Asian Art

The Wing of Asian Art includes 5,000 years of asian culture, traditions and art. The multitude of artwork includes decorative arts, textiles and sculptures, each made their own unique stylized technique sharing a story anywhere from the third millennium B.C. to the twenty-first century. 

Kinrande

Kinrande is inspired by a Ming-era cobalt blue and gold pot in the Met’s collection. Available as pillows, throws, and duvets, the gold and bronze motif is embroidered onto a marine blue linen/cotton ground.

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    Bowl with Stylized Leaves
    Chinese, Ming dynasty
    Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze in interior and blue glaze and gold on exterior (Jingdezhen ware); English gilt silver mount, ca. 1590–1610; second half of the 16th century
    Purchase by subscription, 1879 79.2.1122

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    Kinrande Euro Sham
    $225.00
    $225.00
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    Kinrande Throw
    $850.00
    $850.00
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Lantern

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    Kitagawa Kikumaro
    Edo period (1615–1868)

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    Lantern Duvet
    from $1,475.00
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    Lantern Sham
    $350.00
    $350.00
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    Utagawa Hiroshige
    1856

Sashiko

Inspired by a Meiji-era Kimono, our Sashiko duvet set distills the motifs of the kimono into a 100% cotton jacquard. Garment washed for softness.

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    Sashiko Kimono
    Japanese, Meiji period
    Indigo-dyed plain-weave cotton, quilted and embroidered with white cotton thread; mid-19th century
    Purchase, Mrs. Jackson Burke Gift, 1979 1979.409

Sashiko Hishi-Moyo

Inspired by a Meiji-era Kimono, our Sashiko Hishi-Moyo designs closely reinterpret a Meiji-era Kimono in black and white. Hishi-moyo denotes a sashiko technique forming a diamond pattern.

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    Sashiko Kimono
    Japanese, Meiji period
    Indigo-dyed plain-weave cotton, quilted and embroidered with white cotton thread; mid-19th century
    Purchase, Mrs. Jackson Burke Gift, 1979 1979.409

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    Sashiko Hishi-Moyo Pillow
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Inro

Inspired by an Edo-period basket, this embroidery features amber and taupe threads on a black linen cotton ground.

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    Basketry Inrō
    Japanese, Edo period
    Single case; plaited bamboo and rattan covered with lacquer (urushi) Netsuke: masks; wood Ojime: blue-and-white porcelain bead; 17th century
    Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891 91.1.2113

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    Inro Pillow
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Aranami

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    Rough Waves
    Ogata Kōrin
    ca. 1704–9

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    Aranami Pillow
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    $338.00
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Kosode

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    Robe (Kosode) with Fishing Net and Characters
    Japan
    probably ca. 1660s

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    Kosode Pillow
    $350.00
    $350.00
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Lover's Kimono

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    Kimono
    Japanese
    ca. 1875

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    Lover's Kimono Sham
    from $175.00
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Artemis

Inspired by a Tang Dynasty dish, this embroidery employs floral motifs in a arcing repeat.

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    Dish in the shape of a leaf
    China
    late 7th–early 8th century

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    Artemis Pillow
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Dragon

This lush velvet robe exemplifies the decorative transition between the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

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    Velvet Textile for a Dragon Robe
    China
    17th century

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    Dragon Pillow
    $338.00
    $338.00
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