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- Title
- Bust of a Satyr
- Artist
- Massimiliano Soldani Benzi
- Physical Description
- This small bust-length figure represents a mustached satyr turning his head toward his left. He wears an animal skin tied at his right shoulder over his bare chest. The liquid character of the cast bronze admirably captures the rippling muscles of the satyr's chest and the flowing curls of his hair and the animal pelt.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1656-1740
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1695
- Accession Number
- 1970/1.193
- Medium and Support
- bronze on wood base
- relevance
- rank 6.85576
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- genres in the arts
- legendary creatures
- literary, oral and motion picture genres
- mammals
- objects we use
- people and culture
- portraits
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- A Group of Peasants Eating
- Artist
- Jacopo Bassano
- Physical Description
- A group of figures are seen kneeling at the lower left in preparation of eating an al fresco meal. The figures consist of two women, two men, and a child, accompanied by a dog, curled up at the bottom right and two lambs or sheep at the right side. Two standing men and a cow are visible, as is the landscape behind the figures that include trees and a house.
- Throughout, the work is unified by the consistent fluid and dense pen strokes that describe the figures and animals as well as the distant landscape and sky.
- Artist Life Dates
- c.1510-c.1592
- Object Creation Date
- 2nd half of 16th century
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.521
- Medium and Support
- pen and ink on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 6.84035
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- animals and creatures
- mammals
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- the natural world
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Mask (Zamble)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Guro Peoples Côte D'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Face mask with stylized face and horns of an antelope and open jaws of a leopard. Forehead has three sets of scarifcation marks in relief; hairline is incised with pigmented linear and geometric patterns; striped horns curve naturally from top of head; eyes are set in ovoid grounds of white kaolin; top of snout shows incised V-shaped marks; mask is predominantly brown with traces of green, red and yellow pigment; chew stick in back shows some wear.
- Century
- late 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1950-1999
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.348
- Medium and Support
- wood, pigment
- relevance
- rank 6.83047
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- costume
- costume by function
- events
- legendary creatures
- masks (costume)
- objects we use
- people and culture
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Suiten kyo (Sutra of Varuna, Deity of the Waters)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- This is a long horizontal scroll with several calligraphic inscriptions on the right portion of the paper. On the left are 3 figural scenes. The one closest to the writing shows a male figure wearing a large headdress seated in the lotus position within a circle. Next there is a figure with four arms who stands on the back of a dragon. Two people stand on either side- one a short blue-skinned man who holds a bowl and the other a smaller figure who holds a brush and paper. The third scene shows a male figure, seated in the lotus position, who holds a sword, a wheel, a brush and paper in his four hands.
- Century
- 14th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1300-1335
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.104
- Medium and Support
- handscroll, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 6.82761
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- animals and creatures
- asia
- asia (continent)
- asian
- creatures
- descriptors
- forms
- genres
- geographic and political locations
- image-making processes and techniques
- legendary creatures
- locality
- making art
- mythology
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by state or condition
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- religion
- religions
- scroll paintings
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Ogre tile from the roof of the Great South Gate (Namdaemon) of Seoul
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- Ceramic tile with grimacing face.
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1398
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.258
- Medium and Support
- earthenware
- relevance
- rank 6.82366
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- asia (continent)
- building divisions
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- geographic and political locations
- legendary creatures
- materials
- materials by form
- materials by physical form
- rooms and spaces
- rooms and spaces by form
- uncovered spaces
- 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
- relevance
- rank 6.82276
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- jewelry
- jewelry by form
- legendary creatures
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects we use
- rock
- rock by form
- Title
- Head of a ram
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Bengal
- Physical Description
- This terracotta is modeled in the shape of a ram’s head. The snout is softly modeled by hand and his two horns form coils to either side of his head. A decorative band with punch-marked floral decoration on it divides the snout from the area of the head with the spiral horns. The horns are decorated with lines and encircle a donut shaped element in the center. A floral motif is between the two above the decorative band and other punch-marked floral forms decorate his snout at the top and at each cheek. His eyes are incised in a diamond pattern with a circular center and his nostrils are simple indentations.
- Century
- 1st century
- Object Creation Date
- 1st century
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.283
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- relevance
- rank 6.81232
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- animals and creatures
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- design elements
- figure- and animal-derived motifs
- mammals
- motifs
- sheep
- the human body
- the natural world
- upper body
- Title
- Bestiaire. VIII. Accouplement Sacré
- Artist
- André Masson
- Artist Life Dates
- (Balagny, Oise, France, 1896 - 1987, Paris, France)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1945
- Accession Number
- 1956/1.42
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 6.80884
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- beasts
- creatures
- modern and contemporary art
- movement
- people and occupations
- the natural world
- Title
- Mirror, Dragon and Tiger type
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Object Creation Date
- 206 BCE - 220 CE
- Accession Number
- 1961/2.69
- Medium and Support
- bronze with silver and gray patina
- relevance
- rank 6.80884
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- animals
- creatures
- household objects
- mammals
- mythology
- snails
- the natural world
- Title
- Garden Stool
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1880-1910
- Accession Number
- 1991/2.60
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue underglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 6.80884
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- animals
- creatures
- furniture
- gardens
- mythology
- objects we use
- plants
- the natural world
- Title
- Mirror
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Object Creation Date
- 206 BCE - 220 CE
- Accession Number
- 1974/1.179
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 6.80884
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- animals
- creatures
- household objects
- mammals
- mythology
- snails
- the natural world
- Title
- Spoon with dragon handle
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Object Creation Date
- 206 BCE - 220 CE
- Accession Number
- 1990/1.261
- Medium and Support
- earthenware with green lead glaze
- relevance
- rank 6.79921
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- culinary equipment
- culinary equipment by function
- culinary equipment for serving and consuming food
- equipment
- equipment by context
- legendary creatures
- objects we use
- tools and equipment
- utensils for serving food
- Title
- The Retreat
- Artist
- Christian Adolf Schreyer
- Physical Description
- Depicts a group of Arab warriors on horseback in full gallop charging away from the viewer through the desert landscape.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1828 - 1899
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1855-1895
- Accession Number
- 1895.97
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 6.78177
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- animals
- animals and creatures
- armed conflicts
- early western world
- egypt (nation)
- events
- fights
- geographic and political locations
- how we live
- mammals
- motion
- near eastern
- objects
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the natural world
- war
- Title
- The warrior Watanabe no Tsuna battling the demoness Ibaraki (okimono)
- Artist
- Gyokubun
- Artist Life Dates
- 20th century
- Century
- 19th century?
- Object Creation Date
- late 19th century - early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.43
- Medium and Support
- ivory
- relevance
- rank 6.78065
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- armed conflicts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- descriptors
- events
- form attributes
- legendary creatures
- objects we use
- people and culture
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Dragons
- Artist
- Robert W. Chatelain
- Physical Description
- wood and purple resin vase with gold leaf
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1945
- Century
- late 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1997
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.126
- Medium and Support
- black cherry burl, violet pigmented epxoy resin and gold inlay
- relevance
- rank 6.77876
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- legendary creatures
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- plant material
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Everything You Wish in the Nine Heavens: Gods of Wealth Increase Good Fortune
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- Two male figures wearing official robes and hats, sit side by side on thrones. The one on the right holds a shoe-shaped ingot and a scepter. The god on the left holds only a shoe-shaped ingot. In front of them is basin filled with coins and rarities such as jewels, branches of coral and shining ingots. On the right, a smaller male figure holds a horse on a tray while his counter part on the left holds a brush and a scroll. At the top is a sinuous dragon whose spine is composed of coins and above him is a horse bearing a stack of shoe-shaped ingots.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2006/2.49
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 6.75799
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- exchange media
- identifying artifacts
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by function
- information forms
- legendary creatures
- mammals
- money
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- symbols of office
- Title
- 'Sung Sang Kala' (Sunday in "Pelelintangan" —Balinese calendar)
- Artist
- Indonesia, Bali
- Century
- Late 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1966/2.15
- Medium and Support
- ink and opaque watercolor on hand-woven cotton
- relevance
- rank 6.75171
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- document genres
- document genres by form
- information forms
- legendary creatures
- 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
- One of Twenty-seven Panels, each with various pieces of textile
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.45.27
- Medium and Support
- brocade with silk, velvet, gold and silver
- relevance
- rank 6.74003
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- animals
- birds
- creatures
- leaves
- mythology
- objects we use
- panels
- plants
- the natural world
- Title
- Zwecklos sich dagegen aufzulehnen (It is Useless to Resist It)
- Artist
- Alfred Kubin
- Artist Life Dates
- 1877-1959
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1877-1957
- Accession Number
- 1957/2.34
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 6.74003
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- architecture
- creatures
- figures
- modern and contemporary art
- people and occupations
- the natural world
- waterscapes
- Title
- Design for a Ceiling Decoration
- Artist
- Anonymous French?
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century
- Accession Number
- 1970/2.99
- Medium and Support
- pen, dark brown ink and graphite
- relevance
- rank 6.74003
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- architecture
- creatures
- figures
- mammals
- people and occupations
- reptiles and amphibians
- study
- the natural world
- Title
- Kponiugo Mask
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Senufo Peoples, Côte d'Ivoire
- Century
- 19th or 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1800-1971
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.38
- Medium and Support
- wood, brass tacks and kaolin
- relevance
- rank 6.71814
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- animals and creatures
- costume
- costume by function
- descriptors
- mammals
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects
- objects we use
- the natural world
- Title
- Angel
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Ile-de-France, France
- Physical Description
- This sculpture represents an angel bending slightly toward the left with his head tilted downward. Carved slots in his back would have held his wings, and the figure has lost his forearms and hands as well as his legs below the knees.
- Century
- 13th or 14th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1300
- Accession Number
- 1969/2.157
- Medium and Support
- limestone with polychrome
- relevance
- rank 6.70903
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- legendary creatures
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects we use
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- rock
- rock by form
- sculpture
- sculpture by technique
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Coral ornamental snuff bottle with dragons among clouds
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1912-1949
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.52
- Medium and Support
- coral
- relevance
- rank 6.69509
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for personal use
- containers for smoking and tobacco use
- earth sciences concepts
- legendary creatures
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- scientific concepts
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- Title
- Brass snuff bottle
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 17th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1644-1850
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.58
- Medium and Support
- brass with coral and ivory
- relevance
- rank 6.69509
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for personal use
- containers for smoking and tobacco use
- earth sciences concepts
- legendary creatures
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- scientific concepts
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- 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
- relevance
- rank 6.69208
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- dishes
- legendary creatures
- objects we use
- serving dishes
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Fragment of Bird or Dragon Plaque
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 5th - 3rd c BCE
- Object Creation Date
- 481 BCE - 221 BCE
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.100
- Medium and Support
- green nephrite
- relevance
- rank 6.67260
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- animals
- creatures
- figures
- human body
- locality
- mythology
- people and occupations
- the natural world
- Title
- Mirror with serpentine interlaces and angular meanders
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- Thinnly cast mirror with narrow rim and bridge-shaped knob, back decorated with interlaces of serpentine and angular meaders, front side polished flat
- Century
- 3rd century BCE
- Object Creation Date
- 3rd century BCE
- Accession Number
- 1958/2.76
- Medium and Support
- cast bronze with silver and malachite patina
- relevance
- rank 6.66482
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
- descriptors
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- inorganic material
- legendary creatures
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- nonferrous metal
- objects we use
- Title
- Bird Mask
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Bobo
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2000/1.35
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 6.65122
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- animals and creatures
- costume
- costume by function
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects
- objects we use
- the natural world
- Title
- Puppet in the form of a bird
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Mali
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1960
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.177
- Medium and Support
- carved wood, paint, cloth and synthetic hair
- relevance
- rank 6.60515
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- animals and creatures
- functions
- functions (activities)
- functions by specific context
- how we live
- objects we use
- people and culture
- recreational artifacts
- recreational artifacts for noncompetitive activities
- social functions
- the natural world
- Title
- Mukha-Linga, Cobra head
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Physical Description
- This phallic representation of the god Shiva appears as a columnar head placed on a base with two rounded moldings on top of a series of square ones. His neck is fully cylindrical and the face is modeled on that cylinder. The eyes are wide open and a bow shaped eyebrow curves over them. He has a flared nose and luxuriant moustache over a narrow but full lips and a short ball like chin. A ‘U’ shaped element consisting of lines and a pearl motif probably represents his beard, perhaps held up in a tight net. His forehead is decorated with three raise lines that go straight across and his crown is basically flat over his hear decorated with a bunch of peak forms in the center with a finial surmounting the whole. His ears fan out almost like handles to a jar and are decorated with stylized arabesques. A five-headed snake hood rises behind the head and has a rib down its center and scale motives incised towards the bottom an ‘S’ shapes t denote the cobra ‘eyes’ to each side.
- Century
- 18th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century - 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.52C
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 6.60515
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- hinduism
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- reptiles
- reptiles and amphibians
- snakes
- the natural world
- Title
- Ôtsu-e: Demon soliciting alms (Oni no nembutsu)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- In this painting, a mischievous demon is depicted in priest’s garb begging for alms.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.102
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 6.59463
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- clergy
- concepts in the arts
- genres in the arts
- legendary creatures
- literary, oral and motion picture genres
- 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
- sound devices
- sound devices by function
- Title
- Netsuke of demon hiding under a straw hat
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.24
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 6.56922
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- descriptors
- form attributes
- legendary creatures
- objects we use
- sculpture by function
- sculpture by material
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Lycurgus Consulting the Pythia
- Artist
- Eugène Delacroix
- Artist Life Dates
- 1798-1863
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1840
- Accession Number
- 1968/2.75
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 6.56639
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- animals
- animals and creatures
- descriptors
- design elements
- mammals
- motifs
- natural element motifs
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by gender
- religious figures
- reptiles
- reptiles and amphibians
- the natural world
- Title
- Leaf from a Bible with Daniel in the lions' den aided by the prophet Habakuk
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, France
- Physical Description
- Two columns of Latin text fill this page taken from a bible manuscript. A painting in a gold rectangular frame is located in the lower right column. An angel descends from a blue semicircular disc in the upper right corner of the painting and grasps a larger figure by the hair with both hands. This second figure holds a jug in his left hand and a plate with bread in his right. A third figure, dressed in a white robe, reaches up toward this larger figure from an enclosure below. He appears against a black background and four gray animal heads overlap his torso.
- Century
- 13th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1290
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.10
- Medium and Support
- ink, tempera and gold on parchment
- relevance
- rank 6.54451
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- document genres
- document genres by conditions of production
- document genres by function
- food
- information forms
- legendary creatures
- mammals
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious texts
- vessels
- Title
- Purple haori with supplementary weft brocade woven bird-and-flowers designs
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Purple silk damask (rinzu) in T-paper pattern (sayagata), bokashi dyed so that the shoulders are a darker purple than the lower half of the haori. Woven designs of phoenixes, paulownia, cranes, chysanthemums, etc., incorporate metallic threads. Lining is orange and white silk. There are purple and white kumihimo (a kind of cord) with tassels.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1930-1939
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.355
- Medium and Support
- purple silk damask with woven designs
- relevance
- rank 6.53948
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- birds
- buildings and the land
- costume
- costume by form
- flowers (plants)
- herbaceous plants
- landscapes (environments)
- legendary creatures
- main garments
- main garments for the upper body
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- Title
- Save the Products of the Land - Eat More Fish - The Feed Themselves
- Artist
- Charles Livingston Bull
- Physical Description
- Text: Save the products of the land - Eat more fish - they feed themselves. United States Food Administration
- Artist Life Dates
- 1874-1932
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1917
- Accession Number
- 1954/2.35.14
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 6.53509
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- animals and creatures
- armed conflicts
- declaratory and advertising artifacts
- events
- how we live
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by function
- information forms
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- people and culture
- text-based art
- the natural world
- war
- waterscapes
- world wars
- Title
- Green Frog (Rana clamitans), from "Woodland Portraits"
- Artist
- Jeannette Klute
- Physical Description
- Small green frog, in-focus, in a mostly out of focus compostition. The right of the image has bright green grass extending from the foreground to the background, which otherwise is dark and yields no other plants.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1917 - 2009)
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.14.16
- Medium and Support
- vintage dye transfer print on paper
- relevance
- rank 6.46390
- Secondary Keywords
- amphibians
- animals and creatures
- descriptors
- materials
- materials by origin
- plant material
- Title
- Small bowl with incised design of a bird
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- It has a slightly inverted rim and mildly surved sides tapering gradually to a narrow foot. The graze is dark greenish blue in cloor, leaning toward green. The foot was carved out from the inside tl a very shallow depth. Two parrots was carved symmetrically.
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1965/2.69
- Medium and Support
- Stoneware with celadon glaze
- relevance
- rank 6.45912
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- birds
- containers
- containers by form
- objects we use
- vessels
- Title
- Yue ware frog jar
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 4th-5th c
- Object Creation Date
- 317-420
- Accession Number
- 1963/1.89
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with celadon glaze and iron oxide spots
- relevance
- rank 6.45912
- Secondary Keywords
- amphibians
- animals and creatures
- containers
- containers by form
- objects we use
- vessels
- Title
- Blue-and-white balustrade jar with design of stag, crane, and pine tree
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- This jar has a long and upright mouth with a robust shoulder that give way to a body tapering toward the base. The crane, cloud, pine tree and rock are painted with blue and red copper pigment.
- Century
- late 18th-early 19th century?
- Object Creation Date
- late 18th century - early 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.81
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue and iron brown underglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 6.45371
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- birds
- containers
- containers by form
- crane (bird)
- objects we use
- vessels
- Title
- Tsuba (Sword guard) with design of dragon among clouds
- Artist
- Okada Masatoyo
- Physical Description
- The flat iron plate with quatrefoil shape and the design of a dragon in midst of clouds. It has three holes: one for blade (middle) flanked by two deformed oval-shape holes (for kougai and kozuka). Around the blade hole, there is the carver’s signature. The design of a dragon, among stylized clouds, is intricately carved in high relief; the dragon has almost three-dimensional quality. On the back, the dragon tail, some parts of the body, one claw are peeking from clouds. The dragon coils around the center holes. The rims of the three circles are wavy, as if they are the part of the cloud design. The stoppers on the blade hole edges are made of gold. Some silver inlays are applied on the dragon’s eye blow and some nails.
- Artist Life Dates
- act. 1789
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.6
- Medium and Support
- iron with gold and silver inlays
- relevance
- rank 6.44091
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- earth sciences concepts
- edged weapon components
- legendary creatures
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- scientific concepts
- weapon components
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- Title
- Vessel in the shape of a duck
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- A stoneware vessel designed for pouring or possibly to serve as an oil lamp, in the shape of a duck. The lower half of the duck's body and "legs" are formed by a shallow bowl on an openwork pedestal; the sides of the bowl have been compressed to make an elongated shape. The upper half of the duck's body, and its neck and head are formed by hand, The duck's body is hollow, with two aperture: liquids can be poured in through a funnel with a cup-shaped mouth on the duck's back, and liquids can be poured out through a wide opening at the tail.
- Century
- 3rd-4th century
- Object Creation Date
- 3rd century - 4th century
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.188
- Medium and Support
- stoneware
- relevance
- rank 6.43202
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- birds
- containers
- containers by form
- objects we use
- Title
- Bush Cow Helmet Mask
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Chamba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1974
- Accession Number
- 1974/2.27
- Medium and Support
- wood, pitch and pigment
- relevance
- rank 6.43202
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- costume
- costume by function
- mammals
- objects we use
- 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
- relevance
- rank 6.43202
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- containers
- containers by form
- objects we use
- vessels
- 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 6.43188
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- coating (material)
- coating by composition or origin
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- legendary creatures
- materials
- materials by function
- materials by origin
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- plant material
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Molded porcelain snuff bottle with openwork design of dragon among clouds
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 18th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1790-1850
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.131
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with copper red glaze, silver and sapphire stopper
- relevance
- rank 6.43094
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for personal use
- containers for smoking and tobacco use
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- forming
- legendary creatures
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- scientific concepts
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- Title
- Ashtray with freestanding rabbit
- Artist
- René Lalique
- Physical Description
- Clear glass saucer with milky, iridescent free-standing form in the center shaped like a rabbit.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1860 - 1945)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1919-1930
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.229
- Medium and Support
- glass
- relevance
- rank 6.41192
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- animals and creatures
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- mammals
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- the natural world
- vessels
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Asura head, style of Angkor Thom
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Cambodia (Khmer)
- Century
- 12th-13th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1175-1240
- Accession Number
- 1999/2.20
- Medium and Support
- sandstone
- relevance
- rank 6.40160
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- descriptors
- ear ornaments
- jewelry
- jewelry by location
- jewelry worn on the head
- legendary creatures
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- the human body
- upper body
- Title
- Stool with traditional spider motif
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Bamoun
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.313
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 6.38558
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- animals and creatures
- arthropods
- descriptors
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture by form or function
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- single seating furniture
- the natural world
- Title
- Forgotten Things
- Artist
- Grace Albee
- Artist Life Dates
- 1890-1985
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1943
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.82
- Medium and Support
- wood engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 6.38395
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- animals and creatures
- architecture
- birds
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- design elements
- landscapes
- modern and contemporary art
- natural landscapes
- objects
- ornament areas
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- the natural world
- transportation
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- vehicles
- woody plants