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Title

Scholar in a Thatched Hut

Artist

Feng Chaoran (Feng Chao-an)

Physical Description

A scholar sits under a thatched hut in the mountains. He strokes his long beard as a kettle warms. The colophon indicated that the scholar the the famous Song dynasty recluse Lin Bu. In his thatch hut in the Solitary Mountain, he is composing a poem in light smoke from the faint fireplace.

Artist Life Dates

1882-1954

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1909

Accession Number

2006/1.118

Medium and Support

ink and color on paper

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:13:19

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

coating (material)

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dwellings

houses

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people

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people and culture

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residential structures

single built works

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Title

Master (Su) Tongbo in a Straw Hat and Sandals

Artist

Feng Chaoran (Feng Chao-an)

Physical Description

Master Su Tongpo, in a hat stands in a natural arched rock formation, turning his head slightly to stare into the distance. He holds his robes in left hand, and a cane in his right.

Artist Life Dates

1882-1954

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1st half of 20th century

Accession Number

2006/1.117

Medium and Support

ink and color on paper

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:13:19

Secondary Keywords

accessories worn on the head

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footwear

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Title

Cross-Island Highway Based on Sketches

Artist

Chang Ku-nien

Physical Description

Painted and inscribed on the occasion of Veterans’ Day. The artist depicts a view of the narrow, winding roadway cutting through a magnificent rocky mountain.

In his inscription, Chang claims to use methods of Song masters that were adopted in painting the scene. A small detail on the lower right of the painting represents a couple of tiny figures standing aside the road. One figure is depicted as making life-sketches of the scene.

Artist Life Dates

(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1980

Accession Number

2006/1.111

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on paper

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:13:18

Secondary Keywords

upward

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Title

Clearing After Snow

Artist

Chang Ku-nien

Physical Description

In this scene mountains and a pavillion are covered by snow and dormant trees bear no leaves. Calligraphic text is in the upper right corner.

Artist Life Dates

1906 - 1987

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1981

Accession Number

2006/1.110

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on paper

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:13:18

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

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settlements and landscapes

trees

trees by leaf life

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

woody plants

Title

Swallow's Mouth Cave

Artist

Chang Ku-nien

Physical Description

A view, perhaps from inside a cave, that provides a glimpse of a small strech of highway through mountainous terrain. A river flows below, cutting a path between the mountains.

Artist Life Dates

(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1978

Accession Number

2006/1.109

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on paper

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:13:18

Secondary Keywords

upward

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Title

Lone Rooster Summons the Spring

Artist

Chang Ku-nien

Physical Description

The Rooster is singled out by its expressive outlining brushwork and the vibrant red color of the comb. Its decorative flavor is also enhanced by using a specific type of paper called “cloud-dragon paper” (yunlong zhi), as the pattern of décor resembles motifs of cloud and dragon. Vertical calligraphic text in in the upper left corner.

Artist Life Dates

1906-1987

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1981

Accession Number

2006/1.112

Medium and Support

ink and color on paper

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:13:18

Secondary Keywords

animals

asian

atmospheric effects

birds

chickens

coating (material)

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forms

making art

materials

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Title

Long-necked hu (wine storage jar) with molded low-relief taotie masks at the waist and bands of grooved decoration

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

lead glazed jar of deep green color, flared neck, and globular body

Century

1st-2nd century

Object Creation Date

1st century - 2nd century

Accession Number

1993/1.83

Medium and Support

Red earthenware with green lead glaze

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:13:11

Secondary Keywords

art genres

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bottles

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Title

Tsuba (sword guard) with design of Kanzan (Chinese, Han Shan) and Jittoku (Chinese, Shihde), two Zen eccentrics

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

Circular tsuba, made of iron. It has two holes in the middle. Two figures, Kanzan and Jittoku, are carved on the lower right corner. Kanzan, who holds a scroll on his hand, and Jittoku, who holds a bloom stick and pointing to the sky, are looking upward. The two figures are carved slightly higher than the surface. On the back, there is the moon partially obscured by clouds. Gold and silver alloy inlays are applied to the moon and the clouds. Gold is also inlayed in their eyes, parts of the garments, and Kanzan's scroll. Shakudô (copper-gold alloy) is inlayed in Jittoku's bloom and his jacket collars.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

early 18th century

Accession Number

1978/2.5

Medium and Support

iron with gold, silver, and shakudô (copper-gold alloy) inlays

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:13:07

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

buddhism

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Title

Tsuba (sword guard) with inlaid design of samurai on horseback at the shore

Artist

Harunori

Physical Description

This small, flat metal piece has a quartrefoil shape. Three holes in the middle. Some chips can be seen around the center hole, which mended with silver and copper. A samurai on horseback is charging into the sea from steep hill; he is wearing a helmet, armor, and sword, and holding a fan. A pine tree is standing on the samurai’s right side; there are rocks and bamboo grass by the ocean. The motifs of the ocean, pine tree, bamboo grass and rocks also appear on the reverse side. Gold and some silver and copper inlays are applied on pine branches, samurai's helmet, horse's mane and bridle, bamboo grass on the shore, and spray from waves.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

1978/2.2

Medium and Support

iron with gold, silver, and copper inlays

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:13:06

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Stupa: Hyakuman tô (one of one million pagodas)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

Wooden miniture model of a tower, comprised of a round base, a bar in the middle where three larger discs and six or seven small discs are inserted. A bulb-shaped ornament rests on top.

Century

8th century

Object Creation Date

764-770

Accession Number

1969/2.21

Medium and Support

carved wood with traces of gesso

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:13:00

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Hu (wine storage jar) with two taotie mask handles at the shoulder

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

3rd-1st century BCE

Object Creation Date

206 BCE - 0 CE

Accession Number

1971/2.68

Medium and Support

stoneware with ash glaze

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:13:00

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Marilyn

Artist

Andy Warhol

Physical Description

Portrait of Hollywood actress Marilyn Monroe.

Artist Life Dates

1928 - 1987

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1967

Accession Number

1969/1.84

Medium and Support

screenprint on paper

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:12:59

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

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Title

Tsuba (sword guard) with incised flame design

Artist

Artist Unknown, Nabeshima ware, Japan

Physical Description

This small, flat metal piece has a quartrefoil shape. Two holes in the middle. Flame-like incision all over the piece. Silver is applied around the center hole.

Century

Late 16th-Early 17th century

Object Creation Date

late 16th century - early 17th century

Accession Number

1966/1.101

Medium and Support

Shakudô (copper-gold alloy)

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:12:59

Secondary Keywords

components

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Title

Tsuba (Sword guard)

Artist

Sadanobu

Physical Description

It is a round, openwork tsuba, in the design of three interconnected bamboo leaves. It has the signature: Kishû jû, Sadanobu.

Artist Life Dates

1809-1879

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

17th century

Accession Number

1966/1.103

Medium and Support

iron

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:12:59

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

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Title

White celadon bowl with incised diamond pattern

Artist

Takuo Katô

Physical Description

The large white bowl is round with a wide rim and a narrow bottom; almost like an up-side-down cone shape. Diamond patterns are stamped around the middle of the body. It has no foot. The rim is slightly warped.

Artist Life Dates

1917-2005

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1960

Accession Number

1963/2.68

Medium and Support

Porcelain with white celadon glaze

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:12:58

Secondary Keywords

containers

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Title

Jar with abstract dragon design

Artist

Artist Unknown, Korea

Physical Description

Round porcelain jar with iron pigment under colorless glaze. An abstract dragon spirals around and up the body of the piece, marked by quick brushstrokes indicating scales and unrestrained swirls indicating features such as its head and feet. A slight valley in the contour of the jar marks where two separately thrown pieces were joined together.

The foot is rather small for the size of the body.

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

17th century

Accession Number

1961/2.88

Medium and Support

porcelain with iron pigment under colorless glaze

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:12:58

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

containers

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descriptors

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stoneware

vessels

Title

Sanctification cross with scenes from the life of Christ and the Virgin Mary and the Evangelists

Artist

Artist Unknown, Greece

Physical Description

This small carved boxwood cross is divided on each face into five compartments containing Christian religious scenes. The cross is set in a stand decorated with mother-of-pearl and green glass-paste stones.

Century

17th-18th century

Object Creation Date

1650-1800

Accession Number

1961/1.177

Medium and Support

boxwood with pearls and glass-paste stones

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:12:57

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

ceremonies

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Title

Oval water tray, part of a bridal trousseau

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Century

late 18th century

Object Creation Date

late 18th century

Accession Number

1955/1.167

Medium and Support

wood with black and red lacquer, with gold designs

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:12:56

Secondary Keywords

coating (material)

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Title

Part of a set of cosmetic boxes: Rectangular Box with Cover and Inner Tray

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Century

17th-19th century

Object Creation Date

1615-1867

Accession Number

1955/1.158

Medium and Support

wood with black, red and gold lacquer

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:12:56

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Title

Seto ware tea caddy "Hitorine," named by Kobori Enshû (1579–1647)

Artist

Seto Shinbei

Physical Description

Small, brown, thinly potted container with ivory lid. It has a short neck and round shoulder; The dark glaze is randomly applied from shoulder to the middle of the body. The part at the bottom is unglazed. The bottom has no foot and unglazed. The lid is concaved from the rim toward the center knob.

Artist Life Dates

late 16th century - early 17th century

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1600-1647

Accession Number

1954/1.532A&B

Medium and Support

stoneware with mottled brown glaze, ivory lid

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:12:50

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Northern Summer Window

Artist

Marsden Hartley

Physical Description

A vase with flowers sits before a window, between two books that lie on a table, and framed by open red curtains. The landscape outside the window shows a blue cloud sky above a body of water.

Artist Life Dates

1877 - 1943

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1936

Accession Number

1949/2.89

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:12:49

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Spring Landscape

Artist

Arthur Wesley Dow

Physical Description

Landscape painting depicting a dirt pathway with steps and a wooden railing cutting through the center of the composition leading to a house on a hill in the distance. On either side of the path are blooming trees bearing pink and white blossoms in a green meadow.

Artist Life Dates

1857 - 1922

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1892

Accession Number

1954/1.168

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:12:49

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Rectangular covered box with hand-painted chrysanthemum painting

Artist

Seifû Yohei III

Artist Life Dates

1854-1914

Century

Late 19th-early 20th century

Object Creation Date

1880s-1914

Accession Number

1954/1.513

Medium and Support

Porcelain with crackled clear glaze and overglaze white and iron slip painting

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:12:49

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

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descriptors

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Title

Scene in the Catskills

Artist

Thomas Cole

Physical Description

This landscape painting depicts a rocky hillside beneath a blue sky and towering cloud formations. In the foreground area, a stream flows between boulders and cascades over rocks. There is a large square boulder with the roots and stump of a dead tree. The right side of the painting has green vegetation along the edege of the stream and tall green-leafed trees further back on the side of the hill. On the left, beyond the hill, there is a glimpse of far distant mountains. This scene is painted in warm tones of green and brown in a realistic manner. Patches of sunlight highlight areas of the hillside, boulders and the stream.

Artist Life Dates

American, born England, 1801-1848

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1801-1848

Accession Number

1919.2

Medium and Support

oil on board

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:12:48

Secondary Keywords

settlement area

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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

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:12:47

Secondary Keywords

ceremonial containers

containers

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descriptors

liturgical containers

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Title

Crucifixion

Artist

Oskar Kokoschka

Physical Description

A traditional crucifixion scene, with Christ on the cross, and Mary and John at his feet gazing upward. The background is a series of watercolor washes, and parts of the figures, particularly most of the sitting figure of John, is "inked" in over the background washes. A goblet (the cup of Christ) is inked in at the foot of the cross. Signed by the artist, b.r., followed by "VI - 58."

Artist Life Dates

1886 - 1980

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1958

Accession Number

2007/2.90

Medium and Support

watercolor on paper

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:12:40

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

bible

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descriptors

drinking vessels

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Title

Box with Double-Dragon Design

Artist

Artist Unknown, Korea

Physical Description

Lacquered wooden box with inlaid mother-of-pearl in double-dragon design. The heads of each dragon stretch diagonally inward from opposite corners of the box, with wide eyes and open mouths. Their bodies curve in and out of the top plane of the box, creating an opposing effect with symmetrical balance. The dragons reach forward towards a flaming orb in the center of the box, called a cintamani, or Buddhist wish-granting jewel. Among the dragons are swirling cloud designs made of inlaid nacre and copper wire.

Century

18th-19th century

Object Creation Date

late 18th century - early 19th century

Accession Number

2007/2.8

Medium and Support

lacquered wood with mother-of-pearl, tortoise shell, and copper wire inlays

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:12:38

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

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Title

Untitled (Structural Constellation drawing)

Artist

Josef Albers

Physical Description

pen and ink drawing on half inch grid graph paper ruled in blue

Artist Life Dates

American, born Germany, 1888-1976

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1955

Accession Number

2007/2.5

Medium and Support

pen and ink on half inch grid graph paper ruled in blue

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:12:37

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

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Title

From the Radio Tower, Berlin

Artist

László Moholy-Nagy

Physical Description

gelatin silver print, printed no later than 1946, signed by the artist in pencil on the reverse, lower right

Artist Life Dates

Hungary, 1895-1946

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1928

Accession Number

2007/2.59

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:12:37

Secondary Keywords

albums

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descriptors

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Title

The Omen (Das Zeichen)

Artist

Alfred Kubin

Physical Description

In the top left, a volcano erupts with flame shooting upward. Around the volcano, wrapping from the center of the image to the lower left corner, are dozens of individuals who seem to be fleeing the eruption. The larged figure is a mother, a baby in her arms and her mouth and eyes wide open. The entire drawing consists of lines, including shading, with underlying washes of color.

Artist Life Dates

1877-1959

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1912

Accession Number

2007/2.106

Medium and Support

watercolor and ink on wove paper (map printed on verso)

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:12:31

Secondary Keywords

child

descriptors

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family

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Title

Landscape of the Seasons

Artist

Yi Sang-Beom

Physical Description

Ten-panel screen depicting similar mountain scenes over changing seasons. A spring scene begins on the right, gradually changing over the ten images to winter on the left. In an upper corner of each scene is a corresponding seasonal poetic inscription. These images are created using ink and color on paper, which was mounted on the upper two-thirds of each panel of the screen.

Artist Life Dates

1899-1978

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1943

Accession Number

2007/2.10

Medium and Support

ten-fold screen with ink and color on paper

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:12:30

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

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Title

Portrait of Sir Foster Cunilffe, 3rd Bt. of Acton Park, Wrexham, Denbingshire (1755-1834)

Artist

John Hoppner

Physical Description

Full-length portrait of a standing male in a lanscape setting. To the left of the composition stands a pair of birches near the figure; to the right the landscape opens up to a distant expanse of trees and hills. The man, Sir Foster Cunliiffe, stands facing to the right and looking out of the canvas to the left. He holds a bow and quiver of arrows; a black hat with feather lies on the ground at his feet. He is dressed in tan pants and waistcoat with a green frock coat and black boots.

Artist Life Dates

1758 - 1810

Object Creation Date

1787-1834

Accession Number

2007/2.1

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:12:29

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

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Title

Orchid and Rock

Artist

Chang Ku-nien, Liu Yantao, Gao Yihong

Physical Description

A rock dominates the image, with orchids and grasses growing next to it. Calligraphic text accompanies the image, places above the rock, with three seals.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

last quarter of 20th century

Accession Number

2006/1.131

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on paper

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:12:29

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

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materials

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Title

Bamboo and Rock

Artist

Chang Ku-nien, Liu Yantao, Gao Yihong

Physical Description

A rock rises above the earth, and branches of bamboo mimic the gentle curve of its shape. Grasses grow below. Two lines of calligraphic text are written verticalley on the left side of the painting.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1960-1975

Accession Number

2006/1.134

Medium and Support

ink on paper

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:12:29

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Death of Chatterton, from "Pictures of Chocolate"

Artist

Vik Muniz

Physical Description

Photograph of a drawing executed using chocolate syrup on a piece of white plexi-glass.

Artist Life Dates

born 1961

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

2000

Accession Number

2006/1.153

Medium and Support

Cibachrome mounted on aluminum on paper

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:12:29

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

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european

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Title

Chrysanthemum and Rock

Artist

Chang Ku-nien, Liu Yantao, Gao Yihong

Physical Description

A cluster of chrysanthemum grow upwards, standing out over a rock below. Next to them, in the upper left corner, is calligraphic text.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1980

Accession Number

2006/1.133

Medium and Support

ink and light color on paper

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:12:29

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

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Title

Proto-Yue Ware Chicken-Headed Ewer

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

Green-glazed ewer with spout in the shape of a chicken's head and handle in the form of a dragon's head and neck

Century

4th-5th c

Object Creation Date

317-420

Accession Number

2005/2.92

Medium and Support

stoneware with celadon glaze

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:12:28

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

asia (continent)

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Title

Round-Bottomed Jar

Artist

Artist Unknown, Korea

Physical Description

Jar with a round base, short neck and flaring mouth. Fabric imprints and gently indented lines stretch across the round body of the jar.

Century

3rd-4th century

Object Creation Date

3rd century - 4th century

Accession Number

2004/1.163

Medium and Support

unglazed earthenware with impressed decoration

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:12:28

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Calligraphy, One of a Pair

Artist

Chen Shu-chen

Physical Description

Vertical hanging scroll of calligraphic text consisting of five Chinese characters in black ink, with artist signature and seal. One of a pair.

Artist Life Dates

1908-2000

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

last quarter of 20th century

Accession Number

2006/1.130.2

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on paper

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:12:28

Secondary Keywords

asian

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Title

Calligraphy, One of a Pair

Artist

Chen Shu-chen

Physical Description

Vertical hanging scroll of calligraphic text consisting of five Chinese characters in black ink. One of a pair.

Artist Life Dates

1908-2000

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

last quarter of 20th century

Accession Number

2006/1.130.1

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on paper

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:12:28

Secondary Keywords

asian

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Title

Catalina (Ibiza - Balearic Islands, Spain)

Artist

Martin Baer

Artist Life Dates

1894-1961

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1936

Accession Number

1954/1.75

Medium and Support

oil on board

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:12:27

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

inorganic material

materials

materials by composition

modern and contemporary art

Title

Egôro (ritual censer)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

It is a bronze incense burner with a long handle. The circular bowl is a brazier, in which incense is burnt in Shinto rituals. The brazier has a fluted mouth and double-lines on the outside body. A circular foot, in a chrysanthemum shape, is attached to the brazier. There is a support that connects between the brazier and the foot. The brazier’s lid has an intricate openwork design of lotus flower scrolls with a knob in the shape of a lotus bud. The rim has an incised, stylized design of clouds. The mounting between the brazier and the handle is in the shape of Buddhist jewel with two semi-precious stones. The handle has carved lotus flower scrolls, and the end of which is bent at a right angle and joined to a round pedestal. Rising from the pedestal is a small statue of a lion on a lotus-shape pedestal, which serves as a knob handgrip when the incense burner is held.

Century

16th-17th century

Object Creation Date

1583-1650

Accession Number

2007/2.6

Medium and Support

gilt bronze with semiprecious stones

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:12:25

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

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buildings and the land

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Title

Engraved Powder Horn

Artist

Artist Unknown

Physical Description

Animal horn engraved with the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom, in which a crowned lion and a chained unicorn supporting a shield stand above a banner with the motto “dieu et mon droit” (which directly translated from French means “God and my right” referring to the monarch’s divine right to govern which has been used as the motto of the British monarch since it was adopted by Henry V (1413-1422)). The shield consists of four quadrants: the first quadrant contains four lions, the second contains three fleurs de lis, the third contains a mermaid and a harp, the fourth contains three lions and a stag or dog-like animal. Surrounding the shield is a belt or garter upon which is emblazoned “Honi soit qui mal y pense” which means “evil unto they who think evil,” the motto of the Order of the Knights of the Garter, an ancient exclusive British order consisting of 25 members who were selected by the king of England. Near the base, the horn is engraved with a cityscape of Philadelphia from the harbor with numerous buildings, towers, boats and ships, and a man with a rifle shooting at a stag or lion in the distance.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

2007/1.101

Medium and Support

animal horn

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:12:24

Secondary Keywords

animal material

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Title

Ogun Ax (àáké or edùn Ogun)

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Yoruba Peoples Nigeria

Physical Description

Carved ax handle is comprised of a kneeling male figure with rounded knob on top of his head, into which narrow end of triangular iron ax blade is embedded.

Century

Mid-20th century

Object Creation Date

1925-1975

Accession Number

2006/2.73

Medium and Support

wood, iron

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:12:22

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Unidentified Buddhist Goddess with eight arms and three heads, with base

Artist

Artist Unknown, Tibet or Nepal

Physical Description

A miniature figure of a tantric goddess, very finely cast by the cire perdue (lost wax) method. The goddess is shown seated in lalitasana pose ("royal ease," one knee bent and the other relaxes) on a lotus dais, which is separately cast. She has 8 arms which are in variants of vitarka mudra (the gesture of teaching). She has three heads, with the two lateral heads seen here as partial profiles; each wears the five-petal tiara of Tibetan Buddhist ritual. Her skirt is unusual, looking to be made of leaves, instead of the usual dhoti. Her hair is painted blue and her lips red.

Accession Number

2006/2.64A&B

Medium and Support

copper? with blue paint for hair and red for lips

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:12:21

Secondary Keywords

asian

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south asian

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Title

Mirror Box

Artist

Artist Unknown, Korea

Physical Description

This mirror box is decorated with lacquer and mother-of-pearl inlaid designs. Thelid of the box opens upwards, and has brass hinges and a closure in the sahpe of a flower. The lower drawer has a handle in the shape of a bat.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

2006/2.61

Medium and Support

lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlay and brass? fittings

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:12:21

Secondary Keywords

ball game equipment

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Title

Miniature Dhyani Buddha

Artist

Artist Unknown, Tibet or Nepal

Physical Description

A tiny tear-drop-shaped metal (copper?) pendant, edged with beading, serving as support for a minature seated image of a Dhyani Buddha, made of inlaid semi-precious stones and copper wire. This may have originally been part of a necklace or tiara, or part of a brooch for a high-ranking monk's ritual costume.

Century

19th-20th century

Object Creation Date

19th century - early 20th century

Accession Number

2006/2.63

Medium and Support

copper? set with mountain coral, turquoise, and lapis lazuli

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:12:21

Secondary Keywords

asian

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Title

Blue-and-white "Willow ware" plate with landscape design

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1944-1953

Accession Number

2006/2.56

Medium and Support

porcelain with blue underglaze painting and overglaze gold

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:12:20

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Blue-and-white shallow plate with the character shou (longevity), surrounded by 4 crabs

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

18th-19th century

Accession Number

2006/2.53

Medium and Support

porcelain with blue underglaze painting

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:12:20

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Canton Ware Tiered 4-part Cylindrical Box

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

2006/2.52A-E

Medium and Support

porcelain with overglaze enamels in pastel blue, pink and green

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:12:20

Secondary Keywords

containers

descriptors

object genres

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