Asian Art in American Sign Language (ASL)
Take a tour of the Asian Art Museum's masterpieces with members of the Bay Area Asian Deaf community.
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The Buddha triumphing over Mara, 900–1000
India
The Hindu deity Shiva, 1300–1500
India
Cup with calligraphic inscriptions, 1447–1449
Probably Uzbekistan
The Hindu deity Vishnu, 940–965
Cambodia
Crowned and bejeweled Buddha image and throne, 1860–1880
Myanmar (Burma)
The Buddhist deity Simhavaktra, a dakini, 736–1795
China
Ritual vessel in the shape of a rhinoceros, 1100–1050 BCE
China
Buddha dated 338
China
The bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin), 1100–1200
China
Lidded jar with design of a lotus pond, 1522–1566
China
Chinese painting
Ewer with lotus shaped lid, 1050–1150
Korea
Moon jar, 1650–1750
Korea
The deities Brahma and Indra, 730–750
Japan
Japanese ceramics
Collected Letters
By Liu Jianhua
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