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- Title
- Jue wine cup
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- Bronze oval cup with a rounded base supported on three slender legs of triangular cross section; each leg tapers to a point. The vessel has one loop handle attached to the side, a long pouring spout with a U-shaped channel on one side balanced by a pointed tail on the other, and a pair of capped finials rise from the rim. The piece has a rich green patina and minimal surface decoration.
- Century
- 13th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1300 BCE - circa 1100 BCE
- Accession Number
- 1974/1.170
- Medium and Support
- cast bronze with green patina
- relevance
- rank 18.54020
- Primary Keywords
- bronze (metal)
- bronze age
- cup
- cups
- vessels
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- Title
- Offspring II
- Artist
- Bruce Beasley
- Physical Description
- A bronze, multi-colored work that has two triangles that form an entrance way on one side.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Los Angeles, CA, 1939 - )
- Accession Number
- 2012/1.274
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 15.47984
- Primary Keywords
- bronze (metal)
- offspring
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- Title
- Dance Movement B
- Artist
- Auguste Rodin
- Physical Description
- A bronze sculpture of a dancer. The dancer is shown standing on one foot while stretching the other foot to the back of her head.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- modeled 1911; cast 1956
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.72
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 15.30965
- Primary Keywords
- bronze (metal)
- dancers
- sculpture
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- Title
- Dance Movement E
- Artist
- Auguste Rodin
- Physical Description
- A bronze sculpture of a dancer. This dancer is shown wstretching their leg up in the air.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- modeled 1911; cast 1956
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.74
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 15.30965
- Primary Keywords
- bronze (metal)
- dancers
- sculpture
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- 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
- relevance
- rank 15.30965
- Primary Keywords
- bronze (metal)
- dragon
- mirror
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- Title
- Pot with Lid
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Ashanti
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1998/1.123A
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 15.30965
- Primary Keywords
- bronze (metal)
- lids
- pots
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- Title
- Ge (ceremonial dagger-axe)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- ceremonial bronze ge dagger-axe, with pointed blade on one end and zoomorphic tang of stylized bird motif on the other.
- Century
- 13th-11th century BCE
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1300 BCE - circa 1100 BCE
- Accession Number
- 1996/2.19
- Medium and Support
- cast bronze with malachite patina
- relevance
- rank 15.30965
- Primary Keywords
- blade
- bronze (metal)
- weapon
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- Title
- Faucet with Peacock Spigot and Lion-Headed Spout
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Iran
- Physical Description
- This large bronze faucet features a peacock spigot and a lion-headed spout.
- Century
- 12th-13th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1959/1.114
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 15.30965
- Primary Keywords
- bronze (metal)
- lions
- peacocks
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- Title
- Bracelet
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Lobi
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 1988/1.143
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 15.30965
- Primary Keywords
- bangles
- bronze (metal)
- jewelry
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- Title
- Dance Movement A
- Artist
- Auguste Rodin
- Physical Description
- A bronze sculpture of a dancer. Posed in a high kick.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1840-1917
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- modeled 1911; cast 1956
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.71
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 15.30965
- Primary Keywords
- bronze (metal)
- dancers
- sculpture
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- 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
- relevance
- rank 15.30965
- Primary Keywords
- bronze (metal)
- mirror
- tiger
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- Title
- Dance Movement C
- Artist
- Auguste Rodin
- Physical Description
- A bronze sculpture of a dancer. The dancer is shown in a front kick with their right leg.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1840-1917
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- modeled 1911; cast 1956
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.73
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 15.30965
- Primary Keywords
- bronze (metal)
- dancers
- sculpture
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- Title
- Niki 1
- Artist
- Chet LaMore
- Physical Description
- An abstract sculpture in bronze.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1908-1980
- Object Creation Date
- 1957
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.97
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 15.30965
- Primary Keywords
- abstract
- bronze (metal)
- sculpture
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- Title
- Closeup of "Gates of Hell, Rodin, Paris"
- Artist
- Diana Williams
- Physical Description
- A bronze sculpture depicting a man with his mouth open.
- Object Creation Date
- 1998
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.195
- Medium and Support
- black and white photograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 15.30965
- Primary Keywords
- bronze (metal)
- people
- photographs
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- Title
- Hairpin
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Mangbetu
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.40
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 15.30965
- Primary Keywords
- bronze (metal)
- hairpins
- mangbetu
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- Title
- Pot with Lid
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Ashanti
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1998/1.123B
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 15.30965
- Primary Keywords
- bronze (metal)
- pots
- sculpture
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- Title
- Bracelet with rope and button decorations
- Artist
- African, Ivory Coast?
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1925
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.146
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 15.30965
- Primary Keywords
- bracelets
- bronze (metal)
- rope
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- 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
- relevance
- rank 15.14316
- Primary Keywords
- bronze (metal)
- mirror
- zodiac symbols
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- Title
- Menina
- Artist
- Manolo Valdes
- Physical Description
- A bronze figure of a girl. The bottom half is a bell shaped skirt white the top half is of a girl wearing a hat that ends at her shoulders.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1942 - )
- Accession Number
- 2012/1.273
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 15.14316
- Primary Keywords
- bronze (metal)
- figures (representations)
- girl
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- Title
- Thai Walking Buddha
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- A bronze figure of a walking man. He is wearing a spiked headdress and is holding up his left hand.
- Accession Number
- 2012/1.272
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 15.14316
- Primary Keywords
- bronze (metal)
- buddha
- figure (representation)
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- Title
- Phra Malai (The Monk)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Physical Description
- Gilt bronze statue of monk with a begging bowl over his shoulder. This is Phra Malai, who achieved extraordinary powers through his accumulated merit and was able to visit numerous hells and heavens and then travel back to report on what he had seen. Phrai Malai has elongated ears and stands on a wooden base wearing a detailed robe.
- Century
- 19th- early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century - early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.453
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze
- relevance
- rank 15.14316
- Primary Keywords
- bronze (metal)
- buddhism
- monk
- thai
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- Title
- The Laundress
- Artist
- Aristide Maillol
- Physical Description
- This bronze statue depicts a female figure kneeling and bending forward with her arms outstretched. She grasps a long piece of cloth which is stretched on the ground in front of her. She looks directly at the cloth with an intent expression. The woman is wearing a long skirt which covers her legs and feet and swirls around her on the ground. Her blouse has flowing sleeves that end at the elbows, leaving her forearms bare. Her hair is pulled back and gatherred into a knot. The bronze has a dark green patina and the surface of the statue is smooth and polished.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1861 - 1944
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1896
- Accession Number
- 1973/2.78
- Medium and Support
- bronze on bronze
- relevance
- rank 15.14316
- Primary Keywords
- bronze (metal)
- kneeling
- laundresses
- women
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- Title
- Katanga Cross Currency
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Luba People Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1925
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.277
- Medium and Support
- bronze, sand cast method
- relevance
- rank 15.14316
- Primary Keywords
- african
- bronze (metal)
- crosses (objects)
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- 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
- relevance
- rank 15.14316
- Primary Keywords
- bronze (metal)
- grape
- lion
- mirror
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- Title
- Seated Nude
- Artist
- Aristide Maillol
- Physical Description
- This is a 21cm tall bronze sculpture of a nude female figure seated on a stump-like form with her legs extending out in front of her and crossed at the ankles. She leans the weight of her body on her left arm, as her left hand grasps the edge of the stump. Her right arm is bent and raised, with the back of her hand resting against the left side of her head. She is gazing downward and her arm seems to be shielding her face. Her hair is pulled back and gathered in a knot. The patina is dark brown and the metal surface has a uneven appearance.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1861 - 1944
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1881-1944
- Accession Number
- 1985/1.127
- Medium and Support
- patina on bronze
- relevance
- rank 15.14316
- Primary Keywords
- bronze (metal)
- nudes
- seated
- women
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- Title
- Domed boss surrounded by raised band and dots, field of two phoenixes among flowers and vines, raised border with floral motif and five-lobed edges on both sides.
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- This mirror features designs of two birds, coupled with floral motifs, positioned symmetrically on the left and right sides. Eight-foiled barbed bronze mirror is general. This type is a modified form of that.
- Century
- 10th–14th century
- Object Creation Date
- 918-1392
- Accession Number
- 1965/2.61
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 14.98025
- Primary Keywords
- birds
- bronze (metal)
- hand mirrors
- phoenix
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- Title
- Seated Buddha in Bhumisparsa Mudrâ
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Physical Description
- Gilt bronze Buddha with glass inlay in bhumisparsa mudra (the gesture of touching the earth with his right hand, palm inward), signaling his victory over Mara. He has elongated earlobes, wears a crown and tight-fitting intricate robes, and is seated on a pedesal.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.454
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze with glass inlay
- relevance
- rank 14.98025
- Primary Keywords
- bronze (metal)
- buddha
- buddhism
- glass
- sitting
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- Title
- Nut ring
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- Century
- Possibly 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1900
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.147
- Medium and Support
- cast bronze, lost wax method
- relevance
- rank 14.82081
- Primary Keywords
- african regions
- bronze (metal)
- nut (plant material)
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- Title
- Temple bell with handle of a pair of addorsed lions and a dragon
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Burma
- Physical Description
- Bronze temple bell with traces of polychrome, text, and lowermost handle in shape of a pair of addorsed lions. A decorated post threads through the space created by the back-to-back lions, on which an additional handle decorated with addorsed dragons is thread. The open space created between the dragons' connecting tails is where part of a frame would pass through, suspending the bell above the ground. This type of bell does not have a metal clapper, and is rung by striking with a wooden stick.
- Century
- Early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1907
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.237A-C
- Medium and Support
- bronze with traces of polychrome
- relevance
- rank 14.82081
- Primary Keywords
- bells (idiophones)
- bronze (metal)
- dragons
- lions
- temple
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- Title
- Standing Buddha, in double abhaya mudrâ
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Physical Description
- Standing gilt bronze Buddha with glass inlay in royal costume. Stands on a lotus pedestal with both hands raised in abhaya mudra.
- Century
- 19th-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.475
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze with glass inlay
- relevance
- rank 14.82081
- Primary Keywords
- bronze (metal)
- buddhism
- glass
- mudra
- standing
- theravada
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- Title
- Indian Bronze Ganesha
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- A bronze statue of an Hindu god. The figure has an elephant head attached to a human body.
- Accession Number
- 2012/1.270
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 14.82081
- Primary Keywords
- bronze (metal)
- elephant
- figure (representation)
- religious art
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- Title
- Requiem
- Artist
- Erwin Binder
- Physical Description
- bronze abstract sculpture
- Artist Life Dates
- 1934-1993
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1988
- Accession Number
- 2004/2.107
- Medium and Support
- bronze on concrete
- relevance
- rank 14.82081
- Primary Keywords
- abstract
- bronze (metal)
- monuments
- public sculpture
- winged
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- Title
- The Deposition of Christ
- Artist
- Guglielmo della Porta
- Physical Description
- A small crowd of figures gathers around the body of a dead man and a fainting woman in the center of this bronze panel. The dead man's body and the two men holding his burial shroud appear in the foreground, while the fainting woman and the three women and the man who support her are positioned immediately above and behind them. Another woman with loose, flowing hair leans forward to kiss the left hand of the dead man, uniting the two parts of this central group. Four other male figures, rendered in slightly smaller scale and lower relief, look on from the sides. Three crosses provide the backdrop to the drama. The central cross is empty, yet two twisting nude males are suspended from the crosses on either side.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1515-1577
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1564
- Accession Number
- 1962/2.20
- Medium and Support
- bronze relief
- relevance
- rank 14.51191
- Primary Keywords
- bronze (metal)
- christianity
- crowd
- crucifixions
- rome (inhabited place)
- shrouds
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- Title
- Girl with French Loaves
- Artist
- Chet LaMore
- Physical Description
- Highly abstracted figure with oval body, short straight legs, and a large mushroom shaped head with a crude, wide-mouthed face. Between the body and head are two horizontal bars that are slightly longer than the width of the head. The sculpture is quite flat, and the bronze has a molten look.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1908-1980
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1959
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.111
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 14.51191
- Primary Keywords
- bread
- bronze (metal)
- bronzes
- figures (representations)
- girls
- surrealism
- surrealist
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- Title
- Standing Buddha in Abhaya-vara mudra
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- Gilt bronze standing Buddha on lotus pedestal. He is clothed in monastic robes with cascading U-shaped folds, similar to the gentle folds of his neck. His hands ake the form of two mudras: the abhaya (“have no fear”) mudra with the right hand, and varada (“wishes are granted”) mudra with the left.
- It is well proportioned overall and represent Buddha in a standing position; a position quite popular in Unified Shilla Buddhist sculpture. The Ushinisha on the top of Buddha's head is tall, voluminous and black. The face is plump and facial features, including the eyes, nose and the mouth, are all rather small. The earlobes hang are hanging and the three curved lines on the neck are highly distinct.
- Century
- ca. 8th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 7th century - early 8th century
- Accession Number
- 1961/2.80
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze
- relevance
- rank 14.36223
- Primary Keywords
- bronze (metal)
- buddha
- buddhism
- deity
- gilt
- miniature (size attribute)
- mudra
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- Title
- Janus Bird (Oiseau Janus)
- Artist
- Max Ernst
- Physical Description
- Standing bronze figure with recto/verso. The silhouette of the body is rectangular in shape. The heads on both side are simply rendered with rounded eyes and a pursed -lip mouth on one, a button nose on the other; bodies are supported by short legs; sides loosely suggest representations of male and female anatomy with side-by-side scallop shells suggesting a breasted chest on one side, an upward facing frog/toad in the phallus area on the reverse side.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1891-1976
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1973
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.160
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 14.07196
- Primary Keywords
- birds
- bronze (metal)
- ducks
- figures (representations)
- frogs
- sculpture
- shells
- surrealism
- surrealist
- turtles
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- Title
- Polycandelon for six oil lamps
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Coptic, Egypt
- Physical Description
- This bronze light fixture consists of a central circular celestial motif from which extend twelve arms in a radial pattern. Six of these arms, embellished with maltese crosses, end in omega-shaped terminals. These decorated arms alternate with six unadorned arms that terminate in rings designed to hold glass oil lamps. The entire disk is suspended from three bronze chains joined to a large hook.
- Century
- 6th century
- Object Creation Date
- 500-599
- Accession Number
- 1965/2.54
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 14.07196
- Primary Keywords
- bronze (metal)
- chandeliers
- coptic (christianity)
- egypt (nation)
- lamps (lighting devices)
- maltese crosses
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- Title
- Pope Sixtus IV (obverse), and the Ponte Sisto (reverse)
- Artist
- Lysippus
- Physical Description
- The front (obverse) of this medal depicts the profile portrait of a man with a tonsure, wearing a cope adorned with acorns and oak leaves and a large clasp. An inscription runs around the border. The reverse represents a bridge spanning a river enclosed within a border of oak leaves. An inscription appears above the balustrade of the bridge.
- Artist Life Dates
- active 1471-1484
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1473
- Accession Number
- 1984/1.285
- Medium and Support
- cast bronze
- relevance
- rank 13.93118
- Primary Keywords
- bridges (built works)
- bronze (metal)
- casting (process)
- medallions (medals)
- popes
- portraits
- profile views
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- Title
- Censer with Maltese crosses, birds, and columns
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Coptic, Egypt
- Physical Description
- The body of this cylindrical censer is decorated with eight columns spaced at regular intervals. The lid of the censer consists of an openwork dome divided into sections by eight vertical ribs that converge at its apex. An arched horizontal band intersects the midpoint of the ribs, and these eight junctures are marked with a projecting bird that holds a small bronze ball dangling from its beak. Two segments of the dome are decorated with Maltese crosses while another two feature curved plant forms. The apex is surmounted by a finial comprised of a globe topped by a Maltese cross on which a bird holding a piece of fruit perches.
- Century
- 6th-7th century
- Object Creation Date
- 500-699
- Accession Number
- 1960/2.4
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 13.93118
- Primary Keywords
- birds
- bronze (metal)
- censers
- columns (architectural elements)
- coptic (christianity)
- incense burners
- maltese crosses
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- Title
- Pope Alexander VII (obverse), and the Piazzo del Popolo (reverse)
- Artist
- Gioacchino Travani
- Physical Description
- The front (obverse) of this medal represents a portrait of a man in profile wearing a papal tiara and a cope. The reverse depicts a city square dominated by an obelisk with a pair of identical domed churches in the background. Inscriptions run around the edge of the medal on both sides.
- Artist Life Dates
- Active 1634-1674
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1662
- Accession Number
- 1984/1.282
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 13.79319
- Primary Keywords
- bronze (metal)
- casting (process)
- head
- medallions (medals)
- obelisks
- popes
- profile views
- squares (open spaces)
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- Title
- Pope Clement IX (obverse), and the Ponte Sant' Angelo (reverse)
- Artist
- Nicolas-François Chéron
- Physical Description
- The front (obverse) of the medal presents a profile portrait of a bearded man wearing a cassock, cap, and stole. The reverse depicts a bridge spanning a river. A winged figure flies above the bridge blowing a trumpet, while a nude male figure reclines below the bridge in the foreground and a wolf nurses at his feet. Inscriptions run around both the border edge of both sides of the medal.
- Artist Life Dates
- died 1746
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1669
- Accession Number
- 1984/1.284
- Medium and Support
- cast bronze
- relevance
- rank 13.79319
- Primary Keywords
- bridges (built works)
- bronze (metal)
- casting (process)
- head
- medallions (medals)
- popes
- portraits
- profile views
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- Title
- Little Torso No. 5 (Torse)
- Artist
- Hans Arp
- Physical Description
- A small polished bronze sculpture of a biomorphic form rising gracefully from a small base. Where it contacts the base, the form stands on two leg-like structures. The form rises from there, narrows, then opens up into a wider, more oblong shape at the top.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1886-1966
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1930; cast 1957
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.399
- Medium and Support
- polished bronze
- relevance
- rank 13.49544
- Primary Keywords
- abstraction
- biomorphic abstraction
- bronze (metal)
- growth
- sculpture
- surrealism
- torsos
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- Title
- Pre-Adamic Fruit (Fruit préadamite)
- Artist
- Hans Arp
- Physical Description
- A small, biomorphically abstract sculpture of bronze grows from a wooden base. Bulbous at the bottom, the shape stretches and narrows in the middle and then expands into a larger shape from which two rounded points rise.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1886-1966
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1938
- Accession Number
- 1948/2.26
- Medium and Support
- bronze with wood base
- relevance
- rank 13.49544
- Primary Keywords
- abstraction
- biomorphic abstraction
- bronze (metal)
- fruit
- growth
- sculpture
- surrealism
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- Title
- Vajra bell (Lontjeng) (one of a pair)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Indonesia, Java
- Physical Description
- This is one of a pair of Javanese bells. A talon-like vajra sits atop the bronze handle. Lotus petals decorate the base, and the faces encircling the the bell above them depict Prajnaparamita, the bodhisattva aspect of “Perfection of Wisdom.”
- Century
- 16th -17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century - 17th century
- Accession Number
- 1957/2.54
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 13.49544
- Primary Keywords
- bell
- bell (idiophone)
- bodhisattva
- bronze (metal)
- diamond vehicle
- faces
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- Title
- Rectangular Bronze Form No. 2
- Artist
- Robert Adams
- Physical Description
- Thin, double-side, H-shaped bronze sculpture. Each side is made up of a collection of rough rectangle shapes overlapping and butting up against one another. Two rectangle-shaped openings penetrate the piece.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1917-1984
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1953
- Accession Number
- 1954/2.40
- Medium and Support
- bronze with wood base
- relevance
- rank 13.49544
- Primary Keywords
- abstract
- abstraction
- bronze (metal)
- geometric abstraction
- metalworking
- rectangles
- sculpture
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- Title
- Anklet with figures on opposing ends
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Lobi
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.53
- Medium and Support
- cast bronze, lost wax method
- relevance
- rank 13.49544
- Primary Keywords
- anklet
- anklets
- bronze (metal)
- castings
- figures
- figures (representations)
- lobi
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- Title
- Twisted metal bracelet with chameleon
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Lobi
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.54
- Medium and Support
- cast bronze (cire perdue)
- relevance
- rank 13.48547
- Primary Keywords
- bracelets
- bronze (metal)
- castings
- lobi
- reptiles
- reptiles and amphibians
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- Title
- Angry Neptune
- Artist
- Michele Oka Doner
- Physical Description
- Large bronze sculpture resembling a headless human figure. The surface texture is very rough with deep voids and coarse patches of metal. The brown patina has a whitish tinge.
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1945
- Object Creation Date
- 2008
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.466
- Medium and Support
- cast bronze
- relevance
- rank 13.48547
- Primary Keywords
- bronze (metal)
- figures (representations)
- legendary figures
- outdoor sculpture
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- Title
- Commemorative Head of an Oba of the Benin kingdom
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Benin
- Physical Description
- Cast brass head of a human. An opening at the top would have supported a carved elephant tusk. The heads wears elaborate "winged" headgear.
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.260
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 13.47417
- Primary Keywords
- ancestor figures
- bronze (metal)
- heads
- heads (representations)
- king
- royalty
- shrines
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- Title
- Standing Figure
- Artist
- Alberto Giacometti
- Physical Description
- An elongated figure with minimal features stands on a small rectangular base with left foot slightly forward. The metal has a texture resembling molten wax.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1901 - 1966
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1957
- Accession Number
- 1958/1.137
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 13.43125
- Primary Keywords
- abstraction
- biomorphic abstraction
- bronze (metal)
- casting (process)
- figures (representations)
- sculpture
- standing