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- Title
- Rice Cake Mold
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.299
- Medium and Support
- porcelain
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- A Votive plaque depicting the Buddha seated in dhyana mudra, and flanked by two stupas
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- A small, thin, molded clay plaque with a bas-relief scene.
- Century
- 7th-9th century
- Object Creation Date
- 618-907
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.23
- Medium and Support
- terracotta, molded
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Two men mounted on a donkey (miniature folk bronze)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.142B
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Blue-and-white water dropper with landscape design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- It is simple in shape, like a donut but with a sharply trimmed rim in the manner of a metal vessel. The hole in the middle is believed to be a symbol of Eastern philosophy. Designs are painted on the surface in cobalt blue pigment.
- Century
- 17th–18th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 17th century - early 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1965/2.57
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue underglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Animals of the Zodiac (pair with 2003/1.383.2)
- Artist
- Yoshikawa Kôkei
- Physical Description
- The animals are presented in zodiac sequence, from right to left: mouse, ox, tiger, hare, dragon, serpent, horse, goat, monkey, chicken, dog, and boar. The eight-fold screen allows the animals to seem to walk across the space. Negative space plays a significant role in the screen, creating a place for the animals to exist and at the same time extending into the room.
- Artist Life Dates
- active 1920's
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1924
- Accession Number
- 2003/1.383.1
- Medium and Support
- one of a pair of six-fold screens, ink and color on silk
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Majiayao Shallow Bowl with painted "flowing water" design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China, Majiayao Culture
- Physical Description
- Bowl-shaped ceramic vessel with bold swirling designs painted in black against a neutral background.
- Artist Life Dates
- 2600 BCE - 2300 BCE
- Century
- 32nd c bce - 29th c bce
- Object Creation Date
- 3290 BCE - 2880 BCE
- Accession Number
- 2005/2.89
- Medium and Support
- earthenware with black slip painted decoration
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Netsuke of seated Hotei
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.33
- Medium and Support
- ivory
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Jian Ware Teabowl
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 13th century
- Object Creation Date
- 13th century
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.440
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with mottled black-and-brown glaze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Standing Parvati
- Artist
- Artist Unknown India, Tamil Nadu, Pudukottai Workshop
- Physical Description
- Parvati stands on a tiny base with little feet in a strict unbending stance. The body is elongated with a small waist, the hips billowing out and tapering in a stylized way to the feet. He has broad shoulders, pointy breasts that fall quite low in the chest and has two arms holding a bowl in her right one and a lotus flower in her left. She wears a d simple tight fitting skirt decorated with incised lines and a corded belt that falls down the center of her body with five rows of cords falling from the center and wrapping around her legs creating a fishbone pattern. She wears necklaces with added pendants on her shoulders and her coiffure is tied in a chignon on the right side at the back of her head wearing a headdress that has decorations that cascade down both shoulders. Like the accompanying Shiva figure she has large eyes and what appear to be two sets of eyebrows, but the tikka on her forehead is of a flame shape.
- Century
- 15th-16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 15th century - 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.127
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Plum Blossoms and Bird
- Artist
- Qi Baishi (Ch'i Pai-shih)
- Physical Description
- A black crow is seated on a plum branch above calligraphic text and cascades of open blossoms.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1864 - 1957)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1930
- Accession Number
- 1949/1.192
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- 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
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Vishnu and Attendant Figures with Flame Arch
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, North or Central India
- Object Creation Date
- 14th century - 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.79
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Box with Double-Dragon Design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- Lacquered wooden box with inlaid mother-of-pearl in double-dragon design. The heads of each dragon stretch diagonally inward from opposite corners of the box, with wide eyes and open mouths. Their bodies curve in and out of the top plane of the box, creating an opposing effect with symmetrical balance. The dragons reach forward towards a flaming orb in the center of the box, called a cintamani, or Buddhist wish-granting jewel. Among the dragons are swirling cloud designs made of inlaid nacre and copper wire.
- Century
- 18th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 18th century - early 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2007/2.8
- Medium and Support
- lacquered wood with mother-of-pearl, tortoise shell, and copper wire inlays
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Sancai ware standing figure of a Central Asian groom
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 7th-11th century
- Object Creation Date
- 618-907
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.67
- Medium and Support
- earthenware with sancai (three-color) glaze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- "Tiger pot" (urinal)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- It is a urinal earthware. There is a everted mouth on the round body. It is unglazed.
- Century
- 7th-10th century
- Object Creation Date
- 668-935
- Accession Number
- 1984/2.8
- Medium and Support
- stoneware, unglazed
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Rock crystal snuff bottle with landscape scene
- Artist
- Zhou Luoyuan (Chou Lo-yüan)
- Artist Life Dates
- act. 1885-1910
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1895-1910
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.149
- Medium and Support
- rock crystal and ivory
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Chinese New Year's Poster
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1940s
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.382
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Still Life with Asparagus and Lemon
- Artist
- Hamaguchi Yôzô
- Artist Life Dates
- (1909 - 2000)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1957
- Accession Number
- 1958/1.132
- Medium and Support
- mezzotint on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Saga brocade obi with woven designs of poetry-inscribed fans
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Light mauve silk with appliqued Saga brocade patches of gold fans with calligraphic poetry on them. The calligraphy has been brushed on paper with gold flecks (sunago). which is the weft of the Saga brocade; brown silk thread is the warp. Partially backed with a different silk, a taupe with deliberately knotted weft; reamainder backed with plain-weave taupe silk.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1940s-1950s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.335
- Medium and Support
- silk with appliquéd Saga brocade patches
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Mirror
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Object Creation Date
- 960-1279
- Accession Number
- 1974/1.226
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Book case
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Iran
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1865-1866
- Accession Number
- 1984/2.1
- Medium and Support
- leather with gold tooling
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Jade ornamental snuff bottle
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1912-1949
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.17
- Medium and Support
- jadeite
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Vishnu Stele, four-armed Vishnu with two of his attributes personified
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- Vishnu stand in a strict unbending pose, samabhanga and has four hands. Reading clockwise from the front right hand, he holds lotus, a club, a discus and a conch. The lotus and conch are also personified with full standing figures at the base below his tow front hands, the lotus as a female figure to his right and the conch as a male figure to his left. On the pointed arch behind the figure a flying figure holding garlands is carved in shallow relief to either side of his crown. He wears a diaphanous lower cloth, the folds of the garment are articulated with a flared section down the center. He wears a long garland down to his knees, a sacred thread and various pieces of jewelry, including bracelets, armlets, a necklace and large earrings and an elaborate crown.
- Century
- 10th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 10th century
- Accession Number
- 2003/1.385
- Medium and Support
- black schist
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Incense Container in the Shape of a Ginko Leaf
- Artist
- Kôyama Kiyoko
- Physical Description
- This incense burner is composed of two equal halves. It opens to be used for incense storage, and takes the shape of a ginko leaf. The glaze gives the piece a red color.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1936
- Object Creation Date
- circa 2000
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.216
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with natural ash glaze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Snuff bottle with painted hunt scene on interior of glass
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1885-1910
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.150
- Medium and Support
- glass with ivory stopper
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Pedestal Bowl with Cover
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- The convex lid has on its top a long knob which has three square perforations. The lid is decorated with vertical rows of gouged dots. The dish with a slightly inward-flaring and upright mouth is rather flat. The long and astragal-shaped foot is divided into two sections, each bearing three trapezoid perforations at alternating positions and decorated with wave design.
- Century
- 5th-6th century
- Object Creation Date
- 5th century - early 6th century
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.168A&B
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with stamped decoration
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- 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
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Figures from Chinese History: Zhang Tianqi Calling in the Cranes
- Artist
- Huang Shen
- Physical Description
- Paper mounted on aqua silk. There are two figures present, and a large crane (bird). The central figure, Zhang Tiangi, has his arms uplifted, while a less important figure is depicted with his back to the viewer and is slightly hunched over. There is a crane with a red crown behind these two figures. The colors are muted. There is calligraphy in the upper left hand corner of the painting, complete with two red seals.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1687-1766
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1687-1766
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.158
- Medium and Support
- album leaf, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Formal mauve crested kimono with painted palace scene
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Mauve (adzuki iro) silk damask in woven T-diaper pattern (sayagata) with yûzen painted and stenciled gold designs. Upper lining is double-layered white silk; below is self-lined (mauve-kimono silk).
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1975
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.381
- Medium and Support
- mauve silk damask with woven diaper pattern and gold designs
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Bowl with carved lotus petals design
- Artist
- Kiln Unknown, Vietnam
- Physical Description
- A rounded bowl, its lower two-thirds carved as a lotus blossom centered on the foot of the bowl, with two bands of double incised lines around the rim area. The pale yellow-brown glaze is worn in some areas. Five spur marks inside.
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1991/1.97
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with yellow green glaze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Temmoku ware teabowl shard with mottled brown flecks on olive-brown ground
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 10th-13th century
- Object Creation Date
- 960-1279
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.344
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with tenmoku (?) glaze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Short necked Ewer
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 4th millenium BCE
- Object Creation Date
- 4000 BCE - 3000 BCE
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.278
- Medium and Support
- earthenware
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Album of Letters and Sketches, with Poet Portrait as frontispiece (28 pages)
- Artist
- Sakai Hôitsu
- Physical Description
- An album of 28 pages. Cover is brown with a faded image at the center, possibly of leaves on an off-white background. The inside of the album primarily contains hand-written text, though some of the text has faded images in the background, and some of the pages are completely images. The first page depicts a seated man in formal attire. and across from him is a seperate painting of a landscape with green mountains. Other images contained within are of various topics with various colors and styles.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1761-1828
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1800-1828
- Accession Number
- 1968/2.55
- Medium and Support
- album, ink, color and gold leaf on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Rose quartz snuff bottle
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1912-1949
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.35
- Medium and Support
- quartz
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Durga as slayer of the Buffalo Demon (Mahishasuramardini), with a flame halo
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1976/2.47
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- The Qilin Brings Sons (Pair with 1989/2.159)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1989/2.160
- Medium and Support
- woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Storage jar on cut-out pedestal foot
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- It was common in the Gyeongju area, capital of the Silla Kingdom. The jar has a globular body, neck with straight sides and a little straight pedestal foot. Thick ridges encircle the mid upper part of the body and the lower and middle parts of the neck. The lower two sections of the neck are embellished with a delicate wave pattern. The low pedestal foot features eight square perforations at even intervals.
- Object Creation Date
- circa 500
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.184
- Medium and Support
- stoneware
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- White Clouds
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien
- Physical Description
- Cloudy mountain scene with calligrapic text in the upper right corner.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1972
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.126
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- 'Cypripedium Goliath,' from 'A Record of an Orchid Collection'
- Artist
- Ikeda Zuigetsu
- Physical Description
- Yellow and white flower on a grey background. The bloom is in the upper right hand with a bud situated behind it. The base of the stem and the leaves are located on the bottom portion of the image.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1877-1944
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1958
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.371.40
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Sample of Sanskrit Writing
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 17th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century - 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2006/2.30
- Medium and Support
- woodblock print on metallic-flecked paper
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Autumn Colors at Mount Yu
- Artist
- Wang Hui
- Artist Life Dates
- 1632-1717
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1700
- Accession Number
- 1966/2.30
- Medium and Support
- ink and color on silk
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Vase with "tea dust" glaze and plum blossom branch handles
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.193
- Medium and Support
- Porcelain with "tea dust" celadon glaze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- 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 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Calendar
- Artist
- Serizawa Keisuke
- Artist Life Dates
- 1895-1984
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1962
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.48.12
- Medium and Support
- color print (kataezome) on handmade mulberry paper
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Coral snuff bottle
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1825-1900
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.53
- Medium and Support
- coral with glass and brass
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Shiva Shrine (one of three) (small folk bronze)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan
- Century
- 16th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1979/2.51
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Hagi ware flower vase
- Artist
- Miwa Jusetsu
- Physical Description
- It is a vertically long, rectangular shaped vase. The body is slightly tilted; its four corners are shaved from the top to the bottom. The clay color is orange-yellow; the body is glazed with porous, milky white ash glaze. The bottom edge of the body and the bottom are unglazed. It has no foot.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1910
- Century
- Mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1960
- Accession Number
- 1963/2.65
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with feldspar and ash glaze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Double-walled celadon bowl
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 14th-17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1368-1644
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.78
- Medium and Support
- Porcelain with celadon glaze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Roof Tile-End with Floral Medallion Design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- Earthenware roof tile-end with molded floral pattern.
- The floral medallion on this tile-end consists of bosanghwa(Buddhist floral pattern) motifs which has four heart-shaped petals. The rim is decorated with a chain of beads.
- Century
- 8th-9th century
- Object Creation Date
- 8th century - 9th century
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.200
- Medium and Support
- earthenware with molded decoration
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Chyrsanthemum and Bamboo, from the Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1955/1.66
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)