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- Title
- Landscape
- Artist
- Alice Hunt
- Physical Description
- A stream with trees on either side. Rocks in and around the stream and a fence in the grass on the left side of the image.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1848-1930
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1848-1930
- Accession Number
- 1944.11
- Medium and Support
- watercolor on white paper
- Primary Keywords
- landscapes (representations)
- leaves (plant components)
- rock
- streams
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- Title
- Grasshopper
- Artist
- Qi Baishi (Ch'i Pai-shih)
- Physical Description
- The painting depicts a grasshopper resting on the leaves. The artist signed his pen name, A-chih, and sealed his pen names, Pai-shih mountain hermit, and Pai-shih hermit.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1864 - 1957)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1920-1935
- Accession Number
- 1949/1.201
- Medium and Support
- ink on rice paper
- Primary Keywords
- grasshoppers
- leaves (plant components)
- plants
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- Title
- Tsuba (Sword guard)
- Artist
- Sadanobu
- Physical Description
- It is a round, openwork tsuba, in the design of three interconnected bamboo leaves. It has the signature: Kishû jû, Sadanobu.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1809-1879
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century
- Accession Number
- 1966/1.103
- Medium and Support
- iron
- Primary Keywords
- bamboo
- iron
- leaves
- sword
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- Title
- Tsuba (sword guard) with design of three pawlownia crests and vines
- Artist
- Kinai School
- Physical Description
- This small, flat metal piece has a circular shape and an openwork design. It has a triangular shaped sword hole in the center, flanked by two other holes, which are filled with shakudô (copper-gold alloy). The sword hole is mended with gold. Three crests, consisting of pawlownia leaves and flowers, are interconnected with vines. There are some abrasions on the center oval shape around the sword hole. The surface is slightly textured by minute stippling. The outer rim is slightly elevated from the inner design. This openwork carving technique is called "marubori" (round carving).
- Artist Life Dates
- 17th century - 19th century
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1750
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.4
- Medium and Support
- iron, gold and shakudô (copper-gold alloy)
- Primary Keywords
- crests
- flowers (plants)
- hilt
- leaves (plant components)
- vines
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- Title
- Tsuba (sword guard) with eight family crests
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Circular tsuba, made of iron. Inside an exterior circle, eight smaller circles are placed with the same spacing. The eight circles are connected to the exterior circle as well as to the three center holes where kôgai, blade, and kozuka are placed. Each of the eight circles have a different family crests. The openwork technique seen here is called "marubori" (round carving). The surface is slightly textured by minute stippling.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.7
- Medium and Support
- iron and gold
- Primary Keywords
- crests
- flowers (plants)
- hilt
- leaves (plant components)
- plants
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- Title
- Aventurine quartz snuff bottle
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1912-1949
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.37
- Medium and Support
- quartz and soapstone
- Primary Keywords
- leaves
- snuff bottle
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- Title
- Round jasper snuff bottle with leaf design and bird stopper
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1912-1949
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.47
- Medium and Support
- jasper and glass
- Primary Keywords
- bird
- leaves
- snuff bottle
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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
- Primary Keywords
- buddha
- buddhism
- leaves (plant components)
- miniature (size attribute)
- mudra
- stupas
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- Title
- Au Marais
- Artist
- Auguste Louis Lepère
- Physical Description
- This graphite and watercolor piece on paper contains thirteen slender trees on its horizon. There are multiple buildings in the background, with a large structure in the left center. The foreground is hilly and grassy.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1849-1918
- Object Creation Date
- 1875-1918
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.505
- Medium and Support
- graphite and watercolor on paper
- Primary Keywords
- hills
- houses
- landscapes (representations)
- leaves (plant components)
- watercolors
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- Title
- Kaze (Shôjo) /Girl in the Wind
- Artist
- Nakayama Tadashi
- Physical Description
- A young girl in a yellow shirt is facing the wind. Leaves are being blown around her.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1927
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1956
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.10
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- Primary Keywords
- color prints
- girl
- wind
- wind blown leaves
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- Title
- Black Roses, Sept. 30
- Artist
- Donald Sultan
- Physical Description
- Dense foliage concentrated in the center of the paper. Signature, date and title are largely written and on the top and side of the work in pencil. Chunks of charcoal stuck on the paper in small areas.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1951
- Object Creation Date
- 1989
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.16
- Medium and Support
- charcoal on paper
- Primary Keywords
- abstract
- graphic arts
- leaves (plant components)
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- Title
- Indian-pipe (Monotropa uniflora), from "Woodland Portraits"
- Artist
- Jeannette Klute
- Physical Description
- A small cluster of white plants growing out a floor covering of brown leaves.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1917-2009
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.287
- Medium and Support
- vintage dye transfer print on paper
- Primary Keywords
- flowers
- leaves