Vanishing Beauty: Asian Jewelry and Ritual Objects from the Barbara and David Kipper Collection

June 19 - August 21, 2016 - The exhibition presents more than 300 exquisitely crafted works, highlights from this expansive, diverse, and thoughtfully assembled collection that offer a panoramic view of the fast-disappearing nomadic and tribal cultures of Asia.

The exhibition flows through five geographical areas—from mountaintop monasteries in the Himalayas to oasis settlements of the Central Asian steppes marked by grand blue-tiled mosques, madrasahs, and mausolea; on to the pastoral regions and deserts of South Asia and the most secluded islands of Indonesia; and finally to the river valleys in China’s mountainous Guizhou province.