The Fifth Floor houses one of the finest collections of
Asian Art I have ever seen. The
Freer and the Sackler Museums in DC come closest, but neither have the raw
quality and scope of works as those housed here.
Exiting the elevator, the first art is a special exhibition
of contemporary Japanese ceramics called "From the -- Fire: Contemporary
Japanese Ceramics from the Robert & Lisa Kessler Collection".
Vase by
Kohyama Yasuhisa (b. 1936)
From "Struggling Form" series by
Nakashima Harumi
(b.1958)
Jar by Kondo Yutaka
(1932-1983)
The special exhibition leads you into a large gallery full
of Indian Sculptures--mostly of Hindu Deities.
"
Fire God Agni" 13th Century India
"
Goddess Durga with a Lion" circa 950 CE Uttar
Pradesh, India
"Four-faced God Vishnu
(Valkuntha)" 9th-10th Century Jammu/Kashmir, India
Entering into the gallery of the Chinese art.
"
Horse" from Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220) Gansu
province, China
An entire gallery is dedicated to Chinese & Japanese
works made from bamboo. Little
sculptures like this "
Snail" 19th century, Japanese.
"
Crab" 19th century, Japanese
Here are a pair of bamboo sculptures from China. (Left) "
Two Men Smoking
Pipes" 19th century China, and (Right) "
Two Immortals with Bats"
19th century China.
Made with a bamboo base, this folding-fan titled "
White
Roses" is Chinese circa 1900.
Elsewhere in the Japanese Galleries you would also discover
a wide range of works like this sculpture: "
Haniwa Horse" circa 9th
century from the Tumulus Period.
Lots of lovely prints like this one. "
Tawara Toda Hidesato" 1880
by
Tsukioka Toshitoshi, Meiji Period
And not to leave Korean works out there were many amazing
art pieces including this piece of furniture. "
Display Shelf" 19th century Korean
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