Arthur M. Sackler Museum

Arthur M. Sackler Museum

Ritual Wine Vessel (You) with Decoration of Confronting Birds,

Chinese, Western Zhou period, 10th century BC,

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Angle-Shouldered Bottle with Small Mouth,

Korean, Chosŏn dynasty, 18th century,

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Red-Figure Hydria: The Ransom of Hector,

Follower of the Pioneer Group, Greek, Attic, 510–500 BC,

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Krishna, Radha, and the Gopis with a Young Prince (Illustration of the poetry of Parmand Das),

Rajasthan, India, c. 1650,

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Solidus of Michael III and Theodora,

Constantinople, Byzantine period, c. 843-856 AD,

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Virudhaka (Zochoten), Guardian King of the South,

Japanese, Nambokucho to Muromachi period, 14th-15th century,

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Small Bowl with Peacock,

Iran, Nishapur, Samanid period, 10th century,

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Mount Huang,

Li Huayi, Chinese, 2004,

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Opened in 1985, the Arthur M. Sackler Museum holds world-renowned collections of Asian art, most notably, archaic Chinese jades and Japanese surimono, as well as outstanding Chinese bronzes, ceremonial weapons,  Buddhist cave-temple sculptures,  ceramics from China and Korea,  Japanese works on paper, and lacquer boxes.

The ancient Mediterranean and Byzantine collections are comprised of significant works in all media from Greece, Rome, Egypt, and the Near East.  Strengths include Greek vases, small bronzes, and coins from throughout the ancient Mediterranean world.

The museum also holds exceptional works on paper from Islamic lands and India, including paintings, drawings, calligraphy, and manuscript illustrations, with particular strength in Rajput art, as well as important Islamic ceramics from the 8th through 19th century.