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- Title
- Composition
- Artist
- Auguste Herbin
- Physical Description
- Flat, colorful, overlapping geometric and biomorphic abstract forms
- Artist Life Dates
- 1882 - 1960
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1927
- Accession Number
- 1955/2.10
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 1.30344
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- faces
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- genres
- image-making processes and techniques
- modern and contemporary art
- painting and painting techniques
- painting techniques
- painting techniques by medium
- people and culture
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- Title
- Ring (Huan)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 3rd century BCE
- Object Creation Date
- 771 BCE - 256 BCE
- Accession Number
- 1960/2.94
- Medium and Support
- nephrite (jade)
- relevance
- rank 1.30344
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- geometric shapes
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects of adornment
- objects we use
- processes and techniques
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- rock
- rock by form
- surface marking processes and techniques
- visual and tactile
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- 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
- relevance
- rank 1.30344
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- ceramics
- containers
- descriptors
- flowers (plants)
- herbaceous plants
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- plants
- pottery (object genre)
- settlements and landscapes
- stoneware
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- Title
- Moon Over Cypress
- Artist
- Italo Scanga
- Physical Description
- This is a colorful abstract print with geometric shapes in blue, yellow, green and red outlined in black. There are also three white areas with black line drawings that depict a plant in a flower pot and two cypress trees in the bottom section and a landscape with mountains and a yellow moon in the upper right portion.
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1932
- Object Creation Date
- 1989
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.40
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on cream Rives BFK
- relevance
- rank 1.30344
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- design elements
- earth sciences concepts
- herbaceous plants
- landscapes (environments)
- motifs
- natural landscapes
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- plants
- scientific concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- Title
- Everything You Wish in the Nine Heavens: Gods of Wealth Increase Good Fortune
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- Two male figures wearing official robes and hats, sit side by side on thrones. The one on the right holds a shoe-shaped ingot and a scepter. The god on the left holds only a shoe-shaped ingot. In front of them is basin filled with coins and rarities such as jewels, branches of coral and shining ingots. On the right, a smaller male figure holds a horse on a tray while his counter part on the left holds a brush and a scroll. At the top is a sinuous dragon whose spine is composed of coins and above him is a horse bearing a stack of shoe-shaped ingots.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2006/2.49
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.30343
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
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- exchange media
- identifying artifacts
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by function
- information forms
- legendary creatures
- mammals
- money
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- symbols of office
- Title
- Cane Train, Cuba
- Artist
- Dmitri Baltermants
- Physical Description
- A train with gates cars filled with wooden sticks. In the foreground a man (possibly a worker) is looking to his left while he points to the train. Another man walks further up the tracks in the background.
- Artist Life Dates
- Russian, 1912-1990
- Object Creation Date
- 2003
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.84
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.30287
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- geographic and political locations
- guideway vehicles
- land vehicles
- land vehicles by form
- materials
- materials by origin
- north and central america (continent)
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- plant material
- rail guideway vehicles
- railroad cars
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Tile with molded lion
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Iran
- Physical Description
- Tile with molded lion motif.
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1957/1.68
- Medium and Support
- earthenware with turquoise glaze
- relevance
- rank 1.30287
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- forming
- geographic and political locations
- mammals
- materials
- materials by form
- materials by physical form
- middle east (general region)
- object genres
- object genres by material
- people and culture
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- Title
- Roman Balusters Rebuilt, Spalato, Dalmatia
- Artist
- Jane C. Stanley
- Artist Life Dates
- 1863-1940
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1863-1940
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.171
- Medium and Support
- watercolor on white paper
- relevance
- rank 1.30287
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- architecture
- circulation elements
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- rock
- rock by form
- stair components
- stairs and stair components
- steps and step components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Ceramic roof tile with fragment of apsara, cloud designs
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- It is a fragment of roof-end tile with apsara design in relief.
- Century
- 6th century
- Object Creation Date
- 6th century
- Accession Number
- 1979/2.3
- Medium and Support
- earthenware
- relevance
- rank 1.30284
- Secondary Keywords
- building divisions
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- materials
- materials by form
- materials by physical form
- rooms and spaces
- rooms and spaces by form
- uncovered spaces
- Title
- Stakes is high
- Artist
- Jakob Kolding
- Physical Description
- A collage drawing with "Stakes is high" in large bubble letters at the top. The bottom of the drawing is a sparse cityscape and a figure wearing a purple skimask looking at the viewer.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1971
- Century
- 21st century
- Object Creation Date
- 2008
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.20
- Medium and Support
- collage and drawing on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.30284
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- objects we use
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Little Whitehead
- Artist
- Warren Lombard
- Physical Description
- This ocean scene shows a cliff on the left half of the composition, with the ocean and some birds on the right. The cliff is darker towards the bottom, and the strip of ocean is in the bottom third of the composition. There are five birds; three are more distinct, while the other two a smaller and fainter.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1855-1939
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1927
- Accession Number
- 1940.44
- Medium and Support
- drypoint on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.30230
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- birds
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- bodies of water by size
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- gulls
- inorganic material
- landform components
- landforms and landform components
- landscapes (environments)
- marine bodies
- materials
- materials by composition
- modern and contemporary art
- natural landscapes
- settlements and landscapes
- Title
- Cadillac Fleetwood, near Messak Settafet, Sahara, Libya (R14), from "The Ryoichi Excavations"
- Artist
- Patrick Nagatani
- Physical Description
- Car under excavation in a desert scene. There is a wooden framework around the car.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1945
- Object Creation Date
- 1991; printed 2001
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.144
- Medium and Support
- toned gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.30176
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- combination inorganic/organic material
- descriptors
- freewheeled vehicles
- freewheeled vehicles by form or function
- geographic and political locations
- land vehicles
- land vehicles by form
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects we use
- passenger vehicles
- soil
- soil by composition or origin
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- Title
- Boucherie, Rue Christine, from "Portfolio of 20 photographs printed by Berenice Abbott"
- Artist
- Eugène Atget
- Artist Life Dates
- 1856-1927
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1898-1927
- Accession Number
- 1974/1.121
- Medium and Support
- gold toned gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.30068
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- buildings and the land
- commercial buildings
- descriptors
- materials
- materials by function
- mercantile buildings
- modern and contemporary art
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- streets
- Title
- Glass snuff bottle
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 18th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1790-1880
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.141
- Medium and Support
- glass
- relevance
- rank 1.30055
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for personal use
- containers for smoking and tobacco use
- descriptors
- glass and glassmaking mixtures
- herbaceous plants
- inorganic material
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- Title
- Serpent Mound, Ohio
- Artist
- Marilyn Bridges
- Physical Description
- A black and white aerial landscape photograph of a long and winding mound land formation in the shape of a large snake. The serpent-like mound is surrounded by trees.
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born 1957
- Object Creation Date
- 1982
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.12
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print, AP on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.30037
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- landforms and landform components
- natural landscapes
- photographic techniques
- photography and photographic processes and techniques
- picture-taking techniques
- picture-taking techniques by location or context
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- settlements and landscapes
- Title
- Panama Hat, from "The Silver Edition, Volume I"
- Artist
- Ralph Gibson
- Physical Description
- This black and white photograph is a cropped close-up view of a light colored hat with a black band. The texture of the tightly woven straw and the ribbon band are depicted in sharp detail against a blank dark background.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1939
- Object Creation Date
- 1975
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.47.6
- Medium and Support
- photograph on fiber paper
- relevance
- rank 1.29984
- Secondary Keywords
- accessories worn on the head
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- descriptors
- hats
- headgear
- objects we use
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Hagi ware flower vase
- Artist
- Miwa Jusetsu
- Physical Description
- It is a vertically long, rectangular shaped vase. The body is slightly tilted; its four corners are shaved from the top to the bottom. The clay color is orange-yellow; the body is glazed with porous, milky white ash glaze. The bottom edge of the body and the bottom are unglazed. It has no foot.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1910
- Century
- Mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1960
- Accession Number
- 1963/2.65
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with feldspar and ash glaze
- relevance
- rank 1.29972
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- herbaceous plants
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- vessels
- woody plants
- Title
- A Plant
- Artist
- Zhu Da (Chu Ta)
- Physical Description
- A plant is shown against the blank background, with a long stem, some leaves on the top, and a apricot-like fruit at the bottom. Above the plant are some calligraphic texts, with the artist's signature and seal.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1626-1705
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1645-1705
- Accession Number
- 1958/2.57
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.29972
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by origin
- natural landscapes
- plant material
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Priest's Robe, Satin Brocade
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1955/1.190
- Medium and Support
- tan, blue, gold and silver satin brocade with six white and gold insets
- relevance
- rank 1.29952
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- asia
- atmospheric effects
- clergy
- colors
- creatures
- descriptors
- drapery
- geometric shapes
- locality
- medium
- mythology
- needleworking
- needleworking and needleworking techniques
- objects we use
- people and occupations
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- rectangles
- religion
- religious figures
- textile processes and techniques
- textile working processes and techniques
- the natural world
- visual and tactile
- Title
- Still Life with Fruit and Walnuts
- Artist
- George Forster
- Artist Life Dates
- 1817-1896
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1817-1896
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.164
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 1.29914
- Secondary Keywords
- coverings and hangings
- coverings and hangings by location or context
- coverings and hangings by specific type
- coverings and hangings for furniture
- coverings and hangings for storage and support furniture
- descriptors
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- genres
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects
- objects we use
- plant material
- plants
- table coverings
- the natural world
- Title
- Roof Tile
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- This is an example of a lotus medallion with a double layer of petal. Two rows of eight petals each are arranged around a double-ring seedpod. The outer ring of the seedpod has no design. The inner ring of the seedpod contains a central seed surrounded by six peripheral seeds (1+6 seed pattern). The outer rim is embellished with a bead pattern.
- Object Creation Date
- 7th century - 8th century
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.198
- Medium and Support
- earthenware
- relevance
- rank 1.29914
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- enclosing structural elements
- flowers
- medium
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects
- plants
- pottery (object genre)
- roofs and roof components
- structural elements
- structural elements and structural element components
- the natural world
- Title
- Roof Tile
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- The decoration of this tile-end consists of lotus medallion with eight petals in the center surrounded by eight heart-shaped bosanghwa(Buddhist floral pattern) just inside the rim. The rim is decorated with a chain of beads.
- Object Creation Date
- 9th century
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.202
- Medium and Support
- earthenware
- relevance
- rank 1.29914
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- enclosing structural elements
- flowers
- medium
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects
- plants
- pottery (object genre)
- roofs and roof components
- structural elements
- structural elements and structural element components
- the natural world
- Title
- Roof Tile
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- This lotus medallion design on this round tile-end consists of eight petals. The outer rim is decorated with eighteen round dents. The seedpod contains six peripheral seeds.
- Object Creation Date
- 7th century - 8th century
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.197
- Medium and Support
- earthenware
- relevance
- rank 1.29914
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- enclosing structural elements
- flowers
- medium
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects
- plants
- pottery (object genre)
- roofs and roof components
- structural elements
- structural elements and structural element components
- the natural world
- Title
- Roof Tile
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- This lotus medallion designed on this round tile-end consists of thirteen petals. The outer rim is decorated with eighteen round dents. The inner ring of the seedpod contains a big central seed surrounded by seven peripheral seeds. The outer rim is embellished with a bead pattern.
- Object Creation Date
- 7th century - 8th century
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.199
- Medium and Support
- earthenware
- relevance
- rank 1.29914
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- ceramics
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- enclosing structural elements
- flowers
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects
- plants
- pottery (object genre)
- roofs and roof components
- structural elements
- structural elements and structural element components
- the natural world
- Title
- Graves of Neil and Lawrence
- Artist
- John Edward Saché
- Artist Life Dates
- act. in India, 1860s-1880s
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1860-1889
- Accession Number
- 1984/1.309
- Medium and Support
- albumen print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.29895
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- buildings and the land
- death
- descriptors
- funerary structures
- how we live
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects we use
- plants
- rites of passage
- rock
- rock by form
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- the natural world
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- War Rages in France - We Must Feed Them - United States Food Administration
- Artist
- Harry Everett Townsend
- Physical Description
- Text: War Rages in France - We Must Feed Them - They cannot fight & raise food at the same time - Denying ourselves only a little means Life to them - United States Food Administration
- Artist Life Dates
- 1879-1941
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1917
- Accession Number
- 1954/2.35.97
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.29883
- Secondary Keywords
- armed conflicts
- cityscapes
- declaratory and advertising artifacts
- descriptors
- europe
- events
- figures
- how we live
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by function
- information forms
- locality
- materials
- materials by function
- modern and contemporary art
- objects
- objects we use
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- streets
- text-based art
- transportation
- vehicles
- war
- world wars
- Title
- Hou Chi Minh with cigarette and large leaf, meeting with Voroshilov, Vietnam, 1957
- Artist
- Dmitri Baltermants
- Physical Description
- Hou Chi Minh and Kliment Voroshilov meeting in Vietnam. The Vietnamese prime minister and president gets a light from his assistant while holding a large leaf, while the Soviet politician holds a pad of paper and tries to discuss some sort of political plans.
- Artist Life Dates
- Russian, 1912-1990
- Object Creation Date
- 2003
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.88
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.29857
- Secondary Keywords
- animal material
- asia (continent)
- biological material
- descriptors
- europe (continent)
- geographic and political locations
- image-making processes and techniques
- materials
- materials by origin
- photographic processes
- photography and photographic processes and techniques
- plant material
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- tobacco
- Title
- La Melancholia
- Artist
- Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
- Artist Life Dates
- 1609-1664
- Century
- 17th Century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1647
- Accession Number
- 1994/2.12
- Medium and Support
- etching on thin, slightly textured, beige laid paper, trimmed to platemark
- relevance
- rank 1.29857
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- animal material
- animal material by form or function
- animals
- descriptors
- equipment
- equipment by process
- image-making equipment
- mammals
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects
- objects we use
- painting equipment
- skeleton and skeleton components
- skeleton components
- the natural world
- tools and equipment
- Title
- Untitled
- Artist
- Sam Mackey
- Physical Description
- Roughly put together wood painted with an off-white paint with globs of hardened paint, very textured surface. There is a line painting in black of a man with his hands to the side, arms raised.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1897-1992
- Object Creation Date
- 1989
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.307
- Medium and Support
- painted wood on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.29750
- Secondary Keywords
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- descriptors
- drawings
- drawings by technique
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Walu Antelope Mask
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Mali, Dogon
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1971
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.26
- Medium and Support
- wood, metal and pigment
- relevance
- rank 1.29750
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- animals and creatures
- costume
- costume by function
- descriptors
- mammals
- objects
- objects we use
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- the natural world
- woodworking and woodworking processes and techniques
- Title
- Girl in Green Wind (large)
- Artist
- Nakayama Tadashi
- Physical Description
- The girl in the middle front on the printing is walking to right. The background is full of thick strokes of line patterns in black, green and orange.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1927
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1956
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.52
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.29750
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- design elements
- earth sciences concepts
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- physical sciences concepts
- scientific concepts
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- Title
- Small Single-Handed Cup
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- It has a flat base, globular body and straight neck. There was a bubbling of the clay surface during firing. The attached handle is a little small and thick.
- Object Creation Date
- 1st half 6th century
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.190
- Medium and Support
- Stoneware
- relevance
- rank 1.29744
- Secondary Keywords
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- dishes
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- plates (dishes)
- pottery (object genre)
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Chalcedony ornamental snuff bottle
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1912-1949
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.29
- Medium and Support
- chalcedony and glass
- relevance
- rank 1.29744
- Secondary Keywords
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for personal use
- containers for smoking and tobacco use
- descriptors
- food
- leaf (plant component)
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- plant components
- trees (components)
- Title
- Star-shaped tile with vegetal arabesque pattern
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Iran
- Century
- 14th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 14th century
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.147
- Medium and Support
- fritware with deep blue glaze, fold leaf, and overglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 1.29684
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- descriptors
- form attributes
- materials
- materials by form
- materials by physical form
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- shape
- 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
- relevance
- rank 1.29684
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- screens (furniture)
- settlements and landscapes
- Title
- Star-shaped tile with molded floral design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Iran
- Century
- 15th-16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 15th century - 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.135
- Medium and Support
- earthenware with blue underglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 1.29684
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- descriptors
- form attributes
- materials
- materials by form
- materials by physical form
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- shape
- Title
- Star-shaped tile with molded floral arabesque design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Iran
- Century
- 15th-16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 15th century - 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.134
- Medium and Support
- earthenware with black and blue underglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 1.29684
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- descriptors
- form attributes
- materials
- materials by form
- materials by physical form
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- shape
- Title
- Bowl with bird holding leaf and inscription
- Artist
- Iran, Kashan
- Physical Description
- A wide-mouth, narrow-base bowl with overglaze lustre decorations of a bird holding leaf. There are inscriptions as part of the decorations.
- Century
- 12th-13th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century - 13th century
- Accession Number
- 1957/1.63
- Medium and Support
- fritware with overglaze lustre painting
- relevance
- rank 1.29655
- Secondary Keywords
- animal material
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- biological material
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- document genres
- document genres by form
- geographic and political locations
- information forms
- materials
- materials by origin
- middle east (general region)
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plant material
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- vessels
- Title
- Pot
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Acoma Pueblo, Native American
- Physical Description
- A squat, gracefully rounded pot with a mouth that is slightly smaller than the widest circumference of the pot, and a tapered base. The interior is colored white. There is a band of black along the brim. The exterior is decorated with a pattern of alternating squares: brownish-orange squares divided vertically by a white stripe broken by three thin black lines; and white squares divided diagonally with wave-like black shapes.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1930
- Accession Number
- 1984/2.20
- Medium and Support
- earthenware
- relevance
- rank 1.29655
- Secondary Keywords
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- design elements
- modern and contemporary art
- native north american styles
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects
- objects we use
- people and culture
- pottery (object genre)
- pueblo
- religion
- religions
- rio grande pueblo styles
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the americas
- Title
- Hunting Whistle
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Angola, Chokwe
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1971
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.47
- Medium and Support
- carved wood
- relevance
- rank 1.29627
- Secondary Keywords
- aerophones
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- duct flutes
- flutes (aerophones)
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- plant material
- sound devices
- sound devices by acoustical characteristics
- the human body
- upper body
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Pipe
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.355
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- relevance
- rank 1.29627
- Secondary Keywords
- smoking and tobacco use
- animals and creatures
- descriptors
- equipment
- equipment by context
- equipment for personal use
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- reptiles
- tools and equipment
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Inro (four-case medicine box) with design of maple leaves and chrysanthemums, ojime, and netsuke
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/2.17
- Medium and Support
- black and gold lacquer, glass ojime (bead)
- relevance
- rank 1.29627
- Secondary Keywords
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- concepts relating to the creative process
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- design elements
- objects we use
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- people and culture
- sculpture
- sculpture by function
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- The Visitation
- Artist
- Anonymous
- Physical Description
- Two women on a staircase in an embrace. A man on one side with an arm raised in greeting. Another man is on the other side with a bag over his shoulder.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1827
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.560
- Medium and Support
- pencil, pen and brown ink on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 1.29611
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- associated concepts
- biological concepts
- chimneys and chimney components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- food
- fruit
- heating and cooking elements
- materials
- materials by function
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- scientific concepts
- Title
- Design Cloth
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Description
- Square panel of raffia, cut-pile cloth; top is even, plush surface; intersecting linear pattern creates geometic diamond motifs in contrasting dark and light browns. Back is woven raffia cloth.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1970
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.105
- Medium and Support
- raffia, cloth, dye
- relevance
- rank 1.29610
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- design elements
- fiber
- fiber and fiber products
- materials
- materials by form
- materials by physical form
- motifs
- object genres
- object genres by material
- people and culture
- social science concepts
- social status
- sociological concepts
- Title
- Shigaraki Ware Flower Vase
- Artist
- Takahashi Rakusai III
- Physical Description
- The vase uses Shigaraki clay and the wood-firing process. The deformities and imperfections are intentional, and in Iga style. It has a lopsided lip edge at the top, with a deep indentation circling the vase just below it. The texture of this piece is splotchy and ridged, and the colors are earth tones, ranging from tans to dark, forest greens.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1898-1976
- Century
- Mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1960-1963
- Accession Number
- 1963/2.77
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with natural ash glaze
- relevance
- rank 1.29610
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- herbaceous plants
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- vessels
- woody plants
- Title
- Lid for Bowl
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- A dome-shaped cermaic lid for a bowl. Outfitted with a mushroom-shaped handle with a hole in the center. Carved details around the bowl are two circles, one smaller than the other, with a striped triangle pattern.
- Object Creation Date
- 400-599
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.76
- Medium and Support
- ceramic
- relevance
- rank 1.29560
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- closures
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- container components
- containers
- containers by form
- covers (closures)
- descriptors
- east asian
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- vessels
- Title
- Lid for Bowl
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- A ceramic lid for a matching bowl. Outfitted with a small, round and tapered handle.
- Object Creation Date
- 400-599
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.75B
- Medium and Support
- ceramic
- relevance
- rank 1.29560
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- closures
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- container components
- containers
- containers by form
- covers (closures)
- descriptors
- east asian
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- vessels
- Title
- Lid for Bowl
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- A round ceramic fitted lid for a bowl.
- Object Creation Date
- 400-599
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.73
- Medium and Support
- ceramic
- relevance
- rank 1.29560
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- closures
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- container components
- containers
- containers by form
- covers (closures)
- descriptors
- east asian
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- vessels
- Title
- Embroidery, perhaps a sleeve hand
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2nd quarter of 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1952/2.1
- Medium and Support
- silk embroidery
- relevance
- rank 1.29530
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- needleworking
- needleworking and needleworking techniques
- objects we use
- plants
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- textile processes and techniques
- textile working processes and techniques
- the natural world
- Title
- Embroidery
- Artist
- Anonymous Italian
- Century
- 16th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.302
- Medium and Support
- white linen (now yellowed) with red stiches (faced to ochre)
- relevance
- rank 1.29530
- Secondary Keywords
- creatures
- descriptors
- needleworking
- needleworking and needleworking techniques
- objects we use
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- textile processes and techniques
- textile working processes and techniques
- the natural world