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- Title
- Durga slaying the Buffalo Demon (Mahishasuramardini)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Kulu, Himachal Pradesh
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century
- Accession Number
- 1976/2.74
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Bowl with Rope-Curtain Design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- Stoneware bowl with stamped rope-curtain design covered by a white slip and colorless glaze. A stylized inlaid chrysanthemum blossom decorates the center of the bowl, surrounded by a band of petals.
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 15th century
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.263
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with white inlaid and stamped decoration under colorless glaze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Ivory snuff bottle in the shape of seashell and fish
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1912-1949
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.68
- Medium and Support
- ivory
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Two figures (small folk bronze)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.106
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Umagome no tsuki (Moon at Umagome), from the series Tôkyô nijûkei (Twenty Views of Tokyo)
- Artist
- Kawase Hasui
- Physical Description
- A large, dark tree looms over a field with neat rows of crops. A full moon hangs low in the sky, peeking from behind tree branches and thin gray clouds.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1883-1957
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1930
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.29
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Tea cup (one of four; with 1954/1.489-490 & 492)
- Artist
- Seifû Yohei III
- Artist Life Dates
- 1854-1914
- Century
- Late 19th-early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1880s-1914
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.491
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with celadon glaze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Tôto Meisho Series: White Rain on Nihon Bridge (Nihonbashi no shirazame)
- Artist
- Andô Hiroshige
- Physical Description
- Rainy scene in a village. There is a bridge in the foreground, with several figures walking across with umbrellas. Houses and mountains appear in the distance.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797-1858
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1840-1841
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.139
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- The Rooster Protects the House from Suzhou
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- Polychrome woodblock print of a rooster holding a praying mantis in its mouth with four characters at top center framed by a floral scrolling border
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2006/2.47
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print mounted on stiff board with silk borders
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Silk and Cotton Brocade or Damask
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1955/1.208
- Medium and Support
- dark blue, green, and white silk brocade
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Chinese, Guanyin) as a goddess
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1850-1900
- Accession Number
- 1995/1.78
- Medium and Support
- Blanc de Chine glaze on poreclain
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Shiva, Durga, Hanuman, Garuda, Ganesha, Nandi, animals and various Tantric symbols cast in base and body-fluted upper border at body and at cover.
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.74
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Lime container stopper in form of a frigate bird
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, New Guinean, Sepik River region
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.45
- Medium and Support
- carved wood
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Mirror
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Object Creation Date
- 960-1279
- Accession Number
- 1974/1.230
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Eight-armed Durga
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Maharashtra
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.87
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Hexagonal Tobacco Box with Lid
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.280A&B
- Medium and Support
- iron inlaid with silver
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Bodhisattva or royal donor figure: part of a Buddhist altar
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Object Creation Date
- 618-907
- Accession Number
- 1961/2.76
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Vishnu shrine
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Century
- 14th century (?)
- Object Creation Date
- 14th century (?)
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.94
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Hotei
- Artist
- "Old Man" Kôgetsu
- Artist Life Dates
- 1574 - 1643
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1620-1643
- Accession Number
- 2006/2.19
- Medium and Support
- ink on silk
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- 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 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Famous Views of Snow, Moon and Flowers: Trout Fishing by Moonlight on the Tamagawa River
- Artist
- Andô Hiroshige
- Physical Description
- The dark color pallette and the moon indicate that the image is set at night. There are people standing in the water, bending over in search of fish. Others stand on the bank, helping with the fishing process. Also shown are the silhouettes of a bridge over the water and the mountains in the distance.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797-1858
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1846
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.137
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Altar Table with Six Offerings
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Object Creation Date
- 1368-1644
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.277
- Medium and Support
- glazed pottery
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Imari Fluted Bowl
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- UA2002.6
- Medium and Support
- porcelain, blue underglaze and enamel overglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Kadampa Stupa
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Tibet or Nepal
- Physical Description
- A miniature stupa, cast of bronze in several parts, consisting of a bell-shaped base; an inverted cone-shaped tower, capped by an "umbrella" with pendant, fringe-like decoration, inlaid with semi-percious stone, surmounted by a lotus bud. Atop the whole structure is a half-moon and sun disk motif, supported by intertwined ribbons and culminating in another lotus bud.
- Century
- 13th century
- Object Creation Date
- 13th century
- Accession Number
- 2003/1.386
- Medium and Support
- bronze with inlaid turquoise and coral
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Oval embroidery
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 19th century - early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1989/2.76
- Medium and Support
- embroidered silk
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Bhu Devi
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu
- Physical Description
- Bhudevi stands in a tribhanga pose (with three bends) with her left arm hanging pendant to her side and holding a lotus bud in her right hand. She leans towards the figure of Vishnu in the grouping of three bronzes. She stands on a base consisting of a flat square element topped with a series of five round rings. She wears a decorated lower garment flared out on either side in a pattern. She wears a decorated belt and necklaces, bracelets and armlets, with shoulder loops, earrings and a crown. The jewelry and crown is highlighted with gold paint as is his clothing and the two attributes. She does not wear a band across her breasts, as does Shridevi in groupings with Vishnu and Bhudevi.
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.132
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Tsuba (Sword guard) with design of dragon among clouds
- Artist
- Okada Masatoyo
- Physical Description
- The flat iron plate with quatrefoil shape and the design of a dragon in midst of clouds. It has three holes: one for blade (middle) flanked by two deformed oval-shape holes (for kougai and kozuka). Around the blade hole, there is the carver’s signature. The design of a dragon, among stylized clouds, is intricately carved in high relief; the dragon has almost three-dimensional quality. On the back, the dragon tail, some parts of the body, one claw are peeking from clouds. The dragon coils around the center holes. The rims of the three circles are wavy, as if they are the part of the cloud design. The stoppers on the blade hole edges are made of gold. Some silver inlays are applied on the dragon’s eye blow and some nails.
- Artist Life Dates
- act. 1789
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.6
- Medium and Support
- iron with gold and silver inlays
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Qingbai ware footed bowl with gently sloping sides and slightly everted rim
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Object Creation Date
- 960-1279
- Accession Number
- 1973/2.22
- Medium and Support
- Porcelain with Qingbai glaze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Vishnu with Two Attendants
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, North or Central India
- Century
- 20th-century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 19th century - 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.129
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Footed bowl with slightly everted rim
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.297
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with translucent pale blue glaze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- A votive plaque depicting an image of the Buddha, housed within a small temple
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- A small, thin, molded clay plaque with a bas-relief scene.
- Century
- 6th-7th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 6th century - early 7th century
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.21
- Medium and Support
- terracotta, molded
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Deity with trident, quadruped vehicle, and throne
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.138
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Standing Buddha in Abhaya-vara mudra
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- Gilt bronze standing Buddha on lotus pedestal. He is clothed in monastic robes with cascading U-shaped folds, similar to the gentle folds of his neck. His hands ake the form of two mudras: the abhaya (“have no fear”) mudra with the right hand, and varada (“wishes are granted”) mudra with the left.
- It is well proportioned overall and represent Buddha in a standing position; a position quite popular in Unified Shilla Buddhist sculpture. The Ushinisha on the top of Buddha's head is tall, voluminous and black. The face is plump and facial features, including the eyes, nose and the mouth, are all rather small. The earlobes hang are hanging and the three curved lines on the neck are highly distinct.
- Century
- ca. 8th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 7th century - early 8th century
- Accession Number
- 1961/2.80
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Sankei En Park
- Artist
- Yoshida Hiroshi
- Artist Life Dates
- 1876 - 1950
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1935
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.243
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Large storage jar with gourd design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China, Majiayao Culture
- Physical Description
- This pot has a narrow, cylindrical neck, abruptly giving way to a rounded upper half, tapering gently to a flat bottom, with two small lugs (ring handles) at the waist. Painted decoration is confined to the upper half, perhaps because these pots were set into the earth to keep them upright. The painted designs evoke fish nets and swirling eddies of water.
- Artist Life Dates
- 2600 BCE - 2300 BCE
- Century
- 25th-24th century BCE
- Object Creation Date
- 2600 BCE - 2300 BCE
- Accession Number
- 1993/1.46
- Medium and Support
- red earthenware with black slip decoration
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- 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 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Coin
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1821-1862
- Accession Number
- 1982/1.266
- Medium and Support
- copper
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Yasoda and Krishna (small folk bronze)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown India, Tamil Nadu, Pudukottai Workshop
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.144
- Medium and Support
- copper
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- 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 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Ivory Snuff Bottle
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1912-1949
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.71
- Medium and Support
- ivory
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Bull
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, North or Central India
- Century
- 18th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century - 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.71
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Mirror Box
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- This mirror box is decorated with lacquer and mother-of-pearl inlaid designs. Thelid of the box opens upwards, and has brass hinges and a closure in the sahpe of a flower. The lower drawer has a handle in the shape of a bat.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2006/2.61
- Medium and Support
- lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlay and brass? fittings
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Jian ware teabowl, probably from Jianyang
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Object Creation Date
- 13th century
- Accession Number
- 1965/2.56
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with gray body and "persimmon" glaze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Storage jar with inlaid floral designs
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- It has a wide mouth and a shape which flared out to a generously-sized shoulder, then tapers to a slim lower body. It is a storage jar inlaid chrysanthemum, cloud and crane design.
- Object Creation Date
- 918-1392
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.33
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with inlaid white and black slip under celadon glaze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Bamboo and Orchids [Lan-chu t'u chou]
- Artist
- Zheng Xie (Chêng Hsieh)
- Physical Description
- A white hanging scroll with black ink. The plant that is the focal point of the painting takes up the middle, while an inscription runs along the right side. Stamps are seen on the bottom of both the right and left side of the painting.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1693-1765
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1740-1766
- Accession Number
- 1970/2.7
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Chinese New Year's Poster
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1940
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.380
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- The warrior Watanabe no Tsuna battling the demoness Ibaraki (okimono)
- Artist
- Gyokubun
- Artist Life Dates
- 20th century
- Century
- 19th century?
- Object Creation Date
- late 19th century - early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.43
- Medium and Support
- ivory
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Black Nagoya-style obi in sateen weave (shusu) with embroidered plum blossom designs
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Black silk damask with interwoven paulownia pattern; plum blossoms embroidered in solver, gold, and gunmetal gray metallic threads, and persimmon, brown, and black silk threads.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1930s-1950s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.331
- Medium and Support
- silk damask with woven pattern and metallic thread embroidery
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Buddha, seated in the padmasana pose, in dhyana mudra, flanked by two donor figures and with a mandorla of the seven Buddhas of the past (fragment of a stele)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 6th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 500-550
- Accession Number
- 1964/1.89
- Medium and Support
- stone
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Vairocana Buddha, Seated in the Mudra of the Union of Six Elements
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Indonesia, Java
- Century
- 10th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 10th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/2.78
- Medium and Support
- bronze with copper, tin and zinc
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Agate snuff bottle
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1850-1912
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.15
- Medium and Support
- agate and amethyst
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)