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- Title
- One of Ten-Piece Set of Altar Tables
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Physical Description
- Gilt and lacquered wooden table of ten-piece altar set. Not including the base, the set is designed in three rows, which simultaneously recede from the viewer and increase in height, culminating in one central table that rises above the rest allocated for a statue of the Buddha. Each table is carved along the edges in stylized floral and leaf patterns coated with gold gilt. The wood surfaces of the tables are coated in red lacquer, and with the exclusion of the short, wide base, each table in the set includes a mirror designed to face the viewer.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.466.2
- Medium and Support
- gilt and lacquered wood with mirrors
- relevance
- rank 10.10822
- Primary Keywords
- altar
- tables
- Title
- One of Ten-Piece Set of Altar Tables
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Physical Description
- Gilt and lacquered wooden table of ten-piece altar set. Not including the base, the set is designed in three rows, which simultaneously recede from the viewer and increase in height, culminating in one central table that rises above the rest allocated for a statue of the Buddha. Each table is carved along the edges in stylized floral and leaf patterns coated with gold gilt. The wood surfaces of the tables are coated in red lacquer, and with the exclusion of the short, wide base, each table in the set includes a mirror designed to face the viewer.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.466.1
- Medium and Support
- gilt and lacquered wood with mirrors
- relevance
- rank 10.10822
- Primary Keywords
- altar
- tables
- Title
- One of Ten-Piece Set of Altar Tables
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Physical Description
- Gilt and lacquered wooden table of ten-piece altar set. Not including the base, the set is designed in three rows, which simultaneously recede from the viewer and increase in height, culminating in one central table that rises above the rest allocated for a statue of the Buddha. Each table is carved along the edges in stylized floral and leaf patterns coated with gold gilt. The wood surfaces of the tables are coated in red lacquer, and with the exclusion of the short, wide base, each table in the set includes a mirror designed to face the viewer.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.466.6
- Medium and Support
- gilt and lacquered wood with mirrors
- relevance
- rank 9.88596
- Primary Keywords
- altars and altar components
- tables
- Title
- One of Ten-Piece Set of Altar Tables
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Physical Description
- Gilt and lacquered wooden table of ten-piece altar set. Not including the base, the set is designed in three rows, which simultaneously recede from the viewer and increase in height, culminating in one central table that rises above the rest allocated for a statue of the Buddha. Each table is carved along the edges in stylized floral and leaf patterns coated with gold gilt. The wood surfaces of the tables are coated in red lacquer, and with the exclusion of the short, wide base, each table in the set includes a mirror designed to face the viewer.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.466.8
- Medium and Support
- gilt and lacquered wood with mirrors
- relevance
- rank 9.88596
- Primary Keywords
- altars and altar components
- tables
- Title
- Platform for Ten-Piece Set of Altar Tables
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Physical Description
- Gilt and lacquered wooden platform for ten-piece altar set. The platform is carved along the edges in floral and leaf patterns coated with gold gilt are larger in size and less stylized than those found on the set it spports. Located between upper and lower carved floral registers is a band decorated with a repeating geometrical rectangular pattern, covered also with gold gilt. The red wood surface of the long, short platform is coated in lacquer.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.466.11
- Medium and Support
- gilt and lacquered wood
- relevance
- rank 9.88596
- Primary Keywords
- altars and altar components
- tables
- Title
- One of Ten-Piece Set of Altar Tables
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Physical Description
- Gilt and lacquered wooden table of ten-piece altar set. Not including the base, the set is designed in three rows, which simultaneously recede from the viewer and increase in height, culminating in one central table that rises above the rest allocated for a statue of the Buddha. Each table is carved along the edges in stylized floral and leaf patterns coated with gold gilt. The wood surfaces of the tables are coated in red lacquer, and with the exclusion of the short, wide base, each table in the set includes a mirror designed to face the viewer.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.466.4
- Medium and Support
- gilt and lacquered wood with mirrors
- relevance
- rank 9.88596
- Primary Keywords
- altars and altar components
- tables
- Title
- One of Ten-Piece Set of Altar Tables
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Physical Description
- Gilt and lacquered wooden table of ten-piece altar set. Not including the base, the set is designed in three rows, which simultaneously recede from the viewer and increase in height, culminating in one central table that rises above the rest allocated for a statue of the Buddha. Each table is carved along the edges in stylized floral and leaf patterns coated with gold gilt. The wood surfaces of the tables are coated in red lacquer, and with the exclusion of the short, wide base, each table in the set includes a mirror designed to face the viewer.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.466.7
- Medium and Support
- gilt and lacquered wood with mirrors
- relevance
- rank 9.88596
- Primary Keywords
- altars and altar components
- tables
- Title
- One of Ten-Piece Set of Altar Tables
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Physical Description
- Gilt and lacquered wooden table of ten-piece altar set. Not including the base, the set is designed in three rows, which simultaneously recede from the viewer and increase in height, culminating in one central table that rises above the rest allocated for a statue of the Buddha. Each table is carved along the edges in stylized floral and leaf patterns coated with gold gilt. The wood surfaces of the tables are coated in red lacquer, and with the exclusion of the short, wide base, each table in the set includes a mirror designed to face the viewer.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.466.9
- Medium and Support
- gilt and lacquered wood with mirrors
- relevance
- rank 9.88596
- Primary Keywords
- altars and altar components
- tables
- Title
- One of Ten-Piece Set of Altar Tables
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Physical Description
- Gilt and lacquered wooden table of ten-piece altar set. Not including the base, the set is designed in three rows, which simultaneously recede from the viewer and increase in height, culminating in one central table that rises above the rest allocated for a statue of the Buddha. Each table is carved along the edges in stylized floral and leaf patterns coated with gold gilt. The wood surfaces of the tables are coated in red lacquer, and with the exclusion of the short, wide base, each table in the set includes a mirror designed to face the viewer.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.466.3
- Medium and Support
- gilt and lacquered wood with mirrors
- relevance
- rank 9.88596
- Primary Keywords
- altars and altar components
- tables
![Jaina altar piece of the 24 [Caturvimsati] Jinas: with standing nude figure of Mahavira cast in the round occupying central area of base, flanked by small tirthankaras; incsribed but unread. From Mysore, Karnataka.; Artist Unknown, India, South India](https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1978-sl-2.118/1978_2.118.JPG?lasttype=boolean;lastview=reslist;resnum=10;size=50;sort=relevance;start=1;subview=detail;view=entry;rgn1=musart_keywords1;q1=altar){kind=link}
- Title
- Jaina altar piece of the 24 [Caturvimsati] Jinas: with standing nude figure of Mahavira cast in the round occupying central area of base, flanked by small tirthankaras; incsribed but unread. From Mysore, Karnataka.
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 15th-16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 15th century - 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.118
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 9.77845
- Primary Keywords
- altar
- jaina shrines
- jainism
- lions
- Title
- Altar Dish
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- A glazed porcelain offering dish for an altar. The base is a wide cylinder which tapers sharply into a narrow top. The base supports a wide, almost flat disk as the bowl.
- Object Creation Date
- 1000-1800
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.48
- Medium and Support
- glazed porcelain
- relevance
- rank 9.67326
- Primary Keywords
- altar dishes
- ceramics
- korean
- porcelain, opaque
- Title
- Altar Dish
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- A short glazed and speckled gray porcelain offering dish for an altar. The base is a small, tapered cylinder which then becomes the base of a slighlt deep dish. The gray glaze has some green coloration throughout the piece.
- Object Creation Date
- 1000-1800
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.40
- Medium and Support
- glazed porcelain
- relevance
- rank 9.67326
- Primary Keywords
- altar dishes
- ceramics
- korean
- porcelain, opaque
- Title
- Altar Dish
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- A short glazed and speckled gray porcelain offering dish for an altar. The base is a wide, slightly tapered cylinder which at the top is attached to a shallow dish. At the bottom of the base as well as a circle on the top of the dish there is some discoloration and morphing of the ceramic.
- Object Creation Date
- 1000-1800
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.44
- Medium and Support
- glazed porcelain
- relevance
- rank 9.67326
- Primary Keywords
- altar dishes
- ceramics
- korean
- porcelain, opaque
- Title
- Altar Dish
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- A glazed and speckled porcelain offering dish for an altar. The base is a wide decorated cylinder which tapers sharply into a narrow top. The base supports a wide, shallow bowl.
- Object Creation Date
- 1000-1800
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.47
- Medium and Support
- glazed porcelain
- relevance
- rank 9.67326
- Primary Keywords
- altar dishes
- ceramics
- korean
- porcelain, opaque
- Title
- Altar Dish
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- A tall glazed and speckled gray porcelain offering dish for an altar. The base is a wide, slightly tapered cylinder which widens at the top into a shallow dish. At the bottom of the base as well as a circle on the top of the dish there is some discoloration and morphing of the ceramic, most likely through use.
- Object Creation Date
- 1000-1800
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.39
- Medium and Support
- glazed porcelain
- relevance
- rank 9.67326
- Primary Keywords
- altar dishes
- ceramics
- korean
- porcelain, opaque
- Title
- Altar Dish
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- A tall glazed and speckled white-blue porcelain offering dish for an altar. The base is a wide, slightly tapered cylinder. The dish a the top is quite wide and shallow until it reaches the point of the base, where there is a deep hole in the cylinder of the base.
- Object Creation Date
- 1000-1800
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.43
- Medium and Support
- glazed porcelain
- relevance
- rank 9.67326
- Primary Keywords
- altar dishes
- ceramics
- korean
- porcelain, opaque
- Title
- Altar Dish
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- A tall glazed and speckled porcelain offering dish for an altar. The base is a narrow and sharply tapered cylinder which meets an angular bottom of a dish. The dish itself is wide and shallow.
- Object Creation Date
- 1000-1800
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.45
- Medium and Support
- glazed porcelain
- relevance
- rank 9.67326
- Primary Keywords
- altar dishes
- ceramics
- korean
- porcelain, opaque
- Title
- Mahavira
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Maharashtra
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1979/2.53
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 9.57030
- Primary Keywords
- altars and altar components
- jainism
- miniature (size attribute)
- Title
- Christ giving communion to the Apostles in an historiated initial "C"
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Netherlands
- Physical Description
- Eight robed male figures, each with a halo, kneel before a v-shaped bench or rail. They face a male figure with a crossed halo that stands on the other side of the bench, holding a golden chalice in his left hand and a circular white wafer imprinted with a crucifixion scene in his right. An altar draped with a red cloth appears behind him. The entire scene is enframed within the letter "C."
- Century
- Mid-15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1440-1460
- Accession Number
- 1968/2.44
- Medium and Support
- tempera and gold leaf on vellum
- relevance
- rank 9.46952
- Primary Keywords
- altar cloths
- altars
- apostles
- chalices
- christianity
- communions
- feasts
- Title
- Buddha, standing, in double abhaya mudra and dressed in royal attire
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Physical Description
- Gilded brass (or gilded copper alloy) standing Buddha on lotus pedestal with both hands raised in abhaya mudra.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/1.66
- Medium and Support
- gilded brass (or gilded copper alloy?)
- relevance
- rank 9.37083
- Primary Keywords
- altar
- buddha
- buddhism
- deity
- icon
- mudra
- standing
- thailand (nation)