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Black saga brocade zôri (shoes); Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Black saga brocade zôri (shoes)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description: Black silk damask with interwoven black lacquered threads that create a shiny effect in the light. Marked "Shizuko" on the bottom.
Century: mid-20th century
Object Creation Date: 1960s-1980s
Accession Number: 2005/1.370A&B
Medium and Support: black saga nishiki brocade uppers with rubber soles
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Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Beaker with incised leaf scroll pattern; Kiln Unknown, Vietnam

Title: Beaker with incised leaf scroll pattern
Artist: Kiln Unknown, Vietnam
Physical Description: A finely potted stoneware beaker with a rounded bottom and a lightly incised, freely drawn leaf scroll spreading across the widest part of the body, flanked by incised double horizontal lines, all covered evenly with an yellow green glaze. Four spur markes inside.
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: 16th century
Accession Number: 1991/1.95
Medium and Support: stoneware with yellow green glaze
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Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Temmoku Ware; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Temmoku Ware
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 10th-13th century
Object Creation Date: 960-1279
Accession Number: 1983/1.342
Medium and Support: stoneware with tenmoku glaze
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Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Document Box (ryoshi-bako); Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Document Box (ryoshi-bako)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description: Lacquer ware box with mother-of-pearl inlay decoration combining geometric patterns, flowers, dragons, and scepters.
Century: 17th-19th century
Object Creation Date: 1615-1868
Accession Number: 1972/2.108
Medium and Support: black lacquer and abalone shell inlay on wood
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Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Untitled [Two children with a snow shovel]; Saitô Kiyoshi

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Title: Untitled [Two children with a snow shovel]
Artist: Saitô Kiyoshi
Physical Description: This print depicts two children in the snow with a snow shovel.
Artist Life Dates: (active 1907 - 1997)
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: mid 20th century
Accession Number: 1998/2.32
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
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Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Tourmaline snuff bottle; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Tourmaline snuff bottle
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1900-1930
Accession Number: 1980/2.33
Medium and Support: tourmaline and yellow serpentine
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Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Travelling entertainer; Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan; After

Title: Travelling entertainer
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 1964/2.113
Medium and Support: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
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Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Thirty-six Immortal Poets: Taira no Kanemori; Madenokôji Fujifusa; After

Title: Thirty-six Immortal Poets: Taira no Kanemori
Artist: Madenokôji Fujifusa
Physical Description: A male figure is sitting sideways, his face looking toward the front right. He wears a long black cap, a red under-kimono, a grayish-color jacket with geometric patterns, and right gray color pantaloons. He holds a fan, which is peeking from the right sleeve. The painting is accompanied by calligraphy on the right side of the figure. The painting is mounted on gold brocade with strips of purple and gold brocade on top and bottom of the painting.
Artist Life Dates: 1295-1380
Century: 15th century
Object Creation Date: 15th century
Accession Number: 1962/1.103
Medium and Support: Handscroll section mounted as a hanging scroll: ink and color on paper
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Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Wedding Jacket; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Wedding Jacket
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1989/2.66
Medium and Support: embroidered silk
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Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Two-handled bowl with cover; Artist Unknown, Korea

Title: Two-handled bowl with cover
Artist: Artist Unknown, Korea
Physical Description: It has a flat base and straight body. The body is divided with incised lines and each section is embellished with a simple wave design. A pair of D-shaped handles is attached to the body. Its lid features a hemispheric body surmounted by a button-shaped knob.
Century: 5th-6th century
Object Creation Date: 5th century - 6th century
Accession Number: 2004/1.182A&B
Medium and Support: stoneware with incised decoration
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Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Bamboo and Rock; Chang Ku-nien

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Title: Bamboo and Rock
Artist: Chang Ku-nien
Physical Description: Bamboo and strangely shaped rock are painted here.
Artist Life Dates: (Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1965-1985
Accession Number: 2006/1.123
Medium and Support: hanging scroll, ink on paper
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Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Dendrobium Wardianum, from 'A Record of an Orchid Collection'; Ikeda Zuigetsu

Title: Dendrobium Wardianum, from 'A Record of an Orchid Collection'
Artist: Ikeda Zuigetsu
Physical Description: White and yellow flowers on a green, gradient background. The blooms of the flower are in the upper left hand of the image with leafy branches above and below.
Artist Life Dates: 1877-1944
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1958
Accession Number: 1983/1.371.24
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
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Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Sutra Fragment, Calligraphy in Block Script; Artist Unknown, Japan

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Title: Sutra Fragment, Calligraphy in Block Script
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: 12th-13th century
Object Creation Date: 12th century - 13th century
Accession Number: 2006/2.26
Medium and Support: gold and silver ink on indigo-dyed paper
relevance: rank 2.64619
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Jarlet with squat ovoid shape; Kiln Unknown, Vietnam

Title: Jarlet with squat ovoid shape
Artist: Kiln Unknown, Vietnam
Physical Description: A small jar of squat proportions with short, vertical neck and a pale yellow, crackled glaze. This jar is very similar to 2002/2.20, also in UMMA collections.
Century: 13th-15th century
Object Creation Date: 13th century - 15th century
Accession Number: 2002/2.23
Medium and Support: stoneware with crackled clear glaze
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Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Model of a granary with bear-shaped feet; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Model of a granary with bear-shaped feet
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 1st century BCE
Object Creation Date: 1st century BCE
Accession Number: 1996/2.17
Medium and Support: earthenware, unglazed
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Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Priest's Stole?; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Priest's Stole?
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Object Creation Date: n.d.
Accession Number: 1955/1.201
Medium and Support: lined tan, green and gold fabric with insets
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Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Calendar; Serizawa Keisuke

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Title: Calendar
Artist: Serizawa Keisuke
Artist Life Dates: 1895-1984
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1962
Accession Number: 2010/4.48.10
Medium and Support: color print (kataezome) on handmade mulberry paper
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Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Turquoise snuff bottle; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Turquoise snuff bottle
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1912-1949
Accession Number: 1980/2.51
Medium and Support: turquoise
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Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Equestrian Figure; Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan

Title: Equestrian Figure
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 1979/2.31
Medium and Support: bronze
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Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Crested kimono with elaborate floral wax resist designs (hageito, nandina, biwa, camelia, daffodils, omoto, plums, thistles) against crackled pink-on-taupe ground, with embroidery in metallic threads; Minagawa Gekka

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Title: Crested kimono with elaborate floral wax resist designs (hageito, nandina, biwa, camelia, daffodils, omoto, plums, thistles) against crackled pink-on-taupe ground, with embroidery in metallic threads
Artist: Minagawa Gekka
Physical Description: This is a pink silk crepe kimono with wax-resist patterns, hand-painted design and metallic threads embroidery. The kimono is in full length and has elongated sleeves. The fabric is dyed with pink, leaving the family crest under the collar and the floral design part white. The red scale pattern is added using wax-resist technique. Then the design of multiple kinds of plants is hand-painted with white, red, yellow, and pale and blue green colors. There are mix of fall and winter flowers and trees: nandin on the left sleeve, plum, chrysanthemums, thistles, amaranths, camellias and narcissus on the front and back, makino (Chloranthus glaber, with red berries) and more camellias on the right sleeve. Embroidery is added in various metallic threads around the contours of flowers and leaves.
Artist Life Dates: 1892-1987
Century: mid-20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1950
Accession Number: 2005/1.358
Medium and Support: crepe silk with colorful wax resist design and metallic thread embroidery
relevance: rank 2.64619
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Pitcher with globular body, short spout, and zoomorphic handle; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Pitcher with globular body, short spout, and zoomorphic handle
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 7th-10th century
Object Creation Date: 618-907
Accession Number: 1971/2.72
Medium and Support: stoneware with brown iron glaze
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Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Roof Tile; Artist Unknown, Korea

Title: Roof Tile
Artist: Artist Unknown, Korea
Physical Description: This is an example of a lotus medallion with a double layer of petal. Two rows of eight petals each are arranged around a double-ring seedpod. The outer ring of the seedpod has no design. The inner ring of the seedpod contains a central seed surrounded by six peripheral seeds (1+6 seed pattern). The outer rim is embellished with a bead pattern.
Object Creation Date: 7th century - 8th century
Accession Number: 2004/1.198
Medium and Support: earthenware
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Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Spoon; China or Taiwan

Title: Spoon
Artist: China or Taiwan
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1950
Accession Number: 1983/1.436
Medium and Support: wood
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Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Annapuma; India, Andhra Pradesh

Title: Annapuma
Artist: India, Andhra Pradesh
Century: 16th-18th century
Object Creation Date: 16th century - 18th century
Accession Number: 1979/2.78
Medium and Support: bronze
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Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Set of Male Kimono, Undergarment; Artist Unknown, Japan

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Title: Set of Male Kimono, Undergarment
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Object Creation Date: early 20th century
Accession Number: 2009/2.102.3
Medium and Support: silk
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Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Magpies and Hibiscus; Yamamoto Baiitsu

Title: Magpies and Hibiscus
Artist: Yamamoto Baiitsu
Physical Description: Two magpies rest among hibiscus flowers. “Boneless” washes for the hibiscus flowers are contrasted with ink outlines of bamboo.
Artist Life Dates: 1783-1856
Century: early to mid-19th century
Object Creation Date: 1831
Accession Number: 1986/1.165
Medium and Support: Hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper
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Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Mirror, Lion-and-Grape type; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Mirror, Lion-and-Grape type
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 7th-9th century
Object Creation Date: 7th century - 9th century
Accession Number: 2000/1.28
Medium and Support: bronze
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Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Stacked cylindrical container for oil (the smaller of two), from a bridal trousseau; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Stacked cylindrical container for oil (the smaller of two), from a bridal trousseau
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: 17th-19th century
Object Creation Date: 1615-1867
Accession Number: 1955/1.164A-C
Medium and Support: wood with black, red, and gold lacquer
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Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Ode on a Wanli-era Imperial Brush; Shitao (Shih-t'ao)

Title: Ode on a Wanli-era Imperial Brush
Artist: Shitao (Shih-t'ao)
Physical Description: Calligraphy of a poem written in running script and including three artist's seals and the artist's signature.
Artist Life Dates: 1642-1707
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 1705
Accession Number: 1965/2.75
Medium and Support: ink on paper
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Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Ivory snuff bottle with design of peonies and mandarin ducks; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Ivory snuff bottle with design of peonies and mandarin ducks
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1875-1925
Accession Number: 1980/2.77
Medium and Support: ivory with green and white jadeite stopper
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Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Jina venerated by a monk and a lay devotee from Digambara Jain Manuscript; Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School

Title: Jina venerated by a monk and a lay devotee from Digambara Jain Manuscript
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School
Physical Description: A man reclines on a carpet or cloth, and looks up at two figures above him. On the right, a deity sits cross-legged on a pedestal with a canopy over its head. To the left, another figure faces the deity, also on a pedestal carpet. He appears to be naked, and raises his in gesture towards the deity. A metal lamp or ewer rests below him, on what appears to be an abstract mountain, on which the reclining man also lies. He holds what may be prayer beads, and wears robes with stripes and his covered head rests on a pillow.
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 1975/2.163
Medium and Support: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance: rank 2.64619
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Tao Yüan-ming; Nakabayashi Chikkei

Title: Tao Yüan-ming
Artist: Nakabayashi Chikkei
Physical Description: In the lower third of the hanging scroll are three figures. Tao Yuanming is the larger figure on the right with his two attendants on the left. They are divided by a table. In the background is a screen which separates the figures from the landscape.
Artist Life Dates: 1816-1867
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1840 - 1867
Accession Number: 1982/1.197
Medium and Support: ink and color on silk
relevance: rank 2.64619
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Jian Ware Teabowl, from Henan?; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Jian Ware Teabowl, from Henan?
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 10th-13th century
Object Creation Date: 960-1279
Accession Number: 1983/1.117
Medium and Support: stoneware, gray, with black glaze with reserve leaf pattern
relevance: rank 2.64619
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Celadon charger with incised floral designs (pair with 2002/2.5); Artist Unknown, China

Title: Celadon charger with incised floral designs (pair with 2002/2.5)
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 17th-18th century
Object Creation Date: 2nd half of 17th century - 18th century
Accession Number: 2002/2.6
Medium and Support: stoneware with celadon glaze
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Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Seto ware plate with painted bamboo design (Ishizara); Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Seto ware plate with painted bamboo design (Ishizara)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: Late 18th century
Object Creation Date: late 18th century
Accession Number: 1963/2.2
Medium and Support: stoneware with underglaze painting and crackle glaze
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Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Oil Container; Artist Unknown Taiwan

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Title: Oil Container
Artist: Artist Unknown Taiwan
Physical Description: Black ceramic jar with a spout and a series of loops around the neck through which a cord could be threaded to secure a cover; decorated around the middle with a geometric pattern and striations.
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 2006/2.39
Medium and Support: Stoneware with iron glaze
relevance: rank 2.64619
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Ge (halberd); Artist Unknown, China

Title: Ge (halberd)
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description: the ceremonial degger-axe replicate in jade a common bronze weapon of the Shang dynasty called ge. It has a wide blade with a sharp point at one end and a plain, rectangular tang on the other.
Object Creation Date: 1600 BCE - 1100 BCE
Accession Number: 1960/2.110A&B
Medium and Support: green nephrite with mottling
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Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Jina and a monk in a landscape from a Digambara Jain manuscript; Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School

Title: Jina and a monk in a landscape from a Digambara Jain manuscript
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School
Physical Description: This painting illustrates a verse from a Digambara Jain manuscript that likens the capacity of praising the Jina to destroy sins to the way the sun obliterates darkness; it shows a sun with the face of a Jina illuminating the sky. 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: 1975/2.172
Medium and Support: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
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Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Changsha ware pitcher with short spout, appliqued figures, and bi-colored glaze; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Changsha ware pitcher with short spout, appliqued figures, and bi-colored glaze
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description: Stoneware pitcher with handle and short polygonal spout, flaring mouth, wide neck, decorated with appliquéd decor of musicians and dancers, white slip, and splashed brown glaze
Century: 9th century
Object Creation Date: 9th century
Accession Number: 1987/2.50
Medium and Support: stoneware with applique decor, white slip, transparent brown glaze
relevance: rank 2.64619
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Folk Figure; India, Central India

Title: Folk Figure
Artist: India, Central India
Century: 20th-century
Object Creation Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 1979/2.41
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 2.64619
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Saucer with molded floral design in center and lining rim; Artist Unknown, Korea

Title: Saucer with molded floral design in center and lining rim
Artist: Artist Unknown, Korea
Physical Description: shallow lobed bowl with molded lotus design on wall, 6 lobes, very small foot, high quality, need cleaning
Object Creation Date: early 12th century
Accession Number: 2004/1.223
Medium and Support: stoneware with celadon glaze
relevance: rank 2.64619
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Rock crystal snuff bottle with man on horse and Chinese text; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Rock crystal snuff bottle with man on horse and Chinese text
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1920-1940
Accession Number: 1980/2.151
Medium and Support: rock crystal, jadeite and brass
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Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Male Figure; Artist Unknown, India

Title: Male Figure
Artist: Artist Unknown, India
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 1977/2.107
Medium and Support: bronze
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Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)

Bizen ware vase; Kaneshige Tôyô

Title: Bizen ware vase
Artist: Kaneshige Tôyô
Physical Description: This is a tall, cylindrical vase, slightly bulged at the middle. There are multiple incised lines around the neck and the bottom. The middle part has several vertical incision marks. The bottom is flat. It has a brown body, unglazed, with grayish ash glaze marks.
Artist Life Dates: 1896-1967
Century: Mid-20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1960
Accession Number: 1967/2.7
Medium and Support: stoneware
relevance: rank 2.64619
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)