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- Title
- Plum Blossoms and Bird
- Artist
- Qi Baishi (Ch'i Pai-shih)
- Physical Description
- A black crow is seated on a plum branch above calligraphic text and cascades of open blossoms.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1864 - 1957)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1930
- Accession Number
- 1949/1.192
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.69486
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- buildings and the land
- deciduous trees
- descriptors
- herbaceous plants
- image-making processes and techniques
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- plants
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- settlements and landscapes
- trees
- trees by leaf life
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- writing (processes)
- Title
- The Labors of Hercules: The Labors of Hercules: Cerberus (one of the set of 13 p
- Artist
- Heinrich Aldegrever
- Artist Life Dates
- 1502- circa 1561
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1550
- Accession Number
- 1956/1.65
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.69456
- Secondary Keywords
- scale
- allegory and literature
- animals
- animals and creatures
- architecture
- buildings and the land
- cityscapes
- clubs
- figures
- figures (representations)
- iconography
- mammals
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by state or condition
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- settlements
- settlements and landscapes
- settlements by form
- streets
- the natural world
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Monkeys by a Waterfall (pair with 1986/2.61.2)
- Artist
- Mori Sosen
- Physical Description
- Two monkeys are seen at the base of a waterfall. They are painted in soft shades of gray and sit among plants. The monkey on the right fidgits with its hands, while the other looks over its shoulder at the waterfall.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Nagasaki or Nishinomiya, 1747 - 1821)
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1807-1821
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.61.1
- Medium and Support
- Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.69381
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- components of bodies of water
- descriptors
- landscapes (environments)
- mammals
- materials
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- Title
- The Salvation of the Elephant (Gaj Mokasha)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Physical Description
- An elephant seems to walk on water from the bottom right corner of the composition, rising towards Vishnu in the upper left with a single lotus flower in its trunk. Vishnu, with 4 arms, steps on green hills surrounding the lotus covered pond, bending towards the elephant. Garuda flies in the upper right.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1815
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.27
- Medium and Support
- paint on canvas
- relevance
- rank 2.69207
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- design elements
- herbaceous plants
- landscapes (environments)
- mammals
- motifs
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plant-derived motifs
- plants
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woody plants
![Ville d'Avray: Boatman's Pond (Evening) [Ville d'Avray: L'Etang du Batelier (Effet du Soir)]; Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot](https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1949-sl-1.86/1949_1.86.JPG?lasttype=boolean;lastview=reslist;resnum=565;size=50;sort=relevance;start=561;subview=detail;view=entry;rgn1=musart_keywords2;q1=creatures){kind=link}
- Title
- Ville d'Avray: Boatman's Pond (Evening) [Ville d'Avray: L'Etang du Batelier (Effet du Soir)]
- Artist
- Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
- Physical Description
- The upper half of the picture is the sky, Corot's signature mark in the upper right corner. There are two trees with little foliage extending from the lower left corner up to the top of the image. To the right of those trees is the boat with a hunched figure sitting on the left side. A cow is on the other side of the boat, facing the right side of the image. There are trees with a lot of foliage in the center of the right half of the image just above the cow. There is grass all along the bottom edge of the image.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1796-1875
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1862
- Accession Number
- 1949/1.86
- Medium and Support
- etching and drypoint on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.69060
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- bodies of water
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- bodies of water by size
- buildings and the land
- lacustrine bodies
- landscapes (environments)
- mammals
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- settlements and landscapes
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- watercraft
- watercraft by general type
- Title
- Altar
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Benin
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.359
- Medium and Support
- carved wood
- relevance
- rank 2.68763
- Secondary Keywords
- altars and altar components
- animals and creatures
- architectural elements
- architectural elements by building type
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- mammals
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- religious building fixtures
- sculpture
- sculpture by technique
- sheep
- the natural world
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- The Hen with the Golden Eggs
- Artist
- Marc Chagall
- Physical Description
- Paper size: lh 42cm & rh 41 4/5cm x tw 33cm & bw 33 1/2cm. Plate size: h 31 1/2cm x w 25 1/2cm. Image size: lh 29 1/2cm & rh 29 2/5cm x tw 23 9/10cm & bw 23 7/10cm.
- Artist Life Dates
- Russia, 1889-1985
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.415
- Medium and Support
- etching, engraving and drypoint on beige laid paper
- relevance
- rank 2.68510
- Secondary Keywords
- animal material
- animal material by form or function
- animals and creatures
- birds
- descriptors
- egg and egg components
- engraving (printing process)
- image-making processes and techniques
- intaglio printing processes
- materials
- materials by origin
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- printing processes
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- Title
- General Pedro Altamirano
- Artist
- Armando Morales
- Physical Description
- Four armed men stand in front of a building. One man is kneeling with a machine gun on a tripod. Two dogs and a horse are with them.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1927
- Object Creation Date
- 1993
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.96.4
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.68493
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- firearms
- mammals
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- prints
- prints by process or technique
- projectile weapons
- projectile weapons with explosive propellant
- small arms
- small arms by form
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Buddha bust, sheltered by Mucalinda (Khmer-Lopburi style)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.38
- Medium and Support
- sandstone
- relevance
- rank 2.68493
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- devotional images
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious visual works
- reptiles
- visual works
- visual works by function
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Scholar with Roosters
- Artist
- Ren Yi (Jen I)
- Physical Description
- This large painting of a scholar and two roosters. The scholar site with books piled behind him, while the roosters below crane their necks to look back at him. The calligraphy on the top right reads:
- Would Your Excellency, my dear friend Xiaoting, kindly point out the inadequacies of this work? Ren Yi [a.k.a.] Bonian
- There are also two seals of the artist and one collectors seal.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1840-1896
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1860-1896
- Accession Number
- 1987/2.67
- Medium and Support
- ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.68153
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- birds
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by physical form
- information forms
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by degree of qualification
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Evening Scene in Tokyo: Strolling Musicians
- Artist
- Takahashi Hiroaki
- Physical Description
- A man and a woman amble down the street under a crescent moon. The woman plays a stringed instrument, and a woman on a balcony above leans out to listen. Two small dogs in the street appear to howl up at the moon, perhaps joining in the chorus.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1871-1944
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1921
- Accession Number
- 1991/2.111
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.68087
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- costume
- costume by form
- earth sciences concepts
- main garments
- mammals
- 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
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- physical sciences concepts
- scientific concepts
- Title
- Heddle Pulley with Hornbill Motif
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Senufo Peoples, Côte d'Ivoire
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1971
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.40
- Medium and Support
- carved wood and patination
- relevance
- rank 2.67925
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- animals and creatures
- descriptors
- design elements
- equipment
- equipment by process
- moving and transporting equipment
- moving and transporting machinery
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- sculpture
- sculpture by technique
- the natural world
- tools and equipment
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Standing Hornbill
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Bobo
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.145
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 2.67864
- Secondary Keywords
- african
- african styles by region
- animals
- animals and creatures
- descriptors
- manding
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- people and culture
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the natural world
- voltaic styles
- west african styles
- western sudanese styles
- Title
- Geese Landing on Sandbars
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien
- Physical Description
- A scene of geese in pond and on sandbars. The geese are congregated in the lower left hand side of the painting, as are most of the reeds growing from the sand bars. Some geese can also be seen flying in the middle of the painting, though they are not as prominent. Five lines of calligraphy are lcoated in the upper right of the painting.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1906-1987
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- last quarter of 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.142
- Medium and Support
- ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.67566
- Secondary Keywords
- relation to water
- animals and creatures
- birds
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by position
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Beauty under Cherry Blossoms
- Artist
- Hosoda Eishi
- Physical Description
- This is a portrait of a courtesan and her two attendants. The courtesan wears a red cloak with a peacock flying over peonies and a pale green color kimono with “shippô” (seven treasures) pattern. Her green obi, tied in the front, has design of red and blue clouds with gold plants. She is turning away from a viewer to show the gorgeous cloak. Her hair is sculpted in a butterfly shape on the top and has wings to the side. Tortoise-shell combs and multiple hairpins adorn the hair. Her two attendants flank the courtesan; they wear matching, dark green kimono with chrysanthemum flower design and red underkimono. Their kimono have especially long sleeves (furisode), whose openings are tied with ribbons. Their obi are in brocade and tied on their backs. Their hair is sculpted in round shape on their tops and has side wings like the courtesan. They wear silver hair accessories of cherry blossoms and tassels, long hairpins and red silk ribbons. The attendant on the left holds a battledore pad and the right attendant holds a ball. All the women wear black platform sandals. There is a cherry tree in full blossom on the right, from which some petals fall on the women and the ground. There are the artist’s signature and seal on the lower right corner. It has mounting of beige silk and two strips of floral pattern brocade on the top and bottom of the painting.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1756-1829
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1810
- Accession Number
- 1977/1.180
- Medium and Support
- ink and color on silk
- relevance
- rank 2.67538
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- birds
- buildings and the land
- costume
- costume by form
- deciduous trees
- landscapes (environments)
- main garments
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by age group
- people by occupation
- people in service occupations
- plants
- prostitutes
- recreational artifacts
- settlements and landscapes
- shrubs
- trees
- trees by leaf life
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- youth
- Title
- Pipe holder in the form of Ashinaga and crab-shaped tobacco pouch
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1810-1849
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.42
- Medium and Support
- bone and stag antler
- relevance
- rank 2.67464
- Secondary Keywords
- smoking and tobacco use
- animal material
- animals and creatures
- arthropods
- combination inorganic/organic animal material
- combination inorganic/organic material
- crustaceans
- descriptors
- equipment
- equipment by context
- equipment for personal use
- keratinous material
- leaf (plant material)
- materials
- materials by composition
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- plant material
- tools and equipment
- Title
- Blue-and-white jar with design of magpies, camellia & bamboo, Chongzheng era
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 17th–18th century?
- Object Creation Date
- 1628-1644
- Accession Number
- 1975/1.82
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue underglaze painting and incised designs
- relevance
- rank 2.67220
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- arthropods
- buildings and the land
- ceramics
- descriptors
- grass (plant material)
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by origin
- natural landscapes
- object genres
- object genres by material
- plant material
- plants
- pottery (object genre)
- settlements and landscapes
- shrubs
- stoneware
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- Title
- Drawing for a Ramayana series: Rama, Lakshmana and Sugriva in conference (fol. 204)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Punjab Hills
- Physical Description
- Rama and Lakshmana sit under a tree with the King of the monkeys, surrounded by monkeys. Some monkeys have taken to flight in the upper corners of the drawing. With a few deft strokes the artist conveys the swiftly changing emotions of the moment, as the monkeys respond with astonishment, empathy, and action to Rama’s pleas.
- Century
- late 18th century - early 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 18th century - early 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.149
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.67126
- Secondary Keywords
- accessories worn on the head
- animals and creatures
- buildings and the land
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- crown (headdress)
- headgear
- landscapes (environments)
- mammals
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- Title
- Reclining Bird
- Artist
- Henry Moore
- Artist Life Dates
- (Castleford, England, 7/30/1898 - 8/31/1986, Hertforshire, England)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1927; cast 1949
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.85
- Medium and Support
- bronze with marble base
- relevance
- rank 2.66755
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- animals and creatures
- european
- european styles and periods
- figures
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the natural world
- Title
- Hawk
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- In this painting, the hawk perches on the base of a tree, gripping the knotted bark with its talons. Its back is presented to the viewer, bringing attention the impressive patterning and feather detail. Arching its head to the right to reveal a keen awareness of its surroundings coupled with a razor sharp glare, it appears ready to take off after unsuspecting prey.
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century (?)
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.62
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.66546
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- asia (continent)
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- evergreens
- geographic and political locations
- inorganic material
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- plants
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- trees
- trees by leaf life
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woody plants
![Conversion of St. Paul [La Conversione de St. Paul]; Jacques Callot](https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2013-sl-2.544/2013_2.544.JPG?lasttype=boolean;lastview=reslist;resnum=581;size=50;sort=relevance;start=561;subview=detail;view=entry;rgn1=musart_keywords2;q1=creatures){kind=link}
- Title
- Conversion of St. Paul [La Conversione de St. Paul]
- Artist
- Jacques Callot
- Physical Description
- A battle scene with the sun's rays shining down through the clouds. At the center, a man has fallen from his horse and lays on the ground. From the clouds above, a voice comes down, inscribed "SAVLE SAVLE QVID ME PERSEQVERIS." At base of print is written "Totus lesus in Paulo consumptus est. Chrysost. Iesus-Christ s'est enployé tout entier en ce mystere."
- Artist Life Dates
- 1592-1635
- Century
- 17th century
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.544
- Medium and Support
- etching on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 2.66391
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- armed conflicts
- associated concepts
- earth sciences concepts
- events
- identifying artifacts
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by function
- information forms
- mammals
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in military occupations
- physical sciences concepts
- scientific concepts
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- Title
- Soldiers Fording a Stream
- Artist
- Maximillian Luce
- Physical Description
- An abstracted sketch drawing of a group of soldiers crossing a stream. The figures are rough outlines done in black with blue ink accents. Some soldiers are on horseback and brandishing swords, possibly as a sign to enemies on the other bank. Other soliders help one another cross the water on foot.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1858 - 1941
- Object Creation Date
- 1875-1941
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.506
- Medium and Support
- ink and graphite on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.66391
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- bodies of water
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- bodies of water by size
- buildings and the land
- edged weapons
- landscapes (environments)
- mammals
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- riverine bodies
- settlements and landscapes
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Netsuke of monkey head as Sambasô dancer with moveable tongue
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/2.18
- Medium and Support
- lacquered wood with red and gold
- relevance
- rank 2.65739
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- mammals
- 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
- sculpture
- sculpture by function
- the human body
- upper body
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- A Group of Strolling Peasants
- Artist
- Saverio della Gatta
- Physical Description
- This watercolor depicts a group of three children, three adult females, two adult males, and one small dog. An adult male plays a string instrument on the far left side, and an adult female sits on the lower right side; the rest stand. All the figures wear vividly colored clothes.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1777-1811
- Object Creation Date
- 1777-1811
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.528
- Medium and Support
- watercolor on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.65648
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- farmers
- mammals
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- people by occupation
- people in agriculture
- people in agriculture or natural resource occupations
- people in science-related occupations
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the performing arts
- scientists and people in science-related occupations
- Title
- Figure of standing pilgrim with a monkey on his back and a dog
- Artist
- Ichiryûsai Sôshun
- Artist Life Dates
- 20th century
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.46
- Medium and Support
- ivory
- relevance
- rank 2.65458
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- descriptors
- form attributes
- mammals
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Three Apostles: St. John the Evangelist, St. Thomas, and St. James the Less with the Apostles' Creed
- Artist
- Jan Joest
- Physical Description
- Three apostles, each holding an identifying attribute, stand in a row as full-length figures on this painted panel. On the left stands the youthful beardless St. John holding a chalice with a snake coiled in the cup. Next to him appears the bald and bearded St. Thomas, holding an architect's square. The bearded figure of St. James the Less appears on the left with an open book in his left hand and a long fuller's club in his right. Scrolls above each apostle's head contain a line from the Apostles' Creed in Latin.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1455-1460 - 1519
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1500-1519
- Accession Number
- 1973/2.77
- Medium and Support
- oil on panel, mounted on panel
- relevance
- rank 2.64873
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- disciples
- equipment
- equipment by process
- europe (continent)
- geographic and political locations
- measuring devices
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- percussive weapons
- religious visual works
- reptiles
- shaping and guiding equipment
- shaping and guiding tools
- tools and equipment
- visual works
- visual works by function
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Charger with lion and peony design, one of pair
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- early to mid 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1800-1850
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.1
- Medium and Support
- porcelain, blue underglaze and enamel overglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 2.64808
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- buildings and the land
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- dishes
- landscapes (environments)
- mammals
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- plants
- platters
- serving dishes
- settlements and landscapes
- shrubs
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- woody plants
- Title
- Charger with lion and peony design, one of pair
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- early to mid 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1800-1850
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.2
- Medium and Support
- porcelain, blue underglaze and enamel overglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 2.64808
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- buildings and the land
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- dishes
- landscapes (environments)
- mammals
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- plants
- platters
- serving dishes
- settlements and landscapes
- shrubs
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- woody plants
- Title
- Gogo no shojo (Girl in the Afternoon)
- Artist
- Nakayama Tadashi
- Physical Description
- A color print of a girl and a dog looking to the left. Sunflowers grown in the background.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1927
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1970
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.18
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.64808
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- buildings and the land
- herbaceous plants
- landscapes (environments)
- mammals
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- plants
- prints
- prints by process or technique
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woody plants
- Title
- Model of cart and ox
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 4th-6th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 4th century - early 6th century
- Accession Number
- 1993/1.100.1-4
- Medium and Support
- earthenware with painted designs
- relevance
- rank 2.64467
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- descriptors
- freewheeled vehicles
- freewheeled vehicles by form or function
- land vehicles
- land vehicles by form
- mammals
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- service and utility vehicles
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- visual works
- visual works by function
- Title
- Bords de Riviere ou les Oies
- Artist
- Alfred Sisley
- Physical Description
- Paper size: h 36 1/2cm x tw 46 1/2cm & bw 47cm. Image size: lh 21 3/5cm & rh 21 1/2cm x tw 32cm & bw 32 1/5cm.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1839-1899
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.395
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on beige wove paper
- relevance
- rank 2.63982
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- animals and creatures
- birds
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- buildings and the land
- components of bodies of water
- landscapes (environments)
- lithographs
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- planographic prints
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- settlements and landscapes
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina and worshippers
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School
- Physical Description
- This image is divided in to 6 relatively equal portions, with the two most upper portions being slightly larger. Each section contains a human figure, except for the lower right section which contains 3 fish. The three figures on the left are featured profile facing towards the right. The two figures in the two lower sections on the right, mirror the left side and face profile to the left. The figure in the upper right corner faces out. This figure is yellow, without clothing, on a green background. This figure is also seated on a lotus blossom form above all the other figures. The figure to his left is also without clothing and is the only other figure to be seating not directly on the floor.
- The dominate colors in this image rotate between orange, green, red and blue with yellow highlights.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.180
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.63657
- Secondary Keywords
- image form
- layout features
- animals and creatures
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- illustrations
- illustrations by form
- images and ornament
- information form components
- layout features
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- views
- views by vantage point or orientation
- visual works
- visual works by form
- Title
- "Longevity" Spirit Money, from Taiwan (2 prints)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown Taiwan
- Physical Description
- Print with floral design framing an inner square that contains six characters in the top and lower right, center, and left corners and a large character in the middle (“longevity”) with an image of two coins suspended from the wings of a stylized bat in the lower center.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2006/2.41.2A
- Medium and Support
- red ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.63622
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- biological concepts
- descriptors
- equipment
- equipment by process
- exchange media
- image-making equipment
- image-making processes and techniques
- mammals
- objects we use
- people and culture
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- printing and printmaking equipment
- printing surfaces
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- scientific concepts
- tools and equipment
- Title
- Rue de Vannes, Paris
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- A partial view of a four-story building, concentrating on pairs of windows on each story and a wrought iron fence on the ground level. Windows have window boxes or balconies; on the ground level are several dogs on either side and a pair of milk cans at the center in front of the fence.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1892-1893
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.410
- Medium and Support
- etching, printed in black ink on laid Japanese tissue
- relevance
- rank 2.63622
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- animals and creatures
- architectural elements
- architecture
- buildings and the land
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- containers
- containers by form
- mammals
- objects
- objects we use
- open spaces and site elements
- openings (architectural elements)
- openings and opening components
- openings by form
- site elements
- the natural world
- windows and window components
- Title
- "Longevity" spirit money from Taiwan
- Artist
- Artist Unknown Taiwan
- Physical Description
- Print with floral design framing an inner square that contains six characters in the top and lower right, center, and left corners and a large character in the middle (“longevity”) with an image of two coins suspended from the wings of a stylized bat in the lower center. Swath of oranga paint and imitation gold foil in the middle.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2008/1.171
- Medium and Support
- orange paint, imitation gold foil, and red ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.63622
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- biological concepts
- descriptors
- equipment
- equipment by process
- exchange media
- image-making equipment
- image-making processes and techniques
- mammals
- objects we use
- people and culture
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- printing and printmaking equipment
- printing surfaces
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- scientific concepts
- tools and equipment
- Title
- Paris, Avenue Foch
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- A vibrant colored street scene with a mansard roofed builiding in the background next to a dome-topped building. In the foreground there are two women in a white horse drawn cart with a driver. There are people on the street and trees around in the park.
- Object Creation Date
- late 19th century- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/1.614
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 2.63412
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- buildings and the land
- carriages
- carriages by form
- four-wheeled carriages
- freewheeled vehicles
- freewheeled vehicles by form or function
- grounds
- land vehicles
- land vehicles by form
- mammals
- objects we use
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by location or context
- passenger vehicles
- phaetons
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- Title
- Landscape with Tower and Distant Lake
- Artist
- William Payne
- Physical Description
- A watercolor primarily in greens, blues, black and grey depicting a landscape with rolling hills and a tower and lake in the distance. A family of weary travelers are positioned in the shaded left foreground. A herd of sheep and two donkeys rest in the sunlit fields in the mid-ground.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1760 - 1830)
- Object Creation Date
- late 18th century - early 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.215
- Medium and Support
- watercolor on medium white wove paper
- relevance
- rank 2.63037
- Secondary Keywords
- massing or shape
- animals and creatures
- bodies of water
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- bodies of water by size
- buildings and the land
- lacustrine bodies
- mammals
- natural landscapes
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by form
- single built works by specific type
- Title
- Two Youths Conversing by a Stream
- Artist
- Paul Sandby
- Physical Description
- A landscape with two seated figures in the lower right corner, multiple cows in the landscape as well. There are many hills and trees full of leaves. The sky is mostly clear with a few clouds.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1725-1809
- Century
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.532
- Medium and Support
- etching on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 2.62842
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- bodies of water
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- bodies of water by size
- buildings and the land
- mammals
- natural landscapes
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- plants
- riverine bodies
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- Title
- Large serving plate with design of lion romping among peonies
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1969/1.83
- Medium and Support
- Porcelain with blue and black underglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 2.62782
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- buildings and the land
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- dishes
- landscapes (environments)
- mammals
- natural landscapes
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- shrubs
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- woody plants
- Title
- Carved ivory ball with interlaced monkeys (okimono)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1900-1940
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.157
- Medium and Support
- ivory with red glass stopper in silver collar
- relevance
- rank 2.62140
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- bone
- bone by form
- combination inorganic/organic animal material
- combination inorganic/organic material
- dentin
- descriptors
- geometric concepts
- geometric figures
- mammals
- materials
- materials by composition
- mathematical concepts
- people and culture
- scientific concepts
- solids (geometric)
- 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
- relevance
- rank 2.62140
- 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
- Pehar Gyalpo
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Tibet or Nepal
- Physical Description
- A portable painting in mineral pigments and gold on a primed cotton ground; the painting is designed to be rolled up when not in use. The painting was folded at some time in its history, resulting in a loss of pigment along two vertical lines.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century?
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.211
- Medium and Support
- ink, gouache, and gold pigment on cotton
- relevance
- rank 2.62059
- Secondary Keywords
- african
- african styles by region
- animals and creatures
- asian
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- design elements
- ewe cultures
- mammals
- motifs
- natural element motifs
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- people by state or condition
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- south asian
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- west african styles
- western guinea coast styles
- Title
- Leopard Box Lid
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Benin
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1875
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.12
- Medium and Support
- wood and copper
- relevance
- rank 2.61954
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- closures
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- container components
- containers
- containers by form
- copper and copper alloy
- covers (closures)
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- mammals
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- nonferrous metal
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- 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
- relevance
- rank 2.61566
- 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
- The Labors of Hercules: The Cerynean Hind (one of the set of 13 prints)
- Artist
- Heinrich Aldegrever
- Artist Life Dates
- 1502- circa 1561
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1550
- Accession Number
- 1956/1.73
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.61395
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- animals
- animals and creatures
- buildings and the land
- clothing
- costume
- costume by form
- descriptors
- figures
- figures (representations)
- geography
- iconography
- inorganic material
- landform components
- landforms and landform components
- landscapes (environments)
- mammals
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- objects
- objects we use
- outerwear
- people and occupations
- settlements and landscapes
- the natural world
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- waterscapes
- Title
- Battle of the Romans under Scipio against the Carthaginians
- Artist
- Agostino di Musi
- Physical Description
- A group of men wage battle against each other in a rocky landscape. Some of the men wear ancient Roman armor while others are only partially clothed. The combatants wield spears and swords, and some are on horseback. The mounted soldier in the center of the scene holds a large banner. A burning city is visible in the distance.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Venice, 1490 - 1540)
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- after 1531
- Accession Number
- 1976/1.211
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.61110
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- animals and creatures
- armed conflicts
- costume
- costume by function
- descriptors
- edged weapons
- events
- inorganic material
- intaglio prints
- mammals
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- protective wear
- staff weapons
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- The Labors of Hercules: The Pillars of Hercules (one of the set of 13 prints)
- Artist
- Heinrich Aldegrever
- Artist Life Dates
- 1502- circa 1561
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1550
- Accession Number
- 1956/1.72
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.60984
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- animals
- animals and creatures
- architecture
- associated concepts
- clothing
- figures
- iconography
- mammals
- objects
- objects we use
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- sailing vessels
- sailing vessels by size
- ships
- the natural world
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- watercraft
- watercraft by method of propulsion
- watercraft by specific type
- Title
- Netsuke of sleeping sarumawashi (monkey-trainer) with a monkey on his back
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 18th century - early 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.38
- Medium and Support
- ivory
- relevance
- rank 2.60717
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- descriptors
- form attributes
- mammals
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- sculpture by function
- sculpture by material
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Bodhisattva Mañjusri
- Artist
- Tibet
- Physical Description
- A woodblock print, with monochromatic black ink. The impression is good, especially given the detail of the design, although the block appears to have been worn at the outside edges.
- Century
- 20th century?
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century (?)
- Accession Number
- 1973/1.808A
- Medium and Support
- woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.60609
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- asian
- associated concepts
- buddhist doctrinal concepts
- descriptors
- design elements
- doctrinal concepts
- earth sciences concepts
- edged weapons
- mammals
- motifs
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- plant-derived motifs
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- scientific concepts
- south asian
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Egôro (ritual censer)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- It is a bronze incense burner with a long handle. The circular bowl is a brazier, in which incense is burnt in Shinto rituals. The brazier has a fluted mouth and double-lines on the outside body. A circular foot, in a chrysanthemum shape, is attached to the brazier. There is a support that connects between the brazier and the foot. The brazier’s lid has an intricate openwork design of lotus flower scrolls with a knob in the shape of a lotus bud. The rim has an incised, stylized design of clouds. The mounting between the brazier and the handle is in the shape of Buddhist jewel with two semi-precious stones. The handle has carved lotus flower scrolls, and the end of which is bent at a right angle and joined to a round pedestal. Rising from the pedestal is a small statue of a lion on a lotus-shape pedestal, which serves as a knob handgrip when the incense burner is held.
- Century
- 16th-17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1583-1650
- Accession Number
- 2007/2.6
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze with semiprecious stones
- relevance
- rank 2.60385
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- containers
- containers by function or context
- descriptors
- design elements
- events
- flowers (plants)
- herbaceous plants
- landscapes (environments)
- mammals
- motifs
- natural landscapes
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plant-derived motifs
- plants
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants