ASI.South and Southeast Asian Collection Highlights The MFA’s collection of South Asian art, the first such museum collection to be formed in the US, features excavated material from the Indus Valley Civilization, the renowned Ross-Coomaraswamy Collection of Rajput paintings, paintings and ritual objects from the Himalayan regions, important Hindu and Buddhist sculptures. In addition to one of the most significant collections of Vietnamese ceramics in the United States, the Southeast Asian art collection includes works of stone and bronze sculpture and ritual objects from Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar (Burma), and Vietnam. /internal/media/dispatcher/757267/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Bhairava or Mahakala about 14th century 1972.951 22546 /internal/media/dispatcher/1446297/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Bowl with Fish Designs about 1890 2014.892 597089 /internal/media/dispatcher/1082588/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Casket mid to late 16th century 1993.29 155892 /internal/media/dispatcher/821929/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Ceremonial Dagger 1040 or 1041 68.289 22443 /internal/media/dispatcher/1016960/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Chesta Chatura Nayaka (The Hero Who is Clever in Action) 1660–70 Kripal 17.2785 149190 /internal/media/dispatcher/1561226/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Dara Shikoh with his consort about 1633 Balchand 13.1402 227605 /internal/media/dispatcher/978960/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Dish with deer 15th–16th century 1985.334 22984 /internal/media/dispatcher/610325/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Durga as Mahishasuramardini (the Slayer of the Buffalo Demon) 970–1070 27.171 17153 /internal/media/dispatcher/1223537/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Ewer in the form of a Hamsa (Gander) about 16th century 37.470 18461 /internal/media/dispatcher/1037642/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Head of a Deva, from Preah Kan temple, Angkor late 12th–early 13th century 24.8 28933 /internal/media/dispatcher/1178220/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Illustrated manuscript of the Balagopala Stuti by Bilvamangala Swami about 1425 30.106 149637 /internal/media/dispatcher/620406/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Incense burner with Dragon handle and Phoenix cover 3rd century A.D. 1991.90 23130 /internal/media/dispatcher/910185/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Jar Painted with Birds 2600–2000 B.C. 36.2977 18379 /internal/media/dispatcher/746353/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Mahakala as Panjaranatha late 15th century 12.47 12910 /internal/media/dispatcher/952423/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Maharana Jawan Singh of Mewar worshipping an icon About 1830 28.57 149630 /internal/media/dispatcher/979946/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Pathology of Suspension #6 2005 Shahzia Sikander 2006.1254 481721 /internal/media/dispatcher/965115/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Pictorial carpet about 1590–1600 93.1480 71487 /internal/media/dispatcher/1228301/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Rishabhanatha 11th century C.E. 29.1001 17532 /internal/media/dispatcher/1540793/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Shorhasi/Chinnamosta about 1885–95 Calcutta Art Studio 2011.2012 557411 /internal/media/dispatcher/1259174/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Siva on Nandi 1409 or 1410 1986.331 264559 /internal/media/dispatcher/758861/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Throne back for seated Buddha (MFA 1970.3) about 9th century 67.4a 22381 /internal/media/dispatcher/743563/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Torso of a fertility goddess (yakshi), from the Great Stupa at Sanchi 25 B.C.–A.D. 25 29.999 17530 /internal/media/dispatcher/766007/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Vajrabhairava with consort Vajravetali 17th century 21.2168 16382