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- Title
- Farmyard
- Artist
- Alessandro Mastro-Valerio
- Artist Life Dates
- 1887-1953
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1887-1953
- Accession Number
- 1931.1
- Medium and Support
- drypoint on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.28538
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- birds
- buildings and the land
- child
- houses
- man
- modern and contemporary art
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by location or context
- people and occupations
- plants
- the natural world
- yards
- Title
- Bhairava
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 16th – 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century - 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.55
- Medium and Support
- copper
- relevance
- rank 2.28328
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- animals
- dogs
- figures
- hindu
- mammals
- music
- named gods and goddesses
- objects
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by state or condition
- religion
- religions
- subject matter
- swords
- the natural world
- weaponry
- Title
- Frog
- Artist
- Qi Baishi (Ch'i Pai-shih)
- Physical Description
- There is a frog on the left bottom of the painting, and on the right the artist inscribed "to make a voice" with his signature and seal.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1864 - 1957)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1927
- Accession Number
- 1949/1.195
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.28069
- Secondary Keywords
- amphibians
- animals and creatures
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Treasure Boat
- Artist
- Hosoda Eishi
- Artist Life Dates
- 1756 - 1829
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.111
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper, triptych
- relevance
- rank 2.28069
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories carried
- figures
- objects
- objects we use
- people and occupations
- the natural world
- waterscapes
- Title
- Ferghana Horse, after Jin Nong
- Artist
- Ren Xiong (Jen Hsiung)
- Physical Description
- This scroll features a single profile of a horse. The artist’s inscription states that the painting is modeled after Jin Nong’s (1687–1764) famous work entitled Ferghana Horse. Ferghana was the name of an ancient Central Asian kingdom known for its exceptional horses.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1820-1857
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1840-1857
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.32
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.28069
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- mammals
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Der Traum Vom Krieg, plate X, from 'Day and Dreams'
- Artist
- Max Beckmann
- Artist Life Dates
- 1884-1950
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1946
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.235
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.27151
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- mammals
- modern and contemporary art
- movement
- objects
- people and occupations
- swords
- the human body
- the natural world
- tools
- transportation
- upper body
- vehicles
- weaponry
- Title
- Furuto o fuku shojo (Girl Playing the Flute)
- Artist
- Nakayama Tadashi
- Physical Description
- A girl in patterned dress, with a rainbow colored butterfly sitting on her hair, is playing flute.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1927
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1982
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.42
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.26723
- Secondary Keywords
- aerophones
- animals and creatures
- arthropods
- insects
- musical instruments
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- sound devices
- sound devices by acoustical characteristics
- Title
- Night Bird Mask
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Bobo
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1971
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.41
- Medium and Support
- wood and paint
- relevance
- rank 2.26715
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- descriptors
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- plant material
- the natural world
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Glass snuff bottle
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1912-1949
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.49
- Medium and Support
- glass with coral and turquoise
- relevance
- rank 2.26715
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- arthropods
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for personal use
- containers for smoking and tobacco use
- descriptors
- food
- fruit
- insects
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- Title
- Lian (covered cylindrical container) with bear-shaped feet
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 2nd century
- Object Creation Date
- 1st century - 2nd century
- Accession Number
- 1993/1.56.1-2
- Medium and Support
- earthenware, red, with green lead glaze
- relevance
- rank 2.26715
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- containers
- containers by form
- legs
- lower body
- mammals
- objects we use
- the human body
- Title
- Durga as slayer of the Buffalo Demon (Mahishasuramardini)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1976/2.48
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 2.26715
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- buffalo
- mammals
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Snuff bottle adorned with symbols of longevity
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 18th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1796-1850
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.104
- Medium and Support
- porcelain, molded & gilded, mother-of-pearl appliqué; coral and brass stopper
- relevance
- rank 2.26715
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for personal use
- containers for smoking and tobacco use
- mammals
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- Title
- Portrait of Sarup Singh of Merti
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan
- Century
- Late 18th-Early 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1800
- Accession Number
- 1957/1.124
- Medium and Support
- ink and opaque watercolor on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.26510
- Secondary Keywords
- image form
- animals
- mammals
- man on horseback
- objects we use
- people and occupations
- the natural world
- views
- views by vantage point or orientation
- visual works
- visual works by form
- Title
- Agate snuff bottle with image of lion and ball
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1800-1880
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.16
- Medium and Support
- agate and glass
- relevance
- rank 2.26510
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for personal use
- containers for smoking and tobacco use
- mammals
- objects we use
- recreational artifacts
- recreational artifacts for competitive activities
- sports and athletic equipment
- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of a pyramid with a bird on top
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a step pyramid topped by a bird.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.448
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 2.26510
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- geographic and political locations
- geometric concepts
- geometric figures
- goldweights
- mathematical concepts
- people and culture
- plane figures
- polyhedra
- scientific concepts
- Title
- Untitled (Rooster)
- Artist
- Cåndido Portinari
- Physical Description
- This is an ink drawing of a rooster. The rooster is centered and has its left foot raised, its right foot grounded, and its neck arched to its right.
- Artist Life Dates
- Rio de Janeiro, 1903 - 1962, Rio de Janeiro
- Object Creation Date
- 1910-1960
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.482
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.26437
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- birds
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- The Incoming Tide
- Artist
- Martin Hardie
- Artist Life Dates
- 1875-1952
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1923
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.286
- Medium and Support
- drypoint on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.26437
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- mammals
- modern and contemporary art
- objects
- objects we use
- the natural world
- transportation
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- watercraft
- watercraft by general type
- waterscapes
- Title
- Bird and Candles
- Artist
- Marc Chagall
- Artist Life Dates
- Russia, 1889-1985
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1996/1.67
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on cream wove paper
- relevance
- rank 2.26437
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- candles and candleholders
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- lighting devices
- lighting devices by form
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- the natural world
- Title
- Durga on her lion mount
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Bihar
- Physical Description
- The four-armed Durga sits on a stylized crouching lion with her right leg pendant and the left one across her body. Her front right hand extends down with palm outwards in a boon giving gesture while the back right hand holds a sword. Her left font hand holds a fruit or flower bud while her back left hand holds a shield. The whole is simply carved with rather subdued jewelry, but she does wear necklaces, bracelets, armlets and loose anklets as well as large circular earrings and a diadem across her forehead. Her hair is arranged behind the diadem. The stele is subtly pointed and its only decoration is a band along the outside, although a throne is suggested at her knees. A highly stylized lotus supports her right foot at the base.
- Century
- 13th-14th century
- Object Creation Date
- 13th century - 14th century
- Accession Number
- 1981/1.315
- Medium and Support
- stone
- relevance
- rank 2.26437
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- mammals
- objects
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- swords
- weaponry
- Title
- Iconography series: Saturn, mounted on a tiger
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
- Physical Description
- Two figures, Shani and his tiger are depicted centrally in the image. The background is very simple with some grass tufts and a pond near the very bottom of the images.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1840
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.248
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.26437
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- mammals
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- tool and equipment components
- Title
- Coral snuff bottle
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1825-1900
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.53
- Medium and Support
- coral with glass and brass
- relevance
- rank 2.26437
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for personal use
- containers for smoking and tobacco use
- mammals
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- Title
- Unloading the Barge, West Mersea
- Artist
- Martin Hardie
- Artist Life Dates
- 1875-1952
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1923
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.285
- Medium and Support
- drypoint on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.26437
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- mammals
- modern and contemporary art
- objects
- objects we use
- the natural world
- transportation
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- watercraft
- watercraft by general type
- waterscapes
- Title
- Horse Torso
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 1st-2nd century
- Object Creation Date
- 1st century - 2nd century
- Accession Number
- UA2005.149
- Medium and Support
- earthenware with traces of polychrome
- relevance
- rank 2.26437
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- mammals
- object genres
- object genres by material
- the human body
- Title
- The Incoming Tide
- Artist
- Martin Hardie
- Artist Life Dates
- 1875-1952
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1923
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.287
- Medium and Support
- drypoint on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.26437
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- mammals
- modern and contemporary art
- objects
- objects we use
- the natural world
- transportation
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- watercraft
- watercraft by general type
- waterscapes
- Title
- Heddle Pulley
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Baule Peoples Côte D'Ivoire
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1983
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.357
- Medium and Support
- painted, wood with metal and bone
- relevance
- rank 2.26437
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- descriptors
- materials
- materials by origin
- people and culture
- plant material
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Turquoise snuff bottle
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1912-1949
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.43
- Medium and Support
- turquoise
- relevance
- rank 2.26437
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for personal use
- containers for smoking and tobacco use
- mammals
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- Title
- Horse Torso
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 1st-2nd century
- Object Creation Date
- 1st century - 2nd century
- Accession Number
- UA2005.150
- Medium and Support
- earthenware with traces of polychrome
- relevance
- rank 2.26437
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- mammals
- object genres
- object genres by material
- the human body
- Title
- Groom and Rider
- Artist
- Katsushika Hokusai
- Physical Description
- A man is shown riding a horse, with a sword tucked into his belt. He is wearing a simple-styled premodern garment and a cap. Both the man and the horse seem tired, with their bodies bending forward and heads drooping.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1760 - 1849
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1969/2.141
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.26252
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- edged weapons
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Farm Scene
- Artist
- Joseph Shapiro
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1939
- Accession Number
- 1943.121
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.26130
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- architecture
- buildings and the land
- business and industry
- geography
- how we live
- landscapes
- mammals
- modern and contemporary art
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by location or context
- organizations
- the natural world
- windmills
- yards
- Title
- Scene in the Desert
- Artist
- J. Sébah
- Artist Life Dates
- active 1860-1880
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1880
- Accession Number
- 1980/1.210
- Medium and Support
- albumen print on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.26114
- Secondary Keywords
- africa
- animal material
- animal material by form or function
- animals
- descriptors
- desert
- landscapes
- locality
- mammals
- materials
- materials by origin
- sand
- skeleton and skeleton components
- the natural world
- Title
- Hanuman, standing, in anjali mudra (part of a Rama shrine)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu
- Physical Description
- Hanuman is depicted with a human body and a monkey head. He stands in an unbending posture of devotion with his hands held on his chest with the palms together in a gesture of prayer, namaskara. He wears a lower garment that is decorated with belts and pendant loops and the cloth has formal decorative folds cascading down his sides. He wears a decorated belt and necklaces, bracelets and armlets, with shoulder loops, earrings, and a simple crown with a leaf shape at the top. He wears a dagger at his waist and his tail curves up behind him making a loop top frame his head like a halo.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1979/2.55
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 2.26114
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- hindu
- mammals
- named gods and goddesses
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- religion
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- subject matter
- Title
- Walrus
- Artist
- Anonymous Eskimo
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1961/1.164
- Medium and Support
- stone
- relevance
- rank 2.26114
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- rock
- rock by form
- the natural world
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Hanuman
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu
- Physical Description
- Hanuman stands on a tiered base, which starts square and sloped, then is square and straight up and then round sloped and ringed. He has a human body and a monkey’s head. He stands in an unbending stance with his hands in anjali mudra, held up to his chest with palms together in a prayer gesture. He wears a diaphanous garment from the waist down with only the edged decorated and depicted with a series of belts and sashes hanging in front of it. He wears a number of necklaces and armlets. His face is very worn and far less realistic than the body with the large round eyes incised with eyebrows above and a large circle on his forehead. His mouth is a simple slit.
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century
- Accession Number
- 1976/2.53
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 2.26114
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- hindu
- mammals
- named gods and goddesses
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- religion
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- subject matter
- Title
- Flying Dragon
- Artist
- Georges Rouault
- Physical Description
- This black and white print depicts a creature with an alligator-like open jaw with three sharp teeth. The creature takes up most of the image and appears to be floating in space. A black ground with a suggestion of a small plant appears at the lower edge of the composition.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1871-1958
- Object Creation Date
- 1928
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.186
- Medium and Support
- etching, aquatint and roulette on heavy laid paper
- relevance
- rank 2.25831
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- faces
- heads
- legendary creatures
- the human body
- upper body
- Title
- Small Horse--Skeleton
- Artist
- Thomas Eakins
- Artist Life Dates
- 1844 - 1916
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1878
- Accession Number
- 1953/1.32
- Medium and Support
- painted plaster relief
- relevance
- rank 2.25831
- Secondary Keywords
- animal material
- animal material by form or function
- animals
- descriptors
- mammals
- materials
- materials by origin
- skeleton and skeleton components
- the natural world
- Title
- Kelsey and Butterfly
- Artist
- Gina Meyer Kelly
- Physical Description
- A girl lying on concrete, arms crossed over her body, there is a butterfly on one corner.
- Object Creation Date
- 1998
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.161
- Medium and Support
- black and white photograph on Kodak paper
- relevance
- rank 2.25831
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- arthropods
- insects
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Medallion with Lion Head
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- Physical Description
- A brass madallion with the image of a lion stamped into the metal in raised relief surrounded by abstract, rope-like patterns.
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.178
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 2.25831
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- descriptors
- mammals
- medals
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- visual works
- visual works by form
- Title
- Ivory snuff bottle
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1912-1949
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.73
- Medium and Support
- ivory
- relevance
- rank 2.25831
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- arthropods
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for personal use
- containers for smoking and tobacco use
- descriptors
- food
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- Title
- Mukha-Linga
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Physical Description
- This phallic representation of the god Shiva appears as a columnar head placed on a base with two rounded moldings on top of a series of square ones. His neck is fully cylindrical and the face is modeled on that cylinder. The eyes are wide open and a bow shaped eyebrow curves over them. He has a flared nose and luxuriant moustache over a narrow but full lips and a short ball like chin. A ‘U’ shaped element consisting of lines and a pearl motif probably represents his beard, perhaps held up in a tight net. His forehead is decorated with three raise lines that go straight across and his crown is basically flat over his hear decorated with a bunch of peak forms in the center with a finial surmounting the whole. His ears fan out almost like handles to a jar and are decorated with stylized arabesques. A five-headed snake hood rises behind the head and has a rib down its center and scale motives incised towards the bottom an ‘S’ shapes t denote the cobra ‘eyes’ to each side.
- Century
- 18th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.52A
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 2.25831
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- hinduism
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- reptiles
- snakes
- Title
- Ape Deity (M'Botumbo)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ivory Coast, District of Bouake,Village of Yamoussoukro, Baule
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1971
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.30
- Medium and Support
- wood with patination of blood, eggshell and pitch
- relevance
- rank 2.25831
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- mammals
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Watashi mo tobitai (I Want to Fly Too)
- Artist
- Nakayama Tadashi
- Physical Description
- A colorful butterfly is depicted in the center of the printing and the girl on the right is looking at the butterfly.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1927
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1971
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.21
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.25831
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- arthropods
- insects
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Wood snuff bottle in the shape of an eggplant with dragonply
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1912-1949
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.87
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 2.25831
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- arthropods
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for personal use
- containers for smoking and tobacco use
- descriptors
- food
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- Title
- Tsuba (Sword guard) with inlaid design of egrets and reeds(attached to 1973/2.88)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- This tsuba is a flat iron plate with quatrefoil design. It has three holes: one for blade (middle) flanked by oval-shape hole (for kougai) and oval with bump shape (for kozuka). Egrets and reeds decorate the surface, distributed in a curve that climbs counter-clockwise from the bottom left register, culmiating in the top left with a lone egret in flight. Egrets on the bottom of the piece perch on the ground or nest in the golden reeds.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1615-1868
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.12
- Medium and Support
- iron with gold and silver inlays
- relevance
- rank 2.25806
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- edged weapons
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in military occupations
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Peacock
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Iran
- Physical Description
- A bronze statue in the shape of a peacock, this piece has engraved decorations and is made in the Seljuk style of metalwork.
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1959/1.116
- Medium and Support
- bronze with engraved decoration
- relevance
- rank 2.25564
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- birds
- descriptors
- geographic and political locations
- middle east (general region)
- object genres
- object genres by material
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- Title
- Figure with Birds
- Artist
- Misch Kohn
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1916
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1950
- Accession Number
- 1955/2.4
- Medium and Support
- black crayon on thin, slightly textured, dark cream paper
- relevance
- rank 2.25564
- Secondary Keywords
- image form
- animals
- genres
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- people and occupations
- portraits
- the natural world
- views
- views by vantage point or orientation
- visual works
- visual works by form
- Title
- Fragment from a Markendeya Purana scroll: Vishnu on the pipal leaf
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Northern Andhra Pradesh
- Physical Description
- The blue four-armed Vishnu is shown lying on a gigantic pipal leaf with his left leg crossed over his right leg; as his female consort gently strokes his leg, he awakens from a long sleep. Another woman fans him. From his navel sprouts a lotus, bearing the four-headed creator god, Brahma, and rishis or sages appear in the upper branches of the pipal tree. Vishnu has four arms carrying a discus and a conch in his back hands and the lower left arm is extended pointing towards the women at his feet while the lower right am is cross towards his stomach.
- The iconography is further compounded by the image in the lower register of a tortoise at the bottom of the ocean of milk, bearing a mountain on his back. The tortoise is in fact Kurma, another manifestation of Vishnu, supporting the cosmic axis. Elephants have gathered to pay homage to him, while in a small inset at right, a worshipper pays homage to Shiva, Vishnu, and Brahma. A large red figure faces the scene to the right accompanied by small blue figures to his sides as if behind him. Two sages, one horse-headed, are to the upper right.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.306
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on cloth
- relevance
- rank 2.25564
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- associated concepts
- hindu
- mammals
- named gods and goddesses
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- religion
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- subject matter
- the natural world
- Title
- Dog
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- pottery model of a standing dog, as part of the grave furnishing in a Han tomb
- Century
- 1st-2nd century
- Object Creation Date
- 1st century - 2nd century
- Accession Number
- 1993/1.96
- Medium and Support
- earthenware with traces of polychrome pigments
- relevance
- rank 2.25222
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- art genres
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- mammals
- object genres
- object genres by location, context or origin
- people and culture
- Title
- Smith's Yard
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- Two horses, seen from behind, stand in front of a shed-like structure. On the threshold and partly shadowed to the left stand two figures, a man in an apron and an youth holding a bucket upside down. On the right, closer to the viewer is a whetstone; on the far left of the composition is a rain barrel.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1895
- Accession Number
- 1930.27
- Medium and Support
- transfer lithograph on wove paper
- relevance
- rank 2.25222
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- architecture
- buildings
- buildings and the land
- mammals
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by location or context
- people and occupations
- the natural world
- Title
- Nächtlicher Circus
- Artist
- Josef Eberz
- Artist Life Dates
- 1880-1942
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1920
- Accession Number
- 1979/1.156A
- Medium and Support
- woodcut on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.24887
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- audiences
- entertainment events
- equipment
- equipment by process
- events
- mammals
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- performances
- supporting equipment
- tents
- the natural world
- tools and equipment
- Title
- Mukha-Linga
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Physical Description
- This phallic representation of the god Shiva appears as a columnar head placed on a base with two rounded moldings on top of a series of square ones. His neck is fully cylindrical and the face is modeled on that cylinder. The eyes are wide open and a bow shaped eyebrow curves over them. He has a flared nose and luxuriant moustache over a narrow but full lips and a short ball like chin. A ‘U’ shaped element consisting of lines and a pearl motif probably represents his beard, perhaps held up in a tight net. His forehead is decorated with three raise lines that go straight across and his crown is basically flat over his hear decorated with a bunch of peak forms in the center with a finial surmounting the whole. His ears fan out almost like handles to a jar and are decorated with stylized arabesques. A five-headed snake hood rises behind the head and has a rib down its center and scale motives incised towards the bottom an ‘S’ shapes t denote the cobra ‘eyes’ to each side.
- Century
- 18th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century - 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.52B
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 2.24887
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- hindu
- hinduism
- named gods and goddesses
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- religion
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- reptiles
- snakes
- subject matter