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- Title
- Raffia Square
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1994/1.82
- Medium and Support
- knotted, dyed and woven raffia
- Title
- Leaf from a manuscript of the Qur’an in Maghribi script
- Artist
- African, North Africa
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century (?)
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.195.2
- Medium and Support
- ink with touches or red, ochre, and green on paper
- Title
- Eight Views of Edo Suburbs: Fishing Boats Returning to Gyôtoku
- Artist
- Andô Hiroshige
- Physical Description
- The pyramid shaped hills in the background of this print are those of the boiling houses and salt piles of Gyôtoku’s salt industry. A ferry boat, or watashi-bune, carries passengers in the foreground of this picture. In this print a shipman steers using the large rudder located in the back of the boat.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797-1858
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1835-1842
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.138
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- Title
- Famous Views of the 60-odd Provinces: #9 The Tennô Festival at Tsushima in Owari Province
- Artist
- Andô Hiroshige
- Physical Description
- This piece depicts boats decorated with lanterns, the evening sky and festivities. The shore is lined with teahouses set up for the event. The title for the print is located in the upper right corner in a red box.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797-1858
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1853-1856
- Accession Number
- 1960/2.144
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- Title
- One Hundred Famous Views of Edo: #107 Fukagawa, Susaki and the Jumantsubo Plain
- Artist
- Andô Hiroshige
- Physical Description
- This vertical print frames a view of a landscape with an up close view of a bird in the upper right corner that takes up about thirty percent of the image.
- The viewer is positioned alongside the bird, circling the sky above the twin peaks of a mountain. A crate floats in the water below while smaller birds flocking around it. Snow covers the ground.
- The signature and title markings are in the upper right corner, and in the middle along the left side above the landscape.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797-1858
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1856-1857
- Accession Number
- 1960/2.143
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- Title
- The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Tate-e Edition): #38 Fujikawa
- Artist
- Andô Hiroshige
- Physical Description
- A village by a lake is shown in the snow. Several travelers are walking in the streets. The snow is steadily fallling and covers their hats, the roofs of the houses, the trees and the mountains. The title is in the upper right corner in a red box.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797-1858
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1855
- Accession Number
- 1960/2.142
- Medium and Support
- full color woodblock print (nishiki e)
- Title
- The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tôkaidô (Hôeidô edition): #16 Night Snow at Kambara
- Artist
- Andô Hiroshige
- Physical Description
- In this print, sophisticated use of soft lines, rounded forms, dark sky, and subtle tones convey the utter silence and weariness of the figures as they trudge through the night-time snow near Kambara. Writing is centered at the top of the image, as well as aloong the bottom left wide with a seal. Three figures walk through the snow.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797-1858
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1833-1834
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.122
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- Title
- The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tôkaidô (Tate-e Edition): #11 Hakone, Crossing the Pass at Night
- Artist
- Andô Hiroshige
- Physical Description
- Several travelers are walking up along the mountain path. Some carry heavy goods, and some hold touches. There are trees on the edge of the road. A river flows below cut a steep-sided canyon between the two mountains. The title is written in the red box on the right side of the print, and there is also a yellow box next to it and a red box on the lower left side.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797-1858
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1855
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.133
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- Title
- Eight Views of Ômi: #1 Evening Snow on Mount Hira
- Artist
- Andô Hiroshige
- Physical Description
- The snowy mass of Mount Hira rises behind a snow-covered village and clumps of bamboo by an inlet of Lake Biwa. The attendant poem in the upper left corner reads:
- He who would see the beauty of the evening on the peaks of
- Hira must behold it after the snows have fallen and before the
- flowers are fully blown.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797-1858
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1834
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.134
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- Title
- Eight Views of Ômi: #2 Night Rain at Karasaki
- Artist
- Andô Hiroshige
- Physical Description
- Vertical lines stream downward across the print indicate torrents of rain. The dark color pallette and black strip across the top indicate that the image is set at night. A giant tree on an island looms over the image, surrounded by water. A poem in the upper left corner reads:
- "Elsewhere will they talk of the music of the evening breeze
- that has made the pine of Karasaki famous; the voice of the
- wind is not heard through the sound of the rain in the night."
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797-1858
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1834
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.135
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- Title
- The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Hoeido Edition) #46 Shono, A Sudden Summer Shower
- Artist
- Andô Hiroshige
- Physical Description
- Skewed lines stream downward across the print indicate torrents of rain. The trees near the pathway are blown over by the strong storm. Several travelers with hats and parasols are struggling to walk up along the path under the extreme weather.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797-1858
- Object Creation Date
- 1831-1834
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.195
- Medium and Support
- woodblock print on paper
- Title
- The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tôkaidô (Kichizo Edition): #54 Otsu
- Artist
- Andô Hiroshige
- Physical Description
- A view of bearers and attendants and four sailboats moored at a stone pier. A small lighthouse is located near the pier, and in the distance is a mountain range. The sky is tinged red, and writing is located in the upper right corner and lower left side. Title in red box in upper right corner.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797-1858
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1850
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.326
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- Title
- Mercurius in the Vessel
- Artist
- Richard Anuszkiewicz
- Physical Description
- Concentric lines of bright red alternate with lines of blue and green to create an optical illusion of receeding squares. The juxtaposition of these colors also creates an appearance of intersecting orange lines and hues of purple.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1930
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1963
- Accession Number
- 1988/1.137
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- Title
- My Daddy Bought Me A Government Bond of the Third Liberty Loan - Did Yours?
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1917-1919
- Accession Number
- 1954/2.35.119
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- Title
- Hammock Reader
- Artist
- Milton Avery
- Physical Description
- Painting depicting a featureless female figure, in tones of aqua and light blue extending across the center of the canvas in a light gray hammock. There is a bright white shape, perhaps a book, in the middle of the figure. Behind the figure, the rest of the composition is organized in horizontal sections. At top, a yellow sky; below that are two gently-curved mountains in dark brown, followed by two horizontal planes of color in tan and light brown.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1885 - 1965
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1951
- Accession Number
- 1974/2.37
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- Title
- St. Simon
- Artist
- Jacques Bellange
- Physical Description
- This black and white print has a vertical format with a single standing figure. The figure, shown in profile, has the right arm upraised with palm up. He is wearing voluminous drapery and has a halo and bare feet. There is a long bladed saw on the ground beside him.
- Artist Life Dates
- (flourished 1602 - 1617)
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1616-1620
- Accession Number
- 1992/2.1
- Medium and Support
- etching on laid paper
- Title
- Blue Planes
- Artist
- Ilya Bolotowsky
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1907
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1968
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.408
- Medium and Support
- acrylic on canvas
- Title
- Landscape with Venus and Cupid Riding on a Car
- Artist
- Giulio di Antonio Bonasone
- Physical Description
- Venus and Cupid are seen sitting in a chariot pulled by two swans that are embraced by two putti. Behind is a landscape with towns and houses.
- Artist Life Dates
- (active 1531 - 1574)
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1531-1574
- Accession Number
- 1960/2.130
- Medium and Support
- etching and engraving on paper
- Title
- Summer Windows #2
- Artist
- Louis Bunce
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1907
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1946
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.44
- Medium and Support
- serigraph on paper
- Title
- Corselet Bearers
- Artist
- Giulio Campagnola
- Physical Description
- This print shows a procession of men walking from right to left across the foregound of the picture.They are dressed in short tunics and have laurel wreaths on their heads and some have swords.Some carry poles on which there are breast plates and helmets and some are holding litters piled with furniture, vessels and cups. There is an elephant that is partially shown at the far left.The background area is blank.
- There are traces of additional diagonal hatching marks that had been added at a later date; those lines have been removed.
- Artist Life Dates
- ca.1482-1515
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1498
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.534
- Medium and Support
- engraving on laid paper
- Title
- Orchids and Red Rock
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien, Liu Yantao, Gao Yihong
- Physical Description
- A rough, red rock seems to grow out of the hillside, almost as organically as the orchids growing next to it. Calligraphic text is in the upper left corner.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1980
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.132
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper
- Title
- Solitary Leisure in a Quiet Pavilion
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien
- Physical Description
- This L-shaped composition uses soft yet bright colors to depict a curving road through rolling green mountains covered with the varing red tones of autumn trees. A solitary figure sits in a pavillion, and the scene is obscured by wisps of white clouds.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1906-1987
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1974
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.108
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
- Title
- Watching Geese
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien
- Physical Description
- This landscape makes use of the wide range of tones possible from black ink and water. A man stands in a mountain clearing, gazing at geese in the distance. Calligraphic text is written vertically in the upper left corner.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1906-1987
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- last quarter of 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.124
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- Title
- Lone Rooster Summons the Spring
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien
- Physical Description
- The Rooster is singled out by its expressive outlining brushwork and the vibrant red color of the comb. Its decorative flavor is also enhanced by using a specific type of paper called “cloud-dragon paper” (yunlong zhi), as the pattern of décor resembles motifs of cloud and dragon. Vertical calligraphic text in in the upper left corner.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1906-1987
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1981
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.112
- Medium and Support
- ink and color on paper
- Title
- Summer Cactus
- Artist
- Eduardo Arcenio Chavez
- Artist Life Dates
- 1917-1995
- Century
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/1.75
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- Title
- Boating on a River in Autumn
- Artist
- Chen Huan (Ch'en Huan)
- Physical Description
- A lone boatman appears from behing the rocks, looking forward. Above him and slightl foregrounded arches a tree, and behind him lay a series of trees and rocks. Black dots are used to accent the rocks, and repeating patterns indicate leaves on trees. Red seals are in the lower left and lower right corners, and a third is at the end of the block of calligraphic text at top right.
- Artist Life Dates
- early 17th century
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1596
- Accession Number
- 1976/1.224
- Medium and Support
- album leaf matted to frame, ink on gold paper
- Title
- Calligraphy, One of a Pair
- Artist
- Chen Shu-chen
- Physical Description
- Vertical hanging scroll of calligraphic text consisting of five Chinese characters in black ink. One of a pair.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1908-2000
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- last quarter of 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.130.1
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- Title
- Calligraphy, One of a Pair
- Artist
- Chen Shu-chen
- Physical Description
- Vertical hanging scroll of calligraphic text consisting of five Chinese characters in black ink, with artist signature and seal. One of a pair.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1908-2000
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- last quarter of 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.130.2
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- Title
- Double-gourd wucai wall vase, Wanli Era (1573-1619) mark and period
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- Porcelain bottle vase of double gourd design, flat on reverse side. Here, in the upper (heavenly) lobe, a pair of phoenixes is shown flying among clouds, while in the lower (earthly) realm, two phoenixes face each other in a garden setting.
- Century
- 16th-17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1573-1620
- Accession Number
- 1979/2.12
- Medium and Support
- Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze enamel decoration
- Title
- Blue-and-white double-gourd wall vase, Wanli Era (1573-1619) mark and period
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- Porcelain bottle vase of double gourd design, flat on reverse side with a slot for hanging on the wall, possibly inside the chamber of a royal sedan chair. Dragon motif is represented on both the upper lobe and the lower one.
- Century
- 16th-17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1573-1620
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.13
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue decoration
- Title
- Butterflies and Peach Blossoms
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1832
- Accession Number
- 1980/1.220A
- Medium and Support
- fan mounted as an album leaf, ink and color on paper
- Title
- Covered funerary jar in the shape of a lotus bud, with molded and incised design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 11th century
- Object Creation Date
- 10th century
- Accession Number
- 1961/2.87A&B
- Medium and Support
- Stoneware with celadon glaze
- Title
- Longquan ware covered jar with peony scroll design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- Covered jar of celadon glaze, body decorated with peony scroll, with base decorated with lotus petals. The circular contours of a peony scroll have been slightly compressed to complement the squat belly of the jar.
- Century
- 14th century
- Object Creation Date
- 14th century
- Accession Number
- 1962/1.101A&B
- Medium and Support
- Porcelaneous stoneware with molded decoration under celadon glaze
- Title
- Mountain village among pines and white clouds
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- This fan painting shows a mountain village teeming with activity. The peaceful scene provides a glimpse at daily life, depicting villagers pushing carts of goods and traveling into and out of town, sometimes on horseback. The eye follows this lively village of white buildings and tan roofs as it weaves its way up the mountain slope to what appears to be a royal dwelling or city center capped with emerald green rooftops and enveloped by rolling white clouds.
- Object Creation Date
- 1368-1644
- Accession Number
- 1965/2.59
- Medium and Support
- fan mounted as hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
- Title
- Longquan ware incense burner
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- incense burner with straight neck, spherical shaped body and three short legs, celadon glaze have crackles all over and incised hatch line design on lower body
- Century
- 15th-16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 15th century
- Accession Number
- 1993/1.108
- Medium and Support
- porcelaneous stoneware with crackled celadon glaze
- Title
- Yaozhou ware bowl with incised design of three fish in a pond
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- a northern celadon bowl of conical shape, incised with abstract depictions of fish and waves on interior, small ring foot
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century - 13th century
- Accession Number
- 1950/2.16
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with incised and combed decoration under celadon glaze
- Title
- Vase with "sang de boeuf" glaze
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- vase with spherical shaped body and straight, cylinder-like neck, deep red glaze known as Ji-hong, or ox-blood red.
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1662-1722
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.90
- Medium and Support
- Porcelain with copper red glaze
- Title
- Summer Robe
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1989/2.57
- Medium and Support
- embroidered hemp
- Title
- Woman's Summer Jacket
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1989/2.58
- Medium and Support
- embroidered silk
- Title
- One of Four-panel Screen Depicting the Seasons
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1982/2.41.1
- Medium and Support
- iron with wood frame
- Title
- One of Four-panel Screen Depicting the Seasons
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- late 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1982/2.41.2
- Medium and Support
- iron with wood frame
- Title
- One of Four-panel Screen Depicting the Seasons
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1982/2.41.3
- Medium and Support
- iron with wood frame
- Title
- One of Four-panel Screen Depicting the Seasons
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1982/2.41.4
- Medium and Support
- iron with wood frame
- Title
- Hunping (spirit jar)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- Jar with grey-green celadon glaze; top half of vessel is filled with an assortment of figures, birds, and architectural elements in a tiered arrangement.
- Century
- 3rd century
- Object Creation Date
- 3rd century
- Accession Number
- 2000/1.39
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with celadon glaze
- Title
- Ancestral Portrait, Male
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- This late Qing portrait depicts an official in his formal court costume.
- Century
- late 19th - early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1875-1920
- Accession Number
- 2002/1.218.1
- Medium and Support
- ink, color and gold on paper
- Title
- Ancestral Portrait: Female in Manchu Court Costume
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- This is a portrait of a Manchu woman in her semiformal costume.
- Century
- late 19th - early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1875-1920
- Accession Number
- 2002/1.218.2
- Medium and Support
- ink, color and gold on paper
- Title
- Black Pottery Tripod Jar
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- Li tripod beaker, with a cylindrical body flares out at the rim, and expands organically in its lower half to rest on three udder-shaped legs. It appears to have been dipped into black slip and burnished to produce a smooth, shiny surface.
- Object Creation Date
- 2200 BCE - 1600 BCE
- Accession Number
- 2003/2.22
- Medium and Support
- grey earthenware
- Title
- Proto-Yue Ware Chicken-Headed Ewer
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- Green-glazed ewer with spout in the shape of a chicken's head and handle in the form of a dragon's head and neck
- Century
- 4th-5th c
- Object Creation Date
- 317-420
- Accession Number
- 2005/2.92
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with celadon glaze
- Title
- Jamaica Bay
- Artist
- Frederic Edwin Church
- Physical Description
- Horizontal landscape of a misty harbor view with several small boats in distance near center
- Artist Life Dates
- 1826 - 1900
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1865
- Accession Number
- 1985/1.98
- Medium and Support
- oil on paper laid on canvas
- Title
- Mythological Figures from the Judgment of Paris: Juno, no. 1 out of a series of
- Artist
- Adriaen Collaert
- Physical Description
- A dark, densely figured decorative background surrounds a central round space containing a nude woman holding a staff before an expansive landscape. At her feet is a striding peacock.
- Artist Life Dates
- c.1560-1618
- Century
- 16th-17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1560-1618
- Accession Number
- 1960/2.32
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper