05/23/2026
“Boundless: Stories of Asian Art” at the Seattle Asian Art Museum just got a refresh! Courtesy of a 5-year partnership with the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, a selection of Tibetan and Himalayan masterworks—including depictions of great patrons of the arts, mandalas, sacred landscapes, and personal ornamentation—expands the exhibition’s stories of Asian art and further illuminates the region’s geographic, cultural, and historic complexity.
Get a closer look at these rare works from the Rubin now on view at the Seattle Asian Art Museum.
[ 🎨: "Mandala of Vajrabhairava," ca. 1515–1535, Ngor Ewam Choden Monastery, Tsang region, central Tibet, pigments on cloth, Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, C2005.16.40. "Panoramic Map of Mount Wutai," 1846, Monk Lhundrub, engraver of Sanggai Aimag (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia), Cifu Temple, Mount Wutai, China, woodblock print on linen, hand colored, Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, gift of Deborah Ashencaen, C2004.29.1. "Chahar Mongolian headdress," late 19th century, Inner Mongolia, silver, coral, turquoise, and other semi-precious stones, Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, gift of Shelley and Donald Rubin, C2012.7.23a-c. "Sanggye Sengge (1504– 1569)," 1580s–1590s, Ngor Ewam Choden Monastery, Tsang Region, Central Tibet, pigments on cloth, Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, gift of the Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation, F1996.26.1. ]
