
Detail from A Festival at the Sumiyoshi Shrine, F1900.26

Detail from A Festival at the Sumiyoshi Shrine, F1900.26

Bowl (detail), Iran, Samanid period, 10th century, earthenware painted under glaze, Purchase—Charles Lang Freer Endowment, Freer Gallery of Art, F1957.24

Shiva Nataraja (detail), India, Tamil Nadu state, Chola dynasty, ca. 990, bronze, Purchase—Charles Lang Freer Endowment and funds provided by Margaret and George Haldeman, Freer Gallery of Art, F2003.2

Detail, From the Real to the Symbolic City, From the series Desert of Pharan (2011–13), Ahmed Mater (Saudi Arabia, b. 1979), 2012, Color photograph, Purchase—Friends of the Freer and Sackler Galleries, S2014.5

Detail, Funerary Relief Bust, Syria, 3rd century (dated 231 CE), Limestone, 60.1 x 55.3 x 23 cm, F1908.236

Lotus and Ducks (detail) 荷花雙鳧圖 (軸), (ca. 1696); Bada Shanren (Zhu Da) 八大山人 (朱耷), (Chinese, 1626-1705) Qing dynasty; Hanging scroll; ink on paper; Bequest from the collection of Wang Fangyu and Sum Wai, donated in their memory by Mr. Shao F. Wang, F1998.45

Detail, : On one side Narihira and the pilgrim; on the other, chrysanthemums and a brook, F1903.1

Jar with lid, S2005.105a-b.

Oum el Dounia Lara Baladi (b. 1969, Beirut) Belgium, 2000–2007 Wool and cotton Courtesy of the artist

Right, detail, The Buddha at Birth, F2005.9a–b; Detail, mirror case, RLS2014.9.157; Center, detail, Untitled, from Flowers in the Image of Imagination series, S2013.9; Left, detail, mirror case, RLS2014.9.157