Asian Art

The BMA’s Asian Art collection offers a powerful view into the creativity, belief systems, and daily lives of cultures across East, South, Southeast, and West Asia. More than 3,200 works—from ceramics and textiles to sculpture and painting—span centuries of artistic exchange across China, Japan, Korea, Tibet, India, Iran, Türkiye, and beyond.

The collection is especially strong in Chinese ceramics, including Tang Dynasty mortuary wares and highly refined stonewares from the 11th through 13th centuries, alongside textiles that showcase the technical mastery and visual richness of Asia’s major cultural traditions. These works balance elegance and ingenuity, revealing how artists responded to ritual, trade, empire, and innovation.

Asian art at the BMA invites visitors to encounter objects shaped by movement—of ideas, materials, and people—and to see how art has long been a vital force connecting Asia to the wider world.