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- Title
- Bodhisattva Padmapani (Avalokiteshvara; Japanese, Kannon), from Kôfukuji
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- The figure is standing on a lotus-shaped pedestal; the hair is tied as a knot on top of the head; a crown is also on the top. The face has two elongated ears, round eyeblows, eyes looking downward; the lips are shut; sloping sholders are wrapped with thin robe, which hung toward the knees. Right hand, showing a palm, is raised to the chest while the left hand is by the lower abdomen, as if holding something. The three wrinkles can be seen on the neck. All are made of wood.
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1969/1.106
- Medium and Support
- wood with trace of color
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Bowl, Ch'ing-pai ware
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1991/2.15
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with Qingbai glaze
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Fragment of Jian Ware Bowl
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.286
- Medium and Support
- stoneware
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Uma-Maheshvara, a seated Shiva and Parvati (Uma)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Bengal
- Physical Description
- Shiva sits with his consort on a double lotus pedestal. He has six arms, his right three are in varada mudra [a giving gesture], holds a rosary and an arrow. His left arms cup his consorts left breast and hold a lotus flower and a bow. He sits in royal ease, with one leg pendant. He wears bracelets, armlets, necklaces, earrings, and a sacred thread that stretches form his left shoulder down past his waist. On his head he wears an elaborate jatamukuta, a crown interlaced with his matted locks. Parvati sits upon his knee with one leg tucked under her and the other pendant. She is also adorned with jewelry, but wears a more modest diadem at the front of her head.
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.85
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Bowl with incised floral patterns
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Iran
- Physical Description
- A deep bowl with incised floral patterns.
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1957/1.69
- Medium and Support
- fritware (ground quartz and white clay) with blue-green glaze
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Yaozhou? shallow bowl with incised swirl designs; section missing
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1991/2.13
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with olive green celadon glaze
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Fragment of Jian Ware Bowl
- Artist
- Anonymous Chinese
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.283
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with mottled black-brown glaze
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Syamatara
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Northeastern India
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.2
- Medium and Support
- black chlorite (stone)
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Bowl with carved lotus pattern
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- It has a wall gently curving from the mouth toward the bottom before angeling in sharply close to the foot. There is a lotus petal on exterior. The color is brown.
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.78
- Medium and Support
- Stoneware with olive brown crackled celadon glaze
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Vessel
- Artist
- Anonymous Panamanian (Coclé culture)
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1100
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.141
- Medium and Support
- earthenware
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Siva and Paravati
- Artist
- India, Central India
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.293
- Medium and Support
- sandstone
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Incense burner lid with peacock-shaped finial
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Iran
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1959/1.111
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Dish with painted bird design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Iran
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1957/1.49
- Medium and Support
- underglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Four seated Buddhas, in dhyana mudra
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Cambodia (Khmer)
- Physical Description
- A molded and incised relief sculpture of four seated Buddhas, on a dais with floral rosette motifs.
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.152
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Yuan Yu Tang Chi
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1102-1106
- Accession Number
- 1991/1.118
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Qur'an manuscript leaf in thuluth and naskh script, chapter 4, verses 480–90
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Egypt or Syria
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century - 13th century
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.195.1
- Medium and Support
- ink and color on egg-glazed paper
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Signet Ring
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Indonesia, Java
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1967/2.1
- Medium and Support
- gold
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Casket with inscription in floriated Kufic script
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Iran
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1959/1.113
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Small conical bowl
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- It has a slightly outward flared rim and tapers abruptly to a narrow base. It has no underglaze decoration. There are three spur marks in eye. The glaze is greenish blue in color, leaning toward green, and the base clay contains some impurities.
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.300
- Medium and Support
- Stoneware with celadon glaze
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Star-shaped tile with floral and calligraphic patterns
- Artist
- Iran, Kashan
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1193
- Accession Number
- 1960/1.133
- Medium and Support
- fritware with blue underglaze & lustre overglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Bowl with carved lotus design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.231
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with celadon glaze
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Standing Female Figure, probably a Hindu Goddess
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Cambodia (Khmer)
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.456
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Sagger with fragment of a Jian ware tea bowl
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.289
- Medium and Support
- earthware sagger; stoneware fragment with iron glaze
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Jug with wide cylindrical body and tall, tapered neck
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Iran
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1959/1.118
- Medium and Support
- unglazed terracotta inlaid with glazed terracotta
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Maebyeong (wine storage jar) with design cranes, butterflies, & stylized clouds
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- The vase has a slightly outward-turned rim and a short neck. The elegantly-shaped bottle flares out to a broad shoulder, then tapers gradually to a slim waist before flaring out once more at the base. The shoulder, mid-belly and base of the vase are decorated with black and white clay-inlaid cloud, crane and butterfly motifs.
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.80
- Medium and Support
- Stoneware with inlaid with white and black slip under celadon glaze
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Head of a Buddha, Lopburi Style (fake)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.39
- Medium and Support
- sandstone
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Fragment of Jian Ware Bowl
- Artist
- Anonymous Chinese
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.284
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with brown glaze
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Mahavira
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Maharashtra
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1979/2.53
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Sutra Scroll Container with Cover
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.248A&B
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with gray (?) glaze
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Oil Bottle with Chrysanthemum Design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- Stoneware oil bottle with cup-shaped mouth and body in the shape of a Go gaming piece, or Baduk. The body is decorated with painted floral sprays and covered by celadon glaze.
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.239
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with inlaid and painted decoration under celadon glaze
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Jian ware teabowl, fragment
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.281
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with black mottled glaze
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Conical Bowl with simple blue stripe design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Iran
- Physical Description
- A deep conical bowl.
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1957/1.64
- Medium and Support
- fritware (ground quartz and white clay) with blue underglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Buddha bust, sheltered by Mucalinda (Khmer-Lopburi style)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.38
- Medium and Support
- sandstone
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Fragment of Jian Ware Bowl
- Artist
- Anonymous Chinese
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.287
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with mottled black-brown glaze
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Lotus bud and stem (fragment from a bodhisattva sculpture)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1966/2.26
- Medium and Support
- wood with gesso and traces of polychrome
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Clay Support of Jian Ware Bowl
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.288
- Medium and Support
- earthenware, unglazed
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Tray
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Iran
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1959/1.110
- Medium and Support
- bronze with inlaid silver and copper
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Bowl with incised floral pattern on interior bottom and sides
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- The celadon bowl is close in shape to a perfect hemisphere, and its rim is turned very slightly outward. There is a peony design on the wall and bottom. The color is olive grey. It has a small concave foot.
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 12th century
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.224
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with celadon glaze
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Leaf from a manuscript of the Qur’an in Maghribi script
- Artist
- African, North Africa
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century (?)
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.195.2
- Medium and Support
- ink with touches or red, ochre, and green on paper
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Qur'an manuscript leaf in thuluth and naskh script, chapters 83–85 (recto and verso)
- Artist
- Egypt or Syria
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century - 13th century
- Accession Number
- 1959/1.145
- Medium and Support
- black ink, red, gold, and touches of blue on egg-glazed paper
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Buddha, seated in bhumisparsa mudra, surrounded by five stupas (votive plaque)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Northeastern India
- Physical Description
- This clay votive plaque depicts the Buddha in the gesture of “calling the earth to witness." He is shown here surrounded by five stupas, or reliquary monuments.
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1990/1.176
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Circular mortar with inscription
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Iran
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1959/1.112
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Bowl
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- It flares out widely at the rim, then back in. Its sides, otherwise almost straight, taper to the base. There is no decorated.
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1979/2.84
- Medium and Support
- Stoneware with celadon glaze
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Fragment of a gaming piece with male slaying beast, possibly Hercules and the Erymanthian boar, zigzag pattern with incised circles in border
- Artist
- Samson Carver, Pricked-Ivories Workshop, Cologne, Germany
- Physical Description
- Fragment of circular gaming piece carved in elephant ivory in high relief. Standing male figure wearing knee-length robe holds sword in right hand and stabs inverted beast in the chest. Forelegs of beast end in hooves; head of beast characterized by large eye and pronounced nostril. Left arm of figure and rear half of the beast missing. Border contains zigzag pattern with bead motif.
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1150
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.262
- Medium and Support
- elephant ivory
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Plaque with Kufic Inscription, from the Tower of Toghril, from Rayy
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Iran
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1140 (end of Rajab 534 A.H.)
- Accession Number
- 1965/1.167
- Medium and Support
- iron
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Deep bowl with vertical sides and carved lotus petal design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- A yellow brownish glaze is applied and crackling covers the entire body.
- This bowl has straight wall. The exterior is carved with lotus petals. The below of the mouth is decorated with fret design. The foot is a little low.
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.228
- Medium and Support
- Stoneware with celadon glaze
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Guardian Lion
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Cambodia (Khmer)
- Physical Description
- A buff sandstone sculpture of a lion, sitting erect with its front legs extended, all on a stone platform. The legs have been fully released from the stone, while surface details such as the curly mane and the tail are carved in low relief. In keeping with its role as a guardian figure, the lion has buldging eyes and its lips are drawn back to reveal sharp teeth.
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 2004/2.12
- Medium and Support
- sandstone
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Funerary jar adorned with cosmological motifs
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1996/2.44
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with celadon glaze
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Peacock
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Iran
- Physical Description
- A bronze statue in the shape of a peacock, this piece has engraved decorations and is made in the Seljuk style of metalwork.
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1959/1.116
- Medium and Support
- bronze with engraved decoration
- relevance
- rank 4.61647
- Title
- Small bottle with incised design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- It has a flat round shaped-body and a rim in the shape of a hemisphere. The foot is small and low-rising. The shoulder is adorned with cloud.
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1966/2.28
- Medium and Support
- Stoneware with celadon glaze
- relevance
- rank 4.61647