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- Title
- Bodhisattva Amoghapasa (Avalokitesvara of the never-empty noose)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- A small bronze figure of Amoghapasa, a Buddhist deity, made by the cire perdue (lost wax) casting method. The challenge to the caster is this case is the top-heaviness of the piece caused by the iconographical requirement for the image to have eight arms; in at attempt to provide some support, he arranging floating scarves to drape all the way to the lotus pedestal.
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.97
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Buddha, seated in the padmasana pose, in bhumisparsa mudra
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Tibet or Nepal
- Physical Description
- A hollow cast bronze sculpture of the Buddha, including a lotus base. The bronze has a dark, shiny patina over most of its surface.
- The Buddha sits with his legs crossed in the padmasana pose; his right hand reaches down, palm inwards, to touch the earth, in an elegant gesture with just the tip of his third finger making contact, while his right hand rests in his lap. His torso is tall and erect. His dhoti (a skirt-like garment) is tied high on his torso, while his outer robe covers his left shoulder completely and just brushes against his right shoulder. His face is shaped like a tall and narrow "U," with wide, gently arching brows, downcast eyes under swelling lids, a long and high nose, and full, cupid's-bow lips. The urna, an auspicious mark on his forehead, is indicated here by a small bump with an incised outline. His hair is arranged in rows of snail-shell curls, which are repeated in a larger size on his ushnisha, culminating in a lotus bud.
- The upward-pointing lotus petals on the dais are in high relief, with curling tips.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1995/1.58
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Bust of a Satyr
- Artist
- Massimiliano Soldani Benzi
- Physical Description
- This small bust-length figure represents a mustached satyr turning his head toward his left. He wears an animal skin tied at his right shoulder over his bare chest. The liquid character of the cast bronze admirably captures the rippling muscles of the satyr's chest and the flowing curls of his hair and the animal pelt.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1656-1740
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1695
- Accession Number
- 1970/1.193
- Medium and Support
- bronze on wood base
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Portrait of an unidentified Tibetan lama (teacher)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Tibet or Nepal
- Physical Description
- A very finely hollow cast bronze portrait sculpture of a seated figure, with the lotus dais and pointed monk's cap cast in one piece with the figure.
- The monk is shown seated in the padmasana (lotus) pose, with each foot resting sole-upward on the opposite knee. In his right hand, he holds a vajra (a double-pronged scepter) and simultaneously makes the vitarka gesture for teaching. His left hand, resting on his lap, holds a bell. His costume consists of a dhoti, which is knotted high on his torso; a short-sleeved shirt, crossed over his chest and decorated with incised scroll patterns, with a fret design at the border; and an overrobe that wraps around his left shoulder and is draped over his right shoulder. His face has a broad forehead, incised eyebrows in a high arch; downcast eyes, with leaf-shaped upper eyelids; a broad, flat nose; a sweet smile and full lips; and a narrow chin. His tall, pointed monk's cap, which completely hides his hair, has flaps that spread to reach his upper arms.
- Accession Number
- 1995/1.57
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- The Discovery of Mars and Venus
- Artist
- Jacob Cornelisz. Cobaert
- Physical Description
- A nude man and woman recline together on the right side of this octagonal plaque. They lay upon the mesh of a net, which is being pulled by a nude male figure seated nearby next to an anvil. Behind the seated man appear two standing figures working at a brick forge. Another pair of figures stands in the middle ground with a row of trees behind them. A diminutive figure mounted on horses appears against a disk in the sky.
- Artist Life Dates
- active 1602-1621
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1602-1621
- Accession Number
- 1969/2.158
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- 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
- Katanga Cross Currency
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Luba People Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1925
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.277
- Medium and Support
- bronze, sand cast method
- 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
- Bust of Diana
- Artist
- Jean-Alexandre-Joseph Falguière
- Physical Description
- Bust-length figure of a woman with head turned proper left, down-turned eyelids and crescent moon atop head; executed in bronze with a rich, dark patina on a brownish stone base.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1831-1900
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1882
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.83
- Medium and Support
- bronze with marble base
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Eternal Spring
- Artist
- Auguste Rodin
- Physical Description
- Two nude figures embrace and kiss. The man is seated with his legs crossed as he bends to the side to embrace the woman, his arm under her shoulders. The woman, kneeling beside the man, arches upward and backwards to meet the bending figure of the man. The smooth modeling of the figures is contrasted by the more agitated modeling of the base and the support on which the man sits.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1840-1917
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1884; cast 1898 - 1918
- Accession Number
- 1976/1.235
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Checkers up at the Farm
- Artist
- John Rogers
- Physical Description
- Plaster sculpture depicting two men sitting on stools playing checkers using a barrel as a table with a woman holding a baby standing behind them.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1829-1904
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1875
- Accession Number
- 1950/1.100
- Medium and Support
- painted plaster
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Man in Motion (Uomo in movimento)
- Artist
- Mino Rosso
- Physical Description
- A bronze sculpture of an abstracted male figure in motion. His knees are bent as he leans into his movement. His arms are tucked along his torso, and he appears to be propelling his movement with great force. The surface is a bright bronze color but with some patina.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1904 - 1963
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1934
- Accession Number
- 1959/2.100
- Medium and Support
- bronze with wood base
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Hairpin
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1925
- Accession Number
- 1984/2.36
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Growing Forms
- Artist
- David Smith
- Physical Description
- A roughly teardrop-shaped sculpture of shiny cast aluminum. Within the basic organic shape are several curls and a shape that appears to be a woman or perhaps a fetus. The sculpture sits atop a tall wooden base composed of a stack of fat disc shapes.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1906-1965
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1939
- Accession Number
- 1980/1.213A
- Medium and Support
- cast aluminum on wood base
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Little Torso No. 5 (Torse)
- Artist
- Hans Arp
- Physical Description
- A small polished bronze sculpture of a biomorphic form rising gracefully from a small base. Where it contacts the base, the form stands on two leg-like structures. The form rises from there, narrows, then opens up into a wider, more oblong shape at the top.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1886-1966
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1930; cast 1957
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.399
- Medium and Support
- polished bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Bodhisattva Tara (Tibetan, Jetsun Dolma)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Tibet or Nepal
- Physical Description
- A suberply cast hollow bronze figure of Tara, a Buddhist goddess, shown leated in the lalitasana pose ("royal ease," with one knee bent and the other relaxed), her right hand extended to her right knee in vara mudra (the gesture of charity), and her left hand in vitarka mudra (the gesture of teaching, with the thumb and third finger brought together). She wears a dhoti and jewelry, including an elaborate tiara and enormous lotus-petal design ear plugs. Her face has a broad, open forehead, with wide, slightly arching brows; her eyes are downcast with "s"-shaped upper lids; her nose is straight and long, and her mouth, in a curved Cupid's bow shape, is small but full. Her torso leans slightly to her left, which is balanced by the right tilt of her head. She sits on a double lotus dais with beaded upper and lower rims. The image and the base were case in one piece in the lost-wax method. There are traces of red paint for her mouth and blue paint for her hair.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.40
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze with inlaid semi-precious stones and traces of polychrome
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Pre-Adamic Fruit (Fruit préadamite)
- Artist
- Hans Arp
- Physical Description
- A small, biomorphically abstract sculpture of bronze grows from a wooden base. Bulbous at the bottom, the shape stretches and narrows in the middle and then expands into a larger shape from which two rounded points rise.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1886-1966
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1938
- Accession Number
- 1948/2.26
- Medium and Support
- bronze with wood base
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Yogi Milarepa (c. 1032–c. 1135)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Tibet or Nepal
- Physical Description
- A miniature sculpture of a the Tibetan yogin Milarepa as a rotund figure, seated in lalitasana (the posture of royal ease, with one knee drawn up and the other relaxed) on an antelope skin (the head of the antelope can be discerned just under the figure's left foot, as an incised design). The right hand is raised, cusping the right ear as though to better hear, while the left elbow rests on the left knee, and the right hand holds a nettle-shell bowl. Wrapped around his torso, from his right shoulder to his left knee, is a sash (sometimes referred to as a meditation belt), which allows him to keep his body upright during long hours of meditation. The base, cast in a single piece with the figure, is decorated with beading and a single band of lotus petals.
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.56
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.00000