Two
Japanese rock gardens are located in a courtyard on the ground floor, as well as space for temporary exhibitions. The first floor includes collections from
Pakistan, ancient
Gandhara, and
Southeast Asia. The collections of
Chinese art (including
neolithic China, ritual bronzes, lacquers and funerary art from the
Han to
Tang dynasties) are located on the first floor. The mezzanine between the first and second floors contains
Japanese works (mainly statues, paintings, and lacquers). The
Himalayan gallery is located on the third floor and dedicated to
Buddhist art from
Bhutan,
Nepal, and
Tibet. The fourth floor houses collections from Islamic countries, including
Turkey,
Iran,
Iraq, and the
Arabian Peninsula (mainly bronzes, ceramics, and tiles). In addition to these collections, which consist of about 2,300 works, there are more than 1,400 archeological finds that date back to the pre-Islamic period from the Iraqi excavations of
Seleucia and
Coche. == References ==