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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

relevance

rank 25.73621

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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)

relevance

rank 24.64678

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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)

relevance

rank 24.64678

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Title

Bencharong Ware Large Covered Jar

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

2005/1.463A&B

Medium and Support

porcelain with overglaze enamel painting

relevance

rank 24.14304

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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

relevance

rank 23.83328

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Title

Bencharong Ware Jar (tho)

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

Covered ceramic jar with brilliantly colored Thai-inspired overglaze enamel painting in floral patterns. The lid mimics the spires of Thai Buddhist architecture, rising from the gentle curve of the lower portion of the lid and alternating between solid bands of green, and multicolored floral patterns. The green covers what would be the underside of each of the colorful three tiers of "roof" segments, culminating in what appears to be a red and gold lotus bud at the top of the lid.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

2005/1.465A&B

Medium and Support

porcelain with overglaze enamel painting

relevance

rank 22.85231

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Title

Bencharong Ware Jar (tho)

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

Covered ceramic jar with brilliantly colored overglaze enamel painting in repreating floral patterns. A small base curves into a deep, wide bowl with a flaring mouth, in which the lid rests. The lid can be turned upside down to provide a shallow bowl, the base of which (or topmost portion of the lid) is encircled by gold and green bands.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

2005/1.476A&B

Medium and Support

porcelain with overglaze enamel painting

relevance

rank 22.85231

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Title

Bencharong Ware Spitton with Buddhist dieties Thapanom and Norasingh, and Chinese fire patterns

Artist

Artist Unknown, China, Bencharong ware

Physical Description

Bencharong ware spittoon made in a private kiln in Jingdezhen, China, for Thai market. Probably ordered from Thai royalty, under the reign of Rama II (r. 1809-1824). It is the porcelain ware enameled with multiple colors, in the style called “five colors” (“bencharong” refers to five colors in Sanskrit). It has a large mouth and bulbous shape, with design of minor Buddhist deities Thepanom and Norasingh, and Chinese fire patterns.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

early 19th century

Accession Number

2005/1.464

Medium and Support

porcelain with overglaze enamel painting

relevance

rank 22.71815

Secondary Keywords

asian

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Title

Sancai Figure

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

Chinese ceramic Sancai figure of a man in robe and tall hat, standing on an octagonal platform. The figure is colored; his robes are green, while his sash, end of sleeves and collar are a reddish/oragne color, which also corresponds to the colors on the platform. His tall hat is colored black. The head of the figure is detachable from the body of the figure.

Object Creation Date

1368-1644

Accession Number

2009/2.105

Medium and Support

ceramic

relevance

rank 22.68368

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asian

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Title

The Edge

Artist

Richard Tuttle

Physical Description

A print of ten blue and green lines being refracted off of an unknown surface.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1941

Object Creation Date

1998

Accession Number

2011/1.80.A-M

Medium and Support

suite of 13 color engravings in various colors a la poupee on paper

relevance

rank 22.60955

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

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Title

Sancai Figure

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

Chinese ceramic Sancai figure of a man in robes and tall hat on his head, standing on an octagonal platform. The figure is painted; the robes and cuffs of the sleeves are a dark green color, and the sleeves and under robe are a reddish orange color. The hat of the figure is also colored white and reddish orange. The head of the figure can detache from the body of the figure.

Object Creation Date

1368-1644

Accession Number

2009/2.106

Medium and Support

ceramic

relevance

rank 22.08826

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Funerary jar with "peacock feather" pattern

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

Earthenware jar with sancai (three-color) glaze in amber, green and cream with blue in a peacock-feather pattern

Century

8th century

Object Creation Date

700-749

Accession Number

1969/2.160

Medium and Support

earthenware with sancai (three-color) glaze

relevance

rank 22.03180

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Title

Sancai tomb guardian (one of a pair w/2004/2.132.2) with animal face and horns

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

Earthenware ceramic figure with tri-color glaze (in amber, cream and green) in the form of a creature with an animal face and horns

Century

7th-8th century

Object Creation Date

circa 675-750

Accession Number

2004/2.132.1

Medium and Support

earthenware with sancai (three-color) glaze

relevance

rank 21.55868

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Title

Blue-and-White Carafe with royal monogram and bat motifs

Artist

Artist Unknown, China, Jingdezhen kiln

Physical Description

It is a porcelain carafe with blue underglazing, with design of stylized acronym of King Rama V of Thailand (1868-1910), his name and reign in medallions with bat motifs and ribbons, and flower and leaf scrolls.

Century

Early 20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1874

Accession Number

2005/1.461A&B

Medium and Support

porcelain with blue underglaze painting

relevance

rank 21.32393

Secondary Keywords

asian

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Title

Plum Blossoms at Tsukigase

Artist

Nakabayashi Chikkei

Physical Description

The painting is nearly entirely dominated by mountains, yet nestled among them lie two small buildings. Around these structures and near the placement of the viewer are dark plum trees with spiky branches and pink and white blossoms.

Artist Life Dates

1816-1867

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

mid 19th century

Accession Number

1987/1.362

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and color on paper

relevance

rank 20.85933

Secondary Keywords

upward

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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

relevance

rank 20.47037

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Title

Orchids and Rock with Calligraphy

Artist

Ikeno Gyokuran

Physical Description

Hanging scroll with calligraphy and landscape imagery. Three lines of calligraphy adorn the upper left side while opposite is imagery of orchids, grass and a rock.

Artist Life Dates

1728-1884

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1750-1784

Accession Number

2006/2.9

Medium and Support

ink on silk

relevance

rank 20.17980

Secondary Keywords

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Title

An Evening in a Hot Spring

Artist

Yoshida Hiroshi

Physical Description

This work depicts an evening scene in a hot spring.

Artist Life Dates

1876 - 1950

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1930-1950

Accession Number

1939.3

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 19.48873

Secondary Keywords

asian

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Title

Sancai tomb guardian (one of a pair w/2004/2.132.1) with human face

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

Earthenware ceramic figure with tri-color glaze (in amber, cream and green) in the form of a creature with a human face

Century

7th-8th century

Object Creation Date

circa 675-750

Accession Number

2004/2.132.2

Medium and Support

earthenware with sancai (three-color) glaze

relevance

rank 19.46665

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Title

Bamboo and Rock

Artist

Chang Ku-nien, Liu Yantao, Gao Yihong

Physical Description

A rock rises above the earth, and branches of bamboo mimic the gentle curve of its shape. Grasses grow below. Two lines of calligraphic text are written verticalley on the left side of the painting.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1960-1975

Accession Number

2006/1.134

Medium and Support

ink on paper

relevance

rank 18.72366

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Title

Orchids and Red Rock

Artist

Chang Ku-nien, Liu Yantao, Gao Yihong

Physical Description

A rough, red rock seems to grow out of the hillside, almost as organically as the orchids growing next to it. Calligraphic text is in the upper left corner.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1980

Accession Number

2006/1.132

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper

relevance

rank 17.94317

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Title

The Orchid Pavilion Gathering

Artist

Sheng Maoye (Sheng Mao-yeh)

Physical Description

Handscroll depicting figures (42 men and 6 boys) in a landscape, most of whom are sitting along the banks of a stream as cups on lotus leaves float by. A small cluster of figures sits in a shelter over the water examining a handscroll. The painting includes an inscription, six artist’s seals and one collector’s seal.

Artist Life Dates

active 1594-164

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1621

Accession Number

1974/1.244

Medium and Support

handscroll, ink and color on silk

relevance

rank 15.28812

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