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Peonies and Rock; Kumashiro Yûhi

Title: Peonies and Rock
Artist: Kumashiro Yûhi
Physical Description: Peonies in full bloom grow as if from a rock or tree stump. A calligraphic inscription is on the left side.
Artist Life Dates: (Nagasaki, 1713? - 1772)
Century: third quarter of the 18th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1750-1772
Accession Number: 1978/2.59
Medium and Support: hanging scroll, ink on paper
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Credit Line: Museum purchase, Acquisition Fund

Calligraphy; Kameda Bôsai

Title: Calligraphy
Artist: Kameda Bôsai
Physical Description: A long hanging scroll with stamps in the top right and middle left of the scroll. The five lines of characters are very shaky.
Artist Life Dates: 1752-1826
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1823
Accession Number: 1975/1.65
Medium and Support: ink on silk
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Credit Line: Museum purchase, Acquisition Fund

Padmasambhava in Yabyum (Divine Union); Tibet

Title: Padmasambhava in Yabyum (Divine Union)
Artist: Tibet
Physical Description: A woodblock print on paper; the block was quite worn when the print was made, resulting in an impression of poor quality.
Century: 20th century?
Object Creation Date: 20th century (?)
Accession Number: 1973/1.808B
Medium and Support: woodcut on paper
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Credit Line: Museum purchase, Acquisition Fund

Two Women Playing with Chrysanthemums: a page from a book of poetry; Katsukawa Shunshô

Title: Two Women Playing with Chrysanthemums: a page from a book of poetry
Artist: Katsukawa Shunshô
Artist Life Dates: 1726 - 1792
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: late 1760 - early 1770
Accession Number: 1978/2.53
Medium and Support: full color woodblock print (nishiki e) on paper, from an illustrated book (ehon)
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Credit Line: Museum purchase, Acquisition Fund

Buddha, seated in the ardha padmasana pose, in dhyana mudra; Artist Unknown, Cambodia (Khmer)

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
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Credit Line: Museum purchase, Acquisition Fund

Adze; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Adze
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Object Creation Date: 1027 BCE - 771 BCE
Accession Number: 1960/2.105
Medium and Support: translucent green nephrite with black striations
relevance: rank 2.50657
Credit Line: Museum purchase from the collection of Max Loehr

Bi disk; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Bi disk
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Object Creation Date: 206 BCE - 220 CE
Accession Number: 1960/2.96
Medium and Support: white nephrite
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Credit Line: Museum purchase from the collection of Max Loehr

Bead (1 of a set of 5); Artist Unknown, China

Title: Bead (1 of a set of 5)
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Object Creation Date: 1027 BCE - 256 BCE
Accession Number: 1960/2.99
Medium and Support: jade
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Credit Line: Museum purchase from the collection of Max Loehr

Handle or Pendant; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Handle or Pendant
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Object Creation Date: 1027 BCE - 256 BCE
Accession Number: 1960/2.112
Medium and Support: brownish-green nephrite
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Credit Line: Museum purchase from the collection of Max Loehr

Symbol of Earth (Ts'ung); Artist Unknown, China

Title: Symbol of Earth (Ts'ung)
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Object Creation Date: 1027 BCE - 771 BCE
Accession Number: 1960/2.115
Medium and Support: green nephrite with brown patches
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Credit Line: Museum purchase from the collection of Max Loehr

Adze; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Adze
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Object Creation Date: 1027 BCE - 771 BCE
Accession Number: 1960/2.103
Medium and Support: blue-gray nephrite
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Credit Line: Museum purchase from the collection of Max Loehr

Reading "The Book of Changes" at a Pavilion in Autumn; Zhang Hong [Chang Hung]

Title: Reading "The Book of Changes" at a Pavilion in Autumn
Artist: Zhang Hong [Chang Hung]
Physical Description: Inscription: … painted at Mr. Zhu’s Plum Hut Studio in the winter of 1639. Zhang Hong of Suzhou; Two seals of the artist; One collector’s seal; A solitary scholar, dwarfed by the surrounding autumnal landscape, seated inside a pavilion as he contemplates the ancient classic, The Book of Changes.
Artist Life Dates: 1577 - after 1668
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 1639
Accession Number: 1978/2.60
Medium and Support: hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
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Credit Line: Museum purchase, Special Acquisitions Fund

Handle with 'leaf' pattern; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Handle with 'leaf' pattern
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Object Creation Date: 1027 BCE - 771 BCE
Accession Number: 1960/2.114
Medium and Support: light green nephrite
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Credit Line: Museum purchase from the collection of Max Loehr

Dagger-axe (Ko); Artist Unknown, China

Title: Dagger-axe (Ko)
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 15th-11th century BCE
Object Creation Date: 1523 BCE -1028 BCE
Accession Number: 1960/2.118
Medium and Support: gray green nephrite jade
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Credit Line: Museum purchase from the collection of Max Loehr

Stone sword (point broken); Artist Unknown, Korea

Title: Stone sword (point broken)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Korea
Physical Description: Stone sword with broken point. Short in length
Century: 9th century BCE - 8th century BCE
Object Creation Date: 9th century BCE - 8th century BCE
Accession Number: 1960/2.117
Medium and Support: gray stone
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Credit Line: Museum purchase from the collection of Max Loehr

Chisel; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Chisel
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Object Creation Date: 2500 BCE - 1600 BCE
Accession Number: 1960/2.106
Medium and Support: black pitted stone
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Credit Line: Museum purchase from the collection of Max Loehr

Chûshingura nidanme juichimai tsuzuki [A Scene from Act Two of the Treasury of Loyal Retainers, one of eleven sheets]; Katsukawa Shunshô

Title: Chûshingura nidanme juichimai tsuzuki [A Scene from Act Two of the Treasury of Loyal Retainers, one of eleven sheets]
Artist: Katsukawa Shunshô
Artist Life Dates: 1726-1792
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: circa late 1770
Accession Number: 2004/2.145
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
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Credit Line: Museum purchase made possible by Mary Palmer

Adze; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Adze
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Object Creation Date: 1027 BCE - 771 BCE
Accession Number: 1960/2.122
Medium and Support: gray stone with black striations
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Credit Line: Museum purchase from the collection of Max Loehr

Bead (1 of a set of 5); Artist Unknown, China

Title: Bead (1 of a set of 5)
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Object Creation Date: 1027 BCE - 256 BCE
Accession Number: 1960/2.101
Medium and Support: light brown marble
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Credit Line: Museum purchase from the collection of Max Loehr

Yue (ceremonial axe); Artist Unknown, China

Title: Yue (ceremonial axe)
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Object Creation Date: 2300 BCE - 1700 BCE
Accession Number: 1960/2.121
Medium and Support: hardstone
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Credit Line: Museum purchase from the collection of Max Loehr

Chisel; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Chisel
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 9th-6th century BCE
Object Creation Date: 9th century BCE - 7th century BCE
Accession Number: 1960/2.108
Medium and Support: brown mottled stone
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Credit Line: Museum purchase from the collection of Max Loehr

Zoomorphic pendant; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Zoomorphic pendant
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description: jade pendent with zoomorphic design, with abstract representation of animal form, possibly a bird. Notchs on the edge and worn relief carvings on the surface indicate that the pendant was probably recarved from a broken jade object from an earlier era.
Century: 16th-11th century BCE
Object Creation Date: circa 1300 BCE - circa 1100 BCE
Accession Number: 1960/2.95
Medium and Support: creamy green nephrite with black streaks
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Credit Line: Museum purchase from the collection of Max Loehr

Bead (1 of a set of 5); Artist Unknown, China

Title: Bead (1 of a set of 5)
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Object Creation Date: 1027 BCE - 256 BCE
Accession Number: 1960/2.98
Medium and Support: jade
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Credit Line: Museum purchase from the collection of Max Loehr

Chisel; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Chisel
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Object Creation Date: 1027 BCE - 256 BCE
Accession Number: 1960/2.111
Medium and Support: light green nephrite
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Credit Line: Museum purchase from the collection of Max Loehr

Ge (halberd); Artist Unknown, China

Title: Ge (halberd)
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description: the ceremonial degger-axe replicate in jade a common bronze weapon of the Shang dynasty called ge. It has a wide blade with a sharp point at one end and a plain, rectangular tang on the other.
Object Creation Date: 1600 BCE - 1100 BCE
Accession Number: 1960/2.110A&B
Medium and Support: green nephrite with mottling
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Credit Line: Museum purchase from the collection of Max Loehr

Adze; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Adze
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Object Creation Date: 1027 BCE - 771 BCE
Accession Number: 1960/2.102
Medium and Support: translucent light green nephrite
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Credit Line: Museum purchase from the collection of Max Loehr

Dragon pendant; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Dragon pendant
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description: Highly stylized depiction of dragon design with tiger head, lower right portion broken off
Century: 13th-11th century BCE
Object Creation Date: circa 1300 BCE - circa 1100 BCE
Accession Number: 1960/2.113
Medium and Support: dark brown hard stone with white calcification
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Credit Line: Museum purchase from the collection of Max Loehr

Miniature Disk (Xuanji); Artist Unknown, China

Title: Miniature Disk (Xuanji)
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 15th-11th century BCE
Object Creation Date: 1523 BCE - 1028 BCE
Accession Number: 1960/2.116
Medium and Support: light brown marble
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Credit Line: Museum purchase from the collection of Max Loehr

Father and Son Reunited: a scene from Utsubo Monogatari [Tales of a Hollow Tree]; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Father and Son Reunited: a scene from Utsubo Monogatari [Tales of a Hollow Tree]
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1820
Accession Number: 2004/2.146
Medium and Support: color woodblock print with gauffrage (blind printing) and silver pigment on paper
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Credit Line: Museum purchase made possible by Mary Palmer

Adze; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Adze
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Object Creation Date: 1027 BCE - 771 BCE
Accession Number: 1960/2.104
Medium and Support: translucent white nephrite
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Credit Line: Museum purchase from the collection of Max Loehr

Dagger-axe (Ko); Artist Unknown, China

Title: Dagger-axe (Ko)
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description: ceremonial jade ge dagger-axe, pointed blade on one end and squared tang for hafting on the other. It was broken and mented in the middle. Traces of cinnabar, red mercury sulfide, remain on the jade surface, indicating it probably came from a Shang elite burial in China. The jade material was probably fire treated to create the bony look.
Century: 16th-12th century BCE
Object Creation Date: 1600 BCE - 1100 BCE
Accession Number: 1960/2.119
Medium and Support: heat-treated jade
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Credit Line: Museum purchase from the collection of Max Loehr

Bead (1 of a set of 5); Artist Unknown, China

Title: Bead (1 of a set of 5)
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Object Creation Date: 1027 BCE - 256 BCE
Accession Number: 1960/2.100
Medium and Support: light brown marble
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Credit Line: Museum purchase from the collection of Max Loehr

Hoe; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Hoe
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Object Creation Date: 9th century BCE - 7th century BCE
Accession Number: 1960/2.120
Medium and Support: jade? or stone?
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Credit Line: Museum purchase from the collection of Max Loehr

Stéphane Mallarmé (No. 1); James McNeill Whistler

Title: Stéphane Mallarmé (No. 1)
Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Physical Description: This image is a portrait of a seated man with short hair, mustache and goatee. There is no indication of surroundings, although the sitter must be near a wall, as his figure casts a shadow behind him to the right.
Artist Life Dates: 1834-1903
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1892
Accession Number: 1993/2.34
Medium and Support: transfer lithograph on chine collé
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Credit Line: Museum purchase made possible by Mildred R. Hartsook

Chisel; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Chisel
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Object Creation Date: 1523 BCE
Accession Number: 1960/2.107
Medium and Support: brown mottled stone
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Credit Line: Museum purchase from the collection of Max Loehr

Ring (Huan); Artist Unknown, China

Title: Ring (Huan)
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 3rd century BCE
Object Creation Date: 771 BCE - 256 BCE
Accession Number: 1960/2.94
Medium and Support: nephrite (jade)
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Credit Line: Museum purchase from the collection of Max Loehr

Bead (1 of a set of 5); Artist Unknown, China

Title: Bead (1 of a set of 5)
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Object Creation Date: 1027 BCE - 256 BCE
Accession Number: 1960/2.97
Medium and Support: stone (marble)
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Credit Line: Museum purchase from the collection of Max Loehr

Chisel; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Chisel
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Object Creation Date: 1027 BCE - 771 BCE
Accession Number: 1960/2.109
Medium and Support: nephrite
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Credit Line: Museum purchase from the collection of Max Loehr

Samson and Delilah; Georg Pencz

Title: Samson and Delilah
Artist: Georg Pencz
Artist Life Dates: ca. 1500 - 1550
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1531-1532
Accession Number: 1999/2.21
Medium and Support: engraving on paper
relevance: rank 2.47961
Credit Line: Museum purchase made possible by the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund

Firescreen from the entrance hall of the Henry O. Havemeyer house, New York; Louis Comfort Tiffany

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Title: Firescreen from the entrance hall of the Henry O. Havemeyer house, New York
Artist: Louis Comfort Tiffany
Physical Description: Firescreen consists of a rectangular metal frame with glass and metal elements set in rectangular (largely geometric) framing patterns around a central panel of white and purple vertical glass rods. Along the bottom is a border of white, amber, and green glass circular elements in a more naturalistic pattern evoking grapes.
Artist Life Dates: 1848-1933
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1890-1891
Accession Number: 1986.146.10
Medium and Support: gilt metal and opalescent favarile glass
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Credit Line: University purchase 1930, transferred to the Museum of Art

Portrait of a Gentleman; Maurice-Quentin de La Tour

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Title: Portrait of a Gentleman
Artist: Maurice-Quentin de La Tour
Physical Description: A middle age man in a powdered wig is shown in a bust-length portrait against an undifferentiated blue background. In addition to the wig, he is wearing a mauve silk coat, orange waistcoat, and ruffled white shirt. His shoulders are in profile to the viewer, but the sitter turns his head and looks in the direction of the viewer. The expression is one of great intelligence, wit and even humor.
Artist Life Dates: 1704-1788
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1750
Accession Number: 1999/1.92
Medium and Support: pastel on paper
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Credit Line: Museum purchase made possible by the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund

Mountain Hut among Pines; Ôhara Tonshû (Donshû)

Title: Mountain Hut among Pines
Artist: Ôhara Tonshû (Donshû)
Physical Description: Primarily black and grey ink painting. Signature stamp in the lower right side of the image. Background contains mountains and a river runs from them down to the base of the image. A small hut or structure is shown next to the cliff and some trees on the left side. A figure of a person stands near the river at the base of the image.
Artist Life Dates: died 1857
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1831-1844
Accession Number: 1985/2.27
Medium and Support: hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
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Credit Line: Museum purchase made possible by a gift from Helmut Stern