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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
- relevance
- rank 17.51082
- Primary Keywords
- hilt
- monks
- moon
- scroll (motif)
- scroll painting
- sword
- zen
- zen masters
- Title
- Mountain Light, Cloud Shadow
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien
- Physical Description
- The use of light ink to depict the hills and remote mountains was to present the misty and dreamlike Dayu Mountain. Chang applied the wash to creat a sense of wet atmosphere.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1974
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.107
- Medium and Support
- unmounted scroll, ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 15.47027
- Primary Keywords
- ink
- landscape
- mountain
- scroll painting
- Title
- Presenting Lichee Fruit on a Carved Ice Platter, in the style of Tang Yin
- Artist
- Gai Qi (Kai Ch'i)
- Physical Description
- Vertically long image. Ink on silk. Multiple figures gathered near a table. Vegetation in the lower left.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1774 - 1829)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1900
- Accession Number
- 1982/2.51
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
- relevance
- rank 14.82538
- Primary Keywords
- costume
- figures (representations)
- fruit
- hanging scroll
- painting
- platters
- women