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- Title
- Altar Dish
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- A tall glazed and speckled white-blue porcelain offering dish for an altar. The base is a wide, slightly tapered cylinder. The dish a the top is quite wide and shallow until it reaches the point of the base, where there is a deep hole in the cylinder of the base.
- Object Creation Date
- 1000-1800
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.43
- Medium and Support
- glazed porcelain
- relevance
- rank 12.95857
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- ceremonial containers
- containers
- containers by function or context
- descriptors
- east asian
- liturgical containers
- liturgical vessels
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- pottery (object genre)
- stoneware
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Altar Dish
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- A tall glazed and speckled porcelain offering dish for an altar. The base is a narrow and sharply tapered cylinder which meets an angular bottom of a dish. The dish itself is wide and shallow.
- Object Creation Date
- 1000-1800
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.45
- Medium and Support
- glazed porcelain
- relevance
- rank 12.95857
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- ceremonial containers
- containers
- containers by function or context
- descriptors
- east asian
- liturgical containers
- liturgical vessels
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- pottery (object genre)
- stoneware
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Altar Dish
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- A glazed and speckled porcelain offering dish for an altar. The base is a wide decorated cylinder which tapers sharply into a narrow top. The base supports a wide, shallow bowl.
- Object Creation Date
- 1000-1800
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.47
- Medium and Support
- glazed porcelain
- relevance
- rank 12.95857
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- ceremonial containers
- containers
- containers by function or context
- descriptors
- east asian
- liturgical containers
- liturgical vessels
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- pottery (object genre)
- stoneware
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Altar Dish
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- A short glazed and speckled gray porcelain offering dish for an altar. The base is a small, tapered cylinder which then becomes the base of a slighlt deep dish. The gray glaze has some green coloration throughout the piece.
- Object Creation Date
- 1000-1800
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.40
- Medium and Support
- glazed porcelain
- relevance
- rank 12.95857
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- ceremonial containers
- containers
- containers by function or context
- descriptors
- east asian
- liturgical containers
- liturgical vessels
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- pottery (object genre)
- stoneware
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Rectangular covered box with hand-painted chrysanthemum painting
- Artist
- Seifû Yohei III
- Artist Life Dates
- 1854-1914
- Century
- Late 19th-early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1880s-1914
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.513
- Medium and Support
- Porcelain with crackled clear glaze and overglaze white and iron slip painting
- relevance
- rank 12.91539
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- ceramics
- containers
- descriptors
- flowers (plants)
- herbaceous plants
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- plants
- pottery (object genre)
- settlements and landscapes
- stoneware
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- Title
- Roof Tile
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- This lotus medallion design on this round tile-end consists of eight petals. The outer rim is decorated with eighteen round dents. The seedpod contains six peripheral seeds.
- Object Creation Date
- 7th century - 8th century
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.197
- Medium and Support
- earthenware
- relevance
- rank 12.87271
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- enclosing structural elements
- flowers
- medium
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects
- plants
- pottery (object genre)
- roofs and roof components
- structural elements
- structural elements and structural element components
- the natural world
- Title
- Roof Tile
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- This lotus medallion designed on this round tile-end consists of thirteen petals. The outer rim is decorated with eighteen round dents. The inner ring of the seedpod contains a big central seed surrounded by seven peripheral seeds. The outer rim is embellished with a bead pattern.
- Object Creation Date
- 7th century - 8th century
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.199
- Medium and Support
- earthenware
- relevance
- rank 12.87271
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- ceramics
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- enclosing structural elements
- flowers
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects
- plants
- pottery (object genre)
- roofs and roof components
- structural elements
- structural elements and structural element components
- the natural world
- Title
- Roof Tile
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- This is an example of a lotus medallion with a double layer of petal. Two rows of eight petals each are arranged around a double-ring seedpod. The outer ring of the seedpod has no design. The inner ring of the seedpod contains a central seed surrounded by six peripheral seeds (1+6 seed pattern). The outer rim is embellished with a bead pattern.
- Object Creation Date
- 7th century - 8th century
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.198
- Medium and Support
- earthenware
- relevance
- rank 12.87271
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- enclosing structural elements
- flowers
- medium
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects
- plants
- pottery (object genre)
- roofs and roof components
- structural elements
- structural elements and structural element components
- the natural world
- Title
- Roof Tile
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- The decoration of this tile-end consists of lotus medallion with eight petals in the center surrounded by eight heart-shaped bosanghwa(Buddhist floral pattern) just inside the rim. The rim is decorated with a chain of beads.
- Object Creation Date
- 9th century
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.202
- Medium and Support
- earthenware
- relevance
- rank 12.87271
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- enclosing structural elements
- flowers
- medium
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects
- plants
- pottery (object genre)
- roofs and roof components
- structural elements
- structural elements and structural element components
- the natural world
- Title
- Sawankhalok Ware Covered Box with a conch handle, a band of star, and a band of vegetal scroll design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand, Sawankhalok ware
- Physical Description
- Small-size covered box, with a handle surrounded by a raised stylized calyx, which imitates the growth pattern of the top of a mangosteen, and a band of star points at the rim of the lid. The body has a band of vegetal scrolls. Brown-and-cream glaze.
- Century
- 14th-15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 14th century - 15th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.462A&B
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with brown and cream glaze
- relevance
- rank 12.86498
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- ceramics
- combination inorganic/organic animal material
- combination inorganic/organic material
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- design elements
- materials
- materials by composition
- motifs
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- pottery (object genre)
- scrolls (motifs)
- shell (animal material)
- shell and shell material
- southeast asian
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- thai
- thai pottery styles
- Title
- Small Single-Handed Cup
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- It has a flat base, globular body and straight neck. There was a bubbling of the clay surface during firing. The attached handle is a little small and thick.
- Object Creation Date
- 1st half 6th century
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.190
- Medium and Support
- Stoneware
- relevance
- rank 12.85588
- Secondary Keywords
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- dishes
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- plates (dishes)
- pottery (object genre)
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Pot
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Acoma Pueblo, Native American
- Physical Description
- A squat, gracefully rounded pot with a mouth that is slightly smaller than the widest circumference of the pot, and a tapered base. The interior is colored white. There is a band of black along the brim. The exterior is decorated with a pattern of alternating squares: brownish-orange squares divided vertically by a white stripe broken by three thin black lines; and white squares divided diagonally with wave-like black shapes.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1930
- Accession Number
- 1984/2.20
- Medium and Support
- earthenware
- relevance
- rank 12.84706
- Secondary Keywords
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- design elements
- modern and contemporary art
- native north american styles
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects
- objects we use
- people and culture
- pottery (object genre)
- pueblo
- religion
- religions
- rio grande pueblo styles
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the americas
- Title
- Bowl
- Artist
- Fanny Nampeyo
- Physical Description
- A shallow stoneware bowl banded with a design in the traditional Southwest style. The bowl is tan embellished with patterns in shades of black and reddish brown.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1900-1987
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1930
- Accession Number
- 1984/2.11
- Medium and Support
- stoneware
- relevance
- rank 12.79288
- Secondary Keywords
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- design elements
- modern and contemporary art
- native american
- native north american styles
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects
- objects we use
- people and culture
- pottery (object genre)
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the americas
- Title
- Ceramic Bowl
- Artist
- Legoria Tafoya
- Physical Description
- A deep bowl with a wide mouth made of black earthenware. The upper half of the bowl is decorated with a horizontal and diagonal design in a lighter shade of black and rougher texture than the smooth black surface.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1911 - 1984
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 1984/2.17
- Medium and Support
- blackware
- relevance
- rank 12.79288
- Secondary Keywords
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- design elements
- modern and contemporary art
- native american
- native north american styles
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects
- objects we use
- people and culture
- pottery (object genre)
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the americas
- Title
- Blue-and-white shallow plate with the character shou (longevity), surrounded by 4 crabs
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 18th-19th century
- Accession Number
- 2006/2.53
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue underglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 12.79276
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- biological concepts
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- dishes
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- pottery (object genre)
- scientific concepts
- stoneware
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Large cup with handle
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- This cup is divided three parts into mouth, midsection and lower part of the body. The mouth is slightly everted. A handle is attached starting below the second band and ending close to the bottom. There is a line between each part. The color is green and the surface is not trimmed well.
- Century
- 5th–6th century
- Object Creation Date
- 5th century - 6th century
- Accession Number
- 1982/2.55
- Medium and Support
- stoneware
- relevance
- rank 12.79258
- Secondary Keywords
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- drinking vessels
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- pottery (object genre)
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Small Single-Handed Cup
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- It has a flat base, globular body and straight neck. There is no design on the surface of the body. The attached handle is a little small and thick.
- Object Creation Date
- 1st half 6th century
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.191
- Medium and Support
- stoneware
- relevance
- rank 12.79258
- Secondary Keywords
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- drinking vessels
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- pottery (object genre)
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Cup with tiny handle
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- It has narrow flat base, globular body and straight neck. The color is dark grayish-blue.
- Century
- 5th–6th century
- Object Creation Date
- 5th century - 6th century
- Accession Number
- 1982/2.54
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with gray glaze
- relevance
- rank 12.79258
- Secondary Keywords
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- drinking vessels
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- pottery (object genre)
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Large cup with globular body, cylindrical neck and twisted-vine handle
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- It has a flat base, globular body and straight neck. Two narrow ridges encircle the body and a ridge encircles between the body and neck. The attached handle is a little small and get twisted.
- Century
- 5th century
- Object Creation Date
- 5th century
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.192
- Medium and Support
- stoneware
- relevance
- rank 12.79258
- Secondary Keywords
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- drinking vessels
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- pottery (object genre)
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Covered bowl on cut-out pedestal foot
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- The cover has a button-shaped knob at the top and is mostly plain. The mounted bowl has a outward-turned rim. This type of mounted bowl may be deated to sometime in the early 5th century.
- Century
- 5th-6th century
- Object Creation Date
- 5th century - 6th century
- Accession Number
- 1969/1.98A&B
- Medium and Support
- Stoneware
- relevance
- rank 12.78435
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- ceramics
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- masts
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- pottery (object genre)
- structural elements
- structural elements and structural element components
- supporting and resisting elements
- vessels
- Title
- Seated Woman Inkwell, iridescent porcelain with blue peaked lid vase, figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- A porcelain inkwell of a woman sitting. She is holding a green vase in both hands and is wearing a blue pointy hat. The rest of her outfit is orange.
- Object Creation Date
- 1875-1975
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.276
- Medium and Support
- porcelain
- relevance
- rank 12.76651
- Secondary Keywords
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for writing equipment
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- pottery (object genre)
- stoneware
- Title
- White teapot with stamped dragonfly design (pair w/ 1954/1.503)
- Artist
- Seifû Yohei III
- Artist Life Dates
- 1854-1914
- Century
- Late 19th-early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1893-1914
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.512
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with clear glaze
- relevance
- rank 12.76651
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- arthropods
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- pottery (object genre)
- stoneware
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- vessels for serving drinks
- Title
- Changsha ware pitcher with short spout, appliqued figures, and bi-colored glaze
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- Stoneware pitcher with handle and short polygonal spout, flaring mouth, wide neck, decorated with appliquéd decor of musicians and dancers, white slip, and splashed brown glaze
- Century
- 9th century
- Object Creation Date
- 9th century
- Accession Number
- 1987/2.50
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with applique decor, white slip, transparent brown glaze
- relevance
- rank 12.73789
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the performing arts
- performing artists
- pottery (object genre)
- vessels
- Title
- Pedestal Bowl with Cover
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- Flared base with rounded food storage bowl on top. The base is cut with evenly spaced rectangular holes. The lid is incised with a repeating herringbone, or dotted design. The know on the lid is the shape of a Buddhist canopy, or chattra.
- Century
- 5th century
- Object Creation Date
- 5th century
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.169A&B
- Medium and Support
- unglazed stoneware with stamped decoration
- relevance
- rank 12.73789
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- masts
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- pottery (object genre)
- structural elements
- structural elements and structural element components
- supporting and resisting elements
- 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 12.71178
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- containers
- containers by function or context
- descriptors
- herbaceous plants
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- plants
- pottery (object genre)
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- 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 12.71178
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- containers
- containers by function or context
- descriptors
- herbaceous plants
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- plants
- pottery (object genre)
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- Title
- Tea Bowl
- Artist
- Kôyama Kiyoko
- Physical Description
- Tea bowl with natural ash glaze, which creates gray, black, white, and orage tones on the piece, speckled with black.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1936
- Object Creation Date
- circa 2000
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.215
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with natural ash glaze
- relevance
- rank 12.71086
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- drinking vessels
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- pottery (object genre)
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Blue-and-white charger, Kangxi reign (pair with UA2002.16)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 17th -18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1662-1722
- Accession Number
- UA2002.17
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue underglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 12.69695
- Secondary Keywords
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- dishes
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- platters
- pottery (object genre)
- serving dishes
- stoneware
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Blue-and-white charger, Kangxi reign (Pair with UA2002.17)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 17th -18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1662-1722
- Accession Number
- UA2002.16
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue underglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 12.69695
- Secondary Keywords
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- dishes
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- platters
- pottery (object genre)
- serving dishes
- stoneware
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Blue-and-White Covered Jar with floral scroll design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 18th century?
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century (?)
- Accession Number
- 2005/2.90A&B
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue underglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 12.65595
- Secondary Keywords
- ceramics
- closures
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- container components
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- design elements
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- pottery (object genre)
- stoneware
- vessels
- Title
- Harlequin Inkwell with porcelain clown, "D&P" 5406
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- A porcelain inkwell in the shape of a clown. The clown is sitting with his arms around his legs. He is wearing a green costume with a light purple ruff, trimmed in black.
- Object Creation Date
- 1875-1975
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.275
- Medium and Support
- porcelain
- relevance
- rank 12.62426
- Secondary Keywords
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for writing equipment
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the performing arts
- performing artists
- pottery (object genre)
- stoneware
- Title
- Vase
- Artist
- Kôyama Kiyoko
- Physical Description
- This rectangular vase is decorated in one corber with a wheel or foral design carved into the clay. The opening edges of the vase are not straight, but asymmetrical. The natural ash glaze decorates the vase with varyig shades of gray.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1936
- Object Creation Date
- circa 2000
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.204
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with natural ash glaze
- relevance
- rank 12.60413
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- flowers (plants)
- herbaceous plants
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- plants
- pottery (object genre)
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- vessels
- woody plants
- Title
- Shallow Buncheong ware bowl with rope curtain and chrysanthemum design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- Shallow stoneware bowl with white slip and colorless glaze. The interior is decorated with a stamped rope-curtain pattern, incised bands of lines and a repeating stylized lotus petal pattern. In the center of the bowl lie three inlaid chrysanthemum florets. Three scars on the inside of the bowl indicate the piece was fired in a stack for large-scale production.
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 15th century
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.262
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with white inlaid stamped and brushed decoration under colorless glaze
- relevance
- rank 12.60413
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- flowers (plants)
- herbaceous plants
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- plants
- pottery (object genre)
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- vessels
- woody plants
- 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 12.51452
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- arthropods
- buildings and the land
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for writing equipment
- descriptors
- herbaceous plants
- insects
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- object genres
- object genres by material
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- plants
- pottery (object genre)
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- stoneware
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- 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 12.46002
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- containers
- containers by function or context
- deciduous trees
- descriptors
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- plants
- pottery (object genre)
- settlements and landscapes
- trees
- trees by leaf life
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- Title
- Pedestal Cup or bowl with handle, on cut-out pedestal foot
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- It has deep cylindrical bowl supported by a little flared pedestal foot. Five raised band lines encircle the middle of the bowl. A single handle is attached to the body of the bowl. The foot is separated into two parts and has a lot of rectangular holes located in altering position. There is no design on the surface of the bowl and foot.
- Century
- late 5th-early 6th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 5th century - early 6th century
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.180
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with natural ash glaze
- relevance
- rank 12.41755
- Secondary Keywords
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- drinking vessels
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects
- objects we use
- pottery (object genre)
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Tall Ceremonial Stand for Jar
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- Tall hourglass-shaped stand. Composed of three separate parts: two bowls and a connecting cylinder. The pieces are unified with appliquéd bands encircling the cylinder horizontally as well as evenly spaced cut-out shapes of rectangles and triangles leading up the stand vertically in lines.
- Century
- 5th century
- Object Creation Date
- 5th century
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.178
- Medium and Support
- unglazed stoneware with cutout decoration
- relevance
- rank 12.41147
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- containers
- containers by function or context
- descriptors
- masts
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- pottery (object genre)
- structural elements
- structural elements and structural element components
- supporting and resisting elements
- Title
- Blue-and-white tilted jar with peony and 'cloud collar' designs
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.293
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue underglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 12.34606
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- ceramics
- descriptors
- design elements
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- object genres
- object genres by material
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- plants
- pottery (object genre)
- settlements and landscapes
- shrubs
- stoneware
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- Title
- Pot
- Artist
- Maria Martínez
- Physical Description
- A blackware bowl with black on black decoration. The bowl is nearly spherical in profile, with a narrow and wide mouth. Around the upper half is a feather design, which looks like individual feathers hanging down from the mouth forming a ring around the circumference.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1887 - 1980
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1935
- Accession Number
- 1991/1.88
- Medium and Support
- blackware
- relevance
- rank 12.33128
- Secondary Keywords
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- modern and contemporary art
- native american
- native north american styles
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects
- objects we use
- people and culture
- pottery (object genre)
- southwestern native american styles
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the americas
- Title
- Dish with Floral Motifs
- Artist
- Anonymous Hispano-Mooresque
- Physical Description
- This dish features a recessed center with a central boss decorated with a rosette design. The recessed area and rim are painted with floral motifs and leaf designs arranged in concentric rings.
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.120
- Medium and Support
- earthenware with luster
- relevance
- rank 12.32462
- Secondary Keywords
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- design elements
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- pottery (object genre)
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Barber's basin with birds and vegetal ornament
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, France
- Physical Description
- This oval-shaped ceramic vessel features a wide, steep rim surrounding a large well in the center. The scalloped edges of the rim are cut back into a deep semicircle on one side. The rim is painted in underglaze blue and yellow with plant and floral motifs that are arranged in a whimsical, asymmetrical fashion around the edge. The well is decorated with similar vegetal motifs and two vaguely stork-like birds with long legs that confront one another on a strip of turf.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1750
- Accession Number
- 1969/2.39
- Medium and Support
- tin-glazed earthenware (faience) with yellow and blue underglaze
- relevance
- rank 12.31388
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- earthenware
- european
- european styles and periods
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in service occupations
- pottery (object genre)
- renaissance-baroque styles and periods
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- vessels
- Title
- Large Jar
- Artist
- Kôyama Kiyoko
- Physical Description
- This large jar is wider in the top portion, narrowing towards the base. It has a short neck that flares outwards. The natural glaze creates a range of browns and grays.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1936
- Century
- 21st century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 2000
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.213
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with natural ash glaze
- relevance
- rank 12.28151
- Secondary Keywords
- asia (continent)
- asian
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- east asian
- geographic and political locations
- japan (nation)
- japanese
- japanese ceramics styles
- japanese decorative arts styles
- japanese styles
- kinki (region)
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- pottery (object genre)
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- vessels
- Title
- Dish
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Italy
- Physical Description
- This maiolica dish is covered by a radial pattern consisting of abstract leaves and curling tendrils punctuated with flowers all centered around a yellow disk in the center of the well. The harmony of the design stems from radial symmetry of the pattern as well as the restricted palette of blue and a soft brass-yellow.
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1500-1525
- Accession Number
- 1969/2.38
- Medium and Support
- tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) with underglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 12.20864
- Secondary Keywords
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- design elements
- earthenware
- europe (continent)
- geographic and political locations
- italy (nation)
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- perugia (province)
- pottery (object genre)
- scrollwork
- umbria (region)
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Jarlet with squat ovoid shape
- Artist
- Kiln Unknown, Vietnam
- Physical Description
- A small jar of squat proportions with short, vertical neck and a pale yellow, crackled glaze. This jar is very similar to 2002/2.20, also in UMMA collections.
- Century
- 13th-15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 13th century - 15th century
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.23
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with crackled clear glaze
- relevance
- rank 12.20820
- Secondary Keywords
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- form attributes
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- pottery (object genre)
- size (extent)
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- vessels
- Title
- Jarlet with squat ovoid shape
- Artist
- Kiln Unknown, Vietnam
- Physical Description
- A small jar of squat proportions with short, vertical neck and a pale yellow, crackled glaze. This jar is very similar to 2002/2.23, also in UMMA collections.
- Century
- 13th-15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 13th century - 15th century
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.20
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with crackled clear glaze
- relevance
- rank 12.20820
- Secondary Keywords
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- form attributes
- object genres
- object genres by material
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- pottery (object genre)
- size (extent)
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- vessels
- Title
- Blue-and-white jar with design of magpies, camellia & bamboo, Chongzheng era
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 17th–18th century?
- Object Creation Date
- 1628-1644
- Accession Number
- 1975/1.82
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue underglaze painting and incised designs
- relevance
- rank 12.20474
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- arthropods
- buildings and the land
- ceramics
- descriptors
- grass (plant material)
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by origin
- natural landscapes
- object genres
- object genres by material
- plant material
- plants
- pottery (object genre)
- settlements and landscapes
- shrubs
- stoneware
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- Title
- Blue-and-white saucer with fishnet design, Tianqi era (1621–27)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1621-1627
- Accession Number
- 1970/1.196
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue underglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 12.15076
- Secondary Keywords
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- dishes
- equipment
- equipment by context
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- plates (dishes)
- pottery (object genre)
- stoneware
- tools and equipment
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Chinoiserie plate with four figures in a landscape
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Netherlands
- Physical Description
- Four men sit under a canopied arch in a Chinese-style landscape with pine trees and a river in the well of this blue-and-white plate. The figure seated under the center of the arch holds an object on his lap, which the leftmost figure leans forward to inspect more closely. The old man who sits at the right of the group looks off to his right. The paneled border of the rim is decorated with four reserves featuring the figure of a seated Chinese man. The reserves are separated by a pair of narrow panels flanking a larger central panel. The narrow panels contain a stylized flower motif, while the larger panels are decorated with more elaborate floral designs.
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1660
- Accession Number
- 1969/2.93
- Medium and Support
- tin-glazed earthenware (delftware)
- relevance
- rank 12.14381
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- dishes
- earthenware
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by degree of qualification
- pottery (object genre)
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Dish (Tondino) with portrait of a young woman and grotesque decoration
- Artist
- Nicola da Urbino
- Physical Description
- The profile bust of a young woman is depicted in the well of this dish. The rim features a variety of grotesque ornament, including two winged, serpent-like creatures with human heads, whose tails interlace at the top of the plate. Cornucopias full of fruit appear beneath these creatures, followed by weapons and shields, one of which bears the date 1526. At the bottom appears the head of a cherub supporting a vase of fruit.
- Artist Life Dates
- c. 1480-1537/1538
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1526
- Accession Number
- 1965/2.79
- Medium and Support
- tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
- relevance
- rank 12.12562
- Secondary Keywords
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- design elements
- dishes
- earthenware
- motifs
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- pottery (object genre)
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Nociceptor-Heart Sutra
- Artist
- Susan Crowell
- Physical Description
- Abstract sculpture in white with red on three ends, with a pattern of small raised bumps covering the entirity of the piece and creating a rough texture. The sculpture is formed with two ball shaped figures on top and two long curves on bottom.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1947
- Object Creation Date
- 2009
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.104
- Medium and Support
- white stoneware, industrial ceramic pigment
- relevance
- rank 11.98894
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- object genres
- object genres by material
- people and culture
- pottery (object genre)
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region