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Title

Hunping (spirit jar)

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

Jar with grey-green celadon glaze; top half of vessel is filled with an assortment of figures, birds, and architectural elements in a tiered arrangement.

Century

3rd century

Object Creation Date

3rd century

Accession Number

2000/1.39

Medium and Support

stoneware with celadon glaze

relevance

rank 7.59634

Secondary Keywords

additive and joining processes and techniques

animals and creatures

architecture

assembling

buildings and the land

ceremonial containers

ceremonial objects

containers

containers by form

containers by function or context

descriptors

funerary containers

herbaceous plants

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

object genres

object genres by function

object genres by material

objects we use

plants

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

settlements and landscapes

the natural world

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

Title

Bi (Pi; disc)

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

Large, flat disk made of gray and green jade with touches of black and brown with a hole in the center. Incised circle around outer edge of disk and around edge of interior hole.

Century

8th BCE - 3rd BCE

Object Creation Date

771 BCE - 256 BCE

Accession Number

1961/2.85A&B

Medium and Support

cloudy light green nephrite with black and brown mottling

relevance

rank 5.66100

Secondary Keywords

ceremonial objects

descriptors

events

object genres

object genres by cultural or intellectual valuation

object genres by form

object genres by function

objects we use

people and culture

sculpture

sculpture by material

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Sogdian groom, from a set of funerary sculptures

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

Standing male figure with bushy beard wearing a robe and black boots, decorated with red and black pigment.

Century

7th century

Object Creation Date

7th century

Accession Number

1950/2.13

Medium and Support

earthenware with slip and painted decoration

relevance

rank 5.36771

Secondary Keywords

ceremonial objects

descriptors

object genres

object genres by function

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

sculpture

sculpture by function

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Illuminated Manuscript

Artist

Artist Unknown

Physical Description

One column of text with gold leaf, red and blue lettering. Picture and figures on the right.

Object Creation Date

1462

Accession Number

2015/2.6A&B

Medium and Support

ink and gold leaf on paper

relevance

rank 5.08751

Secondary Keywords

ceremonial objects

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

document genres

document genres by conditions of production

european

european styles and periods

information form components

information forms

layout features

medieval styles and periods

object genres

object genres by function

objects we use

people and culture

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

Title

Sancai tomb guardian (one of a pair w/2004/2.132.1) with human face

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

Earthenware ceramic figure with tri-color glaze (in amber, cream and green) in the form of a creature with a human face

Century

7th-8th century

Object Creation Date

circa 675-750

Accession Number

2004/2.132.2

Medium and Support

earthenware with sancai (three-color) glaze

relevance

rank 4.28088

Secondary Keywords

art genres

artistic concepts

asian

associated concepts

buildings and the land

ceremonial objects

chinese

chinese ceramics styles

chinese styles

chinese styles and periods

concepts in the arts

descriptors

east asian

funerary structures

object genres

object genres by function

object genres by material

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by activity

pottery (object genre)

sculpture

sculpture by function

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Journey of the Soul to the Paradise of the Queen Mother of the West

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

Limestone slab carved bas-relief with six registers. The lower register depicts a chariot procession above fish-inhabited waters. The central three registers depict figures carrying out funerary rites. The top register shows a winged creature with a human face flanked by two writhing dragons and other animals, including two rabbits and a nine-tailed fox.

Century

2nd century

Object Creation Date

2nd century

Accession Number

2000/2.1

Medium and Support

carved limestone slab

relevance

rank 3.66982

Secondary Keywords

agricultural equipment

animals and creatures

associated concepts

buildings and the land

ceremonial objects

death

descriptors

earth sciences concepts

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equipment by process

freewheeled vehicles

freewheeled vehicles by form or function

funerary structures

great lake and central woodland native american styles

how we live

inorganic material

land vehicles

land vehicles by form

legendary creatures

mammals

materials

materials by composition

native american

native north american styles

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object genres by function

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religious structures

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the americas

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