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Title

Plate with white plum blossom design

Artist

Arakawa Toyozô

Physical Description

It is a round, stoneware plate. Clay is red covered with mottled grayish glaze and painted with underglaze iron and white slip. Imperfection of clay was resulted in occasional bumps on surface. Six spur marks are visible on the bottom. Slab is roughly cut (deliberately); the plate is in slightly convex shape. Artist’s seal with underglaze iron appears on the bottom.

Artist Life Dates

1894 - 1985

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1960

Accession Number

1963/2.64

Medium and Support

Stoneware with iron and white slip painting

relevance

rank 8.27252

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Plate with gourd and vine design (one of five with 1964/1.100 and 102-104)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Nabeshima ware, Japan

Physical Description

The circular, smaller white porcelain plate has a design of gourds, flowers, vines and leaves around the rim. The gourds are outlined with blue underglaze and colored with yellow overglaze. Blue underglaze and transparent green overglaze are used for the leaves. The flowers and vines are drawn with red. The red enamel is worn off from some of the tendrils, a characteristic of 18th century Nabeshima. The reverse side has four clustered jewel or treasure motifs with four bows and streamers repeated three times. On the shallow foot, bold lines are drawn in a row like a comb. The design on the back is all drawn with blue underglaze. (Referencce: Becker, Sister Johanna. “A Group of Nabeshima Porcelain.")

Century

Early 18th century

Object Creation Date

early 18th century

Accession Number

1964/1.101

Medium and Support

porcelain with blue underglaze and enamel overglaze painting

relevance

rank 8.26621

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Glassu ni sashita hana (Flowers in a Glass)

Artist

Nakayama Tadashi

Physical Description

A girl with patterned dress is holding and looking at a drinking wine glass, in which there is a flower inside the wine glass.

Artist Life Dates

born 1927

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1975

Accession Number

2011/2.30

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 8.24181

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Fang ding (“square tripod” cooking vessel) with taotie mask and gui dragon design

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

square ding (ting) tripod with four legs, the body as well as the upper portion of the four legs is decorated with "t'ao-t'ieh" zoomorphic design. One of the leg was recast after the rest of the body has been completed, thus had a less refined craftmanship and joint line at its base. The double loop handles are also decorated with zoomorphic design. A group of three inscription is cast on the upper portion of the interior wall, which reads as Fu (father) Ji (day name), followed by an symbolic representation of a chariot, possibly a clan emblem. The interior is plain, the animal bone remains attached to the bottom and variations in patina patterns with a line running through the middle indicates that the vessel was once filled with cooked meat offerings, presumably in a Shang elite burial in late second millennium B.C.E.

Century

12th century BCE

Object Creation Date

12th century BCE

Accession Number

1961/2.82

Medium and Support

cast bronze with malachite patina

relevance

rank 8.22329

Secondary Keywords

containers

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Title

Sugar Caster (one of a pair)

Artist

Monogrammist CO

Physical Description

This sugar caster consists of an octagonal body topped by a domed lid. The body stands on a molded, octagonal base with alternating concave sides, a design carried through the rest of the body and the lid. The lid is pierced with geometric and floral patterns that alternate on each facet, and is surmounted by a rounded finial. The tall, slender proportions of the caster are counterbalanced by the horizontal moldings that decorate the base, body and lid. An unidentified coat of arms appears on the body of the caster.

Artist Life Dates

active 1739-1742

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1739

Accession Number

1966/2.6

Medium and Support

silver

relevance

rank 8.21712

Secondary Keywords

casters (vessels)

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Title

Sugar Caster (one of a pair)

Artist

Monogrammist CO

Physical Description

This sugar caster consists of an octagonal body topped by a domed lid. The body stands on a molded, octagonal base with alternating concave sides, a design carried through the rest of the body and the lid. The lid is pierced with geometric and floral patterns that alternate on each facet, and is surmounted by a rounded finial. The tall, slender proportions of the caster are counterbalanced by the horizontal moldings that decorate the base, body and lid. An unidentified coat of arms appears on the body of the caster.

Artist Life Dates

active 1739-1742

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1739

Accession Number

1966/2.5

Medium and Support

silver

relevance

rank 8.21712

Secondary Keywords

casters (vessels)

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Title

Porcelain Inkwell with flowers and butterfly and rounded corners

Artist

Artist Unknown

Physical Description

A porcelain inkwell with rounded corners. Painted flowers and butterflies decorate the base and the lid. The flowers are blue while the butterfly is gold.

Object Creation Date

1875-1975

Accession Number

2010/1.268

Medium and Support

porcelain, metal

relevance

rank 8.21367

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Pear-shaped ivory snuff bottle with depiction of people

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1912-1949

Accession Number

1980/2.64

Medium and Support

ivory

relevance

rank 8.20163

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Top Hat and Umbrella Inkwell, metal with cane, ivory handle

Artist

Artist Unknown

Physical Description

A metal inkwell in the shape of a black tophat. A pen shaped like a cane is included. The handle of the cane is ivory.

Object Creation Date

1875-1975

Accession Number

2010/1.272

Medium and Support

metal, ivory

relevance

rank 8.17012

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Peasants in an Interior

Artist

Bartholomeus Molenaer

Physical Description

Groups of figures sit crowded around tables in a dark, smoky interior. In the foreground a man dressed in white hose and a red cap leans on a barrel, his tankard placed at his feet, and looks directly ahead out of the scene. To his left several men cluster around a table to drink and smoke, while other dimly lit figures sit and move about in the background.

Artist Life Dates

1618-1650

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1635-1645

Accession Number

1985/1.196

Medium and Support

oil on panel

relevance

rank 8.13778

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Teabowl, white glaze with overglaze copper painting of pine tree (1 of 2)

Artist

Seifû Yohei III

Artist Life Dates

1854-1914

Century

Late 19th-early 20th century

Object Creation Date

1880s-1914

Accession Number

1954/1.494

Medium and Support

porcelain with Hagi-style glaze and copper overglaze painting

relevance

rank 8.11987

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Art Deco Red Satin Glass Inkwell, applied silver corners, brass sculptured lid

Artist

Artist Unknown

Physical Description

A square, red satin glass inkwell with a flat, brass lid. Silver designs are applied to the corners.

Object Creation Date

1875-1975

Accession Number

2010/1.280

Medium and Support

glass, metal

relevance

rank 8.10759

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Blue-and-white plate with floral motif painting, Imari ware

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

17th century

Accession Number

1965/2.65

Medium and Support

porcelain with blue underglaze painting

relevance

rank 8.10458

Secondary Keywords

arita

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Title

Blue-and-white plate with landscape design

Artist

Artist Unknown, Hizen ware, Japan

Physical Description

A medium size plate has blue-and-white underglaze painting of landscape. There are two groups of mountains; one of the left has two large rocks flanked by two smaller mountains with a few trees on the tops. Three smaller rocks peek from the water. On the right side, a range of gently sloped mountains and a rock are drawn. There are two fishing boats with masts can be seen in front of the mountain range. The crescent moon, shadowed by one side, is in the sky. The drawing is executed in thick underglaze and painted in lighter glaze. There are brown speckles on the surface; reddish color stains on the top of the rim. Some chips on the rim and on the back. The foot is unglazed; eye is glazed. There is a single band around the rim.

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1615-1643

Accession Number

1963/2.62

Medium and Support

porcelain, blue underglaze painting

relevance

rank 8.06278

Secondary Keywords

upward

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Title

Plate with painted design of a covered jar, 'Fragrant Orchid'

Artist

Tomimoto Kenkichi

Physical Description

Porcelain plate with raised brown rim. The inner circle uses blue underglaze painting to illustrate a jar with a lid that reads in kanji "fragrant orchid"

Artist Life Dates

1886-1963

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1900-1963

Accession Number

1978/1.165

Medium and Support

Porcelain with blue underglaze painting and iron glaze

relevance

rank 8.05580

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Title

Platinum Kairagi Shino Bowl

Artist

Takuro Kuwata

Physical Description

A contemporary tea drinking bowl.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1981

Century

21st century

Object Creation Date

2011

Accession Number

2012/2.7

Medium and Support

porcelain, platinum slip and paint

relevance

rank 8.05555

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Vanitas (Still Life), with globe, skull, candle, tazza, and covered cup

Artist

Willem Claesz Heda

Physical Description

This remarkable still life depicts a table crowded with, among other things, a gilded covered goblet, a wide saucer-shaped silver tazza, a celestial globe painted with images of the constellations, a skull wearing a laurel wreath, and an extinguished candle, all rendered in exquisite detail with careful attention paid to the effects of light and texture. While the arrangement of objects may appear casual, the composition is artfully balanced along two diagonal axes centered on the two cups that lie crossed on the table. The repetition of ovoid shapes throughout the painting and the monochrome tonality with its restricted range of hues and values, a hallmark of Heda's style, assures the seamless integration of the sundry objects into a unified whole.

Artist Life Dates

1594-1680

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1633-1635

Accession Number

1965/2.55

Medium and Support

oil on panel

relevance

rank 8.04334

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Censer with Maltese crosses, birds, and columns

Artist

Artist Unknown, Coptic, Egypt

Physical Description

The body of this cylindrical censer is decorated with eight columns spaced at regular intervals. The lid of the censer consists of an openwork dome divided into sections by eight vertical ribs that converge at its apex. An arched horizontal band intersects the midpoint of the ribs, and these eight junctures are marked with a projecting bird that holds a small bronze ball dangling from its beak. Two segments of the dome are decorated with Maltese crosses while another two feature curved plant forms. The apex is surmounted by a finial comprised of a globe topped by a Maltese cross on which a bird holding a piece of fruit perches.

Century

6th-7th century

Object Creation Date

500-699

Accession Number

1960/2.4

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 8.03757

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Title

Long-necked hu (wine storage jar) with molded low-relief taotie masks at the waist and bands of grooved decoration

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

lead glazed jar of deep green color, flared neck, and globular body

Century

1st-2nd century

Object Creation Date

1st century - 2nd century

Accession Number

1993/1.83

Medium and Support

Red earthenware with green lead glaze

relevance

rank 8.02732

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Title

Large covered hu (wine storage jar) with molded taotie masks and painted designs of stylized clouds and Mount Penglai

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

greyware jar with lid, pained with polychrome mystic cloud design, flared neck, globular body, tall foot

Century

1st century BCE

Object Creation Date

1st century BCE

Accession Number

1993/1.77.1-2

Medium and Support

grey earthenware with polychrome pigments

relevance

rank 8.02732

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Title

Brewing Tea under Pines by a Stream

Artist

Zhou Chen (Chou Ch'en)

Physical Description

Vertically oriented. Ink on silk with silk edging. Three figures at a stream in a wooded area.

Artist Life Dates

active 1515-1535

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

mid 16th century - late 16th century

Accession Number

1963/2.3

Medium and Support

ink and color on paper

relevance

rank 7.98018

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Plate with Floral Design, one of five

Artist

Shibata Zeshin

Physical Description

Autumn flowers are painted in colored lacquer on plates of gold leaf. The quiet, natural plant motifs stand out against the glittering square of gold.

Artist Life Dates

1807-1891

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1879-1890

Accession Number

1968/2.56

Medium and Support

clear lacquer over gold leaf and polychrome lacquer painting on paper

relevance

rank 7.95826

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Title

Plate with Floral Design, one of five

Artist

Shibata Zeshin

Physical Description

Autumn flowers are painted in colored lacquer on plates of gold leaf. The quiet, natural plant motifs stand out against the glittering square of gold.

Artist Life Dates

1807-1891

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1879-1890

Accession Number

1968/2.58

Medium and Support

clear lacquer over gold leaf and polychrome lacquer painting on paper

relevance

rank 7.95826

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Title

Plate with Floral Design, one of five

Artist

Shibata Zeshin

Physical Description

Autumn flowers are painted in colored lacquer on plates of gold leaf. The quiet, natural plant motifs stand out against the glittering square of gold.

Artist Life Dates

1807-1891

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1879-1890

Accession Number

1968/2.60

Medium and Support

clear lacquer over gold leaf and polychrome lacquer painting on paper

relevance

rank 7.95826

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Title

Plate with Floral Design, one of five

Artist

Shibata Zeshin

Physical Description

Autumn flowers are painted in colored lacquer on plates of gold leaf. The quiet, natural plant motifs stand out against the glittering square of gold.

Artist Life Dates

1807-1891

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1879-1890

Accession Number

1968/2.57

Medium and Support

clear lacquer over gold leaf and polychrome lacquer painting on paper

relevance

rank 7.95826

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Title

Plate with Floral Design, one of five

Artist

Shibata Zeshin

Physical Description

Autumn flowers are painted in colored lacquer on plates of gold leaf. The quiet, natural plant motifs stand out against the glittering square of gold.

Artist Life Dates

1807-1891

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1879-1890

Accession Number

1968/2.59

Medium and Support

clear lacquer over gold leaf and polychrome lacquer painting on paper

relevance

rank 7.95826

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Title

Cup with incised fret pattern at rim and peony sprays on the side

Artist

Artist Unknown, Korea

Physical Description

Rounded tea bowl with celadon glaze. A lightly incised peony design is spaced along the widest stretch of the cup, and below the rim is an incised fret pattern.

Century

early 12th century

Object Creation Date

early 12th century

Accession Number

2004/1.226

Medium and Support

stoneware with incised decoration under celadon glaze

relevance

rank 7.94006

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

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Title

Flores de Campo

Artist

Emilio Sanchez

Physical Description

A black and white print of flowers in a glass of water.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1921

Object Creation Date

1998

Accession Number

2011/2.101

Medium and Support

black and white lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 7.86090

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Plate with incised floral scrolls

Artist

Artist Unknown, Iran

Physical Description

A plate with incised floral patterns and splashed green glaze.

Century

11th-12th century

Object Creation Date

11th century - 12th century

Accession Number

1957/1.52

Medium and Support

earthenware with cream-colored slip and splashed green glaze

relevance

rank 7.79937

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

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descriptors

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Title

Large Pedestal Bowl or Stand

Artist

Artist Unknown, Korea

Physical Description

Large pedestal bowl with flaring mouth and base cut with evenly spaced triangular designs. Three side-by-side horizontal bands decorate the lip of the bowl, while six bands are spaced along the sides encompass the exterior of the bowl. In between these bands incised wavy lines stretch around the body horizontally.

Century

5th century

Object Creation Date

5th century

Accession Number

2004/1.179

Medium and Support

stoneware with traces of natural ash glaze

relevance

rank 7.74367

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

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descriptors

masts

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Title

Preserve Jar with Lid

Artist

Artist Unknown, Korea

Physical Description

Dark brown glaze has been dripped over the pot from above, allowing it to flow unevenly so that the lighter clay body shows through in an unpredictable pattern. The jar appears rounded in gradations, and has a small circular lid, as well as base.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

2004/1.294A&B

Medium and Support

Stoneware with mottled dark brown glaze

relevance

rank 7.71847

Secondary Keywords

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descriptors

object genres

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vessels

Title

Stirrup cup with inlaid sgraffito chrysanthemum and scroll designs

Artist

Artist Unknown, Korea

Physical Description

Earthenware stirrup cup with sgraffito design and celadon glaze. A chrysanthemum blossom decorates the tapered base of the cup, and widens into a large middle register with four stylized chrysanthemum medallions. The cup curves back inward toward the rim of the cup, decorated with a fret pattern just below.

Century

13th century

Object Creation Date

13th century

Accession Number

2004/1.230

Medium and Support

stoneware with inlaid decoration under celadon glaze

relevance

rank 7.71761

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

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Title

Incense burner with openwork lid

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

1997/1.233A&B

Medium and Support

iron with gold and silver inlay and gilt

relevance

rank 7.65005

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

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Title

Ivory snuff bottle

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1825-1900

Accession Number

1980/2.62

Medium and Support

ivory

relevance

rank 7.63452

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

bone

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dentin

descriptors

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Title

Round Inkwell with Apple Blossoms, poreclain, round marked "CFM/CDM FRANCE", limoges

Artist

Artist Unknown

Physical Description

A purple color inkwell made with porcelain has drawings of apple blossom all around the outside of the inkwell. And there is a lid cover on the top of the inkwell.

Object Creation Date

1875-1975

Accession Number

2010/1.294

Medium and Support

porcelain

relevance

rank 7.52451

Secondary Keywords

containers

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Title

Fragment of base of a seated Buddha, with incense burner, lion, and attendant

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

6th-7th century

Object Creation Date

circa 580 - 620

Accession Number

1964/2.24

Medium and Support

marble

relevance

rank 7.52354

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

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descriptors

doctrinal concepts

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religions

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Title

Cup

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

late 19th century

Accession Number

1984/2.31

Medium and Support

wood

relevance

rank 7.52280

Secondary Keywords

african

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containers

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Title

Tankard with Lid and scenes of Judith, Lucretia, and Venus

Artist

Artist Unknown, Germany

Physical Description

The body of the tankard is decorated with two narrow bands of gilded abstract vegetal ornament around the neck and base, separated by a wider band that features three repoussé medallions alternating with three bosses. Each medallion depicts a standing nude female: one of the nudes appears in an interior holding a dagger to her chest; another holds a sword and a man's head and stands beside a female companion; the third holds an elongated arrow with a blindfolded cupid at her feet. The cast handle consists of a clawed bird's foot grasping a ball at the base, followed by a satyr mask, a bound female nude, and, surmounting the handle, the bust of a warrior. The lid, a later addition, bears a wreath with a series of initials and the date 1639.

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1600-1639

Accession Number

1966/2.18

Medium and Support

repoussé and engraved silver, partially gilded

relevance

rank 7.47753

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

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scrollwork

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Title

Royal Vienna Inkwell with blue and gold designs on the four sides

Artist

Artist Unknown

Physical Description

Inkwell made of porcelain has a square shape body and a round lid cover. It is decorated in detail patterns of blue, gold and white; and it has scenes of thr royals on the side body of the inkwell.

Object Creation Date

1875-1975

Accession Number

2010/1.296

Medium and Support

porcelain

relevance

rank 7.46453

Secondary Keywords

austria (nation)

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Title

Teapot, on gray background (Théière sur fond gris)

Artist

Georges Braque

Physical Description

Lithograph print on white paper. In the center, a very bulbous teapot, with a large conical mouth and protruding spout, is depicted in crude outline and filled in with patchy dark brown. To the right is a banana and the outline of an apple. A gray background fills the space around the objects and trails off into the white paper at the edges.

Artist Life Dates

1882-1963

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1947

Accession Number

1968/1.77

Medium and Support

color lithograph on Arches paper

relevance

rank 7.43906

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

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descriptors

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visual works

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Title

Seto ware tea caddy "Hitorine," named by Kobori Enshû (1579–1647)

Artist

Seto Shinbei

Physical Description

Small, brown, thinly potted container with ivory lid. It has a short neck and round shoulder; The dark glaze is randomly applied from shoulder to the middle of the body. The part at the bottom is unglazed. The bottom has no foot and unglazed. The lid is concaved from the rim toward the center knob.

Artist Life Dates

late 16th century - early 17th century

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1600-1647

Accession Number

1954/1.532A&B

Medium and Support

stoneware with mottled brown glaze, ivory lid

relevance

rank 7.40882

Secondary Keywords

animal material

bone

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descriptors

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objects

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textile materials

textile materials by composition or origin

tooth and tooth components

tooth components

Title

Gray Teapot (Théière grise)

Artist

Georges Braque

Physical Description

A squat teapot with an upturned spout, executed in gray and white that suggests silverware, sits left of center on a darker gray tray. To the right of the teapot is a lemon in bright yellow. The objects are surounded by black, and there is a dark gray frame of color around the entire print.

Artist Life Dates

1882-1963

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1947

Accession Number

1968/1.78

Medium and Support

color lithograph on Arches paper

relevance

rank 7.40737

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

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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

relevance

rank 7.38258

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Incense Container in the Shape of a Flower

Artist

Kôyama Kiyoko

Physical Description

Flower shaped incesnse container consisting of two halves, which open horizontally, and fit together very precisely. Decorated with ash glaze, which gives the pottery a deep red color, deeper on the top and slightly lighter on rest of the container, with black as an accent color primarily on two sides of the container in a line going from the top of the piece to the bottom. The top of the container is very dramatically textured is a symetrical series of ridges which create the petals and shape of the flower.

Artist Life Dates

born 1936

Object Creation Date

circa 2000

Accession Number

2010/1.220

Medium and Support

stoneware with natural ash glaze

relevance

rank 7.38258

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

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Title

The Orchid Pavilion Gathering

Artist

Sheng Maoye (Sheng Mao-yeh)

Physical Description

Handscroll depicting figures (42 men and 6 boys) in a landscape, most of whom are sitting along the banks of a stream as cups on lotus leaves float by. A small cluster of figures sits in a shelter over the water examining a handscroll. The painting includes an inscription, six artist’s seals and one collector’s seal.

Artist Life Dates

active 1594-164

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1621

Accession Number

1974/1.244

Medium and Support

handscroll, ink and color on silk

relevance

rank 7.37118

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Rose Floral Base Inkwell, French, with stand, two inkwells, rose floral base, faience gallery top

Artist

Artist Unknown, France

Physical Description

A porcelain inkwell of white colour in rectangular shape. It has two lid cover on the top and a place in front as pen stand. The inkwell is decorated with patterns of flowers and rose.

Object Creation Date

1875-1975

Accession Number

2010/1.306

Medium and Support

glass, metal

relevance

rank 7.34779

Secondary Keywords

containers

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Title

"Porcelain de Paris", French inkwell, Meissen pattern with lid, vintage

Artist

Artist Unknown

Physical Description

A porcelain white color inkwell has a rectangular body with round edges and a small lid. There are simple decorations and paintings of pink flowers on the inkwell.

Object Creation Date

1875-1975

Accession Number

2010/1.288

Medium and Support

porcelain

relevance

rank 7.34779

Secondary Keywords

containers

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Title

Oriental Green Porcelain Inkwell, light green with leaves, attached lid

Artist

Artist Unknown

Physical Description

Inkwell made of green porcelain has a rectangular shape body and a round shape lid cover. There is detailed hollow craftings on the four sides of the inkwell.

Object Creation Date

1875-1975

Accession Number

2010/1.289

Medium and Support

porcelain

relevance

rank 7.34779

Secondary Keywords

containers

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Title

Still Life with Apples (Nature Morte aux Pommes)

Artist

Maurice de Vlaminck

Physical Description

A bowl containing apples rests in the center, flanked by two conical drinking cups.

Artist Life Dates

1876-1958

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1910

Accession Number

1984/1.288

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 7.28816

Secondary Keywords

containers

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descriptors

drinking vessels

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Title

Incense Container in the Shape of a Plum Flower

Artist

Kôyama Kiyoko

Physical Description

Incense container in the shape of a plum blossom. The container consists of two halves opening horizontally, with the top of the container being very textured with a pattern of ridges. The container is bi-colored, with a whitish gray and reddish orange coloring.

Artist Life Dates

born 1936

Object Creation Date

circa 2000

Accession Number

2010/1.218

Medium and Support

stoneware with natural ash glaze

relevance

rank 7.23637

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

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descriptors

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