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Title

Pipe

Artist

African, Cameroon, Mum

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1900-1987

Accession Number

1987/1.346

Medium and Support

terracotta, bronze and wood

relevance

rank 2.90150

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Title

Shallow bowl with everted rim

Artist

Artist Unknown, Iran

Century

14th-15th century

Object Creation Date

14th century - 15th century

Accession Number

1957/1.82

Medium and Support

earthenware with glaze

relevance

rank 2.87671

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Title

Broad-shouldered vase with narrow, flaring foot and high collar mouth

Artist

Artist Unknown, Iran

Century

16th-17th century

Object Creation Date

16th century - 17th century

Accession Number

1972/2.141

Medium and Support

fritware (ground quartz and white clay) with blue underglaze painting

relevance

rank 2.87671

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Title

Bowl with Peacock Design

Artist

Rookwood Pottery

Physical Description

Vase has a rounded form and a matte green glaze. Molded and incised designs include a stylized peacock feather and zig-zag decoration on shoulder of vessel. Overall effect is of a simplified and sophisticated form.

Artist Life Dates

founded 1880

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1903

Accession Number

2005/2.58

Medium and Support

stoneware with modeled matte green glaze

relevance

rank 2.87671

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Title

Bowl with foliate designs, after Cizhou ware

Artist

Artist Unknown, Iran

Century

18th-19th century

Object Creation Date

18th century - 19th century

Accession Number

1957/1.94

Medium and Support

earthenware with glaze

relevance

rank 2.87671

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Title

Black bowl with blue geometric design

Artist

Artist Unknown, Iran

Century

14th century

Object Creation Date

14th century

Accession Number

1972/2.155

Medium and Support

black lusterware with overglaze blue enamel (?)

relevance

rank 2.87671

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Title

Jug, narrow neck, single handle, band of decorative inscriptions at shoulder

Artist

Artist Unknown, Iran

Century

10th-12th century

Object Creation Date

10th century - 12th century

Accession Number

1959/1.91

Medium and Support

molded terracotta

relevance

rank 2.87671

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Title

Vase

Artist

Iran, Sultanabad

Century

16th-17th century

Object Creation Date

16th century - 17th century

Accession Number

1972/2.140

Medium and Support

fritware (ground quartz & white clay) with blue underglaze and lustre overglaze

relevance

rank 2.87671

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Title

Miniature jar with zigzag design

Artist

Artist Unknown, Iran

Century

16th-17th century

Object Creation Date

16th century - 17th century

Accession Number

1972/2.139

Medium and Support

earthenware with luster and transparent glaze

relevance

rank 2.87671

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Title

Vase

Artist

Rookwood Pottery

Physical Description

Vessel is a tall vase with a flaring lip and a slight flaring at the base. The overall glaze is a blue matte "vellum" glaze with underglaze decoration depicting a band of white peonies below the lip. The lip itself modulates to a rosy pink color.

Artist Life Dates

founded 1880

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1909

Accession Number

2005/2.59

Medium and Support

white body with slip decoration and vellum glaze

relevance

rank 2.87671

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Title

Bowl with inverted rim

Artist

Artist Unknown, Iran

Century

11th century

Object Creation Date

11th century

Accession Number

1957/1.56

Medium and Support

earthenware with splashed green and yellow glaze

relevance

rank 2.87671

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Title

Bottle

Artist

Artist Unknown, Iran

Century

14th century

Object Creation Date

14th century

Accession Number

1972/2.149

Medium and Support

earthenware with blue glaze

relevance

rank 2.87671

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Title

Pitcher

Artist

Artist Unknown, Syria

Century

12th-13th century

Object Creation Date

12th century - 13th century

Accession Number

1972/2.151

Medium and Support

earthenware with turquoise and green glaze

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rank 2.87671

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Title

Vase

Artist

Artist Unknown, Iran

Century

16th-17th century

Object Creation Date

16th century - 17th century

Accession Number

1972/2.128

Medium and Support

stoneware with iridescent turquoise glaze

relevance

rank 2.87671

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Title

Bowl with striped and arabesque designs

Artist

Iran, Sultanabad

Century

14th century

Object Creation Date

14th century

Accession Number

1972/2.154

Medium and Support

fritware (ground quartz & white clay) with blue & turquoise underglaze painting

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rank 2.87671

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Title

Vase

Artist

Rookwood Pottery

Physical Description

Slender blue-glazed vase with a streamlined form that tapers to a base narrower than the shoulder of vessel. The work has a modeled and stylized motif of peacock feathers. Overall effect is of simplicity and refinement.

Artist Life Dates

founded 1880

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1929

Accession Number

1983/1.438

Medium and Support

stoneware with modeled matte blue glaze

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rank 2.87671

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Title

Miniature Vase with Rabbit Design (1 of 2)

Artist

Seifû Yohei III

Artist Life Dates

1854-1914

Century

Late 19th-early 20th century

Object Creation Date

1880s-1914

Accession Number

1954/1.507

Medium and Support

porcelain with blue underglaze painting

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rank 2.85930

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Title

Miniature Vase with Rabbit Design (1 of 2)

Artist

Seifû Yohei III

Artist Life Dates

1854-1914

Century

Late 19th-early 20th century

Object Creation Date

1880s-1914

Accession Number

1954/1.506

Medium and Support

porcelain with blue underglaze painting

relevance

rank 2.85930

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Title

Shallow porcelain bowl with carved design of four baby quails

Artist

Katô Hajime

Physical Description

White porcelain bowl with carved inside and smooth outside. A ring is carved along the inside rim, and below are quails alternating with grasses.

Artist Life Dates

1900 - 1968

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1960-1963

Accession Number

1963/2.67

Medium and Support

Porcelain, carved

relevance

rank 2.85860

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Title

Wanli-era Blue-and-white bowl with bird and flower designs

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

16th-17th century

Object Creation Date

1573-1619

Accession Number

1977/2.19

Medium and Support

porcelain with blue underglaze painting

relevance

rank 2.85860

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Title

Satsuma Urn

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

A gold colored porcelain urn. Images are included on the sides.

Century

Late 19th century

Object Creation Date

late 19th century

Accession Number

2011/1.77

Medium and Support

porcelain with polychrome decoration

relevance

rank 2.85860

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Title

Blue-and-white bowl with floral and landscape designs

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Accession Number

1954/1.545

Medium and Support

porcelain with blue overglaze painting

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rank 2.85690

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Title

Blue-and-white vase, Kangxi type, with landscape design

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

19th century - 1982

Accession Number

1982/1.217

Medium and Support

porcelain with blue underglaze painting

relevance

rank 2.85690

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Title

Covered hu (wine storage jar)

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

lead glazed hu storage jar with lid, flared mouth and spherical body with two raised band.

Object Creation Date

206 BCE - 220 CE

Accession Number

1971/2.69

Medium and Support

earthenware with green lead glaze

relevance

rank 2.85411

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Title

Blue-an-white cargo bowl "Batavian" with abstract landscape design and "cafe au lait" exterior

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1750

Accession Number

2002/2.12

Medium and Support

porcelain with blue underglaze painting

relevance

rank 2.84491

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Title

Footed bowl

Artist

Artist Unknown, Korea

Physical Description

It has a slightly outward flared rim and mildly curved sides tapering gradually to a narrow foot. The color was white and glaze was drgraded.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

1972/1.156

Medium and Support

Porcelain with milky white glaze

relevance

rank 2.84491

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Title

Blue-and-white jarlet with geometric and floral designs of deer amongst foliage

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Object Creation Date

15th century - 16th century

Accession Number

1993/2.27

Medium and Support

porcelain with blue underglaze painting

relevance

rank 2.84491

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Title

Blue-and-White Small Delftware Bowl

Artist

Artist Unknown, Netherlands

Accession Number

2006/2.57

Medium and Support

porcelain with blue underglaze painting

relevance

rank 2.84491

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Title

Small blue-and-white jar with abstracted plant design

Artist

Artist Unknown, Korea

Physical Description

This bottle has a slightly out-turned astragal mouth. Short slender neck and a bulbous body that is rather heavy. The whole foot is rather high and thick. The body is decorated with a simple abstract floral design in cobalt-blue pigment.

Century

19th-20th century

Object Creation Date

17th century - 18th century

Accession Number

1977/1.195

Medium and Support

porcelain with blue underglaze painting

relevance

rank 2.84491

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Title

Blue-and-White Jar with Bamboo Design

Artist

Artist Unknown, Korea

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

17th century - 18th century

Accession Number

2004/1.278

Medium and Support

porcelain with blue underglaze painting

relevance

rank 2.84491

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Title

Vase, shaped like heishi jar, with spread base

Artist

Seifû Yohei III

Artist Life Dates

1854-1914

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1880s-1914

Accession Number

1954/1.514

Medium and Support

porcelain with Hagi-style glaze

relevance

rank 2.84491

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Title

Bowl with Rope-Curtain Design

Artist

Artist Unknown, Korea

Physical Description

Stoneware bowl with stamped rope-curtain design covered by a white slip and colorless glaze. A stylized inlaid chrysanthemum blossom decorates the center of the bowl, surrounded by a band of petals.

Century

15th century

Object Creation Date

15th century

Accession Number

2004/1.263

Medium and Support

stoneware with white inlaid and stamped decoration under colorless glaze

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rank 2.84491

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Title

Vase with "sang de boeuf" glaze

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

vase with spherical shaped body and straight, cylinder-like neck, deep red glaze known as Ji-hong, or ox-blood red.

Century

17th-18th century

Object Creation Date

1662-1722

Accession Number

1971/2.90

Medium and Support

Porcelain with copper red glaze

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rank 2.84491

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Title

Blue-and-white Swatow ware bowl with landscape scene

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

16th-17th century

Object Creation Date

1580-1650

Accession Number

2002/2.8

Medium and Support

porcelain with blue underglaze painting

relevance

rank 2.84491

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Title

The Sea Monster

Artist

Albrecht Dürer

Physical Description

Two figures are seen riding through the water in the foreground; the woman is nude save for an elaborate headdress, the man holds a tortoise shell as a shield and has an antler-like object on his head and has a serpent-like body which supports the woman. Behind is a minutely described landsape with walled town, castle, and along the opposite bank o the water, nude females swimming and a man running in alarm to the water's edge.

Artist Life Dates

1471-1528

Century

Late 15th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1498

Accession Number

1956/1.74

Medium and Support

engraving on paper

relevance

rank 2.84128

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Title

Oil Container

Artist

Artist Unknown Taiwan

Physical Description

Black ceramic jar with a spout and a series of loops around the neck through which a cord could be threaded to secure a cover; decorated around the middle with a geometric pattern and striations.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

2006/2.39

Medium and Support

Stoneware with iron glaze

relevance

rank 2.84037

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Title

Onda ware bottle

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

Bottle with full, rounded base that tapers into a thin neck that terminates in a lipped rim. From the neck up, the vase has a brown glaze. The body has a brownish gray glaze with a white drizzled squiggle decoration along it.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1949

Accession Number

1964/1.82

Medium and Support

stoneware with iron glaze and white slip painting

relevance

rank 2.84037

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Title

Bowl with calcified green lead glaze

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Object Creation Date

206 BCE - 220 CE

Accession Number

1974/1.173

Medium and Support

earthenware with green lead glaze

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rank 2.84037

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Title

Tall-necked hu with calcified green glaze

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Object Creation Date

206 BCE - 220 CE

Accession Number

1964/2.67

Medium and Support

earthenware, red, with green lead glaze

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rank 2.84037

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Title

Blue and white porcelain bowl with medallion designs

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

19th century?

Object Creation Date

late 19th century - early 20th century

Accession Number

1986/1.206

Medium and Support

porcelain with blue underglaze painting

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rank 2.84037

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Title

Xing-type ware storage jar with four lugs

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

Globular-shaped footed stoneware vessel with four looped handles at lip and white glaze

Century

9th-10th century

Object Creation Date

9th century - 10th century

Accession Number

1964/2.2

Medium and Support

porcellaneous stoneware with transparent ivory-toned glaze

relevance

rank 2.84037

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Title

Tripod Saki Pitcher

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

A tripod saki pitcher with a narrow spout that extends perpendicular from the base of the pitcher.

Accession Number

2012/1.266

Medium and Support

glazed ceramic

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rank 2.84037

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Title

Majiayao Shallow Bowl with painted "flowing water" design

Artist

Artist Unknown, China, Majiayao Culture

Physical Description

Bowl-shaped ceramic vessel with bold swirling designs painted in black against a neutral background.

Artist Life Dates

2600 BCE - 2300 BCE

Century

32nd c bce - 29th c bce

Object Creation Date

3290 BCE - 2880 BCE

Accession Number

2005/2.89

Medium and Support

earthenware with black slip painted decoration

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Title

Sancai (Three-Color) Jar with Peacock Feather Design

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

1st-2nd century

Object Creation Date

1st century - 2nd century

Accession Number

1969/2.86

Medium and Support

earthenware, red, w/ green lead glaze, partially calcinated, possibly varnished?

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rank 2.84037

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Title

Jar (kuan), Northern ware

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

6th century

Object Creation Date

6th century

Accession Number

1969/2.88

Medium and Support

stoneware with pale gray-green glaze

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rank 2.84037

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Title

Small Bowl with Two Small Loop Handles

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

3rd-4th century

Object Creation Date

165-316

Accession Number

UA2005.155

Medium and Support

stoneware with pale green glaze

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rank 2.84037

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Title

Vase

Artist

Kawai Kanjirô

Physical Description

Asymmetrical vase with red, black, green, splotches of design on off-white glazed ground.

Artist Life Dates

(1890 - 1966)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1960-1963

Accession Number

1963/2.70

Medium and Support

stoneware with off-white and colored glazes

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rank 2.84037

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Title

Tea Bowl, ido chawan type

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

This rustic looking bowl has a circular base from which the rounded shape of the bowl extends. The clear glaze reveals the brown and black tones of the materials.

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

17th century

Accession Number

1954/1.539

Medium and Support

stoneware with clear glaze

relevance

rank 2.84037

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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

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rank 2.84037

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Title

Ceramic Vase

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

The vase is black with a silver design. The neck of the vase is long and extends from a portion that is cinched up from the bottom.

Accession Number

2012/1.265

Medium and Support

glazed ceramic

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rank 2.84037

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