Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery

COLLECTIONS

Asian Art at Vanderbilt

In the past 25 years, the Vanderbilt Fine Arts Collection has greatly expanded its Asian art holdings to approximately 2,500 works, primarily due to donations from many individuals.

In 1978, Vanderbilt was extremely fortunate in being given the first choice in selecting 25 Asian works of art from the estate of Harold P. Stern, the former director of the Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. In addition, Vanderbilt was able to acquire Stern's collection of rare Japanese and Chinese illustrated books, most dating to the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries.

Japan is strongly represented in the Asian collection, due in great measure to the generosity of Herman D. Doochin. The Gallery's Chinese Collection has been significantly strengthened through a series of generous gifts from Chauncey P. Lowe. Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Southeast Asian ceramics constitute another major portion of the collection.

Chinese Painting

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Ch'en Ku
Chinese, dates unknown
Court Official with Attendant Seated in a Palace Garden (detail), date unknown
Ink and color on silk
47" x 16 1/2"
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Howard L. Boorman
1980.094

Chinese Sculpture & Applied Arts

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	Anonymous Chinese, Liangzhu Culture Bi disc Dated ca. 3300–2000 B.C. Jade 9" diameter x 5/8" Gift of Chauncey P. Lowe 1999.138
	Anonymous Chinese, Liangzhu Culture Cong, ca. 3300–2000 B.C. Jade 7 3/4" tall, 2 1/4" interior diameter Gift of Chauncey P. Lowe 2002.027
	Anonymous Chinese Horse with Rider Western Han dynasty (206 B.C. – 9 A.D.) Dated 206 B.C.–8 A.D. Earthenware with Pigment 13 1/2" x 11 3/4" x 4 1/2" Gift of Chauncey P. Lowe 2000.106
	Anonymous Chinese Head of a Buddha Northern Qi (550–577) or Tang dynasty (618–907 A.D.) Argillite 20" x12" x11 3/4" Gift of Richard P. Arens 2001.166
	Anonymous Chinese Court lady Tang dynasty (618–907 A.D.) White earthenware 9 1/2" x 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" Gift of Chauncey P. Lowe 2000.109
	Anonymous Chinese Seated Bodhisattva, Tang dynasty? (618–907 A.D.) Marble 25" x 9 7/8" x 7 1/4" Gift of Chauncey P. Lowe 2005.033
	Anonymous Chinese Pair of dwarfs, one with green glaze, the other with three-color glaze in green, brown, and white Tang dynasty (618–907 A.D.) Earthenware Left: 4 5/8" x 1 5/8" x 1 3/4" Right: 4 1/2 " x 1 13/16 " x 1 5/8 " Gift of Larry and Charlene Thompson 2001.163 a&b
	Anonymous Chinese Ding ware tea bowl, Northern Song dynasty (960–1127 A.D.) Porcelain 1 5/8" x 4 1/4" diameter Gift of Chauncey P. Lowe 2002.030
	Anonymous Chinese Yaozhou ware conical bowl with russet glaze, Northern Song dynasty (960–1127 A.D.) Stoneware 2 3/8" x 5" diameter Gift of Larry & Charlene Thompson 2002.032
	Anonymous Chinese Bodhisattva Ming dynasty (1368–1644 A.D.) Dated 17th century Painted terracotta, 37 1/2" x 24" x 18" Gift of Richard P. Arens 2001.005

Indian Sculpture

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Anonymous
South Indian, Vijayanagar Kingdom
Standing Vishnu, Late Medieval Period (1400–1600 A.D.)
Granite
58 1/2" x 27" x 9 1/2"
Vanderbilt Art Association Acquisition Fund
1981.034

Japanese Graphic Arts

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	Utagawa Kunisada, Japan, 1786–1864 A Standing Bijin, ca. 1820, Color woodblock print 28 3/4" x 9 3/4" Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery Fund for Japanese Art 2002.007
	Andô Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858 Moonlight Evening at Takanawa, from the series Famous Places of Edo, 1853 Woodblock print Gift of Dr. and Mrs. John B. Youmans 1972.024
	Andō Hiroshige Japanese (1797–1858) A Pilgrims' Association Procession at Kanasugibashi at Shibaura, 1857 Color woodblock print 14 1/8" x 9 7/16" The Anna C. Hoyt Collection, Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery 1956.059
	Tsukioka Yoshitoshi Japanese (1839–1892) Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Torii Matasuke, 1860 Color woodblock print 14" x 9 1/2" Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery Fund for Japanese Art 2002.005
	Tsukioka Yoshitoshi Japanese (1839–1892) Itchy: The appearance of a kept woman of the Kaei era, 1888 Color woodblock print 14 3/4" x 10" Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery Fund for Japanese Art 2002.006
	Tsuchiya Koitsu Japanese (1870–1949) Suijin Woods in the Snow Along the Sumida River, Tokyo, from the Tokyo Landscape Series (Tokyo Fukei), 1934 Color woodblock print 14 3/8" x 9 1/2" Gift of Julia Hereford Estate 1989.042

Japanese Painting

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	Unknown Artist from the Tosa School Japanese Six panel screen with scenes from the Tale of Genji, 17th century Ink and color on gold leaf 54" x 9' 1" Gift of the William M. Hannan Family 1986.025
	Anonymous Japanese Rakuchu-Rakugai (View of Daily Life in Kyoto), detail Six panel screen, 18th century Mineral color on gold leaf 5' 8" x 12' Anonymous gift 2000.005

Japanese Sculpture & Applied Arts

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	Anonymous Japanese Suzuribako (writing case) in seven parts: lid, 2 piece gold lacquered brush, silver water dropper, ink stone, ink stick, tray insert, and box. Landscape on lid exterior and chrysanthemums on lid interior, 18th century Lacquer with gold and silver 1" x 3 3/16" x 3 7/8" The Harold P. Stern Collection, Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery 1978.002
	Anonymous Japanese Plate with design in blue underglaze of Mouse Eating a Turnip, 19th century Porcelain 1 3/4" x 11 7/16" The Harold P. Stern Collection, Vanderbilt University 1978.022
	Anonymous Japanese Gourd Shaped Vase with design of 2 figures viewing scroll in garden, and morning glories, patterned flowers, and lotus motif at base Kutani ware, 19th century Porcelain 3 1/2" x 2 1/2" Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel I. Grey 1986. 044