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Title

Jenue Tiger Jouant Avec Sa Mere

Artist

Eugène Delacroix

Physical Description

Paper size: lh 24 9/10cm & rh 24 1/2cm x tw 32cm & bw 31 /710cm. Plate size: lh 14 3/10cm & rh 14 1/5cm x tw 20 7/10cm & bw 20 2/5cm. Image size: h 11 1/5cm x w 18 4/5cm.

Accession Number

2008/2.379

Medium and Support

lithograph on cream wove paper

relevance

rank 4.87266

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

animals and creatures

mammals

objects we use

parents

people

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people and culture

people by family relationship

planographic prints

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

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visual works by medium or technique

Title

Comb Chest (Jage Bitjeup)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Korea

Physical Description

This laquer comb chest with mother-of-pearl inlays has images of phoenixes and their babies, and deer on the top drawer, and tortoises and mandarin ducks on the bottom drawer, each in a pair. The handles are in the shape of bats.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

2004/1.314

Medium and Support

wood with mother-of-pearl inlay

relevance

rank 4.87146

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

components and systems

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mammals

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object groupings and systems

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people

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Title

Model of a pond filled with swans

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

1st century

Object Creation Date

1st century - 2nd century

Accession Number

1993/1.87

Medium and Support

earthenware, red, with green lead glaze

relevance

rank 4.87146

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

birds

bodies of water

bodies of water and components of bodies of water

bodies of water by size

buildings and the land

descriptors

lacustrine bodies

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

object genres

object genres by material

settlements and landscapes

Title

Mirror with animal motifs and eight-character inscription

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

bronze mirrorr with two columns of auspicious inscriptions for career promotion and healthy offsprings in eight characters separated by the central knob, which is, in turn, surrounded by stylized mystical animal motif on both side.

Century

2nd century BCE-2nd century CE

Accession Number

1974/1.168

Medium and Support

cast bronze with malachite and silver patina

relevance

rank 4.87146

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

copper alloy

copper and copper alloy

descriptors

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

inorganic material

mammals

materials

materials by composition

metal

metal and metal products

metal by composition or origin

nonferrous metal

objects we use

Title

Calligraphy: Watching Ducks on a Spring Morning

Artist

Nukina Kaioku

Physical Description

In this monumental scroll, Nukina Kaioku has brushed a Chinese poem of his own composition, on the enduring theme of nature as refreshment for the spirit. Note his masterful variation of thick and thin strokes, wet and dry ink, stately and rapid movement.

The verses may be tentatively rendered into English as follows:

Mandarin ducks enjoy the fresh water; their graceful forms glow as they pass through channels in the reeds.

Pushing beyond the thickets [to the open pond], they call to one another again and again in the dawn.

A crimson mist breaks through gaps in the glade, its glow warming hidden nests.

Waking up with nothing to do, [I came here] to playfully row among the spring waves.

Artist Life Dates

(Tokushima, Shikoku, 1778 - 1863, Kyoto)

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1840s - 1863

Accession Number

1987/2.45

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on paper

relevance

rank 4.86734

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

birds

descriptors

document genres

document genres by form

document genres for literary works

genres

image-making processes and techniques

information forms

objects we use

people and culture

philosophical concepts

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

writing (processes)

Title

Monkey Climbing a Tree (pair with 1986/2.61.1)

Artist

Mori Sosen

Physical Description

A monkey climbs up a tree, grasping at the branches with his hands and feet. The image uses soft colors, and the monkey almost appears to be leaning or falling away from the tree. The top right corner appears gray.

Artist Life Dates

(Nagasaki or Nishinomiya, 1747 - 1821)

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1807-1821

Accession Number

1986/2.61.2

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and color on paper

relevance

rank 4.86734

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

buildings and the land

coating (material)

coating by form

descriptors

evergreens

landscapes (environments)

mammals

materials

materials by function

natural landscapes

plants

settlements and landscapes

trees

trees by leaf life

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

Title

First Day of School, Hartland, Michigan

Artist

D. James Galbraith

Physical Description

Kids waiting for a bus. One boy with his hand on a dog while they stand there. The bus is coming down a dirt road.

Artist Life Dates

(1930 - 2002)

Object Creation Date

circa 1980

Accession Number

2014/2.237

Medium and Support

vintage gelatin silver print on paper, laid down on board

relevance

rank 4.86664

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

buses

freewheeled vehicles

freewheeled vehicles by form or function

land vehicles

land vehicles by form

mammals

objects we use

passenger vehicles

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by family relationship

transportation vehicles

vehicles

Title

Abstract Circles

Artist

Fukui Ryonosuke

Physical Description

This print consists of nuetral, muted colors and abstract designs primarily of dots and circles. The print is designed to look as if thin cracks run through the image, and a lady bug is almost imperceptible near the bottom left of the image. The bottom edge of the print has a dark strip running across it.

Artist Life Dates

1924-1986

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

mid 20th century

Accession Number

2010/2.33

Medium and Support

color print on paper

relevance

rank 4.86596

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

abstraction

animals and creatures

arthropods

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

forms of expression

geometric concepts

geometric figures

mathematical concepts

objects we use

people and culture

plane figures

scientific concepts

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Ewer in the shape of a melon with inlaid floral and butterfly designs

Artist

Artist Unknown, Korea

Physical Description

It is in the shape of a sectioned melon. The body is vertically divided into ten sections and to create an embossed effect, the grooves between each two sections were pressed down slightly. The lid has a loop attached at the top. It is decorated on all sides with black and white inlaid design of butterfly, chrysanthemum and peony with stem and foliage. The spout and handle was broken and restored. The lid seems to be fake.

Century

12th-13th century

Object Creation Date

circa 12th century - 13th century

Accession Number

1973/2.33

Medium and Support

stoneware with celadon glaze

relevance

rank 4.86596

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

arthropods

buildings and the land

descriptors

flowers (plants)

herbaceous plants

insects

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

object genres

object genres by material

plants

settlements and landscapes

shrubs

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

Title

Medallion with Lion and Crown

Artist

Artist Unknown, African

Physical Description

A brass medallion with the image of a lion standing on top of a crown stamped in raised relief on the top of the piece.

Object Creation Date

1900-1985

Accession Number

2010/1.177

Medium and Support

brass

relevance

rank 4.84983

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

coins

coins by origin

descriptors

exchange media

later western world coins

later western world coins by denomination name

mammals

medals

metalwork

money

object genres

object genres by material

objects we use

shilling coins

visual works

visual works by form

Title

[Facsimile] Meisho Edo hyakkei: Oji, New Year's Eve Foxfires at Nettle Tree

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

A group of deer-like animals are resting under two trees at nightfall. There are twinkling stars shining in the dark sky and a forest in the distance.

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1856-1859

Accession Number

1987/1.245

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 4.84939

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

buildings and the land

earth sciences concepts

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

people and culture

physical sciences concepts

plants

scientific concepts

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

Title

Bodhisattva Mañjusri (J. Monju Bosatsu), seated on a lion: architectural fragment

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1605

Accession Number

1963/1.91

Medium and Support

wall painting fragment,ink and color on wood panel

relevance

rank 4.84877

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

buddhist doctrinal concepts

descriptors

doctrinal concepts

mammals

object genres

object genres by form

people and culture

religions

religions and religious concepts

religious concepts

Title

The Flood

Artist

Artist Unknown, Dutch

Physical Description

In an ominous landscape a crowd of nude men, women and children, their bodies silhouetted against the descending gloom, struggle frantically to escape rising floodwaters. The figures gesture wildly and strenuously twist their long athletic bodies into a seemingly infinite variety of contortions as they clamber up the last hilltops and trees. A city stands on a hill and appears through the trees in the background.

Century

16th-17th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1590

Accession Number

1985/2.70

Medium and Support

oil on panel

relevance

rank 4.84630

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

bible

document genres

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information forms

mammals

natural events

objects we use

old testament

people

people (agents)

people and culture

religious texts

visual works

visual works by subject type

Title

Râmâyana manuscript page: Rama kills the deer (folio no. 31)

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Central India, Malwa School

Physical Description

The artist has captured the story of the deer hunt with the fewest possible elements, in a way that is instantly recognizable and yet takes liberties with the classical tale. The forest is represented by two trees and a few sprays of foliage; the deer is a mundane gray, not magical gold; and Sita waits anxiously in a white marble pavilion, rather than a thatched hut. The vibrantly colored backgrounds divide the composition into zones that create mood and organize the narrative.

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1635-1650

Accession Number

1964/2.111

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

relevance

rank 4.83393

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

document genres

document genres by function

information forms

mammals

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

religions

religions and religious concepts

religious concepts

religious texts

Title

Cock Fight

Artist

Frank Robuste

Physical Description

A group of people gather around two fighting roosters. Some of the women in the group carry baskets on their heads, while two men carry more roosters.

Artist Life Dates

c.1940-2012

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

2011/2.183

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 4.83393

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

birds

descriptors

image-making processes and techniques

painting and painting techniques

painting techniques

painting techniques by medium

people and culture

physical activities

physical activities by general context

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

Title

Quadruped

Artist

African, Tanzania, Karagwe

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1850

Accession Number

1985/2.91

Medium and Support

iron

relevance

rank 4.81268

Secondary Keywords

animal material

animals and creatures

descriptors

inorganic material

iron and iron alloy

keratinous material

materials

materials by composition

materials by origin

metal

metal and metal products

metal by composition or origin

quadrupeds

the natural world

Title

Fragment of base of a seated Buddha, with incense burner, lion, and attendant

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

6th-7th century

Object Creation Date

circa 580 - 620

Accession Number

1964/2.24

Medium and Support

marble

relevance

rank 4.81250

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

buddhist doctrinal concepts

containers

containers by function or context

descriptors

doctrinal concepts

mammals

object genres

object genres by form

objects we use

people and culture

religions

religions and religious concepts

religious concepts

Title

Nijiro no cho (Rainbow Butterflies)

Artist

Nakayama Tadashi

Physical Description

There is a rainbow colored butterfly sitting on the girl's hair, and there are a few more butterflies on the left side of the girl.

Artist Life Dates

born 1927

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1983

Accession Number

2011/2.43

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 4.81086

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

arthropods

associated concepts

earth sciences concepts

insects

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

physical sciences concepts

scientific concepts

weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

Title

(Boy with Puppy) Knoxville, from "Knoxville, Tennessee"

Artist

Danny Lyon

Physical Description

Two boys, one in the driver's seat of a car, one standing and leaning on the car. He is wearing a dirty white striped button down shirt holding a dark colored puppy. He is looking to the side.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1942

Object Creation Date

1967; printed 2010

Accession Number

2013/2.344

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 4.80734

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

freewheeled vehicles

freewheeled vehicles by form or function

land vehicles

land vehicles by form

mammals

objects we use

passenger vehicles

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

transportation vehicles

vehicles

Title

Hartland: Change in the Heart of America

Artist

D. James Galbraith

Physical Description

Two men and a dog. The dog has a paw on the one man's leg while he is petting it. The other man is standing with his elbow leaning on a mailbox.

Artist Life Dates

(1930 - 2002)

Object Creation Date

1985

Accession Number

2014/2.236

Medium and Support

vintage gelatin silver print on paper, laid down on board

relevance

rank 4.80286

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

mammals

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by occupation

people in agriculture

people in agriculture or natural resource occupations

people in science-related occupations

scientists and people in science-related occupations

Title

Duck

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

7th century

Object Creation Date

early 7th century

Accession Number

1991/2.17

Medium and Support

earthenware with straw-colored glaze

relevance

rank 4.80286

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

attributes and properties

attributes and properties by specific type

birds

descriptors

form attributes

object genres

object genres by material

size (extent)

size by specific type

Title

Tile with molded lion

Artist

Artist Unknown, Iran

Physical Description

Tile with molded lion motif.

Object Creation Date

n.d.

Accession Number

1957/1.68

Medium and Support

earthenware with turquoise glaze

relevance

rank 4.79586

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

descriptors

forming

geographic and political locations

mammals

materials

materials by form

materials by physical form

middle east (general region)

object genres

object genres by material

people and culture

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

religions

religions and religious concepts

Title

Little Whitehead

Artist

Warren Lombard

Physical Description

This ocean scene shows a cliff on the left half of the composition, with the ocean and some birds on the right. The cliff is darker towards the bottom, and the strip of ocean is in the bottom third of the composition. There are five birds; three are more distinct, while the other two a smaller and fainter.

Artist Life Dates

1855-1939

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1927

Accession Number

1940.44

Medium and Support

drypoint on paper

relevance

rank 4.79377

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

birds

bodies of water and components of bodies of water

bodies of water by size

buildings and the land

descriptors

gulls

inorganic material

landform components

landforms and landform components

landscapes (environments)

marine bodies

materials

materials by composition

modern and contemporary art

natural landscapes

settlements and landscapes

Title

Snuff bottle with painted design of Manchu bannermen in a landscape

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1825-1880

Accession Number

1980/2.120

Medium and Support

porcelain with blue underglaze painting; amethyst and ivory stopper

relevance

rank 4.79347

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

asian

chinese

chinese dynastic styles and periods

chinese styles and periods

containers

containers by function or context

containers for personal use

containers for smoking and tobacco use

east asian

mammals

objects we use

people and culture

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

Title

Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina and battle scene

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School

Physical Description

Worshippers gather and seem to celebrate around a sky-clad (nude) Jina and monk at top center. Flanking these figures are two searted drummers. In the lower register men on horseback and elephant look up to them as the ride by and raise their weapons in battle. A trumpeter sounds his instrument in the bottom left.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

1975/2.168

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

relevance

rank 4.78212

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

information artifacts

information artifacts by physical form

information forms

mammals

membranophones

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by activity

people by state or condition

religions

religions and religious concepts

sound devices

sound devices by acoustical characteristics

Title

Bowl with bird holding leaf and inscription

Artist

Iran, Kashan

Physical Description

A wide-mouth, narrow-base bowl with overglaze lustre decorations of a bird holding leaf. There are inscriptions as part of the decorations.

Century

12th-13th century

Object Creation Date

12th century - 13th century

Accession Number

1957/1.63

Medium and Support

fritware with overglaze lustre painting

relevance

rank 4.77259

Secondary Keywords

animal material

animals and creatures

associated concepts

biological material

containers

containers by form

descriptors

document genres

document genres by form

geographic and political locations

information forms

materials

materials by origin

middle east (general region)

objects we use

people and culture

plant material

religions

religions and religious concepts

vessels

Title

Pipe

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

1997/1.355

Medium and Support

terracotta

relevance

rank 4.77156

Secondary Keywords

smoking and tobacco use

animals and creatures

descriptors

equipment

equipment by context

equipment for personal use

object genres

object genres by form

objects we use

people and culture

physical activities

physical activities by general context

reptiles

tools and equipment

visual works

visual works by subject type

Title

Tatsumura brocade fukuro obi with woven pattern of Central Asian paired ducks

Artist

Tatsumura Silk Studio

Physical Description

Terracotta-colored plain weave silk with woven pattern of paired ducks within lozenge-shaped floral scrolls; brocade done in thick white, light blue, and apricot silk floss; turquoise and purple-metallic-wrapped threads; and kinran (metallic coated paper) in two shades of gold.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1960s-1970s

Accession Number

2005/1.336

Medium and Support

silk with woven patterns in silk floss, metallic wrapped threads and kinran

relevance

rank 4.77095

Secondary Keywords

accessories worn at the waist or below

animals and creatures

birds

components and systems

costume

costume accessories

costume accessories worn

costume by form

main garments

object groupings

object groupings and systems

object groupings by general context

objects we use

sets (groups)

Title

Tsuba (sword guard) with chrysanthemum and butterfly design

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

The flat iron plate with quatrefoil design. It has three holes: one for blade (middle) flanked by oval-shape hole (for kougai) and oval with bump shape (for kozuka). Chrysanthemums, autumn grass and a rock are carved on lower-right side; a butterfly is descending toward the flowers. Gold inlays are applied to the flowers, grass, part of the rock, and butterfly. The surface is finely granulated by etching (“ishime-ji”).

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

1978/2.11

Medium and Support

iron with gold inlays

relevance

rank 4.76593

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

arthropods

buildings and the land

components

components and systems

components by specific context

edged weapon components

flowers (plants)

herbaceous plants

insects

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

plants

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

weapon components

woody plants

Title

Buddha, seated in the ardha padmasana pose, in dhyana mudra and sheltered by Mucalinda

Artist

Artist Unknown, Thailand

Physical Description

Sculpture of a seated male figure

Century

12th-13th century

Object Creation Date

1175-1225

Accession Number

1978/2.28

Medium and Support

buff sandstone

relevance

rank 4.76317

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

devotional images

figures (representations)

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

religions

religions and religious concepts

religious visual works

reptiles

visual works

visual works by function

visual works by subject type

Title

Claire de lune a Vilmondis

Artist

Charles-François Daubigny

Physical Description

Paper previously folded (approx. 2cm) at top, now flattened. Puncture hole at top center on fold line. Paper size: lh 21cm & rh 21 3/10cm x tw 27 4/5cm & bw 27 7/10cm. Plate size: lh 16 4/5cm & rh 16 9/10cm x tw 23 3/5cm & bw 23 1/2cm. Image size: h 13 1/2cm x w 21 1/2cm.

Artist Life Dates

1817-1878

Accession Number

2008/2.447

Medium and Support

etching and drypoint on beige laid paper

relevance

rank 4.75327

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

animals and creatures

associated concepts

earth sciences concepts

intaglio prints

mammals

objects we use

people and culture

physical sciences concepts

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

scientific concepts

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Egúngún headress (erin type)

Artist

Adugbologe Workshop of Abeokuta, Yoruba Peoples Nigeria

Physical Description

A massive, baroque, and busy wood-carved headdress with stylized face (showing classic Yoruba features) of bulging eyes with defined upper lids, long, straight, triangular nose, symmetrical scarification patterns consisting of three horizontal lines on each cheek, a short beard from ear to ear just underneath the lower lip. Two large “ears” protrude on either side of head and act as “scaffolding” for numerous attachments of symbolic content: birds and lions predominate, but also visible are amulets, wooden claws and beads, crosses, and an insignia shield of some kind. The ears terminate in two oblong mirrors with lions leaping off of each. Layers of pigment are visible, giving impression it has been repainted over time.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1960

Accession Number

1985/1.183

Medium and Support

wood, mirrors, pigment, gourd, beads, metal

relevance

rank 4.75249

Secondary Keywords

accessories worn on the head

animals and creatures

associated concepts

costume

costume accessories

costume accessories worn

events

headgear

mammals

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by family relationship

religions and religious concepts

religious concepts

Title

Cho no gotoku (Like Butterflies)

Artist

Nakayama Tadashi

Physical Description

A rainbow colored butterfly is sitting on the girl's hair, while there are a few more butterflies surrounding the girl. There is a Japanese style pangoda right in the center of the background behind the girl.

Artist Life Dates

born 1927

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1985

Accession Number

2011/2.45

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 4.75249

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

arthropods

buildings and the land

insects

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

religious buildings

religious structures

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

Title

A wandering Shaivite ascetic with his dog

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Delhi-Agra, Mughal

Physical Description

This work is a double-sided page from a bound album. The painting, depicting a Hindu ascetic walking with his dog in a pastoral landscape, has been placed in a border, decorated with a floral scroll painted in gold on a blue or pale orange ground; a similar border surrounds a calligraphy panel on the reverse side. The border and the calligraphy panel are both somewhat later in date than the painting itself.

The painting of the ascetic and his dog is pasted onto an album page. It is surrounded by a series of gold floral borders alternating blue and saffron-colored backgrounds. Wearing a brown poncho-like garment and carrying a fan in his right hand and a bag of his belongings, the lead attached to his white dog, and some tools in his left, he strides through the landscape. He wears sandals and has long brown matted locks of hair and a graying beard. The landscape consists of intersecting rounded forms in shades of green and yellow, surmounted by trees along the top and with a larger blue-foliaged tree to the right near the horizon. At the bottom a diagonal of yellowish rise of land with clumps of grass suggests some depth and a foreground, but the figure is quite flat in the middle ground.

On the back of the page is a Panel of calligraphy consisting of a quatrain in Shah Jahan's handwriting signed "Sultân Khurram [his given name before he took the name Shah Jahan upon becoming emperor" and dated 1020/1611-12. This is also surrounded by elaborate borders.

Century

16th-17th century

Object Creation Date

late 16th century - early 17th century

Accession Number

1969/2.175

Medium and Support

opaque watercolor and gold on paper

relevance

rank 4.75246

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

books by internal form

buildings and the land

information artifacts

information artifacts by physical form

information forms

landscapes (environments)

mammals

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

physical activities

physical activities by general context

settlements and landscapes

Title

Crane, Pine and Bamboo

Artist

Ren Xun (Jen Hsün)

Physical Description

This painting inculdes the seal of the artist Ren Xun. A crane stands in the foreground, with it's head and beak turned toward the viewer, revealing a patch of orangish red on its face. A pine tree arches across the background above.

Artist Life Dates

1835-1893

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1860-1893

Accession Number

1987/1.265

Medium and Support

ink and color on paper

relevance

rank 4.74929

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

buildings and the land

descriptors

evergreens

grass (plant material)

landscapes (environments)

materials

materials by origin

natural landscapes

plant material

plants

settlements and landscapes

trees

trees by leaf life

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

Title

As Long as I Don't Have to Get Up Before 11:00

Artist

Mark Kostabi

Physical Description

Ink drawing on paper. Black wash ground, with two figures drawn in opaque black ink. A comic figure who is shirtless and in boxers, with his beer belly hanging out, and whose pointy rimmed hat is reminiscent of the scarecrow in the Wizard of Oz, dances at the center of an ominous scene. His right leg has been kicked through a television set that he holds with his right hand. Scissors fall from his left hand towards what looks like a two-slot toaster. A black, horned beast lurks in the background, holding a phone overhead that has two earpieces, but no cradle. The scene is possibly set in a graveyard; the edifice silhouetting behind the scarecrow figure is shaped like a headstone.

Artist Life Dates

born 1960

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1988

Accession Number

2008/2.240

Medium and Support

ink on paper

relevance

rank 4.74527

Secondary Keywords

layout features

animals and creatures

architectural elements

architectural elements by building type

buildings and the land

built complexes and districts

business and related functions

complexes

complexes by function

components

components and systems

components by specific context

drawings

drawings by technique

functions

functions (activities)

functions by specific context

funerary structures

images and ornament

information form components

layout features

legendary creatures

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by occupation

people in the arts

people in the arts and related occupations

people in the humanities

people in the performing arts

performing artists

sepulchral monuments

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

system components

telecommunication systems components

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Black crested haori with yûzen painted origami crane design

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

Black crepe silk with origame crane designs hand-painted by paste-resist yûzen techinique, in colors and gold pigment. Lining is pink silk damask with woven pattern of truncated floral medallions. Double oak leaf crest (kashiwa) is embroidered with bokashi-dyed blue and white thread.

Century

mid-20th century

Object Creation Date

1940s-1960s

Accession Number

2005/1.356

Medium and Support

black crepe silk with painted design

relevance

rank 4.74266

Secondary Keywords

animal material

animals and creatures

birds

costume

costume by form

descriptors

fibroinous material

main garments

main garments for the upper body

materials

materials by origin

objects we use

paperworking techniques

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by material

processes and techniques by specific type

Title

White teapot with stamped dragonfly design (pair w/ 1954/1.503)

Artist

Seifû Yohei III

Artist Life Dates

1854-1914

Century

Late 19th-early 20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1893-1914

Accession Number

1954/1.512

Medium and Support

porcelain with clear glaze

relevance

rank 4.74266

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

arthropods

ceramics

containers

containers by function or context

containers for serving and consuming food

culinary containers

descriptors

object genres

object genres by material

objects we use

pottery (object genre)

stoneware

vessels for serving and consuming food

vessels for serving drinks

Title

Picchvai

Artist

Artist Unknown, India

Physical Description

Painting on cloth in an array of colors that depicts a religious scene. There are assorted animals such as monkeys and cows with red hand prints on them.

There is a river at the fore of the painting with flowers and lily pads in it. The painting has a colorful floral border.

Century

18th-19th century

Object Creation Date

1700-1850

Accession Number

2008/2.288

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on cloth

relevance

rank 4.73592

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

mammals

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by activity

people by state or condition

religions

religions and religious concepts

religious visual works

visual works

visual works by function

Title

Birds in a Banana Tree

Artist

Xu Wei (Hsü Wei)

Physical Description

A banana plant is shown with long and lush leaves. Behind it is a rock with grass growing from it. Three birds rest on the rock and the leaves of the banana tree. On the right-hand top lies the calligraphic inscription wrtten by the artist, along with his signature and seals.

Artist Life Dates

1521-1593

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1521-1593

Accession Number

1970/2.154

Medium and Support

ink and color on paper

relevance

rank 4.73409

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

buildings and the land

deciduous trees

descriptors

image-making processes and techniques

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

settlements and landscapes

trees

trees by leaf life

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

writing (processes)

Title

"Martin Bros." London, 296.S patt. 4-sided inkwell, pot liner, bird, blue & gray stone ware, flowers on panels

Artist

Artist Unknown

Physical Description

A square ceramic inkwell with a motif of a bird on a branch on one side and a motif of flowers on the other. The base of the inkwell is beige and the pictures are green and black.

Object Creation Date

1875-1975

Accession Number

2010/1.245

Medium and Support

ceramic

relevance

rank 4.73343

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

buildings and the land

containers

containers by function or context

containers for writing equipment

descriptors

herbaceous plants

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

object genres

object genres by material

objects we use

plants

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

Title

Lakshmi lustrated by elephants (Gaja Lakshmi (Goddess))

Artist

India, Rajasthan, Bundi School

Physical Description

The white elephants, which draw the eye into the image, face toward the center leading the viewer to Lakshmi who is the central figure in the frame. The image is bordered by a red colored frame. And below the figures, in the background is a dark banded representing a pond.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

2001/2.133

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

relevance

rank 4.72854

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

asia (continent)

asian

descriptors

design elements

geographic and political locations

indian

indian painting styles

indian styles and periods

mammals

motifs

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

plant-derived motifs

rajasthani

rajput

south asian

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

Title

Guardian Lion

Artist

Artist Unknown, Cambodia (Khmer)

Physical Description

A buff sandstone sculpture of a lion, sitting erect with its front legs extended, all on a stone platform. The legs have been fully released from the stone, while surface details such as the curly mane and the tail are carved in low relief. In keeping with its role as a guardian figure, the lion has buldging eyes and its lips are drawn back to reveal sharp teeth.

Century

12th century

Object Creation Date

12th century

Accession Number

2004/2.12

Medium and Support

sandstone

relevance

rank 4.72809

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

buildings and the land

mammals

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by activity

religious buildings

religious structures

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

Title

Drinking horn

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1880

Accession Number

1984/2.33

Medium and Support

cape buffalo horn and plant fibers

relevance

rank 4.72447

Secondary Keywords

animal material

animals and creatures

containers

containers by form

containers by function or context

containers for serving and consuming food

culinary containers

descriptors

drinking vessels

horns

keratinous material

mammals

materials

materials by origin

objects

objects we use

vessels for serving and consuming food

Title

Boar Hunt

Artist

J. J. de LaPorte

Physical Description

A large group of men on horses piercing a large boar in the middle of a forest.

Artist Life Dates

active 1787-1822

Object Creation Date

1787-1822

Accession Number

2014/2.219

Medium and Support

etching on paper

relevance

rank 4.72362

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

buildings and the land

cultural landscapes

cultural landscapes by location or context

landscapes (environments)

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by occupation

people in agriculture or natural resource occupations

people in science-related occupations

scientists and people in science-related occupations

settlements and landscapes

wilderness

Title

The Milkmaid

Artist

Lucas Van Leyden

Physical Description

This engraving is horizontally oriented. The length of a cow (with its head to the left and its tail to the right) is the focal point, taking up about a third of the image. At the cow’s head on the left, a barefooted man with a hat leans on a pole and rests his arm on a tree trunk. Behind the man is another cow with horns and he is standing in front of a building. The ground is rocky and a fence made of thin tree trunks runs along the background. At the cow’s tail on the right, is a peasant woman with bare feet. Her head is covered with a cloth and she labors to carry a heavy wooden milk bucket. Several trees and another cow are behind her. A small plaque on the ground in the foreground contains an inscription.

Artist Life Dates

1494-1533

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1510

Accession Number

1961/1.160

Medium and Support

engraving on laid paper

relevance

rank 4.72090

Secondary Keywords

animal material

animal material by form or function

animals and creatures

buildings and the land

descriptors

excretions and secretions

inorganic material

mammals

materials

materials by composition

materials by origin

open spaces

open spaces and site elements

open spaces by location or context

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

yards

Title

Nude Horseman on the Beach

Artist

Max Liebermann

Physical Description

In this lithograph both a man and horse stand in the water. The man is nude and his bent leg appears to be placed firmly against the horse's chest. The horse's leg is bent and it's mouth open.

Artist Life Dates

1847-1935

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1908-1909

Accession Number

1962/2.22

Medium and Support

lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 4.71241

Secondary Keywords

relation to water

animals and creatures

buildings and the land

figures (representations)

landforms

landforms and landform components

landforms by position

landforms by shape or position

landscapes (environments)

mammals

natural landscapes

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by activity

people by gender

settlements and landscapes

shores (landforms)

visual works

visual works by subject type

Title

Road of the Butterflies - Spring

Artist

Nakayama Tadashi

Physical Description

The girl in the middle of the printing is surrounded by lots of butterflies, and the butterflies have similar color and pattern with the background. The background consists of a variation of colors and shapes.

Artist Life Dates

born 1927

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1991

Accession Number

2011/2.50

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 4.70785

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

arthropods

associated concepts

buildings and the land

descriptors

design elements

earth sciences concepts

insects

open spaces

open spaces and site elements

open spaces by function

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

physical sciences concepts

scientific concepts

seasons

transportation spaces

Title

Netsuke of a child holding a lion mask (pair with 2002/2.31)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

late 19th century

Accession Number

2002/2.30

Medium and Support

paint, gilding and lacquer on wood

relevance

rank 4.70785

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

attributes and properties

attributes and properties by specific type

descriptors

form attributes

mammals

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by age group

sculpture by function

size (extent)

size by specific type

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

youth

Title

Black jacquard woven haori with woven design of bird-and-flower motifs

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

Heavy black crepe silk with woven designs in lacquered rust-colored, silver, and gold metallic threads. Hand-painted design of Noh actors on light peach lining.

Century

mid-20th century

Object Creation Date

1960s-1970s

Accession Number

2005/1.354

Medium and Support

heavy black silk with woven designs in rust, silver and gold mettalic threads

relevance

rank 4.70630

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

costume

costume by form

descriptors

design elements

main garments

objects we use

patterns (design elements)

patterns by specific type

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by occupation

people in the arts

people in the arts and related occupations

people in the humanities

people in the performing arts

performing artists