WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE ARTWORK FROM OUR COLLECTION?

The Asian Art Museum is 50 this year, and we want you to be a part of the celebration.

We’re pretty proud to have one of the most comprehensive Asian art collections in the world, with 18,000 objects spanning 6,000 years. But we know it isn’t always about the numbers. Sometimes, it’s about that one special work of art that speaks to you. Tell us about that one. To get you started, here's a selection of some of our most popular objects. Just scroll and vote. Play around with the filters to see the objects with the most votes, or the ones that are on view at the museum all year. Thanks for stopping by! We hope to see you in the galleries discovering new favorites.

Tell us about that one. To get you started, here's a selection of some of our most popular objects. Just scroll and vote. Play around with the filters to see the objects with the most votes, or the ones that are on view at the museum all year. Thanks for stopping by! We hope to see you in the galleries discovering new favorites.

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50 FAVORITES

A female ascetic surrounded by cobras, personifying a musical mode (Asavari Ragini)

Guardian King of the West (Gwangmok cheonwang)

The Buddhist deity Trailokyavijaya (Gozanze Myo-o)

Table screen depicting the Taoist deity Doumu and her entourage

Plaque with scenes of the life of the Buddha

A battle scene from a Ramayana (Epic of Rama) series

The Buddhist teacher Padmasambhava as Guru Drakpochey

The Hindu deity Vishnu in the form of the man-lion Narasimha

Hanuman’s encounters with demons on his journey to Lanka, from the Balinese version of the Ramayana

Concretion of ceramics from the Hoi An shipwreck

The hero Rustam and the sorceress, from a manuscript of the Shahnama (Book of Kings)

The Hindu god Krishna gazes into a mirror held by his consort, from a Rasikapriya (Handbook for Poetry Connoisseurs) series

Heirloom textile with repeated design of a woman and her attendants

Crowned and bejeweled Buddha image and throne

Theatrical headdress for the magical deer in the Ramayana (Epic of Rama) dance-drama

Shiva on the bull Nandi, carrying the Buddha on his head

Chest with scenes of the Buddha enthroned in Indra’s Heaven, Phra Malai and Indra at the Chulamani Stupa, and guardians

Double-sided screen with scenes from the life of the Buddha: Kashyapa paying homage to the Buddha’s remains, and (perhaps) the infant Buddha-to-be standing on the head of the sage Asita

The Assault on the Buddha by the demon Mara

The Buddha preaches in Indra’s Heaven and descends to earth, with hell below

The Destruction of Daksha’s sacrifice, from an illustrated manuscript of the Razmnama (Book of War)

The demon king Ravana riding a mythical bird

Seal with a monkey king, perhaps Sugriva, holding a sword and manuscript

Ritual vessel in the shape of a rhinoceros

Cheekpiece of a horse bridle in the form of a mythical creature

Mirror with the twelve branches and four beasts

Landscape of the four seasons, one of a pair

Arrival of a Portuguese ship, one of a pair (Nanban screens)

Gathering Fungus in the Mountains of the Immortals

A vase accompanied by prunus and paradise flycatchers

Circular box decorated with the character for spring and a bowl of treasures

Bowl with two rows of radiating strokes on a black ground

Large footed cup with decoration of wild goats

The Daoist deity Zhenwu, the Perfected Warrior

Plate with monogram of the Dutch East India Company

Pillow in the form of a boy and a lotus leaf

Head of the Buddhist deity Mahasthamaprapta

The Hindu deities Shiva and Parvati with their son Skanda

Eleven-headed bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara

Standing bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Sho Kannon)

Ritual wine vessel (the so-called Yayi jia)

Ritual trident with the Hindu deity Auspicious Kali

Incense burner with Arabic inscriptions, one of a pair

Dish with noble phoenix and mythic creatures

The Hindu deity Vishnu in the form of a boar

Prajnaparamita, the Buddhist deity of transcendent wisdom

Mandala of the Buddhist deity Vajrabhairava

The Hindu deity Shiva as destroyer of the three cities of the demons

The Hindu deity Shiva revealed in the linga

Standing crowned Buddha with four scenes of his life

Standing Indra (Taishakuten), one of a pair

The bodhisattva Samantabhadra (Fugen Bosatsu)

Jinnoji Engi (Legends of the founding of Jinnoji Temple)

Scene from the Ramayana (Epic of Rama): Kumbhakarna battles the monkeys

Tartars playing polo and hunting, one of a pair

Crowned and bejeweled Buddha protected by a serpent

The Buddhist deity Achala Vidyaraja (Fudo Myoo)

The Hindu deities Shiva and Vishnu combined as Harihara

The Buddha Amitabha with the eight great bodhisattvas

The Hindu deities Shiva and Parvati combined as Ardhanarishvara

A seated woman symbolizing a musical mode (Vihag Ragaputra)

Krishna playing the flute and dancing with the milkmaids

Miniature shrine with the Hindu deity Vishnu sleeping on the cosmic ocean

Octagonal plate with the Eight Treasures and a longevity character

The Hindu deities Krishna and Satyabhama riding Garuda

Bowl with splashed and incised decoration

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WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE ARTWORK FROM OUR COLLECTION?

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50 FAVORITES

probably Cambodia

India

Korea

Bhutan

Tibet

China

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Tibet

Japan

Japan

China

India

Philippines

Korea

China

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India

Tibet

China

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Philippines

Mongolia

Tibet

China

China

Korea

Bangladesh

Indonesia

India

Pakistan

Indonesia

Korea

India

India

China

Korea

Northern Vietnam

India

China

Tibet

China

China

Korea

Mongolia

India

India

India

India

Japan

Myanmar (Burma)

Central Thailand

Central Thailand

Central Thailand

Northern Thailand

Thailand

Thailand

Thailand

Pakistan

China

Thailand

Probably India

Indonesia

Indonesia

India

Sri Lanka

India

Thailand

China

China

Iran

China

China

Nepal

China

China

China

China