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Asian Art
The collection of Asian art includes diverse materials
from China, Japan, Korea, Southeast and Central Asia, and India
dating from Neolithic to present times. The strengths of the
collection are in Chinese and Japanese art ranging from Neolithic
pottery and jade, ancient ritual bronze vessels, ceramics, lacquerware,
metalware, and sculpture, to woodblock prints, painting, and
calligraphy. In the arts of China, the collections of calligraphy
and painting rank among the finest outside Asia. Calligraphic
works range from Buddhist and Daoist scriptures of the Tang
dynasty, to poems, records, and letters from the Song dynasty.
Among the paintings are rare masterpieces from the Song and
Yuan dynasties, as well as numerous examples by later masters.
The collection also includes Shang dynasty oracle bones, ancient
ritual bronze vessels, ceramic vessels and figurines, Buddhist
sculpture, and a rare group of Liao or Jin dynasty painted wood
tomb panels and coffin boards form the tenth to thirteenth centuries.
The museum has the nucleus of a fine collection of Japanese
art with works ranging from Jōmon to modern period
ceramic, Heian and Kamakura period sculpture, as well as painting,
calligraphy, screens, and woodblock prints from the Heian to
contemporary periods. Metal, stone, and terracotta sculptures
from Southeast Asia, India, Gandhara, and other Central Asian
regions make it possible for the museum visitor to trace Buddhist
sculptural styles from their early forms to their later development
in East Asia. Works from the collection are exhibited in the
Asian galleries on a rotating basis throughout the year.
Selections from the Princeton University Art Museum's
Asian Art collection
are presented as ongoing curatorial and scholarly research
in a newly created Asian
art website. The arts of Asia are examined in a cultural
and historical context , and they are integrated with an online
education center designed for visitors of all ages.
To link to the P.Y. and Kinmay W. Tang Center for East Asian,
click here. |
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Chinese
Guang Vessel
Western Zhou period
ca. 1100–771 B.C. |
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Chinese
Tomb Figure of a Kneeling Female Attendant
Western Han dynasty
206 B.C.–A.D. 9 |
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Chinese
Huang Tingjian
Scroll for Zhang Datong
1100 |
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Chinese
Guanyin Seated in Royal-ease Pose
ca. 1250 |
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Chinese
Ni Zan
Twin Trees by the South Bank
1353 |
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Japanese
Jar with Fish Decoration
300 B.C.–A.D. 300 |
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Japanese
Infant Shotoku Taishi
late 13th century |
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Japanese
Anonymous
Messenger of Love
Unsigned; undated |
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Japanese
Ike no Taiga
Scholars Conversing in the Mountains
1766 |
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Indian
Parvati
late 14th–early 15th centuries |
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