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- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Yoruba Peoples Nigeria
- Physical Description
- Wooden staff covered with beads, displaying a zigzag pattern in blue, white, red, yellow, green and pink along the shaft, with an iron point at the base. The finial (top of the staff) consists of an equestrian, mostly in green, wearing elaborate red-and-yellow headgear, holding a staff and riding a multicolored horse, which stands on a rectangular platform adorned with a veil of ropes of beads.
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.45
- Medium and Support
- wood with beads, metal, cloth
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Yaka Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Description
- A stylized human head with an elaborate coiffure, sitting atop a larger animal head with scarification marks below the eyes, tops a well-carved staff with angular handle and a zig-zag carved pattern below the handle. The eyes of both figures are set in shallow cavities and appear squinted or closed.
- Object Creation Date
- mid 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.19
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Temple bell
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- Wood base for a temple bell.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.237D
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Vairocana Buddha (Japanese, Dainichi Nyorai)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- A figure is sitting on a lotus-shaped pedestal, which is itself placed on an hexagonal pedestal. The figure wears a drape hanging from the left shoulder and covering the bottom. The arms are placed in front; right hand holding the left index finger. The facial expression is calm; the two eyes looking down; a dot on the forehead. Two elongated ears. A tall crown on the head. The two halos are on the back of the figure; one behind the head and other behind the torso. Two halos are surrounded by an oval-shaped dais. The statue and pedestals are guilded with gold; some polychrome remnants.
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century
- Accession Number
- 2003/2.59.1
- Medium and Support
- cypress wood with gesso, lacquer, polychrome, and gilding
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Fang ding (“square tripod” cooking vessel) with taotie mask and gui dragon design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- square ding (ting) tripod with four legs, the body as well as the upper portion of the four legs is decorated with "t'ao-t'ieh" zoomorphic design. One of the leg was recast after the rest of the body has been completed, thus had a less refined craftmanship and joint line at its base. The double loop handles are also decorated with zoomorphic design. A group of three inscription is cast on the upper portion of the interior wall, which reads as Fu (father) Ji (day name), followed by an symbolic representation of a chariot, possibly a clan emblem. The interior is plain, the animal bone remains attached to the bottom and variations in patina patterns with a line running through the middle indicates that the vessel was once filled with cooked meat offerings, presumably in a Shang elite burial in late second millennium B.C.E.
- Century
- 12th century BCE
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century BCE
- Accession Number
- 1961/2.82
- Medium and Support
- cast bronze with malachite patina
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Black Pottery Tripod Jar
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- Li tripod beaker, with a cylindrical body flares out at the rim, and expands organically in its lower half to rest on three udder-shaped legs. It appears to have been dipped into black slip and burnished to produce a smooth, shiny surface.
- Object Creation Date
- 2200 BCE - 1600 BCE
- Accession Number
- 2003/2.22
- Medium and Support
- grey earthenware
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- One of Ten-Piece Set of Altar Tables
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Physical Description
- Gilt and lacquered wooden table of ten-piece altar set. Not including the base, the set is designed in three rows, which simultaneously recede from the viewer and increase in height, culminating in one central table that rises above the rest allocated for a statue of the Buddha. Each table is carved along the edges in stylized floral and leaf patterns coated with gold gilt. The wood surfaces of the tables are coated in red lacquer, and with the exclusion of the short, wide base, each table in the set includes a mirror designed to face the viewer.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.466.6
- Medium and Support
- gilt and lacquered wood with mirrors
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Vishnu with two attendants
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Kashmir
- Physical Description
- Vishnu stands with a slight sway to his body with his right hip thrust out, the tribhangha of “thrice bent pose.” He has four hands to carry his attributes, his front two hold a lotus bud and a conch. The back two hang down and rather than carry his two weapons are placed on personified figures of them. At is right is the personified club and on his left his discus. He wears a diaphanous lower cloth that is so sheer, it appears almost invisible, only the folds of the garment are articulated. He wears a long garland down almost to his feet and a sacred thread to his waist. He also wears various pieces of jewelry, including armlets, large earrings and an elaborate crown. The whole is quite worn due to the way the image has been handled by devotees, who have touched it and applied various substances to it. His eyes had been inlayed with silver to add a certain realism to the piece.
- Century
- 9th century
- Object Creation Date
- 9th century
- Accession Number
- 1970/2.146
- Medium and Support
- bronze with silver inlay
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Buddhist Bronze
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- mid 7th-early 8th centuries
- Object Creation Date
- circa 650-725
- Accession Number
- 1961/2.78
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Large bowl or stand on high cut-out pedestal foot
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- It has wide flared bowl supported by a little flared pedestal foot. Three raised band lines encircle the middle of the bowl. The foot which is separated into 3 parts and has a lot of triangular holes gives the whole bowl stability. There is a tiny wave design on the surface of the bowl and foot.
- Century
- 5th-early 6th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 5th century - mid 6th century
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.177
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with incised decoration
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Large storage jar with spiral design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China, Majiayao Culture
- Physical Description
- The 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.
- Artist Life Dates
- 2600 BCE - 2300 BCE
- Century
- 25th-24th century BCE
- Object Creation Date
- 2600 BCE - 2300 BCE
- Accession Number
- 1993/1.65
- Medium and Support
- red earthenware with black and reddish-brown slip decoration
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Kubera, god of wealth, seated on a lion
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Tibet or Nepal
- Physical Description
- A miniature, cast bronze sculpture of Kubera, the god of wealth, seated sideways on a lion. Kubera sits in the lalitasana pose (the pose of royal ease, with one leg drawn up and the other relaxed); his right hand is outstretched to rest on the knee, while his left arm is akimbo and his hand rests on his hip. The base has a simple, single lotus petal design.
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 15th century
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.155
- Medium and Support
- copper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Hamba Mukishi Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Angola, Chokwe
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1920
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.206
- Medium and Support
- wood, string
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Vishnu as Bhogasthanakamurti, accompanied by a pair of female attendants, 1978/2.131 and 1978/2.132
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu
- Physical Description
- Vishnu stands on a base consisting of a flat square element topped with a series of five round rings. He stands in an unbending pose and has four arms. Reading clockwise from his front right hand, he is in varada mudra, holds a discus, holds a conch, and is on his hip. He wears a decorated lower garment flared out on either side in a pattern. He wears a decorated belt and necklaces, a sacred thread and shoulder loops, bracelets and armlets, earrings and a crown. The jewelry and crown is highlighted with gold paint as is his clothing and the two attributes.
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.123
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Buddha, seated, with mandorla and dais; inscription
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 6th century
- Object Creation Date
- 515
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.96
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Pedestal Bowl with Cover
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- Flaring base with spherical food storage bowl on top. The base is cut with evenly spaced rectangular holes. The lid is incised with a repeating design.
- Century
- 6th century
- Object Creation Date
- 6th century
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.189A&B
- Medium and Support
- unglazed stoneware with incised and stamped decoration
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- The Nativity of the Virgin
- Artist
- Sano di Pietro
- Physical Description
- This painted panel depicts an intimate domestic setting consisting of a bedchamber with a fireplace and a smaller vaulted antechamber that opens out on a garden. A haloed woman wearing a white veil rests in bed, having recently given birth. She leans to her right as she reaches toward a basin held by an attendant and looks across the room to the infant who is held on the lap of another servant. A halo also encircles the head of the child and a pair of angels fly above her. Several other attendants and midwives bustle about the room, while another woman, more richly clad than the servants, gazes on the child from her seat at the foot of the bed. In the antechamber sits a haloed man in a long white beard, who leans forward to hear news of the birth from the child standing in front of him. A companion sits behind him and a servant passes through the door into the bedchamber.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1405-1481
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1448-1452
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.1
- Medium and Support
- tempera and gold on panel
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ngbaka peoples Democratic Republiic of the Congo
- Physical Description
- Elaborately carved staff with angular forms along the shaft and topped with a figurine with a rounded head, heart-shaped face and two stylized arms resting on the stomach. A large Z-shaped handle is carved in the middle of the shaft, with a series of cubes and conical forms above and beneath it.
- Object Creation Date
- 1930-1970
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.36
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Apostle
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Belgium
- Physical Description
- This marble statue depicts a standing male figure, who holds a closed book in his left hand and makes what appears to be a gesture indicating speech with his right. The curls of his flowing beard and long hair are echoed in the gentle curving folds and undulating edges of his long robe and mantle. He turns his head downward and to his left
- Century
- 14th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1350-1360
- Accession Number
- 1957/2.3
- Medium and Support
- marble with gilding
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Vairocana Buddha (J. Dainichi Nyorai)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century
- Accession Number
- 2003/2.59.3
- Medium and Support
- cypress wood with gesso, lacquer, polychrome, and gilding
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Bi (Pi; disc)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- Large, flat disk made of gray and green jade with touches of black and brown with a hole in the center. Incised circle around outer edge of disk and around edge of interior hole.
- Century
- 8th BCE - 3rd BCE
- Object Creation Date
- 771 BCE - 256 BCE
- Accession Number
- 1961/2.85A&B
- Medium and Support
- cloudy light green nephrite with black and brown mottling
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Bencharong Ware Jar (tho)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- Covered ceramic jar with brilliantly colored Thai-inspired overglaze enamel painting in floral patterns. The lid mimics the spires of Thai Buddhist architecture, rising from the gentle curve of the lower portion of the lid and alternating between solid bands of green, and multicolored floral patterns. The green covers what would be the underside of each of the colorful three tiers of "roof" segments, culminating in what appears to be a red and gold lotus bud at the top of the lid.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.465A&B
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with overglaze enamel painting
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- One of Ten-Piece Set of Altar Tables
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Physical Description
- Gilt and lacquered wooden table of ten-piece altar set. Not including the base, the set is designed in three rows, which simultaneously recede from the viewer and increase in height, culminating in one central table that rises above the rest allocated for a statue of the Buddha. Each table is carved along the edges in stylized floral and leaf patterns coated with gold gilt. The wood surfaces of the tables are coated in red lacquer, and with the exclusion of the short, wide base, each table in the set includes a mirror designed to face the viewer.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.466.7
- Medium and Support
- gilt and lacquered wood with mirrors
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Padmavati with Parshva
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Maharashtra
- Physical Description
- Padmavati sits on a raised tiered square base. She sits on a narrow rounded seat with one leg crossed in her lap and the other slightly pendant. She has four arms and the right back one is broken. On the palm of her front right hand which is in the gesture of reassurance. She holds a mango in her front left hand and the base of some vegetative form in the back left hand. Her tight fitting lower garment is decorated with incised lines in stripes and incised lines delineate her necklace and encircle her breasts. She wears large plain earrings [?] and a conical crown. Her head is surmounted by a seven headed snake hood, symbolizing her snake nature and seated atop the hood is a figure of the jina Pashva in a half lotus position and his hands folded in a gesture of meditation. He is turn is toped by a five headed snake hood signifying Padmavati’s consort the nagaraja Dharanendra.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1709
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.47
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Standing Buddha (or possibly Maitreya) in abhaya mudra, with flask in left hand
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 4th century
- Object Creation Date
- 4th century
- Accession Number
- 1964/1.91
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- 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 0.00000
- 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 0.00000
- Title
- Dakini
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Tibet or Nepal
- Physical Description
- A bronze image of a dancing figure, cast in the cire perdue (lost wax) technique in one piece with its lotus-petal base.
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 15th century
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.157
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Female Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Bembe
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1870
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.196.1
- Medium and Support
- wood, tukula powder, fiber, dried fruit, metal hook, animal hair, shell, resin
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Visnhu triad: goddess Shri Devi, 1 of 3 figures
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu
- Physical Description
- Shridevi stands in a tribhanga pose (with three bends) with her right arm hanging pendant to her side and holding a lotus bud in her left 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 also wears a band across her breasts, a characteristic of Shridevi in groupings with Vishnu and his other consort, Bhudevi.
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.131
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Jade cong cylinder with low relief design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- jade cylinder with square shaped exterior and round interior, shallow relief carver on each side, possible representing zoomorphic designs that have been worn off. Dark jade material with many striations and mottles. Come in custom-designed silk box enclosed in a fine hardwood box. The inscription on wooden box indicates that the object was once part of the Duan Fang collection in late 19th century. Duan Fang was a Manchu stateman and reknowned antiquarian. His inscription date the object to the Zhou period. Recent archaeological work suggests that the object was probably made in the late 3rd millennium B.C.E. and remained in circulation by Shang period of the late 2nd millennium B.C.E.
- Century
- 13th-11th century BCE
- Object Creation Date
- 1300 BCE - 1100 BCE
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.102
- Medium and Support
- dark green nephrite with white streaks
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- 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 0.00000
- Title
- The Good Thief on the Cross
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, School of Kalkar, Germany
- Physical Description
- A bearded man, wearing a loincloth and a long trailing headband, hangs from a cross by his arms, which have split open beneath the ropes that bind them. His left leg hangs downward and passes behind his right foot, which perches precariously on a forked branch. He strains to his left and gazes upward with his mouth open in a tortured movement augmented by the dramatic sweeps of drapery that frame his torso.
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1520
- Accession Number
- 1976/1.233
- Medium and Support
- walnut with polychrome
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- St. Christopher carrying the Christ Child
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, England
- Physical Description
- A standing, bearded figure of St. Christopher, broken off at the knees, holds the Christ child on his right shoulder while leaning upon a staff in his left hand. The child, whose head is encircled by a halo, wears a long cloak over his robe and rests his left hand upon an orb in his lap. The red and brown polychromy is a later addition.
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 15th century
- Accession Number
- 1961/1.178
- Medium and Support
- alabaster with polychrome and gilding
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- 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 0.00000
- Title
- Vairocana Buddha (J. Dainichi Nyorai)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century
- Accession Number
- 2003/2.59.4
- Medium and Support
- cypress wood with gesso, lacquer, polychrome, and gilding
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Buddha, seated in the padmasana pose, with left hand in abhaya mudra
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- Small gilt bronze seated Buddha in style of China’s cosmopolitan Tang Dynasty. It has a full figure, artfully draped robes, and a plump, rounded face with arched eyebrows. Hand is raised in abhaya mudra.
- Century
- 8th century
- Object Creation Date
- 700-799
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.91
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Bencharong Ware Jar (tho)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- Covered ceramic jar with brilliantly colored overglaze enamel painting in repreating floral patterns. A small base curves into a deep, wide bowl with a flaring mouth, in which the lid rests. The lid can be turned upside down to provide a shallow bowl, the base of which (or topmost portion of the lid) is encircled by gold and green bands.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.476A&B
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with overglaze enamel painting
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- One of Ten-Piece Set of Altar Tables
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Physical Description
- Gilt and lacquered wooden table of ten-piece altar set. Not including the base, the set is designed in three rows, which simultaneously recede from the viewer and increase in height, culminating in one central table that rises above the rest allocated for a statue of the Buddha. Each table is carved along the edges in stylized floral and leaf patterns coated with gold gilt. The wood surfaces of the tables are coated in red lacquer, and with the exclusion of the short, wide base, each table in the set includes a mirror designed to face the viewer.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.466.8
- Medium and Support
- gilt and lacquered wood with mirrors
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Buddha, seated under a canopy of 3 leaves on a double lotus dais in the padmasana pose, in bhumisparsa mudra, flanked by two stupas
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Northeastern India
- Physical Description
- The Buddha in bhumisparsa mudra (the gesture of touching the earth with his right hand, palm inward), signaling his victory over Mara. He is shown under three leaves, indicating the bodhi tree under which he sat while meditating before reaching an awakening. He is shown flanked by two stupas, or reliquary monuments, symbolizing his attainment of nirvana.
- Century
- 11th century
- Object Creation Date
- 11th century
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.396
- Medium and Support
- black schist
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Buddha, standing on a table-like pedestal, with a flame mandorla
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 4th century
- Object Creation Date
- 4th century
- Accession Number
- 1964/1.92
- Medium and Support
- cast and incised bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Large Pedestal Bowl or Stand
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- Large pedestal bowl with flaring mouth and base cut with evenly spaced triangular designs. Three side-by-side horizontal bands decorate the lip of the bowl, while six bands are spaced along the sides encompass the exterior of the bowl. In between these bands incised wavy lines stretch around the body horizontally.
- Century
- 5th century
- Object Creation Date
- 5th century
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.179
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with traces of natural ash glaze
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- St. John the Evangelist on Patmos
- Artist
- Joos van Cleve
- Physical Description
- St. John the Evangelist sits in the foreground with a book open on his knee and quill pen poised over its pages. Two books rest next to him and an eagle has alighted on an adjacent rock. St. John looks up and to his right to see a standing figure of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ, who appear in a glowing mandorla hovering in the sky. A vast panoramic view of a bustling harbor and formidable mountains unfolds behind St. John and extends into the distance.
- Artist Life Dates
- active 1511 - 1540/1541
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1525
- Accession Number
- 1958/2.77
- Medium and Support
- oil on panel, mounted on panel
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- 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 0.00000
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Lunda Circle Lwena?
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.32
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- 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 0.00000
- Title
- Dragon pendant
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- Highly stylized depiction of dragon design with tiger head, lower right portion broken off
- Century
- 13th-11th century BCE
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1300 BCE - circa 1100 BCE
- Accession Number
- 1960/2.113
- Medium and Support
- dark brown hard stone with white calcification
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- 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 0.00000
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Zulu peoples South Africa
- Physical Description
- Slightly curved staff, topped by two snakes spiraling around each other, followed by an open-worked carving of three smaller "pillars" set between ornamental carved elements above and below. On the lower half of the staff are a series of carved, protruding knobs distributed around all sides of the shaft between carved ornamental bands.
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.56
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Standing Christ
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Germany
- Physical Description
- This figure of Christ wears a volumnious mantle and strides forcefully forward with his left leg. His hands, now broken off, once held either a cross-staff or a globe while he made of gesture of blessing with the other. His robe appears to have originally been gilded and then painted over with red to impart his garment with a lustrous quality.
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1475
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.55
- Medium and Support
- wood, polychrome and gilding
- relevance
- rank 0.00000