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Title

Blue-and-white jar with floral and leaf design

Artist

Artist Unknown, Hizen ware, Japan

Physical Description

A medium size, well potted jar with round shoulder and shorter neck. Inside is not totally glazed. On the body, pine, bamboo, and plum trees are finely painted with blue underglaze. Then a translucent glaze is applied, which turns into milky, white color. It has three floral decorations on the shoulder; the decoration is originated in functional elements of “ears” to which ropes were tied for transportation. The neck has a band of double lines and spray design of peony flowers and leaves. The rim of the neck is unglazed. The foot is unglazed; eye is glazed. Some imperfections of glaze are seen toward the bottom. Glaze is scraped off on one part. Many speckles on the surface.

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1615-1643

Accession Number

1964/1.99

Medium and Support

porcelain, blue underglaze painting

relevance

rank 20.08970

Primary Keywords

bamboo

jar, food-storage

peonies

pine (tree)

plumb tree

Title

Shaving bowl with design of long-tail bird and flowers

Artist

Artist Unknown, Imari ware, Japan

Physical Description

A medium size, shallow bowl with a semi-circular cut out on the rim. The bowl has flat surface on the rim and is concaved in the middle like a soup bowl. It has two holes on the opposite side of the cut out and a short foot. There is a blue band around the rim. There are two long-tailed birds in red, pale orange and yellow, perched on a blue pine tree which grows underneath the birds. Behind the pine tree trunk, there is a cherry tree in full blossom, its brunches extends in circle around the rim. The cherry tree and blossoms are in red, pale orange and yellow. More cherry flowers adorn the background of the birds. There are also red peonies on the left side of the pine tree; peony flowers also appear as spray on the four sides of the rim, backed by blue cloud design.

Century

Mid-17th century

Object Creation Date

mid 17th century

Accession Number

2002/2.7

Medium and Support

porcelain, blue underglaze, and enamel overglaze painting

relevance

rank 20.07485

Primary Keywords

birds

bowl (vessel)

cherry tree

peonies

pine tree

Title

Monkey Climbing a Tree (pair with 1986/2.61.1)

Artist

Mori Sosen

Physical Description

A monkey climbs up a tree, grasping at the branches with his hands and feet. The image uses soft colors, and the monkey almost appears to be leaning or falling away from the tree. The top right corner appears gray.

Artist Life Dates

(Nagasaki or Nishinomiya, 1747 - 1821)

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1807-1821

Accession Number

1986/2.61.2

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and color on paper

relevance

rank 19.42438

Primary Keywords

ink

monkey

pine (tree)

tree

Title

Blue-and-white bowl with pine tree designs

Artist

Artist Unknown, Korea

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

mid 18th century

Accession Number

2004/1.289

Medium and Support

porcelain with blue underglaze painting

relevance

rank 17.42537

Primary Keywords

bowl (vessel)

pine (tree)

Title

Black Nagoya-style obi with embroidered pine needle designs in gold- and copper-colored metallic threads

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

Black silk damask with some interwoved black lacquered threads; pine-needle design embroidery in gold- and copper-colored metallic threads

Century

mid-20th century

Object Creation Date

1960s

Accession Number

2005/1.330

Medium and Support

black silk damask with mettalic thread embroidery

relevance

rank 17.23588

Primary Keywords

embroidered

kimono

obi

pine (tree)

Title

Tsuba (sword guard) with inlaid design of samurai on horseback at the shore

Artist

Harunori

Physical Description

This small, flat metal piece has a quartrefoil shape. Three holes in the middle. Some chips can be seen around the center hole, which mended with silver and copper. A samurai on horseback is charging into the sea from steep hill; he is wearing a helmet, armor, and sword, and holding a fan. A pine tree is standing on the samurai’s right side; there are rocks and bamboo grass by the ocean. The motifs of the ocean, pine tree, bamboo grass and rocks also appear on the reverse side. Gold and some silver and copper inlays are applied on pine branches, samurai's helmet, horse's mane and bridle, bamboo grass on the shore, and spray from waves.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

1978/2.2

Medium and Support

iron with gold, silver, and copper inlays

relevance

rank 17.05046

Primary Keywords

bamboo

horse

ocean

pine tree

samurai

Title

Teabowl, white glaze with overglaze copper painting of pine tree (1 of 2)

Artist

Seifû Yohei III

Artist Life Dates

1854-1914

Century

Late 19th-early 20th century

Object Creation Date

1880s-1914

Accession Number

1954/1.494

Medium and Support

porcelain with Hagi-style glaze and copper overglaze painting

relevance

rank 17.05046

Primary Keywords

pine (tree)

porcelain, opaque

tea bowl

Title

White Satin Underkimono with Woven Auspicious Designs

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

Satin damask woven designs of pine, bamboo, and plum (shochikubai) and the takarazukushi

Century

Second half of 20th century

Object Creation Date

2nd half of 20th century

Accession Number

2005/1.399

Medium and Support

satin damask with woven designs

relevance

rank 16.86899

Primary Keywords

kimono

pine (tree)

plumb blossoms

silk

underclothes

Title

Belle Vue

Artist

Ilse Bing

Physical Description

A picnic area shaded by trees overlooking the edge of a mountainside.

Artist Life Dates

American, born Germany, 1899/1900-1998

Object Creation Date

1935

Accession Number

2012/2.41

Medium and Support

vintage gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 16.69134

Primary Keywords

gelatin silver process

mountains

picnic tables

pine tree

Title

Eight Views of Ômi: #2 Night Rain at Karasaki

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

Vertical lines stream downward across the print indicate torrents of rain. The dark color pallette and black strip across the top indicate that the image is set at night. A giant tree on an island looms over the image, surrounded by water. A poem in the upper left corner reads:

"Elsewhere will they talk of the music of the evening breeze

that has made the pine of Karasaki famous; the voice of the

wind is not heard through the sound of the rain in the night."

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1834

Accession Number

1948/1.135

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 16.34703

Primary Keywords

abstraction

landscapes (environments)

pine (tree)

rain and rainfall

ukiyo-e

woodblock prints

Title

Tao Yuanming Appreciating Chrysanthemums

Artist

Ni Tian (Ni T'ien)

Physical Description

Pastoral poet Tao Yuanming (372–427) and a boy-servant bearing chrysanthemums on his back are shown. Two pine trees dominate the composition. Tao Yuanming’s forward gaze and slightly hunched posture exhibit his full inner exhilaration when chrysanthemums were collected. The subtle smile on the poet’s face seems also to reflect a moment of transcendence.

Has signature and seal of the artist

Artist Life Dates

1855 - 1919

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1855-1919

Accession Number

1987/1.275

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and color on paper

relevance

rank 16.18015

Primary Keywords

boy

chrysanthemum

figures

flowers

hanging scrolls

ink

man

pine (tree)

pines

Title

Waiting for a Ferry by a River in Autumn

Artist

Yao Yunzai (Yao Yün-tsai)

Physical Description

Bright green mountains dominate this tranquil autumn landscape. Figures wait beneath trees alongside a riverbank for a ferry in the lower portion of the scroll.

Artist Life Dates

active 16th century

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1641

Accession Number

1974/1.93

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and color on silk

relevance

rank 15.36046

Primary Keywords

autumn

ferry

landscape

mountains

pine (tree)

river

river banks