The Collection at the BMA

Featured Works

A large-scale six-panel folding screen showing various episodes in the Battle of Ichinotani from the "Tale of the Heike." Gold clouds separate scenes. Kano school Machi-eshi workshop piece. Companion screen whereabouts unknown. Mon depicted on shields include Chiba's 9-dots

The Battle of Ichinotani

Framed diptych, two separate 40X32 inch photographs

Braxton McKinney and Lavone Thomas

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Ewer with lobed body, spiral decorated spout, handle, lotus-leaf cover.

Green-Glazed Melon-Shaped Lidded Pitcher with Makara-Spout, Handle and Leaf-Lid

Sogdian hunter on horseback

Sogdian Hunter on Horseback, from a Tomb Figure Procession

Ewer with lobed cover and grooved knob, garuda spout, spiral handle with carved bo leaf and two applied rosettes.

Glazed Pitcher with Makara Spout, Curled Handle, Lotus Lid and Applied Chrysanthemum Motifs

John the Baptist pours water from a bowl onto Christ who stands in a stream. A Dominican nun kneels in the foreground below John and two angels look on in the background.

The Baptism of Christ

Head #01, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Fujicolor Crystal Archive print mounted to Plexiglas

Head #01

Tall slender figure of a male with a high headdress and a small figure of seated Buddha in center of headdress, hands held in a delicate pose (probably once holding a lotus stalk), hips slightly akimbo. Figure wears a skirt with a knotted belt in front. Eyes are picked out in silver.

Standing Avalokitesvara, Bodhisattva of Compassion with Buddha Amitabha in Hair

Interior scene with a middle-aged bearded man seated to the left with a hat in one hand and his green umbrella leaning against his arm. A Scottish terrier is at his side, to the right. A young woman is seated at right with her right arm resting on a table with red tablecloth. Her knitting is on the table and the ball of yarn is on the floor. A cabinet with dishes is on the wall between the couple. A door is at far right and a straw bonnet and plaid shawl hang from a peg to the left of the door.

Barking Up the Wrong Tree

Costume for Egungun Masquerade, Yoruba people, Oyo region, Nigeria, African, textiles, wood, metal

Costume for Egungun Masquerade

St. Elizabeth is shown carrying a ewer and a platter with grapes and bread to give food and drink to the poor.

Saint Elizabeth of Hungary

Horse