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- Title
- Equestrian hero
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.99
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Tea Bowl with Incised Line
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- Stoneware tea bowl with celadon glaze and line incised horizontally below the rim.
- Century
- 10th century
- Object Creation Date
- 10th century
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.216
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with celadon glaze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- One Hundred Famous Views of Edo: #107 Fukagawa, Susaki and the Jumantsubo Plain
- Artist
- Andô Hiroshige
- Physical Description
- This vertical print frames a view of a landscape with an up close view of a bird in the upper right corner that takes up about thirty percent of the image.
- The viewer is positioned alongside the bird, circling the sky above the twin peaks of a mountain. A crate floats in the water below while smaller birds flocking around it. Snow covers the ground.
- The signature and title markings are in the upper right corner, and in the middle along the left side above the landscape.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797-1858
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1856-1857
- Accession Number
- 1960/2.143
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Altar Table with Five Offerings
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Object Creation Date
- 1368-1644
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.278
- Medium and Support
- glazed pottery
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Set of Male Kimono, Black
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Object Creation Date
- early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.102.2
- Medium and Support
- silk
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Cicada on a Willow Branch
- Artist
- Zhang Wendao (Chang Wen-tao)
- Physical Description
- A cicada perches on a willow branch.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1764-1814
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1805
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.132A
- Medium and Support
- fan mounted as an album leaf, ink and color on mica-coated paper
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Rectangular tapestry with dragons and blue and white borders
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1989/2.81
- Medium and Support
- embroidered silk
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Container for vegetable tannin for ohaguro [square box with cover; the larger of two], from a bridal trousseau
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 17th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1615-1867
- Accession Number
- 1955/1.161A&B
- Medium and Support
- wood with black, red, and gold lacquer
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Kadampa Stupa
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Tibet or Nepal
- Physical Description
- A miniature stupa, cast of bronze in several parts, consisting of a bell-shaped base; an inverted cone-shaped tower, capped by an "umbrella" with pendant, fringe-like decoration, inlaid with semi-percious stone, surmounted by a lotus bud. Atop the whole structure is a half-moon and sun disk motif, supported by intertwined ribbons and culminating in another lotus bud.
- Century
- 13th century
- Object Creation Date
- 13th century
- Accession Number
- 2003/1.386
- Medium and Support
- bronze with inlaid turquoise and coral
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Qingbai ware hemispherical bowl on high foot
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Object Creation Date
- 960-1279
- Accession Number
- 1973/2.23
- Medium and Support
- Porcelain with Qingbai glaze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Adoration of Shri Nathji
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Kotah School
- Physical Description
- The richly dressed sculpture in the central niche is Shri Nathaji, an alternative name for Krishna, and the principal deity of the Vallabha Sampraday sect, to which the Kotah ruling family belonged. A priest is shown performing the lamp-waving ceremony before Shri Nathaji. At right is a small costumed sculpture of Krishna playing the flute.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1830
- Accession Number
- 2003/2.9
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Jina Rishabha with Attendants and the Goddess Ambika
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Northern India, Hoshiarpur
- Century
- 6th century
- Object Creation Date
- 6th century
- Accession Number
- 2006/2.79
- Medium and Support
- sandstone
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Tianwang (Heavenly King; a Buddhist protective deity)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- A small, thin, molded clay plaque with a bas-relief figure.
- Century
- 7th-9th century
- Object Creation Date
- 9th century - 10th century
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.22
- Medium and Support
- terracotta, molded
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Picchvai
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Physical Description
- The piece portrays a central god, with many milkmaids surrounding him. There are louts flowers present, as well as hills and buildings at the top of the painting. There are also various incarnations of gods, which are the blue-skinned figures.
- Object Creation Date
- 1700-1850
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.289
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor and gold on cloth
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Ten-lobed lotus saucer with inlaid floral patterns
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.232
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with celadon glaze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Eight Views of Ômi: #2 Night Rain at Karasaki
- Artist
- Andô Hiroshige
- Physical Description
- Vertical lines stream downward across the print indicate torrents of rain. The dark color pallette and black strip across the top indicate that the image is set at night. A giant tree on an island looms over the image, surrounded by water. A poem in the upper left corner reads:
- "Elsewhere will they talk of the music of the evening breeze
- that has made the pine of Karasaki famous; the voice of the
- wind is not heard through the sound of the rain in the night."
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797-1858
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1834
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.135
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- 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 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Day Lily, one of a pair of album leaves
- Artist
- Jin Nong (Chin Nung)
- Physical Description
- Ink on paper. Foliage and calligraphy.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1687 - 1764
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1754-1756
- Accession Number
- 1996/2.29
- Medium and Support
- album leaf, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Jian ware teabowl, damaged in firing process
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 13th century
- Object Creation Date
- 13th century
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.439
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with iron glaze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Tsuba (sword guard) with eight family crests
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Circular tsuba, made of iron. Inside an exterior circle, eight smaller circles are placed with the same spacing. The eight circles are connected to the exterior circle as well as to the three center holes where kôgai, blade, and kozuka are placed. Each of the eight circles have a different family crests. The openwork technique seen here is called "marubori" (round carving). The surface is slightly textured by minute stippling.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.7
- Medium and Support
- iron and gold
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- The Rat's Wedding
- Artist
- Utagawa Toyoharu
- Physical Description
- The majority of this print depicts a deep architectural setting. In front of the buildings a wedding procession takes place. Rats, in daimyo fashion, are celebrating.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1735-1814
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 18th century - early 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1960/1.162
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- 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
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Jina venerated by a monk and a royal devotee from a Digambara Jain manuscript
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School
- Physical Description
- This painting is a rare depiction of the Jina’s first preaching. It is said that the speech of the Jina is like no other and that miracles occur upon hearing it. Here the Jina is depicted with four heads, representing the miraculous ability to see from all four directions at once. The golden-hued Jina and the monk who venerate a Jina are nude, identifying them as belonging to the Digambara (sky-clad) sect of Jainism.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.173
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- A Courtesan Seated on a Veranda Playing a Shamisen
- Artist
- Ômori Yoshikiyo
- Artist Life Dates
- (active 1701 - 1716)
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1701-1716
- Accession Number
- 1960/1.140
- Medium and Support
- hand-colored woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Caparisoned horse
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- late 5th c -early 6th c
- Object Creation Date
- 581-618
- Accession Number
- 1969/2.139
- Medium and Support
- earthenware with traces of polychrome
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Bala Krishna
- Artist
- India, Central India
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.98
- Medium and Support
- copper
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Pear-shaped bottle with inlaid design of large lotus blossoms
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Century
- late 13th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 13th century
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.249
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with inlaid decoration under celadon glaze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Chinese New Year's Poster
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1940
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.378
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Large Ovoid Vase with Bamboo Design
- Artist
- Hamada Shôji
- Physical Description
- Ovoid stoneware vase with brown iron glaze and bamboo design stretching diagonally across the height of the vase. A short, tapered neck flares iinto a wide rimmed opening.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1894 - 1978)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1930-1950
- Accession Number
- 2003/2.16
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with iron glaze; bamboo design created with wax resist
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Lake Suwa, Province of Shinano
- Artist
- Katsushika Hokusai
- Physical Description
- Two trees growing in different directions form the shape of a fork on an small island in the foreground. There is a tiny house and some plants behind the trees, a small boat on the lake, and mountains along the bank of the lake. The title of the work is inscribed on the upper left-hand corner, along with the artist's signature.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1760 - 1849
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1823-1829
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.148
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Mirror
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Object Creation Date
- 960-1279
- Accession Number
- 1974/1.208
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Arita ware shallow dish with landscape scene of fishing boats by a willow tree
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.304
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue underglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Blue-and-white miniature jar with stylized floral design
- Artist
- Kiln Unknown, Vietnam
- Physical Description
- A small, stoneware jar of squat proportions, with a narrow, upright neck and a short, cylindricrical foot. The jar is decorated with loosely drawn floral patterns in cobalt blue underneath an overalll whitish glaze.
- Century
- 13th-15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 13th century - 15th century
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.18
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with blue underglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Agate snuff bottle with image of lion and ball
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1800-1880
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.16
- Medium and Support
- agate and glass
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Seated Ganesha with 16 Arms and Consort Seated on Left Lap (small folk bronze)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.117
- Medium and Support
- copper
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- "The Sound of Rustling Leaves" (Chinese poem, calligraphy)
- Artist
- Rai San'yô
- Physical Description
- This is a hanging scroll. It is mounted on olive green fabric and includes a poem in Chinese calligraphic text about nature. Has three red seals: two in the lower left side, one in the upper right corner.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1780-1832
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1811-1832
- Accession Number
- 2002/1.164
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Quartz snuff bottle
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 18th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1780-1880
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.139
- Medium and Support
- quartz, stone and ivory
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- The birth of the Kauravas from a Mahabharata series
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat
- Physical Description
- A scene takes place in a red box, lined with black and red diamond and triangle designs for borders. In the center, a woman sites with a child in her lap. She wears a spotted dress, her hair up, and a nose ring and bindi. The child reaches one hand and places it atop her head, and the other down towards her own upward hands. Surrounding them are seven other figures. One kneels before them, offering his hands up, and another fans the woman from behind. The remaining five figures seem to play together in front of the throne on which the woman and child sit.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1969/2.19
- Medium and Support
- ink and opaque watercolor on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Deep Bowl
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- Deep porcelain bowl with wide foot, fine body, and colorless glaze.
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 15th century
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.265
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with colorless glaze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Royal Attendant for a Buddhist Shrine (one of a pair)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Burma
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.448.1
- Medium and Support
- gilt and lacquered wood with glass and tin inlay
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Figures from Chinese History: Zhang Tianqi Calling in the Cranes
- Artist
- Huang Shen
- Physical Description
- Paper mounted on aqua silk. There are two figures present, and a large crane (bird). The central figure, Zhang Tiangi, has his arms uplifted, while a less important figure is depicted with his back to the viewer and is slightly hunched over. There is a crane with a red crown behind these two figures. The colors are muted. There is calligraphy in the upper left hand corner of the painting, complete with two red seals.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1687-1766
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1687-1766
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.158
- Medium and Support
- album leaf, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Ceramic Kiln in Seto
- Artist
- Kawase Hasui
- Physical Description
- A crescent moon hangs in a gray sky above a Seto kiln. A figure with his back to the viewer walks alongside the kiln.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1883-1957
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1920s - 1940s
- Accession Number
- 1991/2.115
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper, ôban tate-e size
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Temmoku Ware
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 10th-13th century
- Object Creation Date
- 960-1279
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.343
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with tenmoku glaze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Tea Bowl with Tenmoku-style Glaze
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.451
- Medium and Support
- Stoneware with tenmoku glaze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Summer Retreat
- Artist
- Xie Shichen (Hsieh Shih-ch'en)
- Physical Description
- This is a very dense landscape painting. There are waterfalls, clouds, trees and cliffs present in the painting. The colors consist of muted greens and browns. Towards the lower half of the painting, there is a view of an interior with four figures present, three of which are sitting at a low table. There is a staircase on the lower right, with a man standing on it, looking upwards. There is also a house on a cliff towards the upper right of the painting. There is calligraphy in the upper right hand corner, with a red seal. There is another red seal, although a bit faded, in the lower left corner of the image.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1478- after 1567
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1961/1.161
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and light color on silk
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Quartz snuff bottle
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 18th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1790-1850
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.34
- Medium and Support
- quartz and silver
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Uma Maheshvara
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.59
- Medium and Support
- copper
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Clay Image (Q) (highly abstracted haniwa female figure and pot)
- Artist
- Saitô Kiyoshi
- Physical Description
- This work is a depiction of haniwa, clay figures used as tomb burial objects during the Kôfun Period (250–338 CE) that have come to be emblematic of Japanese art and cultural traditions.
- Artist Life Dates
- (active 1907 - 1997)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1954
- Accession Number
- 1958/2.25
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Stove God and Wife with Calendar
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- This print is typical, depicting the Stove God and his wife with halos and elegant clothing. Before them is a table with common worship instruments, including candles, an incense burner, and flowers. Standing in the bottom corners are two officials, and between them a container of jewels. The jewels are flanked by a dog and rooster; animals thought to be symbols of domesticity with auspicious connotations. Above the scene a calendar for the year 1949 is framed by an auspicious dragon motif.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1948
- Accession Number
- 1989/2.116
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Title
- Yama mounted on a buffalo (small folk bronze)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Kerala Workshop
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 17th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.136
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 3.87980
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)