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Across Asia - Arts of Asia and the Islamic World

Centre Street, Fourth Floor

The Walters Art Museum presents a landmark installation of its Asian and Islamic collections, offering new ways to examine and experience both Asian and Islamic art. For the first time at the Walters, visitors can view approximately 500 artworks from across the Asian continent together in a contiguous space, including art from Islamic cultures spanning West to South Asia. Across Asia: Arts of Asia and the Islamic World is the culmination of years of work by Walters curators to expand the connectivity of the Asian and Islamic art collections and will feature visitor favorites as well as works which have previously never been on view.

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A new collection volume Across Asia and the Islamic World highlights the strengths, variety and sheer wonder of The Walters Art Museum’s unique Asian and Islamic collections.

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Image for Buddha

Buddha

Chinese Artist
ca. 590
25.9
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Image for Standing Bodhisattva

Standing Bodhisattva

Chinese Artist
581-618 (Sui dynasty)
25.4
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Ewer

Iranian Artist
7th-8th century (late Sassanian-early Islamic)
54.457
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Image for One of a Pair of Women on Horseback

One of a Pair of Women on Horseback

Chinese Artist
7th-8th century (Tang dynasty)
49.2329
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Camel

Chinese Artist
7th-8th century (Tang dynasty)
49.2383
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Standing Buddha

Thai Artist
7th-8th century (Dvaravati)
25.149
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Image for Standing Civil Official

Standing Civil Official

Chinese Artist
7th-8th century
49.2387
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Image for Mirror with Lions Among Grapevines

Mirror with Lions Among Grapevines

Chinese Artist
7th-8th century (Tang dynasty)
54.470
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One of a Pair of Women on Horseback

Chinese Artist
7th-8th century (Tang dynasty)
49.2328
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Image for Standing Avalokitesvara

Standing Avalokitesvara

Sri Lankan Sculptor
7th-8th century (Dvaravati)
54.2826
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Image for Head of a Buddhist Guardian King

Head of a Buddhist Guardian King

Chinese Artist
7th century (Tang dynasty (618–907))
25.8
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Horse Groom

Chinese Artist
7th-8th century (Tang dynasty)
49.2331
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Image for Standing Bodhisattva (Avalokitesvara or Maitreya)

Standing Bodhisattva (Avalokitesvara or Maitreya)

Thai Sculptor
8th century (Dvaravati)
54.2688
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Image for Standing Buddha

Standing Buddha

Thai Artist
8th century (Dvaravati)
25.164
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Image for Jar for Ashes

Jar for Ashes

Korean Artist
8th-9th century (Unified Silla)
49.2764
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Image for Vishnu

Vishnu

Indian Artist
ca. 9th century
25.91
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Image for Fragmentary Head of Bodhisattva

Fragmentary Head of Bodhisattva

Javanese Sculptor
9th century
25.86
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Image for The Bodhisattva Guanyin

The Bodhisattva Guanyin

Chinese Artist
late 9th century CE
54.1345
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Shiva

Cambodian Artist
10th century
54.2952
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Image for Sarasvati

Sarasvati

Indian Artist
10th-11th century
25.50
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Image for Bowl with Flaring Sides

Bowl with Flaring Sides

Islamic Artist
10th century
48.2035
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Image for Floriated Kufic decorations

Floriated Kufic decorations

Islamic Artist
10th century
48.2069
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Image for Portable Buddhist Shrine

Portable Buddhist Shrine

Chinese Artist
10th-12th century (Song dynasty (960–1279))
61.266
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Image for Naga-Protected Buddha

Naga-Protected Buddha

Thai Artist
10th century
54.2707
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Image for Bracelet Ornamented with Doves and Cones

Bracelet Ornamented with Doves and Cones

Islamic Artist
10th century (?)
57.1921
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Image for Planetary Deities Shani, Rahu, and Ketu

Planetary Deities Shani, Rahu, and Ketu

Indian Sculptor
10th-12th century
25.39
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Image for The Hindu God Shiva

The Hindu God Shiva

Cambodian Artist
mid 10th century
25.229
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Image for Tea Bowl with “Hare’s Fur” Pattern

Tea Bowl with “Hare’s Fur” Pattern

Chinese Artist
960-1279 (Song dynasty (960–1279))
49.1200
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Krishna

Indian Artist
late 10th century CE (Chola)
54.2850
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Image for Bowl with Notched Rim

Bowl with Notched Rim

Chinese Artist
11th-12th century (Northern Song dynasty)
49.1718
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Head of a Jina

Indian Sculptor
11th century
25.55
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Seated Crowned Buddha

Indian Sculptor
11th century
25.71
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