School. 743 ce; rebuilt c. 1700 ce. Bronze and wood (sculpture); wood with ceramic-tile roofing (architecture).

Borobudur Temple

Central Java, Indonesia. Sailendra Dynasty. c. 750–842 ce. Volcanic-stone masonry.

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. Hindu, 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.

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).

Forbidden City

Beijing, China. Ming Dynasty. 15th century ce and later. Stone masonry, marble, brick, wood, and ceramic tile.

Ryoan-ji

Kyoto, Japan. Muromachi period, Japan. c. 1480 ce; current design most likely dates to the 18th century ce. Rock garden.

Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings

Bichitr. c. 1620 ce. Watercolor, gold, and ink on paper.

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.

White and Red Plum Blossoms

Ogata Korin. c. 1710–1716 ce. Ink, watercolor, and gold leaf on paper.

Under the Wave off 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.