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- Title
- Leaf from a manuscript of the Qur’an in Maghribi script
- Artist
- African, North Africa
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century (?)
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.195.2
- Medium and Support
- ink with touches or red, ochre, and green on paper
- Artist
- African, North Africa
- Title
- Four seated Buddhas, in dhyana mudra
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Cambodia (Khmer)
- Physical Description
- A molded and incised relief sculpture of four seated Buddhas, on a dais with floral rosette motifs.
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.152
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Artist
- Cambodia (Khmer), Artist Unknown
- Title
- Guardian Lion
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Cambodia (Khmer)
- Physical Description
- A buff sandstone sculpture of a lion, sitting erect with its front legs extended, all on a stone platform. The legs have been fully released from the stone, while surface details such as the curly mane and the tail are carved in low relief. In keeping with its role as a guardian figure, the lion has buldging eyes and its lips are drawn back to reveal sharp teeth.
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 2004/2.12
- Medium and Support
- sandstone
- Artist
- Cambodia (Khmer), Artist Unknown
- Title
- Standing Female Figure, probably a Hindu Goddess
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Cambodia (Khmer)
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.456
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Artist
- Cambodia (Khmer), Artist Unknown
- Title
- Black Ding ware tea bowl
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- shallow bowl of conical shape with wide open profile and small base, covered with black glaze and mottled brown dots all over, and white foot unglazed
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.77
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with buff white body and dark glaze
- Artist
- China, Artist Unknown
- Title
- Covered funerary jar in the shape of a lotus bud, with molded and incised design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 10th - 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 960-1127
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.74A
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with celadon glaze
- Artist
- China, Artist Unknown
- Title
- Bowl, Ch'ing-pai ware
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1991/2.15
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with Qingbai glaze
- Artist
- China, Artist Unknown
- Title
- Dagger-axe (Ko)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- ceremonial jade ge dagger-axe, pointed blade on one end and squared tang for hafting on the other. It was broken and mented in the middle. Traces of cinnabar, red mercury sulfide, remain on the jade surface, indicating it probably came from a Shang elite burial in China. The jade material was probably fire treated to create the bony look.
- Century
- 16th-12th century BCE
- Object Creation Date
- 1600 BCE - 1100 BCE
- Accession Number
- 1960/2.119
- Medium and Support
- heat-treated jade
- Artist
- China, Artist Unknown
- Title
- Qingbai ware bowl
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- conical shaped bowl with slightly everted rim, small ring foot, Qingbai glaze, interior decorated with incised floral design.
- Century
- 11th-early 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 11th century - early 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1973/2.14
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with transparent blue-toned glaze
- Artist
- China, Artist Unknown
- Title
- Fang ding (“square tripod” cooking vessel) with taotie mask and gui dragon design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- square ding (ting) tripod with four legs, the body as well as the upper portion of the four legs is decorated with "t'ao-t'ieh" zoomorphic design. One of the leg was recast after the rest of the body has been completed, thus had a less refined craftmanship and joint line at its base. The double loop handles are also decorated with zoomorphic design. A group of three inscription is cast on the upper portion of the interior wall, which reads as Fu (father) Ji (day name), followed by an symbolic representation of a chariot, possibly a clan emblem. The interior is plain, the animal bone remains attached to the bottom and variations in patina patterns with a line running through the middle indicates that the vessel was once filled with cooked meat offerings, presumably in a Shang elite burial in late second millennium B.C.E.
- Century
- 12th century BCE
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century BCE
- Accession Number
- 1961/2.82
- Medium and Support
- cast bronze with malachite patina
- Artist
- China, Artist Unknown
- Title
- Ding ware bowl with incised floral design and copper ring
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- This bowl has a very thin body, which flares widely from a small, shallow ring foot, silver mount on unglazed rim. The interior of the bowl is decorated with an incised design of a pomegranate plant. A creamy white glaze of ivory tone is distinctive of Ding ware.
- Century
- 11th century-early 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 11th century - early 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1982/1.274
- Medium and Support
- porcellaneous stoneware with transparent ivory-tone glaze and copper rim
- Artist
- China, Artist Unknown
- Title
- Flask with Lid
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 10th-12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 936-1125
- Accession Number
- 1993/1.101.1-2
- Medium and Support
- earthenware with green lead glaze
- Artist
- China, Artist Unknown
- Title
- Ewer
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- stoneware flasks with amber glaze on the upper portion and lower portion unglazed, showing white slip
- Century
- 10th-12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 936-1125
- Accession Number
- 1993/1.92
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with white slip and amber glaze
- Artist
- China, Artist Unknown
- Title
- Yaozhou ware bowl with incised design of three fish in a pond
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- a northern celadon bowl of conical shape, incised with abstract depictions of fish and waves on interior, small ring foot
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century - 13th century
- Accession Number
- 1950/2.16
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with incised and combed decoration under celadon glaze
- Artist
- China, Artist Unknown
- Title
- Jian Ware Teabowl
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 12th century-13th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century - 13th century
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.123
- Medium and Support
- Stoneware with brown glaze
- Artist
- China, Artist Unknown
- Title
- Yaozhou? shallow bowl with incised swirl designs; section missing
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1991/2.13
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with olive green celadon glaze
- Artist
- China, Artist Unknown
- Title
- Covered funerary jar in the shape of a lotus bud, with molded and incised design and dog finial
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 11th - 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 11th century - 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1987/2.46A
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with mottled olive green celadon glaze
- Artist
- China, Artist Unknown
- Title
- Yuan Yu Tang Chi
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1102-1106
- Accession Number
- 1991/1.118
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- Artist
- China, Artist Unknown
- Title
- Funerary jar adorned with cosmological motifs
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1996/2.44
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with celadon glaze
- Artist
- China, Artist Unknown
- Title
- Sagger with fragment of a Jian ware tea bowl
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.289
- Medium and Support
- earthware sagger; stoneware fragment with iron glaze
- Artist
- China, Artist Unknown
- Title
- Fragment of Jian Ware Bowl
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.280
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with mottled black-brown glaze
- Artist
- China, Artist Unknown
- Title
- Jian ware teabowl, fragment
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.281
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with black mottled glaze
- Artist
- China, Artist Unknown
- Title
- Fragment of Jian Ware Bowl
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.286
- Medium and Support
- stoneware
- Artist
- China, Artist Unknown
- Title
- Clay Support of Jian Ware Bowl
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.288
- Medium and Support
- earthenware, unglazed
- Artist
- China, Artist Unknown
- Title
- Grave Jar with lid
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 11th - 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 11th century - 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1987/2.46B
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with mottled olive green celadon glaze
- Artist
- China, Artist Unknown
- Title
- Chekiang Wine Jar with Cover
- Cover to Lotus-shaped Funerary Jar
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 10th - 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 960-1127
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.74B
- Medium and Support
- Stoneware with celadon glaze
- Artist
- China, Artist Unknown
- Title
- Cosmetic Box
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 10th-12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 936-1125
- Accession Number
- 2006/2.50A&B
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with sancai glaze
- Artist
- China, Artist Unknown
- Title
- Fragment of Jian Ware Bowl
- Artist
- Anonymous Chinese
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.282
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with mottled black-brown glaze
- Artist
- Chinese, Anonymous
- Title
- Fragment of Jian Ware Bowl
- Artist
- Anonymous Chinese
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.284
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with brown glaze
- Artist
- Chinese, Anonymous
- Title
- Fragment of Jian Ware Bowl
- Artist
- Anonymous Chinese
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.285
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with pitted black glaze
- Artist
- Chinese, Anonymous
- Title
- Fragment of Jian Ware Bowl
- Artist
- Anonymous Chinese
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.287
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with mottled black-brown glaze
- Artist
- Chinese, Anonymous
- Title
- Fragment of Jian Ware Bowl
- Artist
- Anonymous Chinese
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.283
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with mottled black-brown glaze
- Artist
- Chinese, Anonymous
- Title
- Qur'an manuscript leaf in thuluth and naskh script, chapters 83–85 (recto and verso)
- Artist
- Egypt or Syria
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century - 13th century
- Accession Number
- 1959/1.145
- Medium and Support
- black ink, red, gold, and touches of blue on egg-glazed paper
- Artist
- Egypt or Syria
- Title
- Qur'an manuscript leaf in thuluth and naskh script, chapter 4, verses 480–90
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Egypt or Syria
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century - 13th century
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.195.1
- Medium and Support
- ink and color on egg-glazed paper
- Artist
- Egypt or Syria, Artist Unknown
- Title
- Console with bird in vine scroll, rinceau, and angel
- Artist
- Anonymous French (Burgundy)
- Physical Description
- A three-quarter length angel, robustly carved in high relief, emerges from a cloud bank on the curved inner face of the console. The outer face of the console bears a tightly wound vine scroll carved in shallower relief with a bird at its center. The bird grasps the vine with its left leg while stretching back to grasp a cluster of grapes in its beak.
- Century
- Third quarter of 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1150-1175
- Accession Number
- 1975/1.64
- Medium and Support
- limestone
- Artist
- French (Burgundy), Anonymous
- Title
- Engaged capital with vine rinceau, palmette leaves, and rosettes
- Artist
- Anonymous French
- Physical Description
- Engaged capital carved in grayish, coarse sandstone (arkose). The bell-shaped drum is decorated with a pattern of vine rinceau that encircles palmette leaves in a roughly symmetrical arrangement on each face of the capital. These ornamental plant forms are deeply undercut to highlight the pattern in sharp relief. A pair of volutes decorated with vertical striations springs from the vine rinceau in the upper portion of each face of the capital. A rosette enclosed in a circle appears at the top edge of the center of each face of the capital, above the point where the branches of the volutes diverge.
- Century
- First quarter of 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1100-1125
- Accession Number
- 1982/1.273
- Medium and Support
- sandstone
- Artist
- French, Anonymous
- Title
- Leaf from a Glossed Bible (Pauline Letter with Commentary; Epistle to the Thessalonians)
- Artist
- Anonymous French
- Artist Life Dates
- ()
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1175-1200
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.86
- Medium and Support
- ink, tempera and gold on parchment
- Artist
- French, Anonymous
- Title
- Dancing Ganesha
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Century
- 11th-12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 11th century - 12th century
- Accession Number
- 2007/2.45
- Medium and Support
- red sandstone
- Artist
- India, Artist Unknown
- 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
- Artist
- India, Bengal, Artist Unknown
- Title
- Ganesha
- Artist
- India, Central India
- Century
- 10th-12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 10th century - 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1981/1.317
- Medium and Support
- sandstone
- Artist
- India, Central India
- Title
- Siva and Paravati
- Artist
- India, Central India
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.293
- Medium and Support
- sandstone
- Artist
- India, Central India
- Title
- Surya (sun-god)
- Artist
- India, Central India
- Century
- 10th-12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 10th century - 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1981/1.314
- Medium and Support
- stone
- Artist
- India, Central India
- Title
- Aspara (Heavenly Maiden)
- Artist
- India, Central India
- Century
- 10th-12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 10th century - 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1981/1.316
- Medium and Support
- beige sandstone
- Artist
- India, Central India
- Title
- Vishnu
- Artist
- India, Central India
- Century
- 11th - 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 11th century - 12th century
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.159
- Medium and Support
- sandstone
- Artist
- India, Central India
- Title
- Mahavira
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Maharashtra
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1979/2.53
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Artist
- India, Maharashtra, Artist Unknown
- Title
- Vishnu and Attendants with a Solar Disc in the Background
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, North or Central India
- Century
- 10th–12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 10th century - 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1976/2.45
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Artist
- India, North or Central India, Artist Unknown
- Title
- Shiva and Nandi on a Pedestal Base
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, North or Central India
- Century
- 10th-12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 10th century - 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.117
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Artist
- India, North or Central India, Artist Unknown
- Title
- Syamatara
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Northeastern India
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.2
- Medium and Support
- black chlorite (stone)
- Artist
- India, Northeastern India, Artist Unknown
- Title
- Buddha, seated in bhumisparsa mudra, surrounded by five stupas (votive plaque)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Northeastern India
- Physical Description
- This clay votive plaque depicts the Buddha in the gesture of “calling the earth to witness." He is shown here surrounded by five stupas, or reliquary monuments.
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1990/1.176
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- Artist
- India, Northeastern India, Artist Unknown
- Title
- Signet Ring
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Indonesia, Java
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1967/2.1
- Medium and Support
- gold
- Artist
- Indonesia, Java, Artist Unknown