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Title: Crucifixion
Artist: Oskar Kokoschka
Physical Description: A traditional crucifixion scene, with Christ on the cross, and Mary and John at his feet gazing upward. The background is a series of watercolor washes, and parts of the figures, particularly most of the sitting figure of John, is "inked" in over the background washes. A goblet (the cup of Christ) is inked in at the foot of the cross. Signed by the artist, b.r., followed by "VI - 58."
Artist Life Dates: 1886 - 1980
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1958
Accession Number: 2007/2.90
Medium and Support: watercolor on paper
relevance: rank 13.40600
Secondary Keywords: allegory and literature; bible; containers; containers by function or context; containers for serving and consuming food; culinary containers; cups; cups by function; descriptors; drinking vessels; holy figures and saints; new testament; object genres; object genres by form; objects we use; religion; subject matter; themes (religious); vessels for serving and consuming food

Title: Blue-and-white tea cup with abstract floral design (1 of 5)
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 15th–16th century
Object Creation Date: 15th century - 16th century
Accession Number: 1954/1.520
Medium and Support: porcellaneous stoneware with blue and white glaze
relevance: rank 12.87911
Secondary Keywords: containers; containers by function or context; containers for serving and consuming food; culinary containers; cups; cups by function; descriptors; drinking vessels; object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; vessels for serving and consuming food

Title: Lobed Lotus-Shaped Cup and Stand with incised floral patterns
Artist: Artist Unknown, Korea
Physical Description: Stoneware lotus-shaped cup and stand with celadon glaze. The cup is shaped in the style of a ten-lobed lotus blossom. On each lobe lies lightly incised chrysanthemum decoration. The cup rests on a pedestal in the design of an inverted lotus flower, which rises from the dish-like base of the stand, mounted on a fluted foot.
Century: 12th century
Object Creation Date: 12th century
Accession Number: 2004/1.235A&B
Medium and Support: stoneware with incised decoration under celadon glaze
relevance: rank 12.24203
Secondary Keywords: ceramics; containers; containers by function or context; containers for serving and consuming food; culinary containers; cups; cups by function; descriptors; design elements; drinking vessels; forming; motifs; object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; plant-derived motifs; pottery (object genre); processes and techniques; processes and techniques by specific type; surface marking processes and techniques; vessels for serving and consuming food

Title: Figures from Chinese History: Liu Kuan
Artist: Huang Shen
Artist Life Dates: 1687-1766
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 1687-1766
Accession Number: 1983/2.155
Medium and Support: album leaf, ink and color on paper
relevance: rank 11.50713
Secondary Keywords: containers; containers by function or context; containers for serving and consuming food; costume; costume by form; culinary containers; cups; cups by function; descriptors; disciplines; drinking vessels; history and related disciplines; image-making processes and techniques; main garments; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by gender; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by specific type; social sciences; vessels for serving and consuming food; visual works; visual works by subject type; writing (processes)

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Title: Interieur
Artist: Edouard Vuillard
Physical Description: Paper size: lh 22 3/5cm & rh 22 2/5cm x w 13 2/5cm.
Artist Life Dates: 1868-1940
Accession Number: 2008/2.418
Medium and Support: lithograph on beige wove paper
relevance: rank 11.06535
Secondary Keywords: transfer method; building divisions; components; components and systems; components by specific context; containers; containers by function or context; containers for serving and consuming food; culinary containers; cups; cups by function; drinking vessels; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by gender; planographic prints; prints; prints by process; prints by process or technique; rooms and spaces; rooms and spaces by location or context; vessels for serving and consuming food; visual works; visual works by medium or technique

Title: Cup with incised fret pattern at rim and peony sprays on the side
Artist: Artist Unknown, Korea
Physical Description: Rounded tea bowl with celadon glaze. A lightly incised peony design is spaced along the widest stretch of the cup, and below the rim is an incised fret pattern.
Century: early 12th century
Object Creation Date: early 12th century
Accession Number: 2004/1.226
Medium and Support: stoneware with incised decoration under celadon glaze
relevance: rank 10.61762
Secondary Keywords: buildings and the land; containers; containers by function or context; containers for serving and consuming food; culinary containers; cups; cups by function; descriptors; design elements; drinking vessels; geometric patterns; landscapes (environments); natural landscapes; object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; patterns (design elements); patterns by specific type; plants; pottery (object genre); processes and techniques; processes and techniques by specific type; settlements and landscapes; shrubs; surface marking processes and techniques; vegetation and vegetation components; vegetation components; vessels for serving and consuming food; woody plants

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