Ancient Art of Asia

Ancient Oriental Art—from historic Gandhara to India, from the Himalayas to Southeast Asia—is profoundly intertwined with our cultural heritage. It emerged at the intersection of Greco-Roman art with the spiritual visions and aesthetic languages of Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent.

Today’s open and vibrant cultural exchanges provide the ideal context for early Hindu-Buddhist art to fully reveal the allure of its antiquity and its timeless aesthetic significance.