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Bodhisattva Mañjusri (J. Monju Bosatsu), seated on a lion; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Bodhisattva Mañjusri (J. Monju Bosatsu), seated on a lion
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: 15th century
Object Creation Date: 15th century
Accession Number: 1954/1.207
Medium and Support: hanging scroll, ink, color and gold on silk
relevance: rank 16.57303
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; associated concepts; buddhist doctrinal concepts; conditions and effects; descriptors; design elements; doctrinal concepts; mammals; motifs; people and culture; plant-derived motifs; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts

Sanctification cross with scenes from the life of Christ and the Virgin Mary and the Evangelists; Artist Unknown, Greece

Title: Sanctification cross with scenes from the life of Christ and the Virgin Mary and the Evangelists
Artist: Artist Unknown, Greece
Physical Description: This small carved boxwood cross is divided on each face into five compartments containing Christian religious scenes. The cross is set in a stand decorated with mother-of-pearl and green glass-paste stones.
Century: 17th-18th century
Object Creation Date: 1650-1800
Accession Number: 1961/1.177
Medium and Support: boxwood with pearls and glass-paste stones
relevance: rank 16.56189
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; ceremonies; descriptors; doctrinal concepts; europe (continent); events; executions; geographic and political locations; object genres; object genres by form; people and culture; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious ceremonies; religious concepts

Bodhisattva Amoghapasa (Japanese, Fûkûkenjaku Kannon)(Avalokitesvara of the never-empty noose); Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Bodhisattva Amoghapasa (Japanese, Fûkûkenjaku Kannon)(Avalokitesvara of the never-empty noose)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1950
Accession Number: 1991/1.76
Medium and Support: rubbing: ink on paper
relevance: rank 16.49784
Secondary Keywords: art genres; artistic concepts; associated concepts; buddhist doctrinal concepts; concepts in the arts; doctrinal concepts; objects we use; people and culture; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts; visual works; visual works by medium or technique

Bodhisattva Mañjusri (J. Monju Bosatsu) seated on a lion; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Bodhisattva Mañjusri (J. Monju Bosatsu) seated on a lion
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: 18th century?
Object Creation Date: 18th century (?)
Accession Number: 1986/2.49
Medium and Support: ema, ink and color on wood panel
relevance: rank 15.87270
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; associated concepts; buddhist doctrinal concepts; descriptors; design elements; doctrinal concepts; edged weapons; mammals; motifs; objects we use; people and culture; plant-derived motifs; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts; weapons; weapons and ammunition

Bodhisattva Mañjusri (J. Monju Bosatsu), seated on a lion: architectural fragment; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Bodhisattva Mañjusri (J. Monju Bosatsu), seated on a lion: architectural fragment
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1605
Accession Number: 1963/1.91
Medium and Support: wall painting fragment,ink and color on wood panel
relevance: rank 15.72402
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; associated concepts; buddhist doctrinal concepts; descriptors; doctrinal concepts; mammals; object genres; object genres by form; people and culture; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts

Kannon Bosatsu (Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, in Kamakura style), in vitarka mudra; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Kannon Bosatsu (Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, in Kamakura style), in vitarka mudra
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1996/2.35
Medium and Support: wood with traces of gesso, lacquer, and polychrome
relevance: rank 15.72402
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; buddhist doctrinal concepts; doctrinal concepts; figures (representations); objects we use; people and culture; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts; visual works; visual works by subject type

Head and torso of a Bodhisattva (Srivijaya Style); Artist Unknown, Cambodia (Khmer)

Title: Head and torso of a Bodhisattva (Srivijaya Style)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Cambodia (Khmer)
Century: 8th century
Object Creation Date: 8th century
Accession Number: 1993/2.36
Medium and Support: stone
relevance: rank 15.72402
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; biological components; buddhist doctrinal concepts; components; components and systems; components by specific context; doctrinal concepts; people and culture; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts; the human body

Bodhisattva Padmapani (Avalokiteshvara; Japanese, Kannon), from Kôfukuji; Artist Unknown, Japan

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 15.71765
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; bodhisattva; buddhist doctrinal concepts; descriptors; design elements; doctrinal concepts; figures (representations); motifs; objects we use; people and culture; plant-derived motifs; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts; visual works; visual works by subject type

Fragment of base of a seated Buddha, with incense burner, lion, and attendant; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Fragment of base of a seated Buddha, with incense burner, lion, and attendant
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 6th-7th century
Object Creation Date: circa 580 - 620
Accession Number: 1964/2.24
Medium and Support: marble
relevance: rank 15.60641
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; associated concepts; buddhist doctrinal concepts; containers; containers by function or context; descriptors; doctrinal concepts; mammals; object genres; object genres by form; objects we use; people and culture; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts

Râmâyana manuscript page: Rama kills the deer (folio no. 31); Artist Unknown, India, Central India, Malwa School

Title: Râmâyana manuscript page: Rama kills the deer (folio no. 31)
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Central India, Malwa School
Physical Description: The artist has captured the story of the deer hunt with the fewest possible elements, in a way that is instantly recognizable and yet takes liberties with the classical tale. The forest is represented by two trees and a few sprays of foliage; the deer is a mundane gray, not magical gold; and Sita waits anxiously in a white marble pavilion, rather than a thatched hut. The vibrantly colored backgrounds divide the composition into zones that create mood and organize the narrative.
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 1635-1650
Accession Number: 1964/2.111
Medium and Support: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance: rank 15.59553
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; associated concepts; document genres; document genres by function; information forms; mammals; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts; religious texts

Hanuman; Artist Unknown, India, South India

Title: Hanuman
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, South India
Century: 16th-18th century
Object Creation Date: 16th century - 18th century
Accession Number: 1975/2.103
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 15.57556
Secondary Keywords: allegory and literature; animals; associated concepts; hindu; mammals; mythology; named gods and goddesses; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; religion; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts; subject matter; the natural world

Hanuman/Garuda (dual image) (small folk bronze); Artist Unknown, India, Maharashtra

Title: Hanuman/Garuda (dual image) (small folk bronze)
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Maharashtra
Century: 18th-19th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century - 19th century
Accession Number: 1975/2.104
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 15.57556
Secondary Keywords: allegory and literature; animals; associated concepts; hindu; mammals; mythology; named gods and goddesses; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; religion; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts; subject matter; the natural world

"Asuka (Kudara Kannon)" [Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara; Japanese, Kannon bosatsu]; Saitô Kiyoshi

Title: "Asuka (Kudara Kannon)" [Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara; Japanese, Kannon bosatsu]
Artist: Saitô Kiyoshi
Artist Life Dates: (active 1907 - 1997)
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: mid 20th century
Accession Number: 1959/2.14
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
relevance: rank 15.36067
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; buddhist doctrinal concepts; doctrinal concepts; objects we use; people and culture; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts; visual works; visual works by medium or technique

"Buddha (B)" [Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara; Japanese, Kannon bosatsu]; Saitô Kiyoshi

Title: "Buddha (B)" [Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara; Japanese, Kannon bosatsu]
Artist: Saitô Kiyoshi
Artist Life Dates: (active 1907 - 1997)
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: mid 20th century
Accession Number: 1987/1.241
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
relevance: rank 15.36067
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; buddhist doctrinal concepts; doctrinal concepts; objects we use; people and culture; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts; visual works; visual works by medium or technique

Bodhisattva Mañjusri; Tibet

Title: Bodhisattva Mañjusri
Artist: Tibet
Physical Description: A woodblock print, with monochromatic black ink. The impression is good, especially given the detail of the design, although the block appears to have been worn at the outside edges.
Century: 20th century?
Object Creation Date: 20th century (?)
Accession Number: 1973/1.808A
Medium and Support: woodblock print on paper
relevance: rank 15.35953
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; asian; associated concepts; buddhist doctrinal concepts; descriptors; design elements; doctrinal concepts; earth sciences concepts; edged weapons; mammals; motifs; objects we use; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; plant-derived motifs; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts; scientific concepts; south asian; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; weapons; weapons and ammunition

“Heads should be bowed to him,” quotation from the Avalokitesvara Sutra; Yueshan Daozong (J. Etsuzan Dôshû; Ôbaku Etsuzan)

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Title: “Heads should be bowed to him,” quotation from the Avalokitesvara Sutra
Artist: Yueshan Daozong (J. Etsuzan Dôshû; Ôbaku Etsuzan)
Physical Description: Long calligraphy hanging scroll with green colored backing. Calligraphy paper is faded. Black ink. Stamps in red in the top right corner and near the bottom on the left. A smaller font of calligraphy is set on the left side while the larger set of calligraphy takes up the center of the scroll.
Artist Life Dates: 1629-1709
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1660-1709
Accession Number: 1999/1.105
Medium and Support: ink on paper
relevance: rank 15.34464
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; bodhisattva; buddhist doctrinal concepts; descriptors; doctrinal concepts; image-making processes and techniques; japanese buddhism; people and culture; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by specific type; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts; writing (processes)

The Planets - The Sun (No. 4 of the series of 7 prints); Hans Sebald Beham

Title: The Planets - The Sun (No. 4 of the series of 7 prints)
Artist: Hans Sebald Beham
Artist Life Dates: 1500-1550
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: 1500-1550
Accession Number: 1949/1.133
Medium and Support: woodcut on paper
relevance: rank 15.32029
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; descriptors; design elements; earth sciences concepts; motifs; natural element motifs; objects; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts; scientific concepts; transportation; vehicles

Durga; Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu

Title: Durga
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu
Century: 20th-century
Object Creation Date: 19th century - 20th century
Accession Number: 1975/2.106
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 15.24817
Secondary Keywords: allegory and literature; associated concepts; mythology; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; religion; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts

Durga; Artist Unknown, India, South India

Title: Durga
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, South India
Century: 20th-century
Object Creation Date: circa 19th century - 20th century
Accession Number: 1975/2.107
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 15.24817
Secondary Keywords: allegory and literature; associated concepts; mythology; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; religion; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts

Ambika; Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat

Title: Ambika
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat
Physical Description: Ambika sits above her stylized lion mount with a long body and with its tail curled to add support to the seated figure above. She sits with one leg pendant. She has four arms, the back two hold stylized mango clusters and her front right hand holds a large mango. Her left-hand cups a child seated on her left knee. Another child stands on the base to her right. The backing takes on a throne-like form, but she appears to float in front of it, the square-ish base is pierced and the arch of the back is surmounted by an auspicious pot form with leaves creating a volute shape to either side. The sculpture is solid brass, but the eyes and an ornament in her headdress are inlayed with silver.
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 17th century
Accession Number: 1975/2.114
Medium and Support: brass with silver inlay
relevance: rank 15.03676
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by age group; people by state or condition; religion; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts; youth

Bodhisattva (Jokaisho Bosatsu): esoteric Buddhist iconographic drawing; Takuma Tametô; Attributed to

Title: Bodhisattva (Jokaisho Bosatsu): esoteric Buddhist iconographic drawing
Artist: Takuma Tametô
Artist Life Dates: active 1132-1174
Century: 12th century
Object Creation Date: mid 12th century
Accession Number: 1963/1.99
Medium and Support: handscroll fragment, ink and color on paper
relevance: rank 15.02054
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; buddhist doctrinal concepts; descriptors; design elements; doctrinal concepts; document genres; document genres by form; figures (representations); information forms; motifs; objects we use; people and culture; plant-derived motifs; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts; visual works; visual works by subject type

Christ at the Marriage at Cana; Giovanni Battista Vanni; After Paolo Veronese

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Title: Christ at the Marriage at Cana
Artist: Giovanni Battista Vanni
Physical Description: This etching depicts a vast and lively gathering of figures around a large banquet table in the foreground accompanied by other crowds of figures throughout the composition. The scene takes place in an outdoor setting surrounded by classical architecture that recedes perspectivally in the distance.
Artist Life Dates: (1599 - 1660)
Object Creation Date: 1637
Accession Number: 2012/2.214
Medium and Support: etching and engraving on heavy laid paper
relevance: rank 14.86326
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; celebrations; events; people and culture; religions; religions and religious concepts; social science concepts; social structure; sociological concepts

Uma, seated in lalitasana pose; Artist Unknown, India

Title: Uma, seated in lalitasana pose
Artist: Artist Unknown, India
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: 16th century
Accession Number: 1964/2.90
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 14.84690
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; figures; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by state or condition; religion; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts

Four-armed tantric goddess; Artist Unknown, India

Title: Four-armed tantric goddess
Artist: Artist Unknown, India
Century: 16th-18th century
Object Creation Date: 16th century - 18th century
Accession Number: 1979/2.40
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 14.84690
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; figures; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by state or condition; religion; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts

Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Chinese, Guanyin), seated in a posture of royal ease; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Chinese, Guanyin), seated in a posture of royal ease
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 15th-16th century
Object Creation Date: 1368-1644
Accession Number: 1972/2.43
Medium and Support: wood with traces of gesso, polycrome, and gold paint
relevance: rank 14.79786
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; buddhist doctrinal concepts; doctrinal concepts; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts

Unidentified bodhisattva, seated, with six arms; Artist Unknown, India

Title: Unidentified bodhisattva, seated, with six arms
Artist: Artist Unknown, India
Object Creation Date: n.d.
Accession Number: 1978/2.126
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 14.79786
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; buddhist doctrinal concepts; doctrinal concepts; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts

BBodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Chinese, Guanyin) as a goddess, in anjali mudra; Artist Unknown, China

Title: BBodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Chinese, Guanyin) as a goddess, in anjali mudra
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: early 20th century
Accession Number: 1989/2.73
Medium and Support: ivory
relevance: rank 14.79786
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; buddhist doctrinal concepts; doctrinal concepts; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts

Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Chinese, Guanyin) as a goddess; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Chinese, Guanyin) as a goddess
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1850-1900
Accession Number: 1995/1.78
Medium and Support: Blanc de Chine glaze on poreclain
relevance: rank 14.79786
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; buddhist doctrinal concepts; doctrinal concepts; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts

Assumption of the Virgin [L'Assomption]; Jacques Callot

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Title: Assumption of the Virgin [L'Assomption]
Artist: Jacques Callot
Physical Description: Saints below surrounding a stone pedestal with the inscription "Non est hic. Mat 28", with the Virgin Mary above in the clouds with arms spread out surrounded by smaller angels. At the bottom edge of the print is engraved (left) "Callot fecit" and (center right) "Israel ex. cum priuil. Reg.".
Artist Life Dates: 1592-1635
Century: 17th century
Accession Number: 2013/2.543
Medium and Support: etching on laid paper
relevance: rank 14.72667
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; associated concepts; components; components and systems; components by general context; doctrinal concepts; earth sciences concepts; events; hardware; keys and key components; legendary creatures; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; physical sciences concepts; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts; scientific concepts; weather and related phenomena; weather-related phenomena

Uma-Maheshvara, a seated Shiva and Parvati (Uma); Artist Unknown, India, Bengal

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 14.66335
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; descriptors; figures; hindu; metal; named gods and goddesses; object genres; object genres by material; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by state or condition; religion; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts; subject matter

Gelugpa Merit Field, centered on Tsongkhapa, with lineage teachers above and to the sides, and meditational deities (yidam) and protectors (dharmapala) below.; Artist Unknown, Tibet or Nepal

Title: Gelugpa Merit Field, centered on Tsongkhapa, with lineage teachers above and to the sides, and meditational deities (yidam) and protectors (dharmapala) below.
Artist: Artist Unknown, Tibet or Nepal
Physical Description: A portable painting, with gouache pigments on sized cotton, bordered by three strips of Chinese brocade. The painting is designed to be rolled up when not in use.
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1800-1850
Accession Number: 1962/2.1
Medium and Support: gouache and gold on cotton
relevance: rank 14.55282
Secondary Keywords: asian; associated concepts; buddhist doctrinal concepts; doctrinal concepts; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by occupation; people in religion; people in religion and related occupations; people in the humanities; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious (people); religious concepts; south asian; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; visual works; visual works by subject type

Jain Goddess; Artist Unknown, India

Title: Jain Goddess
Artist: Artist Unknown, India
Century: 12th-13th century
Object Creation Date: 12th century - 13th century
Accession Number: 2003/2.77A&B
Medium and Support: marble
relevance: rank 14.54252
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; religion; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts

Padmavati (small folk bronze); Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat

Title: Padmavati (small folk bronze)
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: circa 17th century
Accession Number: 1975/2.113
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 14.54252
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; religion; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts

Standing goddess holding a lotus in her right hand; Artist Unknown India, Tamil Nadu, Pudukottai Workshop

Title: Standing goddess holding a lotus in her right hand
Artist: Artist Unknown India, Tamil Nadu, Pudukottai Workshop
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 17th century
Accession Number: 1978/2.128
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 14.54252
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; religion; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts

Shiva surrounded by arch and two hounds; India, Central India

Title: Shiva surrounded by arch and two hounds
Artist: India, Central India
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 1979/2.73
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 14.52379
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; art genres; artistic concepts; associated concepts; concepts in the arts; mammals; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; religions; religions and religious concepts

Vishnu Stele, four-armed Vishnu with two of his attributes personified; Artist Unknown

Title: Vishnu Stele, four-armed Vishnu with two of his attributes personified
Artist: Artist Unknown
Physical Description: Vishnu stand in a strict unbending pose, samabhanga and has four hands. Reading clockwise from the front right hand, he holds lotus, a club, a discus and a conch. The lotus and conch are also personified with full standing figures at the base below his tow front hands, the lotus as a female figure to his right and the conch as a male figure to his left. On the pointed arch behind the figure a flying figure holding garlands is carved in shallow relief to either side of his crown. He wears a diaphanous lower cloth, the folds of the garment are articulated with a flared section down the center. He wears a long garland down to his knees, a sacred thread and various pieces of jewelry, including bracelets, armlets, a necklace and large earrings and an elaborate crown.
Century: 10th century
Object Creation Date: circa 10th century
Accession Number: 2003/1.385
Medium and Support: black schist
relevance: rank 14.45816
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; hindu; named gods and goddesses; people and culture; religion; religions; religions and religious concepts; subject matter

Bhairava: Shiva as Lord of the Cremation Grounds; Artist Unknown, India, Karnataka

Title: Bhairava: Shiva as Lord of the Cremation Grounds
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Karnataka
Physical Description: Shiva as Bhairava stands against a plain pointed arch supported by pilasters with a kirtimukha or face of glory at the top. He stands in a trihanga pose, with his hip thrust to his right and wears platform sandals. He originally has four arms, the front two of which are broken away. His back two arms hold a decorated trident and a drum. He would have held a sword in one hand and a kapala, a cup made out of a scull and a hanging severed head in the other. He is naked, but wears much of jewelry including belts with pendant elements, anklets, armlets, bracelets, necklaces, a band just under his breasts and large circular earrings. He also wears a decorated sacred thread over his left shoulder. His has an elaborate coiffure in curls around the top of his head with a large topknot to one side. His face is badly damaged. Emaciated hungry ghosts attend him, the one to his right dancing with his hands raised above his head with a pot between his legs. The ghost who is on his left stands behind a dog, whose head has broken away. The ghost and the dog would have been playing with the absent severed head, adding to the ghoulish nature of the image.
Century: 12th - 13th century
Object Creation Date: 12th century -13th century
Accession Number: 2001/2.131
Medium and Support: stone
relevance: rank 14.45816
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; hindu; named gods and goddesses; people and culture; religion; religions; religions and religious concepts; subject matter

Vishnu as Bhogasthanakamurti, accompanied by a pair of female attendants, 1978/2.131 and 1978/2.132; Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu

Title: Vishnu as Bhogasthanakamurti, accompanied by a pair of female attendants, 1978/2.131 and 1978/2.132
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu
Physical Description: Vishnu stands on a base consisting of a flat square element topped with a series of five round rings. He stands in an unbending pose and has four arms. Reading clockwise from his front right hand, he is in varada mudra, holds a discus, holds a conch, and is on his hip. He wears a decorated lower garment flared out on either side in a pattern. He wears a decorated belt and necklaces, a sacred thread and shoulder loops, bracelets and armlets, earrings and a crown. The jewelry and crown is highlighted with gold paint as is his clothing and the two attributes.
Century: 17th-18th century
Object Creation Date: 17th century - 18th century
Accession Number: 1978/2.123
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 14.41265
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; hindu; people and culture; religion; religions; religions and religious concepts; subject matter

Unidentified Hindu or folk goddess, with three children (?) (small folk bronze); Artist Unknown, India

Title: Unidentified Hindu or folk goddess, with three children (?) (small folk bronze)
Artist: Artist Unknown, India
Century: 18th-19th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century - 19th century
Accession Number: 1978/2.104
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 14.38849
Secondary Keywords: art genres; artistic concepts; associated concepts; concepts in the arts; parents; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by age group; people by family relationship; religions; religions and religious concepts; youth

Yao Ritual Scroll; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Yao Ritual Scroll
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: mid 19th century–mid 20th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century - mid 20th century
Accession Number: 1983/2.132
Medium and Support: hanging scroll, ink and color on cotton
relevance: rank 14.37471
Secondary Keywords: allegory and literature; associated concepts; doctrinal concepts; hells; how we live; mythology; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by state or condition; religion; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts; rites of passage; the natural world

Adoration of Shri Nathji; Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Kotah School

Title: Adoration of Shri Nathji
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Kotah School
Physical Description: The richly dressed sculpture in the central niche is Shri Nathaji, an alternative name for Krishna, and the principal deity of the Vallabha Sampraday sect, to which the Kotah ruling family belonged. A priest is shown performing the lamp-waving ceremony before Shri Nathaji. At right is a small costumed sculpture of Krishna playing the flute.
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1830
Accession Number: 2003/2.9
Medium and Support: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance: rank 14.36102
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by activity; people by state or condition; religion; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious figures; standing

Prayer Bell (Lontjeng) (One of a Pair); Artist Unknown, Indonesia, Java

Title: Prayer Bell (Lontjeng) (One of a Pair)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Indonesia, Java
Physical Description: This is one of a pair of Javanese bells. A talon-like vajra sits atop the bronze handle. Lotus petals decorate the base, and the faces encircling the the bell above them depict Prajnaparamita, the bodhisattva aspect of “Perfection of Wisdom.”
Century: 16th-17th century
Object Creation Date: 16th century - 17th century
Accession Number: 1957/2.53
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 14.33385
Secondary Keywords: hollow-bodied; associated concepts; bells and sets of bells; biological components; buddhism; buddhist doctrinal concepts; chordophones; components; components and systems; components by specific context; directly struck idiophones; doctrinal concepts; heads; objects; objects we use; people and culture; people and occupations; percussion idiophones; prayer; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts; religious figures; saint; sound devices; sound devices by acoustical characteristics; struck idiophones; the human body; upper body

Bodhisattva, attendant figure from a larger Buddha shrine; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Bodhisattva, attendant figure from a larger Buddha shrine
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Object Creation Date: 618-907
Accession Number: 1961/2.81
Medium and Support: gilt bronze
relevance: rank 14.32562
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; attributes and properties; attributes and properties by specific type; buddhist doctrinal concepts; descriptors; design elements; doctrinal concepts; form attributes; motifs; natural element motifs; objects we use; people and culture; plant-derived motifs; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts; religious visual works; size (extent); size by specific type; visual works; visual works by function

Standing Parvati; Artist Unknown India, Tamil Nadu, Pudukottai Workshop

Title: Standing Parvati
Artist: Artist Unknown India, Tamil Nadu, Pudukottai Workshop
Physical Description: Parvati stands on a tiny base with little feet in a strict unbending stance. The body is elongated with a small waist, the hips billowing out and tapering in a stylized way to the feet. He has broad shoulders, pointy breasts that fall quite low in the chest and has two arms holding a bowl in her right one and a lotus flower in her left. She wears a d simple tight fitting skirt decorated with incised lines and a corded belt that falls down the center of her body with five rows of cords falling from the center and wrapping around her legs creating a fishbone pattern. She wears necklaces with added pendants on her shoulders and her coiffure is tied in a chignon on the right side at the back of her head wearing a headdress that has decorations that cascade down both shoulders. Like the accompanying Shiva figure she has large eyes and what appear to be two sets of eyebrows, but the tikka on her forehead is of a flame shape.
Century: 15th-16th century
Object Creation Date: 15th century - 16th century
Accession Number: 1978/2.127
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 14.32543
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; people and culture; religion; religions; religions and religious concepts; subject matter

Tara, six-armed, with attendant Buddha and Bodhisattva; Artist Unknown, India

Title: Tara, six-armed, with attendant Buddha and Bodhisattva
Artist: Artist Unknown, India
Century: 17th-18th century
Object Creation Date: 17th century
Accession Number: 1978/2.105
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 14.32543
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; people and culture; religion; religions; religions and religious concepts; subject matter

Iconography series: Brisha (female monkey, riding a bull); Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School

Title: Iconography series: Brisha (female monkey, riding a bull)
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
Physical Description: Two figures, Anjana and a bull are depicted centrally in the image. The background is very simple with some grass tufts and a pond near the very bottom of the images. Near the top of the image in the background there some trees and sky are visible.
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1840
Accession Number: 1988/1.82
Medium and Support: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance: rank 14.32543
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; associated concepts; mammals; people and culture; religions; religions and religious concepts

Bhu Devi; Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu

Title: Bhu Devi
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu
Physical Description: Bhudevi stands in a tribhanga pose (with three bends) with her left arm hanging pendant to her side and holding a lotus bud in her right hand. She leans towards the figure of Vishnu in the grouping of three bronzes. She stands on a base consisting of a flat square element topped with a series of five round rings. She wears a decorated lower garment flared out on either side in a pattern. She wears a decorated belt and necklaces, bracelets and armlets, with shoulder loops, earrings and a crown. The jewelry and crown is highlighted with gold paint as is his clothing and the two attributes. She does not wear a band across her breasts, as does Shridevi in groupings with Vishnu and Bhudevi.
Century: 17th-18th century
Object Creation Date: 17th century - 18th century
Accession Number: 1978/2.132
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 14.32543
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; people and culture; religion; religions; religions and religious concepts; subject matter

Shiva, seated (small folk bronze); Artist Unknown, India, Northwest India

Title: Shiva, seated (small folk bronze)
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Northwest India
Century: 18th-19th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century - 19th century
Accession Number: 1977/2.77
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 14.29343
Secondary Keywords: art genres; artistic concepts; associated concepts; concepts in the arts; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; religions; religions and religious concepts

Head of a Buddha, probably a 'kebutsu' (Buddha in a transformation body) from the crown of an Eleven-headed Avalokitesvara; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Head of a Buddha, probably a 'kebutsu' (Buddha in a transformation body) from the crown of an Eleven-headed Avalokitesvara
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: 13th century
Object Creation Date: 13th century
Accession Number: 1973/2.38
Medium and Support: gilt wood
relevance: rank 14.26690
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; biological components; bodhisattva; buddhist doctrinal concepts; components; components and systems; components by specific context; descriptors; devotional images; doctrinal concepts; object genres; object genres by form; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts; religious visual works; the human body; upper body; visual works; visual works by function; visual works by subject type

Four-Armed Esoteric Deity, probably Avalokitesvara; Artist Unknown, Indonesia, Java

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Title: Four-Armed Esoteric Deity, probably Avalokitesvara
Artist: Artist Unknown, Indonesia, Java
Century: 10th century
Object Creation Date: circa 10th century
Accession Number: 2005/2.77
Medium and Support: bronze with copper, tin and zinc
relevance: rank 14.26684
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; attributes and properties; attributes and properties by specific type; buddhism; buddhist doctrinal concepts; descriptors; doctrinal concepts; form attributes; people and culture; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts; size (extent); size by specific type

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