Asian Art

 The Asian collections range from Gandharan Buddhist art of the 2nd
 to 4th centuries to the arts of the Mughal Empire in India from the 15th to the 19th
 century. The world religions of Hinduisim, Buddhism, and Islam are all represented.

Yakshi
India, Kushan empire, Mathura region
2nd century

Bust of a bodhisattva
Pakistan, Gandharan region, Kushan empire
2nd–3rd century

Cosmetic palette
Pakistan or Afghanistan, Gandharan
2nd–3rd century
Head of Buddha
India, Gandharan period
3rd century
Pair of lokapala (heavenly guardians)
China, Tang dynasty
c. 700–750
Vishnu as Varaha
India, Madhya Pradesh
10th century

Vishnu and attendants
India, Gujurat, Solanki period
c. 1026

Shiva Nataraja
India, Chola dynasty
c. 1100

Figure of a dvarapala
Kampuchea (Cambodia), Khmer empire
late 12th–early 13th century

Portrait of an arhat
Japan, Kamakura period
13th century

The Dharmapala Vajrabhairava
Tibet
18th century