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- Title
- Bird on a branch
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- A bird (probably a sparrow) perches among peach blossoms, while singing to welcome the spring.
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1420 - circa 1435
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.353
- Medium and Support
- album leaf, ink and colors on silk
- relevance
- rank 3.00927
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- buildings and the land
- herbaceous plants
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- Title
- Camel
- Artist
- Utagawa Kuniyasu
- Physical Description
- This double-leaf print depicts two camels and accompanying foreign trainers or performers in fringed clothing, with ballooning pants and dark boots. Some of the performers play instruments, while others tend to the camels. Above both pages is writing by calligrapher Santô Kyôden describing the camels and their tour of Japan around 1821.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1794-1832
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1824?
- Accession Number
- 1969/2.91
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.00347
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- asian
- east asian
- japanese
- japanese printmaking styles
- japanese styles
- mammals
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Camel
- Artist
- Utagawa Kuniyasu
- Physical Description
- This double-leaf print depicts two camels and accompanying foreign trainers or performers in fringed clothing, with ballooning pants and dark boots. Some of the performers play instruments, while others tend to the camels. Above both pages is writing by calligrapher Santô Kyôden describing the camels and their tour of Japan around 1821.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1794-1832
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1824
- Accession Number
- 1969/2.90
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.00347
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- asian
- east asian
- japanese
- japanese printmaking styles
- japanese styles
- mammals
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Whistle in the form of a bird
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 8th century
- Object Creation Date
- 8th century
- Accession Number
- 1995/1.52
- Medium and Support
- earthenware with brown glaze
- relevance
- rank 3.00193
- Secondary Keywords
- aerophones
- animals and creatures
- duct flutes
- flutes (aerophones)
- objects we use
- recreational artifacts
- recreational artifacts for noncompetitive activities
- sound devices
- sound devices by acoustical characteristics
- Title
- Storage jar with inlaid floral designs
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- It has a wide mouth and a shape which flared out to a generously-sized shoulder, then tapers to a slim lower body. It is a storage jar inlaid chrysanthemum, cloud and crane design.
- Object Creation Date
- 918-1392
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.33
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with inlaid white and black slip under celadon glaze
- relevance
- rank 3.00013
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- birds
- buildings and the land
- flowers (plants)
- herbaceous plants
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- Title
- Save the Products of the Land - Eat More Fish - The Feed Themselves
- Artist
- Charles Livingston Bull
- Physical Description
- Text: Save the products of the land - Eat more fish - they feed themselves. United States Food Administration
- Artist Life Dates
- 1874-1932
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1917
- Accession Number
- 1954/2.35.14
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.99823
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- animals and creatures
- armed conflicts
- declaratory and advertising artifacts
- events
- how we live
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by function
- information forms
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- people and culture
- text-based art
- the natural world
- war
- waterscapes
- world wars
- Title
- I Think Continuously of Those Who Were Truly Great
- Artist
- Ben Shahn
- Physical Description
- A black and white silkscreen lettering of a dove with its right wing outstretched, neck turned. The bird's beak is a brilliant shade of orange. There is a poem titled, "I Think Continuously of Those Who Were Truly Great." below the dove, and names of various people above the dove. The poem was written by Stephen Spender.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1898-1969
- Object Creation Date
- 1965
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.100
- Medium and Support
- white and black silkscreen lettering and watercolor wash on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.99236
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- birds
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- genres in the arts
- image-making processes and techniques
- literary, oral and motion picture genres
- people and culture
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Door Picture: Trader and Urban Worker
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- In this image a worker and peasant face one another, each with his own horse carrying the fruits of his labor. The text reads "Mutual aid between the cities and the countryside."
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1948
- Accession Number
- 2006/2.48.1-2
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.99135
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- art genres
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- mammals
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- prints
- prints by function
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Fish and Coral
- Artist
- Gary Moore
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1994
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.167
- Medium and Support
- ebony
- relevance
- rank 2.98301
- Secondary Keywords
- relation to water
- animals and creatures
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- islands
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by position
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by origin
- natural landscapes
- plant material
- settlements and landscapes
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Indian Terracottas
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Physical Description
- A terracotta figure of a monkey.
- Object Creation Date
- n. d.
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.141
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- relevance
- rank 2.97947
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- descriptors
- mammals
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- The Rooster Protects the House from Suzhou
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- Polychrome woodblock print of a rooster holding a praying mantis in its mouth with four characters at top center framed by a floral scrolling border
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2006/2.47
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print mounted on stiff board with silk borders
- relevance
- rank 2.97947
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- animals and creatures
- birds
- objects we use
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- relief prints
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Kinkaku (Golden Pavilion)
- Artist
- Nakayama Tadashi
- Physical Description
- There is a big golden pavilion in the middle of the background. And there are two butterflies in the printing, one on the bottom left, and one sitting on the girl's hair.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1927
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1976
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.34
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.97647
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- arthropods
- buildings and the land
- garden structures
- insects
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- single built works
- single built works by location or context
- single built works by specific type
- Title
- Fish
- Artist
- Qi Baishi (Ch'i Pai-shih)
- Physical Description
- The painting depicts three fishes below a calligraphic poem. The poem goes: "I once painted Three Fish and inscribed it: painting is what I did in the time remaining after work, poetry in the time remaining after sleep, and calligraphy in the time remaining after carving. This is what I call the three remaining." (in Chinese, "fish" and "remaining" are pronounced the same)
- Artist Life Dates
- 1864-1957
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1920-1949
- Accession Number
- 1949/1.194
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.97218
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- descriptors
- document genres
- document genres by form
- document genres for literary works
- image-making processes and techniques
- information forms
- objects we use
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Glass snuff bottle woth horse and trees
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 18th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1780-1880
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.143
- Medium and Support
- glass and lapis lazuli
- relevance
- rank 2.97062
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for personal use
- containers for serving and consuming food
- containers for smoking and tobacco use
- culinary containers
- drinking vessels
- mammals
- objects we use
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Changsha ware bird-shaped water dropper
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 9th century
- Object Creation Date
- 9th century
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.311
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with brown iron glaze
- relevance
- rank 2.97062
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Equestrian Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1979/2.31
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 2.96301
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- art genres
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- mammals
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- people by gender
- sculpture
- sculpture by subject type
- statues
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Lion attacking a quadruped (architectural fragment)
- Artist
- India, Madhya Pradesh, Mathura
- Physical Description
- A terracotta block, probably originally part of a frieze around a building, with molded and incised design.
- Century
- 3rd-4th century
- Object Creation Date
- 3rd century - 4th century
- Accession Number
- 1994/1.77
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- relevance
- rank 2.95916
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- descriptors
- mammals
- object genres
- object genres by form
- object-making processes and techniques
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- sculpture techniques
- Title
- Maebyeong (wine storage jar) with design cranes, butterflies, & stylized clouds
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- The vase has a slightly outward-turned rim and a short neck. The elegantly-shaped bottle flares out to a broad shoulder, then tapers gradually to a slim waist before flaring out once more at the base. The shoulder, mid-belly and base of the vase are decorated with black and white clay-inlaid cloud, crane and butterfly motifs.
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.80
- Medium and Support
- Stoneware with inlaid with white and black slip under celadon glaze
- relevance
- rank 2.95527
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- arthropods
- associated concepts
- birds
- containers
- containers by form
- earth sciences concepts
- insects
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- scientific concepts
- vessels
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- Title
- Solitary Bird Perched on a Banana Plant
- Artist
- Qi Baishi (Ch'i Pai-shih)
- Physical Description
- This painting depicts a solitary bird perched on a tropical banana plant. There are inscriptions and signature of the artist on the upper left-hand corner: "A farewell gift for Mr. Katsuizumi, as he goes south. Baishi."
- Artist Life Dates
- (1864 - 1957)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1920
- Accession Number
- 1949/1.196
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.95370
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- buildings and the land
- deciduous trees
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- trees
- trees by leaf life
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- Title
- Pig
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- Jade carved horizontally in the shape of a pig.
- Object Creation Date
- 206 BCE - 220 CE
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.112
- Medium and Support
- jade
- relevance
- rank 2.95008
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- descriptors
- mammals
- object genres
- object genres by cultural or intellectual valuation
- objects we use
- prints
- prints by process or technique
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Plate Inscribed with Flying Figure of Hanuman Holding a Flag, Mace and Spear
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan
- Physical Description
- Hanuman is depicted with a human body and a monkey head. The image is incised on the plate and his body is entirely textured with characters in the devanagari script. Often merely the letter ‘r’ designating the god Rama with whom he is associated. He is in a striding posture and there are a number of sections of text scattered around the image. At his feet is a human figure walking in the opposite direction. He holds a double flag consisting of two triangular shapes facing him in his left hand along with a thin club. One appears to emanating from his mouth? His right hand is lifted with an arrow above it and his tail curves behind him. There is also a small altar depicting the two feet of Rama in the area between his outstretched leg and the end of a scarf wrapped around his body.
- Century
- 18th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century - 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.89
- Medium and Support
- copper
- relevance
- rank 2.94699
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- clubs (weapons)
- mammals
- named gods and goddesses
- objects
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- percussive weapons
- religion
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- spears
- subject matter
- weaponry
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Ivory snuff bottle with design of peonies and mandarin ducks
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1875-1925
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.77
- Medium and Support
- ivory with green and white jadeite stopper
- relevance
- rank 2.94441
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- birds
- buildings and the land
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for personal use
- containers for smoking and tobacco use
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- shrubs
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- Title
- Ashtray with freestanding rabbit
- Artist
- René Lalique
- Physical Description
- Clear glass saucer with milky, iridescent free-standing form in the center shaped like a rabbit.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1860 - 1945)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1919-1930
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.229
- Medium and Support
- glass
- relevance
- rank 2.94172
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- animals and creatures
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- mammals
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- the natural world
- vessels
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- One of two small blue-and-white jarlets, decorated with lions frolicking among clouds
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1600-1640s
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.12
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue underglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 2.94172
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- containers
- containers by form
- earth sciences concepts
- mammals
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- scientific concepts
- vessels
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- Title
- Obidome (obi brooch) in shape of dancing lion
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Metal lion with flowing mane and tail. Gold inlaid spits decorate his body and color his eyes. The lion's head is thrown impossibly backwards, allowing a view of the head as if from above. The golden eyes look upwards.
- Century
- Second half of 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950-1975
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.368
- Medium and Support
- metal with gold inlay
- relevance
- rank 2.94122
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- costume by form
- jewelry
- jewelry by location
- jewelry worn on costume
- main garments
- mammals
- objects we use
- pins (jewelry)
- Title
- Inkwell made of brass paris round, lion's head, beaded sides, floral top
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- Golden color inwell made with brass and metal has a round body; and a lid cover decorated with craftings of flower and a lion's head.
- Object Creation Date
- 1875-1975
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.287
- Medium and Support
- metal, plastic
- relevance
- rank 2.94074
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for writing equipment
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- mammals
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- Title
- Achilles and Hector
- Artist
- Hans Sebald Beham
- Physical Description
- This engraving depicts a frieze-like arrangement of figures in horizontal format. Two central figures are engaged in a duel on horseback. Several other nude male figures are engaged in battle throughout the composition. The artist's monogram is placed in the upper left corner of the image.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1500-1550
- Object Creation Date
- 1518-1530
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.195
- Medium and Support
- engraving on medium laid paper
- relevance
- rank 2.94044
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- armed conflicts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- events
- figures (representations)
- genres in the arts
- literary, oral and motion picture genres
- mammals
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- St. Felix of Valois
- Artist
- Gaspar Miguel de Berrío
- Physical Description
- A bearded man with a halo and wearing ecclesiastical vestments appears rapt in ecstasy in the upper third of this painting. He stands on a cloud beneath an elaborate baldachin with his eyes turned upward. A stag with a cross between its antlers lies at his feet on the figure's right while a putto sits at his left. Two more putti hover to the left and right of the man, holding a red curtain behind him. This scene is surrounded on three sides by dense painted decoration composed primarily of vegetal motifs, which is complemented by the exuberant scrolling foliage and fish scale patterns of the gilded frame. A cartouche bearing a Latin inscription identifying the standing figure is located near the bottom of the painted surface.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1706 - after 1761
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1735
- Accession Number
- 2002/1.157
- Medium and Support
- oil on panel
- relevance
- rank 2.94021
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- design elements
- edging and surfacing patterns
- figure- and animal-derived motifs
- geographic and political locations
- imbrication
- mammals
- motifs
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- scrollwork
- south america (continent)
- Title
- Stool with traditional spider motif
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Bamoun
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.313
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 2.92964
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- animals and creatures
- arthropods
- descriptors
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture by form or function
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- single seating furniture
- the natural world
- Title
- Caparisoned horse
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- Ceramic figure of a horse standing on a thin ceramic base, which a high-arched neck and a vertical head; large saddle with tassels; traces of orange-ochre, pink red and white pigments
- Century
- 6th century
- Object Creation Date
- 534-550
- Accession Number
- 1950/2.12
- Medium and Support
- earthenware with slip and painted decoration
- relevance
- rank 2.92889
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- art genres
- artistic concepts
- asia (continent)
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- geographic and political locations
- mammals
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- sculpture
- sculpture by function
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Forgotten Things
- Artist
- Grace Albee
- Artist Life Dates
- 1890-1985
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1943
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.82
- Medium and Support
- wood engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.92889
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- animals and creatures
- architecture
- birds
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- design elements
- landscapes
- modern and contemporary art
- natural landscapes
- objects
- ornament areas
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- the natural world
- transportation
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- vehicles
- woody plants
- Title
- Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina venerated by a community of laymen
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School
- Physical Description
- Eight worshippers sit to the right of a sky-clad (nude) Jina and monk. They each raise beads in their hands. Below them a struggle is depicted. Two men in shorts wrestle, while a snake, tiger, and elephant rera up beside a fire.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.169
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.92788
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- events
- mammals
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- people by occupation
- people by state or condition
- people in religion
- people in religion and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious (people)
- reptiles
- Title
- Faucet with Peacock Spigot and Lion-Headed Spout
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Iran
- Physical Description
- This large bronze faucet features a peacock spigot and a lion-headed spout.
- Century
- 12th-13th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1959/1.114
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 2.92268
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- birds
- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- mammals
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- nonferrous metal
- Title
- Durga copper plate with mystic design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Kulu, Himachal Pradesh
- Physical Description
- A ten-armed figure sits with her legs tucked under her on a tiger with a long uplifted tail. The figure is incised onto the copper plate with a chisel. One set of arms are crossed across her chest, while all but six hands hold weapons. A crossed spear and trident form an X behind the figure. She has wide bracelets at each of her wrists and wears elaborate circular earrings and nose ring with a three partite crown. Two lines in devanagari script are above the figure.
- Century
- 19th-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century - 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.145
- Medium and Support
- copper
- relevance
- rank 2.92156
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- edged weapons
- mammals
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- religion
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- spears (weapons)
- spears by form
- staff weapons
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Satin Brocade
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1955/1.209
- Medium and Support
- tan, blue, and green satin brocade
- relevance
- rank 2.91769
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- atmospheric effects
- creatures
- descriptors
- drapery
- fabric
- mythology
- needleworking
- needleworking and needleworking techniques
- objects we use
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- textile processes and techniques
- textile working processes and techniques
- the natural world
- Title
- Priest's Robe, Satin Brocade
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1955/1.188
- Medium and Support
- tan, green, gold and silver satin brocade
- relevance
- rank 2.91257
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- asia
- clergy
- creatures
- descriptors
- drapery
- locality
- medium
- mythology
- needleworking
- needleworking and needleworking techniques
- objects we use
- people and occupations
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- religion
- religious figures
- textile processes and techniques
- textile working processes and techniques
- Title
- Horse Amulet
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Tuareg
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1984
- Accession Number
- 1984/1.265
- Medium and Support
- brass, cloth and leather
- relevance
- rank 2.91192
- Secondary Keywords
- hollow-bodied
- animals and creatures
- bells and sets of bells
- chordophones
- descriptors
- directly struck idiophones
- mammals
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- percussion idiophones
- sound devices
- sound devices by acoustical characteristics
- struck idiophones
- Title
- Figures from Chinese History: Zhang Tianqi Calling in the Cranes
- Artist
- Huang Shen
- Physical Description
- Paper mounted on aqua silk. There are two figures present, and a large crane (bird). The central figure, Zhang Tiangi, has his arms uplifted, while a less important figure is depicted with his back to the viewer and is slightly hunched over. There is a crane with a red crown behind these two figures. The colors are muted. There is calligraphy in the upper left hand corner of the painting, complete with two red seals.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1687-1766
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1687-1766
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.158
- Medium and Support
- album leaf, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.91192
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- birds
- descriptors
- disciplines
- history and related disciplines
- image-making processes and techniques
- objects we use
- people and culture
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- social sciences
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Dragon head: ornament from glazed tile roof;
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Object Creation Date
- 1368-1644
- Accession Number
- 1973/2.24
- Medium and Support
- earthenware with traces of blue painting
- relevance
- rank 2.91024
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- architectural elements
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- creatures
- enclosing structural elements
- mythology
- objects we use
- roofs and roof components
- structural elements
- structural elements and structural element components
- the human body
- upper body
- Title
- The Labors of Hercules: The Infant Hercules (one of the set of 13 prints)
- Artist
- Heinrich Aldegrever
- Artist Life Dates
- 1502- circa 1561
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1550
- Accession Number
- 1956/1.61
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.90984
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- animals
- animals and creatures
- figures
- figures (representations)
- iconography
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by family relationship
- people by gender
- reptiles
- reptiles and amphibians
- the natural world
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Bacchanale
- Artist
- Louis-Felix de La Rue
- Physical Description
- Image of women, children and a man by a tree and more figures in the background to the right.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1731-1765
- Accession Number
- 2015/1.385
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.90672
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- buildings and the land
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by age group
- people by gender
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- Title
- Lapis lazuli snuff bottle
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1912-1949
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.41
- Medium and Support
- lapis lazuli with gold and silver
- relevance
- rank 2.89939
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- arthropods
- buildings and the land
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for personal use
- containers for smoking and tobacco use
- herbaceous plants
- insects
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- 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
- relevance
- rank 2.89939
- 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
- Imari bowl with design of irises, horses, and blossoming cherries
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.17
- Medium and Support
- Porcelain with enamel overglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 2.89914
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- buildings and the land
- containers
- containers by form
- deciduous trees
- landscapes (environments)
- mammals
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- trees
- trees by leaf life
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- vessels
- woody plants
- Title
- Garuda on a pedestal (small folk bronze)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century
- Accession Number
- 1976/2.39
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 2.89865
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- architectural elements
- associated concepts
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- masts
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- structural elements
- structural elements and structural element components
- supporting and resisting elements
- Title
- Seal with incised flowers and finial of lion playing with a ball
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.34
- Medium and Support
- ivory
- relevance
- rank 2.89865
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- descriptors
- form attributes
- mammals
- objects we use
- sculpture by material
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- St. Jerome
- Artist
- Anonymous German (Anspach)
- Physical Description
- This small porcelain sculpture represents a gaunt, sinewy bearded figure, who is naked except for a loincloth. With his right knee wedged in a stump, his torso contracts with an inner tension as he pounds his chest with stones in an act of penitence. At his feet sits a lion.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1760-1770
- Accession Number
- 1974/1.90
- Medium and Support
- porcelain
- relevance
- rank 2.89673
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- ceramics
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- mammals
- materials
- materials by composition
- object genres
- object genres by material
- people and culture
- pottery (object genre)
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- religious ideologies
- stoneware
- Title
- Glass snuff bottle with bird and flowers
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1900-1930
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.153
- Medium and Support
- glass and coral
- relevance
- rank 2.89673
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- buildings and the land
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for personal use
- containers for smoking and tobacco use
- herbaceous plants
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- Title
- Animals of the Zodiac (pair with 2003/1.282.1)
- Artist
- Yoshikawa Kôkei
- Physical Description
- The animals are presented in zodiac sequence, from right to left: mouse, ox, tiger, hare, dragon, serpent, horse, goat, monkey, chicken, dog, and boar. The eight-fold screen allows the animals to seem to walk across the space. Negative space plays a significant role in the screen, creating a place for the animals to exist and at the same time extending into the room.
- Artist Life Dates
- active 1920's
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1924
- Accession Number
- 2003/1.383.2
- Medium and Support
- one of a pair of six-fold screens, ink and color on silk
- relevance
- rank 2.89600
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- design elements
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- mammals
- materials
- materials by function
- motifs
- objects we use
- Title
- Cho, shojo to soshite hana (Butterfly, Girl and Flowers)
- Artist
- Nakayama Tadashi
- Physical Description
- A girl on the right is facing left. There are flowers on the bottom left of the printing and a huge butterfly right in the middle on the background.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1927
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1977
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.37
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.89183
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- arthropods
- buildings and the land
- herbaceous plants
- insects
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants