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Title

The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Gyôsho Edition): #15 Yoshiwara

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

On the right hand side of the print, two figures are standing in front of a market shop, talking to the store owner. In the distance is another figure walking along the path, and beyond him is what appears to be another market stall with other figures. Writing in the upper left corner. Title in the upper right corner in a red box.

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1841-1842

Accession Number

1998/2.30

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

Artist

Andô, Hiroshige

Secondary Keywords

accessories worn on the head

asia (continent)

buildings and the land

chubu (region)

commercial buildings

costume

costume accessories

costume accessories worn

geographic and political locations

headgear

japan (nation)

landscapes (environments)

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single built works

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vegetation components

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visual works by subject type

woody plants

Title

The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Jimbutsu Edition): #15 Yoshiwara

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

Fishermen in boats in shallow water with mountain n the distance. Writing in the upper left corner. Flock of birds in the distance in front of the mountain.

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Object Creation Date

1852

Accession Number

2008/2.317

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper

Artist

Andô, Hiroshige

Secondary Keywords

upward

asia (continent)

buildings and the land

chubu (region)

descriptors

geographic and political locations

inorganic material

japan (nation)

landforms

landforms and landform components

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materials

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people

people (agents)

people and culture

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people in agriculture or natural resource occupations

people in science-related occupations

physical features

scientists and people in science-related occupations

settlements and landscapes

transportation vehicles

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

vehicles

watercraft

watercraft by general type

Title

October

Artist

Anonymous

Physical Description

Overall blue, red, white and black. The background is blue with various people performing different acts, the text is large and red.

Object Creation Date

1925

Accession Number

2013/2.225

Medium and Support

lithograph on primed canvas

Artist

Anonymous

Secondary Keywords

asia (continent)

buildings and the land

declaratory and advertising artifacts

geographic and political locations

information artifacts

information artifacts by function

information forms

objects we use

performing arts buildings

performing arts structures

photographs

photographs by subject type

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Mr. Lloyds Voyage

Artist

Anonymous

Physical Description

Overall, off-white, black, yellow and red. A large man's head in the background. On the right hand side there is a woman in a hat crouching down and a man behind her holding onto her shoulder.

Object Creation Date

1928

Accession Number

2013/2.234

Medium and Support

lithograph on buff wove paper, laid down on canvas

Artist

Anonymous

Secondary Keywords

asia (continent)

buildings and the land

declaratory and advertising artifacts

geographic and political locations

information artifacts

information artifacts by function

information forms

objects we use

performing arts buildings

performing arts structures

photographs

photographs by subject type

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Landscape

Artist

Aoki Shukuya

Artist Life Dates

1737-1802

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1760-1802

Accession Number

1967/2.3

Medium and Support

ink on paper

Artist

Aoki, Shukuya

Secondary Keywords

architecture

asia

asian

bodies of water

bodies of water and components of bodies of water

bodies of water by size

buildings and the land

figures

forms

geography

locality

making art

objects we use

paintings

paintings by form

people and occupations

plants

riverine bodies

scroll paintings

settlements and landscapes

single built works

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the natural world

transportation structures

transportation structures by form

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

visual works by subject type

woody plants

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

Artist

Armenia, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

layout features

asia (continent)

associated concepts

components

components and systems

components by specific context

document genres

document genres by conditions of production

document genres by function

geographic and political locations

images and ornament

information form components

information forms

layout features

objects we use

people and culture

religions

religions and religious concepts

religious texts

Title

Battle for Kamenka Village, Near Moscow, 1941

Artist

Dmitri Baltermants

Physical Description

An open doorway depicting soldiers in action during the Battle for Kamenka Village near Moscow.

Artist Life Dates

Russian, 1912-1990

Object Creation Date

2003

Accession Number

2012/2.67

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

Artist

Baltermants, Dmitri

Secondary Keywords

scale

armed conflicts

asia (continent)

buildings and the land

events

geographic and political locations

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by occupation

people in military occupations

photographic prints

photographic prints by process

photographs

photographs by form

positives

settlements

settlements and landscapes

settlements by form

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Soviet Soldier Firing Captured German Panzerfaust at Night

Artist

Dmitri Baltermants

Physical Description

A Soviet soldier fires a German Panzerfaust firearm at night with a companion.

Artist Life Dates

Russian, 1912-1990

Object Creation Date

late 1942; printed 2003

Accession Number

2012/2.69

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

Artist

Baltermants, Dmitri

Secondary Keywords

asia (continent)

descriptors

geographic and political locations

image-making processes and techniques

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by occupation

people in military occupations

photographic techniques

photography and photographic processes and techniques

picture-taking techniques

picture-taking techniques by location or context

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

projectile weapons

projectile weapons with explosive propellant

russia (nation)

weapons

weapons and ammunition

Title

"What's new in the world" - Notat and Koyap listening to transistor radio, Chukotka

Artist

Dmitri Baltermants

Physical Description

Two women from the Chukot region of northeast Russia listen to a radio. They are dressed in patterned scarves around their heads and thick fur-trimmed coats to keep warm in te Siberian cold.

Artist Life Dates

Russian, 1912-1990

Object Creation Date

2003

Accession Number

2012/2.87

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

Artist

Baltermants, Dmitri

Secondary Keywords

asia (continent)

components and systems

costume

costume by form

geographic and political locations

infrastructural systems

main garments

object groupings and systems

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

rossiya (republic)

russia (nation)

systems

systems by function

telecommunication systems

Title

Hou Chi Minh with cigarette and large leaf, meeting with Voroshilov, Vietnam, 1957

Artist

Dmitri Baltermants

Physical Description

Hou Chi Minh and Kliment Voroshilov meeting in Vietnam. The Vietnamese prime minister and president gets a light from his assistant while holding a large leaf, while the Soviet politician holds a pad of paper and tries to discuss some sort of political plans.

Artist Life Dates

Russian, 1912-1990

Object Creation Date

2003

Accession Number

2012/2.88

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

Artist

Baltermants, Dmitri

Secondary Keywords

animal material

asia (continent)

biological material

descriptors

europe (continent)

geographic and political locations

image-making processes and techniques

materials

materials by origin

photographic processes

photography and photographic processes and techniques

plant material

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

tobacco

Title

View of The Plaza Outside the Palace of Congress, Moscow

Artist

Dmitri Baltermants

Physical Description

Looking down into the Plaza outside the Moscow Palace of Congress. The focal point of the image is a tall flagpole that carries the Russian flag at the top. The flagpole sits in the middle of an arrow-shaped grassy area lines with trees and more, shorter flagpoles and flags. Lining the plaza in the distance are more trees and buildings. In the far, foggy background tall spires of a church and a skyline of the city are only just visible.

Artist Life Dates

Russian, 1912-1990

Object Creation Date

2003

Accession Number

2012/2.89

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

Artist

Baltermants, Dmitri

Secondary Keywords

asia (continent)

buildings and the land

cultural landscapes

cultural landscapes by location or context

geographic and political locations

identifying artifacts

information artifacts

information artifacts by function

information forms

landscapes (environments)

objects we use

open spaces

open spaces and site elements

open spaces by form

religious buildings

religious structures

settlements and landscapes

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

site elements

squares (open spaces)

Title

Mishka the Space Dog is being dressed, while Tsyganka the other Space Dog is already dressed, 1960

Artist

Dmitri Baltermants

Physical Description

Mishka and Tsyganka, the Russian space dogs. Mishka, the dog on the left, is not yet fully dressed and still lacks the headpiece. Tsyganka on the right is fully dressed in her spacesuit and headpiece.

Artist Life Dates

Russian, 1912-1990

Object Creation Date

2003

Accession Number

2012/2.90

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

Artist

Baltermants, Dmitri

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

asia (continent)

descriptors

geographic and political locations

image-making processes and techniques

mammals

photographic processes

photography and photographic processes and techniques

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

Title

On Holiday: Young Soldier Feeds the Pigeons, Red Square, Moscow

Artist

Dmitri Baltermants

Physical Description

A crowd of people in the Red Square in Moscow. Amidst the crowd a soldier bends down and is feeding the large mass of pigeons that take up the foreground of the photo.

Artist Life Dates

Russian, 1912-1990

Object Creation Date

2003

Accession Number

2012/2.91

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

Artist

Baltermants, Dmitri

Secondary Keywords

asia (continent)

buildings and the land

descriptors

geographic and political locations

groups of people

groups of people by activity

image-making processes and techniques

open spaces

open spaces and site elements

open spaces by form

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by occupation

people in military occupations

photographic processes

photography and photographic processes and techniques

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

Title

Paraders with Flowering Tree Branches, Moscow

Artist

Dmitri Baltermants

Physical Description

A parade in Moscow. Presumably this parade is in the springtime, participants hold flowering tree branches. In the center a father and his young daughter, who is sitting on his shoulders, smile as they walk down the street.

Artist Life Dates

Russian, 1912-1990

Object Creation Date

2003

Accession Number

2012/2.92

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

Artist

Baltermants, Dmitri

Secondary Keywords

asia (continent)

associated concepts

biological components

buildings and the land

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

earth sciences concepts

freewheeled vehicles

freewheeled vehicles by form or function

geographic and political locations

herbaceous plants

image-making processes and techniques

land vehicles

land vehicles by form

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

objects we use

people and culture

photographic processes

photography and photographic processes and techniques

physical sciences concepts

plant components

plants

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

scientific concepts

seasons

settlements and landscapes

transportation vehicles

trees (components)

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

vehicles

woody plants

Title

The new Moscow seen from St. Basil Cathedral

Artist

Dmitri Baltermants

Physical Description

New Moscow as seen from the St. Basil Cathedral. In the foreground is the central and tallest spire of the church, surrounded by the tops of the next highest domes. Just past this is a bridge over a river, across from which is the collection of apartment buildings and storefronts of the new city.

Artist Life Dates

Russian, 1912-1990

Object Creation Date

2003

Accession Number

2012/2.93

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

Artist

Baltermants, Dmitri

Secondary Keywords

scale

asia (continent)

buildings and the land

churches

churches by location or context

geographic and political locations

religious buildings

religious structures

settlements

settlements and landscapes

settlements by form

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

transportation structures

transportation structures by form

Title

Japanese Head

Artist

Leonard Baskin

Artist Life Dates

1922-2000

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1950

Accession Number

1971/2.114

Medium and Support

woodcut on brown Japan paper

Artist

Baskin, Leonard

Secondary Keywords

image form

asia

biological components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

locality

man

modern and contemporary art

objects we use

people and occupations

the human body

upper body

views

views by vantage point or orientation

visual works

visual works by form

Title

The Communard's Pipe (Pipe of the Communard)

Artist

Anatoly Pavlovich Belsky

Physical Description

Overall white, red, black and yellow. Woman with blond hair, smoking a pipe. There are words and images coming out of the pipe like smoke.

Artist Life Dates

1896 - 1971

Object Creation Date

1929

Accession Number

2013/2.221

Medium and Support

lithograph with off-set photography on buff wove paper, laid down on canvas

Artist

Belsky, Anatoly Pavlovich

Secondary Keywords

asia (continent)

buildings and the land

declaratory and advertising artifacts

geographic and political locations

information artifacts

information artifacts by function

information forms

objects we use

performing arts buildings

performing arts structures

photographs

photographs by subject type

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Eliso (Caucasian Love)

Artist

Anatoly Pavlovich Belsky

Physical Description

Overall, black, red, yellow and white. There is an image of a native american woman with arms raised and long braids of hair down the front. The background is a diagonal pattern of red and black.

Artist Life Dates

1896 - 1971

Object Creation Date

1928

Accession Number

2013/2.226

Medium and Support

lithograph with off-set photography on buff wove paper, laid down on canvas

Artist

Belsky, Anatoly Pavlovich

Secondary Keywords

asia (continent)

buildings and the land

declaratory and advertising artifacts

geographic and political locations

information artifacts

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performing arts buildings

performing arts structures

photographs

photographs by subject type

single built works

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visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Page, from "Photograph Album of the Holy Land: The Field of Blood or Valley of Hinnom"

Artist

Felix Bonfils

Artist Life Dates

1831-1885

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1860-1885

Accession Number

1994/2.30.1

Medium and Support

nine albumen prints on paper bound album

Artist

Bonfils, Felix

Secondary Keywords

asia

descriptors

geography

inorganic material

israel

locality

materials

materials by composition

middle east

objects

plants

roads

the natural world

Title

Page, from "Photograph Album of the Holy Land: The Channel at Jaffa"

Artist

Felix Bonfils

Artist Life Dates

1831-1885

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1860-1885

Accession Number

1994/2.31.1

Medium and Support

eight albumen prints on paper bound album

Artist

Bonfils, Felix

Secondary Keywords

asia

cityscapes

geography

israel

locality

middle east

objects

objects we use

people and occupations

transportation vehicles

vehicles

watercraft

watercraft by general type

Title

Page, from "Photograph Album of the Holy Land: Cave of the Nativity"

Artist

Felix Bonfils

Artist Life Dates

1831-1885

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1860-1885

Accession Number

1994/2.32.1

Medium and Support

nine albumen prints on mounted in paper bound album

Artist

Bonfils, Felix

Secondary Keywords

asia

geography

israel

locality

middle east

objects

Title

Fort, Agra

Artist

Samuel Bourne

Artist Life Dates

1834-1912

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1860

Accession Number

1989/1.48

Medium and Support

albumen print on paper

Artist

Bourne, Samuel

Secondary Keywords

architecture

asia

cityscapes

fortresses

india

locality

Title

Mithall Girls, Sugo Village, Nepal

Artist

Kevin Burbinski

Physical Description

Three children standing next to a column. They are all barefoot and wearing similar beaded necklaces. Two are in shorts, one is in a long skirt.

Object Creation Date

1985; printed 1994

Accession Number

2013/2.108

Medium and Support

toned gelatin silver print on paper

Artist

Burbinski, Kevin

Secondary Keywords

asia (continent)

geographic and political locations

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by family relationship

Title

Dak Bungalow - Doonga Gully

Artist

John Burke

Artist Life Dates

(active 1843 - 1900)

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1860

Accession Number

1991/1.106

Medium and Support

albumen print on paper

Artist

Burke, John

Secondary Keywords

asia

descriptors

houses

inorganic material

locality

materials

materials by composition

plants

the natural world

Title

The Bible: The People of Israel

Artist

Marc Chagall

Artist Life Dates

Russia, 1889-1985

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1929-1939

Accession Number

1959/1.95

Medium and Support

etching on paper

Artist

Chagall, Marc

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

animals

asia

figures

locality

mammals

modern and contemporary art

people and occupations

the natural world

Title

Sight in Hangzhou, West Lake

Artist

Wang Chao

Physical Description

Ink on paper print

Artist Life Dates

(1974 - )

Object Creation Date

2009

Accession Number

2010/2.55

Medium and Support

ink on paper

Artist

Chao, Wang

Secondary Keywords

upward

asia (continent)

associated concepts

bodies of water

bodies of water and components of bodies of water

bodies of water by size

buildings and the land

descriptors

earth sciences concepts

geographic and political locations

image-making processes and techniques

lacustrine bodies

landforms

landforms and landform components

landforms by shape or position

landscapes (environments)

objects we use

people and culture

photographic prints

photographic prints by color

photographs

photographs by form

physical sciences concepts

plants

positives

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

scientific concepts

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

woody plants

Title

The Man with the Movie Camera

Artist

N. Chelovsky

Physical Description

Overlall yellow, orange and black. There are various women, one large eyeball in the center, trains, buses and buildings in the background. There are large rays of orange and yellow.

Object Creation Date

1926

Accession Number

2013/2.232

Medium and Support

lithograph on buff wove paper, laid down on canvas

Artist

Chelovsky, N.

Secondary Keywords

asia (continent)

buildings and the land

declaratory and advertising artifacts

geographic and political locations

information artifacts

information artifacts by function

information forms

objects we use

performing arts buildings

performing arts structures

photographs

photographs by subject type

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Miniature jar with cover, decorated with figures of boy acrobats

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1825-1912

Accession Number

1980/2.160

Medium and Support

porcelain with blue underglaze painting

Artist

China, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

asia (continent)

containers

containers by function or context

containers for personal use

containers for smoking and tobacco use

descriptors

geographic and political locations

object genres

object genres by material

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by occupation

people in the arts

people in the arts and related occupations

people in the humanities

people in the performing arts

performing artists

Title

Caparisoned horse

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

Ceramic figure of a horse standing on a thin ceramic base, which a high-arched neck and a vertical head; large saddle with tassels; traces of orange-ochre, pink red and white pigments

Century

6th century

Object Creation Date

534-550

Accession Number

1950/2.12

Medium and Support

earthenware with slip and painted decoration

Artist

China, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

art genres

artistic concepts

asia (continent)

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

descriptors

geographic and political locations

mammals

object genres

object genres by material

objects we use

people and culture

sculpture

sculpture by function

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Mongolian snuff bottle

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1st half of 20th century

Accession Number

1980/2.86

Medium and Support

ivory, silver, copper, turquoise

Artist

China, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

asia (continent)

buildings and the land

containers

containers by function or context

containers for personal use

containers for smoking and tobacco use

garden structures

geographic and political locations

objects we use

single built works

single built works by location or context

single built works by specific type

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

Artist

China, Artist Unknown

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

Mongolian snuff bottle

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1880-1925

Accession Number

1980/2.46

Medium and Support

turquoise and metal

Artist

China, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

asia (continent)

containers

containers by function or context

containers for personal use

containers for smoking and tobacco use

geographic and political locations

objects we use

Title

Mongolian ivory snuff bottle

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1880-1930

Accession Number

1980/2.83

Medium and Support

ivory with silver filagree, inset with coral and malachite stones

Artist

China, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

asia (continent)

containers

containers by function or context

containers for personal use

containers for smoking and tobacco use

geographic and political locations

objects we use

Title

Buddha, seated in the padmasana pose, with left hand in abhaya mudra

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

Small gilt bronze seated Buddha in style of China’s cosmopolitan Tang Dynasty. It has a full figure, artfully draped robes, and a plump, rounded face with arched eyebrows. Hand is raised in abhaya mudra.

Century

8th century

Object Creation Date

700-799

Accession Number

1964/2.91

Medium and Support

gilt bronze

Artist

China, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

asia (continent)

associated concepts

attributes and properties

attributes and properties by specific type

descriptors

figures (representations)

form attributes

geographic and political locations

objects we use

people and culture

religions

religions and religious concepts

religious visual works

size (extent)

size by specific type

visual works

visual works by function

visual works by subject type

Title

Vase (one of a pair)

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

Cloisonne (metalwork with enamel decor) jar. This jar uses brightly colored red, blue, green, yellow, and pinkish-purple enamelsto decorate its registers with intricate floral and vegetal patterns. Mounted on a sturdy circular base, the body of the vase flares outward to its widest point, then curves inward more steeply toward the neck, from which a bowl-like mouth curves upwards.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

2005/1.470.1

Medium and Support

Cloisonné (metalwork with enamel décor)

Artist

China, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

asia (continent)

asian

chinese

chinese ceramics styles

chinese styles

chinese styles and periods

containers

containers by form

east asian

geographic and political locations

objects we use

people and culture

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

vessels

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Vase (one of a pair)

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

Cloisonne (metalwork with enamel decor) jar. This jar uses brightly colored red, blue, green, yellow, and pinkish-purple enamelsto decorate its registers with intricate floral and vegetal patterns. Mounted on a sturdy circular base, the body of the vase flares outward to its widest point, then curves inward more steeply toward the neck, from which a bowl-like mouth curves upwards.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

2005/1.470.2

Medium and Support

Cloisonné (metalwork with enamel décor)

Artist

China, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

asia (continent)

asian

chinese

chinese ceramics styles

chinese styles

chinese styles and periods

containers

containers by form

east asian

geographic and political locations

objects we use

people and culture

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

vessels

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Proto-Yue Ware Chicken-Headed Ewer

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

Green-glazed ewer with spout in the shape of a chicken's head and handle in the form of a dragon's head and neck

Century

4th-5th c

Object Creation Date

317-420

Accession Number

2005/2.92

Medium and Support

stoneware with celadon glaze

Artist

China, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

asia (continent)

asian

birds

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containers for serving and consuming food

culinary containers

descriptors

east asian

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pottery (object genre)

six dynasties

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vessels for serving and consuming food

Title

Large Porcelain "Guan" Jar , Baluster Form

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

The short vertical neck is decorated with a key motif repeat. The shoulders are decorated with a tapered lappet device repeat. The open large scale decoration features two mythical kylin in a suggested landscape of mountains. The opposing side depicts a moonlit valley with assorted foliage and stylized clouds. The base is unglazed with turning marks and discolored with good evidence of age.

Object Creation Date

circa 1573-1619

Accession Number

2009/2.109

Medium and Support

porcelain

Artist

China, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

asia (continent)

asian

chinese

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east asian

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objects we use

people and culture

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vessels

Title

Head of a Man Wearing a Turban

Artist

George Chinnery

Physical Description

This sketch depicts a man in profile, facing toward his right. He wears a turban and an elaborate collar.

Artist Life Dates

(1774 - 1852)

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1802-1825

Accession Number

2009/1.525

Medium and Support

pen, ink and pencil on wove paper

Artist

Chinnery, George

Secondary Keywords

image form

accessories worn on the head

asia (continent)

costume

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costume accessories worn

descriptors

drawing and drawing techniques

geographic and political locations

headgear

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views by vantage point or orientation

visual works

visual works by form

Title

Stream, India

Artist

J. Clarke

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1860

Accession Number

1989/1.50

Medium and Support

albumen print on paper

Artist

Clarke, J.

Secondary Keywords

architecture

asia

figures

geography

locality

motion

people and occupations

plants

the natural world

waterscapes

Title

Kalaat-el-Markab (Maragat), from "Volume 2 of Voyage en Orient, 1859-1860, VIII"

Artist

Louis De Clercq

Artist Life Dates

1836-1901

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1859

Accession Number

1989/2.3

Medium and Support

albumen print from a waxed paper negative

Artist

Clercq, Louis De

Secondary Keywords

architecture

asia (continent)

castles

geographic and political locations

the natural world

Title

Untitled

Artist

Bernard Descamps

Artist Life Dates

born 1947

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

2000/2.133

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

Artist

Descamps, Bernard

Secondary Keywords

asia

descriptors

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plants

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rock

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trees

visual works

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waterscapes

Title

The Man in the Forest

Artist

M. Dlugach

Physical Description

Large image of a woman's face in green and black. A smaller man's head in red and another man in purple wearing a striped shirt, hands in pockets.

Object Creation Date

1928

Accession Number

2013/2.216

Medium and Support

lithograph on buff wove paper, laid down on canvas

Artist

Dlugach, M.

Secondary Keywords

asia (continent)

buildings and the land

declaratory and advertising artifacts

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photographs

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visual works

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Title

Audience Hall, Agra

Artist

Anonymous English

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1850-1899

Accession Number

1995/1.62

Medium and Support

albumen print on paper

Artist

English, Anonymous

Secondary Keywords

architecture

asia

india

locality

Title

The Chuzenji Lake at Nikko

Artist

Anonymous English

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1850-1899

Accession Number

1995/1.63

Medium and Support

hand-colored albumen print on paper

Artist

English, Anonymous

Secondary Keywords

asia

geography

locality

Title

Scratchers, Kyoto, Japan, from "Recent Developments"

Artist

Elliott Erwitt

Artist Life Dates

Born 1928

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1977

Accession Number

1987/1.175.7

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

Artist

Erwitt, Elliott

Secondary Keywords

animals

asia

locality

mammals

modern and contemporary art

people and occupations

standing

the natural world

Title

Musjid, Boorhaupore, from "Frith Series"

Artist

Francis Frith

Artist Life Dates

1822 - 1898

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1822-1899

Accession Number

1990/2.17

Medium and Support

albumen print on paper

Artist

Frith, Francis

Secondary Keywords

architecture

asia

building divisions

circulation spaces

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components and systems

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locality

passages

rooms and spaces

rooms and spaces by function

Title

India Series

Artist

Francis Frith

Artist Life Dates

1822 - 1898

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1822-1899

Accession Number

1971/2.131

Medium and Support

albumen print on paper

Artist

Frith, Francis

Secondary Keywords

asia

figures

locality

objects

people and occupations

Title

Autumn Retreat amidst Mountains and Valleys

Artist

Fujimoto Tetsuseki (Tesseki)

Artist Life Dates

1817-1863

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1862

Accession Number

1968/2.20

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on satin

Artist

Fujimoto, Tetsuseki (Tesseki)

Secondary Keywords

architecture

asia

asian

descriptors

forms

genres

geography

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locality

making art

materials

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plants

the natural world

waterscapes

Title

Study for 'Image in Xhorkom'

Artist

Arshile Gorky

Physical Description

Black and white drawing of organic forms vaguely resembling human figures flowing into one another in a room-like space. On the right hand side of the grouping stands the most recognizably humanoid figure.

Artist Life Dates

1904 - 1948

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1936

Accession Number

1964/2.41

Medium and Support

graphite and tempera on off-white laid paper

Artist

Gorky, Arshile

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

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asia (continent)

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biomorphic

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locality

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study

styles and periods

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visual works

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