Asian Art Centennial Bulletin Cover

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART BULLETIN | VOLUME 73 | NUMBER 1

"Asian Art at the Metropolitan Museum"

Hearn, Maxwell K.

2015

48 pages

72 illustrations

This title is in print.

Description

About the authors

This Bulletin marks the centennial celebration of the founding of the Department of Asian Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Showcasing some of the Met's most beautiful examples of Asian Art along with archival material, this Bulletin is a compact but lushly illustrated account of one of the world’s most comprehensive collections of the paintings, sculptures, textiles, and decorative arts of Asia.

Met Art in Publication

Portable Picnic Set (sagejū) with Chrysanthemums, Foliage Scroll, and Tokugawa Family Crest

, Lacquered wood with gold, silver hiramaki-e, gold and silver foil application on nashiji lacquer ground, Japan — Portable Picnic Set (sagejū) with Chrysanthemums, Foliage Scroll, and Tokugawa Family Crest
18th century

Dish with Peaches, Porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze polychrome enamels (Hizen ware, Nabeshima type), Japan — Dish with Peaches
ca. 1690–1720

Gourd-Shaped Wall Basket for Flowers, Bamboo with rattan accents, Japan — Gourd-Shaped Wall Basket for Flowers
second half of the 19th century

Cup in the shape of a magnolia blossom, Rhinoceros horn, China — Cup in the shape of a magnolia blossom
early 17th century

Wine container (Pou), Bronze, China — Wine container (Pou)
13th century BCE

Basin, Jade (nephrite), China — Basin
dated 1774

Landscape with Figure, Xie Shichen Chinese, Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on gold paper, China — Landscape with Figure
Xie Shichen

Bodhisattva (Maitreya) with crossed ankles, Sandstone with traces of pigment, China — Bodhisattva (Maitreya) with crossed ankles
ca. 480–90

Altar Set, Bronze, China — Altar Set
late 11th century BCE

Dainichi, the Cosmic Buddha (Mahavairocana), Wood with lacquer and gold leaf, Japan — Dainichi, the Cosmic Buddha (Mahavairocana)
12th century

Illustrated Legends of the Kitano Tenjin Shrine (Kitano Tenjin engi emaki), Set of five handscrolls; ink, color, and cut gold leaf (kirikane) on paper, Japan — Illustrated Legends of the Kitano Tenjin Shrine (Kitano Tenjin engi emaki)
late 13th century

Rough Waves, Ogata Kōrin Japanese, Two-panel folding screen; ink, color, and gold leaf on paper, Japan — Rough Waves
Ogata Kōrin
ca. 1704–9

Bathtime (Gyōzui), Kitagawa Utamaro Japanese, Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan — Bathtime (Gyōzui)
Kitagawa Utamaro
ca. 1801

The Bath, Mary Cassatt American, Drypoint, soft-ground etching and aquatint, printed in color from two plates; seventeenth state of seventeen (Mathews & Shapiro) — The Bath
Mary Cassatt
1890–91

Kshitigarbha, Unidentified artist, Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk, Korea — Kshitigarbha
Unidentified artist
first half of the 14th century

Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara in Water Moon Form (Shuiyue Guanyin), Wood (willow) with traces of pigment; multiple-woodblock construction, China — Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara in Water Moon Form (Shuiyue Guanyin)
11th century

Bodhisattva Manjushri (Wenshu), Wood (foxglove) with traces of pigment; single woodblock construction, China — Bodhisattva Manjushri (Wenshu)
late 10th–early 12th century

Brahma, Sandstone, Cambodia — Brahma
first quarter of the 10th century

Noh Robe (Nuihaku) with Butterflies, Chrysanthemums, Maple Leaves, and Miscanthus Grass, Silk satin with silk embroidery and gold leaf, Japan — Noh Robe (Nuihaku) with Butterflies, Chrysanthemums, Maple Leaves, and Miscanthus Grass
second half of the 18th century

The Vimalakirti Sutra, Unidentified artist Chinese, early 12th century, Handscroll; gold and silver on purple silk, China — The Vimalakirti Sutra
Unidentified artist
dated January 13, 1119

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