China

The Stone Table Garden

China

Travelers among Valleys and Peaks

China

The Buddha Amitayus

Sri Lanka

Seated Buddha

Iran

Bowl with panel-style decoration

Pakistan

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

China

Buddhist stele

Japan

Taima mandala

Thailand

Head of a Buddha image

China

Covered jar with fish in lotus pond

Cambodia

The Hindu deity Shiva

China

Great Water No. 4

China

Ritual vessel in the shape of a rhinoceros

India

The Buddhist deity Vajra Tara

Indonesia

Dagger handle in the shape of a demon

India

The Hindu deities Shiva and Parvati with their son Skanda

India

Standing crowned Buddha with four scenes of his life

India

The Hindu deity Parvati

Eastern Persia

Cup

China

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

China

Plate with grape design

Thailand

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

China

Arhat (Chinese: luohan)

Korea

Vessel in the shape of a duck

Thailand

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

India

The holy city of Mecca

Nepal

The Buddhist deity White Tara

Tibet

The Buddhist deity Vajrapani

China

Covered ritual wine vessel (gong)

Pakistan

The bodhisattva Maitreya

Pakistan

Helmet with chain mail neckguard

India

The Hindu deity Vishnu in the form of a boar

India

The Buddha triumphing over Mara

China

The Buddhist deity Guhyasamaja

Mongolia

The Buddha Shakyamuni enthroned

India

The Hindu deity Shiva revealed in the linga

Northeastern Thail...

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

India

The Hindu deity Chamunda

Iran

Star-shaped tile with phoenix design

Tibet

The Buddha Shakyamuni at Mount Meru

Tibet

The Buddhist deity Vajrabhairava

Bhutan

Woman’s garment (kushuthara)

India

Japanese Hippies

Japan

Jinnoji Engi (Legends of the founding of Jinnoji Temple)

India

Ritual trident with the Hindu deity Auspicious Kali

India

Krishna overcoming the serpent Kaliya

China

Temple hanging

Korea

Bridal robe (hwalot)

Cambodia

Nine deities

Indonesia

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

China

Landscape in Snow

Central India

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

Iran

Large footed cup with decoration of wild goats

Japan

The bodhisattva Samantabhadra (Fugen Bosatsu)

Japan

Haniwa in the form of a warrior

India

The Hindu deities Krishna and Satyabhama riding Garuda

China

Tomb tile

Tibet

The Cosmic Buddha Vairochana

Korea

Guardian king of the west (Gwangmok cheonwang)

Japan

Seated Amitabha Buddha  (Amida Nyorai)

Japan

Standing bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Sho Kannon)

China

Mirror with the twelve branches and four beasts

India

Cosmological painting

Tibet

Mandala of the Buddhist deity Vajrabhairava

Nepal

The Buddhist deity Naro Dakini

India

A seated woman symbolizing a musical mode (Vihag Ragaputra)

Thailand

Bowl with mythical figures

India

Prajnaparamita, the Buddhist deity of transcendent wisdom

Thailand

The Assault on the Buddha by the demon Mara

China

Dongfang Shuo stealing peaches

Japan

Deer and Bat

Korea

Box

Indonesia

Door guardian, one of a pair

Korea

The Buddha Amitabha with the eight great bodhisattvas

Nepal

A mandala of the Hindu deity Durga

China

Dish with noble phoenix and mythic creatures

Northern China

Bowl with two rows of radiating strokes on a black ground

China

The Daoist deity Doumu

Afghanistan

Page of calligraphy

China

Ritual wine vessel (the so-called Yayi jia)

Northern Iran

Vessel in the shape of a stag

China

Pillow in the form of a boy and a lotus leaf

Japan

Standing beauty

China

Cosmic Buddha

China

Guardian, one of a pair

Myanmar (Burma)

Crowned and bejeweled Buddha image and throne

Japan

Landscape of the four seasons, one of a pair

Western Tibet

The Bonpo deity Kungsang Galwa Dupa

Japan

Tartars playing polo and hunting, one of a pair

China

Buffalo

Western Tibet

Eleven-headed bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara

China

Which is Earth? No. 7

Japan

Landscape wtih figures, one of a pair

Probably India

Ceremonial bowl with Zoroastrian themes

Japan

The Buddhist deity Trailokyavijaya (Gozanze Myo-o)

China

The river bend

Japan

Standing Indra (Taishakuten), one of a pair

China

Camel

China

China Cove, Carmel, California

India

A king consults a holy man

India

An auspicious diagram

Mongolia

Maitreya, the Buddha of the Future

Japan

Catching the Ox

China

Head of the Buddhist deity Mahasthamaprapta

China

A vase accompanied by prunus and paradise flycatchers

India

The Hindu deity Vishnu

China

Untitled (2010-0)

China

Landscape

China

Incense burner with Arabic inscriptions, one of a pair

India

Standing Buddha with devotee

Northeastern Iran

Dish with horse and cheetah

China

Vase

China

The Buddhist deity Simhavaktra Dakini

Indonesia

The demon king Ravana riding a mythical bird

Cambodia

The Hindu deity Vishnu

Tibet

Maitreya, the Buddha of the future

Tibet

The Buddhist teacher Padmasambhava as Guru Drakpochey

India

Base for a water pipe

China

Tomb guardian, one of a pair

Korea

Bottle with fish design

Tibet

Death of the Buddha Shakyamuni

China

Money tree

China

The Buddhist deity Ushnishavijaya

Japan

Morning glories (incense wrapper)

Southern India

The bull Nandi

Tibet

The lama Buton Rinchen Drub

China

Valley of the Heart No 5

India

Serpent king (nagaraja)

Southern India

Krishna playing the flute and dancing with the milkmaids

China

Ritual food vessel

Korea

Jar

China

Pines and Clouds on Spring Peaks

China

Octagonal plate with the Eight Treasures and a longevity character

Northern Thailand

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

Japan

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

Iran

Quran manuscript

Japan

Bird with long tail feathers

India

Cup with European mount

Korea

Blossoming plum

Nepal

Svayambhu Stupa

China

Emperor’s dragon robe

Philippines

Headcloth

China

Cabinet

China

Seated Buddha

India

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

Korea

Box

Afghanistan

Architectural panel

India

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

India

Seated Ganesha

India

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

Tibet

Mandala of the Buddhist deity Vajrabhairava

Northeastern Iran

Bowl with splashed and incised decoration

Korea

Two-tiered chest with stand

Korea

Wrapping cloth

India

One-faced linga

Central India

The Hindu deities Shiva and Vishnu combined as Harihara

Northern Iran

Bowl with two birds

China

Pine Lodge amid Tall Mountains

Philippines

Burial urn

Japan

The Buddhist deity Achala Vidyaraja (Fudo Myoo)

Central Thailand

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

Cambodia

Crowned and bejeweled Buddha protected by a serpent

Thailand

Recession

Korea

Jar

Korea

Wrapping cloth (bojagi)

China

Daoist ceremonial robe

China

Seated Buddha

probably Cambodia

Dedicatory plaque

Northern Vietnam

Concretion of ceramics from the Hoi An shipwreck

Tibet

The bodhisattva Vajrasattva

India

The Hindu deities Shiva and Parvati combined as Ardhanarishvara

Korea

Guardian King of the West (Gwangmok cheonwang)

Central Thailand

Mythical bird-man

Korea

Scholar’s accoutrements (chaekgeori)

India

Elephant throne (howdah)

Korea

Buddha

China

The envoy Su Wu herding goats

India

Four of the seven Mother Goddesses

India or Pakistan

Seated bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara

Korea

Ewer with lid

Iran

Vase with four-lobed body

Northern China

The Daoist deity Zhenwu, the Perfected Warrior

Tibet

The Buddhist deity Mahashri Heruka

China

Traveling in deep mountains

China

Ornament in the shape of a hoof

India

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

China

Birds, flowers, and landscapes

Northeastern Iran

Bowl with Arabic inscription

China

The Buddhist deity Green Tara

China

Jina Bhadrashri, a Buddha of confession

Korea

A King of Hell

China

The Buddhist deity Chakrasamvara

Bangladesh

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

China

Imperial court overvest

India

Heirloom textile with repeated design of a woman and her attendants

Japan

Plate with monogram of the Dutch East India Company

Turkey

Bowl with floral decoration

China

Table screen depicting the Taoist deity Doumu and her entourage

India

Plaque with scenes of the life of the Buddha

Northern China

Pillow in the form of a reclining girl

China

Shakyamuni as an ascetic

China

Buddhas of the three generations

Korea

Mountain spirit and tiger

Iran

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

Japan

Sunrise on New Year’s morning

China

Ewer with chrysanthemum scroll

India

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

Central Thailand

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

Tibet

The Buddhist Wheel of Life and Death

Thailand

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

China

Gathering Fungus in the Mountains of the Immortals

China

Jar with dragons design