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"Tiger pot" (urinal); Artist Unknown, Korea

Title
"Tiger pot" (urinal)
Artist
Artist Unknown, Korea
Physical Description
It is a urinal earthware. There is a everted mouth on the round body. It is unglazed.
Century
7th-10th century
Object Creation Date
668-935
Accession Number
1984/2.8
Medium and Support
stoneware, unglazed

A Votive plaque depicting a Bodhisattva in Amitabha's (Chinese. Amitofou's) Western Paradise, giving rebirth to new souls from lotus buds; Artist Unknown, China

Title
A Votive plaque depicting a Bodhisattva in Amitabha's (Chinese. Amitofou's) Western Paradise, giving rebirth to new souls from lotus buds
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description
A small, thin, molded clay plaque with a bas-relief scene.
Century
7th-9th century
Object Creation Date
618-907
Accession Number
1964/2.17
Medium and Support
terracotta, molded

A votive plaque depicting an image of the Buddha, housed within a small temple; Artist Unknown, China

Title
A votive plaque depicting an image of the Buddha, housed within a small temple
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description
A small, thin, molded clay plaque with a bas-relief scene.
Century
6th-7th century
Object Creation Date
late 6th century - early 7th century
Accession Number
1964/2.21
Medium and Support
terracotta, molded

A Votive plaque depicting the Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha (Ch. Dizang), in Amitabha's Western Paradise; Artist Unknown, China

Title
A Votive plaque depicting the Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha (Ch. Dizang), in Amitabha's Western Paradise
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description
A small, thin, molded clay plaque with a bas-relief scene.
Century
7th-9th century
Object Creation Date
618-907
Accession Number
1964/2.19
Medium and Support
terracotta, molded

A Votive plaque depicting the Buddha Amitâbha (Chinese, Amitofou) preaching in his Western Paradise; Artist Unknown, China

Title
A Votive plaque depicting the Buddha Amitâbha (Chinese, Amitofou) preaching in his Western Paradise
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description
A small, thin, molded clay plaque with a bas-relief scene..
Century
7th-9th century
Object Creation Date
618-907
Accession Number
1964/2.18
Medium and Support
terracotta, molded

A Votive plaque depicting the Buddha seated in dhyana mudra, and flanked by two stupas; Artist Unknown, China

Title
A Votive plaque depicting the Buddha seated in dhyana mudra, and flanked by two stupas
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description
A small, thin, molded clay plaque with a bas-relief scene.
Century
7th-9th century
Object Creation Date
618-907
Accession Number
1964/2.23
Medium and Support
terracotta, molded

Bodhisattva; Artist Unknown, China

Title
Bodhisattva
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
7th century
Object Creation Date
7th century
Accession Number
1985/2.62
Medium and Support
limestone

Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Chinese, Guanyin) with a willow branch and vase; Artist Unknown, China

Title
Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Chinese, Guanyin) with a willow branch and vase
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
7th-10th century
Object Creation Date
618-907
Accession Number
1964/2.20
Medium and Support
Molded terracotta votive plaque

Bodhisattva Guanyin; Artist Unknown, China

Title
Bodhisattva Guanyin
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
7th century
Object Creation Date
7th century
Accession Number
1964/2.81
Medium and Support
stone

Bodhisattva, seated in lalitasana: part of a miniature shrine; Artist Unknown, China

Title
Bodhisattva, seated in lalitasana: part of a miniature shrine
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
7th-8th century
Object Creation Date
7th century - 8th century
Accession Number
2001/1.363
Medium and Support
bronze, heavily encrusted with green patina

Bottle with Stamped Flower and Bead Designs; Artist Unknown, Korea

Title
Bottle with Stamped Flower and Bead Designs
Artist
Artist Unknown, Korea
Physical Description
Stoneware bottle with a squat body, cylindrical neck, flared rim and natural ash glaze. A band stretches along the base of the neck demarcated by two outside lines, and a stamped row of stylized flowers centered in between them. Below the band the body of the bottle dramatically begins to curve outward. Along the body are a series of vertical comb-punched radiating lines.
Century
7th-8th century
Object Creation Date
7th century - 8th century
Accession Number
2004/1.194
Medium and Support
stoneware with traces of natural ash glaze

Buddha, seated in the pralambapadasana pose (with legs pendant), in abhaya mudra; Artist Unknown, China

Title
Buddha, seated in the pralambapadasana pose (with legs pendant), in abhaya mudra
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
7th-8th century
Object Creation Date
7th century - 8th century
Accession Number
1964/2.92
Medium and Support
bronze

Buddha, standing, in vitarka mudra; Artist Unknown, China

Title
Buddha, standing, in vitarka mudra
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description
A small, solid gilt bronze image of the Budddha, shown standing in a slighly swayback pose with both right and left hands in vitarka mudra, the gesture ot teaching. His robe is draped over both shoulders and falls in large, symmentrical V-shaped folds in shallow relief over his torso. His head is small, with the canonical snail-shell curls suggested by tiny knobs of bronze. He has full cheeks, a well-defined mouth, and incised slits for his eyes. There are two incised rings at his neck (instead of the canonical three). He stands on a pedestal of upward, double-petal lotus petals, raised on a hollow base. Some turquoise patina is visible on tthe base and head.
Century
7th century
Object Creation Date
7th century
Accession Number
1964/2.97
Medium and Support
gilt bronze

Buddhist altar ornament: lotus bud supported by two dvarapala; Artist Unknown, China

Title
Buddhist altar ornament: lotus bud supported by two dvarapala
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
7th-8th century
Object Creation Date
618-907
Accession Number
1961/2.74
Medium and Support
gilt bronze with blue-green patina

Buddhist Bronze, Kuan Yin; Artist Unknown, China

Title
Buddhist Bronze, Kuan Yin
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
7th century
Object Creation Date
late 7th century
Accession Number
1964/2.95
Medium and Support
gilt bronze

Celestial Musician (Japanese, Hiten; Sanskrit, Apsara); Artist Unknown, Japan

Title
Celestial Musician (Japanese, Hiten; Sanskrit, Apsara)
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description
The figure is kneeling musician on lotus seat, made of separately carved petals. Below the seat, there is a base, which consists of two lotus-shaped half-sphere, connected up-side-down. The head has two buns, elongated ears, simplified facial parts; the figure wears a pink robe with wide sleeves, holding a sort of instrument with hands.
Century
7th century
Object Creation Date
circa 670-700
Accession Number
1999/2.14
Medium and Support
polychromed camphor wood on lacquered wood base

Censer with Maltese crosses, birds, and columns; Artist Unknown, Coptic, Egypt

Title
Censer with Maltese crosses, birds, and columns
Artist
Artist Unknown, Coptic, Egypt
Physical Description
The body of this cylindrical censer is decorated with eight columns spaced at regular intervals. The lid of the censer consists of an openwork dome divided into sections by eight vertical ribs that converge at its apex. An arched horizontal band intersects the midpoint of the ribs, and these eight junctures are marked with a projecting bird that holds a small bronze ball dangling from its beak. Two segments of the dome are decorated with Maltese crosses while another two feature curved plant forms. The apex is surmounted by a finial comprised of a globe topped by a Maltese cross on which a bird holding a piece of fruit perches.
Century
6th-7th century
Object Creation Date
500-699
Accession Number
1960/2.4
Medium and Support
bronze

Changsha ware pitcher with globular body, short spout, & appliqued fish design; Artist Unknown, China

Title
Changsha ware pitcher with globular body, short spout, & appliqued fish design
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
7th-10th century
Object Creation Date
618-907
Accession Number
1987/2.51
Medium and Support
stoneware

Cinerary Urn or Reliquary with stamped "fish scale" designs; Artist Unknown, Korea

Title
Cinerary Urn or Reliquary with stamped "fish scale" designs
Artist
Artist Unknown, Korea
Physical Description
This stoneware vessel consists of a bowl and lid. The curved hemispheric lid has a ring-shaped knob in the center and is decorated a lot of dot line design. The hemispheric bowl stands on the low foot with a flat base. This part is also decorated with stamped design.
Century
late 7th-8th century
Object Creation Date
late 7th century - 8th century
Accession Number
2004/1.204A&B
Medium and Support
stoneware

Cinerary urn with circle-and-dot design; Artist Unknown, Korea

Title
Cinerary urn with circle-and-dot design
Artist
Artist Unknown, Korea
Physical Description
Stoneware jar with natural ash glaze and rounded lid. Along the widest horizontal stretch is an incised circle-and-dot design. A design of concentric circles also loops around just as the rounded curve of the lid begins to flatten into a plateau on which a cintamani style knob rests.
Century
7th century
Object Creation Date
7th century
Accession Number
1973/2.35A&B
Medium and Support
stoneware with stamped decoration

Cinerary urn with concentric circles design; Artist Unknown, Korea

Title
Cinerary urn with concentric circles design
Artist
Artist Unknown, Korea
Physical Description
Stoneware jar with natural ash glaze, squat body and lid. Along the widest horizontal stretch is a design of incised concentric circles, with another row above consisting of circles comprised of a pattern of impressions marking the edge of each circle. The convex curve of the lid also contains a row of incised concentric circles, before sloping into a concave valley, and rising up again to a small plateau. It is on this landing that a cintamani style knob rests.
Century
7th-8th century
Object Creation Date
7th century - 8th century
Accession Number
1973/2.34A&B
Medium and Support
stoneware with stamped design and natural ash glaze

Cinerary urn with triangular circle-and-dot design; Artist Unknown, Korea

Title
Cinerary urn with triangular circle-and-dot design
Artist
Artist Unknown, Korea
Physical Description
Stoneware jar with natural ash glaze and bell-shaped lid. Along the widest horizontal stretch of the base is an incised circle-and-dot design. A variation on this pattern also loops around the lid, topped by a line marking a ring along the surface of the lid, and incised lines extending outward from a button-shaped knob.
Century
7th century
Object Creation Date
7th century
Accession Number
1973/2.36A&B
Medium and Support
stoneware with stamped and incised decoration and natural ash glaze

Drapery (fragment of a figure, possibly from thigh area); Artist Unknown, China

Title
Drapery (fragment of a figure, possibly from thigh area)
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
7th-10th century
Object Creation Date
618-907
Accession Number
1964/2.25
Medium and Support
Stone

Duck; Artist Unknown, China

Title
Duck
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
7th century
Object Creation Date
early 7th century
Accession Number
1991/2.17
Medium and Support
earthenware with straw-colored glaze

Dvarapala (Buddhist guardian deity); Artist Unknown, China

Title
Dvarapala (Buddhist guardian deity)
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
7th century
Object Creation Date
mid 7th century
Accession Number
1964/2.26
Medium and Support
gilt bronze

Dvarapala (guardian figure) from a Buddhist altar; Artist Unknown, China

Title
Dvarapala (guardian figure) from a Buddhist altar
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
7th century
Object Creation Date
618-907
Accession Number
1963/1.81
Medium and Support
bronze

Fragment of base of a seated Buddha, with incense burner, lion, and attendant; Artist Unknown, China

Title
Fragment of base of a seated Buddha, with incense burner, lion, and attendant
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
6th-7th century
Object Creation Date
circa 580 - 620
Accession Number
1964/2.24
Medium and Support
marble

Funerary sculpture of a civilian official; Artist Unknown, China

Title
Funerary sculpture of a civilian official
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
7th century
Object Creation Date
618-907
Accession Number
1995/1.79
Medium and Support
earthenware with three-color glaze

Horse; Artist Unknown, China

Title
Horse
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
7th-8th century
Object Creation Date
late 7th century - early 8th century
Accession Number
1993/1.62
Medium and Support
earthenware with polychrome decoration

Horse and rider; Artist Unknown, China

Title
Horse and rider
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
7th century
Object Creation Date
early 7th century
Accession Number
1987/1.149
Medium and Support
earthenware with pale straw glaze

Kneeling figure of a woman; Artist Unknown, China

Title
Kneeling figure of a woman
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
7th century
Object Creation Date
early 7th century
Accession Number
1991/2.16
Medium and Support
earthenware with traces of polychrome decoration

Mirror, "Animal cycle type" (Ssu-ling shih-er hsiao: 4 spirits and 12 zodiacs); Artist Unknown, China

Title
Mirror, "Animal cycle type" (Ssu-ling shih-er hsiao: 4 spirits and 12 zodiacs)
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description
Bronze mirror with one side polished flat, and the other side decorated with mystical animals for cardinal orientation and twelve zodiac animals.
Century
7th century
Object Creation Date
7th century
Accession Number
1974/1.180
Medium and Support
cast bronze with malachite and azurite patina

Mirror, Lion-and-Grape type; Artist Unknown, China

Title
Mirror, Lion-and-Grape type
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
7th-10th century
Object Creation Date
618-907
Accession Number
1958/2.73
Medium and Support
bronze

Mirror, Lion-and-Grape type; Artist Unknown, China

Title
Mirror, Lion-and-Grape type
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description
bronze mirror with highly polished surface, back side deocrated with lions and grape motif and an animal shaped knob in the center.
Century
7th-10th century
Object Creation Date
618-907
Accession Number
1958/2.74
Medium and Support
cast bronze with black patina

Mirror, Lion-and-Grape type; Artist Unknown, China

Title
Mirror, Lion-and-Grape type
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
7th-10th century
Object Creation Date
618-907
Accession Number
1964/2.99
Medium and Support
bronze and azurite with black patina

Mirror, Lion-and-Grape type; Artist Unknown, China

Title
Mirror, Lion-and-Grape type
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
7th-9th century
Object Creation Date
7th century - 9th century
Accession Number
2000/1.27
Medium and Support
bronze

Mirror, Lion-and-Grape type; Artist Unknown, China

Title
Mirror, Lion-and-Grape type
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
7th-9th century
Object Creation Date
7th century - 9th century
Accession Number
2000/1.28
Medium and Support
bronze

Pitcher with globular body, short spout, and zoomorphic handle; Artist Unknown, China

Title
Pitcher with globular body, short spout, and zoomorphic handle
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
7th-10th century
Object Creation Date
618-907
Accession Number
1971/2.72
Medium and Support
stoneware with brown iron glaze

Roof Tile; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title
Roof Tile
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Century
7th century
Object Creation Date
7th century
Accession Number
1986/1.168
Medium and Support
earthenware

Roof tile fragment with double lotus petal design; Artist Unknown, China

Title
Roof tile fragment with double lotus petal design
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
7th century
Object Creation Date
7th century
Accession Number
1979/2.6
Medium and Support
earthenware

Sancai baby bird; Artist Unknown, China

Title
Sancai baby bird
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
7th-10th century
Object Creation Date
618-907
Accession Number
1987/1.288
Medium and Support
earthenware with sancai (three-color) glaze

Sancai baby bird; Artist Unknown, China

Title
Sancai baby bird
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
7th-10th century
Object Creation Date
618-907
Accession Number
1987/1.289
Medium and Support
earthenware with sancai (three-color) glaze

Sancai funerary sculpture of a military official; Artist Unknown, China

Title
Sancai funerary sculpture of a military official
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
7th century
Object Creation Date
late 7th century - early 8th century
Accession Number
1972/2.68
Medium and Support
earthenware with sancai (three color) glaze

Sancai tomb guardian (one of a pair w/2004/2.132.1) with human face; Artist Unknown, China

Title
Sancai tomb guardian (one of a pair w/2004/2.132.1) with human face
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description
Earthenware ceramic figure with tri-color glaze (in amber, cream and green) in the form of a creature with a human face
Century
7th-8th century
Object Creation Date
circa 675-750
Accession Number
2004/2.132.2
Medium and Support
earthenware with sancai (three-color) glaze

Sancai tomb guardian (one of a pair w/2004/2.132.2) with animal face and horns; Artist Unknown, China

Title
Sancai tomb guardian (one of a pair w/2004/2.132.2) with animal face and horns
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description
Earthenware ceramic figure with tri-color glaze (in amber, cream and green) in the form of a creature with an animal face and horns
Century
7th-8th century
Object Creation Date
circa 675-750
Accession Number
2004/2.132.1
Medium and Support
earthenware with sancai (three-color) glaze

Sancai ware standing figure of a Central Asian groom; Artist Unknown, China

Title
Sancai ware standing figure of a Central Asian groom
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
7th-11th century
Object Creation Date
618-907
Accession Number
1972/2.67
Medium and Support
earthenware with sancai (three-color) glaze

Small jar with globular shape; Artist Unknown, China

Title
Small jar with globular shape
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
7th-9th century
Object Creation Date
618-907
Accession Number
1964/2.69
Medium and Support
stoneware with white glaze and brown iron spots

Small storage jar with two small loop handles; Artist Unknown, China

Title
Small storage jar with two small loop handles
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
7th-10th century
Object Creation Date
618-907
Accession Number
1950/2.14
Medium and Support
stoneware with iron glaze, splashed with straw ash glaze

Sogdian groom, from a set of funerary sculptures; Artist Unknown, China

Title
Sogdian groom, from a set of funerary sculptures
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description
Standing male figure with bushy beard wearing a robe and black boots, decorated with red and black pigment.
Century
7th century
Object Creation Date
7th century
Accession Number
1950/2.13
Medium and Support
earthenware with slip and painted decoration

Standing figure of a monk, in anjalî mudrâ; Artist Unknown, China

Title
Standing figure of a monk, in anjalî mudrâ
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
7th century
Object Creation Date
7th century
Accession Number
1961/2.72
Medium and Support
gilt bronze figure on wooden base
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