The Museum’s Asian art collection started with a gift of Chinese textiles in 1951 and today, with more than 4,000 objects, is the largest and most comprehensive in the Southeast. The collection hails from China, Korea, Japan, India, and Southeast Asia, and features the finest collection of Vietnamese ceramics in the U.S., as well as outstanding examples of Buddhist and Hindu art, lacquer ware, ceramics, paintings, prints, and sculpture. Highlights include a rare Ming dynasty temple wall and Tang dynasty tomb figures from China; Jomon period pottery from Japan; and contemporary works such as “The Grand Residence,” considered by Chinese painter Wu Guanzhong among his most important works. Also, on long-term loan from The smithsonian Institution is the Vetlesen Jade Collection of 16^th- to 19^th-century pieces, one of the most important jade collections in the U.S. The Museum has the only gallery for Korean art in the Southeast. Click here to see more Asian art.