title: Nautch Dancer

creator: Waylande Gregory (American, 1905–1971)

medium: ceramic

country: America, Ohio, Cleveland

subjects:
Ceramic
America, ohio, cleveland

credit_line: Nautch Dancer, c. 1930. Waylande Gregory (American, 1905–1971), Cowan Pottery Studio (America, Rocky River, Ohio, 1920–1931). Ceramic; overall: 44.2 x 21.3 x 12.1 cm (17 3/8 x 8 3/8 x 4 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1930.118


title: Adoration of the Magi

medium: bronze

country: Italy, first quarter 16th century

subjects:
Sculpture
Italy, first quarter 16th century

source: The Cleveland Museum of Art

source_id: cleveland

rights: Public Domain / CC0

rights_statement: CC0 (Creative Commons Zero) via the Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access programme.

credit_line: Adoration of the Magi, c. 1500–1525. Attributed to Giulio della Torre (Italian, c. 1481–before 1563). Bronze; overall: 23.5 x 31.9 cm (9 1/4 x 12 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1954.601


title: Flowers and Grasses

country: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

subjects:
Painting
Japan, edo period (1615–1868)
Flowers
Grasses & sedges

credit_line: Flowers and Grasses (花草図屏風), mid-1600s. Kitagawa Sōsetsu (Japanese, active 1639–50). Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on paper; image: 153.7 x 329.2 cm (60 1/2 x 129 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1968.193


title: Princess Marie d'Orléans in Her Studio

creator: Ary Scheffer (Dutch, 1795–1858)

medium: oil on fabric

country: France, 19th century

subjects:
Painting
France, 19th century

credit_line: Princess Marie d'Orléans in Her Studio, c. 1838. Ary Scheffer (Dutch, 1795–1858). Oil on fabric; framed: 74 x 51.5 x 5.5 cm (29 1/8 x 20 1/4 x 2 3/16 in.); unframed: 67.3 x 40.7 cm (26 1/2 x 16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin, 1977.119


title: Famous Views of Ōmi

medium: pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on gilded paper

subjects:
Painting
Japan, edo period (1615–1868)

credit_line: Famous Views of Ōmi (近江名所図屏風), 1660s–90s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on gilded paper; overall: 170 x 336 cm (66 15/16 x 132 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1983.19


title: Portable Altar

medium: walrus ivory, gilded copper, porphyry, champlevé enamel, wood core

country: Germany, Cologne

subjects:
Ivory
Germany, cologne

credit_line: Portable Altar, c. 1200–1220. Germany, Cologne. Walrus ivory, gilded copper, porphyry, champlevé enamel, wood core; overall: 13.1 x 26.9 x 16.9 cm (5 3/16 x 10 9/16 x 6 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1927.29


title: The Adoration of the Magi

medium: tempera and gold on wood (oak)

country: Austria, Salzburg

subjects:
Painting
Austria, salzburg

credit_line: The Adoration of the Magi, c. 1424. Austria, Salzburg. Tempera and gold on wood (oak); overall: 49.7 x 77.2 cm (19 9/16 x 30 3/8 in.); unframed: 39 x 31.7 cm (15 3/8 x 12 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Delia E. Holden and L. E. Holden Funds, 1941.68.a


title: Head of Buddha

date: early 800s

medium: volcanic stone

credit_line: Head of Buddha, early 800s. Indonesia, Java, Borobudur, Sailendra Period, 9th Century. Volcanic stone; overall: 30.6 cm (12 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1942.1087


title: Covered Vase (2 of 2)

medium: porcelain mounted in gilt bronze

country: Germany, Meissen, 18th century

subjects:
Ceramic
Germany, meissen, 18th century

credit_line: Covered Vase (2 of 2), mid-1700s. Meissen Porcelain Factory (German, est. c. 1710). Porcelain mounted in gilt bronze; overall: 38.1 x 33.7 x 20.7 cm (15 x 13 1/4 x 8 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1944.229.2


title: Vase

credit_line: Vase, 1749. Meissen Porcelain Factory (German, est. c. 1710). Porcelain mounted in gilt bronze; overall: 38.1 x 33.7 x 20.7 cm (15 x 13 1/4 x 8 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1944.229.2.a


title: Virgin and Child under a Canopy

medium: oil on wood panel

country: South Netherlands, 16th century

subjects:
Painting
South netherlands, 16th century

credit_line: Virgin and Child under a Canopy, 1520s. South Netherlands, 16th century. Oil on wood panel; framed: 77.5 x 53.5 x 7 cm (30 1/2 x 21 1/16 x 2 3/4 in.); unframed: 64.8 x 40 cm (25 1/2 x 15 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, In memory of Ralph King, gift of Mrs. Ralph King; Ralph T. King, Woods King, Charles G. King; and Frances King Schafer, 1946.282


title: Tureen

medium: soft-paste porcelain with enamel and gilt decoration

country: France, Vincennes

subjects:
Ceramic
France, vincenne

credit_line: Tureen, c. 1752. Vincennes Porcelain Factory (France, 1740–56), attributed to Louis-Denis Armand (French, active c. 1745–1783). Soft-paste porcelain with enamel and gilt decoration; overall: 25.8 x 38.5 cm (10 3/16 x 15 3/16 in.); container: 15.4 cm (6 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1952.3.a


title: Cover for a Tureen

medium: soft-paste porcelain wth enamel and gilt decoraion

credit_line: Cover for a Tureen, c. 1752. Vincennes Porcelain Factory (France, 1740–56), probably painted by Louis-Denis Armand (French, active c. 1745–1783). Soft-paste porcelain wth enamel and gilt decoraion; overall: 25.8 x 38.5 cm (10 3/16 x 15 3/16 in.); container: 15.4 cm (6 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1952.3.b


title: The Annunciation and The Nativity

medium: oil, tempera, and gold on wood panel (fir)

country: Spain, Catalonia, 15th century

subjects:
Painting
Spain, catalonia, 15th century

credit_line: The Annunciation and The Nativity, c. 1457. Jaume Ferrer the Younger (Spanish, Catalonia died c. 1460/70). Oil, tempera, and gold on wood panel (fir); framed: 186.5 x 139 x 14.5 cm (73 7/16 x 54 3/4 x 5 11/16 in.); unframed: 172 x 124.7 cm (67 11/16 x 49 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Francis Ginn, Marian Ginn Jones, Barbara Ginn Griesinger, and Alexander Ginn in memory of Frank Hadley Ginn and Cornelia Root Ginn, 1953.660


title: The Annunciation

credit_line: The Annunciation, c. 1457. Jaume Ferrer the Younger (Spanish, Catalonia died c. 1460/70). Oil, tempera, and gold on wood panel (fir); framed: 186.5 x 139 x 14.5 cm (73 7/16 x 54 3/4 x 5 11/16 in.); unframed: 172 x 124.7 cm (67 11/16 x 49 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Francis Ginn, Marian Ginn Jones, Barbara Ginn Griesinger, and Alexander Ginn in memory of Frank Hadley Ginn and Cornelia Root Ginn, 1953.660.1


creator: The Cathedral of Monopoli (Italian)

date: early 1100s

medium: fine-grained limestone

country: South Italy, Apulia, early 12th Century

subjects:
Sculpture
South italy, apulia, early 12th century

credit_line: Fragment of a Capital with Scenes from Mary’s Infancy, early 1100s. Workshop of The Cathedral of Monopoli (Italian). Fine-grained limestone; without base: 26.7 x 33 x 22.9 cm (10 1/2 x 13 x 9 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1955.556


medium: ink, tempera and liquid gold on vellum

country: Germany, Hildesheim (?), 16th century

subjects:
Manuscript
Germany, hildesheim , 16th century

credit_line: Leaf from a Psalter and Prayerbook: Calendar Page with Labors (recto) and Calendar Page with Peasant (verso), c. 1524. Germany, Hildesheim (?), 16th century. Ink, tempera and liquid gold on vellum; leaf: 16.6 x 13.5 cm (6 9/16 x 5 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection, 2011.67


medium: oil on canvas

country: Italy, 18th century

subjects:
Painting
Italy, 18th century

credit_line: Sketch for "The Assumption of the Virgin" (for St. James, Zbraslav, near Prague)?, c. 1744. Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (Italian, 1682–1754). Oil on canvas; framed: 85 x 51.5 x 6.5 cm (33 7/16 x 20 1/4 x 2 9/16 in.); unframed: 71.6 x 38.2 cm (28 3/16 x 15 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. N. Lester Farnacy, 1955.165


creator: Shen Zhou (Chinese, 1427–1509)

date: after 1490

country: China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

subjects:
Painting
China, ming dynasty (1368–1644)

credit_line: (虎丘十二景圖): The Thousand Buddha Hall and the Pagoda of the "Cloudy Cliff" Monastery, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou, after 1490. Shen Zhou (Chinese, 1427–1509). Album leaf; ink on paper or ink and slight color on paper; image: 31.1 x 41 cm (12 1/4 x 16 1/8 in.); overall: 36.5 x 49.9 cm (14 3/8 x 19 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1964.371.7


title: Summer Night; Winter Day

creator: Maruyama Ōkyo (Japanese, 1733–1795)

credit_line: Summer Night; Winter Day, 1784. Maruyama Ōkyo (Japanese, 1733–1795). Pair of six-panel folding screens, ink, gold, and silver on paper; overall: 154 x 362 cm (60 5/8 x 142 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1973.156


medium: ink, tempera, and gold on vellum

country: Italy, Florence

subjects:
Manuscript
Italy, florence

credit_line: Initial S[alve sancta parens]  from a Gradual: Madonna and Child, c. 1370–74. Don Silvestro dei Gherarducci (Italian, 1339–1399). Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; sheet: 16 x 13 cm (6 5/16 x 5 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift from J. H. Wade, 1924.1012


title: Bowl with Griffin

medium: earthenware with underglaze slip-painted decoration

credit_line: Bowl with Griffin, 1100s. Northwest Iran, Garrus district, Seljuk period, 12th century. Earthenware with underglaze slip-painted decoration; overall: 6.6 x 16.7 cm (2 5/8 x 6 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1925.1182


title: A Rooster and Turkey Fighting

country: Netherlands

subjects: Painting Netherland

credit_line: A Rooster and Turkey Fighting, c. 1680. Melchior de Hondecoeter (Dutch, 1636–1695). Oil on canvas; framed: 164.5 x 193 x 10 cm (64 3/4 x 76 x 3 15/16 in.); unframed: 137.2 x 166.4 cm (54 x 65 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1986.59


title: Portrait of Mary Sicard David

country: America

subjects: Painting America Portraits

credit_line: Portrait of Mary Sicard David, 1813. Thomas Sully (American, born England, 1783–1872). Oil on canvas; framed: 121.9 x 103.5 x 15.3 cm (48 x 40 3/4 x 6 in.); unframed: 89.5 x 69.8 cm (35 1/4 x 27 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1916.1979.2


title: Pietà

creator: Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)

medium: engraving

country: Netherlands, late 16th-early 17th century

credit_line: Pietà, 1596. Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617). Engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1926.439


title: Venus and Cupid

creator: François Boucher (French, 1703–1770)

date: second or third quarter 18th century

country: France

subjects: Drawing France

credit_line: Venus and Cupid, second or third quarter 18th century. François Boucher (French, 1703–1770). Black chalk with stumping heightened with white chalk on blue laid paper; framing lines in brown ink; sheet: 20.8 x 32.6 cm (8 3/16 x 12 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Richard Owen, 1942.538


title: Chopstick

medium: bronze

country: Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)

subjects:
Metalwork
Korea, goryeo dynasty (918–1392)

credit_line: Chopstick (청동 젓가락 [靑銅箸]), 918–1392. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Bronze; overall: 24.5 cm (9 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1917.1034


title: Chopstick

medium: silver bronze

credit_line: Chopstick (청동 젓가락 [靑銅箸]), 918–1392. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Silver bronze; overall: 24.8 cm (9 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, General Income Fund, 1917.323


title: Chopstick

credit_line: Chopstick (청동 젓가락 [靑銅箸]), 918–1392. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Bronze; overall: 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, General Income Fund, 1917.327


title: Chopstick

credit_line: Chopstick (청동 젓가락 [靑銅箸]), 918–1392. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Bronze; overall: 22.6 cm (8 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, General Income Fund, 1917.328


title: Cup and Stand

medium: pottery

subjects:
Ceramic
Korea, goryeo dynasty (918–1392)

credit_line: Cup and Stand (백자 탁잔 [白磁托盞]), 900s-1100s. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Pottery; diameter: 5.8 cm (2 5/16 in.); overall: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance, 1918.433


medium: stoneware

credit_line: Incense Burner with Lotus Petal Design in Relief (청자 양각 연판무늬 향완 [靑磁陽刻蓮瓣文香碗]), 1100s. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Stoneware; overall: 12.8 cm (5 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Director's Contingent Fund, 1918.493


title: Chopstick

credit_line: Chopstick, 918–1392. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Bronze; overall: 26.3 cm (10 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, General Income Fund, 1918.495.1


title: Chopstick

credit_line: Chopstick (청동 젓가락 [靑銅箸]), 918–1392. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Bronze; overall: 23.6 cm (9 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, General Income Fund, 1918.520.1


title: Chopstick

credit_line: Chopstick (청동 젓가락 [靑銅箸]), 918–1392. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Bronze; overall: 24.6 cm (9 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, General Income Fund, 1918.520.2


title: Chopstick

credit_line: Chopstick (청동 젓가락 [靑銅箸]), 918–1392. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Bronze; overall: 24.7 cm (9 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, General Income Fund, 1918.525


title: Assembly of Buddhist Deities

medium: handscroll; ink and color on silk

country: Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

subjects:
Painting
Korea, joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

credit_line: Assembly of Buddhist Deities (석가모니설법도 [釋迦牟尼說法圖]), 1846. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910). Handscroll; ink and color on silk; overall: 78 x 216 cm (30 11/16 x 85 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Director's Contingent Fund, 1918.541


title: Oil Bottle

credit_line: Oil Bottle (청자 유병 [靑磁油甁]), 1100s. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Pottery; diameter: 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.); overall: 5.4 cm (2 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance, 1921.639


title: Oil Bottle with Scroll Design

medium: celadon ware

credit_line: Oil Bottle with Scroll Design (청자 음각 당초무늬 유병 [靑磁陰刻唐草文油甁]), 1100s–1200s. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Celadon ware; outer diameter: 7.4 cm (2 15/16 in.); overall: 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance, 1928.162


title: Embroidery sampler (chelliga/shelliga)

medium: Cotton, silk, dye

credit_line: Embroidery sampler (chelliga/shelliga), c. 1700s. Africa, North Africa, Morocco, Moroccan embroiderer. Cotton, silk, dye; overall: 58.4 x 59.1 cm (23 x 23 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund, 1929.831


title: Ladies Writing Desk

medium: Oak with straw marquetry

country: Possibly Northern Italy, near France

subjects:
Furniture and woodwork
Possibly northern italy, near france

credit_line: Ladies Writing Desk, c. 1750–75. Possibly Northern Italy, near France. Oak with straw marquetry; overall: 97.2 x 76.2 x 44.5 cm (38 1/4 x 30 x 17 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Grace Rainey Rogers in memory of her father, William J. Rainey, 1942.40


medium: gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

credit_line: The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twentieth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot), c. 1560. Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); painting only: 7.1 x 10.1 cm (2 13/16 x 4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.143.a


credit_line: The lover of Hamnaz, who has been hanged from the gallows, bites off her nose when she kisses him, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-fifth Night, c. 1560. Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); painting only: 13.5 x 10.1 cm (5 5/16 x 4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.177.a


creator: Lalu (Indian, active mid-1500s)

country: Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

subjects: Painting Fruits Trees

credit_line: The parrot brings a fruit from the Tree of Life to the king of Syria, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Ninth Night, c. 1560. Lalu (Indian, active mid-1500s). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; painting only: 7.6 x 10.2 cm (3 x 4 in.); overall: 20 x 14.4 cm (7 7/8 x 5 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.75.b


medium: glazed stoneware with stamped and incised inlaid white slip decoration

subjects:
Ceramic
Korea, joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
Flowers

credit_line: Tea Caddy with Stamped Floral Decoration (분청사기 인화문 사발 [粉靑沙器印花文鉢]), 1600s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910). Glazed stoneware with stamped and incised inlaid white slip decoration; overall: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust by exchange, 1962.498


medium: inlaid and glazed porcelain

subjects:
Ceramic
Korea, goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
Flowers

credit_line: Floral-shaped Cup Stand with Inlaid Chrysanthemum Design (청자 상감 국화무늬 잔탁 [靑磁象嵌菊花文盞托]), 1100s. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Inlaid and glazed porcelain; overall: 6.1 cm (2 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Karl Martoch, 1970.503


title: Bowl with White-slip Decorations

medium: glazed ceramic

subjects:
Ceramic
Korea, joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

credit_line: Bowl with White-slip Decorations (백토 분장무늬 사발 [白土粉裝文碗]), 1600s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910). Glazed ceramic; overall: 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mary Pendell and Esther Berger in memory of Dr. and Mrs. Irving Ludlow, 1987.1076


medium: Etching with engraving on paper

country: Italy

subjects: Print Italy

credit_line: The Holy Family (La Perla) (after Raphael), 1550–1570. Battista Angolo del Moro (Italian, 1514–1575). Etching with engraving on paper; sheet: 51.7 x 43.3 cm (20 3/8 x 17 1/16 in.); with mount: 54.5 x 45 cm (21 7/16 x 17 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund, 2018.208


title: The Forest Maiden

medium: etching on steel on wove paper

country: Germany, 19th century

subjects:
Print
Germany, 19th century

credit_line: The Forest Maiden, 1845. Wendelin Wick (German, active 1842–1853), Eugen Napoleon Neureuther (German, 1806–1862). Etching on steel on wove paper; plate: 72 x 53 cm (28 3/8 x 20 7/8 in.); sheet: 81 x 62 cm (31 7/8 x 24 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Stephen Dull, 2018.303


title: Theatre Scene (recto)

credit_line: Theatre Scene (recto), c. 1765–75. Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (French, 1724–1780). Pen and brown ink, black crayon and pink wash on laid paper (recto); sheet: 21.7 x 17 cm (8 9/16 x 6 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2019.256.a


title: Rank Badge with Single Crane Motif

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Korea, joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

credit_line: Rank Badge with Single Crane Motif (단학흉배), 1800s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910). Silk, satin damask weave; silk thread embroidery; 25.4 x 25.4 cm (10 x 10 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Alma Kroeger Fund, 2019.78.1


medium: Ink, tempera and liquid gold on vellum

subjects:
Manuscript
Germany, hildesheim , 16th century

credit_line: Leaf from a Psalter and Prayerbook: Rabbits Dancing (recto) and Putto Picking Strawberries (verso), c. 1524. Germany, Hildesheim (?), 16th century. Ink, tempera and liquid gold on vellum; sheet: 16.5 x 13.5 cm (6 1/2 x 5 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, James Parmelee Fund, 2022.101


medium: pastel on paper stretched on linen

country: Ireland, 18th century

subjects:
Drawing
Ireland, 18th century

credit_line: George Clavering Cowper, 3rd Earl Cowper, 1785. Hugh Douglas Hamilton (Irish, 1729–1808). Pastel on paper stretched on linen; sheet: 94 x 68.6 cm (37 x 27 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 2022.136


medium: Ink and color on paper

credit_line: Samantabhadra on an Elephant with Two Attendants (보현보살도 [普賢菩薩圖]), 1392–1910. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910). Ink and color on paper; painting only: 52.7 x 28 cm (20 3/4 x 11 in.); overall: 71.1 x 55.9 cm (28 x 22 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1915.219


date: late 1800s

credit_line: Daoist Immortal on a Qilin and Two Attendants (신선도 [神仙圖]), late 1800s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910). Ink and color on paper; painting only: 52.9 x 28.7 cm (20 13/16 x 11 5/16 in.); overall: 61 x 38 cm (24 x 14 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1915.220


credit_line: Daoist Immortal on a Qilin and Two Attendants (신선도), late 1800s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910). Ink and color on paper; painting only: 52.8 x 28.8 cm (20 13/16 x 11 5/16 in.); overall: 60.8 x 38 cm (23 15/16 x 14 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1915.221


title: A Pair of Chopsticks

medium: bronze

credit_line: A Pair of Chopsticks (청동 젓가락 [靑銅箸]), 918–1392. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Bronze; overall: 23.4 cm (9 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1917.1032


title: Chopstick

credit_line: Chopstick (청동 젓가락 [靑銅箸]), 918–1392. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Bronze; overall: 24.8 cm (9 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1917.1032.1


title: Chopstick

credit_line: Chopstick (청동 젓가락 [靑銅箸]), 918–1392. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Bronze; overall: 24.5 cm (9 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1917.1032.2


title: Chopstick

credit_line: Chopstick (청동 젓가락 [靑銅箸]), 918–1392. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Bronze; overall: 24.5 cm (9 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1917.1034.1


title: Chopstick

credit_line: Chopstick (청동 젓가락 [靑銅箸]), 918–1392. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Bronze; overall: 24.5 cm (9 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1917.1034.2


title: Chopstick

medium: Metalwork

credit_line: Chopstick (청동 젓가락 [靑銅箸]), 918–1392. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). overall: 25.7 cm (10 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, General Income Fund, 1917.322


title: Chopstick

credit_line: Chopstick (청동 젓가락 [靑銅箸]), 918–1392. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). overall: 25 cm (9 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, General Income Fund, 1917.324


title: Chopstick

credit_line: Chopstick (청동 젓가락 [靑銅箸]), 918–1392. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). overall: 24.2 cm (9 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, General Income Fund, 1917.325


title: Chopstick

credit_line: Chopstick (청동 젓가락 [靑銅箸]), 918–1392. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). overall: 26.8 cm (10 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, General Income Fund, 1917.326


title: Floral-shaped Cup Stand

medium: pottery

credit_line: Floral-shaped Cup Stand (청자 꽃모양 잔탁 [靑磁花形盞托]), 1200s. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Pottery; outer diameter: 16.9 cm (6 5/8 in.); overall: 6.2 cm (2 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance, 1918.456


title: A Pair of Chopsticks

credit_line: A Pair of Chopsticks (청동 젓가락 [靑銅箸]), 918–1392. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Bronze; overall: 26.3 cm (10 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, General Income Fund, 1918.495


title: Chopstick

credit_line: Chopstick, 918–1392. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Bronze; overall: 26.4 cm (10 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, General Income Fund, 1918.495.2


title: A Pair of Chopsticks

credit_line: A Pair of Chopsticks (청동 젓가락 [靑銅箸]), 918–1392. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Bronze; overall: 23.9 cm (9 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, General Income Fund, 1918.520


title: Chopstick

credit_line: Chopstick (청동 젓가락 [靑銅箸]), 918–1392. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Bronze; overall: 24.4 cm (9 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, General Income Fund, 1918.522


title: Chopstick

credit_line: Chopstick (청동 젓가락 [靑銅箸]), 918–1392. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Bronze; overall: 23.3 cm (9 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, General Income Fund, 1918.527


title: Chopstick

credit_line: Chopstick, 918–1392. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Bronze; overall: 24.3 cm (9 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, General Income Fund, 1918.529.1


title: Chopstick

credit_line: Chopstick, 918–1392. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Bronze; overall: 24.3 cm (9 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, General Income Fund, 1918.529.2


title: Floral-shaped Cup

credit_line: Floral-shaped Cup (청자 꽃모양 잔 [靑磁花形盞]), 1100s. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Pottery; diameter of base: 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.); overall: 5.8 cm (2 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance, 1921.616


title: Floral-shaped Cup Stand

credit_line: Floral-shaped Cup Stand (청자 꽃모양 잔탁 [靑磁花形盞托]), 918–1392. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Pottery; diameter: 15.8 cm (6 1/4 in.); overall: 4.9 cm (1 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance, 1921.617


title: Dish

credit_line: Dish (청자 접시 [靑磁楪子]), 1100s–1200s. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Pottery; diameter: 18.3 cm (7 3/16 in.); overall: 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance, 1921.627


title: Gourd-shaped Wine Pot

credit_line: Gourd-shaped Wine Pot (청자 표주박모양 줄무늬 주자 [靑磁瓢形線文注子]), 1200s. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Pottery; height with lid: 26.7 cm (10 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance, 1921.632


title: Embroidery sampler (chelliga/shelliga)

credit_line: Embroidery sampler (chelliga/shelliga), 1800s. Africa, North Africa, Morocco, Salé, Moroccan embroiderer. Cotton, silk, dye; overall: 104.1 x 81.3 cm (41 x 32 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1929.842


title: Bowl with Lotus Petal Design in Relief

medium: porcelain celadon ware

credit_line: Bowl with Lotus Petal Design in Relief (청자 양각 연판무늬 사발 [靑磁陽刻蓮瓣文碗]), 1200s. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Porcelain celadon ware; diameter of mouth: 10.6 cm (4 3/16 in.); diameter of base: 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.); height: 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John L. Severance, 1942.721


title: Snuff Box (Tabatière)

creator: Jean Ducrollay (French, 1709–1787)

medium: gold and glass with miniatures

subjects: Metalwork France

credit_line: Snuff Box (Tabatière), 1753–54. Jean Ducrollay (French, 1709–1787), miniatures by Louis Nicolas van Blarenberghe (French, 1716–1794). Gold and glass with miniatures; overall: 3.4 x 5.6 cm (1 5/16 x 2 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Edward B. Greene, 1957.412


credit_line: The merchant Mansur departs on a sea voyage, leaving his wife behind, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventeenth Night, c. 1560. Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); painting only: 9.7 x 10.1 cm (3 13/16 x 4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.125.b


credit_line: The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-third Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot), c. 1560. Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); painting only: 8.7 x 10.1 cm (3 7/16 x 4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.160.a


creator: Dasavanta (Indian)

credit_line: The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Sixth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot), c. 1560. Dasavanta (Indian). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; painting only: 8.9 x 10.6 cm (3 1/2 x 4 3/16 in.); overall: 20 x 14.3 cm (7 7/8 x 5 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.37.b


creator: Tara 1 (Indian, active 1550s-1590s)

credit_line: The deceitful wife assaults her erring husband, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night, c. 1560. Tara 1 (Indian, active 1550s-1590s). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; painting only: 14.8 x 10.3 cm (5 13/16 x 4 1/16 in.); overall: 20 x 13.6 cm (7 7/8 x 5 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.60.b


medium: limestone

country: China, Northern Qi dynasty (550-577)

subjects:
Sculpture
China, northern qi dynasty (550-577)

credit_line: Section of a Coffin Platform: Horizontal Panel, 550–77. China, Northern Qi dynasty (550-577). Limestone; overall: 45.7 x 211.4 x 10.8 cm (18 x 83 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.); panel: 25.4 x 64.8 x 10.8 cm (10 x 25 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Lange, 1982.260.b


title: Section of a Coffin Platform: Phoenix

credit_line: Section of a Coffin Platform: Phoenix, 550–77. China, Northern Qi dynasty (550-577). Limestone; overall: 45.7 x 211.4 x 10.8 cm (18 x 83 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.); panel: 45.7 x 27.6 x 10.8 cm (18 x 10 7/8 x 4 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Lange, 1982.260.c


country: China, Northern Qi dynasty (550–577)

subjects:
Sculpture
China, northern qi dynasty (550–577)

credit_line: Section of a Coffin Platform: Horizontal Panel, 550–77. China, Northern Qi dynasty (550–577). Limestone; overall: 45.7 x 211.4 x 10.8 cm (18 x 83 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Lange, 1982.260.d


title: Tea Bowl

medium: stoneware with white slip and overglaze

credit_line: Tea Bowl (분청사기 완 [粉靑沙器碗]), 1700s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910). Stoneware with white slip and overglaze; overall: 8.1 cm (3 3/16 in.); diameter of base: 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1991.106


title: Crown (adéńlá)

subjects: Botany Garment

credit_line: Crown (adéńlá), 1900s. Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Yorùbá-style maker. Cloth (probably cotton and wool), glass beads, reeds, cardboard, wood, plant fiber, cotton, and quills; diameter: 26.8 cm (10 9/16 in.); overall: 105.9 cm (41 11/16 in.); cone: 35.1 cm (13 13/16 in.); fringe: 55.3 cm (21 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1995.22


title: Lid for Bamboo Shoot-shaped Ewer

medium: earthenware with carved designs and celadon glaze

credit_line: Lid for Bamboo Shoot-shaped Ewer (청자 죽순형 뚜껑 [靑瓷竹筍形蓋]), 1100s. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Earthenware with carved designs and celadon glaze. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Sebastian Izzard, 1998.289


medium: Album; ink on paper

subjects: China, southern song dynasty (1127-1279)

credit_line: (佛道主題畫冊): Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Procession of Daoist Deities: Leaf 14, 1200s. China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Album; ink on paper; painting: 34.1 x 38.4 cm (13 7/16 x 15 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund in honor of Dr. Ju-hsi Chou and Gift of various donors to the department of Asian Art (by exchange), 2004.1.14


medium: Albumen print from glass plate negative

credit_line: Mécanisme de la physionomie humaine: Figure 51: À droite, contraction partielle de l'élévateur commun de l'aile du nez et de la lèvre supérieure: mécontentement, mauvaise humeur; à gauche, repos, c. 1856, printed 1862. Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne (de Boulogne) (French, 1806–1875), Adrien Tournachon (French, 1825–1903). Albumen print from glass plate negative; image: 19.5 x 17 cm (7 11/16 x 6 11/16 in.); paper: 21.5 x 17 cm (8 7/16 x 6 11/16 in.); mounted: 41.1 x 27.5 cm (16 3/16 x 10 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Trust, 2018.10


credit_line: Transitional Blue-and-White Square Bottle, 1628–1722. China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Chongzhen reign (1628-44) or Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Kangxi reign (1662-1722). Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue decoration; height: 31.1 cm (12 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund, 2018.293


subjects: Drawing France

credit_line: Theatre Scene (recto); Lingerie Boutique and Conversation (verso), c. 1765–75. Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (French, 1724–1780). Pen and brown ink, black crayon and pink wash on laid paper (recto); pen and brown ink on laid paper (verso); sheet: 21.7 x 17 cm (8 9/16 x 6 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2019.256


medium: Pen, brown ink, laid paper

credit_line: Lingerie Boutique and Conversation (verso), c. 1765–75. Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (French, 1724–1780). Pen, brown ink, laid paper; sheet: 21.7 x 17 cm (8 9/16 x 6 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2019.256.b


title: Rank Badge with Single Crane Motif

credit_line: Rank Badge with Single Crane Motif (단학흉배), 1800s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910). Silk, satin damask weave; silk thread embroidery; 25.4 x 25.4 cm (10 x 10 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Alma Kroeger Fund, 2019.78.2


country: Germany, Hildesheim (?), 16th century

credit_line: Leaf from a Psalter and Prayerbook: Rabbits Dancing (recto), c. 1524. Germany, Hildesheim (?), 16th century. Ink, tempera and liquid gold on vellum; overall: 16.5 x 13.5 cm (6 1/2 x 5 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, James Parmelee Fund, 2022.101.a


credit_line: Leaf from a Psalter and Prayerbook: Putto Picking Strawberries (verso), c. 1524. Germany, Hildesheim (?), 16th century. Ink, tempera and liquid gold on vellum; overall: 16.5 x 13.5 cm (6 1/2 x 5 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, James Parmelee Fund, 2022.101.b


title: Asnæs Skov, Bay at Kalundborg Fjord

country: Denmark

subjects: Drawing Denmark

credit_line: Asnæs Skov, Bay at Kalundborg Fjord, 1839. Johan Thomas Lundbye (Danish, 1818–1848). Pen and black ink and gray and brown ink washes with arched framing line in pen and black ink, bordered in pink watercolor on modern cream laid paper; support: 26 x 37.9 cm (10 1/4 x 14 15/16 in.); matted: 36.2 x 48.9 cm (14 1/4 x 19 1/4 in.); image: 19.1 x 30 cm (7 1/2 x 11 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Alma Kroeger Fund, 2022.87


title: Self-Portrait

creator: Camille Pissarro (French, 1830–1903)

medium: zinc etching with aquatint on light tan wove paper

subjects: Print France Portraits

credit_line: Self-Portrait, c. 1890–91. Camille Pissarro (French, 1830–1903). Zinc etching with aquatint on light tan wove paper; matted: 40.8 x 35.6 cm (16 1/16 x 14 in.); image: 18.7 x 17.8 cm (7 3/8 x 7 in.); sheet: 34.7 x 27.4 cm (13 11/16 x 10 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 2023.119


country: Spain, Granada

subjects:
Ornament & design
Costume & fashion
Textile
Spain, granada

credit_line: Fragment with palmette arches with Alhambra wall pattern, 1300s. Spain, Granada. Silk and gilt-metal thread: lampas weave; overall: 48.3 x 25.4 cm (19 x 10 in.); mounted: 58.1 x 35.2 cm (22 7/8 x 13 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1939.35


title: The Gardener

creator: Nicolas Lancret (French, 1690–1743)

medium: oil on canvas

subjects: Painting France

credit_line: The Gardener, c. 1723–27. Nicolas Lancret (French, 1690–1743). Oil on canvas; framed: 157 x 43 x 5.5 cm (61 13/16 x 16 15/16 x 2 3/16 in.); unframed: 151 x 36.5 cm (59 7/16 x 14 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Louis Dudley Beaumont Foundation, 1948.176.1


title: Mount Hua

creator: Tang Yin (Chinese, 1470–1523)

medium: hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper

country: China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

subjects:
Painting
China, ming dynasty (1368–1644)

credit_line: Mount Hua (華山), 1506. Tang Yin (Chinese, 1470–1523). Hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper; painting: 116.4 x 41.4 cm (45 13/16 x 16 5/16 in.); overall with knobs: 213.5 x 66.7 cm (84 1/16 x 26 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1969.116


title: Fasting Buddha

medium: ivory

country: India, Kashmir, 8th century

subjects:
Ivory
India, kashmir, 8th century

credit_line: Fasting Buddha, 700s. India, Kashmir, 8th century. Ivory; overall: 12 x 9.5 x 1.5 cm (4 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1986.70


title: The Annunciation

creator: Luca Cambiaso (Italian, 1527–1585)

medium: pen and brown ink (iron gall) and brush and brown wash over traces of black chalk

subjects: Drawing Italy

credit_line: The Annunciation, c. 1568. Luca Cambiaso (Italian, 1527–1585). Pen and brown ink (iron gall) and brush and brown wash over traces of black chalk; sheet: 29.5 x 20.7 cm (11 5/8 x 8 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, In memory of Mrs. William G. Mather, 1959.200


creator: Hon'ami Kōetsu (Japanese, 1558–1637)

medium: handscroll; ink on silk with gold and silver

country: Japan, Momoyama period (1573-1615) to Edo period (1615-1858)

credit_line: Selections from the Collection of Japanese Poems from Ancient and Modern Times (Kokin wakashū) with Design of Pines Along the Shore (浜松下絵古今集和歌巻), 1600s. Hon'ami Kōetsu (Japanese, 1558–1637), attributed to Tawaraya Sōtatsu (Japanese, c. 1570–c. 1640). Handscroll; ink on silk with gold and silver; average: 32.7 x 549 cm (12 7/8 x 216 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1972.67


title: Pathway in the Forest of Fontainebleau

creator: Gustave Le Gray (French, 1820–1884)

medium: salted paper print from waxed paper negative

country: France, 19th century

subjects:
Photograph
France, 19th century

credit_line: Pathway in the Forest of Fontainebleau, 1849–52. Gustave Le Gray (French, 1820–1884). Salted paper print from waxed paper negative; image: 19.1 x 26.5 cm (7 1/2 x 10 7/16 in.); matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund, 1988.64


title: Abbot's Stall

medium: oak

credit_line: Abbot's Stall, c. 1500–1515. France, perhaps Artois or Picardy, early 16th century. Oak; overall: 329.6 x 336.3 x 83.8 cm (129 3/4 x 132 3/8 x 33 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1928.657


date: shortly after 1484

medium: marble with gilding

country: Italy, Milan

subjects:
Sculpture
Italy, milan

credit_line: Pier Francesco Visconti, Court of Saliceto, Adoring the Christ Child, shortly after 1484. Workshop of Benedetto Briosco (Italian, c. 1460–after 1514), and Tomaso Cazzaniga (Italian). Marble with gilding; overall: 61 x 61 x 13.1 cm (24 x 24 x 5 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1928.863


title: Section of a Dharani Pillar

country: China, Tang dynasty (618–907)

subjects:
Sculpture
China, tang dynasty (618–907)

credit_line: Section of a Dharani Pillar, 618–907. China, Tang dynasty (618–907). Limestone; overall: 50.2 x 40.4 cm (19 3/4 x 15 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1929.983


medium: tempera and gold on wood (oak)

country: Austria, Salzburg

subjects:
Painting
Austria, salzburg

credit_line: St. Peter, St. Paul, St. George, and St. James the Greater, c. 1424. Austria, Salzburg. Tempera and gold on wood (oak); unframed: 39 x 10 cm (15 3/8 x 3 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Delia E. Holden and L. E. Holden Funds, 1941.68.b


credit_line: St. Christopher, St. Erasmus, St. Barbara, and another female saint, c. 1424. Austria, Salzburg. Tempera and gold on wood (oak); unframed: 39 x 10 cm (15 3/8 x 3 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Delia E. Holden and L. E. Holden Funds, 1941.68.c


title: Sugar Bowl (Sucrier)

medium: soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration

country: France, Vincennes

subjects:
Ceramic
France, vincenne

credit_line: Sugar Bowl (Sucrier), 1745–48. Sèvres Porcelain Factory (French, est. 1756), Vincennes Porcelain Factory (France, 1740–56). Soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration; part 1: 8.1 x 16.2 cm (3 3/16 x 6 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1944.225.a


title: Cover for a Sugar Bowl

credit_line: Cover for a Sugar Bowl, 1745–48. Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory (French, 1740–1756). Soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration; overall: 15.3 cm (6 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1944.225.b


medium: tempera and gold on wood oak

country: Austria, Styria, 15th century

subjects:
Painting
Austria, styria, 15th century

credit_line: Diptych with the Passion of Christ (left wing):Flagellation and Christ Before Pilate , c. 1400. Austria, Styria, 15th century. Tempera and gold on wood oak; unframed: 45.7 x 27 cm (18 x 10 5/8 in.); including original molding: 52.4 x 34.3 cm (20 5/8 x 13 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1945.115.a


credit_line: Diptych with the Passion of Christ (right wing): Crowning with Thorns and Agony on the Garden , c. 1400. Austria, Styria, 15th century. Tempera and gold on wood (oak); unframed: 45.7 x 27 cm (18 x 10 5/8 in.); including original molding: 52.4 x 34.3 cm (20 5/8 x 13 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1945.115.b


medium: silver

country: Byzantium, Syria(?), Byzantine period

subjects:
Metalwork
Byzantium, syria , byzantine period

credit_line: Mirror with a Handle in the Form of a Herakles Knot, c. 280–400 CE. Byzantium, Syria(?), Byzantine period. Silver; diameter: 2.3 x 34.6 cm (7/8 x 13 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1956.31


medium: gold

country: France, Gothic period, 14th century

subjects:
Coin
France, gothic period, 14th century

credit_line: Mouton d'Or of King Jean le Bon of France, 1350-1364 (obverse), 1350–1364. France, Gothic period, 14th century. Gold; diameter: 3.1 cm (1 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection, 1964.372.a


title: Plaque with Vishnu

medium: gold repoussé

credit_line: Plaque with Vishnu, c. 600s. Thailand, Sri Deb Style, Mon-Dvaravati period, c. 7th-8th Century. Gold repoussé; overall: 7.6 x 4.5 cm (3 x 1 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1973.75


medium: tempera and gold on wood

credit_line: Reliquary Box with Scenes from the Life of John the Baptist, 1300s. Byzantium, Constantinople, late Byzantine period, 14th century. Tempera and gold on wood; overall: 9 x 23.5 x 9 cm (3 9/16 x 9 1/4 x 3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Bruce Ferrini in memory of Robert P. Bergman, 1999.229


title: Jar with Curvilinear Designs

medium: earthenware with slip-painted decoration

credit_line: Jar with Curvilinear Designs, 2650–2350 BCE. Northwest China, Neolithic period, Majiayao culture, Banshan phase (2650–2350 BCE). Earthenware with slip-painted decoration; diameter: 36.8 x 30.5 cm (14 1/2 x 12 in.); overall: 36.2 cm (14 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund, 1930.332


title: Carnival in the Snow

creator: Paul Klee (German, 1879–1940)

medium: watercolor

country: Germany, 20th century

subjects:
Drawing
Germany, 20th century

credit_line: Carnival in the Snow, 1923. Paul Klee (German, 1879–1940). Watercolor; sheet: 24 x 23.5 cm (9 7/16 x 9 1/4 in.); secondary support: 34.5 x 29.3 cm (13 9/16 x 11 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.46


title: Rocky Landscape with Hunters

creator: Gaspard Dughet (French, 1615–1675)

medium: oil on canvas

country: France

subjects: Painting France Landscapes

credit_line: Rocky Landscape with Hunters, c. 1635. Gaspard Dughet (French, 1615–1675). Oil on canvas; framed: 159 x 201 x 12 cm (62 5/8 x 79 1/8 x 4 3/4 in.); unframed: 127 x 175.2 cm (50 x 69 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1970.30


title: Clouds Visiting a Mountain Retreat

creator: Tao Hong (Chinese, active c. 1610–1640)

medium: Hanging scroll; ink on silk

credit_line: Clouds Visiting a Mountain Retreat (雲山圖), 1633. Tao Hong (Chinese, active c. 1610–1640). Hanging scroll; ink on silk; painting: 176.4 x 101 cm (69 7/16 x 39 3/4 in.); overall with knobs: 290 x 121.3 cm (114 3/16 x 47 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1971.19


title: Plate with Peony Decoration

date: late 1300s–early 1400s

medium: carved cinnabar lacquer on wood

country: China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368)

subjects:
Lacquer
China, yuan dynasty (1271-1368)

credit_line: Plate with Peony Decoration, late 1300s–early 1400s. China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368). Carved cinnabar lacquer on wood; diameter: 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Collection, 1977.6


title: Mirror with Xiwangmu

medium: bronze

subjects:
Metalwork
China, six dynastie period (220–589 ce)

credit_line: Mirror with Xiwangmu (西王母鏡), c. 317–400 CE. China, Six Dynasties period (220–589 CE). Bronze; diameter: 18.5 cm (7 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 1983.213


medium: Gum tempera and ink on paper

country: Northern India

subjects:
Painting
Northern india

credit_line: Nanda and the elders, page from a Bhagavata Purana, c. 1525–40. Northern India. Gum tempera and ink on paper; overall: 16.3 x 21.5 cm (6 7/16 x 8 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1960.53


title: Returning to the Village in a Rainstorm

creator: Xie Shichen (Chinese, 1487–after 1567)

medium: Handscroll; ink and light color on silk

credit_line: Returning to the Village in a Rainstorm (風雨歸村圖), 1530. Xie Shichen (Chinese, 1487–after 1567). Handscroll; ink and light color on silk; overall: 40.3 x 425.4 cm (15 7/8 x 167 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1975.94


title: Standing Horse

date: 206 BCE–220 CE

country: China, Han dynasty (202 BCE–220 CE)

subjects:
Sculpture
China, han dynasty (202 bce–220 ce)

credit_line: Standing Horse, 206 BCE–220 CE. China, Han dynasty (202 BCE–220 CE). Bronze; overall: 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1977.57


title: Eight Views of Xiao-Xiang

medium: handscroll; ink on paper

country: Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)

subjects:
Painting
Japan, muromachi period (1392–1573)

credit_line: Eight Views of Xiao-Xiang (瀟湘八景図巻), 1500s. Sesson Shūkei (Japanese, c. 1492–c. 1577). Handscroll; ink on paper; overall: 15.7 x 289.5 cm (6 3/16 x 114 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Sherman E. Lee in memory of John D. Rockefeller, 3rd, 1979.77


country: Greek, minted at Athens (Attica)

subjects:
Coin
Greek, minted at athen (attica)

credit_line: Tetradrachm: Owl, Crescent Moon, Olive Branch (reverse), 480–449 BCE. Greek, minted at Athens (Attica). Silver; diameter: 2.4 cm (15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Harold W. Parsons, 1920.267.b


title: Elles: Woman Lying on Her Back

medium: color lithograph

subjects:
Print
France, 19th century

credit_line: Elles: Woman Lying on Her Back, 1896. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864–1901). Color lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Ralph King, 1925.1204.11


subjects:
Musical instrument
Reptiles & amphibians

credit_line: Lyre (ndongo, endongo, entongoli, or kissar), by 1928. Wood, reptile skin, pelt, cloth, and natural fiber; diameter: 31.8 cm (12 1/2 in.); overall: 43.2 cm (17 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the African Art Sponsors of Karamu House, 1929.346


title: Shallow Ribbed Bowl

date: 50 BCE–100 CE

medium: glass

country: Roman, Eastern Mediterranean

subjects:
Glass
Roman, eastern mediterranean

credit_line: Shallow Ribbed Bowl, 50 BCE–100 CE. Roman, Eastern Mediterranean. Glass; overall: 4.2 x 16 cm (1 5/8 x 6 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Estate of Edna M. Aldredge and Harriet G. Aldredge, 1959.250


title: Vase

medium: favrile glass

country: America, New York

subjects:
Glass
America, new york

credit_line: Vase, c. 1905–10. Louis Comfort Tiffany (American, 1848–1933), Tiffany Studios (United States, New York, 1902–32). Favrile glass; overall: 33 cm (13 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Shattuck W. Hartwell, Sr. in memory of Lavinia Austen and William Henry Gemmell, 1975.46


title: Cypriot Vase

credit_line: Cypriot Vase, c. 1895–1900. Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (America, New York, 1892–1902). Favrile glass; diameter: 7.2 cm (2 13/16 in.); overall: 6.6 cm (2 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Virginia Hubbell, 1997.302


title: Algerian Woman

date: late 1850s

medium: albumen print from wet collodion negative

country: France, 19th century

subjects:
Photograph
France, 19th century

credit_line: Algerian Woman, late 1850s. Gustave de Beaucorps (French, 1825–1906). Albumen print from wet collodion negative; image: 21.3 x 15.4 cm (8 3/8 x 6 1/16 in.); matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1997.45


title: Ganesha

medium: Gum tempera, graphite, and ink on paper

subjects: Eastern india, bengal, kolkata, kalighat

credit_line: Ganesha, c. 1890. Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat. Gum tempera, graphite, and ink on paper; painting only: 45.3 x 27.5 cm (17 13/16 x 10 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward, 2003.166


creator: Charles Marville (French, 1813–1879)

credit_line: Rue Jean-de-Beauvais. Vue prise de la rue des Écoles vers la boulevard Saint-Germain, en travaux, 1865–69. Charles Marville (French, 1813–1879). Albumen print from wet collodion negative; image: 34 x 26.7 cm (13 3/8 x 10 1/2 in.); border: 45.9 x 33.4 cm (18 1/16 x 13 1/8 in.); paper: 60.3 x 42.5 cm (23 3/4 x 16 3/4 in.); matted: 76.2 x 61 cm (30 x 24 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Howard Greenberg, Robert Hershkowitz, Charles Isaacs and Hans P. Kraus Jr. in honor of Tom Hinson, 2010.320


creator: Mushfiq (Indian, active early 1600s)

medium: Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

country: Western Afghanistan, Herat (text); Mughal India (paintings)

credit_line:
Zulaykha in her palace and as an old woman with Joseph, from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492); verso from a Panj Ganj of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492), with two masnavis: Yusuf va Zulaykha (Joseph and Zulaykha) and Khirad-nama-i Iskandari (Alexander’s Book of Wisdom), Text copied by Sultan-Ali Mashhadi (Persian, 1453–1520) for Badi al-Zaman Mirza of Herat
Painting, borders, and illumination by Mushfiq (Indian, active 1580s–early 1600s); Text copied in Herat; Painting, borders, and illuminations made in the Deccan for Mughal minister Abd al-Rahim the Khan Khanan. Mushfiq (Indian, active early 1600s), Sultan 'Ali al-Mashadi (Iranian, 1430–1520). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; page: 31.6 x 20.4 cm (12 7/16 x 8 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection, 2013.315.1


title: Empire Table Lamp

medium: Leaded glass, gilt bronze

subjects:
Lamp
America, new york

credit_line: Empire Table Lamp, c. 1902–10. Tiffany Studios (United States, New York, 1902–32). Leaded glass, gilt bronze; overall: 66 x 56.5 cm (26 x 22 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Charles Maurer, 2018.264


title: Peony Border Floor Lamp

medium: leaded glass, bronze

country: America

subjects: Lamp America

credit_line: Peony Border Floor Lamp, c. 1905–10. Probably by Clara Wolcott Driscoll (American, 1861–1944), Tiffany Studios (United States, New York, 1902–32). Leaded glass, bronze; 200.7 cm (79 in.); diameter: 61 cm (24 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Charles Maurer, 2018.269


title: Covent Garden Labourers

creator: John Thomson (Scottish, 1837–1921)

medium: woodburytype

country: England, 19th century

subjects:
Photograph
England, 19th century

credit_line: Street Life in London: Covent Garden Labourers, 1877. John Thomson (Scottish, 1837–1921). Woodburytype; image: 11.4 x 8.6 cm (4 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.); paper: 11.4 x 8.6 cm (4 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.); mounted: 27 x 20.7 cm (10 5/8 x 8 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Photography Discretionary Fund, 2019.53


title: Gioachino Antonio Rossini

creator: Nadar (French, 1820–1910)

medium: salt print mounted on card

subjects: Photograph France

credit_line: Gioachino Antonio Rossini, 1856. Nadar (French, 1820–1910). Salt print mounted on card; image: 24.4 x 18.8 cm (9 5/8 x 7 3/8 in.); paper: 47.3 x 31.2 cm (18 5/8 x 12 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg, 2021.66


title: Cup from Tea Cups with Dragons

creator: Seifū Yohei I (Japanese, 1801–1861)

country: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

subjects:
Ceramic
Japan, edo period (1615–1868)

credit_line: Cup from Tea Cups with Dragons (煎茶茶碗), 1840s–57. Seifū Yohei I (Japanese, 1801–1861). One from a set of five tea cups; porcelain with underglaze blue. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.144.2


title: Dish from Saucers with Matching Shells

creator: Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914)

country: Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)

subjects:
Ceramic
Japan, meiji period (1868–1912)
Shells & molluscs

credit_line: Dish from Saucers with Matching Shells, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Porcelain with molded design and green crackled glaze; overall: 3 x 12 x 8.5 cm (1 3/16 x 4 3/4 x 3 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.188.4


title: Scissors

medium: gilt metal

country: England, 18th century

credit_line: Scissors, c. 1770. England, 18th century. Gilt metal. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade, 1916.313.a


title: Note Board

medium: ivory

credit_line: Note Board, c. 1770. England, 18th century. Ivory. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade, 1916.313.b


title: Needle

credit_line: Needle, c. 1770. England, 18th century. Gilt metal. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade, 1916.313.c


title: Snuff Spoon

credit_line: Snuff Spoon, c. 1770. England, 18th century. Gilt metal. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade, 1916.313.e


title: Watchcase (Boîtier de montre)

medium: gold and enamel

subjects: Jewelry France

credit_line: Watchcase (Boîtier de montre), c. 1640. France. Gold and enamel; diameter: 5.8 cm (2 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade, 1916.348


title: Inkstand

medium: Gold, silver, and enamel

country: Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Jaipur

subjects:
Jewelry
Northwestern india, rajasthan, jaipur

credit_line: Inkstand, 1800s. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Jaipur. Gold, silver, and enamel; overall: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade, 1916.439


medium: Silver-plated copper alloy (?)

country: Greece (?)

subjects: Coin Greece

credit_line: Electrotype Replica of Tetradrachm: Head of Athena Parthenos (obverse), 1838–1916. Greece (?). Silver-plated copper alloy (?); diameter: 3 cm (1 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1916.977.a


credit_line: Electrotype Replica of Tetradrachm: Owl, Panathenaic Amphora, Triptolemos in Chariot, within Wreath (reverse), 1838–1916. Greece (?). Silver-plated copper alloy (?); diameter: 3 cm (1 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1916.977.b


medium: gold

subjects: Greek, macedonian, minted at salami (cyprus)

credit_line: Stater: Head of Athena (obverse); Nike (reverse), c. 325–275 BCE. Greek, Macedonian, minted at Salamis (Cyprus). Gold; diameter: 1.9 cm (3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1916.979


country: Italy

subjects: Lace Italy

credit_line: Fragment of a Band with Dragon, Castle, and Vegetation, 1500s. Italy. Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, burato (twined ground and darned in one direction); overall: 35.7 x 32.5 cm (14 1/16 x 12 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1920.1143


title: End-blown Flute (Hitoyogiri)

subjects:
Musical instrument
Japan, meiji period (1868–1912)

credit_line: End-blown Flute (Hitoyogiri) (一節切), late 1800s. Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912). Lacquered bamboo with gold and silver maki-e (sprinkled powder designs); 33.5 x 2.6 cm (13 3/16 x 1 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Lyman, 1921.914


title: Court Ladies Making Dolls

creator: Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757–1820)

medium: color woodblock print

subjects:
Print
Japan, edo period (1615–1868)

credit_line: Court Ladies Making Dolls, 1790s. Attributed to Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757–1820). Color woodblock print. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Myrta Leonora Jones, 1922.175


title: Hound (2 of 2)

medium: bronze

subjects: Sculpture America

credit_line: Hound (2 of 2), 1912. Charles Cary Rumsey (American, 1879–1922). Bronze; overall: 86.4 x 43.2 cm (34 x 17 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Henry A. Everett for the Dorothy Burnham Everett Memorial Collection, 1923.727.2


title: Full Moon on Kanazawa, Musashi

creator: Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)

credit_line: Full Moon on Kanazawa, Musashi, 1857. Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858). One of a triptych of color woodblock prints; overall: 35.9 x 25.4 cm (14 1/8 x 10 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss for the Dudley P. Allen Collection, 1924.967.a


title: Full Moon on Kanazawa, Musashi

credit_line: Full Moon on Kanazawa, Musashi, 1857. Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858). One of a triptych of color woodblock prints; overall: 35.9 x 25.4 cm (14 1/8 x 10 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss for the Dudley P. Allen Collection, 1924.967.c


medium: chiaroscuro woodcut

subjects: Print Italy

credit_line: Circe Giving Drink to the Companions of Ulysses, 1540s. Attributed to Antonio da Trento (Italian, c. 1508–c. 1550), after Parmigianino (Italian, 1503–1540). Chiaroscuro woodcut. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1925.1220


title: Descent from the Cross

creator: Ugo da Carpi (Italian, c. 1479–c. 1532)

credit_line: Descent from the Cross, c. 1518. Ugo da Carpi (Italian, c. 1479–c. 1532), after Raphael (Italian, 1483–1520). Chiaroscuro woodcut. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the President and Directors of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 1925.984


title: Buckle

country: China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

subjects:
Jewelry
China, qing dynasty (1644-1911)

credit_line: Buckle, 1900s. China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Gilt-silver inlaid with semiprecious stones; diameter: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Cornelia Blakemore Warner, 1947.610


title: Buddhist Manuscript

country: Sri Lanka

subjects:
Manuscript
Sri lanka
Palms

credit_line: Buddhist Manuscript, c. 1700. Sri Lanka. Covers: Gum tempera on wood; pages: charcoal on palm leaves; overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund, 1949.227


title: Across the Fields

creator: Édouard Vuillard (French, 1868–1940)

medium: color lithograph

subjects:
Print
France, 19th century

credit_line: Landscapes and Interiors: Across the Fields, 1899. Édouard Vuillard (French, 1868–1940). Color lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Hanna Fund, 1951.65.4


title: Trompe l'Oeil Still Life

medium: pen and ink, point of brush and black ink wash, watercolor and gouache

country: Netherlands

subjects: Drawing Netherland

credit_line: Trompe l'Oeil Still Life, c. 1754. Jacobus Cornelis Meyer (Dutch, active 1700s). Pen and ink, point of brush and black ink wash, watercolor and gouache; sheet: 37.3 x 27.4 cm (14 11/16 x 10 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Brown, 1955.376


title: Tea Bowl

medium: brown stoneware with iron slip glaze, Jian ware

credit_line: Tea Bowl, 960– 1279. China, Fujian province, Song dynasty (960-1279). Brown stoneware with iron slip glaze, Jian ware; diameter: 12.4 cm (4 7/8 in.); overall: 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Fanny Tewksbury King Collection, 1956.703


title: The Death of the Virgin

medium: engraving

country: Germany

subjects: Print Germany

credit_line: The Death of the Virgin, 1470–75. Martin Schongauer (German, c. 1450–1491). Engraving; sheet: 25.5 x 16.9 cm (10 1/16 x 6 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Fanny Tewksbury King Collection, 1956.744


title: Shallow Ribbed Bowl

medium: glass

subjects:
Glass
Roman, eastern mediterranean

credit_line: Shallow Ribbed Bowl, 50 BCE–100 CE. Roman, Eastern Mediterranean. Glass; overall: 4.2 x 12.6 cm (1 5/8 x 4 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Estate of Edna M. Aldredge and Harriet G. Aldredge, 1959.251


title: The Marriage Settlement, Plate 1

medium: Etching and engraving

subjects:
Print
England, 18th century

credit_line: Marriage à la Mode: The Marriage Settlement, Plate 1, 1745. Gérard Jean-Baptiste Scotin II (French, 1698–1760), after William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). Etching and engraving; image: 35 x 44.5 cm (13 3/4 x 17 1/2 in.); plate: 38.2 x 46.8 cm (15 1/16 x 18 7/16 in.); sheet: 46.4 x 57.5 cm (18 1/4 x 22 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Curtiss Rose, 1959.311.1


medium: gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

subjects:
Painting
Reptiles & amphibians

credit_line: Khalis repays the prince for his kindness by changing into a snake and sucking the poison from the king’s daughter, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighteenth Night, c. 1560. Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); painting only: 6.5 x 10.2 cm (2 9/16 x 4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.136.a


credit_line: The Brahman comes upon a lion who has a deer and a gazelle as his viziers, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-first Night, c. 1560. Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); painting only: 10.8 x 9.8 cm (4 1/4 x 3 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.150.a


title: Plate (Assiette)

creator: Sceaux Factory (French, active 1748–66)

medium: soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration

country: France

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Plate (Assiette), c. 1775. Sceaux Factory (French, active 1748–66). Soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration; diameter: 24.2 cm (9 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1964.515.1


title: Pair of Covered Jars (Pots de tabac)

creator: Faubourg Saint-Denis (French)

credit_line: Pair of Covered Jars (Pots de tabac), c. 1779–1789. Faubourg Saint-Denis (French). Hard-paste porcelain with enamel and gilt decoration; metal mount; diameter: 9.6 cm (3 3/4 in.); overall: 14 cm (5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1964.517


title: Punch-Marked Coin

medium: silver

subjects: India, rajasthan, maurya period (322–185 bce)

credit_line: Punch-Marked Coin, 400–300 BCE. India, Rajasthan, Maurya period (322–185 BCE). Silver; overall: 1.4 x 1.2 cm (9/16 x 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Sri B. D. Dwivedi, 1967.243


medium: Brass

subjects: Africa, west africa, ghana, asante goldsmith

credit_line: Gold Weight (abrammuo): Drum with Jaws of Defeated Enemies, 1800s. Africa, West Africa, Ghana, Asante goldsmith. Brass; overall: 3.6 x 5.3 cm (1 7/16 x 2 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin N. Haas, 1969.266


medium: Gum tempera and gold on paper

credit_line: Princely ascetic in the forest visited by ladies, c. 1760. Gum tempera and gold on paper; overall: 32.7 x 26.5 cm (12 7/8 x 10 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1971.95


title: Glass Cooler (Seau à verre ordinaire)

medium: soft-paste porcelain with enamel and gilt decoration

country: France, Sèvres

subjects:
Ceramic
France, sèvre

credit_line: Glass Cooler (Seau à verre ordinaire), 1759–60. Sèvres Porcelain Factory (French, est. 1756). Soft-paste porcelain with enamel and gilt decoration; overall: 11.8 cm (4 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Everett R. Castle, 1972.180


title: Carved Bracket

medium: Ivory with traces of pigment

country: South India, probably Madurai

subjects:
Ivory
South india, probably madurai

credit_line: Carved Bracket, 1600s. South India, probably Madurai. Ivory with traces of pigment; overall: 10.2 cm (4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Edgar A. Hahn, 1972.282.2


title: Saltillo Sarape

medium: Wool, cotton; tapestry weave

country: Mexico, Coahuila state, Saltillo Region

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Mexico, coahuila state, saltillo region

credit_line: Saltillo Sarape, c. 1820. Mexico, Coahuila state, Saltillo Region. Wool, cotton; tapestry weave; overall: 245.5 x 151.2 cm (96 5/8 x 59 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. John A. Hadden, 1973.1062


title: Fragment of Round Segmentum

subjects:
Ornament & design
Costume & fashion
Textile

credit_line: Fragment of Round Segmentum, 400s–600s CE. Africa, North Africa, Egypt, Coptic-style weaver(s). Wool: tabby ground, inwoven tapestry ornament; overall: 33 x 29.2 cm (13 x 11 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1982.271


title: The Four Festivals:  Festival of Bacchus

creator: Claude Gillot (French, 1673–1722)

medium: etching and engraving

subjects: Print France

credit_line: The Four Festivals:  Festival of Bacchus, c. 1693–1715. Claude Gillot (French, 1673–1722). Etching and engraving; sheet: 19.6 x 36.5 cm (7 11/16 x 14 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, In memory of Jane Millar Harris and John H. Harris, 1985.97.2


title: Lioness

medium: copper alloy, lost-wax cast

country: Sumerian, Iraq

subjects:
Sculpture
Sumerian, iraq

credit_line: Lioness, c. 2100 BCE. Sumerian, Iraq. Copper alloy, lost-wax cast; overall: 4.2 x 3.1 x 13.3 cm (1 5/8 x 1 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin, 1989.253


title: Palm Wine Vessel (kuh mendu)

medium: Terracotta

subjects:
Vessel
Palms
Ships & the sea

credit_line: Palm Wine Vessel (kuh mendu), 1900s. Probably Babessi or Bamessing, Cameroon, Cameroon Grassfields-style pottery, unknown female ceramicist. Terracotta; overall: 45 cm (17 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1998.94


title: Three Purities

creator: Zhang Xiong (Chinese, 1803–1886)

medium: hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

country: China, Xiaxing, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

subjects: China, xiaxing, qing dynasty (1644–1911)

credit_line: Three Purities, 1878. Zhang Xiong (Chinese, 1803–1886). Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper; overall: 168 x 44 cm (66 1/8 x 17 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James S. Reid, 1999.193


medium: Electrum (gold-silver alloy)

country: Greek, minted at Miletos (Ionia)

subjects:
Coin
Greek, minted at mileto (ionia)

credit_line: Stater: Lion (obverse); Incuse Punches (reverse), 600–550 BCE. Greek, minted at Miletos (Ionia). Electrum (gold-silver alloy); overall: 1.6 x 2 x 0.8 cm (5/8 x 13/16 x 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Bruce Ferrini, 2000.203


title: Headdress Ornament

subjects:
Ornament & design
Jewelry
China, qing dynasty (1644-1911)

credit_line: Headdress Ornament, 1700s or 1800s. China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Copper-silver alloy, gilding, kingfisher feathers, glass beads; overall: 22 x 28.5 cm (8 11/16 x 11 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Howard L. Ginaven, 2001.179.1


title: Headdress Ornament

credit_line: Headdress Ornament, 1800s–1900s. China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Copper-silver alloy, gilding, kingfisher feathers, glass beads; overall: 16 x 7.3 cm (6 5/16 x 2 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Howard L. Ginaven, 2001.179.7


title: In the Surf (recto)

medium: oil on panel

country: America

subjects: Painting America

credit_line: In the Surf (recto), c. 1910. Edward H. Potthast (American, 1857–1927). Oil on panel; overall: 31.8 x 40.7 cm (12 1/2 x 16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Virginia Rose Glidden and family and Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 2001.41.a


title: Beach Study (verso)

credit_line: Beach Study (verso), c. 1910. Edward H. Potthast (American, 1857–1927). Oil on panel; overall: 31.8 x 40.7 cm (12 1/2 x 16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Virginia Rose Glidden and family and Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 2001.41.b


subjects: Eastern india, bengal, kolkata, kalighat

credit_line: Krishna Ferrying Radha Across the Yamuna River (recto); Parivati Placing a Wedding Garland on Shiva (verso), c. 1890. Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat. Gum tempera, graphite, ink, and tin on paper; secondary support: 48.5 x 29.3 cm (19 1/8 x 11 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward, 2003.129


credit_line: A Serpent Protects Vasudeva Taking His Infant Son Krishna to Safety, c. 1890. Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat. Gum tempera, graphite, ink, and tin on paper; painting only: 45 x 27.7 cm (17 11/16 x 10 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward, 2003.153


medium: Woodcut, hand colored with gum tempera

country: Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat

credit_line: Rama and Sita in the royal palace (recto), from a Kalighat album, c. 1890. Shri Gobinda Chandra Roy (Indian, active late 1800s). Woodcut, hand colored with gum tempera; secondary support: 29.7 x 47.7 cm (11 11/16 x 18 3/4 in.); print only: 24.1 x 33 cm (9 1/2 x 13 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward, 2003.156.a


title: Yasoda with Krishna Churning Butter

country: Eastern India, Kolkata, Kalighat

subjects:
Painting
Eastern india, kolkata, kalighat

credit_line: Yasoda with Krishna Churning Butter, c. 1890. Eastern India, Kolkata, Kalighat. Gum tempera, ink, graphite, and tin on paper; secondary support: 51.3 x 35.6 cm (20 3/16 x 14 in.); painting only: 45 x 27.8 cm (17 11/16 x 10 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward, 2003.160


title: The Cathedral

creator: James Ensor (Belgian, 1860–1949)

medium: etching

country: Belgium, 19th century

subjects:
Print
Belgium, 19th century

credit_line: The Cathedral, 1886. James Ensor (Belgian, 1860–1949). Etching; sheet: 31 x 22.4 cm (12 3/16 x 8 13/16 in.); platemark: 24.2 x 18.8 cm (9 1/2 x 7 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 2003.46


title: Ganesh

credit_line: Ganesh, c. 1890. Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat. Gum tempera, graphite, and tin on paper lined with cloth; secondary support: 47 x 30.5 cm (18 1/2 x 12 in.); painting only: 43 x 27.4 cm (16 15/16 x 10 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward, 2003.98


title: Textile Fragments

medium: cotton and camelid fiber

country: Peru, Moche, north coast

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Peru, moche, north coast

credit_line: Textile Fragments , c. 50–650 CE. Peru, Moche, north coast. Cotton and camelid fiber; overall: 40 x 25.4 cm (15 3/4 x 10 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 2007.2


creator: Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903)

medium: woodcut

country: France, late 19th century

subjects:
Print
France, late 19th century

credit_line: Noa Noa: The Devil Speaks (Mahna No Varua Ino) (recto); Women Washing Clothes (verso), 1893–1894. Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903). Woodcut; sheet: 20.5 x 32.1 cm (8 1/16 x 12 5/8 in.); image: 20.3 x 31.9 cm (8 x 12 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jane B. Tripp Charitable Lead Annuity Trust, 2008.149


title: Bacchanal, the Game of Leap Frog

creator: Laurent Guyot (French, 1756-)

medium: etching and aquatint on silk

subjects:
Print
France
Reptiles & amphibians

credit_line: Bacchanal, the Game of Leap Frog, c. 1785. Laurent Guyot (French, 1756-), after Jean Guillaume Moitte (French, 1746–1810). Etching and aquatint on silk; image: 17 x 39.4 cm (6 11/16 x 15 1/2 in.); mounted: 20.6 x 45.1 cm (8 1/8 x 17 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Friends of the Department of Prints and Drawings, 2008.18


title: Seated Figurine Wearing a Bracelet

date: 300 BCE–300 CE

medium: ceramic and pigment

credit_line: Seated Figurine Wearing a Bracelet, 300 BCE–300 CE. Mesoamerica, Guanajuato or Michoacán, Chupícuaro. Ceramic and pigment; overall: 7.2 x 4.4 cm (2 13/16 x 1 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Clara Taplin Rankin, 2008.19


title: Writing Tablet (Aide-Mémoire)

medium: gold, agate, gold-mounted pencils, ivory writing tablets, mirror, manicure set

country: England, 18th century

credit_line: Writing Tablet (Aide-Mémoire), c. 1760–70. England, 18th century. Gold, agate, gold-mounted pencils, ivory writing tablets, mirror, manicure set; overall: 9.5 x 1.3 x 5.7 cm (3 3/4 x 1/2 x 2 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Howard F. Stirn, 2009.59


title: Vanity Case (Nécessaire)

medium: gold, agate, interior fitted with gold-mounted implements, mirror

country: England, mid 18th century

credit_line: Vanity Case (Nécessaire), c. 1760. England, mid 18th century. Gold, agate, interior fitted with gold-mounted implements, mirror. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Howard F. Stirn, 2009.69


title: Vanity Case (Nécessaire)

creator: James Barbot (British)

medium: gold, orange agate, enamel

credit_line: Vanity Case (Nécessaire), c. 1760. Attributed to James Barbot (British). Gold, orange agate, enamel. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Howard F. Stirn, 2009.72


title: The Clothes are Italian

credit_line: The Clothes are Italian, 1715–16. Jean-Antoine Watteau (French, 1684–1721), and Charles Simonneau (French, 1645–1728). Etching and engraving; platemark: 30.5 x 21.3 cm (12 x 8 3/8 in.); sheet: 37.2 x 26.9 cm (14 5/8 x 10 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 2011.11


creator: Basavana (Indian, active c. 1560–1600)

medium: Gum tempera and gold on paper

country: India, Mughal, 16th century

subjects:
Painting
India, mughal, 16th century

credit_line: A feast for Babur hosted by his half-brother Jahangir Mirza in Ghazni in May 1505, from a Babur-nama (Memoirs of Babur), c. 1589; outer margins added c. mid-1900s. Basavana (Indian, active c. 1560–1600), and Madhav Khurd (Indian, active late 1500s). Gum tempera and gold on paper; page: 28 x 18.1 cm (11 x 7 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection, 2013.300


creator: Mushfiq (Indian, active early 1600s)

medium: Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

country: Northern India, Mughal, early 17th century

subjects: Northern india, mughal, early 17th century

credit_line:
Page from the Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492), with two Persian masnavis (narrative poems): Yusuf va Zulaykha (Joseph and Zulaykha) and Subhat al-abrar (Rosary of the Righteous), Text c. 1500–1520; painting, borders, and illuminations added 1603–7
Text copied by Sultan-Ali Mashhadi (Persian, active early 1500s) for Badi al-Zaman Mirza, ruler of Herat
Painted insets and borders by Mushfiq (Indian, active 1580s–early 1600s)
Text copied in Herat
Painting, borders, and illuminations made in the Deccan for Mughal minister Abd al-Rahim the Khan Khanan. Mushfiq (Indian, active early 1600s), and others (Indian). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection, 2013.315.2


country: Persian, Uzbekistan, Bukhara

subjects:
Calligraphy
Persian, uzbekistan, bukhara

credit_line: Calligraphic exercises and verses of Hafiz (Persian, about 1325–1389) (verso), 1575–76. Mahmud ibn Ishaq al-Shahabi (Persian, active mid- to late 1500s). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; page: 28 x 23.8 cm (11 x 9 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection, 2013.347.b


medium: Iron alloy and plant fiber

subjects:
Botany
Arms and armor

credit_line: Throwing Knife / Prestige Scepter (pingha), 1800–mid-1900s. Africa, Central or Eastern Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, and Sudan, Zande-style maker. Iron alloy and plant fiber; overall: 45.5 cm (17 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Donna L. and Robert H. Jackson, 2015.156


title: A Miller's Carriage

medium: black and white chalk with stumping on beige wove paper

country: France, 19th-20th century

subjects:
Drawing
France, 19th-20th century

credit_line: A Miller's Carriage, c. 1895. Albert-Charles Lebourg (French, 1849–1928). Black and white chalk with stumping on beige wove paper; sheet: 33.2 x 49.7 cm (13 1/16 x 19 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2015.449


title: Untitled (Pair of Portraits)

creator: Etienne Carjat (French, 1828–1906)

country: France

subjects: Photograph France Portraits

credit_line: Untitled (Pair of Portraits), 1879. Etienne Carjat (French, 1828–1906). Photographs on enamel in copper alloy frame with velvet liner; each: 7.7 x 6.2 cm (3 1/16 x 2 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John Cook Memorial Fund, 2017.8


medium: gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

country: Central India, Madhya Pradesh, Malwa

subjects:
Painting
Central india, madhya pradesh, malwa

credit_line: Krishna and the Cowherds Dive into the River, from a Rasikapriya, c. 1640. Central India, Madhya Pradesh, Malwa. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; page: 20.6 x 17.8 cm (8 1/8 x 7 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2018.126


subjects: Central india, malwa region, madhya pradesh

credit_line: Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana visit the hermitage of the sage Bharadvaja at Prayaga, from Chapter 48 of the Ayodhya Kanda (Book of Ayodhya) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey), c. 1650. Central India, Malwa Region, Madhya Pradesh. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 18.1 x 15.6 cm (7 1/8 x 6 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2018.129


medium: gum tempera and gold on paper

country: Central India, Madhya Pradesh

subjects:
Painting
Central india, madhya pradesh

credit_line: A Ruler Seated on a Terrace Worshipping at a Shrine of Radha and Krishna, c. 1800. Central India, Madhya Pradesh. Gum tempera and gold on paper; 25.1 x 20 cm (9 7/8 x 7 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2018.135


credit_line: Krishna Quells the Serpent Kaliya, from a Bhagavata Purana, c. 1710. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar. Gum tempera and gold on paper; page: 40.8 x 23 cm (16 1/16 x 9 1/16 in.); miniature: 36.9 x 19.1 cm (14 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2018.141


credit_line: Krishna and Radha Quarreling: Shatha Nayaka, from a Rasikapriya, c. 1680. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Bundi. Gum tempera and gold on paper; page: 28.3 x 18.4 cm (11 1/8 x 7 1/4 in.); miniature: 26.4 x 15.3 cm (10 3/8 x 6 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2018.158


subjects: Painting Portraits Roses

credit_line: Noblewoman at a Jharokha Window Holding a Rose, from a Portraits of Women series, c. 1730. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Sawar. Gum tempera and gold on paper; page: 28 x 25.2 cm (11 x 9 15/16 in.); miniature: 24.8 x 21.6 cm (9 3/4 x 8 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2018.182


credit_line: Krishna Exacts a Toll from the Milkmaids: Dana-Lila, from a Bhagavata Purana, c. 1600. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Bikaner. Gum tempera and gold on paper; page: 21.6 x 29.2 cm (8 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2018.186


subjects: Painting Portraits

credit_line: Portrait of Prince Sur Singh Rathor of Bikaner (1594–1631), 1611–13. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Bikaner. Gum tempera and gold on paper; page: 20.5 x 13.4 cm (8 1/16 x 5 1/4 in.); miniature: 11.2 x 6.4 cm (4 7/16 x 2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2018.188


medium: Gum tempera, silver, and gold on paper

credit_line: Nanda and the Elders in Council with the Cowherds, from a Bhagavata Purana, c. 1690–1700. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Bikaner. Gum tempera, silver, and gold on paper; page: 30 x 38 cm (11 13/16 x 14 15/16 in.); miniature: 22.5 x 31.1 cm (8 7/8 x 12 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2018.192


title: Gwalior. Urwai

medium: Photochrom

country: India

subjects: Photograph India

credit_line: Gwalior. Urwai, 1890. Photoglob Co. (Zurich, active c. 1890–1910). Photochrom; image: 20.6 x 26.6 cm (8 1/8 x 10 1/2 in.); paper: 20.6 x 26.6 cm (8 1/8 x 10 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the Karl B. Goldfield Trust, 2018.218


title: Peony Table Lamp

medium: Leaded glass, bronze, ceramic

country: America, New York

subjects:
Lamp
America, new york

credit_line: Peony Table Lamp, c. 1905–15. Probably by Clara Wolcott Driscoll (American, 1861–1944), Tiffany Studios (United States, New York, 1902–32). Leaded glass, bronze, ceramic; overall: 61 cm (24 in.); diameter of base: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.); width of shade: 45.7 cm (18 in.); with shade: 61 cm (24 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Charles Maurer, 2018.274


title: Pond Lily Table Lamp

medium: Favrile glass, bronze

subjects:
Lamp
America, new york
Lilies

credit_line: Pond Lily Table Lamp, c. 1902–10. Tiffany Studios (United States, New York, 1902–32). Favrile glass, bronze; overall: 53.3 cm (21 in.); diameter of base: 53.3 x 23.5 cm (21 x 9 1/4 in.); width at top: 53.3 x 35.6 cm (21 x 14 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Charles Maurer, 2018.285


title: Covered Box

medium: Favrile glass, enamel on copper

subjects:
Glass
America, new york

credit_line: Covered Box, c. 1898–1902. Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (America, New York, 1892–1902). Favrile glass, enamel on copper; 14 cm (5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Charles Maurer, 2018.290


title: An Old Clothes Shop, Seven Dials

creator: John Thomson (Scottish, 1837–1921)

medium: woodburytype

country: England, 19th century

subjects:
Photograph
England, 19th century

credit_line: Street Life in London: An Old Clothes Shop, Seven Dials, 1877. John Thomson (Scottish, 1837–1921). Woodburytype; image: 11.5 x 9 cm (4 1/2 x 3 9/16 in.); paper: 11.5 x 9 cm (4 1/2 x 3 9/16 in.); mounted: 27.1 x 20.8 cm (10 11/16 x 8 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Photography Discretionary Fund, 2019.51


title: Krishna's Butter Ball, Mahabalipuram

creator: Unidentified Photographer

country: early 20th century

subjects:
Photograph
Early 20th century

credit_line: Krishna's Butter Ball, Mahabalipuram, c. 1900s. Unidentified Photographer. Gelatin silver print, toned, on collodion printing-out paper; image: 15.3 x 10.8 cm (6 x 4 1/4 in.); paper: 15.3 x 10.8 cm (6 x 4 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Barbara Tannenbaum and Mark Soppeland, 2019.68


medium: Gum tempera on paper

subjects: Mughal india, court of jahangir (1605–1627)

credit_line: A woman mistakes a cow for the Angel of Death, from a Lights of Canopus (Anwar-i Suhaili) of Kashifi (Iranian, d. 1504), c. 1610. Mughal India, court of Jahangir (1605–1627). Gum tempera on paper; painting: 19.7 x 10.2 cm (7 3/4 x 4 in.); framed: 38.1 x 26.7 cm (15 x 10 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Michael Silver and Deborah Lader in memory of Rabbi Daniel Jeremy Silver, 2019.81


country: Austria, Vienna

subjects:
Furniture and woodwork
Austria, vienna

credit_line: Mirrored Partition for a Globe Work Table (Globustisch), c. 1810–15. Austria, Vienna. Burl walnut veneer, mahogany, ebony, satinwood, gilt wood, painted wood; mirrored glass; overall: 11 x 20 x 8.1 cm (4 5/16 x 7 7/8 x 3 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift, 2020.199.b


credit_line: Concealed Drawer for a Globe Work Table (Globustisch), c. 1810–15. Austria, Vienna. Burl walnut veneer, mahogany, ebony, satinwood, gilt wood, painted wood; overall: 5.3 x 5.3 x 5.5 cm (2 1/16 x 2 1/16 x 2 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift, 2020.199.h


title: Cover for a Potpourri Vase

medium: blanc-de-chine porcelain; gilt bronze mount

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Cover for a Potpourri Vase, 1860–1880. France. Blanc-de-chine porcelain; gilt bronze mount; overall: 7.1 x 11.2 cm (2 13/16 x 4 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift, 2020.200.1.b


title: Potpourri Vase with Cover

credit_line: Potpourri Vase with Cover, c. 1860–80. France. Blanc-de-chine porcelain; gilt bronze mount; overall: 26.5 x 21.2 cm (10 7/16 x 8 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift, 2020.200.2


title: Cover for a Potpourri Vase

credit_line: Cover for a Potpourri Vase, 1860–80. France. Blanc-de-chine porcelain; gilt bronze mount; overall: 7.1 x 10.2 cm (2 13/16 x 4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift, 2020.200.2.b


title: Young Alsacienne Woman

creator: Adolphe Braun (French, 1812–1877)

medium: carbon print on a ruled mount

subjects: Photograph France

credit_line: Young Alsacienne Woman, c. 1871. Adolphe Braun (French, 1812–1877). Carbon print on a ruled mount; image: 40 x 30.5 cm (15 3/4 x 12 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg, 2021.57


title: Priest, France

medium: daguerreotype, half-plate

credit_line: Priest, France, c. 1840s–50s. France. Daguerreotype, half-plate; overall: 16 x 12 cm (6 5/16 x 4 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg, 2021.76


title: Cup from Tea Cups with Dragons

creator: Seifū Yohei I (Japanese, 1801–1861)

country: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

subjects:
Ceramic
Japan, edo period (1615–1868)

credit_line: Cup from Tea Cups with Dragons (煎茶茶碗), 1840s–57. Seifū Yohei I (Japanese, 1801–1861). One from a set of five tea cups; porcelain with underglaze blue. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.144.5


title: Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile, Paris

creator: Édouard Baldus (French, 1813–1889)

medium: albumen print from collodion negative

country: France, 19th century

subjects:
Photograph
France, 19th century

credit_line: Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile, Paris, c. 1860s. Édouard Baldus (French, 1813–1889). Albumen print from collodion negative; image: 21.5 x 28.2 cm (8 7/16 x 11 1/8 in.); paper: 21.5 x 28.2 cm (8 7/16 x 11 1/8 in.); mounted: 32.6 x 43.5 cm (12 13/16 x 17 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2022.16


title: Dish from Saucers with Matching Shells

creator: Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914)

country: Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)

subjects:
Ceramic
Japan, meiji period (1868–1912)
Shells & molluscs

credit_line: Dish from Saucers with Matching Shells, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Porcelain with molded design and green crackled glaze; overall: 3 x 12 x 8.5 cm (1 3/16 x 4 3/4 x 3 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.188.1


title: Dish from Saucers with Matching Shells

credit_line: Dish from Saucers with Matching Shells, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Porcelain with molded design and green crackled glaze; overall: 3 x 12 x 8.5 cm (1 3/16 x 4 3/4 x 3 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.188.3


title: Saucer from Maple Leaf-Shaped Saucers

subjects:
Ceramic
Japan, meiji period (1868–1912)

credit_line: Saucer from Maple Leaf-Shaped Saucers, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). One of five dishes from a set of ten; porcelain with blue glaze and molded design; overall: 2.5 x 9 cm (1 x 3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.191.3


title: Saucer from Maple Leaf-Shaped Saucers

credit_line: Saucer from Maple Leaf-Shaped Saucers, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). One of five dishes from a set of ten; porcelain with blue glaze and molded design; overall: 2.5 x 9 cm (1 x 3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.191.4


title: Painted Drum

subjects: Central andes, middle horizon, north coast

credit_line: Painted Drum, 500–1000. Central Andes, Middle Horizon, North Coast?. Animal hide, gesso, wooden slats, pigment; overall: 27 x 28 x 12 cm (10 5/8 x 11 x 4 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2022.37


medium: gelatin silver print

credit_line: Untitled (young boy with lace collar and toy rifle), 1880s–90s. Reutlinger Studios (French, active 1850s-1937). Gelatin silver print; image: 19.1 x 13.3 cm (7 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Nina Rosenblum and Lisa Rosenblum, 2022.421


creator: Camille Silvy (French, 1834–1910)

credit_line: The d’Orléans Family during a Fête Champêtre at Orléans House, 1864. Camille Silvy (French, 1834–1910), manufactured by Lafon de Camarsac (French, 1821–1905). Enameled photograph in original metal frame; plate: 11.5 x 15.5 cm (4 1/2 x 6 1/8 in.); framed: 27 x 29 cm (10 5/8 x 11 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Jo Hershey Selden Fund, 2024.9


title: Westlake Panorama

medium: woodblock print, ink on paper; printed with three wood blocks in shades of black on four sheets

credit_line: Westlake Panorama (西湖全景), mid-1700s. Southeast China, Suzhou, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign (1736–95). Woodblock print, ink on paper; printed with three wood blocks in shades of black on four sheets; image: 34.6 x 55.4 cm (13 5/8 x 21 13/16 in.); paper: 38 x 59.3 cm (14 15/16 x 23 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 2025.82


title: Whistle (kasengosengo)

medium: Probably hippopotamus ivory

credit_line: Whistle (kasengosengo), late 1800s. Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo or Angola, Chokwe people. Probably hippopotamus ivory; overall: 7.3 x 3.2 cm (2 7/8 x 1 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund, 1915.443


title: Curtain (one of a pair)

medium: Silk, linen, metal, and dye

credit_line: Curtain (one of a pair), 1600s–1700s. Africa, North Africa, Tunisia, Djerba, Tunisian weaver(s) and embroiderer(s). Silk, linen, metal, and dye; overall: 276.8 x 136.7 cm (109 x 53 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade, 1916.1361.b


title: Garment

medium: Silk, mirrored glass

credit_line: Garment, c. 1890s. Africa, North Africa, Egypt, Aswan, unidentified makers. Silk, mirrored glass; overall: 132.1 x 63.5 x 30.5 cm (52 x 25 x 12 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade, 1916.1472


title: Sharpening Blade

medium: gilt metal

country: England, 18th century

credit_line: Sharpening Blade, c. 1770. England, 18th century. Gilt metal. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade, 1916.313.d


title: Pencil

credit_line: Pencil, c. 1770. England, 18th century. Gilt metal. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade, 1916.313.f


medium: electrum (gold-silver alloy)

country: Greek, minted at Phokaia (Ionia)

subjects:
Coin
Greek, minted at phokaia (ionia)

credit_line: Hecte: Head of Omphale (obverse); Incuse Square (reverse), 387–326 BCE. Greek, minted at Phokaia (Ionia). Electrum (gold-silver alloy); diameter: 0.9 cm (3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1916.973


medium: Silver-plated copper alloy (?)

country: Greece (?)

subjects: Coin Greece

credit_line: Electrotype Replica of Tetradrachm: Head of Athena (obverse); Owl (reverse), 1838–1916. Greece (?). Silver-plated copper alloy (?); diameter: 3 cm (1 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1916.977


medium: silver

credit_line: Tetradrachm: Head of Young Herakles (obverse); Zeus (reverse), 336–323 BCE. Greek, Macedonian, minted at Amphipolis (Macedonia), reign of Alexander III [The Great]. Silver; diameter: 2.6 cm (1 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1916.981


credit_line: Stater: Head of Bearded Herakles (obverse); Horse (reverse), 389–369 BCE. Greek, Macedonian, probably minted at Pella (Macedonia), reign of Amyntas III. Silver; diameter: 2.1 cm (13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1916.990


country: Greek, minted at Miletos (Ionia)

subjects:
Coin
Greek, minted at mileto (ionia)

credit_line: Tetradrachm: Head of Apollo (obverse); Lion (reverse), c. 334–323 BCE. Greek, minted at Miletos (Ionia). Silver; diameter: 2.4 cm (15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1916.993


country: Italy, Venice

subjects:
Ornament & design
Lace
Italy, venice

credit_line: Fragment of a Band with Abstract Pattern, 1500s. Italy, Venice. Bleached linen: needle lace, burato (twined ground and darned in one direction); overall: 5.1 x 25.5 cm (2 x 10 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1920.1101


country: Italy

subjects:
Ornament & design
Lace
Italy

credit_line: Fragment of a Band with Abstract Pattern, 1500s–1600s. Italy. Unbleached and bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one and two directions); overall: 6.4 x 26.4 cm (2 1/2 x 10 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1920.1127


title: Fragment with Repeated Square Pattern

credit_line: Fragment with Repeated Square Pattern, 1500s–1600s. Italy. Bleached, dyed, and unbleached linen (est.): needle lace; filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions); overall: 27 x 30.3 cm (10 5/8 x 11 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1920.1157


title: Border with Stags, Fountains, and Trees

country: Italy, Sicily

subjects:
Lace
Italy, sicily
Trees

credit_line: Border with Stags, Fountains, and Trees, 1500s. Italy, Sicily. Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, burato (twined ground and darned in one direction) and applied fringe; overall: 13.5 x 177.3 cm (5 5/16 x 69 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1921.1138


title: Gradual

creator: Girolamo dai Libri (Italian, 1474–1555)

country: Italy, Verona

subjects:
Manuscript
Italy, verona

credit_line: Gradual, c. 1520. Circle of Girolamo dai Libri (Italian, 1474–1555). Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; wood binding; codex: 51.1 x 35.6 x 8.9 cm (20 1/8 x 14 x 3 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, General Income Fund, 1921.140


title: Saltillo Sarape

country: Mexico, Coahuila state, Saltillo Region

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Mexico, coahuila state, saltillo region

credit_line: Saltillo Sarape, c. 1840–60. Mexico, Coahuila state, Saltillo Region. Wool, cotton; tapestry weave, macramé fringe; overall: 200.7 x 106.7 cm (79 x 42 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1921.568


title: Hound (1 of 2)

medium: bronze

country: America

subjects: Sculpture America

credit_line: Hound (1 of 2), 1912. Charles Cary Rumsey (American, 1879–1922). Bronze; overall: 86.4 x 43.2 cm (34 x 17 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Henry A. Everett for the Dorothy Burnham Everett Memorial Collection, 1923.727.1


date: before 1467

medium: engraving, hand-colored with gold

country: Italy, Ferrara, 15th century

subjects:
Print
Italy, ferrara, 15th century

credit_line: Temperance (from the Tarocchi, Series B: Cosmic Principles & Virtues, #34), before 1467. Master of the E-Series Tarocchi (Italian, active 1460s). Engraving, hand-colored with gold; platemark: 18 x 10.2 cm (7 1/16 x 4 in.); sheet: 20.9 x 15.2 cm (8 1/4 x 6 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1924.432.34


medium: engraving hand-colored with gold

credit_line:
The Doge (from the Tarocchi, series E: Conditions of Man, #7)
, before 1467. Master of the E-Series Tarocchi (Italian, active 1460s). Engraving hand-colored with gold. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1924.432.7


title: Ceremonial Axe (gano)

medium: Iron, wood, and metal

credit_line: Ceremonial Axe (gano), 1900s, by 1928. Southern Africa, Zimbabwe, Shona-style blacksmith-carver. Iron, wood, and metal; overall: 15.8 cm (6 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the African Art Sponsors of Karamu House, 1929.364


medium: Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

country: Western India, Gujarat

subjects:
Painting
Western india, gujarat

credit_line: The Lion's Cave with Sthulabhadra and His Sisters, Folio 60 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra, c. 1450. Western India, Gujarat. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 12.5 x 25.7 cm (4 15/16 x 10 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund, 1932.119.60.b


title: Headcloth

medium: embroidery on tabby cloth; needle reseau and fringe at border

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile

credit_line: Headcloth, c. 600–400 BCE. Peru, South Coast, Paracas, Middle Period, c. 600-400 BC (Early Horizon, Epoch 10). Embroidery on tabby cloth; needle reseau and fringe at border; overall: 40.7 x 182.9 cm (16 x 72 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1940.529


title: Darkware Vessel

medium: black ware

subjects: Peru, north coast, chimú style (900-1470)

credit_line: Darkware Vessel, 900–1470. Peru, North Coast, Chimú style (900-1470). Black ware; overall: 20 x 10.3 x 16.6 cm (7 7/8 x 4 1/16 x 6 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1951.181