Along with
woodblock prints and
rare paintings and drawings by these artists, original
woodblocks, proof
prints, and tools give viewers a deeper perspective on the lives and creative processes of the artists.
Highlights include: a unique collection of Asian ceramics from Japan, China, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Myanmar; sculptural masterpieces such as the magnificent Japanese Amida Nyorai, the Sino - Tibetan White and the Jain Shri Mallinath and Vijayanagara period Siva nataraja from India; craftworks like the Javanese ninth - century Kala and Batak Mortuary puppet (si gale gale); a definitive collection of Indian textiles dating from 1350s to the 19th century; ukiyo - e
woodblock prints like the Thirty - six views of Edo by Utagawa Hiroshige; plus
rare objects such as a Celestial globe (1780 — 81), and a heterodox Mughal portrait of Prophet Muhammad riding the bouraq steed.