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- Title
- Ivory snuff bottle in the shape of corn
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1912-1949
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.72
- Medium and Support
- ivory
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Male Folk Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.110
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- The Daibutsu (Great Buddha) at Kamakura
- Artist
- Kawase Hasui
- Physical Description
- The daibutsu, or giant buddha, statue takes up the bulk of the pictorial space. Curving upwards and towards the statue is a large pine. At the feet of the green hued daibutsu statue are three women of different generations: a young girl, an adult woman, and an elderly woman. Although a few clouds hover in the sky, the sun appears to be shining brightly, casting some shadows of nearby trees into the picture.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1883-1957
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1930
- Accession Number
- 1982/1.203
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper, ôban tate-e size
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Mizusashi (cold water jar for the tea ceremony)
- Artist
- Seifû Yohei III
- Artist Life Dates
- 1854-1914
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1893-1914
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.515A&B
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with celadon glaze and inlaid white slip design
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Eight Views of Edo Suburbs: Fishing Boats Returning to Gyôtoku
- Artist
- Andô Hiroshige
- Physical Description
- The pyramid shaped hills in the background of this print are those of the boiling houses and salt piles of Gyôtoku’s salt industry. A ferry boat, or watashi-bune, carries passengers in the foreground of this picture. In this print a shipman steers using the large rudder located in the back of the boat.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797-1858
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1835-1842
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.138
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Everything You Wish in the Nine Heavens: Gods of Wealth Increase Good Fortune
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- Two male figures wearing official robes and hats, sit side by side on thrones. The one on the right holds a shoe-shaped ingot and a scepter. The god on the left holds only a shoe-shaped ingot. In front of them is basin filled with coins and rarities such as jewels, branches of coral and shining ingots. On the right, a smaller male figure holds a horse on a tray while his counter part on the left holds a brush and a scroll. At the top is a sinuous dragon whose spine is composed of coins and above him is a horse bearing a stack of shoe-shaped ingots.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2006/2.49
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Sword, ornament, and scabbard
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- The sword is long and slightly curved; the metal smith's name is engraved on the metal handle. The scabbard is painted with black laquer with image of samurai and cherry tree. He wears a jacket, pants, a straw hat and a sword, holding a brush, possibly writing a poem on a piece of paper hanging from the tree. The figure and tree are painted with rose-color and gold laquer.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1858
- Accession Number
- 1973/2.88
- Medium and Support
- forged steel, lacquer, and gold
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Covered box with a knob and alternating panels of vegetal scrolls and lattices
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand, Sawankhalok ware
- Physical Description
- Small-size covered box, the lotus bud handle and surrounding medallion in brown, the body and lid with alternating panels of vegetal scrolls and lattices. Each panel is separated by a raised line. The foot is painted brown. Clear glaze.
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 15th centrury
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.432A&B
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with underglaze iron decoration and clear glaze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Seated figure of a woman with bowls (originally part of the furnishings of a tomb)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Object Creation Date
- 386-534
- Accession Number
- 1950/2.11
- Medium and Support
- earthenware with traces of polychrome
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Dipa Lakshmi
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1979/2.34
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Tao Yuanming Appreciating Chrysanthemums
- Artist
- Ni Tian (Ni T'ien)
- Physical Description
- Pastoral poet Tao Yuanming (372–427) and a boy-servant bearing chrysanthemums on his back are shown. Two pine trees dominate the composition. Tao Yuanming’s forward gaze and slightly hunched posture exhibit his full inner exhilaration when chrysanthemums were collected. The subtle smile on the poet’s face seems also to reflect a moment of transcendence.
- Has signature and seal of the artist
- Artist Life Dates
- 1855 - 1919
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1855-1919
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.275
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Yue ware celadon bowl
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Object Creation Date
- 11th century
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.301
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with celadon glaze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Folk deity: standing male figure with spear
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Maharashtra
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1979/2.61
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Blue-and-white jar with dragon-and-cloud design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- Large porcelain jar decorated with cobalt pigment under colorless glaze. Repeating clouds border the rim of the jar, while a dragon head and feet are depicted on the main body below. Two blue bands separate the design from the white base below, balancing the rim and bottom portion of the jar. The very tip and base of the piece are also marked with blue bands.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.282
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with cobalt pigment under colorless glaze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Storage jar with blue glaze
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- Stoneware jar with cobalt blue glaze dripping down vessel; foot and bottom ? of jar left unglazed
- Century
- 1st half of 7th century
- Object Creation Date
- 600-649
- Accession Number
- 1962/1.100
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with light buff body and cobalt blue glaze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Siva on Nandi
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.96
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Tigress and Cubs
- Artist
- Konoshima Ôkoku
- Physical Description
- Two cubs lay beneath their mother, whose back is to the viewer, yet curves her head around to face outwards. Her eyes are golden, and look out towards the viewer. One cub looks up at its mother with closed eyes. The mother's white whiskers stand out against the otherwise warm, golden tones of the painting.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1877-1938
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1st half of 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1989/2.6
- Medium and Support
- Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Small four-lobed white bowl (mukôzuke; 1 of 8; with 1954/1.482-488)
- Artist
- Seifû Yohei III
- Artist Life Dates
- 1854-1914
- Century
- Late 19th-early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1880s-1914
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.481
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with clear glaze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Hôeido Tôkaidô Series: Night Snow at Kambara (Second state)
- Artist
- Andô Hiroshige
- Physical Description
- In this print, sophisticated use of soft lines, rounded forms, dark sky, and subtle tones convey the utter silence and weariness of the figures as they trudge through the night-time snow near Kambara.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797-1858
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1833-1834
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.123
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Tall Screen on Plinth with Finials
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Object Creation Date
- 1368-1644
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.279
- Medium and Support
- glazed pottery
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Charger with lion and peony design, one of pair
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- early to mid 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1800-1850
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.2
- Medium and Support
- porcelain, blue underglaze and enamel overglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Miniature Dhyani Buddha
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Tibet or Nepal
- Physical Description
- A tiny tear-drop-shaped metal (copper?) pendant, edged with beading, serving as support for a minature seated image of a Dhyani Buddha, made of inlaid semi-precious stones and copper wire. This may have originally been part of a necklace or tiara, or part of a brooch for a high-ranking monk's ritual costume.
- Century
- 19th-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century - early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2006/2.63
- Medium and Support
- copper? set with mountain coral, turquoise, and lapis lazuli
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Red felt hanging with dragon
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1989/2.91
- Medium and Support
- embroidered felt
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Sutra Writings
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.175
- Medium and Support
- incised palm-leaf, darkened with charcoal dust
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Courtesan and client: parody of the Kiritsubo Chapter of the Tale of Genji (Mitate Genji Kiritsubo)
- Artist
- Okumura Masanobu
- Physical Description
- A monochrome print depicting two standing women and a reclining man in a room. The taller woman, a courtesan, wears an elaborate kimono of butterfly design and under-kimono of geometric patterns; her hair is tied on the back, wearing tortoise shell comb and hairpin. She is holding skirts of kimono and under-kimono with her right hand and is hiding her left hand under the kimono. The second woman, an attendant, is standing behind the courtesan, holding a doll of a boy and her face turning away. She wears a plain kimono with pine tree design and obi (sash) with striped patterns. The man is reclining and looking toward the courtesan. They seem to engage in conversation. The man wears kimono with design of coins and short jacket with plaid patterns. His hair is shaved on top and tied on the back. There is a folded screen behind him, depicting a plum tree by river. In front of him, there are a sake pitcher, sake cup and its stand, and a bowl with food accompanied by a tray and chopsticks. There is a title of the print in cartouche at upper right.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1686-1764
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1711-1716
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.198
- Medium and Support
- Oban (large-size) sumizurii-e (monochrome woodblock print) on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- 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 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Vishnu and Attendants with a Solar Disc in the Background
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, North or Central India
- Century
- 10th–12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 10th century - 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1976/2.45
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Rice Cake Mold
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.299
- Medium and Support
- porcelain
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- A Votive plaque depicting the Buddha seated in dhyana mudra, and flanked by two stupas
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- A small, thin, molded clay plaque with a bas-relief scene.
- Century
- 7th-9th century
- Object Creation Date
- 618-907
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.23
- Medium and Support
- terracotta, molded
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Two men mounted on a donkey (miniature folk bronze)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.142B
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Blue-and-white water dropper with landscape design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- It is simple in shape, like a donut but with a sharply trimmed rim in the manner of a metal vessel. The hole in the middle is believed to be a symbol of Eastern philosophy. Designs are painted on the surface in cobalt blue pigment.
- Century
- 17th–18th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 17th century - early 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1965/2.57
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue underglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Animals of the Zodiac (pair with 2003/1.383.2)
- 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
- 2003/1.383.1
- Medium and Support
- one of a pair of six-fold screens, ink and color on silk
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Majiayao Shallow Bowl with painted "flowing water" design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China, Majiayao Culture
- Physical Description
- Bowl-shaped ceramic vessel with bold swirling designs painted in black against a neutral background.
- Artist Life Dates
- 2600 BCE - 2300 BCE
- Century
- 32nd c bce - 29th c bce
- Object Creation Date
- 3290 BCE - 2880 BCE
- Accession Number
- 2005/2.89
- Medium and Support
- earthenware with black slip painted decoration
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Netsuke of seated Hotei
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.33
- Medium and Support
- ivory
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Jian Ware Teabowl
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 13th century
- Object Creation Date
- 13th century
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.440
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with mottled black-and-brown glaze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Standing Parvati
- Artist
- Artist Unknown India, Tamil Nadu, Pudukottai Workshop
- Physical Description
- Parvati stands on a tiny base with little feet in a strict unbending stance. The body is elongated with a small waist, the hips billowing out and tapering in a stylized way to the feet. He has broad shoulders, pointy breasts that fall quite low in the chest and has two arms holding a bowl in her right one and a lotus flower in her left. She wears a d simple tight fitting skirt decorated with incised lines and a corded belt that falls down the center of her body with five rows of cords falling from the center and wrapping around her legs creating a fishbone pattern. She wears necklaces with added pendants on her shoulders and her coiffure is tied in a chignon on the right side at the back of her head wearing a headdress that has decorations that cascade down both shoulders. Like the accompanying Shiva figure she has large eyes and what appear to be two sets of eyebrows, but the tikka on her forehead is of a flame shape.
- Century
- 15th-16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 15th century - 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.127
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Plum Blossoms and Bird
- Artist
- Qi Baishi (Ch'i Pai-shih)
- Physical Description
- A black crow is seated on a plum branch above calligraphic text and cascades of open blossoms.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1864 - 1957)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1930
- Accession Number
- 1949/1.192
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Covered funerary jar in the shape of a lotus bud, with molded and incised design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 11th century
- Object Creation Date
- 10th century
- Accession Number
- 1961/2.87A&B
- Medium and Support
- Stoneware with celadon glaze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Vishnu and Attendant Figures with Flame Arch
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, North or Central India
- Object Creation Date
- 14th century - 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.79
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Box with Double-Dragon Design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- Lacquered wooden box with inlaid mother-of-pearl in double-dragon design. The heads of each dragon stretch diagonally inward from opposite corners of the box, with wide eyes and open mouths. Their bodies curve in and out of the top plane of the box, creating an opposing effect with symmetrical balance. The dragons reach forward towards a flaming orb in the center of the box, called a cintamani, or Buddhist wish-granting jewel. Among the dragons are swirling cloud designs made of inlaid nacre and copper wire.
- Century
- 18th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 18th century - early 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2007/2.8
- Medium and Support
- lacquered wood with mother-of-pearl, tortoise shell, and copper wire inlays
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Sancai ware standing figure of a Central Asian groom
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 7th-11th century
- Object Creation Date
- 618-907
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.67
- Medium and Support
- earthenware with sancai (three-color) glaze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- "Tiger pot" (urinal)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- It is a urinal earthware. There is a everted mouth on the round body. It is unglazed.
- Century
- 7th-10th century
- Object Creation Date
- 668-935
- Accession Number
- 1984/2.8
- Medium and Support
- stoneware, unglazed
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Rock crystal snuff bottle with landscape scene
- Artist
- Zhou Luoyuan (Chou Lo-yüan)
- Artist Life Dates
- act. 1885-1910
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1895-1910
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.149
- Medium and Support
- rock crystal and ivory
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Chinese New Year's Poster
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1940s
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.382
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Still Life with Asparagus and Lemon
- Artist
- Hamaguchi Yôzô
- Artist Life Dates
- (1909 - 2000)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1957
- Accession Number
- 1958/1.132
- Medium and Support
- mezzotint on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Saga brocade obi with woven designs of poetry-inscribed fans
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Light mauve silk with appliqued Saga brocade patches of gold fans with calligraphic poetry on them. The calligraphy has been brushed on paper with gold flecks (sunago). which is the weft of the Saga brocade; brown silk thread is the warp. Partially backed with a different silk, a taupe with deliberately knotted weft; reamainder backed with plain-weave taupe silk.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1940s-1950s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.335
- Medium and Support
- silk with appliquéd Saga brocade patches
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Mirror
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Object Creation Date
- 960-1279
- Accession Number
- 1974/1.226
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Book case
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Iran
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1865-1866
- Accession Number
- 1984/2.1
- Medium and Support
- leather with gold tooling
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Jade ornamental snuff bottle
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1912-1949
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.17
- Medium and Support
- jadeite
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Vishnu Stele, four-armed Vishnu with two of his attributes personified
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- Vishnu stand in a strict unbending pose, samabhanga and has four hands. Reading clockwise from the front right hand, he holds lotus, a club, a discus and a conch. The lotus and conch are also personified with full standing figures at the base below his tow front hands, the lotus as a female figure to his right and the conch as a male figure to his left. On the pointed arch behind the figure a flying figure holding garlands is carved in shallow relief to either side of his crown. He wears a diaphanous lower cloth, the folds of the garment are articulated with a flared section down the center. He wears a long garland down to his knees, a sacred thread and various pieces of jewelry, including bracelets, armlets, a necklace and large earrings and an elaborate crown.
- Century
- 10th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 10th century
- Accession Number
- 2003/1.385
- Medium and Support
- black schist
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)