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Title

Flores Negras (Black Flowers)

Artist

Emilio Sanchez

Physical Description

A woodblock print on toned paper. The image is of four black potted flowers with broad leaves, casting shadows on the pot and the surface on which it stands.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1921

Object Creation Date

1956

Accession Number

2011/2.95

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 11.74262

Primary Keywords

flowers (plants)

pot

Title

Five-linked jar

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

High-footed ceramic pot with one large central hu-shaped pot and four smaller hu-shaped pouts that encircle it. The upper and lower body of the main pot is decorated with bands of incised “bowstrings” decoration.

Century

1st-3rd century

Object Creation Date

1st century - 3rd century

Accession Number

1993/1.99

Medium and Support

stoneware with ash glaze on shoulder

relevance

rank 11.61351

Primary Keywords

ceramics

pot

stoneware

vessel

Title

Lime pot with a handle in the shape of areca fruit

Artist

Kiln Unknown, Vietnam

Physical Description

A small container made by inverting a wheel-thrown jar with a rounded bottom, cutting out a circle in the new 'shoulder' of the jar, and attaching a flat bottom. The handle, which is simply attached at both ends, takes the form of an areca fruit. The vessel as a whole has a pale straw-colored glaze, with a rich green iron glaze dripped over the handle and the upper part of the pot.

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

16th century

Accession Number

1991/1.99

Medium and Support

stoneware with green and crackled white glaze

relevance

rank 10.89483

Primary Keywords

betel nut

lime (material)

plant-derived motifs

pot (container)

stoneware

Title

Jain Tirthankara and a monk with animal forest scene, no. 12 from a Digambara series

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School

Physical Description

Two distinct registers divide a page in half. At the top, a yellow-orange colored nude jina sits in lotus position upon a three tiered throne [a patterned blue level at the bottom on feet, with an orange section with gold and red decoration and a green level at the top with gold vertical stripes]. He sits against a red background adorned with a pattern of three white dots. The background takes the shape of an elegant cusped arch with a green and white pattern along its outside with a gold pattern at its sides. To the right of the seated figure a nude Digambara monk sits with his legs folded and one knee up on a less elaborate throne with a lota or pot at the corner and a crossed bookstand to the side holding a book with some devanagari writing on it. He raises his right arm and holds his left to his ear.

Placed under a band of curving yellow stripes, the bottom register represents animals in a landscape. At the bottom are clumps of grass with four stylized mountain forms in blue at the right. Above the mountains stands a tiger facing a family of antelope striding towards him. The family consists of the blue male with his long spiraling horns and a yellow doe below him with a flesh-colored in front of her. Another small yellow fawn takes up the rear. Clumps of light blue and green grasses fill in the background.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

1975/2.178

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

relevance

rank 10.16122

Primary Keywords

antelopes

book

deer

deity

does

grass (plant material)

jainism

kettles

landscapes (environments)

men

monk

mountains

nudes

pot

tiger

Title

Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina and devotees

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School

Physical Description

Multi-colored ink on paper. Reds and golds make up the primary focus colors and are accented by dark blues. Features five figures, two larger figures on the top half of the page and three smaller figures on the bottom. Scene of worship.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 18th century

Accession Number

1975/2.177

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

relevance

rank 10.06440

Primary Keywords

album leaf

deity

devotional images

figures (illustrations)

flowers (plants)

kettles

manuscripts

musical instruments

nudes

painting

pot drums

sitting

Title

Huzi (Tiger Pot)

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

4th-5th c

Object Creation Date

317-420

Accession Number

2005/2.81

Medium and Support

stoneware with pale green glaze

relevance

rank 9.89827

Primary Keywords

ceramics

container

pot (container)

tiger