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- Title
- Coral snuff bottle
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1912-1949
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.54
- Medium and Support
- coral
- relevance
- rank 5.75213
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for personal use
- containers for smoking and tobacco use
- descriptors
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- plant material
- Title
- Round jasper snuff bottle with leaf design and bird stopper
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1912-1949
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.47
- Medium and Support
- jasper and glass
- relevance
- rank 5.75213
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for personal use
- containers for smoking and tobacco use
- descriptors
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- plant material
- Title
- Malachite ornamental snuff bottle
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1912-1949
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.42
- Medium and Support
- malachite
- relevance
- rank 5.75213
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for personal use
- containers for smoking and tobacco use
- descriptors
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- plant material
- Title
- Turquoise snuff bottle
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1912-1949
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.45
- Medium and Support
- turquoise
- relevance
- rank 5.75213
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for personal use
- containers for smoking and tobacco use
- descriptors
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- plant material
- Title
- Sancai tomb guardian (one of a pair w/2004/2.132.2) with animal face and horns
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- Earthenware ceramic figure with tri-color glaze (in amber, cream and green) in the form of a creature with an animal face and horns
- Century
- 7th-8th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 675-750
- Accession Number
- 2004/2.132.1
- Medium and Support
- earthenware with sancai (three-color) glaze
- relevance
- rank 5.74779
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- asian
- buildings and the land
- chinese
- chinese ceramics styles
- chinese styles
- chinese styles and periods
- creature
- descriptors
- east asian
- funerary structures
- legendary creatures
- object genres
- object genres by material
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- pottery (object genre)
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Rue de Vannes, Paris
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- A partial view of a four-story building, concentrating on pairs of windows on each story and a wrought iron fence on the ground level. Windows have window boxes or balconies; on the ground level are several dogs on either side and a pair of milk cans at the center in front of the fence.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1892-1893
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.410
- Medium and Support
- etching, printed in black ink on laid Japanese tissue
- relevance
- rank 5.74603
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- animals and creatures
- architectural elements
- architecture
- buildings and the land
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- containers
- containers by form
- mammals
- objects
- objects we use
- open spaces and site elements
- openings (architectural elements)
- openings and opening components
- openings by form
- site elements
- the natural world
- windows and window components
- Title
- Malachite snuff bottle
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1912-1949
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.50
- Medium and Support
- malachite
- relevance
- rank 5.74525
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for personal use
- containers for smoking and tobacco use
- descriptors
- mammals
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- plant material
- Title
- Tourmaline snuff bottle
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1900-1930
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.33
- Medium and Support
- tourmaline and yellow serpentine
- relevance
- rank 5.74525
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- arthropods
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for personal use
- containers for smoking and tobacco use
- descriptors
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- plant material
- Title
- Equestrian figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.259
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 5.74457
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- mammals
- objects we use
- sculpture
- sculpture by subject type
- statues
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- White Porcelain Square Water Dropper with Openwork Cloud and Crane Design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- A square porcelain water dropper. The porcelain is white and there is an image of a lizard or dragon on the top. Clouds are depicted on the sides with the image of a flying crane on the front of the square. The white glaze has chipped of or is thin in places, revealing the copper underglaze.
- Century
- Late 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.279
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with copper underglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 5.74457
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- birds
- containers
- containers by form
- crane (bird)
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- Title
- Model of goat
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century?
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century (?)
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.101
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 5.74457
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- mammals
- objects we use
- sculpture
- sculpture by subject type
- statues
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Covered Imari jar with scene of young woman playing a koto
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1820-1850
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.10A&B
- Medium and Support
- porcelain, blue underglaze and enamel overglaze
- relevance
- rank 5.72633
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- birds
- containers
- containers by form
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- vessels
- Title
- Shallow Bowl with a goat figurine
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 3rd-4th century
- Object Creation Date
- 317-420
- Accession Number
- 2005/2.83
- Medium and Support
- earthenware with pale gray-green glaze
- relevance
- rank 5.72633
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- mammals
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- vessels
- Title
- Horse Head
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 2nd century
- Object Creation Date
- 1st century - 2nd century
- Accession Number
- 1969/2.84
- Medium and Support
- earthenware with traces of polychrome paint
- relevance
- rank 5.72633
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- mammals
- the human body
- upper body
- Title
- Horse Head
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Object Creation Date
- 206 BCE - 220 CE
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.80
- Medium and Support
- earthenware with traces of polychrome deccoration
- relevance
- rank 5.72633
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- mammals
- the human body
- upper body
- Title
- Huzi (Tiger Pot)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 4th-5th c
- Object Creation Date
- 317-420
- Accession Number
- 2005/2.81
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with pale green glaze
- relevance
- rank 5.72633
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- mammals
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- vessels
- Title
- Procession
- Artist
- William Etty
- Physical Description
- A light sketch of a large procession of men and animals walking from the right to the left of the scene. The first few men walking are holding instruments and playing while walking. As the scene continutes, men and beast walk together; some of the animals seen are a boar, a ram, dogs and an elephant outfitted with a decorative covering and carrying a large vessel. In the background a building with columns sits on a tree-crovered hilly landscape.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1787 - 1849)
- Object Creation Date
- 1800-1850
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.535
- Medium and Support
- graphite on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.72633
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- ceremonies
- cultural ceremonies
- events
- mammals
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- sheep
- Title
- Shallow Bowl with a dog figurine
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 3rd century
- Object Creation Date
- 317-420
- Accession Number
- 2005/2.84
- Medium and Support
- earthenware with pale gray-green glaze
- relevance
- rank 5.72633
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- mammals
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- vessels
- Title
- Mirror with scene of "Alexander's Ascension"
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Turkey, Central Anatolia
- Century
- 12th-13th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century - 13th century
- Accession Number
- 1959/1.115
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 5.72633
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- objects we use
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- Title
- Elephant rider
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.287
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 5.72633
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- descriptors
- mammals
- materials
- materials by function
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- Title
- Chicken-Headed Ewer
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 4th-5th c
- Object Creation Date
- 317-420
- Accession Number
- 2005/2.93
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with black glaze
- relevance
- rank 5.72633
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- birds
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- vessels
- Title
- L'Arondelle
- Artist
- Marc Chagall
- Physical Description
- Colors: brown-gray. Pink, magenta, red, lt. blue, blue, lt. aqua, lt. green, green, lt. yellow, yello, lt. beige, burt-orange. Paper size: h 42 3/10cm x tw 31 7/10cm & bw 32 1/10cm.
- Artist Life Dates
- Russia, 1889-1985
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.422
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on beige wove paper
- relevance
- rank 5.71660
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- design elements
- genres in the arts
- literary, oral and motion picture genres
- mammals
- ornament areas
- people and culture
- Title
- The Labors of Hercules: The Cerynean Hind (one of the set of 13 prints)
- Artist
- Heinrich Aldegrever
- Artist Life Dates
- 1502- circa 1561
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1550
- Accession Number
- 1956/1.73
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.69750
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- animals
- animals and creatures
- buildings and the land
- clothing
- costume
- costume by form
- descriptors
- figures
- figures (representations)
- geography
- iconography
- inorganic material
- landform components
- landforms and landform components
- landscapes (environments)
- mammals
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- objects
- objects we use
- outerwear
- people and occupations
- settlements and landscapes
- the natural world
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- waterscapes
- Title
- Model of a goat pen with one ram and three ewes
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- model of a goat pen with one ram and three ewes, with a small shed over the pen and stairs
- Century
- 1st century BCE
- Object Creation Date
- 1st century
- Accession Number
- 1990/1.211
- Medium and Support
- red earthenware with green lead glaze
- relevance
- rank 5.69691
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- buildings and the land
- mammals
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by location or context
- yards
- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of a crocodile
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a crocodile.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.508
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.69663
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- animals and creatures
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- objects we use
- reptiles
- sculpture
- sculpture by subject type
- statues
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of a snake
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a coiling snake.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.504
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.69663
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- animals and creatures
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- objects we use
- reptiles
- sculpture
- sculpture by subject type
- statues
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Milk glass snuff bottle in shape of a (lion?)
- Artist
- Wu Meng-ling
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1871
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.128
- Medium and Support
- glass with quartz, silver
- relevance
- rank 5.69663
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for personal use
- containers for smoking and tobacco use
- descriptors
- glass and glassmaking mixtures
- inorganic material
- mammals
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects we use
- Title
- Ganesh (Elephant God)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Physical Description
- A relief of the elephant god, Ganesh. He has the head of an elephant with the body of a man. He is seated inside of an arch.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.162
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- relevance
- rank 5.69485
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- mammals
- objects we use
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Shallow Bowl with bird figurine in center
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 3rd-4th century
- Object Creation Date
- 317-420
- Accession Number
- 2005/2.88
- Medium and Support
- earthenware with pale gray-green glaze
- relevance
- rank 5.69485
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- vessels
- Title
- Elephant Man with Traveling European Circus, South Lyon, Michigan
- Artist
- D. James Galbraith
- Physical Description
- An elephant trainer in a hat and jacket standing in the center of the image and there are elephants behind him lined up.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1930 - 2002)
- Object Creation Date
- 1972
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.239
- Medium and Support
- vintage gelatin silver print on paper, laid down on board
- relevance
- rank 5.69485
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- entertainment events
- events
- mammals
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- performances
- Title
- The Labors of Hercules: The Pillars of Hercules (one of the set of 13 prints)
- Artist
- Heinrich Aldegrever
- Artist Life Dates
- 1502- circa 1561
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1550
- Accession Number
- 1956/1.72
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.68853
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- animals
- animals and creatures
- architecture
- associated concepts
- clothing
- figures
- iconography
- mammals
- objects
- objects we use
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- sailing vessels
- sailing vessels by size
- ships
- the natural world
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- watercraft
- watercraft by method of propulsion
- watercraft by specific type
- Title
- Panel of Ornament with Two Sirens
- Artist
- Lucas Van Leyden
- Physical Description
- This print depicts an ornamental design. The central axis of the design is composed of a fanciful stand with a nude winged boy holding a trident, seen from the back, seated on the top. A pair of sirens holding small banners flank the base, and a pair of hybrid sphinx-like creatures perch near the top. The letter "L" appears in the center of the stand and the date "1528" is inscribed in the base.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1494-1533
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1528
- Accession Number
- 1960/2.134
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.67895
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- animals and creatures
- descriptors
- design elements
- engraving (printing process)
- europe (continent)
- geographic and political locations
- image-making processes and techniques
- intaglio printing processes
- intaglio prints
- legendary creatures
- motifs
- netherlands (nation)
- object genres
- object genres by function
- objects we use
- printing
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- printing processes
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- south holland (province)
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Seraph, half of a medallion from the west rose window of Reims Cathedral
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Reims, France
- Physical Description
- A lunette-shaped panel composed of red, blue, white, brownish purple and yellowish brown stained glass joined together by lead cames depicting a seraph. Four leafy fronds, taken from another medieval window, have been inserted here between the seraph's head and shoulders. The panel is the upper half of a roundel originally installed in the west rose window of Reims Cathedral.
- Century
- late 13th-early 14th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1280-1310
- Accession Number
- 1979/1.161
- Medium and Support
- colored and painted glass and lead
- relevance
- rank 5.67657
- Secondary Keywords
- angels
- animals and creatures
- architectural elements
- associated concepts
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- doctrinal concepts
- europe (continent)
- france (nation)
- geographic and political locations
- glass
- glass and glassmaking mixtures
- glass by technique
- inorganic material
- legendary creatures
- materials
- materials by composition
- object genres
- object genres by form
- openings (architectural elements)
- openings and opening components
- openings by form
- people and culture
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- windows
- windows and window components
- windows by form
- Title
- Menuki (sword scabbard ornament): dragon (attached to 1973/2.87)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Golden lion with gently curving tail and arched back. Each foot is capped with three intimidating claw-like nails. The lion is oriented as if stalking from left to right, but the head turns back inward towards the center, with a downward flowing mane.
- Century
- 19th Century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1982/2.18
- Medium and Support
- gold
- relevance
- rank 5.67522
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- cases (containers)
- containers
- containers by form
- edged weapons
- mammals
- objects we use
- sheaths
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Design for an Altar
- Artist
- Ludovico Cardi Da Cigoli
- Physical Description
- Two kneeling winged figures in niches on the first level of this design flank a tree growing at the top of a small doorway. These elements are contained within a larger structure with pilasters and a coifered ceiling. Above the ceiling are two winged figures holding small branches. Situated directly above the tree on the first level are a coat of arms surmounted by a crown and another, larger crown sits above the architecture.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1559-1613
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1559-1613
- Accession Number
- 1958/2.54
- Medium and Support
- pen and bistre ink with ink and blue wash
- relevance
- rank 5.63293
- Secondary Keywords
- layout features
- agricultural structures
- animals and creatures
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- concepts in the arts
- concepts relating to the creative process
- illustrations
- illustrations by form
- images and ornament
- information form components
- landscapes (environments)
- layout features
- legendary creatures
- natural landscapes
- people and culture
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- Title
- The Labors of Hercules: The Lernean Hydra (one of the set of 13 prints)
- Artist
- Heinrich Aldegrever
- Artist Life Dates
- 1502- circa 1561
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1550
- Accession Number
- 1956/1.64
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.62690
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- animal material
- animal material by form or function
- animals and creatures
- buildings and the land
- clubs
- descriptors
- figures
- figures (representations)
- geography
- iconography
- inorganic material
- landform components
- landforms and landform components
- landscapes (environments)
- legendary creatures
- materials
- materials by composition
- materials by origin
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by gender
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- settlements and landscapes
- skeleton and skeleton components
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Conch trumpet, in an embossed silver mount, inlaid with lapis lazuli, turquoise and coral
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Tibet or Nepal
- Physical Description
- An elaborately decorated conch shell trumpet, with extensions and a side chamber made from silver, inlaid with other precious metals and semi-precious stones of turquoise, lapiz lazuli, and mountain coral.
- Century
- 9th-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 800-1900
- Accession Number
- 1982/2.42A
- Medium and Support
- conch shell, silver, vermeil, lapis lazuli, and coral
- relevance
- rank 5.61941
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- asian
- associated concepts
- combination inorganic/organic animal material
- combination inorganic/organic material
- descriptors
- legendary creatures
- mammals
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- shell (animal material)
- shell and shell material
- sound devices
- sound devices by function
- south asian
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Studies of Nine Male Helmeted Heads and a Man Smoking with a Devil
- Artist
- George Cruikshank
- Physical Description
- A study sketch of the heads of men along the top right side and a pair - a man and the devil - smoking in the bottom left corner. The men on the right are all helmeted in different syles of helmet with pointed faces. The man in the bottom corner is dressed in 17th century dress and reclining with legs outward while smoking. The devil figure is hard to discern, but appears to be a standing gargoyle-like figure in the distance. Clouds of smoke surround them.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1782-1878
- Object Creation Date
- 1825-1878
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.538
- Medium and Support
- graphite on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.61747
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- costume
- costume by function
- european
- european styles and periods
- legendary creatures
- masks (costume)
- modern british styles and movements
- modern british styles by reign
- modern european regional styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Miniature Vase with Rabbit Design (1 of 2)
- Artist
- Seifû Yohei III
- Artist Life Dates
- 1854-1914
- Century
- Late 19th-early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1880s-1914
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.507
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue underglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 5.61202
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by form
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- Title
- Miniature Vase with Rabbit Design (1 of 2)
- Artist
- Seifû Yohei III
- Artist Life Dates
- 1854-1914
- Century
- Late 19th-early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1880s-1914
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.506
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue underglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 5.61202
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- Title
- Equestrian Statuette of Marcus Aurelius
- Artist
- Anonymous Italian
- Accession Number
- 1895.10
- Medium and Support
- bronze on marble base
- relevance
- rank 5.61135
- Secondary Keywords
- ancient italian periods
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- Title
- Shallow porcelain bowl with carved design of four baby quails
- Artist
- Katô Hajime
- Physical Description
- White porcelain bowl with carved inside and smooth outside. A ring is carved along the inside rim, and below are quails alternating with grasses.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1900 - 1968
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1960-1963
- Accession Number
- 1963/2.67
- Medium and Support
- Porcelain, carved
- relevance
- rank 5.61065
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- Title
- Wanli-era Blue-and-white bowl with bird and flower designs
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 16th-17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1573-1619
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.19
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue underglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 5.61065
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- Title
- Markendeya purana series: Vishnu reclining on a serpent (Anantashayana), with other deities in attendance
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Northern Andhra Pradesh
- Physical Description
- The four-armed Vishnu is shown lying on the serpent Ananta (“the endless one”), resting on the surface of the cosmic ocean. As his female consort gently strokes his leg, Vishnu awakens from a long sleep. From his navel sprouts a lotus, bearing the four-headed creator god, Brahma, who will begin a new cycle of the universe.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.305
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on cloth
- relevance
- rank 5.60874
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- Title
- The Labors of Hercules #13: Cacus
- Artist
- Heinrich Aldegrever
- Artist Life Dates
- 1502- circa 1561
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1550
- Accession Number
- 1956/1.63
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.60797
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- Title
- Sabotage
- Artist
- Marian Spore Bush
- Physical Description
- Black, tan and white, industrial buldings with steam coming out of the smoke stacks. The steam is in the formation of a snake moving through the painting.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1878-1946
- Object Creation Date
- late 1930s
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.198
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 5.59764
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- aegean
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- Title
- Crabs
- Artist
- Qi Baishi (Ch'i Pai-shih)
- Physical Description
- The painting depicts two crabs with aquatic plants. The artist signed his pen name, Qi Huang, and sealed another pen name, Wood Hermit.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1864-1957
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1864-1949
- Accession Number
- 1949/1.199
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.58377
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- Title
- Prawn
- Artist
- Qi Baishi (Ch'i Pai-shih)
- Physical Description
- Two shrimps are shown in the middle of the print. The artist inscribed "Baishi at the age of ninty-five" on the upper left-hand corner with seal.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1864 - 1957)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1948
- Accession Number
- 1990/1.185
- Medium and Support
- woodblock "water printing" with ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.58377
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- Title
- Shrimps
- Artist
- Qi Baishi (Ch'i Pai-shih)
- Physical Description
- Blank background. The painting depicts four lobsters, with calligraphic texts and seal on the right edge of the painting.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1864 - 1957)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1931
- Accession Number
- 1949/1.200
- Medium and Support
- ink on rice paper
- relevance
- rank 5.58377
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- Title
- Duck-Shaped Vessel
- Artist
- Kim YikYung
- Physical Description
- This lidded vessel forms the shape of a duck, with a tail pointing from the rear and a head rising to face forward in the front. Qhite slip was applied with visible and long brish strokes, and iron oxide painting adds a rusty hue to match the lower, unglazed clay color.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1935
- Century
- 21st century
- Object Creation Date
- 2004
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.30
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with iron oxide painting over white slip under colorless glaze
- relevance
- rank 5.58377
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