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- Title
- Folk-Ganesha in a Seated Position
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, North or Central India
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1976/2.60
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 5.69997
- Title
- Virabhadra plaque
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.68
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 5.69997
- Title
- Brocatelle
- Artist
- Anonymous Italian or French?
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1690-1700
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.278
- Medium and Support
- red silk with satin weave and ivory silk and linen wefts
- relevance
- rank 5.69997
- Title
- Esoteric Buddhist deity and consort
- Artist
- Nepal
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.124
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 5.69997
- 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 5.69997
- Title
- One of Three Silk Fragments
- Artist
- Anonymous French
- Artist Life Dates
- ()
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1680-1720
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.252A
- Medium and Support
- blue, ivory and violet silk with satin and tabby weave
- relevance
- rank 5.69997
- Title
- Snowy View of Stone City, from the album, Twelve Views of Jinling (Nanjing) (one of pair of albums)
- Artist
- Gao Cen (Kao Ts'en)
- Artist Life Dates
- act. 1643-1679
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1970/2.159.11
- Medium and Support
- album leaf, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.69997
- Title
- The Mocking of Ceres
- Artist
- Wenceslaus Hollar
- Artist Life Dates
- 1607-1677
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1647
- Accession Number
- 1973/1.796
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.69997
- Title
- Figure of a male deity holding a mace in his right hand and an offering bowl in his left hand
- Artist
- India, Central India
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1976/2.73
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 5.69997
- Title
- Virabhadra
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.45
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 5.69997
- Title
- Dancing Krishna holding butter-balls
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu
- Physical Description
- small bronze figurine made by lost wax process. The child Krishna dances on one leg with his right one raised. He hold balls of butter in his hands, one outstretched to this side and the right one extended forward as if offering it to the viewer. He stands on a round lotus base placed on a square slab. He is naked, but is decorated with a vast assortment of jewelry. Necklaces that cross his chest and drop to his waist, decorated belts, shoulder pieces, rings, bracelets and earrings and elaborate decorations on his head fanning out from his ears and decorating his hair which is arranged in a flat chignon on the top of his head.
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1976/2.42
- Medium and Support
- copper alloy with gilt
- relevance
- rank 5.69997
- Title
- Natsume (tea container) with autumn flowers and insects
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 17th–18th century?
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.549
- Medium and Support
- gold on lacquered wood
- relevance
- rank 5.69997
- Title
- Pope Alexander VII (obverse), and the Piazzo del Popolo (reverse)
- Artist
- Gioacchino Travani
- Physical Description
- The front (obverse) of this medal represents a portrait of a man in profile wearing a papal tiara and a cope. The reverse depicts a city square dominated by an obelisk with a pair of identical domed churches in the background. Inscriptions run around the edge of the medal on both sides.
- Artist Life Dates
- Active 1634-1674
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1662
- Accession Number
- 1984/1.282
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 5.69997
- Title
- Brocaded Silk
- Artist
- Anonymous British or French?
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 17th century - early 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.253
- Medium and Support
- ivory silk with satin and warp-faced weave and pink and green silk with metallic embroidery
- relevance
- rank 5.69997
- Title
- Silk Damask Fragment
- Artist
- Anonymous French or British?
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1680-1710
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.236G
- Medium and Support
- yellow damask satin weave, damask tabby weave, stylized design leaves
- relevance
- rank 5.69997
- Title
- Lake View of Ping Dike, from the album, Twelve Views of Jinling (Nanjing) (one of pair of albums)
- Artist
- Gao Cen (Kao Ts'en)
- Artist Life Dates
- act. 1643-1679
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1970/2.159.7
- Medium and Support
- album leaf, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.69997
- Title
- Magnificent View of Lion Peak (Shi ling), from the album, Twelve Views of Jinling (Nanjing) (one of pair of albums)
- Artist
- Gao Cen (Kao Ts'en)
- Artist Life Dates
- act. 1643-1679
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1970/2.160.10
- Medium and Support
- album, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.69997
- Title
- Hanuman
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Northwest India
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.50
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 5.69997
- Title
- Narashimha and Consort (Lakshmi Narayana?)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 17th–18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1979/2.39
- Medium and Support
- copper
- relevance
- rank 5.69997
- Title
- Silk Fragment
- Artist
- Anonymous Italian or French?
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1690-1710
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.320
- Medium and Support
- silk
- relevance
- rank 5.69997
- Title
- Adoration of the Magi
- Artist
- Jan Erasmus Quellinus
- Physical Description
- This unfinished painted study depicts a crowd of figures gathered around three richly dressed men and a woman and child, who appear on a flight of stairs near the entrance to a large building decorated with classical columns and pilasters. An elderly bald man wearing a red cloak trimmed with ermine kneels with his head bowed at the top of the stairs before a kneeling woman who holds an infant in her right arm. Another man wearing a turban decorated with a large feather stands behind the kneeling man and holds a gold censer hanging from a chain in his left hand. A third richly dressed man stands at the bottom of the stairs with his back turned toward the viewer. A number of other figures crowd around this central group from the sides. A large ox sits in the right foreground with a donkey standing behind it.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1634-1715
- Century
- 17th - 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1634-1715
- Accession Number
- 1963/2.44
- Medium and Support
- oil on paper mounted on canvas
- relevance
- rank 5.69997
- Title
- Velvet
- Artist
- Anonymous European
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.296A
- Medium and Support
- red silk in a solid velvet weave; ground structure; plain tabby weave
- relevance
- rank 5.69997
- Title
- One of Three Silk Fragments
- Artist
- Anonymous French
- Artist Life Dates
- ()
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1680-1720
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.252C
- Medium and Support
- blue, ivory, and violet silk with satin and tabby weave
- relevance
- rank 5.69997
- Title
- Horse Riding at Altar of Heaven (Tiantan), from the album, Twelve Views of Jinling (Nanjing) (one of pair of albums)
- Artist
- Gao Cen (Kao Ts'en)
- Artist Life Dates
- act. 1643-1679
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1970/2.160.2
- Medium and Support
- album, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.69997
- Title
- Durga as slayer of the Buffalo Demon (Mahishasuramardini)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.71
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 5.69997
- Title
- Figure of Shiva and Parvati holding Goddess in his left thigh, figure of lion at base, surrounded by arch, attendant figure, and jain tritan kara at apex of backplate
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.54
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 5.69997
- Title
- Hanuman
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.93
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 5.69997
- 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 5.69997
- 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 5.69997
- Title
- Pope Clement IX (obverse), and the Ponte Sant' Angelo (reverse)
- Artist
- Nicolas-François Chéron
- Physical Description
- The front (obverse) of the medal presents a profile portrait of a bearded man wearing a cassock, cap, and stole. The reverse depicts a bridge spanning a river. A winged figure flies above the bridge blowing a trumpet, while a nude male figure reclines below the bridge in the foreground and a wolf nurses at his feet. Inscriptions run around both the border edge of both sides of the medal.
- Artist Life Dates
- died 1746
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1669
- Accession Number
- 1984/1.284
- Medium and Support
- cast bronze
- relevance
- rank 5.69997
- Title
- Brocatelle
- Artist
- Anonymous French or British?
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1655-1710
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.280
- Medium and Support
- brocatelle
- relevance
- rank 5.69997
- Title
- Spring Tides in the White Crane Delta (Bailu zhou), from the album, Twelve Views of Jinling (Nanjing) (one of pair of albums)
- Artist
- Gao Cen (Kao Ts'en)
- Artist Life Dates
- act. 1643-1679
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1970/2.159.3
- Medium and Support
- album leaf, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.69997
- Title
- Bodhidharma's Sacred Cove, from the album, Twelve Views of Jinling (Nanjing) (one of pair of albums)
- Artist
- Gao Cen (Kao Ts'en)
- Artist Life Dates
- act. 1643-1679
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1970/2.160.12
- Medium and Support
- album, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.69997
- Title
- Six-armed Bodhisattva Mañjusri, standing, with two celestial attendants
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Physical Description
- Mañjusri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom, standing with two celestial attendants. This representation of Manjushri includes six arms, one of which holds a sword, while a narrow book (modeled after books made from palm leaves) lays across his upper hand. Manjushri is wearing an ornamented crown and necklace, and is encircled by a halo of flames.
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.109
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 5.69997
- Title
- Equestrian Figure: armed village hero on horseback holding a shield in his left hand and a sword in his right hand
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1976/2.69
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 5.69997
- Title
- Bala Krishna
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1979/2.44
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 5.69997
- Title
- Double Cloth
- Artist
- Anonymous Italian or Spanish?
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1700
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.279A
- Medium and Support
- silk velvet?
- relevance
- rank 5.69997
- Title
- Orchid and Colophon
- Artist
- Shitao (Shih-t'ao)
- Physical Description
- The painting depicts an orchid on the left, with calligraphical texts on the right-hand half. Paper is faded, and ink is black.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1642-1707
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1644-1707
- Accession Number
- 1955/2.12
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.69997
- Title
- Velvet
- Artist
- Anonymous European
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.296C
- Medium and Support
- red silk, velvet weave, and plain tabby weave
- relevance
- rank 5.69997
- Title
- Silk Lampas Weave
- Artist
- Anonymous French
- Artist Life Dates
- ()
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1700
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.273B
- Medium and Support
- blue silk, with satin and twill weave and white, silver, pink, red, and gold
- relevance
- rank 5.69997
- Title
- Casual Gathering at Xie Platform, from the album, Twelve Views of Jinling (Nanjing) (one of pair of albums)
- Artist
- Gao Cen (Kao Ts'en)
- Artist Life Dates
- act. 1643-1679
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1970/2.160.4
- Medium and Support
- album, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.69997
- Title
- Mahish-Asura-Mardini with four arms killing buffalo demon
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Maharashtra
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1976/2.49
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 5.69997
- Title
- 5 lingas on a Lion
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.95
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 5.69997
- Title
- Deep Bowl (damaged)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Iran
- Physical Description
- A deep bowl seriously damaged with sections missing.
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1957/1.85
- Medium and Support
- fritware (ground quartz and white clay) with pale turquoise glaze
- relevance
- rank 5.69997
- Title
- Flowers
- Artist
- Ma Yuanyu (Ma Yüan-yü)
- Artist Life Dates
- 1699-1722
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1699-1722
- Accession Number
- 1966/2.36
- Medium and Support
- handscroll, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.69997
- Title
- Vase with "sang de boeuf" glaze
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- vase with spherical shaped body and straight, cylinder-like neck, deep red glaze known as Ji-hong, or ox-blood red.
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1662-1722
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.90
- Medium and Support
- Porcelain with copper red glaze
- relevance
- rank 5.69997
- Title
- Silk Damask Fragment
- Artist
- Anonymous French or British?
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1680-1710
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.236F
- Medium and Support
- yellow damask satin weave, damask tabby weave, stylized design leaves
- relevance
- rank 5.69997
- Title
- View of Daybreak at Swallow Cliff (Yan ji) from the album, Twelve Views of Jinling (Nanjing) (one of pair of albums)
- Artist
- Gao Cen (Kao Ts'en)
- Artist Life Dates
- act. 1643-1679
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1970/2.159.8
- Medium and Support
- album leaf, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.69997
- Title
- Sanctification cross with scenes from the life of Christ and the Virgin Mary and the Evangelists
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Greece
- Physical Description
- This small carved boxwood cross is divided on each face into five compartments containing Christian religious scenes. The cross is set in a stand decorated with mother-of-pearl and green glass-paste stones.
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1650-1800
- Accession Number
- 1961/1.177
- Medium and Support
- boxwood with pearls and glass-paste stones
- relevance
- rank 5.69997
- Title
- Figure of a Goddess holding a sword in her left hand and a jewel in her right hand
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Bengal
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1976/2.57
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 5.69997