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Title

'Vanda Kimbariana,' from 'A Record of an Orchid Collection'

Artist

Ikeda Zuigetsu

Physical Description

Single plant with multiple flowers (white and pink). Flowers concentrated on the left side of the image with leaves on the right.

Artist Life Dates

1877-1944

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1958

Accession Number

1983/1.371.63

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

buildings and the land

flowers (plants)

herbaceous plants

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

objects we use

plants

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

relief prints

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

woody plants

Title

'Dendrobium Devonianum,' from 'A Record of an Orchid Collection'

Artist

Ikeda Zuigetsu

Physical Description

Single plant with multiple flowers (purple, white and yellow). Flowers are slightly right of center with leaves and bulb located to left (lower).

Artist Life Dates

1877-1944

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1958

Accession Number

1983/1.371.67

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

buildings and the land

flowers (plants)

herbaceous plants

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

objects we use

plants

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

relief prints

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

woody plants

Title

'Miltonia Sanderiana var. Oyamazaki,' from 'A Record of an Orchid Collection'

Artist

Ikeda Zuigetsu

Physical Description

Horizontal image with white and pink accented blooms located on the upper right half of the image. Central, left is a row of unblossomed buds.

Artist Life Dates

1877-1944

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1958

Accession Number

1983/1.371.68

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

asia (continent)

buildings and the land

flowers (plants)

geographic and political locations

herbaceous plants

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

objects we use

plants

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

relief prints

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

visual works by subject type

woody plants

Title

'Cymbidium Dotterel var. Oyamazaki,' from 'A Record of an Orchid Collection'

Artist

Ikeda Zuigetsu

Physical Description

Slightly above center is an arch of four orange and red blooms. Behind the blossoms are leaves which also make a slight curve from lower center to upper right. The background is a light yellow/orange which gradients to white in the lower third.

Artist Life Dates

1877-1944

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1958

Accession Number

1983/1.371.70

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

asia (continent)

buildings and the land

flowers (plants)

geographic and political locations

herbaceous plants

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

objects we use

plants

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

relief prints

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

visual works by subject type

woody plants

Title

Brassocattleya Empress of Russia var. Oyamazaki, from 'A Record of an Orchid Collection'

Artist

Ikeda Zuigetsu

Physical Description

Central is a large white blossom with yellow accent. Behind this bloom is another "sketched" blossom that is uncolored. This indicates that this was one of the unfinished images from the collection. Surrounding the lower halves of the blossoms are several green leaves.

Artist Life Dates

1877-1944

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1958

Accession Number

1983/1.371.71

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

asia (continent)

buildings and the land

flowers (plants)

geographic and political locations

herbaceous plants

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

objects we use

plants

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

relief prints

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

visual works by subject type

woody plants

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

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

buildings and the land

flowers (plants)

herbaceous plants

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

objects we use

plants

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

relief prints

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

woody plants

Title

Orchids and Rock with Calligraphy

Artist

Ikeno Gyokuran

Physical Description

Hanging scroll with calligraphy and landscape imagery. Three lines of calligraphy adorn the upper left side while opposite is imagery of orchids, grass and a rock.

Artist Life Dates

1728-1884

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1750-1784

Accession Number

2006/2.9

Medium and Support

ink on silk

Secondary Keywords

asian

buildings and the land

chinese

chinese painting styles

chinese styles

chinese styles and periods

descriptors

east asian

flowers (plants)

forms

genres

herbaceous plants

image-making processes and techniques

inorganic material

landscapes (environments)

making art

materials

materials by composition

natural landscapes

objects we use

people and culture

plants

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

settlements and landscapes

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by subject type

woody plants

writing (processes)

Title

Covered jar with design of flower maiden, sage, and child amidst flowering plants

Artist

Artist Unknown, Imari ware, Japan

Physical Description

A medium size, well potted porcelain jar with wooden rid, round shoulder and neck. Floral designs are painted with blue underglaze and red and gold overglaze enamels. There are Chinese scholar and attendant boy with a fan on one side and Japanese lady in kimono on the opposite side, painted with enamels. Band of flowers on the neck, another broader band of chrysanthemums on the shoulder. There is also a band of leaf patterns on the bottom. A large crack from neck to the middle of the body; porcelain glaze has small cracks all over the body. The foot is unglazed; the eye is fully glazed. No glaze on the rim. The teak wood lid, a later addition, has a finial made of an ivory netsuke of laughing Hotei.

Century

Mid-17th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1650

Accession Number

1972/2.72A&B

Medium and Support

porcelain, blue underglaze, and enamel overglaze painting

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

containers

containers by form

flowers (plants)

herbaceous plants

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by activity

people by gender

plants

sage (people)

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

vessels

woody plants

Title

Shaving bowl with design of long-tail bird and flowers

Artist

Artist Unknown, Imari ware, Japan

Physical Description

A medium size, shallow bowl with a semi-circular cut out on the rim. The bowl has flat surface on the rim and is concaved in the middle like a soup bowl. It has two holes on the opposite side of the cut out and a short foot. There is a blue band around the rim. There are two long-tailed birds in red, pale orange and yellow, perched on a blue pine tree which grows underneath the birds. Behind the pine tree trunk, there is a cherry tree in full blossom, its brunches extends in circle around the rim. The cherry tree and blossoms are in red, pale orange and yellow. More cherry flowers adorn the background of the birds. There are also red peonies on the left side of the pine tree; peony flowers also appear as spray on the four sides of the rim, backed by blue cloud design.

Century

Mid-17th century

Object Creation Date

mid 17th century

Accession Number

2002/2.7

Medium and Support

porcelain, blue underglaze, and enamel overglaze painting

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

buildings and the land

containers

containers by form

deciduous trees

evergreens

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

objects we use

plants

settlements and landscapes

shrubs

trees

trees by leaf life

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

vessels

woody plants

Title

Devotees of the Buddha (fragment of a frieze from a stupa, from Nagarjunakonda?)

Artist

India, Andhra Pradesh

Century

2nd-3rd century

Object Creation Date

2nd century - 3rd century

Accession Number

1972/2.42

Medium and Support

limestone

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

buildings and the land

descriptors

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

object-making processes and techniques

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by activity

plants

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

relief

religions

religions and religious concepts

religious structures

sculpture techniques

settlements and landscapes

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

Title

Portrait of a lady under a willow

Artist

India, Andhra Pradesh, Golconda School

Physical Description

The lady stands against a bright green background with only a hint of physical setting. There are some ground lines at her feet with springs of red flowers and a simple stylized willow tree that curves around the figure. She stands with her body turning towards her right with her head in profile. She lifts a flower up in her right hand and hangs her left arms down past her waste. She wears tight lavender colored trousers with a diaphanous skirt covering them with a gold and colored brocaded scarf hanging down the center. Her breasts appear bare, but actually the blouse is also sheer, with a darker color at the shoulders and below her breasts. She wears gold brocade slippers and wide bracelets with black pompoms and rings, necklaces, earrings and a scarf hangs from her shoulders. A gold turban with a black aigrette crowns her. The portrait is framed with some gold and black lines and placed on a simple, buff colored border. An inscription in nastaliq‘ script is above the painting.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1760

Accession Number

1970/2.80

Medium and Support

opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

deciduous trees

gardens

lady

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by gender

plants

settlements and landscapes

the natural world

trees by leaf life

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

women

woody plants

Title

In a Garden

Artist

Artist Unknown, India

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

1981/2.175

Medium and Support

ink and opaque watercolor on paper

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

figures

gardens

hydraulic structures

hydraulic structures by function

people and occupations

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

water distribution structures

Title

Jina and a devotee from a Digambara Jain manuscript

Artist

Artist Unknown, India

Physical Description

Nude (Jina, center) and a devotees (nude on left, and other clothed figures) depicted in a folio of a Jain manuscript.

The image contains trees, lotus flowers and dark clouds. The the colors are composed of vivid reds, browns, yellows, greens and blues. The image is surrounded by a red and green pattereed border which resembles a chain.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 18th century

Accession Number

1975/2.174

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

descriptors

design elements

herbaceous plants

landscapes (environments)

motifs

natural landscapes

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

physical activities

physical activities by general context

plant-derived motifs

plants

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by subject type

woody plants

Title

Jina and devotees from a Digambara Jain manuscript

Artist

Artist Unknown, India

Physical Description

Nude Jina sitting on altar-like structure in center of image. The "altar" is sitting on a lotus flower. There are devotees on all four sides of Jina, a total of five persons. The devotee at the left is also nude. There are red and yellow flags, and various flowers scattered all over the image. There is a red and green border. The colors present are vivid reds, greens, yellows and deep blues.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 18th century

Accession Number

1975/2.175

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

containers

containers by form

figures

herbaceous plants

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by state or condition

plants

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

vessels

visual works

visual works by subject type

woody plants

Title

Jina, fragment of a larger shrine

Artist

Artist Unknown, India

Century

20th-century

Object Creation Date

circa 15th century

Accession Number

1975/2.123

Medium and Support

copper

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

buildings and the land

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

religions

religions and religious concepts

religious structures

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

Title

The Salvation of the Elephant (Gaj Mokasha)

Artist

Artist Unknown, India

Physical Description

An elephant seems to walk on water from the bottom right corner of the composition, rising towards Vishnu in the upper left with a single lotus flower in its trunk. Vishnu, with 4 arms, steps on green hills surrounding the lotus covered pond, bending towards the elephant. Garuda flies in the upper right.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1815

Accession Number

2010/2.27

Medium and Support

paint on canvas

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

buildings and the land

descriptors

design elements

herbaceous plants

landscapes (environments)

mammals

motifs

natural landscapes

objects we use

people and culture

plant-derived motifs

plants

religions

religions and religious concepts

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

woody plants

Title

Pig

Artist

Artist Unknown, India

Physical Description

A small figurine of a pig with its mouth open. It is standing with four legs apart and the ears are down.

Object Creation Date

3rd Century BC

Accession Number

2012/2.167

Medium and Support

terracotta

Secondary Keywords

agricultural complexes

animals and creatures

buildings and the land

built complexes and districts

complexes

complexes by function

mammals

objects we use

sculpture

sculpture by material

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Descent of the River Ganges

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Central India, Bundelkhand

Physical Description

In this intensely lyrical painting from Bundelkhand in Central India, the great river is shown tumbling from the night sky. Ascetics sit cross-legged on the mountainside, offering their austerities to Shiva, while women come to venerate Ganga. The river teems with life—crocodiles, turtles, fish, and birds—while lions, leopards, jackals, monkeys, and rabbits cavort on its banks.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1775

Accession Number

1979/1.148

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

asian

associated concepts

bodies of water

bodies of water and components of bodies of water

bodies of water by size

buildings and the land

components of bodies of water

descriptors

earth sciences concepts

forms

geography

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making art

mammals

natural landscapes

painting and painting techniques

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painting techniques by medium

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by gender

people by occupation

people by state or condition

people in religion

people in religion and related occupations

people in the humanities

physical sciences concepts

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

religions and religious concepts

religious (people)

religious concepts

religious figures

religious ideologies

riverine bodies

scientific concepts

settlements and landscapes

the natural world

time

Title

A wandering Shaivite ascetic with his dog

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Delhi-Agra, Mughal

Physical Description

This work is a double-sided page from a bound album. The painting, depicting a Hindu ascetic walking with his dog in a pastoral landscape, has been placed in a border, decorated with a floral scroll painted in gold on a blue or pale orange ground; a similar border surrounds a calligraphy panel on the reverse side. The border and the calligraphy panel are both somewhat later in date than the painting itself.

The painting of the ascetic and his dog is pasted onto an album page. It is surrounded by a series of gold floral borders alternating blue and saffron-colored backgrounds. Wearing a brown poncho-like garment and carrying a fan in his right hand and a bag of his belongings, the lead attached to his white dog, and some tools in his left, he strides through the landscape. He wears sandals and has long brown matted locks of hair and a graying beard. The landscape consists of intersecting rounded forms in shades of green and yellow, surmounted by trees along the top and with a larger blue-foliaged tree to the right near the horizon. At the bottom a diagonal of yellowish rise of land with clumps of grass suggests some depth and a foreground, but the figure is quite flat in the middle ground.

On the back of the page is a Panel of calligraphy consisting of a quatrain in Shah Jahan's handwriting signed "Sultân Khurram [his given name before he took the name Shah Jahan upon becoming emperor" and dated 1020/1611-12. This is also surrounded by elaborate borders.

Century

16th-17th century

Object Creation Date

late 16th century - early 17th century

Accession Number

1969/2.175

Medium and Support

opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

books by internal form

buildings and the land

information artifacts

information artifacts by physical form

information forms

landscapes (environments)

mammals

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

physical activities

physical activities by general context

settlements and landscapes

Title

Parshvanatha shrine (fragmentary condition)

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

16th century

Accession Number

1978/2.103

Medium and Support

bronze

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

buildings and the land

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

religions

religions and religious concepts

religious structures

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

Title

Dvarapala (temple guardian; pair with 1980/2.291)

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Kerala Workshop

Physical Description

The two-armed figure dances with his right leg raised and wrapped around a club. His left arm crosses his body and rests above the club and his right hand is raised almost to his ear. Tassels hang from him hips and under his armpits adding a great sense of movement to the whole figure. Multi-hooded snakes are at the base and also around the bottom of the club. He wears much of jewelry including bracelets, anklets, necklaces with should loops and an elaborate belt. His stomach protrudes over the belt. He also has large earrings and a jewel encrusted crown. His eyes bulge out and his mouth is open showing his teeth. He is a pair with 1980/2.291.

Century

15th century

Object Creation Date

15th century

Accession Number

1980/2.290

Medium and Support

wood

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

buildings and the land

figures

hinduism

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by activity

religions

religions and religious concepts

religious buildings

religious structures

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

Title

Celebratory couple, fragment of railing from a Buddhist Stupa

Artist

India, Madhya Pradesh, Mathura

Century

2nd-3rd century

Object Creation Date

2nd century - 3rd century

Accession Number

1996/2.33

Medium and Support

mottled red sandstone

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

buildings and the land

components and systems

object groupings

object groupings and systems

object groupings by general context

open spaces and site elements

people and culture

physical activities

physical activities by general context

religions

religions and religious concepts

religious structures

sets (groups)

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

site elements

Title

Warriors going into battle from a Mahabharata series

Artist

India, Maharashtra, Paithan School

Physical Description

Three warriors march forward, taking up nearly the entire frame. Blue soldiers carring weapons and shields bring up the front and rear. They appear to move through a stylized tree landscape.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

early 19th century - mid 19th century

Accession Number

1975/2.150

Medium and Support

ink and opaque watercolor on paper

Secondary Keywords

armed conflicts

buildings and the land

document genres

document genres by function

events

information forms

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

objects we use

people and culture

plants

religious texts

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

weapons and ammunition

woody plants

Title

Syamatara

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Northeastern India

Century

12th century

Object Creation Date

12th century

Accession Number

1977/2.2

Medium and Support

black chlorite (stone)

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

herbaceous plants

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

plants

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

Title

Buddha, seated under a canopy of 3 leaves on a double lotus dais in the padmasana pose, in bhumisparsa mudra, flanked by two stupas

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Northeastern India

Physical Description

The Buddha in bhumisparsa mudra (the gesture of touching the earth with his right hand, palm inward), signaling his victory over Mara. He is shown under three leaves, indicating the bodhi tree under which he sat while meditating before reaching an awakening. He is shown flanked by two stupas, or reliquary monuments, symbolizing his attainment of nirvana.

Century

11th century

Object Creation Date

11th century

Accession Number

1983/1.396

Medium and Support

black schist

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

attributes and properties

attributes and properties by specific type

biological components

buildings and the land

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

figures (representations)

form attributes

objects we use

people and culture

plant components

religions

religions and religious concepts

religious structures

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

size (extent)

size by specific type

trees (components)

visual works

visual works by subject type

Title

Drawing for a Ramayana series: Rama, Lakshmana and Sugriva in conference (fol. 204)

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Punjab Hills

Physical Description

Rama and Lakshmana sit under a tree with the King of the monkeys, surrounded by monkeys. Some monkeys have taken to flight in the upper corners of the drawing. With a few deft strokes the artist conveys the swiftly changing emotions of the moment, as the monkeys respond with astonishment, empathy, and action to Rama’s pleas.

Century

late 18th century - early 19th century

Object Creation Date

late 18th century - early 19th century

Accession Number

1975/2.149

Medium and Support

ink on paper

Secondary Keywords

accessories worn on the head

animals and creatures

buildings and the land

costume

costume accessories

costume accessories worn

crown (headdress)

headgear

landscapes (environments)

mammals

natural landscapes

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

plants

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

Title

Krishna massaging the feet of Radha (a scene from the Gita Govinda?)

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Punjab Hills, Mankot School

Physical Description

Bold colors depict Krishna, one of human manifestations of the Hindu god Vishnu, is seated with a woman, Radha, above him. He touches her leg, and the tips of her hands and feet glow red. She sits erect and holds a large flower, looking straight off the left edge of the picture. The two are framed in an architectural structure.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1730

Accession Number

1979/1.160

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and beetle thorax casings on paper

Secondary Keywords

image form

associated concepts

biological components

buildings and the land

components

components and systems

components by specific context

herbaceous plants

landscapes (environments)

legs

lower body

natural landscapes

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

people by state or condition

plants

religions

religions and religious concepts

settlements and landscapes

the human body

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

views

views by vantage point or orientation

visual works

visual works by form

visual works by subject type

woody plants

Title

Baby Krishna Taken by Father Across Jumna River

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan

Physical Description

A elief of the baby Krishan being taken across the Jumna River on top of the head of his father. The father and baby are in the lower right corner of the frieze, with the image of a tail following them going diagonally behind.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

2012/2.163

Medium and Support

terracotta

Secondary Keywords

bodies of water

bodies of water and components of bodies of water

bodies of water by size

buildings and the land

landscapes (environments)

marine bodies

natural landscapes

objects we use

offspring

parents

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by family relationship

sculpture

sculpture by material

settlements and landscapes

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Dipak Raga from Ragamala series

Artist

India, Rajasthan, Bundi-Kotah School

Physical Description

Two lovers sit in an elaborate, symmetrical marble palace, decorated with inlaid stone and a domed roof. Inside, a highly individualized prince sits near his lover and caresses her chin. Above the scene is a box containing calligraphic text.

Century

late 18th-early 19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1800

Accession Number

1985/1.134

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

descriptors

dwellings

houses

houses by occupants

image-making processes and techniques

objects we use

official residences

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by activity

people by occupation

people in government and administration

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

residential structures

rulers (people)

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

writing (processes)

Title

A celebration of the rains

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Kotah School

Physical Description

Fresh greens for the foliage and dark blue clouds sprinkled with lightning set the rain celebration scene. Court ladies have gathered on the lawn, and some swing under a blossoming tree, while the raja and a woman watch the exciement below from a balcony of his white palace.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

early 19th century

Accession Number

1964/2.114

Medium and Support

Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

building divisions

buildings and the land

card, table and board game elements

components

components and systems

components by specific context

culture and related concepts

culture-related concepts

descriptors

dwellings

events

game pieces

houses

houses by occupants

image-making processes and techniques

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

objects we use

official residences

painting and painting techniques

painting techniques

painting techniques by medium

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

plants

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

recreation

recreational artifacts

recreational artifacts for competitive activities

residential structures

rooms and spaces

rooms and spaces by form

settlements and landscapes

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

Title

Lady meeting her lover from the Rasamanjari of Bhanudatta series

Artist

India, Rajasthan, Mewar School

Physical Description

Brightly colored painting with three primary registers. The uppermost and smallest register contains a poem. The lower two are larger and similar in size. The bottommost depicts stairs, architectural structures, snakes, and flowering plants. Above, the middle register frames a seated man under a canopy-like architectural form, who reaches out to grasp the wrist of a woman. Behind her is a flowering tree, and and the far right, and open door.

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1630

Accession Number

1980/2.242

Medium and Support

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

buildings and the land

circulation elements

components

components and systems

components by specific context

deciduous trees

descriptors

document genres

document genres by form

document genres for literary works

image-making processes and techniques

information forms

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

objects we use

painting and painting techniques

painting techniques

painting techniques by medium

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by activity

plants

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

settlements and landscapes

stair components

stairs and stair components

steps and step components

trees

trees by leaf life

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

writing (processes)

Title

Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina and monk with Lakshmi-Narayana & Ardhanarishvara (fol. No. 42)

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School

Physical Description

This work is painted in tones of red, green, dark blue, and orange/gold, against a light background. At the top is a sun with a many rays and a human face. Below this are two seated figures who are unclothed. They are seated on thrones decorated with colorful designs. One has reddish skin and is shown in profile, looking at the sun with hands raised. The other has orange skin and is seated in a lotus posiiton, facing front. Below them is a scene that shows two figures, a woman and a blue-skinned man, turned toward a half-man, half-woman figure who is seated on a tiger rug. These figures are dressed in colorful clothing and adorned with jewelry and hold various objects in their hands.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

1975/2.166

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

buildings and the land

earth sciences concepts

herbaceous plants

hindu

hinduism

landscapes (environments)

named gods and goddesses

natural landscapes

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by state or condition

physical activities

physical activities by general context

physical sciences concepts

plants

religion

religions

religions and religious concepts

scientific concepts

settlements and landscapes

subject matter

suns

the natural world

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by subject type

woody plants

Title

Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina venerated by a monk, layman, and cobras

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School

Physical Description

A naked Jina sits on a throne with a naked monk to his left offering praise. A devotee sits in a lotus pond that is surrounded by flames, yet his face appears serene ans he holds his rosary. Two cobras appear next to the flames, with a three in the background.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

1975/2.171

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

buildings and the land

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

design elements

document genres

document genres by conditions of production

events

figures (representations)

gathered matter components

information form components

information forms

landscapes (environments)

leaves (folded sheets)

motifs

natural element motifs

natural landscapes

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

plants

reptiles

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by subject type

woody plants

Title

Jina and a monk in a landscape from a Digambara Jain manuscript

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School

Physical Description

This painting illustrates a verse from a Digambara Jain manuscript that likens the capacity of praising the Jina to destroy sins to the way the sun obliterates darkness; it shows a sun with the face of a Jina illuminating the sky. The golden-hued Jina and the monk who venerate a Jina are nude, identifying them as belonging to the Digambara (sky-clad) sect of Jainism.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

1975/2.172

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

buildings and the land

descriptors

earth sciences concepts

figures

figures (representations)

herbaceous plants

inorganic material

landscapes (environments)

materials

materials by composition

natural landscapes

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by activity

people by occupation

people by state or condition

physical sciences concepts

plants

scientific concepts

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by subject type

woody plants

Title

Jina venerated by a monk and a royal devotee from a Digambara Jain manuscript

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School

Physical Description

This painting is a rare depiction of the Jina’s first preaching. It is said that the speech of the Jina is like no other and that miracles occur upon hearing it. Here the Jina is depicted with four heads, representing the miraculous ability to see from all four directions at once. The golden-hued Jina and the monk who venerate a Jina are nude, identifying them as belonging to the Digambara (sky-clad) sect of Jainism.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

1975/2.173

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Secondary Keywords

massing or shape

buildings and the land

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

plants

settlements and landscapes

single built works

single built works by form

single built works by specific type

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by subject type

woody plants

Title

Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina and devotees

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School

Physical Description

Multi-colored ink on paper. Reds and golds make up the primary focus colors and are accented by dark blues. Features five figures, two larger figures on the top half of the page and three smaller figures on the bottom. Scene of worship.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 18th century

Accession Number

1975/2.177

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Secondary Keywords

layout features

asian

bowl-shaped drums

buildings and the land

components

components and systems

components by specific context

containers

containers by form

drums (membranophones)

figures (representations)

forms

herbaceous plants

illustrations

illustrations by form

images and ornament

information form components

landscapes (environments)

layout features

making art

membranophones

natural landscapes

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

physical activities

physical activities by general context

plants

religious visual works

settlements and landscapes

sound devices

sound devices by acoustical characteristics

sound devices by function

struck drums

text-based art

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

vessels

visual works

visual works by function

visual works by subject type

woody plants

Title

Jain Tirthankara and a monk with animal forest scene, no. 12 from a Digambara series

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School

Physical Description

Two distinct registers divide a page in half. At the top, a yellow-orange colored nude jina sits in lotus position upon a three tiered throne [a patterned blue level at the bottom on feet, with an orange section with gold and red decoration and a green level at the top with gold vertical stripes]. He sits against a red background adorned with a pattern of three white dots. The background takes the shape of an elegant cusped arch with a green and white pattern along its outside with a gold pattern at its sides. To the right of the seated figure a nude Digambara monk sits with his legs folded and one knee up on a less elaborate throne with a lota or pot at the corner and a crossed bookstand to the side holding a book with some devanagari writing on it. He raises his right arm and holds his left to his ear.

Placed under a band of curving yellow stripes, the bottom register represents animals in a landscape. At the bottom are clumps of grass with four stylized mountain forms in blue at the right. Above the mountains stands a tiger facing a family of antelope striding towards him. The family consists of the blue male with his long spiraling horns and a yellow doe below him with a flesh-colored in front of her. Another small yellow fawn takes up the rear. Clumps of light blue and green grasses fill in the background.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

1975/2.178

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Secondary Keywords

upward

animals and creatures

associated concepts

buildings and the land

containers

containers by form

descriptors

figures (representations)

information artifacts

information artifacts by physical form

information forms

landforms

landforms and landform components

landforms by shape or position

mammals

materials

materials by origin

natural landscapes

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

people by occupation

people by state or condition

people in religion

people in religion and related occupations

people in the humanities

plant material

religions

religions and religious concepts

religious (people)

settlements and landscapes

vessels

visual works

visual works by subject type

Title

Râmâyana manuscript, folio 101: Demon Armies Pour Out of Ravana's Castle

Artist

India, Seu-Nainsukh School

Century

late 18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1785-1800

Accession Number

2002/1.166

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Secondary Keywords

architecture

army

buildings

castles and palaces

military

people and occupations

religion

subject matter

Title

Durga, seated, with sixteen arms

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, South India

Physical Description

Durga sits with her legs in a half lotus position, crossed in front of her, but not interlaced. She has a narrow waist and rounded pointy breasts with broad shoulders. Her front two hands hold a rosary (also in a reassuring gesture) and a pot. Her other hands fan out around her. Reading clockwise, she carries a wide assortment of weapons, an arrow, sword, feather, club, discus, trident and [?] on her right and conch, bell, noose, trident, club?, shield, bow and a kapala (skull cup). She has large open eyes and a full mouth and nose. She wears jewelry including necklaces and shoulder loops, armlets, bracelets and large floral earrings. Her crown rest atop her head, but there are wing-like elements that fan out behind her ears. She sits on a squared base with stylized lotus petals over simpler moldings.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

1981/2.59

Medium and Support

copper

Secondary Keywords

hollow-bodied

animal material

associated concepts

beads and sets of beads

bells and sets of bells

buildings and the land

chordophones

combination inorganic/organic animal material

combination inorganic/organic material

costume

costume accessories

costume accessories worn

descriptors

directly struck idiophones

edged weapons

figures

herbaceous plants

keratinous material

landscapes (environments)

materials

materials by composition

materials by origin

natural landscapes

object genres

object genres by form

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by state or condition

percussion idiophones

percussive weapons

plants

projectile weapons

projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant

projectiles with nonexplosive propellant

recreational artifacts

recreational artifacts for competitive activities

religions

religions and religious concepts

sets of beads

settlements and landscapes

shell (animal material)

shell and shell material

sound devices

sound devices by acoustical characteristics

spears (weapons)

spears by form

sports and athletic equipment

staff weapons

struck idiophones

track and field sports equipment

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

weapons

weapons and ammunition

woody plants

Title

Lotus Relief, Fragment from the crosspiece of a stupa railing in Mathura

Artist

India, Uttar Pradesh, Mathura

Physical Description

The red mottled sandstone of this lotus relief is unique to the Sikri quarry, just outside of Mathura.

Century

3rd century

Object Creation Date

3rd century

Accession Number

1963/1.90

Medium and Support

red sandstone

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

balustrades, railings and their components

barrier elements

barriers and barrier elements

buildings and the land

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

design elements

motifs

plant-derived motifs

religious structures

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

Title

Sunset

Artist

George Inness

Physical Description

Landscape scene depicting trees silhouetted against a reddening sky with a dead fallen tree trunk lying diagonally across the foreground.

Artist Life Dates

1825-1894

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1886

Accession Number

1954/1.170

Medium and Support

oil on canvas, laid down on panel

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

atmospheric effects

buildings and the land

cultural landscapes

cultural landscapes by location or context

earth sciences concepts

european

european styles and periods

landscapes (environments)

modern american styles and periods

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

modern north american fine arts styles and movements

modern north american styles and movements

natural landscapes

people and culture

physical sciences concepts

plants

scientific concepts

settlements and landscapes

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

the americas

the natural world

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

wilderness

woods

woody plants

Title

Star-shaped Tile with flying crane among flowers

Artist

Iran, Kashan

Physical Description

A tile in the shape of a 8 pointed star with a bird depiction and inscriptions.

Century

early 14th century

Object Creation Date

early 14th century

Accession Number

1957/1.102

Medium and Support

fritware with blue underglaze painting and brown luster overglaze painting

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

birds

buildings and the land

crane (bird)

descriptors

design elements

document genres

document genres by form

geographic and political locations

herbaceous plants

information forms

landscapes (environments)

materials

materials by form

materials by physical form

middle east (general region)

motifs

natural element motifs

natural landscapes

objects we use

people and culture

plants

religions

religions and religious concepts

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

Title

Hemlock Canyons

Artist

Mike Irolla

Physical Description

Large, turned wood vessel. Fire has been used to color and texture the surface. Bark has been left on to provide texture. The mouth of the vessel is jagged.

large burnt wood vessel with bark marking the top irregular edge

Artist Life Dates

born 1974

Century

late 20th century

Object Creation Date

2001

Accession Number

2002/2.147

Medium and Support

hemlock

Secondary Keywords

attributes and properties

attributes and properties by specific type

biological components

buildings and the land

components

components and systems

components by specific context

containers

containers by form

descriptors

fluvial landforms

landforms

landforms and landform components

landforms by formation process

landscapes (environments)

materials

materials by origin

natural landscapes

objects we use

plant components

plant material

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by material

processes and techniques by specific type

settlements and landscapes

surface marking processes and techniques

trees (components)

wood and wood products

Title

Chateau de Pont-Gibaud, Auvergne. Pl. 72 from vol. VI of "Voyages pittoresques et

Artist

Eugène Isabey

Artist Life Dates

1804-1886

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1830

Accession Number

1969/2.103

Medium and Support

lithograph and chine applique on paper

Secondary Keywords

architecture

buildings

castles and palaces

europe

france

locality

Title

Hanging a Poem on a Cherry Tree

Artist

Ishikawa Toyonobu

Physical Description

A color woodblock print of a young woman hanging a paper with poem on a cherry tree. The woman is in a kimono with intricate design of cherry blossom, hemp leaves, birds and swirls, pine trees and diamond patterns. She also wears broad obi (sash) in checkerboard patterns, which is bow- tied on her back. There is also a white sash underneath the obi, which supports her long kimono. Her hair is tied on the back and adorn with tortoise-shell comb and pin. The cherry tree is in full bloom; there is a curtain with a family crest behind the woman and the tree; a certain kind of platform with swirling vine pattern is peaking below the curtain. The overall color scheme is in yellow, orange, black and white (the color of the paper). There are artist’s signature and two seals on the right bottom corner, and smaller seal on the left bottom corner.

Artist Life Dates

1711-1785

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1746-1749

Accession Number

1955/1.130

Medium and Support

Urushi-e (color woodblock print) on paper

Secondary Keywords

accessories worn at the waist or below

buildings and the land

costume

costume accessories

costume accessories worn

costume by form

coverings and hangings

coverings and hangings by location or context

coverings and hangings by specific type

coverings and hangings for openings

deciduous trees

document genres

document genres by form

document genres for literary works

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

information forms

landscapes (environments)

main garments

natural landscapes

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

plants

settlements and landscapes

trees

trees by leaf life

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

Title

First Designs of Model Young Leaves: the Courtesan Karauta of the Chôjiya, accompanied by her attendants Matsuno and Takeno

Artist

Isoda Koryûsai

Physical Description

This is a color woodblock print of a courtesan and her two attendants. They are walking toward the left. The courtesan wears red and brown kimono with geometric designs and a pink cloak with plum tree and cloud design. Her green obi (sash), tied in front, has peacock feather and geometric patterns. Her hair is sculpted in the shape of “lantern” style, with the broad wings to the side of the head. Three large tortoise-shell comb and four pins adorn the hair. The two young attendants wear matching clothes and hair accessories; their kimono design has the same plum and cloud patterns as the courtesan but in brownish colors. Their obi is in green color with wavy stripes, loosely tied on their backs. They also have tortoise shell combs, hairpins, and ornaments in the shape of pine leaves. One attendant is looking at a ground, and other attendant toward the right. All three wear high platform sandals. There are artist’s signature and publisher’s seal on the lower left corner, as well as the title on the upper right corner.

Artist Life Dates

active 1764 - 1788

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1777-1782

Accession Number

1960/1.145

Medium and Support

Oban (large size) nishiki-e (full-color woodblock print) on paper

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

costume

costume by form

deciduous trees

landscapes (environments)

main garments

natural landscapes

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by age group

people by occupation

people in service occupations

plants

prostitutes

settlements and landscapes

trees

trees by leaf life

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

youth

Title

The Coat of Arms of the Della Chiesa Family

Artist

Anonymous Italian (Genoese)

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

mid 16th century

Accession Number

1970/2.106

Medium and Support

pen and brown ink with wash on cream paper

Secondary Keywords

architecture

buildings

figures

genres

how we live

objects

people and occupations

places of worship

relationships

Title

Project for a Papal Medal

Artist

Anonymous Italian

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1814

Accession Number

1981/2.193

Medium and Support

pen, ink and wash

Secondary Keywords

atmospheric effects

buildings and the land

jewelry

objects

objects of adornment

people and occupations

religious buildings

religious structures

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

the natural world

women

Title

Façade of a Cardinal's Palace Decorated for a Reception

Artist

Anonymous Italian

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1700-1725

Accession Number

1960/2.6

Medium and Support

pen and gray ink with ink wash and watercolor on paper

Secondary Keywords

architecture

buildings

castles and palaces

palaces

study

Title

Basilica of Constantine

Artist

Anonymous Italian

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1860

Accession Number

1980/1.179

Medium and Support

albumen print on paper

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

architecture

buildings

churches

circulation elements

components

components and systems

components by specific context

places of worship

stair components

stairs and stair components

steps and step components