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Title
White celadon bowl with incised diamond pattern
Artist
Takuo Katô
Physical Description
The large white bowl is round with a wide rim and a narrow bottom; almost like an up-side-down cone shape. Diamond patterns are stamped around the middle of the body. It has no foot. The rim is slightly warped.
Artist Life Dates
1917-2005
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1960
Accession Number
1963/2.68
Medium and Support
Porcelain with white celadon glaze
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
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Title
Incense Container in the Shape of a Flower
Artist
Kôyama Kiyoko
Physical Description
Flower shaped incense container consisting of two halves, which open horizontally. The top of the container has a subtle flower pattern that compliments the shape of the container and appears to have been stamped on the top. The color is a dark red on the very top of the container, with the color transitioning to a lighter reddish orange for the rest of the container.
Artist Life Dates
born 1936
Object Creation Date
circa 2000
Accession Number
2010/1.219
Medium and Support
stoneware with natural ash glaze
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
Title
Imari fish plate with paintings of phoenix and hollyhock
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1850
Accession Number
2002/2.13
Medium and Support
porcelain, blue underglaze and enamel overglaze
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
Title
Camel
Artist
Utagawa Kuniyasu
Physical Description
This double-leaf print depicts two camels and accompanying foreign trainers or performers in fringed clothing, with ballooning pants and dark boots. Some of the performers play instruments, while others tend to the camels. Above both pages is writing by calligrapher Santô Kyôden describing the camels and their tour of Japan around 1821.
Artist Life Dates
1794-1832
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1824?
Accession Number
1969/2.91
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
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Title
Crested kimono with elaborate floral wax resist designs (hageito, nandina, biwa, camelia, daffodils, omoto, plums, thistles) against crackled pink-on-taupe ground, with embroidery in metallic threads
Artist
Minagawa Gekka
Physical Description
It is a pink silk crepe kimono with wax-resist patterns, hand-painted design and metallic threads embroidery. The kimono is in full length and has elongated sleeves. The fabric is dyed with pink, leaving the family crest under the collar and the floral design part white. The red scale pattern is added using wax-resist technique. Then the design of multiple kinds of plants is hand-painted with white, red, yellow, and pale and blue green colors. There are mix of fall and winter flowers and trees: nandin on the left sleeve, plum, chrysanthemums, thistles, amaranths, camellias and narcissus on the front and back, makino (Chloranthus glaber, with red berries) and more camellias on the right sleeve. Embroidery is added in various metallic threads around the contours of flowers and leaves.
Artist Life Dates
1892-1987
Century
mid-20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1950
Accession Number
2005/1.357
Medium and Support
crepe silk with wax-resist pattern, hand-painted designs, and embroidery
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
Title
Netsuke of man tossing demon-repelling beans, while a demon hides behind a screen
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
19th century
Accession Number
2002/2.39
Medium and Support
ivory
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
Title
Cymbidium No. 49, from 'A Record of an Orchid Collection'
Artist
Ikeda Zuigetsu
Physical Description
Multiple green flowers with fuschia and yellow accents flank the right side of the image. Dark green leaves mirror the flowers on the left hand side.
Artist Life Dates
1877-1944
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1958
Accession Number
1983/1.371.43
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
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Title
Spring Landscape
Artist
Nakanishi Kôseki
Physical Description
A lone man walks along a mountain path on the bottom left, hunched over perhaps under a load he carries. He seems to be approaching a hut along the water's edge partially blocked from the viewer by tall trees. The path continues to wind up the mountain, and spoked circular designs indicate what may be a series of bridges. Lines of calligraphy and seals are in the upper left corner.
Artist Life Dates
1807-1884
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1852
Accession Number
2010/2.28
Medium and Support
sumi ink on paper
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
Title
Black Nagoya-style obi with appliquéd pathces woven in varied designs
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description
Black plain-weave satin with appliqued patches in abstract geometric shapes, with woven floral, geometric, and landscape designs.
Century
mid-20th century
Object Creation Date
1930s-1950s
Accession Number
2005/1.341
Medium and Support
black satin with appliqued woven patches
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
Title
Tsuba-carver at his workbench
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1810-1830
Accession Number
1954/1.473
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
Title
Flowers and Grasses
Artist
Watanabe Shikô
Physical Description
Realistic flowers and grasses, painted with vivid colors on a hanging scroll.
Artist Life Dates
1683-1755
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
1st half of 18th century
Accession Number
1964/2.65
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
Title
Dark purple kimono with overall jacquard woven pattern of chrysanthemums in dark brown, silver, and gold
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description
Silk crepe repp with interwoven brown and silver- and gold-colored synthetic metallic threads in the design of chrysanthemum blossoms. Lining is plain weave silk for upper half; purple for lower half and inner cuffs.
Century
mid-20th century
Object Creation Date
1930s-1950s
Accession Number
2005/1.393
Medium and Support
silk crepe with interwoven brown and silver- and gold- coated threads
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
Title
Bowl with Spout
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Century
4th millenium BCE
Object Creation Date
4000 BCE - 3000 BCE
Accession Number
1987/1.285
Medium and Support
earthenware
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
Title
Mizusashi (cold water jar for the tea ceremony)
Artist
Seifû Yohei III
Artist Life Dates
1854-1914
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1893-1914
Accession Number
1954/1.515A&B
Medium and Support
porcelain with celadon glaze and inlaid white slip design
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
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Title
Obi
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description
Gray obi with light blue wavy design that looks like a river with dark blue ripples. White flower petals float alongside the river, and so do five designs that appear to be hooded cloaks or pieces of cloth.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
2009/1.543
Medium and Support
silk
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
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Title
Set of Male Kimono, Undergarment
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Object Creation Date
early 20th century
Accession Number
2009/2.102.3
Medium and Support
silk
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
Title
Stacked cylindrical container for oil (the smaller of two), from a bridal trousseau
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Century
17th-19th century
Object Creation Date
1615-1867
Accession Number
1955/1.164A-C
Medium and Support
wood with black, red, and gold lacquer
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
Title
Small four-lobed white bowl (mukôzuke; 1 of 8; with 1954/1.481-487)
Artist
Seifû Yohei III
Artist Life Dates
1854-1914
Century
Late 19th-early 20th century
Object Creation Date
1880s-1914
Accession Number
1954/1.488
Medium and Support
Porcelain with clear glaze
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
Title
Writing Box (Suzuri-bako)
Artist
Ogata Kôrin
Physical Description
An elegant writing box, which originally came with a paperknife, a water-dropper, and a stone for grinding the ink. Black laquer with poetic motifs formed out of abalone shells, gold, silver and corroded lead.
Artist Life Dates
(Kyoto, 1658 - 1716)
Century
17th-18th century
Object Creation Date
1661-1716
Accession Number
1942.7
Medium and Support
black and gold lacquer on wood
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
Title
Netsuke of merchant with a birdcage, accompanied by a young boy
Artist
Japan, Signature undeciphered, possibly Mizudome
Artist Life Dates
20th century
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1st half of 20th century
Accession Number
2002/2.41
Medium and Support
ivory
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
Title
Ivory snuff bottle in the shape of an equestrian figure
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1912-1949
Accession Number
1980/2.79
Medium and Support
polychrome paint on ivory
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
Title
Gasshôzukuri Farmhouses in Snow
Artist
Saitô Kiyoshi
Physical Description
A native of Sakamoto in Fukushima Prefecture, the artist here depicts his far northern hometown with the snow-covered imagery to present a view of traditional Japan in a innovative and modern way.
Artist Life Dates
(active 1907 - 1997)
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1958
Accession Number
1994/2.4
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
Title
Part of a set of cosmetic boxes: Round box (large, squat) with cover (mended)
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Century
17th-19th century
Object Creation Date
1615-1867
Accession Number
1955/1.165
Medium and Support
black, red and gold lacquer on wood
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
Title
Edo Meisho: Ochanomizu
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
A snow scene of the canal. Snow covers the house roofs, the boat shelters, and the trees. Three travelers in blue robes are walking in the snow, two of them are carrying umbrellas.
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1853
Accession Number
1948/1.142
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
Title
Yatsuhashi (iris and haiku poem)
Artist
Sakaki Hyakusen
Artist Life Dates
1698-1753
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
1st half of 18th century
Accession Number
1969/1.105
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink on paper
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
Title
Groom and Rider
Artist
Katsushika Hokusai
Physical Description
A man is shown riding a horse, with a sword tucked into his belt. He is wearing a simple-styled premodern garment and a cap. Both the man and the horse seem tired, with their bodies bending forward and heads drooping.
Artist Life Dates
1760 - 1849
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
mid 19th century
Accession Number
1969/2.141
Medium and Support
ink on paper
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
Title
One of a Pair of Straw Shoes
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
early 20th century
Accession Number
1988/1.146.2
Medium and Support
straw
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
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
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
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Title
Calendar
Artist
Serizawa Keisuke
Artist Life Dates
1895-1984
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1962
Accession Number
2010/2.48.10
Medium and Support
color print (kataezome) on handmade mulberry paper
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
Title
From "Souvenirs of Travels," third series
Artist
Kawase Hasui
Physical Description
A man stewards a narrow boat carrying a passenger along a river. The houses and walls alongside reflect on the river's surface. The sky is nearly covered by gray clouds, but small patches of blue sky shine through.
Artist Life Dates
1883-1957
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1924
Accession Number
1987/1.267
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
Title
Silk and Cotton Brocade or Damask
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Object Creation Date
n.d.
Accession Number
1955/1.208
Medium and Support
dark blue, green, and white silk brocade
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
Title
Snow Scene in Ueno Park
Artist
Takahashi Hiroaki
Physical Description
Snow falls during a night scene in Ueno Park, located in the Tokyo area. Weary, snow-heavy travelers trek through the scene. One may be heading into a shop to have something warm to eat, while the other heads towards a small bridge and a red torii gate topped with snow. A pine tree arches in from the left corner and arches over the scene, framing the park against the gray, snow-dotted sky.
Artist Life Dates
1871-1944
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1920s
Accession Number
1982/2.23
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
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Title
Large Jar
Artist
Kôyama Kiyoko
Physical Description
This large jar is ovular in shape, with four lines carved across its horizontal axis periodically. The jar shape turns inward from the third line from the bottom. where the fourth line serves as the base of the neck of the jar opening. The natural ash glaze is not applied evenly, but looks as ip it dripped down the sides of the jar in some areas.
Artist Life Dates
born 1936
Object Creation Date
circa 2000
Accession Number
2010/1.212
Medium and Support
stoneware with natural ash glaze
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
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Title
Imari Fluted Bowl
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
19th century
Accession Number
UA2002.6
Medium and Support
porcelain, blue underglaze and enamel overglaze painting
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
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Title
Sea Shells on a Table
Artist
Hamaguchi Yôzô
Physical Description
The upper two-thirds of the brint are dominated by black, while the lower area depicts a variety of seashells on a checkerboard black and white cloth.
Artist Life Dates
1909-2000
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
2010/2.31
Medium and Support
black and white litho print on paper
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
Title
Summer
Artist
Matsubayashi Keigetsu
Physical Description
Image of a green mountain range that snakes from the lower right of the image to the upper right. The lower right of the image is further embellished with several detailed trees. Slightly lower and to the left of center is a small hut with a white figure standing on the porch.
Artist Life Dates
Yamaguchi Pref., 1876-1963
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
Autumn 1922
Accession Number
1961/2.2
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
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
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
Title
Cymbidium Okagami, from 'A Record of an Orchid Collection'
Artist
Ikeda Zuigetsu
Physical Description
Pink and yellow orchids on a light green background. The flowers are arranged so that the descend from the upper right corner to the lower left. There are three long grass-like leaves in the background in the lower half of the image.
Artist Life Dates
1877-1944
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1958
Accession Number
1983/1.371.6
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
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Title
Oban Triptych (Right Side) Sawamura Ujûrô II as Toneri Matsuômaru (???) in the play Sugawara denju tenarai kagami
Artist
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Physical Description
One of a set of three Japanese woodblock prints. Depicts a samurai in preparation to fight, includeds captions in Japanese.
Artist Life Dates
1797-1861
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1849-1853
Accession Number
2011/2.199.3
Medium and Support
woodblock print on paper
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
Title
Poem in Running Script
Artist
Murase Taiitsu
Physical Description
This calligraphy is executed in ink on paper. There are a total of three red seals present in the piece, one in the upper right hand corner, and two towards the left center of the piece. The calligraphy is very strong and forceful, with broad, well defined strokes. The work is mounted on golden silk.
Artist Life Dates
(1804 - 1881)
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
19th century
Accession Number
1977/1.185
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink on paper
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
Title
Black Nagoya-style obi in sateen weave (shusu) with embroidered plum blossom designs
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description
Black silk damask with interwoven paulownia pattern; plum blossoms embroidered in solver, gold, and gunmetal gray metallic threads, and persimmon, brown, and black silk threads.
Century
mid-20th century
Object Creation Date
1930s-1950s
Accession Number
2005/1.331
Medium and Support
silk damask with woven pattern and metallic thread embroidery
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
Title
'Coelogyne Dayana var. Grandifola,' from 'A Record of an Orchid Collection'
Artist
Ikeda Zuigetsu
Physical Description
Single plant with mulitple flowers (red, cream and yellow). Flowers located left and center in the frame with leaves concentrated on the right.
Artist Life Dates
1877-1944
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1958
Accession Number
1983/1.371.75
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
Title
Black saga brocade zôri (shoes)
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description
Black silk damask with interwoven black lacquered threads that create a shiny effect in the light. Marked "Shizuko" on the bottom.
Century
mid-20th century
Object Creation Date
1960s-1980s
Accession Number
2005/1.370A&B
Medium and Support
black saga nishiki brocade uppers with rubber soles
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
Title
Document Box (ryoshi-bako)
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description
Lacquer ware box with mother-of-pearl inlay decoration combining geometric patterns, flowers, dragons, and scepters.
Century
17th-19th century
Object Creation Date
1615-1868
Accession Number
1972/2.108
Medium and Support
black lacquer and abalone shell inlay on wood
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
Title
Celadon bowl for tea sweets
Artist
Seifû Yohei III
Artist Life Dates
1854-1914
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1880s-1914
Accession Number
1954/1.504
Medium and Support
porcelain with celadon glaze
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
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Title
Sutra Fragment, Calligraphy in Block Script
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Century
12th-13th century
Object Creation Date
12th century - 13th century
Accession Number
2006/2.26
Medium and Support
gold and silver ink on indigo-dyed paper
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
Title
Priest's Stole?
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Object Creation Date
n.d.
Accession Number
1955/1.201
Medium and Support
lined tan, green and gold fabric with insets
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
Title
Miniature marbled celadon vase
Artist
Seifû Yohei III
Artist Life Dates
1854-1914
Century
Late 19th-early 20th century
Object Creation Date
1880s-1914
Accession Number
1954/1.509
Medium and Support
Porcelain with marbled celadon glaze
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
Title
Priest's Stole?, Satin Brocade
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Object Creation Date
n.d.
Accession Number
1955/1.199
Medium and Support
tan, red, green and gold satin brocade with four tan and green insets
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
Title
Small four-lobed white bowl (mukôzuke; 1 of 8; with 1954/1.481-483 & 485-488)
Artist
Seifû Yohei III
Artist Life Dates
1854-1914
Century
Late 19th-early 20th century
Object Creation Date
1880s-1914
Accession Number
1954/1.484
Medium and Support
Porcelain with clear glaze
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Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
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