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Star-shaped Tile with cheetah among foliage; Iran, Kashan

Title: Star-shaped Tile with cheetah among foliage
Artist: Iran, Kashan
Physical Description: A tile in the shape of a an 8 pointed star with animal depiction.
Century: 13th century
Object Creation Date: mid 13th century - mid 14th century
Accession Number: 1957/1.73
Medium and Support: molded fritware, blue and turquoise underglaze, overglaze copper lustre painting
relevance: rank 5.05975
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; associated concepts; attributes and properties; attributes and properties by specific type; descriptors; form attributes; geographic and political locations; mammals; materials; materials by origin; middle east (general region); people and culture; plant material; religions; religions and religious concepts; shape

Square tile with stylized tulip design; Artist Unknown, Iran

Title: Square tile with stylized tulip design
Artist: Artist Unknown, Iran
Century: 15th century
Object Creation Date: circa 15th century
Accession Number: 1997/1.259
Medium and Support: fritware with blue and amber glaze ?
relevance: rank 5.05719
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; descriptors; materials; materials by form; materials by physical form; people and culture; religions; religions and religious concepts

Tile; Turkey

Title: Tile
Artist: Turkey
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: 16th century
Accession Number: 1972/2.136
Medium and Support: earthenware with glaze
relevance: rank 5.05719
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; descriptors; materials; materials by form; materials by physical form; people and culture; religions; religions and religious concepts

Square tile with stylized tulip design; Artist Unknown, Iran

Title: Square tile with stylized tulip design
Artist: Artist Unknown, Iran
Century: 15th century
Object Creation Date: circa 15th century
Accession Number: 1997/1.260
Medium and Support: fritware with blue and amber glaze ?
relevance: rank 5.05719
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; descriptors; materials; materials by form; materials by physical form; people and culture; religions; religions and religious concepts

Bodhisattva Mañjusri (J. Monju Bosatsu), seated on a lion; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Bodhisattva Mañjusri (J. Monju Bosatsu), seated on a lion
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: 15th century
Object Creation Date: 15th century
Accession Number: 1954/1.207
Medium and Support: hanging scroll, ink, color and gold on silk
relevance: rank 5.03134
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; associated concepts; buddhist doctrinal concepts; conditions and effects; descriptors; design elements; doctrinal concepts; mammals; motifs; people and culture; plant-derived motifs; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts

Thangka; Tibet

Title: Thangka
Artist: Tibet
Accession Number: 1995/1.53
Medium and Support: cotton with opaque watercolor
relevance: rank 5.02936
Secondary Keywords: asian; associated concepts; people and culture; religions; religions and religious concepts; south asian; styles and periods; styles and periods by region

Tibetan Buddhist deity; Nepal

Title: Tibetan Buddhist deity
Artist: Nepal
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: late 20th century
Accession Number: 2004/2.138
Medium and Support: thangka (hanging scroll), ink, opaque mineral pigments, and gold on silk
relevance: rank 5.02936
Secondary Keywords: asian; associated concepts; people and culture; religions; religions and religious concepts; south asian; styles and periods; styles and periods by region

Thangka; Tibet

Title: Thangka
Artist: Tibet
Accession Number: 1995/1.54
Medium and Support: cotton with opaque watercolor
relevance: rank 5.02936
Secondary Keywords: asian; associated concepts; people and culture; religions; religions and religious concepts; south asian; styles and periods; styles and periods by region

Durga; Artist Unknown, India, South India

Title: Durga
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, South India
Century: 20th-century
Object Creation Date: circa 19th century - 20th century
Accession Number: 1975/2.107
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 5.01703
Secondary Keywords: allegory and literature; associated concepts; mythology; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; religion; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts

Durga; Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu

Title: Durga
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu
Century: 20th-century
Object Creation Date: 19th century - 20th century
Accession Number: 1975/2.106
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 5.01703
Secondary Keywords: allegory and literature; associated concepts; mythology; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; religion; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts

Snuff bottle with relief images of luohan (Buddhist sages/arhats); Artist Unknown, China

Title: Snuff bottle with relief images of luohan (Buddhist sages/arhats)
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1800-1880
Accession Number: 1980/2.129
Medium and Support: porcelain, molded, with overglaze enamel painting
relevance: rank 5.01446
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; containers; containers by function or context; containers for personal use; containers for smoking and tobacco use; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by activity; religions; religions and religious concepts

Tantric icon in portable case; Nepal

Title: Tantric icon in portable case
Artist: Nepal
Century: 19th century?
Object Creation Date: 19th century (?)
Accession Number: 1983/1.110A&B
Medium and Support: copper and wood
relevance: rank 5.01446
Secondary Keywords: asian; associated concepts; containers; containers by form; icons; objects we use; people and culture; religions; religions and religious concepts; south asian; styles and periods; styles and periods by region

Buddha Asyura (Ashura, Kôfukuji, Nara); Saitô Kiyoshi

Title: Buddha Asyura (Ashura, Kôfukuji, Nara)
Artist: Saitô Kiyoshi
Artist Life Dates: (active 1907 - 1997)
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1959
Accession Number: 1986/2.65
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
relevance: rank 5.00589
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by activity; religions; religions and religious concepts

Faceted bottle; Iran?

Title: Faceted bottle
Artist: Iran?
Century: 12th - 13th century
Object Creation Date: 12th century - 13th century
Accession Number: 1961/1.182
Medium and Support: bronze with silver inlay
relevance: rank 4.99068
Secondary Keywords: aegean; aegean periods; associated concepts; containers; containers by form; early western world; greek; mediterranean; objects we use; people and culture; religions; religions and religious concepts; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; vessels

Candlestick with decoration of the Labors of the Months; Artist Unknown, Turkey, Central Anatolia

Title: Candlestick with decoration of the Labors of the Months
Artist: Artist Unknown, Turkey, Central Anatolia
Century: 13th century
Object Creation Date: mid 13th century - late 13th century
Accession Number: 1965/1.182
Medium and Support: cast and incised bronze, inlaid with silver and gold
relevance: rank 4.97694
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; candles and candleholders; furnishings; furnishings by form or function; lighting devices; lighting devices by form; objects we use; people and culture; religions; religions and religious concepts

Candlestick with scenes of paired figures drinking; Artist Unknown, Turkey, Central Anatolia

Title: Candlestick with scenes of paired figures drinking
Artist: Artist Unknown, Turkey, Central Anatolia
Century: 13th century
Object Creation Date: mid 13th century - late 13th century
Accession Number: 1965/1.183
Medium and Support: cast and incised bronze, inlaid with silver and gold
relevance: rank 4.97694
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; candles and candleholders; furnishings; furnishings by form or function; lighting devices; lighting devices by form; objects we use; people and culture; religions; religions and religious concepts

Ambika; Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat

Title: Ambika
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat
Physical Description: Ambika sits above her stylized lion mount with a long body and with its tail curled to add support to the seated figure above. She sits with one leg pendant. She has four arms, the back two hold stylized mango clusters and her front right hand holds a large mango. Her left-hand cups a child seated on her left knee. Another child stands on the base to her right. The backing takes on a throne-like form, but she appears to float in front of it, the square-ish base is pierced and the arch of the back is surmounted by an auspicious pot form with leaves creating a volute shape to either side. The sculpture is solid brass, but the eyes and an ornament in her headdress are inlayed with silver.
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 17th century
Accession Number: 1975/2.114
Medium and Support: brass with silver inlay
relevance: rank 4.94747
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by age group; people by state or condition; religion; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts; youth

Calligraphy of a Zen epigram: Yesterday I was in my rustic home, today I am not there; tomorrow I will be elsewhere. [signature]; Hamada Shôji

Title: Calligraphy of a Zen epigram: Yesterday I was in my rustic home, today I am not there; tomorrow I will be elsewhere. [signature]
Artist: Hamada Shôji
Physical Description: Calligraphy of a Zen epigram with signature: Yesterday I was in my rustic home, today I am not there; tomorrow I will be elsewhere.
Artist Life Dates: (Tokyo, 1894 - 1978, Mashiko)
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1967
Accession Number: 1980/2.220
Medium and Support: ink on paper
relevance: rank 4.93777
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; buddhism; chinese buddhism; descriptors; image-making processes and techniques; people and culture; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by specific type; religions; religions and religious concepts; writing (processes)

Plate with vegetal design; Artist Unknown, Iran

Title: Plate with vegetal design
Artist: Artist Unknown, Iran
Physical Description: A plate inspired by Chinese motifs.
Century: 17th-18th century
Object Creation Date: 17th century - 18th century
Accession Number: 1957/1.95
Medium and Support: earthenware with blue underglaze painting
relevance: rank 4.93755
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; containers; containers by function or context; containers for serving and consuming food; culinary containers; dishes; geographic and political locations; middle east (general region); objects we use; people and culture; religions; religions and religious concepts; vessels for serving and consuming food

Dancing Krishna holding butter-balls; Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu

Title: Dancing Krishna holding butter-balls
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu
Physical Description: small bronze figurine made by lost wax process. The child Krishna dances on one leg with his right one raised. He hold balls of butter in his hands, one outstretched to this side and the right one extended forward as if offering it to the viewer. He stands on a round lotus base placed on a square slab. He is naked, but is decorated with a vast assortment of jewelry. Necklaces that cross his chest and drop to his waist, decorated belts, shoulder pieces, rings, bracelets and earrings and elaborate decorations on his head fanning out from his ears and decorating his hair which is arranged in a flat chignon on the top of his head.
Century: 17th-18th century
Object Creation Date: 17th century - 18th century
Accession Number: 1976/2.42
Medium and Support: copper alloy with gilt
relevance: rank 4.93372
Secondary Keywords: arts; arts and related disciplines; associated concepts; disciplines; hindu; humanities; named gods and goddesses; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by age group; people by state or condition; performing arts; religion; religions; religions and religious concepts; subject matter; vishnu; youth

Prayer scroll fragment, from a prayer wheel; Artist Unknown, Tibet

Title: Prayer scroll fragment, from a prayer wheel
Artist: Artist Unknown, Tibet
Physical Description: A fragment of a horizontal scroll, which would originally have been rolled up and tucked inside a Tibetan prayer wheel, with the text of a prayer printed in red and black ink.
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 1987/1.195.13
Medium and Support: red and black ink on very thin paper
relevance: rank 4.92785
Secondary Keywords: asian; associated concepts; components; components and systems; components by specific context; information form components; layout features; people and culture; religions; religions and religious concepts; south asian; styles and periods; styles and periods by region

Crown for Vairocana Buddha (J. Dainichi Nyorai); Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Crown for Vairocana Buddha (J. Dainichi Nyorai)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 17th century
Accession Number: 2003/2.59.2
Medium and Support: openwork metal and semi-precious stones
relevance: rank 4.92785
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; components; components and systems; components by specific context; costume components; objects we use; people and culture; religions; religions and religious concepts; sculpture; sculpture by subject type; visual works; visual works by medium or technique

Plate Inscribed with Flying Figure of Hanuman Holding a Flag, Mace and Spear; Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan

Title: Plate Inscribed with Flying Figure of Hanuman Holding a Flag, Mace and Spear
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan
Physical Description: Hanuman is depicted with a human body and a monkey head. The image is incised on the plate and his body is entirely textured with characters in the devanagari script. Often merely the letter ‘r’ designating the god Rama with whom he is associated. He is in a striding posture and there are a number of sections of text scattered around the image. At his feet is a human figure walking in the opposite direction. He holds a double flag consisting of two triangular shapes facing him in his left hand along with a thin club. One appears to emanating from his mouth? His right hand is lifted with an arrow above it and his tail curves behind him. There is also a small altar depicting the two feet of Rama in the area between his outstretched leg and the end of a scarf wrapped around his body.
Century: 18th-19th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century - 19th century
Accession Number: 1978/2.89
Medium and Support: copper
relevance: rank 4.92268
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; associated concepts; clubs (weapons); mammals; named gods and goddesses; objects; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; percussive weapons; religion; religions; religions and religious concepts; spears; subject matter; weaponry; weapons; weapons and ammunition

St. Felix of Valois; Gaspar Miguel de Berrío

Title: St. Felix of Valois
Artist: Gaspar Miguel de Berrío
Physical Description: A bearded man with a halo and wearing ecclesiastical vestments appears rapt in ecstasy in the upper third of this painting. He stands on a cloud beneath an elaborate baldachin with his eyes turned upward. A stag with a cross between its antlers lies at his feet on the figure's right while a putto sits at his left. Two more putti hover to the left and right of the man, holding a red curtain behind him. This scene is surrounded on three sides by dense painted decoration composed primarily of vegetal motifs, which is complemented by the exuberant scrolling foliage and fish scale patterns of the gilded frame. A cartouche bearing a Latin inscription identifying the standing figure is located near the bottom of the painted surface.
Artist Life Dates: 1706 - after 1761
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1735
Accession Number: 2002/1.157
Medium and Support: oil on panel
relevance: rank 4.91136
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; associated concepts; descriptors; design elements; edging and surfacing patterns; figure- and animal-derived motifs; geographic and political locations; imbrication; mammals; motifs; patterns (design elements); patterns by specific type; people and culture; religions; religions and religious concepts; scrollwork; south america (continent)

Buddhist Nara; Saitô Kiyoshi

Title: Buddhist Nara
Artist: Saitô Kiyoshi
Artist Life Dates: (active 1907 - 1997)
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1955
Accession Number: 1959/2.17
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
relevance: rank 4.90494
Secondary Keywords: visual arts; artistic concepts; associated concepts; concepts in the arts; forms of expression; objects we use; people and culture; religions; religions and religious concepts; visual works; visual works by medium or technique

Forced March to the Front between Lonie and Mitulen, Poland; André Kertész

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Title: Forced March to the Front between Lonie and Mitulen, Poland
Artist: André Kertész
Physical Description: A long row of male soldiers march down a Hungarian landscape. They are dressed in uniform and carrying artilery. They are boardered by a field of vegetation and an arid mountain range.
Artist Life Dates: 1894-1985
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: July 19, 1915; printed 1981
Accession Number: 1985/1.125.9
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
relevance: rank 4.89850
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; descriptors; design elements; firearms; objects we use; ornament areas; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by occupation; people in military occupations; projectile weapons; projectile weapons with explosive propellant; religions; religions and religious concepts; weapons; weapons and ammunition

Sunset, Esztergom, from "Hungarian Memories"; André Kertész

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Title: Sunset, Esztergom, from "Hungarian Memories"
Artist: André Kertész
Physical Description: The sun sets in the horizon, in the forefront of the photo is a large body of water with three people floating across in a boat. The person in the middle has been photographed in mid-stroke. The figures are cast in the shadow of the setting sun.
Artist Life Dates: 1894-1985
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: May 15, 1917; printed 1981
Accession Number: 1985/1.125.4
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
relevance: rank 4.89664
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; descriptors; earth sciences concepts; inorganic material; materials; materials by composition; objects we use; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; religions; religions and religious concepts; scientific concepts; transportation vehicles; vehicles; watercraft; watercraft by general type

Head of Shiva; India, Central India

Title: Head of Shiva
Artist: India, Central India
Century: 10th-11th century
Object Creation Date: 10th century - 11th century
Accession Number: 1998/1.182
Medium and Support: sandstone
relevance: rank 4.89370
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; religions; religions and religious concepts; the human body; upper body

Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina venerated by a community of laymen; Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School

Title: Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina venerated by a community of laymen
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School
Physical Description: Eight worshippers sit to the right of a sky-clad (nude) Jina and monk. They each raise beads in their hands. Below them a struggle is depicted. Two men in shorts wrestle, while a snake, tiger, and elephant rera up beside a fire.
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 1975/2.169
Medium and Support: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance: rank 4.89076
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; associated concepts; events; mammals; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by activity; people by occupation; people by state or condition; people in religion; people in religion and related occupations; people in the humanities; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious (people); reptiles

Calligraphy of a Zen epigram; Hamada Shôji

Title: Calligraphy of a Zen epigram
Artist: Hamada Shôji
Physical Description: Calligraphic text of Zen epigram, signature to bottom right.
Artist Life Dates: (Tokyo, 1894 - 1978, Mashiko)
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1967
Accession Number: 1980/2.219
Medium and Support: ink on paper
relevance: rank 4.88754
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; buddhism; chinese buddhism; descriptors; genres; image-making processes and techniques; japanese buddhism; people and culture; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by specific type; religions; religions and religious concepts; writing (processes)

Uma, seated in lalitasana pose; Artist Unknown, India

Title: Uma, seated in lalitasana pose
Artist: Artist Unknown, India
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: 16th century
Accession Number: 1964/2.90
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 4.88500
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; figures; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by state or condition; religion; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts

Four-armed tantric goddess; Artist Unknown, India

Title: Four-armed tantric goddess
Artist: Artist Unknown, India
Century: 16th-18th century
Object Creation Date: 16th century - 18th century
Accession Number: 1979/2.40
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 4.88500
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; figures; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by state or condition; religion; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts

Durga copper plate with mystic design; Artist Unknown, India, Kulu, Himachal Pradesh

Title: Durga copper plate with mystic design
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Kulu, Himachal Pradesh
Physical Description: A ten-armed figure sits with her legs tucked under her on a tiger with a long uplifted tail. The figure is incised onto the copper plate with a chisel. One set of arms are crossed across her chest, while all but six hands hold weapons. A crossed spear and trident form an X behind the figure. She has wide bracelets at each of her wrists and wears elaborate circular earrings and nose ring with a three partite crown. Two lines in devanagari script are above the figure.
Century: 19th-20th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century - 20th century
Accession Number: 1975/2.145
Medium and Support: copper
relevance: rank 4.88020
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; associated concepts; edged weapons; mammals; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by gender; religion; religions; religions and religious concepts; spears (weapons); spears by form; staff weapons; weapons; weapons and ammunition

Shallow plate with floral rim design on broad rim; Artist Unknown, Iran

Title: Shallow plate with floral rim design on broad rim
Artist: Artist Unknown, Iran
Century: 18th-19th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century - 19th century
Accession Number: 1957/1.88
Medium and Support: earthenware with glaze
relevance: rank 4.86621
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; containers; containers by function or context; containers for serving and consuming food; culinary containers; dishes; objects we use; people and culture; religions; religions and religious concepts; vessels for serving and consuming food

Plate; Artist Unknown, Iran

Title: Plate
Artist: Artist Unknown, Iran
Century: 18th-19th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century - 19th century
Accession Number: 1957/1.91
Medium and Support: earthenware with glaze
relevance: rank 4.86621
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; containers; containers by function or context; containers for serving and consuming food; culinary containers; dishes; objects we use; people and culture; religions; religions and religious concepts; vessels for serving and consuming food

Deity with tripart crown (small folk bronze); Artist Unknown, India

Title: Deity with tripart crown (small folk bronze)
Artist: Artist Unknown, India
Object Creation Date: n.d.
Accession Number: 1979/2.65
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 4.86621
Secondary Keywords: art genres; artistic concepts; associated concepts; concepts in the arts; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by gender; physical activities; physical activities by general context; religions; religions and religious concepts

Plate with deep red-brown glaze spashed with yellow (cracked); Artist Unknown, Iran

Title: Plate with deep red-brown glaze spashed with yellow (cracked)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Iran
Century: 17th-19th century
Object Creation Date: 17th century - 19th century
Accession Number: 1957/1.98
Medium and Support: earthenware with brown glaze splashed with yellow
relevance: rank 4.86621
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; containers; containers by function or context; containers for serving and consuming food; culinary containers; dishes; objects we use; people and culture; religions; religions and religious concepts; vessels for serving and consuming food

Garuda on a pedestal (small folk bronze); Artist Unknown, India

Title: Garuda on a pedestal (small folk bronze)
Artist: Artist Unknown, India
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 17th century
Accession Number: 1976/2.39
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 4.84194
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; architectural elements; associated concepts; components; components and systems; components by specific context; masts; people and culture; religions; religions and religious concepts; structural elements; structural elements and structural element components; supporting and resisting elements

Sanctification cross with scenes from the life of Christ and the Virgin Mary and the Evangelists; Artist Unknown, Greece

Title: Sanctification cross with scenes from the life of Christ and the Virgin Mary and the Evangelists
Artist: Artist Unknown, Greece
Physical Description: This small carved boxwood cross is divided on each face into five compartments containing Christian religious scenes. The cross is set in a stand decorated with mother-of-pearl and green glass-paste stones.
Century: 17th-18th century
Object Creation Date: 1650-1800
Accession Number: 1961/1.177
Medium and Support: boxwood with pearls and glass-paste stones
relevance: rank 4.84194
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; ceremonies; descriptors; doctrinal concepts; europe (continent); events; executions; geographic and political locations; object genres; object genres by form; people and culture; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious ceremonies; religious concepts

Head of an unidentified male figure, possibly a donor figure or a devotee in a Buddhist sculpture group; Gandhara (ancient Pakistan and Afghanistan)

Title: Head of an unidentified male figure, possibly a donor figure or a devotee in a Buddhist sculpture group
Artist: Gandhara (ancient Pakistan and Afghanistan)
Physical Description: This head of a male figure with curly hair and a mustache would once have been part of a large stucco sculpture group. Part of the stucco has flaked away from the right-hand side of the face.
Century: 5th century
Object Creation Date: circa 5th century
Accession Number: 1948/1.102
Medium and Support: stucco
relevance: rank 4.84189
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by activity; people by gender; religions; religions and religious concepts; the human body; upper body

Padmasambhava in Yabyum (Divine Union); Tibet

Title: Padmasambhava in Yabyum (Divine Union)
Artist: Tibet
Physical Description: A woodblock print on paper; the block was quite worn when the print was made, resulting in an impression of poor quality.
Century: 20th century?
Object Creation Date: 20th century (?)
Accession Number: 1973/1.808B
Medium and Support: woodcut on paper
relevance: rank 4.83009
Secondary Keywords: asian; associated concepts; people and culture; physical activities; physical activities by general context; religions; religions and religious concepts; south asian; styles and periods; styles and periods by region

Monk (attendant figure at a Buddhist altar); Artist Unknown, Thailand

Title: Monk (attendant figure at a Buddhist altar)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Thailand
Century: Late 19th-Early 20th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century - early 20th century
Accession Number: 1978/2.48
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 4.82484
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; figures; people and culture; people and occupations; religion; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious figures

Uma-Maheshvara, a seated Shiva and Parvati (Uma); Artist Unknown, India, Bengal

Title: Uma-Maheshvara, a seated Shiva and Parvati (Uma)
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Bengal
Physical Description: Shiva sits with his consort on a double lotus pedestal. He has six arms, his right three are in varada mudra [a giving gesture], holds a rosary and an arrow. His left arms cup his consorts left breast and hold a lotus flower and a bow. He sits in royal ease, with one leg pendant. He wears bracelets, armlets, necklaces, earrings, and a sacred thread that stretches form his left shoulder down past his waist. On his head he wears an elaborate jatamukuta, a crown interlaced with his matted locks. Parvati sits upon his knee with one leg tucked under her and the other pendant. She is also adorned with jewelry, but wears a more modest diadem at the front of her head.
Century: 12th century
Object Creation Date: 12th century
Accession Number: 1964/2.85
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 4.82461
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; descriptors; figures; hindu; metal; named gods and goddesses; object genres; object genres by material; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by state or condition; religion; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts; subject matter

Bodhisattva Mañjusri (J. Monju Bosatsu) seated on a lion; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Bodhisattva Mañjusri (J. Monju Bosatsu) seated on a lion
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: 18th century?
Object Creation Date: 18th century (?)
Accession Number: 1986/2.49
Medium and Support: ema, ink and color on wood panel
relevance: rank 4.81872
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; associated concepts; buddhist doctrinal concepts; descriptors; design elements; doctrinal concepts; edged weapons; mammals; motifs; objects we use; people and culture; plant-derived motifs; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts; weapons; weapons and ammunition

Samvara (?) and Sakti; Nepal

Title: Samvara (?) and Sakti
Artist: Nepal
Century: 16th – 18th century
Object Creation Date: 16th century
Accession Number: 1976/2.76
Medium and Support: gilded copper or bronze
relevance: rank 4.81212
Secondary Keywords: asian; associated concepts; figures; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by state or condition; religions; religions and religious concepts; south asian; styles and periods; styles and periods by region

A Rabbi Studying, from a drawing by Rembrandt; Augustus John

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Title: A Rabbi Studying, from a drawing by Rembrandt
Artist: Augustus John
Physical Description: A bearded man sits stooped over his literature. He is adorned in thick robes and his head wrapped. He sits at a table that is also covered in cloth.
Artist Life Dates: 1878-1961
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1906
Accession Number: 1949/1.70
Medium and Support: etching on paper
relevance: rank 4.81006
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; clergy; descriptors; object genres; object genres by location, context or origin; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by occupation; people in religion; people in religion and related occupations; people in the humanities; religions; religions and religious concepts

Snuff bottle with design of luohan (Buddhist sages, arhats); Artist Unknown, China

Title: Snuff bottle with design of luohan (Buddhist sages, arhats)
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 18th-19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1796-1850
Accession Number: 1980/2.122
Medium and Support: porcelain, molded, with yellow spots
relevance: rank 4.80655
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; containers; containers by function or context; containers for personal use; containers for smoking and tobacco use; descriptors; forming; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by activity; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by specific type; religions; religions and religious concepts

Yakshi and attendant; Artist Unknown, India, North India

Title: Yakshi and attendant
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, North India
Physical Description: This broken fragment depicts a now headless goddess or yakshi standing with a much smaller male attendant. She wears a necklace, bracelets and a girdle consisting of three rows of small round shapes. She stands with her left hand at her waist and the right hand next to the head of her attendant. He wears a turban and large earrings and a belt of a single line of round shapes. They both wear diaphanous lower garments that make them appear nude with both of them with their genitals exposed. The fragment is broken above the male figure’s knees and below the yakshi’s knees.
Century: 2nd century
Object Creation Date: 2nd century
Accession Number: 1980/2.285
Medium and Support: terracotta
relevance: rank 4.80036
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; jewelry; objects; objects of adornment; objects we use; people and culture; people and occupations; religions; religions and religious concepts; sculpture; sculpture by material; standing; visual works; visual works by medium or technique

Bowl with painted petal design on exterior; Artist Unknown, Iran

Title: Bowl with painted petal design on exterior
Artist: Artist Unknown, Iran
Physical Description: A deep bowl with wide-mouth and small base.
Century: 14th century
Object Creation Date: 14th century
Accession Number: 1957/1.74
Medium and Support: earthenware with glaze
relevance: rank 4.80029
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; containers; containers by form; descriptors; design elements; geographic and political locations; middle east (general region); object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; patterns (design elements); patterns by specific type; people and culture; religions; religions and religious concepts; vessels

Uma, torso (Khmer-Bayon style); Artist Unknown, Cambodia (Khmer)

Title: Uma, torso (Khmer-Bayon style)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Cambodia (Khmer)
Century: 12th-13th century
Object Creation Date: 12th century - 13th century
Accession Number: 1993/2.49
Medium and Support: sandstone
relevance: rank 4.79711
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; descriptors; object genres; object genres by form; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; religions; religions and religious concepts; the human body

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