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MS Leaf: Bible Lessons; Artist Unknown, Armenia

Title: MS Leaf: Bible Lessons
Artist: Artist Unknown, Armenia
Century: 15th century
Object Creation Date: early 15th century
Accession Number: 1959/1.149
Medium and Support: ink on glazed paper
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Leaf from a Bible with decorated initial and vegetal ornament; Artist Unknown, Armenia

Title: Leaf from a Bible with decorated initial and vegetal ornament
Artist: Artist Unknown, Armenia
Physical Description: This page from a manuscript features two columns of text written in Armenian. An animal-shaped initial, composed of two stylized birds pecking one another, appears in the lower right column. The lower left margin is decorated with a sidebar that elegantly combines geometric and plant motifs. The decorative elements are painted in pink and blue with touches of reddish orange.
Century: 15th century
Object Creation Date: early 15th century
Accession Number: 1958/1.162
Medium and Support: ink on glazed paper
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MS leaf: Bible lessons; Artist Unknown, Armenia

Title: MS leaf: Bible lessons
Artist: Artist Unknown, Armenia
Century: Early 15th century
Object Creation Date: early 15th century
Accession Number: 1987/1.195.5
Medium and Support: ink and color on glazed paper
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MS Leaf: Greek Liturgy with Byzantine Greek Notation #6; Anonymous Byzantine

Title: MS Leaf: Greek Liturgy with Byzantine Greek Notation #6
Artist: Anonymous Byzantine
Century: 15th century
Object Creation Date: 15th century
Accession Number: 1959/1.150
Medium and Support: ink on glazed paper
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MS leaf: Greek Liturgy with Byzantine Greek Notation; Anonymous Byzantine

Title: MS leaf: Greek Liturgy with Byzantine Greek Notation
Artist: Anonymous Byzantine
Century: 15th century
Object Creation Date: 15th century
Accession Number: 1987/1.195.6
Medium and Support: ink and color on glazed paper
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Blue-and-white bowl with floral scroll design; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Blue-and-white bowl with floral scroll design
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 15th century
Object Creation Date: 15th century
Accession Number: 1971/2.111
Medium and Support: porcelain with blue underglaze painting
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Scholars under the Juniper Tree; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Scholars under the Juniper Tree
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 15th century
Object Creation Date: circa 15th century
Accession Number: 1983/2.140
Medium and Support: hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
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Blue-and-white tea cup with abstract floral design (1 of 5); Artist Unknown, China

Title: Blue-and-white tea cup with abstract floral design (1 of 5)
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 15th–16th century
Object Creation Date: 15th century - 16th century
Accession Number: 1954/1.517
Medium and Support: porcellaneous stoneware with blue and white glaze
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Blue-and-white tea cup with abstract floral design (1 of 5); Artist Unknown, China

Title: Blue-and-white tea cup with abstract floral design (1 of 5)
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 15th–16th century
Object Creation Date: 15th century - 16th century
Accession Number: 1954/1.520
Medium and Support: porcellaneous stoneware with blue and white glaze
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Blue-and-whte tea cup with abstract floral design (1 of 5); Artist Unknown, China

Title: Blue-and-whte tea cup with abstract floral design (1 of 5)
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 15th–16th century
Object Creation Date: 15th century - 16th century
Accession Number: 1954/1.518
Medium and Support: porcelain with blue underglaze painting
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Blue-and-white tea cup with abstract floral design (1 of 5); Artist Unknown, China

Title: Blue-and-white tea cup with abstract floral design (1 of 5)
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 15th–16th century
Object Creation Date: 15th century - 16th century
Accession Number: 1954/1.519
Medium and Support: porcellaneous stoneware with blue and white glaze
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Longquan ware incense burner; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Longquan ware incense burner
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description: incense burner with straight neck, spherical shaped body and three short legs, celadon glaze have crackles all over and incised hatch line design on lower body
Century: 15th-16th century
Object Creation Date: circa 15th century
Accession Number: 1993/1.108
Medium and Support: porcelaneous stoneware with crackled celadon glaze
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Traveling at Dawn in the Mountains after Snow; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Traveling at Dawn in the Mountains after Snow
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description: Travelers cross a bridge over a river. A figure is seen in the gateway of the establishment, and another figure walks towards the bridge carrying an umbrella or staff. The entire scene is set with a view of mountains in the background.
Century: 15th century
Object Creation Date: 3rd quarter of 15th century
Accession Number: 1988/2.13
Medium and Support: hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
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Ling (bell); Artist Unknown, China

Title: Ling (bell)
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 15th-11th century BCE
Object Creation Date: 16th century BCE - 15th century BCE
Accession Number: 1974/1.139
Medium and Support: bronze
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Blue-and-white jarlet with geometric and floral designs of deer amongst foliage; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Blue-and-white jarlet with geometric and floral designs of deer amongst foliage
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Object Creation Date: 15th century - 16th century
Accession Number: 1993/2.27
Medium and Support: porcelain with blue underglaze painting
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with floral designs on a scale pattern ground; Artist Unknown, China

Title: with floral designs on a scale pattern ground
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Object Creation Date: 15th century - 16th century
Accession Number: 1993/2.28
Medium and Support: porcelain with blue underglaze painting
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Platter with incised peony pattern; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Platter with incised peony pattern
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 15th century
Object Creation Date: 15th century
Accession Number: 2000/1.24
Medium and Support: Stoneware with celadon glaze
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Animal Pendant, Tortoise; Artist Unknown, China

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Title: Animal Pendant, Tortoise
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 15th-11th century BCE
Object Creation Date: 15th century BCE - 11th century BCE
Accession Number: 2006/2.62
Medium and Support: hardstone
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Bi Disc with notches; Artist Unknown, China

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Title: Bi Disc with notches
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description: This jade disc has a circular hole in the center, and is carved in a way that the jade appears to be turning around this central point, almost in the shape of a hurricane symbol if it were to have three prongs. On each of the three prongs are three evenly spaced raised bumps.
Object Creation Date: circa 15th century BCE - 11th century BCE
Accession Number: 2009/2.110
Medium and Support: jade
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St. Christopher carrying the Christ Child; Artist Unknown, England

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
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Kneeling Angel Holding a Shield; Anonymous Flemish

Title: Kneeling Angel Holding a Shield
Artist: Anonymous Flemish
Century: 15th Century
Object Creation Date: 15th century
Accession Number: 1968/2.51
Medium and Support: brass dinanderie
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Leaf from a Book of Hours; Anonymous French

Title: Leaf from a Book of Hours
Artist: Anonymous French
Artist Life Dates: ()
Century: 15th century
Object Creation Date: late 15th century
Accession Number: 1986/2.92
Medium and Support: ink, tempera and gold on parchment
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Page of a Missal; Anonymous French

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Title: Page of a Missal
Artist: Anonymous French
Artist Life Dates: ()
Century: 15th century
Object Creation Date: 15th century
Accession Number: 2006/1.101
Medium and Support: tempera, ink and gold leaf on vellum
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Leaf from a Choir Book with Nativity; Anonymous German (Late Gothic)

Title: Leaf from a Choir Book with Nativity
Artist: Anonymous German (Late Gothic)
Century: 15th century
Object Creation Date: 15th century
Accession Number: 1986/2.89
Medium and Support: ink and tempera on parchment
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The Last Judgement, from the Nuremberg Chronicle; Artist Unknown, Germany

Title: The Last Judgement, from the Nuremberg Chronicle
Artist: Artist Unknown, Germany
Century: 15th century
Object Creation Date: 15th century
Accession Number: 1958/1.165
Medium and Support: woodcut on paper
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Wolgund Sends a Message to Hugdieterich; Artist Unknown, Germany

Title: Wolgund Sends a Message to Hugdieterich
Artist: Artist Unknown, Germany
Century: 15th century
Object Creation Date: 15th century
Accession Number: 1961/2.52
Medium and Support: hand-colored woodcut on paper
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Illustration from an Augsburg Bible (Incunabulum); Artist Unknown, Germany

Title: Illustration from an Augsburg Bible (Incunabulum)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Germany
Century: 15th century
Object Creation Date: 15th century
Accession Number: 1930.24
Medium and Support: hand-colored woodcut on paper
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The Five Kings Hanged (Joshua 10:26); Artist Unknown, Germany

Title: The Five Kings Hanged (Joshua 10:26)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Germany
Century: 15th century
Object Creation Date: 15th century
Accession Number: 1930.25
Medium and Support: hand-colored woodcut on paper
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Dish,; Anonymous Hispano-Mooresque

Title: Dish,
Artist: Anonymous Hispano-Mooresque
Object Creation Date: 15th century
Accession Number: 1972/2.124
Medium and Support: earthenware with overglaze
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Lakshmi-Narashimha; India, Andhra Pradesh

Title: Lakshmi-Narashimha
Artist: India, Andhra Pradesh
Century: 15th century
Object Creation Date: 15th century
Accession Number: 1976/2.43
Medium and Support: bronze
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Jina, fragment of a larger shrine; Artist Unknown, India

Title: Jina, fragment of a larger shrine
Artist: Artist Unknown, India
Century: 20th-century
Object Creation Date: circa 15th century
Accession Number: 1975/2.123
Medium and Support: copper
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Varahi (?): a boar-headed tantric goddess, with multiple arms bearing skulls, attended by two devotées; Artist Unknown, India

Title: Varahi (?): a boar-headed tantric goddess, with multiple arms bearing skulls, attended by two devotées
Artist: Artist Unknown, India
Century: 15th century
Object Creation Date: 15th century
Accession Number: 2001/2.134
Medium and Support: ink with green and pink watercolor (vegetable pigments) on paper
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Durga Slays the Buffalo Demon (Durga Mahishasuramardini); Artist Unknown, India

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Title: Durga Slays the Buffalo Demon (Durga Mahishasuramardini)
Artist: Artist Unknown, India
Century: 15th century
Object Creation Date: 15th century
Accession Number: 2007/2.130
Medium and Support: ink and watercolor on paper
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Kalpasutra manuscript, leaf: A Jaina monk (fol. no. 2r); Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat

Title: Kalpasutra manuscript, leaf: A Jaina monk (fol. no. 2r)
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat
Physical Description: Leaf from a Kalpasutra manuscript with calligraphic text. Font size varies, and in the center of the leaf text wraps around a blank box of parchment with a red dot in the center. To the left of this main text block is a colorful illustration of an enthroned figure in a dotted robe flanked by devotees. Surrounding him are various auspicious symbols.
Century: 15th century
Object Creation Date: 15th century
Accession Number: 1980/2.247
Medium and Support: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
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Kalpasutra manuscript, leaf: The Courtesan Kosha and the King's Charioteer (fol. no. 102v); Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat

Title: Kalpasutra manuscript, leaf: The Courtesan Kosha and the King's Charioteer (fol. no. 102v)
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat
Physical Description: Alongside a block of calligraphic text a red rectable sets off an illustrative space. In the bottom right corner of the illustration a woman dances, and on the left a larger figure pulls an arrow taught in a bow.
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: early 15th century
Accession Number: 1997/2.39
Medium and Support: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
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Dvarapala (temple guardian; pair with 1980/2.291); Artist Unknown, India, Kerala Workshop

Title: Dvarapala (temple guardian; pair with 1980/2.291)
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Kerala Workshop
Physical Description: The two-armed figure dances with his right leg raised and wrapped around a club. His left arm crosses his body and rests above the club and his right hand is raised almost to his ear. Tassels hang from him hips and under his armpits adding a great sense of movement to the whole figure. Multi-hooded snakes are at the base and also around the bottom of the club. He wears much of jewelry including bracelets, anklets, necklaces with should loops and an elaborate belt. His stomach protrudes over the belt. He also has large earrings and a jewel encrusted crown. His eyes bulge out and his mouth is open showing his teeth. He is a pair with 1980/2.291.
Century: 15th century
Object Creation Date: 15th century
Accession Number: 1980/2.290
Medium and Support: wood
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Dvarapala (temple guardian; pair with 1980/2.290); Artist Unknown, India, Kerala Workshop

Title: Dvarapala (temple guardian; pair with 1980/2.290)
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Kerala Workshop
Physical Description: The two-armed figure dances with his left leg raised and wrapped around a club. His left arm is extended down his body and holds onto the club and his right hand is raised almost to his ear. He wears much of jewelry including bracelets, anklets, necklaces with should loops and an elaborate belt almost forming an apron. His stomach protrudes over the belt. He also has large earrings in the form of roaring lions and a jewel encrusted crown. His eyes bulge out and his mouth is open showing his teeth. The whole is badly weathered and not nearly as crisp as his partner, 1980/2.290.
Century: 15th century
Object Creation Date: 15th century
Accession Number: 1980/2.291
Medium and Support: wood
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Vinadhara - Dakshinamurti; Artist Unknown, India, South India

Title: Vinadhara - Dakshinamurti
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, South India
Object Creation Date: 15th century - 16th century
Accession Number: 1975/2.127
Medium and Support: bronze
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Uma, seated; Artist Unknown, India, South India

Title: Uma, seated
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, South India
Century: 14th-15th century
Object Creation Date: 14th century - 15th century
Accession Number: 1976/2.63
Medium and Support: bronze
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Jaina altar piece of the 24 [Caturvimsati] Jinas: with standing nude figure of Mahavira cast in the round occupying central area of base, flanked by small tirthankaras; incsribed but unread. From Mysore, Karnataka.; Artist Unknown, India, South India

Title: Jaina altar piece of the 24 [Caturvimsati] Jinas: with standing nude figure of Mahavira cast in the round occupying central area of base, flanked by small tirthankaras; incsribed but unread. From Mysore, Karnataka.
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, South India
Century: 15th-16th century
Object Creation Date: 15th century - 16th century
Accession Number: 1978/2.118
Medium and Support: bronze
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Shiva standing; Artist Unknown India, Tamil Nadu, Pudukottai Workshop

Title: Shiva standing
Artist: Artist Unknown India, Tamil Nadu, Pudukottai Workshop
Physical Description: Shiva 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 and has four arms. Reading in a clockwise direction from the right front hand, he holds, a sword, another sword, a bow and a shield. He wears a lot of jewelry, necklaces that cover his entire chest, at least three belts with pendant decorations and what appears to be a bustle like garment that billows out from his waist and has a beaded border that curves down across his legs below his knees. He wears large earrings and a crown decorated with a disk for the sun and crescent for the moon. He has large wide opened eyes and what almost looks like two sets of eyebrows, a dot where his third eye should be and a luxurious moustache.
Century: 15th-16th century
Object Creation Date: 15th century - 16th century
Accession Number: 1978/2.116
Medium and Support: bronze
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Standing Parvati; Artist Unknown India, Tamil Nadu, Pudukottai Workshop

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
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Bowl; Artist Unknown, Iran

Title: Bowl
Artist: Artist Unknown, Iran
Century: 14th-15th century
Object Creation Date: 14th century - 15th century
Accession Number: 1957/1.72
Medium and Support: earthenware with glaze
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Bowl with Teardrop-Shaped Calligraphy Medallions; Artist Unknown, Iran

Title: Bowl with Teardrop-Shaped Calligraphy Medallions
Artist: Artist Unknown, Iran
Century: 15th century
Object Creation Date: 15th century
Accession Number: 1957/1.81
Medium and Support: fritware with underglaze iron painting
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Shallow bowl with everted rim; Artist Unknown, Iran

Title: Shallow bowl with everted rim
Artist: Artist Unknown, Iran
Century: 14th-15th century
Object Creation Date: 14th century - 15th century
Accession Number: 1957/1.82
Medium and Support: earthenware with glaze
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Plate with Chinese-inspired scene of a bird in a landscape; Artist Unknown, Iran

Title: Plate with Chinese-inspired scene of a bird in a landscape
Artist: Artist Unknown, Iran
Physical Description: A plate with missing side. It has depictions in blue.
Century: 14th-15th century
Object Creation Date: 14th century - 15th century
Accession Number: 1957/1.96
Medium and Support: fritware (ground quartz and white clay) with blue underglaze painting
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