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   Sculpture, In the Round, East Asia
Works of Art (24)
Bodhisattva of Wisdom (Tikshna-Manjushri), Ming dynasty, Yongle period (1403–1424), China, Gilt brass (2001.59)  
 
Buddha, probably Vairochana (Piluzhena), Liao dynasty, early 11th century, China, Gilt bronze (2006.284)  
 
Buddhist Disciple, Phra Sankachai, ca. late 17th century, Thailand, Bronze with traces of gilding; eyes inlaid with shell and garnet (2001.27) 
 
Bust of a female figurine, Final Jomon period (ca. 1000–300 B.C.), Japan, Earthenware with incised and cord-marked designs (1975.268.191)  
 
Bust of a warrior, Kofun period, 5th–6th century, Kanto region, Japan, Earthenware with painted, incised, and applied decoration (1975.268.414)  
 
Female dancer, early Western Han dynasty, 2nd century B.C., China, Earthenware with slip and pigments (1992.165.19)  
 
Figure of Bodhidharma, Ming dynasty, 17th century, China, Porcelain (Dehua ware) (63.176) 
 
Figure of Magu with a fawn, Qing dynasty or early Republic, late 19th–early 20th century, China; Dehua ware, Fujian Province, Porcelain with clear glaze (34.13) 
 
Group of seated female musicians, Tang dynasty, late 7th century, China, Earthenware with painted decoration (23.180.4–7) 
 
Miniature pagoda, early Nara period, ca. 767, Japan, Wood (1975.268.150ab)  
 
Pensive Bodhisattva, Three Kingdoms period, mid-7th century, Korea, Gilt bronze (2003.222) 
 
Portrait sculpture of a Zen priest, Muromachi period, 14th–15th century, Japan, Lacquered wood (63.65)  
 
Seated luohan, Liao dynasty, ca. 1000, Yixian, Hebei Province, China, Earthenware with three-color (sancai) glaze (21.76)  
 
Seated bodhisattva, Yuan dynasty, late 13th–early 14th century; Qingbai ware, China, Probably from kilns in the vicinity of Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, Porcelain with relief decoration under bluish white glaze (51.166)  
 
Seated Buddha, Tang dynasty (618–907), ca. 650, China, Dry lacquer with traces of gilt and polychrome pigments (19.186)  
 
Seated Buddha, Tang dynasty, early 8th century, China, Gilt bronze (43.24.3) 
 
Small figurine, Final Jomon period (ca. 1000–300 B.C.), Japan, Earthenware (1978.346)  
 
Standing Buddha, Northern Wei dynasty, mid-5th century, China, Gilt bronze (26.123)  
 
Standing Buddha, Unified Silla dynasty, 8th century, Korea, Gilt bronze (12.37.136) 
 
Statue of Kashyapa, Chosôn dynasty, dated 1700, Korea, Wood with polychrome (42.25.8) 
 
Tomb guardian (zhenmushou), Northern Wei to Northern Qi dynasties, mid- to late 6th century, China, Earthenware with pigment (1979.438)  
 
Water Stone, 1986, Isamu Noguchi (American), Basalt (1987.222) 
 
Wisdom King Fudo (Fudo Myo-o), Heian period, 12th century, Kyoto, Japan, Joined-woodblock construction with pigments (1975.268.163)  
 
Zao Gongen, Heian period, 11th–?12th century, Japan, Gilt bronze (1975.268.155) 
 
Thematic Essays (6)