Proto-Shiva, or
“Lord of the Beasts”
Indus Valley/
Harappan Civilization

steatite 

Female Terracotta Figurine

Harappan/ Indus Valley 

Pakistan

Bust of the “Priest King”

Indus Valley/ Harappan Civilization

stone with traces of pigment

Ashokan Lion capital

India 

Mauryan dynasty

sandstone  

The Great Stupa at Sanchi, India

Dynasty: Mauryan

Sandstone

“The Dream of Queen Maya”

Relief,

Sanchi Stupa, 

Andhra dynasty

" Mahakapi Jataka "

Relief on gate of Sanchi stupa

Andhra dynasty

sandstone

Yakshi

Sanchi Stupa,

Andhra dynasty

sandstone

Interior of Karle chaitya hall in India

Andhra Dynasty

Standing Buddha holding

Abhaya mudra

(hand gesture of “do not fear”)

Gandhara (Pakistan)

Dynasty: Kushan.

Fasting Buddha Kushan

Gandhara (Pakistan)

Colossal rock- cut Buddha

Dynasty: Gandhara

(Bamiyan, Afghanistan),

 sandstone

Destroyed by the Taliban in 2001

Seated Buddha Preaching

From Sarnath, India

Sandstone

Bodhisattva Padmapani

(Avalokiteshvara)

Ajanta caves, India

Shiva Mahadeo 

Elephanta cave temple,

W. India

Rock cut,

Descent of the Ganges

India, Mamallapuram 

granite

Durga Slaying the Buffalo Demon

Mamallapuram 

Pallava Dynasty

Shiva as Lord of the Dance

(Shiva Nataraja)

Chola dynasty

Bronze

Hamayun’s Tomb

India  

Dynasty: Mughal

(Emperor Akbar)

red sandstone and

white marble. 

Akbar subdues the mad Elephant Ha’wai Akbarnama

Dynasty: Mughal

Master painter: Basawan

“Jahangir prefers the company of  Sufis to Kings”

 Allegorical portrait of Emperor Jahangir

 by Bichitr

Turkey from Emperor Jahangir’s Memoirs 

the "Tuzuk-I Jahangir"

Dynasty: Mughal

by Ustad Mansur

Mineral pigment on paper

Taj Mahal 

tomb Agra

built under the Mughal

Emperor Shah Jahan,

White marble  

^{Angkor Wat}

^Cambodia

^{Patron: Khmer King Suryavarman II}

^{Material: sandstone}

Tower of the Bayon Temple at Angkor Tom

possibly depicting

Jayavarman VII as Avalokiteshvara,

Cambodia

Sandstone

Fang Ding

(ritual bronze cauldron/container for cooking and serving meat (either the Chinese or English )

China

Bronze

 Shang Dynasty 

Kneeling terracotta archer 

From the tomb of the first Emperor of China

Qin Shi Huang Di

Qin dynasty

Ceramic model houses 

for use in a Han tomb

Painted earthenware

Silk banner with mineral pigment from the tomb of Lady Dai

China

Han Dynasty

Sakyamuni Buddha

China

Gilded bronze

Period of Division

Seated Buddha and Attendants

(Cave 3)

Binyang chapel

Longmen caves, N. Wei

Vairocana Buddha Ensemble

Tang Dynasty

 Limestone

Shakyamuni pagoda at Fogong Temple

Liao dynasty

Wood with ceramic tiles

Cha’an Buddhist painting

Sixth Patriarch

(Hui Nong)

Tearing Up Sutras,

Liang Kai,

(Southern Song)

Hanging scroll, ink on paper

The Emperor’s Journey into Shu,

Song dynasty copy after Tang original

attributed to Li Zhaodao

ink and color on silk

Tang copy of Admonitions of the Court Instructress to the Court Ladies,

Att. Gu Kaizhi,

Eastern Jin Dynasty

 Ink, pigment on silk handscroll   

Cranes above Kaifeng

Att: Emperor Huizhong

 Northern Song

Handscroll, ink and colors on silk

Apricot Blossoms

Ma Yuan (1160-1225)

Southern Song

commissioned by Empress Yang

Album leaf

Ink and color on silk

On a Mountain Path in Spring

Ma Yuan

Southern Song

Travelers Among Mountains and Streams

Fan Kuan

Northern Song

Hanging scroll, ink and slight color on silk

Ronxi Studio,

Ni Zan,

Yuan/ Ming

Hanging scroll, ink on paper

Gold Crown

Silla Dynasty

Three Kingdoms Period

Fired ceramic haniwa figurine of a warrior

Kofun culture

Great Jingu Shrine at Ise

(Amaterasu Omikami- the Shinto

Goddess of the Sun’s temple),

Wood and thatch

Shaka triad at the Horuyji Kondo,

Asuka period

Gilded bronze

Artist: Tori school

Amida Buddha

Phoenix Hall

Byodo-in Fujiwara dynasty

Gold leaf and lacquer on wood

Sculptor: Jocho

Zen Monochrome Ink Painting of Daruma

by Sesshu Ashikaga (Shogunate)/ Muromachi (Kyoto)