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Title

Pine and Bamboo

Artist

Qi Baishi (Ch'i Pai-shih)

Physical Description

The painting depicts bamboo plants and pine trees, with a calligraphic inscription on the right bottom.

Artist Life Dates

(1864 - 1957)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1930

Accession Number

1949/1.191

Medium and Support

ink on paper

relevance

rank 9.51626

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

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evergreens

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Title

Tile fragment with inscription, Molded calligraphy in depressed band in the tile, glazed in bluish-turquoise, slight incrustation and iridescence.

Artist

Artist Unknown, Iran

Century

12th-13th century

Object Creation Date

12th century - 13th century

Accession Number

1972/2.153

Medium and Support

molded fritware with turquoise glaze

relevance

rank 9.48024

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Title

Nuwa Repairing the Columns that Support the Earth

Artist

Ren Yi (Jen I)

Artist Life Dates

1840 - 1896

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1877

Accession Number

2006/2.15

Medium and Support

ink and color on paper

relevance

rank 9.47976

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Title

Andrew Goodman

Artist

Ben Shahn

Physical Description

A portrait of Andrew Goodman. His face is oval-shaped and expression slightly worried. His hair looks swept to the side via a series of long brush strokes. Above his portrait is his name written in orange-brown ink.

Artist Life Dates

1898-1969

Object Creation Date

1965

Accession Number

2011/1.107

Medium and Support

serigraph on paper

relevance

rank 9.42807

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Title

Credo (small)

Artist

Ben Shahn

Physical Description

A bald man with a furrowed brow holds an open book to the viewer. The book's pages open to an illustration of a distressed animal. Writing in blue takes up the lower portion of the print and reads: "I have the right to believe freely. To be a slave to no man's authority. If this is heresy so be it. It is still the truth to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. I cannot...will not...recant. Here I stand. No man can command my conscience."

Artist Life Dates

1898-1969

Object Creation Date

1960

Accession Number

2011/1.98

Medium and Support

serigraph on paper

relevance

rank 9.41408

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Title

Figures from Chinese History: Yan Guang

Artist

Huang Shen

Artist Life Dates

1687-1766

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1687-1766

Accession Number

1983/2.156

Medium and Support

ablum leaf, ink and color on paper

relevance

rank 9.41408

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Title

Peonies and Rock

Artist

Kumashiro Yûhi

Physical Description

Peonies in full bloom grow as if from a rock or tree stump. A calligraphic inscription is on the left side.

Artist Life Dates

(Nagasaki, 1713? - 1772)

Century

third quarter of the 18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1750-1772

Accession Number

1978/2.59

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on paper

relevance

rank 9.40400

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Title

Poem in Running Script

Artist

Murase Taiitsu

Physical Description

This calligraphy is executed in ink on paper. There are a total of three red seals present in the piece, one in the upper right hand corner, and two towards the left center of the piece. The calligraphy is very strong and forceful, with broad, well defined strokes. The work is mounted on golden silk.

Artist Life Dates

(1804 - 1881)

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

1977/1.185

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on paper

relevance

rank 9.38324

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Title

Budapest

Artist

André Kertész

Physical Description

A soldier sits pensively at a desk and writes on a piece of paper. He is dressed in a cap and long-sleeved jacket. On the wall behind him appears to be military gear.

Artist Life Dates

1894-1985

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1920

Accession Number

1971/2.133

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 9.36557

Secondary Keywords

case furniture

costume

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desks

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Title

Thou Shalt Not Stand Idly By

Artist

Ben Shahn

Physical Description

A colored print of a white hand holding onto a brown hand. Above their grasp is both Hebrew block and English lettering that translates/reads: "'Thou Shalt Not Stand Idly By...". The painting illustrates the need for diversity during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's.

Artist Life Dates

1898-1969

Object Creation Date

1965

Accession Number

2011/1.102

Medium and Support

photo-offset reproduction on paper

relevance

rank 9.36299

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arms

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Title

Chrysanthemum and Rock

Artist

Chang Ku-nien, Liu Yantao, Gao Yihong

Physical Description

A cluster of chrysanthemum grow upwards, standing out over a rock below. Next to them, in the upper left corner, is calligraphic text.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1980

Accession Number

2006/1.133

Medium and Support

ink and light color on paper

relevance

rank 9.29493

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

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Title

"The Sound of Rustling Leaves" (Chinese poem, calligraphy)

Artist

Rai San'yô

Physical Description

This is a hanging scroll. It is mounted on olive green fabric and includes a poem in Chinese calligraphic text about nature. Has three red seals: two in the lower left side, one in the upper right corner.

Artist Life Dates

1780-1832

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1811-1832

Accession Number

2002/1.164

Medium and Support

ink on paper

relevance

rank 9.28280

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Taiwan Cross-Island Highway (Section 2)

Artist

Chang Ku-nien

Physical Description

A panoramic view of the highway cutting across the Tarako Gorges, laid out in four connecting hanging scrolls.

Inscription: “sublime and bright--what opens in this enormous curtain (the connected hanging scrolls).”

Artist Life Dates

(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1967

Accession Number

2006/1.104.2

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and color on paper

relevance

rank 9.22650

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Old Man and The Green Mountain (Ch'ing-shan lao-fu)

Artist

Shitao (Shih-t'ao)

Physical Description

An ink painting of a mountainscape with hills and abstract paths. Trees are depicted in darker shades, though most do not hold any detail. The image is in the lower half of the hanging scroll, and the upper half is covered with text. The image is entirely grey-scale.

Artist Life Dates

1642-1707

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1671-1707

Accession Number

1959/2.82

Medium and Support

ink on paper

relevance

rank 9.21834

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Cross-Island Highway Based on Sketches

Artist

Chang Ku-nien

Physical Description

Painted and inscribed on the occasion of Veterans’ Day. The artist depicts a view of the narrow, winding roadway cutting through a magnificent rocky mountain.

In his inscription, Chang claims to use methods of Song masters that were adopted in painting the scene. A small detail on the lower right of the painting represents a couple of tiny figures standing aside the road. One figure is depicted as making life-sketches of the scene.

Artist Life Dates

(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1980

Accession Number

2006/1.111

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on paper

relevance

rank 9.20694

Secondary Keywords

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Title

On a Spring Day

Artist

Kanemoto Shunsho

Physical Description

A stand of trees beside water foregrounds a central mountain that seems to rise lightly to the left. To the right of the mountain is calligraphic text and two orange seals. A small building is tucked to the right behind the stand of trees. Depth of the mountains is indicated with the use of wash.

Artist Life Dates

1726-1793

Object Creation Date

1885

Accession Number

2010/2.29

Medium and Support

sumi ink on paper

relevance

rank 9.05478

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Landscape: Illustrating a poem of the T'ang period by Chang Chi (Zhang Ji )

Artist

Dong Gao (Tung Kao)

Physical Description

Chang Chi's poem lies in the upper right corner, just above a distant castle or other elegant building. In the foreground, mountains and trees arch over a wandering blue river and stretches of wispy clouds.

Artist Life Dates

(1740 - 1818)

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1780

Accession Number

1967/2.9

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and color on silk

relevance

rank 9.03626

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

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Title

Pine and Hibiscus

Artist

Shen Zhou

Physical Description

Horizontally long. Ink on paper. Mostly calligraphy with a foliage imagery at the beginning.

Artist Life Dates

1427-1509

Century

15th century

Object Creation Date

1489

Accession Number

1961/1.173

Medium and Support

handscroll, ink and color on paper

relevance

rank 8.96808

Secondary Keywords

animals

asian

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Title

We Shall Overcome

Artist

Ben Shahn

Physical Description

Black line representation of a human head and face, facing the viewer. The head is oval-shaped with vertical parallel lines. The short hair of the person is represented by thick dots and fine curved lines. The nose is formed by straight, vertical lines. Eyebrows are drawn with thick, black lines. "We shall Overcome" is printed in a brown-orange ink across the top of the sheet.

Artist Life Dates

Lithuania, 1898-1969

Object Creation Date

1965

Accession Number

2011/1.104

Medium and Support

offset photolithograph on paper

relevance

rank 8.90818

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Title

Pair of Mandarin Ducks (Fan)

Artist

Wang Mengbai

Physical Description

Chinese ink painting on a fan with drawings on the front and a poem on the back.

Artist Life Dates

1888-1934

Object Creation Date

circa 1920

Accession Number

2011/2.189

Medium and Support

ink and color on on paper

relevance

rank 8.90057

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Title

"Snow": calligraphy scroll

Artist

Muan Xingtao (aka (J. Ôbaku Mokuan))

Physical Description

The large character for snow in block script is juxtaposed with lines of smaller characters in running script. The large character is drawn with unhurried, thick, even strokes in dense, unbroken black ink with blunt contours, while the smaller characters are brushed rapidly, with strokes of varying thickness, a pronounced diagonal tilt, and sharp edges.

Artist Life Dates

1611-1684

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1655-1675

Accession Number

1986/1.205

Medium and Support

ink on paper

relevance

rank 8.88560

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

chinese buddhism

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Title

Dipak Raga from Ragamala series

Artist

India, Rajasthan, Bundi-Kotah School

Physical Description

Two lovers sit in an elaborate, symmetrical marble palace, decorated with inlaid stone and a domed roof. Inside, a highly individualized prince sits near his lover and caresses her chin. Above the scene is a box containing calligraphic text.

Century

late 18th-early 19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1800

Accession Number

1985/1.134

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

relevance

rank 8.82427

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

descriptors

dwellings

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Title

Blossoming Prunus Branch, after Wang Yüan-chang (Wang Mien)

Artist

Yamamoto Baiitsu

Physical Description

The prunus branch depicted by Baiitsu makes use of the long vertical form provided by the hanging scroll format. The branch enters the visual field from the top right, and curves downward toward the bottom of the scroll. On either side of the branch are sections of calligraphic text.

Artist Life Dates

1783-1856

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1847

Accession Number

1970/2.156

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on paper

relevance

rank 8.82364

Secondary Keywords

biological components

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Title

Lotus Blossom

Artist

Zhang Daqian (Chang Ta-ch'ien)

Physical Description

Blue, gray and black ink washes are used to depict lotus blossoms rising out of and partially hidden by plants and muddy waters. A poem is written above, alluding to the lotus blossoms below.

Artist Life Dates

(Neijiang, Szechuan, 1899 - 1983)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1965-1975

Accession Number

1991/1.67

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and color on paper

relevance

rank 8.81862

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Oriya manuscript (unidentified), folio: A Courtier Visits an Ascetic. (Images and text on both sides; pair with 1985/2.144)

Artist

India, Orissa

Physical Description

In this scene, a young prince, seen at right in his bejeweled splendor, offers reverence to an ascetic. The sage, nearly naked and with matted hair, sits on an animal skin. His right hand is in the gesture of exposition, suggesting that he is preaching to his courtly audience.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

1997/2.40

Medium and Support

charcoal dust and washes of color on incised palm leaf

relevance

rank 8.80107

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Title

Calligraphy

Artist

Chang Ku-nien

Physical Description

The inscription is a famous discussion on the vulgarity and the elegance in painting by Qing Dynasty painter Zou Yigui (or Zou Xiaoshan).

Artist Life Dates

1906 - 1987

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1970

Accession Number

2006/1.128

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on gold-flecked paper

relevance

rank 8.78424

Secondary Keywords

coating (material)

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Title

Thirty-six Immortal Poets: Taira no Kanemori

Artist

Madenokôji Fujifusa

Physical Description

A male figure is sitting sideways, his face looking toward the front right. He wears a long black cap, a red under-kimono, a grayish-color jacket with geometric patterns, and right gray color pantaloons. He holds a fan, which is peeking from the right sleeve. The painting is accompanied by calligraphy on the right side of the figure. The painting is mounted on gold brocade with strips of purple and gold brocade on top and bottom of the painting.

Artist Life Dates

1295-1380

Century

15th century

Object Creation Date

15th century

Accession Number

1962/1.103

Medium and Support

Handscroll section mounted as a hanging scroll: ink and color on paper

relevance

rank 8.78424

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Title

Calligraphy

Artist

Bingwu He

Physical Description

Four kanji are written across the top of three lines, in a large size. The bottom two lines are roughly one-eighth the size of the top characters and stretch across the same width. Ink is black, ground is white paper. Calligraphy dedicated to the Universtiy of Michigan Museum of Art.

Artist Life Dates

born 1962

Century

21st century

Object Creation Date

2010

Accession Number

2010/1.312

Medium and Support

ink on paper

relevance

rank 8.77586

Secondary Keywords

layout features

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Title

Suiten kyo (Sutra of Varuna, Deity of the Waters)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

This is a long horizontal scroll with several calligraphic inscriptions on the right portion of the paper. On the left are 3 figural scenes. The one closest to the writing shows a male figure wearing a large headdress seated in the lotus position within a circle. Next there is a figure with four arms who stands on the back of a dragon. Two people stand on either side- one a short blue-skinned man who holds a bowl and the other a smaller figure who holds a brush and paper. The third scene shows a male figure, seated in the lotus position, who holds a sword, a wheel, a brush and paper in his four hands.

Century

14th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1300-1335

Accession Number

1964/2.104

Medium and Support

handscroll, ink and color on paper

relevance

rank 8.77162

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

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Title

Boating on a River in Autumn

Artist

Chen Huan (Ch'en Huan)

Physical Description

A lone boatman appears from behing the rocks, looking forward. Above him and slightl foregrounded arches a tree, and behind him lay a series of trees and rocks. Black dots are used to accent the rocks, and repeating patterns indicate leaves on trees. Red seals are in the lower left and lower right corners, and a third is at the end of the block of calligraphic text at top right.

Artist Life Dates

early 17th century

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1596

Accession Number

1976/1.224

Medium and Support

album leaf matted to frame, ink on gold paper

relevance

rank 8.72206

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Title

New Hope

Artist

Sister Mary Corita

Physical Description

Colorful forms and words arranged on a white background. Block letters display words in a mixed-up format, some upside down, some on their sides. On left side there is a section with smaller writing in yellowish ink.

Artist Life Dates

1918-1986

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1966

Accession Number

2010/1.205

Medium and Support

serigraph on paper

relevance

rank 8.71518

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Title

Design for a square plate, signed

Artist

Hamada Shôji

Physical Description

Design for a square plate with stylized plant design painted on paper in ink. Signed.

Artist Life Dates

1894 - 1978

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1967

Accession Number

1980/2.221

Medium and Support

ink on paper, unmounted

relevance

rank 8.69701

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Title

Cloudy Mountains and Misty Trees, after Dong Yuan

Artist

Zha Shibiao (Cha Shih-piao)

Physical Description

This vertical composition consists of tall, thin trees in the foreground, with a lone boatman floating beneath and behind them. As the scene stretches upwars, mountains take up a dominant position in the picture, stretching toward the sky. Above them is calligraphic text.

Artist Life Dates

(Haiyang, Anhui, 1615 - 1698)

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

2nd half of 17th century

Accession Number

1975/1.73

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and color on paper

relevance

rank 8.67713

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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

1959/1.158

Medium and Support

red and black ink on paper

relevance

rank 8.64912

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asian

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Title

Views of Ten Tea Houses: Takanawa

Artist

Torii Kiyonaga

Physical Description

In this print, one of a series of ten views of "tea house" districts, Kiyonaga has depicted two women and a child strolling along the shore by the sea wall at Takanawa. A woman at left shields her eyes from the summer sun with her fan, and has her obi tied in front of her. The younger looking companion holding her hand wears a gaily flowered kimono, which has fallen wide open. A child walks with them, gesturing to the side of the print. The front portion of a boat and wall of a town or temple lie behind them.

This is an especially well-preserved print, where even the indigo blue is still visible.

Artist Life Dates

1752 - 1815

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1783

Accession Number

1960/1.143

Medium and Support

Chûban (medium-size) nishiki-e (full-color woodblock print) on paper

relevance

rank 8.60635

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Title

Figures from Chinese History: The Taoist Luo Gongyuan

Artist

Huang Shen

Physical Description

Paper mounted on aqua silk. There are three figures present in the image. The focal point is a cart full of fruit. There is calligraphy on the upper left hand side of the image, complete with two red seals. There is a Christies sticker on the bottom left corner of the mounting.

Artist Life Dates

1687-1766

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1687-1766

Accession Number

1983/2.157

Medium and Support

album leaf, ink and color on paper

relevance

rank 8.53626

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Title

Summer

Artist

Matsubayashi Keigetsu

Physical Description

Image of a green mountain range that snakes from the lower right of the image to the upper right. The lower right of the image is further embellished with several detailed trees. Slightly lower and to the left of center is a small hut with a white figure standing on the porch.

Artist Life Dates

Yamaguchi Pref., 1876-1963

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

Autumn 1922

Accession Number

1961/2.2

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and color on silk

relevance

rank 8.53443

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Title

Taiwan Cross-Island Highway (Section 1)

Artist

Chang Ku-nien

Physical Description

A panoramic view of the highway cutting across the Tarako Gorges, laid out in four connecting hanging scrolls.

Inscription: “sublime and bright--what opens in this enormous curtain (the connected hanging scrolls).”

Artist Life Dates

(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1967

Accession Number

2006/1.104.1

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and color on paper

relevance

rank 8.52571

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Title

Taiwan Cross-Island Highway (Section 3)

Artist

Chang Ku-nien

Physical Description

A panoramic view of the highway cutting across the Tarako Gorges, laid out in four connecting hanging scrolls.

Inscription: “sublime and bright--what opens in this enormous curtain (the connected hanging scrolls).”

Artist Life Dates

(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1967

Accession Number

2006/1.104.3

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and color on paper

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rank 8.52571

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Title

Landscapes and Calligraphy

Artist

Rihua Li

Artist Life Dates

1565-1635

Century

Late 16th-Early 17th century

Object Creation Date

1575-1625

Accession Number

1989/2.113

Medium and Support

album, ink and color on paper

relevance

rank 8.52387

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Title

Kalpasutra manuscript, leaf: The Courtesan Kosha and the King's Charioteer (fol. no. 102v)

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat

Physical Description

Alongside a block of calligraphic text a red rectable sets off an illustrative space. In the bottom right corner of the illustration a woman dances, and on the left a larger figure pulls an arrow taught in a bow.

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

early 15th century

Accession Number

1997/2.39

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

relevance

rank 8.46465

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projectile launchers with nonexplosive propellant

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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 8.46117

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Title

Plate with painted design of a covered jar, 'Fragrant Orchid'

Artist

Tomimoto Kenkichi

Physical Description

Porcelain plate with raised brown rim. The inner circle uses blue underglaze painting to illustrate a jar with a lid that reads in kanji "fragrant orchid"

Artist Life Dates

1886-1963

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1900-1963

Accession Number

1978/1.165

Medium and Support

Porcelain with blue underglaze painting and iron glaze

relevance

rank 8.42842

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Title

Orchids Room

Artist

Unge (Taigan)

Physical Description

Horizontally oriented. Begins with two large characters then a series of folliage imagery proceeded by calligraphy. Ink on paper, hand scroll.

Artist Life Dates

1773-1850

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1823

Accession Number

1968/2.25

Medium and Support

handscroll, ink on paper

relevance

rank 8.40617

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Title

Taiwan Cross-Island Highway (Section 4)

Artist

Chang Ku-nien

Physical Description

A panoramic view of the highway cutting across the Tarako Gorges, laid out in four connecting hanging scrolls.

Inscription: “sublime and bright--what opens in this enormous curtain (the connected hanging scrolls).”

Artist Life Dates

(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1967

Accession Number

2006/1.104.4

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and color on paper

relevance

rank 8.32212

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Title

Red Trees on a Blue Lofty Peak

Artist

Pu Ru (P'u Ju)

Physical Description

A blue and green mountain looms over a lake, taking up the right portion of the picture. Above and to the left is calligraphic text and three red seals. In the lake below is a boat.

Artist Life Dates

1896-1963

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1951

Accession Number

1970/2.5

Medium and Support

ink and color on paper

relevance

rank 8.29841

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Title

Ali Mountain Based on Sketches - 4

Artist

Chang Ku-nien

Physical Description

One of six hanging scrolls in a series depicting the landscape of Ali Mountain, trees and hillside are shown below calligraphic text. The artist uses alternating wet ink washes for the misty clouds and dry flying-brushes for the large pine trees

Artist Life Dates

(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1965

Accession Number

2006/1.139

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on paper

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rank 8.29841

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Title

The Small Cloud Dwelling

Artist

Lu Hui

Physical Description

The piece includes a large title section, landscape image of the garden,

two seals of the artist, and a portion of calligraphic text.

The text reads: "The Small Cloud Dwelling occupies a corner of Mr. Dingfu's Green Surrounded Mountain Villa in Nanxun. His respected wife, Lady Pang, used to meditate and chant sutras there… In the 8th month, fall of 1909, Lu Hui completed this painting …"

Artist Life Dates

1851-1920

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1909

Accession Number

1981/1.308

Medium and Support

Handscroll, ink and color on paper

relevance

rank 8.19175

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Title

Orchids and Rock with Calligraphy

Artist

Ikeno Gyokuran

Physical Description

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

Artist Life Dates

1728-1884

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1750-1784

Accession Number

2006/2.9

Medium and Support

ink on silk

relevance

rank 8.08474

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Title

Peach Blossom Spring

Artist

Qiu Ying (Ch'iu Ying)

Physical Description

In this fan painting mounted as an album leaf, a fishing boat is moored at shore. Water stretches to the right, and above it calligraphic text recounting the story of Peach Blossom Spring. To the left of the boat, are green riverbanks, blossoming peach trees, and a man in a small cave.

Artist Life Dates

c.1495-1552

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1542

Accession Number

1976/1.212

Medium and Support

ink and color on gold paper

relevance

rank 8.07658

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