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- Title
- Buddha's Footprint at Zhutang Temple, from the album, Twelve Views of Jinling (Nanjing) (one of pair of albums)
- Artist
- Gao Cen (Kao Ts'en)
- Artist Life Dates
- act. 1643-1679
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1970/2.159.9
- Medium and Support
- album leaf, ink and color on paper
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
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- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious buildings
- religious structures
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- the natural world
- Title
- Buddha, Seated in Bhumisparsa Mudrâ, on a Throne
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Century
- 18th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century - 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.449
- Medium and Support
- lacquered and gilt wood
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- Title
- Buddha, seated in bhumisparsa mudra, surrounded by five stupas (votive plaque)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Northeastern India
- Physical Description
- This clay votive plaque depicts the Buddha in the gesture of “calling the earth to witness." He is shown here surrounded by five stupas, or reliquary monuments.
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1990/1.176
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
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- Title
- Buddha, seated in the ardha padmasana pose, in bhumisparsa mudra (Chieng Sen style)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Physical Description
- The Buddha in bhumisparsa mudra (the gesture of touching the earth with his right hand, palm inward), signaling his victory over Mara. In Southeast Asian contexts, this hand gesture is often referred to as Maravijaya mudra, or "victory over Mara." The Buddha’s elongated earlobes refer to his early life as a prince, when he wore heavy earrings. Texts that describe how a Buddha’s face should look often use comparisons to natural forms such as eyes like lotus petals, eyebrows like an archer’s bow, and a chin like a mango stone. The artist who created this sculpture clearly followed similar instructions.
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1500-1599
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.48
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
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- design elements
- devotional images
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- Title
- Buddha, seated in the ardha padmasana pose, in bhumisparsa mudra (Sukhothai style)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Century
- 14th century
- Object Creation Date
- 14th century
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.43
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
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- devotional images
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- Title
- Buddha, seated in the ardha padmasana pose, in bhumisparsa mudra (U-Thong style)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Century
- 14th century
- Object Creation Date
- 14th century
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.52
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Secondary Keywords
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- Title
- Buddha, seated in the ardha padmasana pose, in dhayana mudra, sheltered by Mucalinda (Lopburi style)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.37
- Medium and Support
- sandstone with traces of polychromy
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- Title
- Buddha, seated in the ardha padmasana pose, in dhyana mudra
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Cambodia (Khmer)
- Century
- Late 11th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa late 11th century
- Accession Number
- 1974/2.31
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Secondary Keywords
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- Title
- Buddha, seated in the ardha padmasana pose, in dhyana mudra and sheltered by Mucalinda
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Physical Description
- Sculpture of a seated male figure
- Century
- 12th-13th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1175-1225
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.28
- Medium and Support
- buff sandstone
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- devotional images
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- reptiles
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- Title
- Buddha, seated in the padmasana pose, iin bhumisparsa mudra (Khanom Tom style)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Century
- 15th-16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 15th century - 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.170
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Secondary Keywords
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- Title
- Buddha, seated in the padmasana pose, in bhumisparsa mudra
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Tibet or Nepal
- Physical Description
- A hollow cast bronze sculpture of the Buddha, including a lotus base. The bronze has a dark, shiny patina over most of its surface.
- The Buddha sits with his legs crossed in the padmasana pose; his right hand reaches down, palm inwards, to touch the earth, in an elegant gesture with just the tip of his third finger making contact, while his right hand rests in his lap. His torso is tall and erect. His dhoti (a skirt-like garment) is tied high on his torso, while his outer robe covers his left shoulder completely and just brushes against his right shoulder. His face is shaped like a tall and narrow "U," with wide, gently arching brows, downcast eyes under swelling lids, a long and high nose, and full, cupid's-bow lips. The urna, an auspicious mark on his forehead, is indicated here by a small bump with an incised outline. His hair is arranged in rows of snail-shell curls, which are repeated in a larger size on his ushnisha, culminating in a lotus bud.
- The upward-pointing lotus petals on the dais are in high relief, with curling tips.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1995/1.58
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- associated concepts
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- design elements
- devotional images
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- motifs
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- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious visual works
- south asian
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- Title
- Buddha, seated in the padmasana pose, in bhumisparsa mudra, on a double lotus dais
- Artist
- Nepal
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.154
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
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- figures (representations)
- form attributes
- motifs
- objects we use
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- south asian
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- Title
- Buddha, seated in the padmasana pose, in dhyana mudra (architectural fragment)
- Artist
- Gandhara (ancient Pakistan and Afghanistan)
- Century
- 2nd-3rd century
- Object Creation Date
- 2nd century - 3rd century
- Accession Number
- 1996/2.26
- Medium and Support
- black schist with light brown patina
- Secondary Keywords
- arches and arch components
- architectural elements
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
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- object genres
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- spanning and projecting structural elements
- structural elements
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- Title
- Buddha, seated in the padmasana pose, in dhyana mudra, attended by Indra
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Gandhara (Ancient Pakistan and Afghanistan)
- Physical Description
- A fragment of a stucco relief sculpture.
- Century
- 2nd-4th century
- Object Creation Date
- 100-399
- Accession Number
- 1961/2.83
- Medium and Support
- stucco relief with traces of polychromy
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- figures (representations)
- indian
- indian dynastic styles and periods
- indian styles and periods
- kushan
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- south asian
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- Title
- Buddha, seated in the padmasana pose, in dhyana mudra, flanked by two donor figures and with a mandorla of the seven Buddhas of the past (fragment of a stele)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 6th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 500-550
- Accession Number
- 1964/1.89
- Medium and Support
- stone
- Secondary Keywords
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- Title
- Buddha, seated in the padmasana pose, in dhyana mudra, with mandorla
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- Small gilt bronze seated Buddha with Indian and Central Asian characteristics, including the pedestal he is seated on, folds of his robe, and the incised flames in the body halo encompassing him.
- Century
- 5th century
- Object Creation Date
- 433-466
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.94
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
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- figures (representations)
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- Title
- Buddha, seated in the padmasana pose, in dhyana mudra; probably part of a larger altarpiece
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 5th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 5th century
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.93
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
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- figures (representations)
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- Title
- Buddha, seated in the padmasana pose, with left hand in abhaya mudra
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- Small gilt bronze seated Buddha in style of China’s cosmopolitan Tang Dynasty. It has a full figure, artfully draped robes, and a plump, rounded face with arched eyebrows. Hand is raised in abhaya mudra.
- Century
- 8th century
- Object Creation Date
- 700-799
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.91
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze
- Secondary Keywords
- asia (continent)
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- descriptors
- figures (representations)
- form attributes
- geographic and political locations
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- Title
- Buddha, seated in the pralambapadasana pose (with legs pendant), in abhaya mudra
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 7th-8th century
- Object Creation Date
- 7th century - 8th century
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.92
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- descriptors
- figures (representations)
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- objects we use
- people and culture
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- 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
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- plant components
- religions
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- religious structures
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- trees (components)
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- Title
- Buddha, seated, from Tongguan, with mandorla
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 4th century
- Object Creation Date
- 4th century
- Accession Number
- 1964/1.90
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
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- Title
- Buddha, seated, with mandorla and dais; inscription
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 6th century
- Object Creation Date
- 515
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.96
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
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- descriptors
- design elements
- document genres
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- information forms
- motifs
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- Title
- Buddha, standing (extremely worn)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 9th century?
- Object Creation Date
- 9th century - 10th century
- Accession Number
- 1969/2.12
- Medium and Support
- wood with traces of gesso and polychrome
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- objects we use
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
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- Title
- Buddha, standing in double abhaya mudra (Ayutthaya style)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.45
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- devotional images
- figures (representations)
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious visual works
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- Title
- Buddha, standing on a table-like pedestal, with a flame mandorla
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 4th century
- Object Creation Date
- 4th century
- Accession Number
- 1964/1.92
- Medium and Support
- cast and incised bronze
- Secondary Keywords
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- Title
- Buddha, standing with right hand in abhaya mudra (Ayutthaya style)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.44
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- devotional images
- figures (representations)
- objects we use
- people
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- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious visual works
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- Title
- Buddha, standing, in double abhaya mudra (modern work in Khmer style)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Century
- 20th century?
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century (?)
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.51
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- design elements
- devotional images
- figures (representations)
- motifs
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- plant-derived motifs
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- Title
- Buddha, standing, in double abhaya mudra and dressed in royal attire
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Physical Description
- Gilded brass (or gilded copper alloy) standing Buddha on lotus pedestal with both hands raised in abhaya mudra.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/1.66
- Medium and Support
- gilded brass (or gilded copper alloy?)
- Secondary Keywords
- altars and altar components
- architectural elements
- architectural elements by building type
- asia (continent)
- associated concepts
- components
- components and systems
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- devotional images
- figures (representations)
- geographic and political locations
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- Title
- Buddha, standing, in double vitarka mudra (?) (Chieng Sen style)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 15th Century
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.46
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- conditions and effects
- descriptors
- devotional images
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- Title
- Buddha, standing, in vitarka mudra
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- A small, solid gilt bronze image of the Budddha, shown standing in a slighly swayback pose with both right and left hands in vitarka mudra, the gesture ot teaching. His robe is draped over both shoulders and falls in large, symmentrical V-shaped folds in shallow relief over his torso. His head is small, with the canonical snail-shell curls suggested by tiny knobs of bronze. He has full cheeks, a well-defined mouth, and incised slits for his eyes. There are two incised rings at his neck (instead of the canonical three). He stands on a pedestal of upward, double-petal lotus petals, raised on a hollow base. Some turquoise patina is visible on tthe base and head.
- Century
- 7th century
- Object Creation Date
- 7th century
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.97
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- descriptors
- design elements
- educating
- educational functions
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- functions
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- Title
- Buddhist altar ornament: lotus bud supported by two dvarapala
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 7th-8th century
- Object Creation Date
- 618-907
- Accession Number
- 1961/2.74
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze with blue-green patina
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- Title
- Buddhist Bronze
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- mid 7th-early 8th centuries
- Object Creation Date
- circa 650-725
- Accession Number
- 1961/2.78
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
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- Title
- Buddhist Bronze, Kuan Yin
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 7th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 7th century
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.95
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze
- Secondary Keywords
- amrita
- bodhisattva
- buddhism
- kalasa
- religion
- religions
- Title
- Buddhist Monk with begging bowl
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1979/2.81
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll fragment (framed), ink and color on silk
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- associated concepts
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- people and culture
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- Title
- Buddhist Nara
- Artist
- Saitô Kiyoshi
- Artist Life Dates
- (active 1907 - 1997)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1955
- Accession Number
- 1959/2.17
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- forms of expression
- objects we use
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Buddhist Surplice
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1950-1959
- Accession Number
- 1998/1.144
- Medium and Support
- patchwork silk brocade, with ivory ring
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- costume
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- religious (people)
- Title
- Bust of a Buddha (Chieng Sen Style)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 15th century
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.47
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- devotional images
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious visual works
- visual works
- visual works by function
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Busts of Saints Jerome and Gregory
- Artist
- Atelier of Jörg Syrlin the Younger
- Physical Description
- This pair of finely carved bust-length figures depicts two men in ecclesiastical garb. On the right appears an older figure who wears elaborate vestments and a papal tiara with a book in his left hand. His deeply lined and wrinkled face conveys a patient wisdom and authority as he stares directly ahead. His more youthful companion, dressed in a simpler collared robe and brimless cap, glances introspectively aside. He grasps an unfurled scroll in his left hand and a diminutive lion stares out from its perch on his left shoulder.
- Century
- late 15th/early 16th-century
- Object Creation Date
- circa1500
- Accession Number
- 1958/1.59
- Medium and Support
- lindenwood with polychromy
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- christian clergy
- clergy
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by physical form
- information forms
- mammals
- 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
- prelates
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious visual works
- visual works
- visual works by function
- Title
- Calligraphy of a Zen epigram
- Artist
- Hamada Shôji
- Physical Description
- Calligraphic text of Zen epigram, signature to bottom right.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Tokyo, 1894 - 1978, Mashiko)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1967
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.219
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buddhism
- chinese buddhism
- descriptors
- genres
- image-making processes and techniques
- japanese buddhism
- people and culture
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Calligraphy of a Zen epigram: Yesterday I was in my rustic home, today I am not there; tomorrow I will be elsewhere. [signature]
- Artist
- Hamada Shôji
- Physical Description
- Calligraphy of a Zen epigram with signature: Yesterday I was in my rustic home, today I am not there; tomorrow I will be elsewhere.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Tokyo, 1894 - 1978, Mashiko)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1967
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.220
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buddhism
- chinese buddhism
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- people and culture
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Calligraphy: "And naturally ripens into fruit"
- Artist
- Tetsugen (Ôbaku) Doko
- Physical Description
- Hanging scroll with five large calligraphic kanji characters. The lower right contains further text and orangish read seals. The background brocade on which it is mounted is green and gold and has a floral design. Two strips of other material lie across the top and bottom of the white material on which teh calligraphy is painted. These strips also have a floral design and a light gold/yellow background.
- Artist Life Dates
- active 1630-1682
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1660-1682
- Accession Number
- 1968/2.19
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- chinese buddhism
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- japanese buddhism
- materials
- materials by function
- materials by origin
- people and culture
- plant material
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Candlestick with decoration of the Labors of the Months
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Turkey, Central Anatolia
- Century
- 13th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 13th century - late 13th century
- Accession Number
- 1965/1.182
- Medium and Support
- cast and incised bronze, inlaid with silver and gold
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- candles and candleholders
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- lighting devices
- lighting devices by form
- objects we use
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- Title
- Candlestick with scenes of paired figures drinking
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Turkey, Central Anatolia
- Century
- 13th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 13th century - late 13th century
- Accession Number
- 1965/1.183
- Medium and Support
- cast and incised bronze, inlaid with silver and gold
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- candles and candleholders
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- lighting devices
- lighting devices by form
- objects we use
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- Title
- Capital from the palace-city of Medinat al-Zahara with stylized acanthus leaves, vine rinceau and fleurons
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Cordova, Spain
- Physical Description
- This capital, based upon the Roman composite order, features stylized acanthus leaves and rinceau on the bell of the capital, which terminates in a band of bead-and-reel motif on the astragal. This, in turn, is capped by an echinus decorated with three fleurons and vine rinceau on each face as well as four projecting volutes also decorated with rinceau and fleurons. Originally the bell of the capital had two tiers of acanthus leaves, but the capital has been cropped below the top of the first tier and the tips of the leaves, which once curved outward from the surface of the capital, have been sheared off.
- Century
- 10th century
- Object Creation Date
- 936-1010
- Accession Number
- 1979/2.1
- Medium and Support
- marble
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- capitals and capital components
- column components
- columns and column components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- design elements
- dwellings
- europe (continent)
- geographic and political locations
- houses
- houses by occupants
- official residences
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- residential structures
- scrollwork
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- structural elements
- structural elements and structural element components
- supporting and resisting elements
- Title
- Casket with inscription in floriated Kufic script
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Iran
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1959/1.113
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- containers
- objects we use
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- Title
- Caturvimsati Pata (Shrine of the 24 Jinas)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat
- Physical Description
- This shrine depicts a large seated Jina surrounded by 23 other jina figures and a variety of attendants. The Jina figures that adorn the sides and are arranged in tiers above the main figure. The side columns and the whole is surmounted by auspicious pot forms. The main figure sits in the lotus position on a lion throne flanked by a male and female demigod. Along the sides he is flanked by standing cauri bearers, garland bearers above them and riders on elephants above that with an umbrella with a standing figure on it above his head. At the base in the center is a standing figure holding a sick or club with a bull cognizance behind him on the base of the throne. The nine globs on the base, four to his right and five to his left represent the nine planets and his hands folded in a gesture of meditation
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1464
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.120
- Medium and Support
- bronze or brass
- Secondary Keywords
- altars and altar components
- architectural elements
- architectural elements by building type
- associated concepts
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- people and culture
- religion
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious building fixtures
- 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
- Celestial Musician (Japanese, Hiten; Sanskrit, Apsara)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- The figure is kneeling musician on lotus seat, made of separately carved petals. Below the seat, there is a base, which consists of two lotus-shaped half-sphere, connected up-side-down. The head has two buns, elongated ears, simplified facial parts; the figure wears a pink robe with wide sleeves, holding a sort of instrument with hands.
- Century
- 7th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 670-700
- Accession Number
- 1999/2.14
- Medium and Support
- polychromed camphor wood on lacquered wood base
- Secondary Keywords
- arts
- arts and related disciplines
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- design elements
- disciplines
- humanities
- motifs
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people by state or condition
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the performing arts
- performing arts
- plant-derived motifs
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- 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
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- architectural elements
- associated concepts
- ceremonial containers
- christianity
- columns and column components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- containers
- containers by function or context
- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
- crosses (motifs)
- descriptors
- design elements
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- motifs
- nonferrous metal
- objects we use
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- structural elements
- structural elements and structural element components
- supporting and resisting elements
- Title
- Chauri-bearer (female divinity or attendant)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.131
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Secondary Keywords
- figures
- people and occupations
- religion
- religions