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- Title
- Ivory snuff bottle in the shape of seashell and fish
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1912-1949
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.68
- Medium and Support
- ivory
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- bone
- bone by form
- combination inorganic/organic animal material
- combination inorganic/organic material
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for personal use
- containers for smoking and tobacco use
- dentin
- descriptors
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects we use
- shell and shell material
- tooth and tooth components
- tooth components
- Title
- Ivory snuff bottle in the shape of corn
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1912-1949
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.72
- Medium and Support
- ivory
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- arthropods
- bone
- bone by form
- combination inorganic/organic animal material
- combination inorganic/organic material
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for personal use
- containers for smoking and tobacco use
- dentin
- descriptors
- food
- materials
- materials by composition
- materials by function
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- plant material
- tooth and tooth components
- tooth components
- Title
- Ivory snuff bottle in the shape of corn
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1890-1930
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.74
- Medium and Support
- ivory
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- arthropods
- bone
- bone by form
- combination inorganic/organic animal material
- combination inorganic/organic material
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for personal use
- containers for smoking and tobacco use
- dentin
- descriptors
- food
- materials
- materials by composition
- materials by function
- objects we use
- tooth and tooth components
- tooth components
- Title
- Mermaid: Ivory Figural Carving
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1920-1980
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.84
- Medium and Support
- ivory
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- figures
- people and occupations
- the natural world
- Title
- Wood snuff bottle in the shape of an eggplant with dragonply
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1912-1949
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.87
- Medium and Support
- wood
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- arthropods
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for personal use
- containers for smoking and tobacco use
- descriptors
- food
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- Title
- Rhinoceros Horn Snuff Bottle
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1890-1930
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.97
- Medium and Support
- rhinoceros horn
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- bottle
- objects
- the natural world
- Title
- Yue ware frog jar
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 4th-5th c
- Object Creation Date
- 317-420
- Accession Number
- 1963/1.89
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with celadon glaze and iron oxide spots
- Secondary Keywords
- amphibians
- animals and creatures
- containers
- containers by form
- objects we use
- vessels
- Title
- Covered Box
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1967/2.19
- Medium and Support
- pewter, brass and copper
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- concepts
- containers
- containers by form
- objects we use
- the natural world
- Title
- Metal and enamel figural decorated pendant with attached necklace set with small pearls and 18 diamond chips
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- late 19th-early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1875-1912
- Accession Number
- 1968/1.53
- Medium and Support
- metal, enamel and diamond
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- the natural world
- 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
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- mammals
- Title
- Snuff bottle with painted design of a Pekingese dog and bamboo
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1821-1850
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.118
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with overglaze enamel painting; stopper of metal, coral and turquoise
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for personal use
- containers for smoking and tobacco use
- descriptors
- grass (plant material)
- mammals
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- plant material
- Title
- Snuff bottle with painted design of Manchu bannermen in a landscape
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1825-1880
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.120
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue underglaze painting; amethyst and ivory stopper
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- asian
- chinese
- chinese dynastic styles and periods
- chinese styles and periods
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for personal use
- containers for smoking and tobacco use
- east asian
- mammals
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Snuff bottle with painted hunt scene on interior of glass
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1885-1910
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.150
- Medium and Support
- glass with ivory stopper
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- buildings and the land
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for personal use
- containers for smoking and tobacco use
- forest and nature activities
- mammals
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in agriculture or natural resource occupations
- people in science-related occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by location
- physical activities by specific context
- scientists and people in science-related occupations
- settlements and landscapes
- Title
- Blue-and-white bowl with designs of fish and plants, Kangxi era mark
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1982/1.214
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue underglaze painting
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- asia (continent)
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- design elements
- geographic and political locations
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- vessels
- Title
- Powder blue and famille verte triple gourd vase, Kangxi era; part of a garniture set
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1662-1722
- Accession Number
- 1982/1.215
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with powder blue glaze, famile verte decoration on reserved areas
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- objects we use
- plants
- the natural world
- vessels
- Title
- Powder blue and famille verte triple gourd vase, Kangxi era; part of a garniture set
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1662-1722
- Accession Number
- 1982/1.216
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with powder blue glaze, famile verte decoration on reserved areas
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- objects we use
- plants
- the natural world
- vessels
- Title
- Blue-and-white double-gourd wall vase, Wanli Era (1573-1619) mark and period
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- Porcelain bottle vase of double gourd design, flat on reverse side with a slot for hanging on the wall, possibly inside the chamber of a royal sedan chair. Dragon motif is represented on both the upper lobe and the lower one.
- Century
- 16th-17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1573-1620
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.13
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue decoration
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- containers
- containers by form
- legendary creatures
- objects we use
- vessels
- Title
- Sancai baby bird
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 7th-10th century
- Object Creation Date
- 618-907
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.288
- Medium and Support
- earthenware with sancai (three-color) glaze
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- objects we use
- recreational artifacts
- recreational artifacts for noncompetitive activities
- Title
- Sancai baby bird
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 7th-10th century
- Object Creation Date
- 618-907
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.289
- Medium and Support
- earthenware with sancai (three-color) glaze
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- objects we use
- recreational artifacts
- recreational artifacts for noncompetitive activities
- Title
- Longquan ware? shallow bowl with molded design of two fish in a pond
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 13th century
- Object Creation Date
- 13th century
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.292
- Medium and Support
- Stoneware with celadon glaze
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- objects we use
- the natural world
- vessels
- Title
- Changsha ware bird-shaped water dropper
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 9th century
- Object Creation Date
- 9th century
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.311
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with brown iron glaze
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- writing (processes)
- 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
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- calendars
- containers
- containers by function or context
- document genres
- document genres by form
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- herbaceous plants
- information forms
- landscapes (environments)
- legendary creatures
- lighting devices
- lighting devices by form
- mythology
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by family relationship
- people by state or condition
- plants
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- spouses
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- Title
- The Qilin Brings Sons (Pair with 1989/2.159)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1989/2.160
- Medium and Support
- woodblock print on paper
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- animals and creatures
- mammals
- objects we use
- offspring
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by family relationship
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- relief prints
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Temple Banner
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1991/2.32
- Medium and Support
- embroidered silk
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- objects we use
- plants
- the natural world
- Title
- Horse Head
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 2nd century
- Object Creation Date
- 1st century - 2nd century
- Accession Number
- 1969/2.84
- Medium and Support
- earthenware with traces of polychrome paint
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- mammals
- the human body
- upper body
- Title
- Bowl, Ch'ing-pai ware
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1991/2.15
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with Qingbai glaze
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- objects we use
- the natural world
- vessels
- Title
- Duck
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 7th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 7th century
- Accession Number
- 1991/2.17
- Medium and Support
- earthenware with straw-colored glaze
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- birds
- descriptors
- form attributes
- object genres
- object genres by material
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- Title
- Mirror, Lion-and-Grape type
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 7th-10th century
- Object Creation Date
- 618-907
- Accession Number
- 1958/2.73
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- household objects
- locality
- mammals
- sheep
- the natural world
- wolves
- Title
- Mirror with animal motifs and eight-character inscription
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- bronze mirrorr with two columns of auspicious inscriptions for career promotion and healthy offsprings in eight characters separated by the central knob, which is, in turn, surrounded by stylized mystical animal motif on both side.
- Century
- 2nd century BCE-2nd century CE
- Accession Number
- 1974/1.168
- Medium and Support
- cast bronze with malachite and silver patina
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
- descriptors
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- inorganic material
- mammals
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- nonferrous metal
- objects we use
- Title
- Mirror, "Animal cycle type" (Ssu-ling shih-er hsiao: 4 spirits and 12 zodiacs)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- Bronze mirror with one side polished flat, and the other side decorated with mystical animals for cardinal orientation and twelve zodiac animals.
- Century
- 7th century
- Object Creation Date
- 7th century
- Accession Number
- 1974/1.180
- Medium and Support
- cast bronze with malachite and azurite patina
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
- descriptors
- design elements
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- motifs
- nonferrous metal
- objects we use
- Title
- Mirror
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Object Creation Date
- 960-1279
- Accession Number
- 1974/1.199
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- household objects
- objects we use
- the natural world
- Title
- Mirror
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Object Creation Date
- 960-1279
- Accession Number
- 1974/1.204
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- household objects
- objects we use
- the natural world
- Title
- Mirror
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Object Creation Date
- 1368-1644
- Accession Number
- 1974/1.207
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- household objects
- objects we use
- the natural world
- Title
- Mirror, TLV Type
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Object Creation Date
- 960-1279
- Accession Number
- 1974/1.212
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- animals
- creatures
- household objects
- mammals
- mythology
- objects we use
- reptiles and amphibians
- snails
- the natural world
- Title
- Mirror
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Object Creation Date
- 960-1279
- Accession Number
- 1974/1.217
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- household objects
- objects we use
- the natural world
- Title
- Mirror, probably Huai Valley type
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Object Creation Date
- 771 BCE - 256 BCE
- Accession Number
- 1958/2.58
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- household objects
- objects we use
- reptiles and amphibians
- the natural world
- Title
- Mirror, Lion-and-Grape type
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- bronze mirror with highly polished surface, back side deocrated with lions and grape motif and an animal shaped knob in the center.
- Century
- 7th-10th century
- Object Creation Date
- 618-907
- Accession Number
- 1958/2.74
- Medium and Support
- cast bronze with black patina
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
- descriptors
- food
- fruit
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- grape (fruit)
- inorganic material
- mammals
- materials
- materials by composition
- materials by function
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- nonferrous metal
- objects we use
- Title
- Mirror with serpentine interlaces and angular meanders
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- Thinnly cast mirror with narrow rim and bridge-shaped knob, back decorated with interlaces of serpentine and angular meaders, front side polished flat
- Century
- 3rd century BCE
- Object Creation Date
- 3rd century BCE
- Accession Number
- 1958/2.76
- Medium and Support
- cast bronze with silver and malachite patina
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
- descriptors
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- inorganic material
- legendary creatures
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- nonferrous metal
- objects we use
- Title
- Dragon pendant
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- Highly stylized depiction of dragon design with tiger head, lower right portion broken off
- Century
- 13th-11th century BCE
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1300 BCE - circa 1100 BCE
- Accession Number
- 1960/2.113
- Medium and Support
- dark brown hard stone with white calcification
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- jewelry
- jewelry by form
- legendary creatures
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects we use
- rock
- rock by form
- Title
- Zoomorphic pendant
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- jade pendent with zoomorphic design, with abstract representation of animal form, possibly a bird. Notchs on the edge and worn relief carvings on the surface indicate that the pendant was probably recarved from a broken jade object from an earlier era.
- Century
- 16th-11th century BCE
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1300 BCE - circa 1100 BCE
- Accession Number
- 1960/2.95
- Medium and Support
- creamy green nephrite with black streaks
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- locality
- objects of adornment
- objects we use
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- the natural world
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Herdboy and Buffalo in the Moonlight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 14th century
- Object Creation Date
- 13th century - 14th century
- Accession Number
- 1961/2.12
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and light color on silk
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- child
- mammals
- moons
- people and occupations
- the natural world
- waterscapes
- Title
- Mirror, TLV type
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Object Creation Date
- 206 BCE - 220 CE
- Accession Number
- 1961/2.67
- Medium and Support
- bronze with azurite and black patina
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- animals
- creatures
- household objects
- mammals
- mythology
- the natural world
- Title
- Mirror, Dragon and Tiger type
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Object Creation Date
- 206 BCE - 220 CE
- Accession Number
- 1961/2.69
- Medium and Support
- bronze with silver and gray patina
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- animals
- creatures
- household objects
- mammals
- mythology
- snails
- the natural world
- Title
- Fragment of Bird or Dragon Plaque
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 5th - 3rd c BCE
- Object Creation Date
- 481 BCE - 221 BCE
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.100
- Medium and Support
- green nephrite
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- animals
- creatures
- figures
- human body
- locality
- mythology
- people and occupations
- the natural world
- Title
- Mirror, Lion-and-Grape type
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Object Creation Date
- 618-907
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.92
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- descriptors
- food
- fruit
- household objects
- mammals
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- plants
- the natural world
- Title
- Mirror, Lion-and-Grape type
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Object Creation Date
- 618-907
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.93
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- descriptors
- food
- fruit
- household objects
- mammals
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- plants
- the natural world
- Title
- Fish Pendant—Arc form (recarved from disc segment?); one contour edge rounded and one flat, split tail bevelled from both. Surfaces identical in design: single incised lines marking eyes and double incised lines marking head and straited fins. Traces of red powder in incisions and small patches of incrusted earth.
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 15th-11th century BCE
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century BCE - 6th century BCE
- Accession Number
- 1973/2.31
- Medium and Support
- nephrite
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- the natural world
- Title
- Mirror, Lion-and-Grape type
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 7th-10th century
- Object Creation Date
- 618-907
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.99
- Medium and Support
- bronze and azurite with black patina
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- descriptors
- food
- fruit
- household objects
- mammals
- materials
- materials by function
- the natural world
- Title
- Wên Wang of Chou Visiting Chiang T'ai-kung on the Banks of the Wei River
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1644-1912
- Accession Number
- 1966/2.16
- Medium and Support
- handscroll, ink and color on silk
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- history
- mammals
- objects
- people and occupations
- plants
- the natural world
- transportation
- vehicles
- Title
- Emperor Ming-huang and Yang Kuei-fei(?) Journey to Shu
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1644-1912
- Accession Number
- 1970/2.153
- Medium and Support
- handscroll, ink and color on silk
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- architecture
- castles and palaces
- descriptors
- history
- inorganic material
- journey
- making art
- mammals
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects
- painting
- palaces
- people and occupations
- plants
- the natural world
- transportation
- vehicles
- women