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- Title
- Rectangular Bronze Form No. 2
- Artist
- Robert Adams
- Physical Description
- Thin, double-side, H-shaped bronze sculpture. Each side is made up of a collection of rough rectangle shapes overlapping and butting up against one another. Two rectangle-shaped openings penetrate the piece.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1917-1984
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1953
- Accession Number
- 1954/2.40
- Medium and Support
- bronze with wood base
- Title
- Rectangular Bronze Form No. 1
- Artist
- Robert Adams
- Artist Life Dates
- 1917-1984
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1954
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.437
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Title
- Bracelet
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Lobi
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 1988/1.143
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Title
- Anklet with figures on opposing ends
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Lobi
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.53
- Medium and Support
- cast bronze, lost wax method
- Title
- Twisted metal bracelet with chameleon
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Lobi
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.54
- Medium and Support
- cast bronze (cire perdue)
- Title
- Pipe
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon
- Physical Description
- Brass pipe with a figurative bowl in the shape of a human head.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1987
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.344
- Medium and Support
- cast bronze with wool cloth
- Title
- Pipe
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1987
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.347
- Medium and Support
- bronze, wood and cloth
- Title
- Maskette
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Bamum
- Century
- Probably 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- before 1925
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.196
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Title
- Anklet
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1925
- Accession Number
- 1987/2.69
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Title
- Hairpin
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Mangbetu
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.40
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Title
- Hairpin
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Mangbetu
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.41
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Title
- Gold Weight in the Form of an Antelope
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.190
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Title
- Nut ring
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- Century
- Possibly 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1900
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.147
- Medium and Support
- cast bronze, lost wax method
- Title
- Pot with Lid
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Ashanti
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1998/1.123B
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Title
- Pot with Lid
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Ashanti
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1998/1.123A
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Title
- Ring with two conical forms
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ivory Coast or Ghana?
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1925-1940
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.148
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Title
- Bracelet with rope and button decorations
- Artist
- African, Ivory Coast?
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1925
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.146
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Title
- Horse and Rider
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Mali, Djenne
- Century
- 13th or 14th century
- Object Creation Date
- 13th century - 14th century
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.55
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Title
- Pipe
- Artist
- African, Cameroon, Mum
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1987
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.346
- Medium and Support
- terracotta, bronze and wood
- Title
- Commemorative Head of an Oba of the Benin kingdom
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Benin
- Physical Description
- Cast brass head of a human. An opening at the top would have supported a carved elephant tusk. The heads wears elaborate "winged" headgear.
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.260
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Title
- Animal Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.241
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Title
- Gong of the Ogboni Secret Society
- Artist
- African, Nigeria, Ogboni
- Physical Description
- Brass bell or gong in the form of a human head. A loop on the top would have served as a handhold or place to tie the instrument. The opening of the the instrument is squared and flat in order to rest upright.
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.242
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Title
- Moon Worshippers (Prayer to the Moon)
- Artist
- David Aronson
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1923
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1959
- Accession Number
- 1973/2.43
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Title
- Little Torso No. 5 (Torse)
- Artist
- Hans Arp
- Physical Description
- A small polished bronze sculpture of a biomorphic form rising gracefully from a small base. Where it contacts the base, the form stands on two leg-like structures. The form rises from there, narrows, then opens up into a wider, more oblong shape at the top.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1886-1966
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1930; cast 1957
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.399
- Medium and Support
- polished bronze
- Title
- Pre-Adamic Fruit (Fruit préadamite)
- Artist
- Hans Arp
- Physical Description
- A small, biomorphically abstract sculpture of bronze grows from a wooden base. Bulbous at the bottom, the shape stretches and narrows in the middle and then expands into a larger shape from which two rounded points rise.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1886-1966
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1938
- Accession Number
- 1948/2.26
- Medium and Support
- bronze with wood base
- Title
- Bodhisattva Amoghapasa (Avalokitesvara of the never-empty noose)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- A small bronze figure of Amoghapasa, a Buddhist deity, made by the cire perdue (lost wax) casting method. The challenge to the caster is this case is the top-heaviness of the piece caused by the iconographical requirement for the image to have eight arms; in at attempt to provide some support, he arranging floating scarves to drape all the way to the lotus pedestal.
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.97
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Title
- Moroccan Scribe's Box
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- This metal scribe box has multiple containers inside to hold ink and other needs of the scribe. It is ornately decorated on the exterior and interior.
- Accession Number
- 2012/1.281
- Medium and Support
- bronze with silver, copper and gold acccents
- Title
- Thai Walking Buddha
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- A bronze figure of a walking man. He is wearing a spiked headdress and is holding up his left hand.
- Accession Number
- 2012/1.272
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Title
- Indian Bronze Ganesha
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- A bronze statue of an Hindu god. The figure has an elephant head attached to a human body.
- Accession Number
- 2012/1.270
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Title
- Venus Marina
- Artist
- Tiziano Aspetti
- Artist Life Dates
- c.1557-c.1607
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1575-1600
- Accession Number
- 1958/2.52
- Medium and Support
- bronze with wood base
- Title
- Emancipation Group
- Artist
- Thomas Ball
- Physical Description
- Bronze sculpture of a standing male figure his right hand holding a shield which rests upon a stack of book while his left arm is outstretched hovering over the crouching figure of an African American male figure.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1819-1911
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1865
- Accession Number
- 1895.13
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Title
- Listening Stag
- Artist
- Antoine Louis Barye
- Artist Life Dates
- 1795-1875
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1815-1875
- Accession Number
- 1955/1.131
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Title
- Stag
- Artist
- Antoine Louis Barye
- Artist Life Dates
- 1795-1875
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1815-1875
- Accession Number
- 1955/1.132
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Title
- Cow and Bull
- Artist
- Antoine Louis Barye
- Artist Life Dates
- 1795-1875
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.8
- Medium and Support
- bronze with marble base
- Title
- Offspring II
- Artist
- Bruce Beasley
- Physical Description
- A bronze, multi-colored work that has two triangles that form an entrance way on one side.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Los Angeles, CA, 1939 - )
- Accession Number
- 2012/1.274
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Title
- Balanced/Unbalanced
- Artist
- Fletcher Benton
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1931
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1984
- Accession Number
- 2004/2.2
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Title
- Bust of a Satyr
- Artist
- Massimiliano Soldani Benzi
- Physical Description
- This small bust-length figure represents a mustached satyr turning his head toward his left. He wears an animal skin tied at his right shoulder over his bare chest. The liquid character of the cast bronze admirably captures the rippling muscles of the satyr's chest and the flowing curls of his hair and the animal pelt.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1656-1740
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1695
- Accession Number
- 1970/1.193
- Medium and Support
- bronze on wood base
- Title
- Untitled
- Artist
- Harry Bertoia
- Physical Description
- bronze abstract sculpture
- Artist Life Dates
- 1915-1978
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1915-1958
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.117
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Title
- Bush
- Artist
- Harry Bertoia
- Artist Life Dates
- 1915-1978
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1966
- Accession Number
- 2005/2.29
- Medium and Support
- welded bronze rods
- Title
- Requiem
- Artist
- Erwin Binder
- Physical Description
- bronze abstract sculpture
- Artist Life Dates
- 1934-1993
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1988
- Accession Number
- 2004/2.107
- Medium and Support
- bronze on concrete
- Title
- Sixtus V (obverse); Ponte Felice (reverse)
- Artist
- Nicolo Bonis
- Artist Life Dates
- (active 1580 - 1592)
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1589
- Accession Number
- 1986/1.170
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Title
- Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
- Artist
- Victor Brenner
- Artist Life Dates
- 1871-1924
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1907
- Accession Number
- 1967/2.16
- Medium and Support
- bronze relief mounted on marble
- Title
- Temple bell with twin crocodile handle and undeciphered inscription
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Burma
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.236A-C
- Medium and Support
- bronze with gilt decor
- Title
- Temple bell with handle of a pair of addorsed lions and a dragon
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Burma
- Physical Description
- Bronze temple bell with traces of polychrome, text, and lowermost handle in shape of a pair of addorsed lions. A decorated post threads through the space created by the back-to-back lions, on which an additional handle decorated with addorsed dragons is thread. The open space created between the dragons' connecting tails is where part of a frame would pass through, suspending the bell above the ground. This type of bell does not have a metal clapper, and is rung by striking with a wooden stick.
- Century
- Early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1907
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.237A-C
- Medium and Support
- bronze with traces of polychrome
- Title
- Study for the Italian Girl II
- Artist
- Reg Butler
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1913
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1960
- Accession Number
- 1960/2.149
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Title
- Mantel clock with a priestess and Cupid offering a sacriffice to Venus
- Artist
- Joseph Buzot
- Physical Description
- The dial of this elaborately decorated clock stands upon a two-tiered base. The lower tier consists of a hollow base made of ebony and adorned with a frieze of gilded bronze scrollwork and palmette motifs. The upper tier, made entirely of gilded bronze, features six fluted pilasters with a decorative panel centered on the front below the dial. This panel is composed of a pair of doves touching beaks before a crossed quiver of arrows and a flaming torch framed by leaves. A woman in long flowing robes stands to the right of the dial and empties a small cup onto a dove held by a winged putto who lies on a rocky projection. Behind the dove burns a fire on a small altar inscribed "Altar of Venus" [Autel à Venus].
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1780
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.82
- Medium and Support
- gilded bronze, ebony, porcelain, and glass
- Title
- Buddha, seated in the ardha padmasana pose, in dhyana mudra
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Cambodia (Khmer)
- Century
- Late 11th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa late 11th century
- Accession Number
- 1974/2.31
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Title
- Four seated Buddhas, in dhyana mudra
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Cambodia (Khmer)
- Physical Description
- A molded and incised relief sculpture of four seated Buddhas, on a dais with floral rosette motifs.
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.152
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Title
- Ritual Conch with Stand
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Cambodia (Khmer)
- Physical Description
- A ritual object for use in royal and religious cermonies, this bronze is cast by the lost wax process in the shape of a conch, with an intricately decorated surface. The tripod stand, which may not be of the same date, is has three coiling serpentine legs that end in stylized naga (serpent) heads with cobra-like fans.
- Century
- 12th-13th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century - 13th century
- Accession Number
- 2003/1.387A&B
- Medium and Support
- bronze with malachite patina
- Title
- Standing Female Figure, probably a Hindu Goddess
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Cambodia (Khmer)
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.456
- Medium and Support
- bronze