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Image	Title of Work of Art	Artist or Culture of Origin	Date or Style or Period	Materials and Techniques	Accession Number	Collection
	Inrô with design of sea foam	Shibata Zeshin, after a design by Ogata ...	19th century	Gold lacquer, pewter inlay; ojime: bronz...	36.100.249	Asian Art
	The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936 (36.100.249)
	Inrô with design of silk spool in the Milky Way (the Tanabata Story of the Weaver a...	Kyûkoku	19th century	Mother-of-pearl, gold; ojime: silver and...	14.40.878a,b	Asian Art
	Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
	Inrô with design of thatched hut		18th–19th century	Lacquer; ojime: pewter; net...	29.100.841	Asian Art
	H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929 (29.100.841)
	Inrô: Figures in a landscaped garden		18th century	Red lacquer	10.211.2081	Asian Art
	Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1910
	Netsuke: Autumn grasses with praying mantis	Attributed to Ryûsa	18th century	Carved ivory	10.211.1271	Asian Art
	Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1910
	Netsuke: Boar resting on bush clover		19th century	Wood	91.1.989	Asian Art
	Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
	Netsuke: Chestnut burr wrapped in leaves		19th century	Porcelain	91.1.213	Asian Art
	Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
	Netsuke: Crab on a decaying lotus leaf		19th century	Ivory, copper alloy, gold	91.1.940	Asian Art
	Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
	Netsuke: Foreigner carrying a cock		19th century	Ivory	10.211.1444	Asian Art
	Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1910
	Netsuke: Ox with boy playing flute		19th century	Wood, ivory, metal	10.211.780	Asian Art
	Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1910
	Activities of the Twelve Months of the Year (tsukinami-e)		late 17th century; Edo period (1615–1868)	Album of twelve paintings; ink, color, a...	1999.161	Asian Art
	Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 1999
	Altarpiece dedicated to Buddha Maitreya (Mile)		dated 524; Northern Wei dynasty (386–534)	Gilt bronze	38.158.1a-n	Asian Art
	Rogers Fund, 1938
	Amitabha Triad	Unidentified artist	ca. early 14th century; Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)	Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk	30.76.298	Asian Art
	Rogers Fund, 1930
	Animal pen with figures		1st–early 3rd century A.D.; Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 A.D.)	Earthenware with green lead glaze	1994.605.21	Asian Art
	Charlotte C. and John C. Weber Collection, Gift of Charlotte C. and John C. Weber, 1994
	Anthropomorph		ca. 1500 B.C.	Copper	L.1985.42.3	Asian Art
	Lent by The Kronos Collections
	Architectural Ensemble from a Jain Meeting Hall		last quarter of 16th century	Teak with traces of color	16.133,1,2	Asian Art
	Gift of Robert W. and Lockwood de Forest, 1916
	Ardhanarishvara (Composite of Shiva and Parvati)		7th–8th century; Pre–Angkor period	Bronze	1993.387.4	Asian Art
	Gift of Enid A. Haupt, 1993
	Arhat (luohan)		ca. 1000; Liao dynasty (907–1125)	Earthenware with three-color (sancai...	21.76	Asian Art
	Frederick C. Hewitt Fund, 1921
	Asymmetrical wine container (hu)		8th century B.C.	Bronze	49.135.9a	Asian Art
	Bequest of Addie W. Kahn, 1949
	Autumn Grasses in Moonlight	Shibata Zeshin	ca. 1872–91; Meiji period (1868–1912)	Two-panel folding screen; ink, lacquer, ...	1975.268.137	Asian Art
	The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Bri...
	Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Infinite Compassion Seated in Royal Ease		late 10th–early 11th century; Khmer style of Banteay Srei, Angkor period (802–1431)	Copper alloy, silver inlay	1992.336	Asian Art
	Purchase, The Annenberg Foundation Gift, 1992
	Bamboo in the Four Seasons	Tosa Mitsunobu (attributed to)	1392–1573; Muromachi period	Pair of six-panel folding screens; color...	1975.268.44,45	Asian Art
	The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Bri...
	Bamboo in Wind	Xia Chang; Qian Bo; Liu Jue	ca. 1470; Ming dynasty	Hanging scroll; ink on paper	1989.235.1	Asian Art
	Edward Elliott Family Collection, Gift of Douglas Dillon, 1989
	Basin		11th–12th century; Northern Song dynasty (960–1127), Ding ware	Porcelain	26.292.98	Asian Art
	Gift of Mrs. Samuel T. Peters, 1926
	Basin		dated 1774; Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736–1795)	Nephrite (jade)	02.18.689	Asian Art
	Gift of Heber R. Bishop, 1902
	Basin (pen)		ca. 3200–2700 B.C.; Majiayao culture, Majiayao phase	Earthenware with painted decoration	L.1996.55.6	Asian Art
	Anonymous Loan
	The Battles of Hogen and Heiji		17th century; Edo period (1615–1868)	Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, ...	57.156.4-5	Asian Art
	Rogers Fund, 1957
	Beaker-shaped vessel		late 3rd–1st millennium B.C.; Ban Chiang type	Earthenware with incised and impressed d...	1984.494.6	Asian Art
	Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Roger Stoll, 1984
	Bell		early 5th century B.C.; Eastern Zhou dynasty,late Spring and Autumn period (770–ca. 475 B.C.)	Bronze	1988.20.7	Asian Art
	Charlotte C. and John C. Weber Collection, Gift of Charlotte C. and John C. Weber through the Live Oak Foundation, 1988
	Bell (dotaku)		1st–2nd century; late Yayoi period (ca. 4th century B.C.–3rd century A.D.)	Bronze	18.68	Asian Art
	Rogers Fund, 1918

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