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Bhu Devi; Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu

Title: Bhu Devi
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu
Physical Description: Bhudevi stands in a tribhanga pose (with three bends) with her left arm hanging pendant to her side and holding a lotus bud in her right hand. She leans towards the figure of Vishnu in the grouping of three bronzes. She stands on a base consisting of a flat square element topped with a series of five round rings. She wears a decorated lower garment flared out on either side in a pattern. She wears a decorated belt and necklaces, bracelets and armlets, with shoulder loops, earrings and a crown. The jewelry and crown is highlighted with gold paint as is his clothing and the two attributes. She does not wear a band across her breasts, as does Shridevi in groupings with Vishnu and Bhudevi.
Century: 17th-18th century
Object Creation Date: 17th century - 18th century
Accession Number: 1978/2.132
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 3.87980
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Tsuba (Sword guard) with design of dragon among clouds; Okada Masatoyo

Title: Tsuba (Sword guard) with design of dragon among clouds
Artist: Okada Masatoyo
Physical Description: The flat iron plate with quatrefoil shape and the design of a dragon in midst of clouds. It has three holes: one for blade (middle) flanked by two deformed oval-shape holes (for kougai and kozuka). Around the blade hole, there is the carver’s signature. The design of a dragon, among stylized clouds, is intricately carved in high relief; the dragon has almost three-dimensional quality. On the back, the dragon tail, some parts of the body, one claw are peeking from clouds. The dragon coils around the center holes. The rims of the three circles are wavy, as if they are the part of the cloud design. The stoppers on the blade hole edges are made of gold. Some silver inlays are applied on the dragon’s eye blow and some nails.
Artist Life Dates: act. 1789
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1978/2.6
Medium and Support: iron with gold and silver inlays
relevance: rank 3.87980
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Qingbai ware footed bowl with gently sloping sides and slightly everted rim; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Qingbai ware footed bowl with gently sloping sides and slightly everted rim
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Object Creation Date: 960-1279
Accession Number: 1973/2.22
Medium and Support: Porcelain with Qingbai glaze
relevance: rank 3.87980
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Vishnu with Two Attendants; Artist Unknown, India, North or Central India

Title: Vishnu with Two Attendants
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, North or Central India
Century: 20th-century
Object Creation Date: circa 19th century - 20th century
Accession Number: 1975/2.129
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 3.87980
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Footed bowl with slightly everted rim; Artist Unknown, Korea

Title: Footed bowl with slightly everted rim
Artist: Artist Unknown, Korea
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 2004/1.297
Medium and Support: porcelain with translucent pale blue glaze
relevance: rank 3.87980
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

A votive plaque depicting an image of the Buddha, housed within a small temple; Artist Unknown, China

Title: A votive plaque depicting an image of the Buddha, housed within a small temple
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description: A small, thin, molded clay plaque with a bas-relief scene.
Century: 6th-7th century
Object Creation Date: late 6th century - early 7th century
Accession Number: 1964/2.21
Medium and Support: terracotta, molded
relevance: rank 3.87980
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Deity with trident, quadruped vehicle, and throne; Artist Unknown, India

Title: Deity with trident, quadruped vehicle, and throne
Artist: Artist Unknown, India
Object Creation Date: n.d.
Accession Number: 1977/2.138
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 3.87980
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Standing Buddha in Abhaya-vara mudra; Artist Unknown, Korea

Title: Standing Buddha in Abhaya-vara mudra
Artist: Artist Unknown, Korea
Physical Description: Gilt bronze standing Buddha on lotus pedestal. He is clothed in monastic robes with cascading U-shaped folds, similar to the gentle folds of his neck. His hands ake the form of two mudras: the abhaya (“have no fear”) mudra with the right hand, and varada (“wishes are granted”) mudra with the left.; It is well proportioned overall and represent Buddha in a standing position; a position quite popular in Unified Shilla Buddhist sculpture. The Ushinisha on the top of Buddha's head is tall, voluminous and black. The face is plump and facial features, including the eyes, nose and the mouth, are all rather small. The earlobes hang are hanging and the three curved lines on the neck are highly distinct.
Century: ca. 8th century
Object Creation Date: late 7th century - early 8th century
Accession Number: 1961/2.80
Medium and Support: gilt bronze
relevance: rank 3.87980
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Sankei En Park; Yoshida Hiroshi

Title: Sankei En Park
Artist: Yoshida Hiroshi
Artist Life Dates: 1876 - 1950
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1935
Accession Number: 1987/1.243
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
relevance: rank 3.87980
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Large storage jar with gourd design; Artist Unknown, China, Majiayao Culture

Title: Large storage jar with gourd design
Artist: Artist Unknown, China, Majiayao Culture
Physical Description: This pot has a narrow, cylindrical neck, abruptly giving way to a rounded upper half, tapering gently to a flat bottom, with two small lugs (ring handles) at the waist. Painted decoration is confined to the upper half, perhaps because these pots were set into the earth to keep them upright. The painted designs evoke fish nets and swirling eddies of water.
Artist Life Dates: 2600 BCE - 2300 BCE
Century: 25th-24th century BCE
Object Creation Date: 2600 BCE - 2300 BCE
Accession Number: 1993/1.46
Medium and Support: red earthenware with black slip decoration
relevance: rank 3.87980
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Netsuke of a child holding a lion mask (pair with 2002/2.31); Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Netsuke of a child holding a lion mask (pair with 2002/2.31)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: late 19th century
Accession Number: 2002/2.30
Medium and Support: paint, gilding and lacquer on wood
relevance: rank 3.87980
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Coin; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Coin
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1821-1862
Accession Number: 1982/1.266
Medium and Support: copper
relevance: rank 3.87980
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Yasoda and Krishna (small folk bronze); Artist Unknown India, Tamil Nadu, Pudukottai Workshop

Title: Yasoda and Krishna (small folk bronze)
Artist: Artist Unknown India, Tamil Nadu, Pudukottai Workshop
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: circa 16th century
Accession Number: 1975/2.144
Medium and Support: copper
relevance: rank 3.87980
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Prawn; Qi Baishi (Ch'i Pai-shih)

Title: Prawn
Artist: Qi Baishi (Ch'i Pai-shih)
Physical Description: Two shrimps are shown in the middle of the print. The artist inscribed "Baishi at the age of ninty-five" on the upper left-hand corner with seal.
Artist Life Dates: (1864 - 1957)
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1948
Accession Number: 1990/1.185
Medium and Support: woodblock "water printing" with ink on paper
relevance: rank 3.87980
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Ivory Snuff Bottle; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Ivory Snuff Bottle
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1912-1949
Accession Number: 1980/2.71
Medium and Support: ivory
relevance: rank 3.87980
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Bull; Artist Unknown, India, North or Central India

Title: Bull
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, North or Central India
Century: 18th-19th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century - 19th century
Accession Number: 1978/2.71
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 3.87980
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Mirror Box; Artist Unknown, Korea

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Title: Mirror Box
Artist: Artist Unknown, Korea
Physical Description: This mirror box is decorated with lacquer and mother-of-pearl inlaid designs. Thelid of the box opens upwards, and has brass hinges and a closure in the sahpe of a flower. The lower drawer has a handle in the shape of a bat.
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 2006/2.61
Medium and Support: lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlay and brass? fittings
relevance: rank 3.87980
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Jian ware teabowl, probably from Jianyang; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Jian ware teabowl, probably from Jianyang
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Object Creation Date: 13th century
Accession Number: 1965/2.56
Medium and Support: stoneware with gray body and "persimmon" glaze
relevance: rank 3.87980
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Storage jar with inlaid floral designs; Artist Unknown, Korea

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 3.87980
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Bamboo and Orchids [Lan-chu t'u chou]; Zheng Xie (Chêng Hsieh)

Title: Bamboo and Orchids [Lan-chu t'u chou]
Artist: Zheng Xie (Chêng Hsieh)
Physical Description: A white hanging scroll with black ink. The plant that is the focal point of the painting takes up the middle, while an inscription runs along the right side. Stamps are seen on the bottom of both the right and left side of the painting.
Artist Life Dates: 1693-1765
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1740-1766
Accession Number: 1970/2.7
Medium and Support: ink on paper
relevance: rank 3.87980
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Chinese New Year's Poster; Artist Unknown

Title: Chinese New Year's Poster
Artist: Artist Unknown
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1940
Accession Number: 1983/1.380
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
relevance: rank 3.87980
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

The warrior Watanabe no Tsuna battling the demoness Ibaraki (okimono); Gyokubun

Title: The warrior Watanabe no Tsuna battling the demoness Ibaraki (okimono)
Artist: Gyokubun
Artist Life Dates: 20th century
Century: 19th century?
Object Creation Date: late 19th century - early 20th century
Accession Number: 2002/2.43
Medium and Support: ivory
relevance: rank 3.87980
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Black Nagoya-style obi in sateen weave (shusu) with embroidered plum blossom designs; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Black Nagoya-style obi in sateen weave (shusu) with embroidered plum blossom designs
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description: Black silk damask with interwoven paulownia pattern; plum blossoms embroidered in solver, gold, and gunmetal gray metallic threads, and persimmon, brown, and black silk threads.
Century: mid-20th century
Object Creation Date: 1930s-1950s
Accession Number: 2005/1.331
Medium and Support: silk damask with woven pattern and metallic thread embroidery
relevance: rank 3.87980
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Buddha, seated in the padmasana pose, in dhyana mudra, flanked by two donor figures and with a mandorla of the seven Buddhas of the past (fragment of a stele); Artist Unknown, China

Title: Buddha, seated in the padmasana pose, in dhyana mudra, flanked by two donor figures and with a mandorla of the seven Buddhas of the past (fragment of a stele)
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 6th century
Object Creation Date: circa 500-550
Accession Number: 1964/1.89
Medium and Support: stone
relevance: rank 3.87980
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Vairocana Buddha, Seated in the Mudra of the Union of Six Elements; Artist Unknown, Indonesia, Java

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Title: Vairocana Buddha, Seated in the Mudra of the Union of Six Elements
Artist: Artist Unknown, Indonesia, Java
Century: 10th century
Object Creation Date: circa 10th century
Accession Number: 2005/2.78
Medium and Support: bronze with copper, tin and zinc
relevance: rank 3.87980
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Agate snuff bottle; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Agate snuff bottle
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1850-1912
Accession Number: 1980/2.15
Medium and Support: agate and amethyst
relevance: rank 3.87980
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Tara; Artist Unknown, India, Northeastern India

Title: Tara
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Northeastern India
Physical Description: Black schist carved in the relief of Green Tara, a guide and saviouress on the Buddhist path to enlightenment. She holds two lotuses, one open and one closed and makes the gesture of gift-giving with her palm facing outwards, towards the devotee.
Century: 10th century
Object Creation Date: 10th century
Accession Number: 1981/2.156
Medium and Support: black schist
relevance: rank 3.87980
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Jar; Kôyama Kiyoko

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Title: Jar
Artist: Kôyama Kiyoko
Physical Description: This cylindircal jar has a circular lid with a small handle. The natural ash glaze creates a mix of green, black, gray, and reddish hues.
Artist Life Dates: born 1936
Object Creation Date: circa 2000
Accession Number: 2010/1.214
Medium and Support: stoneware with natural ash glaze
relevance: rank 3.87980
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Amber vase-shaped snuff bottle; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Amber vase-shaped snuff bottle
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1900-1940
Accession Number: 1980/2.132
Medium and Support: amber and coral
relevance: rank 3.87980
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Cord-marked round-bottomed jar with wide, flared mouth; Artist Unknown, Korea

Title: Cord-marked round-bottomed jar with wide, flared mouth
Artist: Artist Unknown, Korea
Physical Description: This grayish-blue stoneware jar has a globular body and short, flared neck. The entire surface of the body is adorned with wave pattern and encircled with many thin incised lines. The base is flat.
Century: 5th-early 6th century
Object Creation Date: 5th century - early 6th century
Accession Number: 2004/1.166
Medium and Support: stoneware with impressed cord marks, incised decoration, and natural ash glaze
relevance: rank 3.87980
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Burmese Harp; Artist Unknown, Burma

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Title: Burmese Harp
Artist: Artist Unknown, Burma
Physical Description: A Burmese harp painted red and black with red tassels and gold inlay. Rests on a gold and red stand.
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 2011/2.3
Medium and Support: lacquered wood, deerskin, and silk strings
relevance: rank 3.87980
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Mt. Hua; Junbi Huang

Title: Mt. Hua
Artist: Junbi Huang
Physical Description: A person mounted on a horse can be seen crossing a bridge over a river among mountains. Mountains among clouds seem to fade away far in the distance.; Inscription:; At the place where mountain chains converge, I am reminded of a landscape I have visited in the past. [Painted on the occasion of] recalling an earlier visit to Mt. Hua, in winter of the Guichou year. [Signed] Junbi.
Artist Life Dates: 1899-1991
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1953
Accession Number: 1984/2.46
Medium and Support: Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
relevance: rank 3.87980
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Black saga brocade zôri (shoes); Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Black saga brocade zôri (shoes)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description: Black silk damask with interwoven black lacquered threads that create a shiny effect in the light. Marked "Shizuko" on the bottom.
Century: mid-20th century
Object Creation Date: 1960s-1980s
Accession Number: 2005/1.370A&B
Medium and Support: black saga nishiki brocade uppers with rubber soles
relevance: rank 3.87980
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Beaker with incised leaf scroll pattern; Kiln Unknown, Vietnam

Title: Beaker with incised leaf scroll pattern
Artist: Kiln Unknown, Vietnam
Physical Description: A finely potted stoneware beaker with a rounded bottom and a lightly incised, freely drawn leaf scroll spreading across the widest part of the body, flanked by incised double horizontal lines, all covered evenly with an yellow green glaze. Four spur markes inside.
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: 16th century
Accession Number: 1991/1.95
Medium and Support: stoneware with yellow green glaze
relevance: rank 3.87980
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Temmoku Ware; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Temmoku Ware
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 10th-13th century
Object Creation Date: 960-1279
Accession Number: 1983/1.342
Medium and Support: stoneware with tenmoku glaze
relevance: rank 3.87980
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Document Box (ryoshi-bako); Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Document Box (ryoshi-bako)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description: Lacquer ware box with mother-of-pearl inlay decoration combining geometric patterns, flowers, dragons, and scepters.
Century: 17th-19th century
Object Creation Date: 1615-1868
Accession Number: 1972/2.108
Medium and Support: black lacquer and abalone shell inlay on wood
relevance: rank 3.87980
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Untitled [Two children with a snow shovel]; Saitô Kiyoshi

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Title: Untitled [Two children with a snow shovel]
Artist: Saitô Kiyoshi
Physical Description: This print depicts two children in the snow with a snow shovel.
Artist Life Dates: (active 1907 - 1997)
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: mid 20th century
Accession Number: 1998/2.32
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
relevance: rank 3.87980
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Tourmaline snuff bottle; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Tourmaline snuff bottle
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1900-1930
Accession Number: 1980/2.33
Medium and Support: tourmaline and yellow serpentine
relevance: rank 3.87980
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Travelling entertainer; Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan; After

Title: Travelling entertainer
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 1964/2.113
Medium and Support: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance: rank 3.87980
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Thirty-six Immortal Poets: Taira no Kanemori; Madenokôji Fujifusa; After

Title: Thirty-six Immortal Poets: Taira no Kanemori
Artist: Madenokôji Fujifusa
Physical Description: A male figure is sitting sideways, his face looking toward the front right. He wears a long black cap, a red under-kimono, a grayish-color jacket with geometric patterns, and right gray color pantaloons. He holds a fan, which is peeking from the right sleeve. The painting is accompanied by calligraphy on the right side of the figure. The painting is mounted on gold brocade with strips of purple and gold brocade on top and bottom of the painting.
Artist Life Dates: 1295-1380
Century: 15th century
Object Creation Date: 15th century
Accession Number: 1962/1.103
Medium and Support: Handscroll section mounted as a hanging scroll: ink and color on paper
relevance: rank 3.87980
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Wedding Jacket; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Wedding Jacket
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1989/2.66
Medium and Support: embroidered silk
relevance: rank 3.87980
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Two-handled bowl with cover; Artist Unknown, Korea

Title: Two-handled bowl with cover
Artist: Artist Unknown, Korea
Physical Description: It has a flat base and straight body. The body is divided with incised lines and each section is embellished with a simple wave design. A pair of D-shaped handles is attached to the body. Its lid features a hemispheric body surmounted by a button-shaped knob.
Century: 5th-6th century
Object Creation Date: 5th century - 6th century
Accession Number: 2004/1.182A&B
Medium and Support: stoneware with incised decoration
relevance: rank 3.87980
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Bamboo and Rock; Chang Ku-nien

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Title: Bamboo and Rock
Artist: Chang Ku-nien
Physical Description: Bamboo and strangely shaped rock are painted here.
Artist Life Dates: (Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1965-1985
Accession Number: 2006/1.123
Medium and Support: hanging scroll, ink on paper
relevance: rank 3.87980
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Dendrobium Wardianum, from 'A Record of an Orchid Collection'; Ikeda Zuigetsu

Title: Dendrobium Wardianum, from 'A Record of an Orchid Collection'
Artist: Ikeda Zuigetsu
Physical Description: White and yellow flowers on a green, gradient background. The blooms of the flower are in the upper left hand of the image with leafy branches above and below.
Artist Life Dates: 1877-1944
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1958
Accession Number: 1983/1.371.24
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
relevance: rank 3.87980
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Sutra Fragment, Calligraphy in Block Script; Artist Unknown, Japan

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Title: Sutra Fragment, Calligraphy in Block Script
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: 12th-13th century
Object Creation Date: 12th century - 13th century
Accession Number: 2006/2.26
Medium and Support: gold and silver ink on indigo-dyed paper
relevance: rank 3.87980
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Jarlet with squat ovoid shape; Kiln Unknown, Vietnam

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 3.87980
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)