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- Title
- Blue-and-white bowl, Wanli Era (1573-1620), w. I Ching symbols & stylized clouds
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 16th-17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1573-1620
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.112
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue underglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 1.28204
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- scientific concepts
- vessels
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- Title
- Tsuba (sword guard) with eight family crests
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Circular tsuba, made of iron. Inside an exterior circle, eight smaller circles are placed with the same spacing. The eight circles are connected to the exterior circle as well as to the three center holes where kôgai, blade, and kozuka are placed. Each of the eight circles have a different family crests. The openwork technique seen here is called "marubori" (round carving). The surface is slightly textured by minute stippling.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.7
- Medium and Support
- iron and gold
- relevance
- rank 1.28166
- Secondary Keywords
- biological components
- buildings and the land
- components
- components and systems
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- descriptors
- design elements
- edged weapon components
- heraldic motifs
- herbaceous plants
- landscapes (environments)
- motifs
- natural landscapes
- plant components
- settlements and landscapes
- trees (components)
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- weapon components
- woody plants
- Title
- Blue-and-white charger, Kangxi reign (pair with UA2002.16)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 17th -18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1662-1722
- Accession Number
- UA2002.17
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue underglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 1.28140
- Secondary Keywords
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- dishes
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- platters
- pottery (object genre)
- serving dishes
- stoneware
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Master (Su) Tongbo in a Straw Hat and Sandals
- Artist
- Feng Chaoran (Feng Chao-an)
- Physical Description
- Master Su Tongpo, in a hat stands in a natural arched rock formation, turning his head slightly to stare into the distance. He holds his robes in left hand, and a cane in his right.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1882-1954
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1st half of 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.117
- Medium and Support
- ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.28140
- Secondary Keywords
- accessories worn on the head
- accessories worn on the legs or feet
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- descriptors
- footwear
- footwear by form
- headgear
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- settlements and landscapes
- Title
- Blue-and-white charger, Kangxi reign (Pair with UA2002.17)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 17th -18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1662-1722
- Accession Number
- UA2002.16
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue underglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 1.28140
- Secondary Keywords
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- dishes
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- platters
- pottery (object genre)
- serving dishes
- stoneware
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- St. Michael Vanquishing Satan
- Artist
- H. J. Hatfield
- Artist Life Dates
- active 1840s
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1884
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.84
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 1.28072
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- demons
- descriptors
- edged weapons
- figures
- inorganic material
- making art
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects we use
- painting
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- religion
- religious figures
- reptiles and amphibians
- saint
- spears (weapons)
- spears by form
- staff weapons
- subject matter
- the natural world
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Baby Seated on Table
- Artist
- Mike Disfarmer
- Physical Description
- An infant seated on a table, facing the side and his head turned towards the camera.
- Artist Life Dates
- American, 1884 - 1959
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1940
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.31
- Medium and Support
- vintage gelatin silver contact print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.28041
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- objects we use
- offspring
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by family relationship
- photographic processes
- photography and photographic processes and techniques
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Baby in Wire Baby-Holder Seated on Table
- Artist
- Mike Disfarmer
- Physical Description
- An infant is seated on a wire baby-holder and leans slightly to the viewers left.
- Artist Life Dates
- American, 1884 - 1959
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1940
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.19
- Medium and Support
- vintage gelatin silver contact print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.28041
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- objects we use
- offspring
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by family relationship
- photographic processes
- photography and photographic processes and techniques
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Visualization of the poem, 'Lake, Mountain, Willow Tree and Mist'
- Artist
- Nukina Kaioku
- Artist Life Dates
- (Tokushima, Shikoku, 1778 - 1863, Kyoto)
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 19th century - mid 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.25
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on satin
- relevance
- rank 1.28038
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- asia
- asian
- atmospheric effects
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- forms
- geography
- houses
- inorganic material
- locality
- making art
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects
- plants
- religious buildings
- religious structures
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- text-based art
- the natural world
- Title
- Dancing Pears
- Artist
- Billie Mercer
- Physical Description
- Eight pears in a row, some on their sides, some standing up.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1936
- Object Creation Date
- 1997
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.161
- Medium and Support
- argyrotype on Cranes parchment
- relevance
- rank 1.28003
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- food
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- support furniture
- Title
- Fat Pear - Vertical
- Artist
- Billie Mercer
- Physical Description
- One large pear in the front, a row of pears in the background. The edges of the paper have a brushed effect.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1936
- Object Creation Date
- 1997
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.162
- Medium and Support
- argyrotype on Cranes parchment
- relevance
- rank 1.28003
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- food
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- support furniture
- Title
- Untitled
- Artist
- Robert Arthur Goodnough
- Physical Description
- A mass of small, colorful brush strokes.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1917 - 2010
- Object Creation Date
- 1975
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.60
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 1.28003
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- painting and painting techniques
- painting techniques
- painting techniques by medium
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- Title
- Orchid and Colophon
- Artist
- Shitao (Shih-t'ao)
- Physical Description
- The painting depicts an orchid on the left, with calligraphical texts on the right-hand half. Paper is faded, and ink is black.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1642-1707
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1644-1707
- Accession Number
- 1955/2.12
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.27981
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- flowers (plants)
- herbaceous plants
- image-making processes and techniques
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- writing (processes)
- 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 1.27896
- 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 1.27896
- 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
- Rue Des Toiles a Bourges
- Artist
- Charles Meryon
- Physical Description
- Paper size: lh 26 7/10cm & rh 26 2/5cm x tw 17 1/2cm & bw 17 9/10cm. Plate size: h 22 3/10cm x tw 11 1/2cm & bw 11/3/5cm. Image size: rh 20 7/10cm & lh 20 4/5cm x tw 11 1/2cm & bw 11 3/5cm.
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.385
- Medium and Support
- etching on brown wove paper
- relevance
- rank 1.27896
- Secondary Keywords
- centre (region)
- cher (department)
- descriptors
- europe (continent)
- france (nation)
- geographic and political locations
- image-making processes and techniques
- intaglio printing processes
- objects we use
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- printing processes
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- An Urn Decorated with a Mascaron, Rams' Heads Supporting a Garland between Shells, and Cloven Hoofs for Feet
- Artist
- Anonymous Italian
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1959/2.52
- Medium and Support
- graphite, pen and bistre ink with gray wash
- relevance
- rank 1.27862
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- biological components
- combination inorganic/organic animal material
- combination inorganic/organic material
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- mammals
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects
- sheep
- shell and shell material
- study
- the human body
- the natural world
- upper body
- vessels
- 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 1.27854
- 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
- Title
- Embroidered Child's Collar
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1900
- Accession Number
- 1985/1.140
- Medium and Support
- embroidered silk
- relevance
- rank 1.27799
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- needleworking
- needleworking and needleworking techniques
- objects we use
- people and occupations
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- textile processes and techniques
- textile working processes and techniques
- Title
- Silk Embroidery, One of 5 fragments of a waistcoat
- Artist
- Anonymous French
- Artist Life Dates
- ()
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1700-1770
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.267B
- Medium and Support
- satin silk weave backed with taffeta leather linen and silk blue and chenille embroidery
- relevance
- rank 1.27799
- Secondary Keywords
- costumes
- descriptors
- medium
- needleworking
- needleworking and needleworking techniques
- objects we use
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- textile processes and techniques
- textile working processes and techniques
- Title
- Silk Brocade (Obi?)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1955/1.203
- Medium and Support
- padded and double folded tan, dark blue, brown and gold silk brocade
- relevance
- rank 1.27799
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- drapery
- medium
- needleworking
- needleworking and needleworking techniques
- objects we use
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- textile processes and techniques
- textile working processes and techniques
- Title
- Silk Embroidery, One of 5 fragments of a waistcoat
- Artist
- Anonymous French
- Artist Life Dates
- ()
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1700-1770
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.267A
- Medium and Support
- satin silk weave, backed with leather taffeta linen and blue and chenille embroidery
- relevance
- rank 1.27799
- Secondary Keywords
- costumes
- descriptors
- medium
- needleworking
- needleworking and needleworking techniques
- objects we use
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- textile processes and techniques
- textile working processes and techniques
- Title
- Silk Embroidery, One of 5 fragments of a waistcoat
- Artist
- Anonymous French
- Artist Life Dates
- ()
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1700-1770
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.267C
- Medium and Support
- satin silk weave backed with taffeta leather linen and silk blue and chenille embroidery
- relevance
- rank 1.27799
- Secondary Keywords
- costumes
- descriptors
- medium
- needleworking
- needleworking and needleworking techniques
- objects we use
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- textile processes and techniques
- textile working processes and techniques
- Title
- Embroidery fragments (flowers)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1998/2.36.3
- Medium and Support
- silk thread embroidery on silk
- relevance
- rank 1.27799
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- needleworking
- needleworking and needleworking techniques
- plants
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- textile processes and techniques
- textile working processes and techniques
- the natural world
- Title
- Embroidery fragments (flowers)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1998/2.36.1
- Medium and Support
- silk thread embroidery on silk
- relevance
- rank 1.27799
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- needleworking
- needleworking and needleworking techniques
- plants
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- textile processes and techniques
- textile working processes and techniques
- the natural world
- Title
- Sketch of Two Scenes with Male Figures
- Artist
- Jean Louis Forain
- Physical Description
- This sheet contains sketches for two different unidentified scenes. The upper scene depicts a square-jawed, mustachioed man standing in front of a railing or counter. Two figures, suggested only by their contours, lean upon the rail or counter from the other side. Between them appears an unidentified object. The lower scene represents two men standing on a platform. The nearer figure, wearing shorts, bends forward to lift something. Another, larger objects sits in front of him. Behind him stands a figure in a long coat. This second figure seems to address the heads of an audience behind and below the platform.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1852-1931
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1875-1931
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.500
- Medium and Support
- graphite on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.27787
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- drawing and drawing techniques
- groups of people
- groups of people by activity
- image-making processes and techniques
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- Title
- Golddust Spoon
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.364
- Medium and Support
- hammered brass
- relevance
- rank 1.27787
- Secondary Keywords
- culinary equipment
- culinary equipment by function
- culinary equipment for serving and consuming food
- descriptors
- equipment
- equipment by context
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- tools and equipment
- utensils for serving food
- Title
- Bracelet
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, West Africa
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 1986/1.174
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 1.27787
- Secondary Keywords
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- descriptors
- jewelry
- jewelry by location
- jewelry worn on arms and hands
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects of adornment
- objects we use
- Title
- Miniature jar with cover, decorated with figures of boy acrobats
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1825-1912
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.160
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue underglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 1.27762
- Secondary Keywords
- asia (continent)
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for personal use
- containers for smoking and tobacco use
- descriptors
- geographic and political locations
- object genres
- object genres by material
- 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
- Title
- Blue-and-White Covered Jar with floral scroll design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 18th century?
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century (?)
- Accession Number
- 2005/2.90A&B
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue underglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 1.27726
- Secondary Keywords
- ceramics
- closures
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- container components
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- design elements
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- pottery (object genre)
- stoneware
- vessels
- Title
- Athens - Altar of Dionysus in Theatre
- Artist
- Anonymous Italian?
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1865
- Accession Number
- 1980/1.162
- Medium and Support
- albumen print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.27603
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- architecture
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- europe
- faces
- inorganic material
- locality
- materials
- materials by composition
- mythology
- objects
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- rock
- rock by form
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Prairie
- Artist
- Walter Darby Bannard
- Physical Description
- Abstract print of green, grey, tan and white.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1934
- Object Creation Date
- 1971
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.362
- Medium and Support
- serigraph and silkscreen on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.27584
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- people and culture
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Day Lily and Bulb
- Artist
- Li Shan
- Artist Life Dates
- 1686 - after 1762
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1686 - after 1760
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.31
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.27547
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- herbaceous plants
- image-making processes and techniques
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- plants
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Smoke Rings
- Artist
- Donald Sultan
- Physical Description
- Square black and white photograph depicting wisps of smoke and a smoke ring that float against a black backdrop.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1951
- Object Creation Date
- 2005
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.471
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.27522
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- objects we use
- photographic processes
- photographic techniques
- photography and photographic processes and techniques
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Indian Terracottas
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Physical Description
- A terracotta shard that has a hole through one end.
- Object Creation Date
- n. d.
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.139
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- relevance
- rank 1.27507
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- south asian
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Smiling Woman
- Artist
- Mike Disfarmer
- Physical Description
- Portrait of a woman from the waist up, smiling at the camera. She wears a short sleeved collared shirt with two dark buttons up the front center.
- Artist Life Dates
- American, 1884 - 1959
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1940
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.18
- Medium and Support
- vintage gelatin silver contact print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.27507
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- photography and photographic processes and techniques
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Buddhist Surplice
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1950-1959
- Accession Number
- 1998/1.144
- Medium and Support
- patchwork silk brocade, with ivory ring
- relevance
- rank 1.27507
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- costume
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in religion
- people in religion and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious (people)
- Title
- Netsuke of a child holding a lantern (pair with 2002/2.30)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.31
- Medium and Support
- paint, gilding and lacquer on wood
- relevance
- rank 1.27501
- Secondary Keywords
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- descriptors
- form attributes
- 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
- Netsuke of a man and badger
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.27
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 1.27501
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- descriptors
- form attributes
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
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- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Sword (original) and later handle, sword guard, and scabbard
- Artist
- Ietsugu
- Physical Description
- The sword is long and slightly curved; the handle cover is wrapped with black cords, mostly worn out. The round tsuba (sword guard) is made of steel and has two holes. The scabbard is painted with lacquer and has a string for hanging. There is a pair of lion-shaped menuki (fitting) on the handle.
- Artist Life Dates
- (active Ôei era, 1394 - 1427)
- Century
- 14th-15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1394-1427
- Accession Number
- 1973/2.87
- Medium and Support
- forged steel blade and lacquer
- relevance
- rank 1.27474
- Secondary Keywords
- cases (containers)
- coating (material)
- coating by composition or origin
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- edged weapon components
- edged weapons
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- sheaths
- weapon components
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Food is Ammunition--Don't Waste It
- Artist
- John E. Sheridan
- Artist Life Dates
- 1880-1948
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1917-1918
- Accession Number
- 1954/2.35.86
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.27473
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- armed conflicts
- army
- atmospheric effects
- declaratory and advertising artifacts
- descriptors
- events
- horsemen
- information artifacts
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- information forms
- mammals
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- materials by function
- military
- modern and contemporary art
- objects
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- people and culture
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- plants
- text-based art
- the natural world
- world wars
- Title
- Daphnis and Chloe
- Artist
- Anonymous
- Physical Description
- This work depicts a lively outdoor scene in pen and ink with grey wash and pink and blue watercolor. The setting is replete with lush foliage and populated by several figures and animals. A nude female figure stands holding onto a slender fruit tree looking over a body of water in which a winged boy wades holding his hands to his head. Another nude female figure is shown seated on the right holding a dog tied to a leash. Two playful birds and another winged boy are shown in the bottom foreground.
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.217
- Medium and Support
- pen and ink, wash and watercolor on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 1.27473
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- design elements
- figure- and animal-derived motifs
- figures (representations)
- inorganic material
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- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
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- visual works by subject type
- woody plants
- Title
- Food is Ammunition--Don't Waste It
- Artist
- John E. Sheridan
- Artist Life Dates
- 1880-1948
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1917-1918
- Accession Number
- 1954/2.35.86.1
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.27473
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- armed conflicts
- army
- atmospheric effects
- declaratory and advertising artifacts
- descriptors
- events
- horsemen
- information artifacts
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- materials
- materials by function
- military
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- objects
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- people and culture
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- plants
- text-based art
- the natural world
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- Title
- Shallow open box with three compartments, adorned with women's faces
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Iran
- Physical Description
- An open box with three components. It is made of earthenware and has blue and black decorations depicting female faces.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1957/1.99
- Medium and Support
- earthenware with blue and black underglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 1.27469
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- biological components
- borders (ornament areas)
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- containers
- descriptors
- design elements
- geographic and political locations
- heads
- middle east (general region)
- object genres
- object genres by material
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- ornament areas
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- the human body
- upper body
- Title
- Harlequin Inkwell with porcelain clown, "D&P" 5406
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- A porcelain inkwell in the shape of a clown. The clown is sitting with his arms around his legs. He is wearing a green costume with a light purple ruff, trimmed in black.
- Object Creation Date
- 1875-1975
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.275
- Medium and Support
- porcelain
- relevance
- rank 1.27406
- Secondary Keywords
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for writing equipment
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by material
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- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
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- people in the humanities
- people in the performing arts
- performing artists
- pottery (object genre)
- stoneware
- Title
- Dark green kimono with wax-resist white lines
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- White silk crepe with mottled green ground and white lines achieved through hand-applied discharge paste (hako roketsu). Lining is plain weave silk, white above and green below.
- Century
- second half of 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1985
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.388
- Medium and Support
- white silk with tye-dyed mottled green ground and wax resist white lines
- relevance
- rank 1.27406
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- costume
- costume by form
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- main garments
- objects we use
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by location or context
- photographic processes
- photography and photographic processes and techniques
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- salted paper processes
- Title
- Day Lily, one of a pair of album leaves
- Artist
- Jin Nong (Chin Nung)
- Physical Description
- Ink on paper. Foliage and calligraphy.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1687 - 1764
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1754-1756
- Accession Number
- 1996/2.29
- Medium and Support
- album leaf, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.27406
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- asian
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- forms
- herbaceous plants
- image-making processes and techniques
- landscapes (environments)
- making art
- natural landscapes
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Mountain Landscape with Boat
- Artist
- Totoki Baigai
- Physical Description
- A landscape of mountains with a boat at the bottom. A calligraphical poem lies above the mountain.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1749-1804
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.256
- Medium and Support
- watercolor and ink on paper, silk and paper backing, wooden scroll ends
- relevance
- rank 1.27388
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- settlements and landscapes
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- watercraft
- watercraft by general type
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Swallow's Mouth Cave
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien
- Physical Description
- A view, perhaps from inside a cave, that provides a glimpse of a small strech of highway through mountainous terrain. A river flows below, cutting a path between the mountains.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1978
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.109
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.27388
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Ali Mountain Based on Sketches - 6
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien
- Physical Description
- One of six hanging scrolls in a series depicting the landscape of Ali Mountain, trees and hillside are shown below calligraphic text. The artist uses alternating wet ink washes for the misty clouds and dry flying-brushes for the large pine trees
- Artist Life Dates
- (Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1965
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.141
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.27388
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
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- materials
- materials by function
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- paintings by form
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- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique