title: Pleasure with the Beauties of Japan (Wakoku bijin asobi)

creator: Hishikawa Moronobu (Japanese, died 1694)

medium: Woodblock-printed book, sumizuri-e


title: Ikuyo no mutsugoto (Nocturnal pillow talk)

creator: Utagawa Kunisada I (Japanese, 1786-1864)

medium: Three color woodblock printed volumes

country: Japan

subjects: Book Japan

source: Art Institute of Chicago

source_id: aic

rights: Public Domain / CC0

rights_statement: Public Domain — CC0 via the Art Institute of Chicago Open Access programme.

credit_line: Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection


title: Shiki no sugatami (0016)

medium: Color woodblock printed book, 3 volumes


title: Ehon Shimizu no ike

creator: Nishikawa Sukenobu (Japanese, 1671-1750)

medium: Woodblock printed books, three volumes


title: Nantei gafu kohen

creator: Nantei Nishimura (Japanese, 1775-1834)

medium: Woodblock printed book, one volume


title: Kyosai rakuga

creator: Kawanabe Kyosai (1831-1889)

medium: Woodblock printed books, two volumes


title: Covered Jar with Floral Motifs

creator: Korea

date: Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), 12th-13th century

medium: Stoneware with celadon glaze

country: Korean Peninsula

subjects:
Vessel
Korean peninsula
Flowers
Ships & the sea
Stoneware
Korean (culture or style)


title: Triple-Barrel Breechloading Flintlock Pistol

creator: English, Birmingham

medium: Steel and brass

country: England

subjects:
Firearm-handgun
England
Arms
Arms and armor

credit_line: George F. Harding Collection


title: Paperweight

creator: Baccarat Glassworks (Cristalleries de Baccarat)

medium: Glass

country: France

subjects: Paperweight France Glass

credit_line: Bequest of Arthur Rubloff


title: Flintlock Magazine Pistol (Lorenzoni System)

creator: August Wetschgin (German, active 1676-90)

date: About 1690

medium: Walnut, steel, and brass

country: Germany

subjects:
Firearm-handgun
Germany
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Pair of Double-Barrel Flintlock Pistols

creator: German, Saxony

medium: Steel, gilt bronze

country: Saxony

subjects:
Firearm-handgun
Saxony
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Pair of Flintlock Pistols

creator: German, probably Suhl

medium: Walnut, steel, and iron (?)

country: Suhl

subjects:
Firearm-handgun
Suhl
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Pair of Flintlock Pistols

creator: Johann Jacob Behr

medium: Walnut, brass, and gold


title: Highland Targe

creator: Scottish

date: early 18th century

medium: Wood (fir), leather, and brass

country: Scotland

subjects:
Shield
Scotland
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Corsette

creator: French or Italian

medium: Steel

subjects:
Suit-element
France
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Round Shield (Rondache)

creator: Pierre du Coudroy (Flemish, born France, 1560-about 1626)

date: about 1625

medium: Steel and iron

country: Western Europe

subjects:
Shield
Western europe
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Circular Target

creator: German, probably Nuremberg

date: 16th century

medium: Steel, brass, and leather

subjects:
Shield
Germany
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Tortoise Shell Painted with the Arms of the Behaim Family

creator: German, Nuremberg

date: Possibly late 16th century or later

medium: Green sea turtle shell, canvas, and paint

country: Italy

subjects:
Shield
Italy
Shells & molluscs
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Shield (Rondache) with a Spiked Umbo

creator: German

medium: Steel, iron, fabric, and leather


title: Hungarian Target with the Arms of the Von Teuffenbach Family

creator: Styria, Austria

medium: Wood, leather, paint, and gesso

country: Hungary

subjects:
Shield
Hungary
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Standing Pavise

creator: German, Klausen

medium: Wood, iron, and boarskin

country: Tyrol

subjects:
Shield
Tyrol
Wood (plant material)
Plant material
Iron (metal)
Metal
Inorganic material
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Fencing Buckler

creator: Italian

date: possibly 19th century in 16th century Italian style

medium: Wood, leather, paint, iron, and brass

subjects:
Shield
Italy
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Buckler (Targa)

medium: Wood, parchment, and iron


title: Hand Pavise

creator: German, Nuremberg. possibly Bohemian

medium: Wood, canvas, leather, paint, and gesso

country: Nuremberg

subjects:
Shield
Nuremberg
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Mail Shirt

creator: Islamic, probably Indian

date: 18th century (?)

country: India

subjects:
Suit-element
India
Arts of the islamic world
Armor
Arms and armor
Indian (south asian)


title: Shirt of Mail

creator: European

country: Europe

subjects:
Suit-element
Europe
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Shirt of Mail

date: mid–16th century

medium: Iron

country: Middle East

subjects:
Suit-element
Middle east
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Mail Shirt

date: first half of 16th century


title: Untitled (possibly Caesar and His Legions)

creator: Rodolphe Bresdin

medium: Photogravure on cream wove paper

subjects:
Print
France
Paper (fiber product)
Print and drawing

credit_line: Gift of Henri M. Petiet


title: The Drunkard, from Le Charivari

creator: Honoré Daumier

date: Published March 3, 1834

medium: Lithograph on newsprint (ivory wove paper)

subjects:
Lithograph
France
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing


title: Edgar Degas, Standing

creator: Marcellin Gilbert Desboutin

medium: Drypoint with selective wiping and plate tone on cream laid paper

subjects:
Drypoint
France
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing


title: Cranequin (Winder) for a Crossbow

medium: Steel and wood

subjects:
Crossbow
Germany
Steel
Iron alloy
Metal
Inorganic material
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Cranequin (Winder) for a Crossbow

medium: Iron, wood, and cord

subjects:
Crossbow
Europe
Steel
Iron alloy
Metal
Inorganic material
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Windlass [pictured on crossbow]

creator: French

date: late 15th/16th century (possibly 19th century in 15th/16th century style)

medium: Iron and wood

subjects:
Crossbow
France
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Cranequin (Winder) for a Crossbow

creator: Southern German

medium: Iron, brass, and wood


title: Cranequin (Winder) for a Crossbow

subjects:
Crossbow
Germany
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Cranequin (Winder) for a Sporting Crossbow

medium: Steel, wood, and cord


creator: Swiss

country: Switzerland

subjects:
Crossbow
Switzerland
Arms
Arms and armor


creator: German, possibly Swiss

medium: Iron, wood, ivory, and cord


title: Cranequin (Winder) for a Crossbow


title: Goat's Foot Lever for a Crossbow

creator: Spanish

date: early 16th century

subjects:
Crossbow
Europe
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Goat's Foot Spanner for a Pellet Crossbow

creator: Western European, possibly Spanish

date: early 17th century

medium: Blackened iron


title: "Goat's Foot" Spanner for a Crossbow


title: Pair of Dueling Gauntlets

date: late 16th century/17th century

medium: Steel, brass, buff leather, and Morocco leather cuff

subjects:
Suit-gauntlet
Europe
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Mail Shirt

creator: Islamic, possibly Indian

date: 17th century (?)

medium: Steel


title: Peytral from a horse armor of Georg von Wolframsdorf

creator: Christian Spor (Austrian, died 1485)

date: About 1480

medium: Steel and leather

country: Mühlau

subjects:
Horse equipment
Mühlau
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Kullervo Cursing

creator: Axeli Gallen-Kallela

medium: Etching in black on cream wove paper

country: Finland

subjects:
Engraving
Finland
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing

credit_line: The Avery Fund


title: Girl's Face, from Spring Fresco of Jusélius Mausoleum

medium: Mezzotint in black on cream wove paper

subjects:
Aquatint
Finland
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing


title: Two Sketches: Two Women and Baby with Man Looking On

creator: George Louis Pamella Busson Dumaurier

medium: Pen and brown ink on tan wove paper

subjects:
Pen and ink drawing
France
Paper (fiber product)
Ink
Coating (material)
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing

credit_line: The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection


title: Priest and Soldier

creator: Attributed to George Louis Pamella Busson Dumaurier (French, 1834-1896)

medium: Pen and brown ink over traces of graphite on pale blue wove paper

subjects:
Pen and ink drawing
France
Paper (fiber product)
Ink
Graphite
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing

credit_line: The Charles Deering Collection


title: Groves of Blarney

medium: Pen and brown ink over graphite on ivory wove card

subjects:
Pen and ink drawing
France
Ink
Graphite
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing


title: Aggravating Flippancy

medium: Pen and black ink on ivory wove card

subjects:
Pen and ink drawing
France
Ink
Coating (material)
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing


title: Whistler in a Hansom Cab

medium: Pen and ink on paper

credit_line: Gift of Walter S. Brewster


title: Letter with Drawing of Whistler Menacing Du Maurier

creator: George Du Maurier

medium: Pen and brown ink on blue wove paper, with embossed printing

subjects:
Pen and ink drawing
France
Paper (fiber product)
Brown ink
Colored ink
Ink
Coating (material)
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing


title: Seated Woman, Head in Right Hand

creator: Jean Louis Forain

medium: Lithograph in sanguine and black on ivory wove paper

subjects:
Lithograph
France
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing

credit_line: Albert Roullier Memorial Collection


title: The Tooth Puller

creator: Benard and Frey (French, 19th century)

medium: Lithograph on white wove paper

credit_line: Gift of Dr. Ira Frank


title: Louis Pasteur

creator: Timothy Cole (American, born England, 1852-1931)

medium: Wood engraving on thin Japanese paper

country: United States

subjects:
Wood engraving
United state
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing

credit_line: Bequest of Lessing Rosenthal


title: Composite Smallsword and Scabbard

creator: Hilt: Flemish or Dutch; blade: French

medium: Steel, gilding, copper, wood, and leather

country: Netherlands

subjects:
Edged weapon-sword
Netherland
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Saber (Kiliç) with Scabbard

creator: Ottoman Turkish

date:
late 19th century
Blade inscribed 1099 Hejira [A.D. 1687]

medium: "Damascus" steel, gold, gilt brass, rubies, emeralds, diamonds, jade, and wood

country: Turkey

subjects:
Edged weapon-sword
Turkey
Ottoman
Turkish
Arts of the islamic world
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Pair of Flintlock Holster Pistols

creator: Austrian

medium: Walnut, steel, gold, and iron

country: Austria

subjects:
Firearm-handgun
Austria
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Sword

creator: European

medium: Iron

subjects:
Edged weapon-sword
Europe
Iron (metal)
Metal
Inorganic material
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Double-Barrel Pocket Flintlock Breech-Loading Pistol

creator: French, possibly

medium: Walnut and steel

country: France

subjects:
Firearm-handgun
France
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Finger Guard

subjects:
Arms and armor, miscellaneous
Europe
Arms and armor
Arms


title: Dagger

date: 19th century in the 15th century style

medium: Steel

subjects:
Edged weapon-dagger
Europe
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Sword Pommel

subjects:
Edged weapon-sword
Europe
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Sword Pommel

date: late 16th century

medium: Iron and silver


title: Sword Pommel

creator: German

country: Germany

subjects:
Edged weapon-sword
Germany
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Sword Pommel


title: Sword Pommel

creator: Italian

date: 16th/17th century

subjects:
Edged weapon-sword
Italy
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Sword Pommel

date: mid–17th century


title: Sword Pommel


title: Sword Pommel of Falchion or Saber

creator: English

country: England

subjects:
Edged weapon-sword
England
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Sword Pommel

date: 19th century in early 17th century style, possibly 17th century


title: Sword Pommel

country: Italy


title: Sword Pommel

creator: Probably German


title: Sword Pommel


title: Knife

creator: Probably Italian

date: 17th century

medium: Steel and iron

subjects:
Cutlery
Europe
Arms and armor, miscellaneous
Arms and armor
Arms


title: Knife, Fork and Spoon with Cap of a Trousse-Sheath

creator: European, possibly Italian

date: late 17th century(?)

medium: Iron, horn, and leather


title: Knife and Fork

date: 19th century

medium: Steel and brass


title: Knife

medium: Steel, ivory(?), and bead


title: Dirk

creator: Spanish

medium: Horn grip and silver nails

country: Spain

subjects:
Edged weapon-dagger
Spain
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Cinquedea

date: About 1500

medium: Bone, bronze, and brass

subjects:
Edged weapon-dagger
Italy
Skeletons & bones
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Ballock Dagger

creator: North European, possibly Flemish

date: late 15th century

medium: Steel, horn, and iron

country: Northern Europe

subjects:
Edged weapon-dagger
Northern europe
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Horseman's Axe

creator: Western European, possibly French

medium: Steel, wood (oak), leather, and brass

country: Western Europe

subjects:
Edged weapon-staff
Western europe
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Katar with Scabbard

creator: India

date: 17th–18th century

medium: Steel, gold, leather, and iron

subjects:
Edged weapon-dagger
Turkey
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Parrying Poniard

medium: Steel, wood, and brass

subjects:
Edged weapon-dagger
Germany
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Composite Dagger

creator: Turkish

date:
Grip (formally a mirror handle): Turkish, 16th century
Crossguard: Turkish, 19th century
Blade: European, probablly Spanish, late 16th–early 17th century

medium: Nephrite, bloodstone, turquoise, gold, and copper alloy

subjects:
Edged weapon-dagger
Turkey
Turkish
Arms
Arms and armor
Arts of the islamic world


title: Axe

medium: Steel and wood (ash)

subjects:
Edged weapon-staff
Italy
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Plug Bayonet

medium: Steel, wood, brass, and silver

subjects:
Firearm-accessory
England
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Gunner's Stiletto

medium: Steel, iron, horn, and brass

subjects:
Edged weapon-dagger
Italy
Brass (alloy)
Copper alloy
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Iron (metal)
Steel
Iron alloy
Horn
Animal material
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Horseman's Axe

creator: Spanish or Flemish, Probably

date: early 16th century

medium: Steel with gilding, brass, iron, wood (oak), and attached tassel

subjects:
Edged weapon-staff
Spain
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Mace

creator: Polish, Silesia, Teschen

medium: Iron, wood, brass, bone or horn, and mother-of-pearl

country: Poland

subjects:
Shafted weapon
Poland
Skeletons & bones
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Mace

medium: Iron and brass

subjects:
Shafted weapon
Germany
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Parrying Dagger for Pietro Antonio Martinengo, Count of Brescia (recorded 1644-1671)

creator: Italian, perhaps Brescia

medium: Iron

subjects:
Edged weapon-dagger
Italy
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Parrying Dagger

date: late 17th century

medium: Steel


title: War Hammer

creator: German, possibly French

date: early 17th century

medium: Iron and silver

subjects:
Shafted weapon
France
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Mace

creator: European, possibly German


title: Mace


title: Mace


title: Backplate

subjects:
Suit-element
Italy
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Breastplate


title: Backplate with Fauld

creator: Southern German, Nuremberg(?)

country: Southern Germany

subjects:
Suit-element
Southern germany
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Breastplate with Associated Skirt for Half-Armor

creator: Northern Italian

medium: Steel, etched

country: Northern Italy

subjects:
Suit-element
Northern italy
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Waterloo Bridge and Somerset House

creator: Joseph Pennell

medium: Etching on ivory laid paper

subjects:
Etching
United state
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing

credit_line: Clarence Buckingham Collection


title: Burgonet

creator: German, Nuremberg

country: Nuremberg

subjects:
Suit-helmet
Nuremberg
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Breastplate

creator: Italian, probably


title: Breastplate

creator: German, Brunswick

country: Brunswick

subjects:
Suit-element
Brunswick
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Breastplate


title: Breastplate

creator: Italian

medium: Steel and brass


title: Breastplate with Folding Lance Rest and Fauld

creator: German, Innsbruck

country: Innsbruck

subjects:
Suit-element
Innsbruck
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Cased Pair of Percussion Pistols with Accessories

creator: Gunsmith: Jean Le Page (French, 1746-1834)

medium: Steel, gold, silver, brass, lead, copper, walnut, rosewood, Hungarian ash, horn, and leather

subjects:
Firearm-handgun
France
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Presentoire

creator: European, possibly Austrian

date: 19th century (?) in the German style of c. 1500

medium: Steel, brass, mother-of-pearl, and horn

subjects:
Cutlery
Austria
Arms and armor, miscellaneous
Arms and armor
Arms


title: Hunting Hangar with Calendar Blade

creator: German, Munich

date: blade dated 1534, hilt late 17th century

medium: Steel with gilding, wood, and brass wire

country: Munich

subjects:
Edged weapon-dagger
Munich
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Combined Axe and Flintlock Pistol

creator: German

medium: Steel, wood, bone, and staghorn

subjects:
Combination weapon
Germany
Skeletons & bones
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Dagger with Wheel-Lock Pistol

medium: Steel, wood, iron, brass, and copper

subjects:
Combination weapon
Italy
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Pair of Presentation Flintlock Pistols in the Eastern Fashion

creator: Gunsmith: Vergnes

medium: Steel, silver, gold, walnut, and flint

country: Marseille

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Firearm-handgun
Marseille
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Waterloo Bridge

medium: Etching on heavy ivory wove paper

country: United States


title: Tsuten-kyo Bridge, Tofuku Temple, Kyoto (Kyoto Tofukuji Tsutenkyo bashi) from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”

creator: Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu)

medium: Color woodblock print

country: Japan

subjects:
Architecture
Woodblock print
Japan
Japanese (culture or style)
Print

credit_line: Bruce Goff Archive, gift of Shin'enkan, Inc.


title: Breech-Loading Center-Fire Gun in form of a Walking Stick

creator: European

medium: Iron, leather, brass, steel, and horn

country: Europe

subjects:
Combination weapon
Europe
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Combined Walking-Cane, Gun, Pistol, Sword, and Dagger

creator: Indian

date: mid–19th century

medium: Wood, iron, steel, and silver

country: India subcontinent

subjects:
Combination weapon
India subcontinent
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Combined Brandistock and Musket Rest

subjects:
Edged weapon-staff
Northern italy
Combination weapon
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Walking Staff with Sword Hilt

medium: Wood, iron, and bone

country: Germany

subjects:
Arms and armor, miscellaneous
Germany
Skeletons & bones
Arms and armor
Arms


title: Flintlock Holster Pistol (One of a Pair)

creator: French

medium: Steel, walnut, silver, and gold

country: France


title: Pair of Flintlock Holster Pistols

creator: Belgian, Liège

medium: Steel, silver, brass, wood (walnut), and mercury gilding

country: Liège

subjects:
Firearm-handgun
Liège
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Pair of Flintlock Pistols

creator: Barrels: Johann Jacob Behr

medium: Walnut, steel, and cast and chased brass

subjects:
Firearm-handgun
Germany
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Pair of Flintlock Pistols

creator: Scottish, Doune

medium: Steel and silver

country: Scotland

subjects:
Firearm-handgun
Scotland
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Four-Barrel Flintlock Pocket Pistol

medium: Steel


title: Flintlock Alarm-Trap Pistol


title: Flintlock Blunderbuss Carbine

creator: Spanish

medium: Walnut, silver, and gold

country: Spain

subjects:
Firearm-long gun
Spain
Wood (plant material)
Plant material
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Double-Barreled Flintlock Blunderbuss

creator: Russian

medium: Walnut, iron, gold, and silver

country: Rossiya republic

subjects:
Firearm-long gun
Rossiya republic
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Pair of Flintlock Holster Pistols

creator: Lazzarino Cominazzo

medium: Ivy root, brass, and steel

country: Italy

subjects:
Firearm-handgun
Italy
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Pair of Flintlock Holster Pistols

creator: Italian, Gardone Val Trompia

medium: Steel and wood


title: Pair of Flintlock Pistols

creator: Barrel: Lazzarino Cominazzo

date: 18th century

medium: Wood and steel

country: Brescia

subjects:
Firearm-handgun
Brescia
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Pair of Flintlock Pistols

creator: Barrels signed Lazzarino Cominazzo

date: early 18th century

medium: Walnut and gilt brass


title: Snaphance Belt Pistol

creator: Lock signed Domenico Guardiani

date: dated 1775, in style of c. 1700

medium: Steel, brass, walnut, and gold


title: Powder Flask

creator: Johann Georg Maucher (workshop)

medium: silver and pearwood

subjects:
Firearm-accessory
Germany
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Sporting Crossbow

creator: German

medium: Wood, steel, ebony, ivory, mother-of-pearl, brass, cord, and fiber weave

subjects:
Crossbow
Germany
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Design for a Stained Glass Window with the Story of Aaron

creator: Jean Cousin, the younger

medium: Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, on tan laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper

subjects:
Pen and ink drawing
France
Paper (fiber product)
Ink
Coating (material)
Wash
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing


title: Pair of Flintlock Pistols

creator: English

medium: Steel, walnut, iron, and maple

country: England

subjects:
Firearm-handgun
England
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Wheellock Holster Pistol

creator: German, Augsburg

medium: Wood and ivory

country: Augsburg

subjects:
Firearm-handgun
Augsburg
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Double-Barrel Revolving Flintlock Pocket Pistol

creator: Lock signed Henri Suber

medium: Steel, wood, and ivory

subjects:
Firearm-handgun
France
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Powder Flask

creator: Italian

date: 1590 with later addtions

medium: Wood, red velvet, brass, and enamel

subjects:
Firearm-accessory
Italy
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Priming Flask with Spanner and Screwdriver

date: 17th century

medium: Iron

country: Central Europe

subjects:
Firearm-accessory
Central europe
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Cartridge Box

creator: German, Saxony

date: late 16th century

medium: Wood, ebony, bone, and iron

country: Saxony

subjects:
Firearm-accessory
Saxony
Skeletons & bones
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Wheel-Lock Spanner and Turnscrew

creator: Austrian

medium: Iron, fretted and engraved

country: Austria

subjects:
Firearm-accessory
Austria
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Wheel-Lock Spanner, Turnscrew, and Adjustable Powder-Measure

date: first half of 17th century

medium: Steel


title: Powder Flask for Archduke Mathias of Austria (Emperor 1612-19)

medium: Walnut, horn, ivory, and iron


title: Combined Wheel-Lock Spanner and Turnscrew

date: second half of 16th century

subjects:
Firearm-accessory
Saxony
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Boy's Gun

date: third quarter of 17th century

medium: Steel and brass

subjects:
Firearm-long gun
Germany
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Powder Flask with Bullet Pouch

creator: Polish, Silesia, Teschen

date: mid–17th century

medium: Wood, horn, mother-of-pearl, leather, brass, and iron


title: Combined Wheel-Lock Spanner and Screwdriver


title: Wheellock Spanner with Powder Measure and Screwdriver


title: Powder Horn

creator: French, probably Dieppe

medium: Ivory

subjects:
Firearm-accessory
France
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Wheellock Spanner and Turnscrew


title: Wheellock Spanner with Powder Measure

creator: European

subjects:
Firearm-accessory
Europe
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Wheellock Spanner


title: Door Key with Flintlock Pistol

subjects:
Combination weapon
Italy
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Priming Flask or Sander

creator: French

medium: Ivory and silver


title: Powder Horn

medium: Staghorn, brass


title: Cartridge Box

medium: Brass, cast and chiseled


title: Flintlock of a Gun

date: late 19th century


title: Powder Charge Case of a Musketeer's Bandolier

date: late 16th/mid–17th century

medium: Wood


title: Bullet Pouch

medium: Leather


title: Detached Flintlock

date: late 18th century


title: Flintlock of a Gun

creator: English, London


title: Sword Hanger

subjects:
Edged weapon-sword
Europe
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Percussion Powder Tester

creator: Belgian, Probably

medium: Walnut, brass, and steel


title: Comb Morion

creator: Northern Italian, probably Brescia

medium: Steel, brass, and leather

subjects:
Suit-helmet
Brescia
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Funerary Close Helmet

medium: Steel and paint

subjects:
Suit-helmet
England
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Great Basinet (Kolbenturnierhelm)

date: mid–19th century in 15th century style

subjects:
Suit-helmet
Germany
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Close Helmet

creator: Northern Italian

country: Northern Italy

subjects:
Suit-helmet
Northern italy
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Close Helmet

creator: Possibly by the workshop of Wolfgang Grosschede

medium: Steel with gilding

country: Landshut

subjects:
Suit-helmet
Landshut
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Bevor ("Falling Buff")

creator: Spanish (Possibly)

subjects:
Suit-element
Spain
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Bevor ("Falling Buff")

creator: Spanish

subjects:
Suit-element
Germany
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Bevor ("Falling Buff") and Gorget Plate

country: Europe

subjects:
Suit-element
Europe
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Bevor ("Falling Buff") with Two Gorget Pieces

creator: European, possibly Spanish


title: Bevor with two Gorget Plates

date: c. 1500, gorget plates possibly later


title: Gorget Plate for Bevor


title: Armet

creator: Southern German

country: Southern Germany

subjects:
Suit-helmet
Southern germany
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Joseph Explaining His Dreams to His Brothers

creator: After Nicolas Béatrizet (French, 1507/20-c. 1565)

medium: Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white, with incising, on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream laid card

subjects:
Ink and wash
Italy
Incising
Paper (fiber product)
Lead white
Opaque white pigment
White pigment
Pigment
Colorant
Brown ink
Colored ink
Ink
Coating (material)
Brown wash
Wash
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing


title: Model Cannon (Culverin)

medium: Bronze, oak, and iron

subjects:
Firearm-cannon
France
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Panel

creator: Italy

medium: Silk, plain weave with three-color supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Italy
Weaving - velvet
Silk (fiber)

credit_line: Kate S. Buckingham Endowment


title: River and Rural Scene

creator: Richard Earlom (British, 1743-1822)

medium: Mezzotint on paper

subjects:
Mezzotint
England
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing

credit_line: Gift of Langdon Pearse


title: Female Lucubration: Étude Nocturne

creator: Philip Dawe

medium: Mezzotint in black on cream laid paper


title: Cupid Punishing a Satyr

creator: Jusepe de Ribera

medium: Etching on paper

subjects:
Etching
Italy
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing


title: Portrait of Berthe Morisot

creator: Marcellin Gilbert Desboutin

medium: Drypoint on light gray Japanese laid paper

subjects:
Drypoint
France
Portraits
Drypoint (printing process)
Paper (fiber product)
Engraving (printing process)
Printing
Print
Print and drawing


title: Dancer and Her Mother, from the eighth album of L'Estampe originale

creator: Paul Renouard (French, 1845-1924)

medium: Lithograph in black, with scraping on stone, on ivory wove paper

subjects:
Lithograph
France
Mother
Daughter
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing


title: Calendar for 1903

creator: Alexandre Lunois

medium: Lithograph (crayon and brush), with scraping on stone, in olive on grayish-ivory China paper, laid down on cream wove paper

subjects:
Lithograph
France
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing


title: The Amphitheatre of the Jardin des Plantes

creator: Charles François Daubigny

medium: Etching on white wove paper

subjects:
Etching
France
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing


title: Mme. Desboutin

medium: Drypoint and plate tone on ivory laid paper

subjects:
Drypoint
France
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing


title: Leaving the Bath

creator: Edgar Degas

medium: Drypoint and aquatint on ivory laid paper

subjects:
Drypoint
France
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing
Paper
Ink
Laid paper


title: Portrait of Degas, His Hand Over his Mouth

medium: Drypoint on ivory wove paper

subjects:
Drypoint
France
Portraits
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing


title: Profile Portrait of Degas

creator: Marcellin Gilbert Desboutin (French, 1823-1902)

medium: Drypoint and plate tone on cream Japanese paper


title: Cover for the portfolio, The Painters-Lithographers (Les Peintres Lithographes)

medium: Lithograph in yellow, black, orange-red, blue-green, and olive on cream wove paper


title: The Absinthe Drinker

creator: Félicien Rops

medium: Heliogravure on ivory wove paper

country: Belgium

subjects:
Photogravure
Belgium
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing


title: Guillaumin with the Hanged Man

creator: Paul Cézanne

medium: Etching on cream laid paper

country: France


title: The Visitor, from the third album of L'Estampe originale

creator: Albert Besnard (French, 1849-1934)

medium: Lithograph on tan wove paper


title: Quatrefoil Table

creator: Eugenio Quarti

medium: Indian rosewood, German silver, copper, mother-of-pearl, and replacement glass

subjects:
Table
Italy
Furniture
Glass
Wood
European decorative arts

credit_line: Purchased with Funds provided by Neville and John H. Bryan, Harry & Maribel G. Blum, and European Decorative Arts General funds


title: Armchair

creator: Venice, Italy

medium: Carved, giltwood, and modern upholstery

country: Venice

subjects:
Seating
Venice
Furniture
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Richard E. Danielson and Mrs. Chauncey McCormick


title: Pair of Chairs

creator: Jennens and Bettridge

medium: Papier-mâché, wood, gilded and inlaid with mother-of-pearl; modern upholstery

country: Birmingham

subjects:
Chair
Birmingham
Furniture
Seating
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stein


title: Pellet Crossbow

creator: Spanish

medium: Maple, steel, iron, horn, and cord

subjects:
Crossbow
Europe
Arms
Arms and armor

credit_line: George F. Harding Collection


title: Panel

creator: Spain

medium: Silk, plain weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts

country: Spain

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Spain
Weaving
Silk (fiber)

credit_line: Gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne


title: Pair of Armored Reins

creator: German

date: 19th century in 16th century German style

medium: Steel

subjects:
Horse equipment
France
Armor
Arms and armor


title: The Forest of Fontainebleau

creator: Rodolphe Bresdin

medium: Etching and drypoint in black ink on cream laid paper


title: Clearing in the Forest


title: Copy

creator: Eugène Delacroix

medium: Graphite on tan tracing paper

subjects:
Graphite
France
Paper (fiber product)
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing


title: The Holy Family at Rest Beside a Stream

medium: Lithograph on China paper laid down on heavy white wove paper


title: Death of the Vagabond

creator: Alphonse Legros

medium: Etching and aquatint printed in brown on heavy cream wove paper

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Herbert F. Perkins


title: The Comedy of Death

medium: Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on white wove paper

credit_line: Ada Turnbull Hertle Fund


title: Mountain Landscape with a River and City

creator: Paul Bril

medium: Etching in black on ivory laid paper

country: Flanders

subjects:
Print and drawing
Flander
Landscapes
Paper
Etching
Print

credit_line: Gift of Charles Hack and The Hearn Family Trust


title: Mountain Landscape with a River, Travelers, and a City


title: Mary Magdalene

creator: Werner van den Valckert

medium: Etching in black on cream laid paper

country: Netherlands

subjects:
Print
Netherland
Paper
Etching
Print and drawing


title: Group of Nine Standing Figures

creator: Francesco Mazzola, called Parmigianino

medium: Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, on tan laid paper, laid down on tan laid card

country: Italy

subjects:
Ink and wash
Italy
Paper (fiber product)
Brown ink
Colored ink
Ink
Coating (material)
Brown wash
Wash
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing

credit_line: Margaret Day Blake Collection


title: Group of Four Men in Togas

creator: Gerard ter Borch, the younger

medium: Black chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid card

country: Holland

subjects:
Chalk
Holland
Black chalk
Laid paper
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing
Paper (fiber product)

credit_line: The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection


title: Three Men Struggling in an Interior

creator: Jonas Suyderhoef (Dutch, c. 1613-1686)

subjects:
Etching
Netherland
Paper (fiber product)
Paper
Print
Print and drawing

credit_line: The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment Fund


title: Views of England, Switzerland, France, Spain, Egypt, etc.

creator: Artist unknown

medium: Sterographs, albumen prints

country: Unknown Place

subjects:
Photographic process
Unknown place
Photography
Photograph

credit_line: Hamill and Barker


title: Niagara In Winter, from the series "Niagara in Winter"

creator: Anthony & Company

medium: Albumen print, stereo

country: United States

subjects:
Stereograph (albumen)
United state
Albumen silver print
Photographic process
Photography
Photograph

credit_line: Gift of Harold Allen


title: Bridge Over the Ramapo at Greenwood, No. 6264 from the series "The Beauties of the Ramapo, Erie Railway"


title: Minne-ha-ha Falls, looking across, No. 1501 from the series "Among the Bluff Scenery of the Upper Mississippi"

creator: Henry Hamilton Bennett

country: Wisconsin

subjects:
Photography
Wisconsin
Landscapes
Waterfall
Albumen process
Photograph
Albumen silver print
Stereograph (albumen)


title: Niagara - Ice Mountain and American Fall, from the series "Niagara Falls, New York"

creator: George Barker

date: Late 19th century

country: Niagara Falls

subjects:
Photography
Niagara fall
Waterfall
Albumen process
Photograph
Albumen silver print
Stereograph (albumen)


title: Bridal Veil Fall near Minneapolis, No. 1515 from the series "Among the Bluff Scenery of the Upper Mississippi"


title: Under Minne-ha-ha Falls, No. 1506 from the series "Among the Bluff Scenery of the Upper Mississippi"


title: Enfield Creek, near Ithaca, N.Y. 1st, or Lowest Fall, 60 feet high

creator: J. C. Burritt

country: Ithaca

subjects:
Photography
Ithaca
Waterfall
Albumen process
Photograph
Albumen silver print
Stereograph (albumen)


title: Enfield Creek, near Ithaca, N.Y. Cascade above 1st Fall


title: Enfield Creek, near Ithaca, N.Y. 2d Fall, Lower Ravine


title: Enfield Creek, near Ithaca, N.Y. Cascade above 2d Fall, Lower Ravine


title: Enfield Creek, near Ithaca, N.Y. Lower part of Main Fall


title: Enfield Creek, near Ithaca, N.Y. Cascade above Main Fall, near Lucifer's Kitchen


title: Enfield Creek, near Ithaca, N.Y. Lucifer, or Main Fall, from South Bank


title: Enfield Ravine, above the Fall. Near Ithaca, N.Y.


title: Cascadilla Creek, Ithaca, N.Y. 2nd Fall


title: Cascadilla Creek, Ithaca, N.Y. 1st Fall


title: Cascadilla Creek, Ithaca, N.Y. Cascade above dam


title: Cascadilla Creek, Ithaca, N.Y. 6th Fall, or Giant's Staircase, near Willow Pond


title: Cascadilla Creek, Ithaca, N.Y. 5th Fall, opposite Water Cure


title: Six Mile Creek, Ithaca, N.Y. View in Ravine above Green Tree Fall

subjects:
Photography
Ithaca
Trees
Waterfall
Albumen process
Photograph
Albumen silver print
Stereograph (albumen)


title: Six Mile Creek, Ithaca, N.Y. Well's Fall, looking down


title: Fall Creek, Ithaca, N.Y. 2d, or Forest Fall, 60 feet high, from the dam


title: Fall Creek, Ithaca, N.Y. 1st, or Ithaca Fall, from bridge, 150 feet high


title: Fall Creek, Ithaca, N.Y. 3d. or Foaming Fall, 35 feet high


title: Fall Creek, Ithaca, N.Y. 2d, or Forest Fall, 60 feet high, from north bank


title: Fall Creek, Ithaca, N.Y. 5th, or Trip Hammer Fall, 65 feet high


title: Fall Creek, Ithaca, N.Y. 4th, or Rocky Fall, 60 feet high


title: Buttermilk Creek, Ithaca, N.Y. 2d Fall, 87 feet high


title: Fall Creek Ithaca Cascades above Irish Hammer Fall


title: Buttermilk Creek, Ithaca, N.Y. 3d, or Pulpit Fall, 30 feet high


title: Buttermilk Creek, Ithaca, N.Y. View looking down 1st and 2d Falls, 207 feet


title: Buttermilk Creek Ithaca Cascades and 4t Fall looking down


title: Buttermilk Creek, Ithaca, N.Y. Cascade above 4th Fall


title: Buttermilk Creek, Ithaca, N.Y. Steeple Rock, about 50 ft. high, and Falls below about 50 ft.


title: Buttermilk Creek, Ithaca, N.Y. Steeple Rock from below, 50 feet


title: Buttermilk Creek, Ithaca, N.Y. Steeple Rock from the Fall above. Height about 50 feet


title: Lick Brook, near Ithaca, N.Y. 1st and 2d Falls


title: Lick Brook, near Ithaca, N.Y. 1st Fall


title: Lick Brook, near Ithaca, N.Y. View in Ravine above 2d Fall


title: Lick Brook, near Ithaca, N.Y. Falls upper end of the Ravine


title: View at Bush Point, Cayuga Lake, near Ithaca, N.Y.


title: Lick Brook, near Ithaca, N.Y. Upper Falls, 160 feet high


title: 2d Fall at Shurger's, East shore Cayuga Lake, near Ithaca, N.Y.


title: Fall at Shurger's, East shore Cayuga Lake, near Ithaca, N.Y.


title: Freer Glen at Watkins Central View 10- Glen


title: Freer Glen at Watkins Entrance Gorge View 1st Glen


title: Freef Glen at Watkins


title: View in Freers Glen at Watkins N.Y. 2d Glen


title: Freer Glen at Watkins Rainbow Falls and Triple Cascade 3rd Glen


title: View in Freers, Glen of Watkins, N.Y.


title: Forest Falls from above, Ithaca Gorge, No. 27 from the series "Views of Ithaca and Vicinity"

creator: William Frear


title: Freer Glen at Watkins View of Upper Glen

subjects:
Photography
United state
Waterfall
Albumen process
Photograph
Albumen silver print
Stereograph (albumen)


title: Rocky Fall, Ithaca Gorge, No. 31 from the series "Views of Ithaca and Vicinity"


title: Upper Cascade. Ithaca Gorge, No. 36 from the series "Views of Ithaca and Vicinity"


title: Glen Ellis Falls

creator: Kilburn Brothers

country: New Hampshire

subjects:
Photography
New hampshire
Waterfall
Albumen process
Photograph
Albumen silver print
Stereograph (albumen)


title: Falls of the Ammonoosuc


title: Yo-Semite Fall (2634 feet high), from near Hutchings', with excursion party, No. 1216 from the series "California -- Yo-Semite Valley"

creator: John P. Soule

subjects:
Stereograph (albumen)
United state
Waterfall
Albumen silver print
Photographic process
Photography
Photograph


title: The Grand Flume, Ausable Chasm, No. 1162 from the series "Crystal"

creator: Seneca Ray Stoddard

country: Glens Falls

subjects:
Photography
Glen fall
Minerals & gems
Photograph


title: Yo-Semite Fall, (2634 feet high) from near Sentinel House, P. T. Barnum and Party, No. 1220 from the series "California -- Yo-Semite Valley"


title: Nourmahal Cascade, and Gold Hunter's Cave, No. 12 from the series "Imperial Gems", No. 12 from the series "Imperial Gems"

creator: H. D. Udall

country: Ohio

subjects:
Photography
Ohio
Minerals & gems
Waterfall
Photograph


title: Lu-lu Cascade, No. 43 from the series "Imperial Gems"


title: Bonnington Falls, on the Clyde

creator: G. W. Wilson

date: Mid 19th century

country: Scotland

subjects: Photography Scotland Waterfall Photograph


title: Multnomah Falls, Columbia River, No. 1239 from the series "Watkins' Pacific Coast"

creator: Carleton E. Watkins


title: Taughannock Falls!, No. 1 from the series "Cayuga Lake Scenery"

creator: G. F. Gates

country: New York

subjects:
Photography
New york
Landscapes
Waterfall
Albumen process
Photograph
Albumen silver print
Stereograph (albumen)


title: Natural Bridge, VA, No. 655 from the series "American Scenery"

country: Virginia

subjects: Photography Virginia Landscapes Waterfall Photograph


title: Cascade de Barberine de la Tete Noire. Savoie,  from the series "Views of Switzerland"

creator: William England

medium: Albumen print, stereo, No. 53

country: Switzerland

subjects:
Photography
Switzerland
Waterfall
Albumen process
Photograph
Albumen silver print
Stereograph (albumen)


title: Saddle Rock


title: La Giesbach Pres du Lac de Brienz. Suisse, from the series "Views of Switzerland"

medium: Albumen print, stereo, No. 57


title: Unknown, from the series "Views of Switzerland"


title: The Nevada Fall, 700 ft., Yosemite, from the series "Watkins' Pacific Coast"

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by the Kunstadter Family Foundation


title: Yosemite Falls, 2630 ft., from the series "Watkins' Pacific Coast"


title: The Bridal Veil, 900 ft., Yosemite, from the series "Watkins' Pacific Coast"


title: The Vernal Fall, 300 ft., Yosemite, from the series "Watkins' Pacific Coast"


title: Cascade Between the Vernal and the Nevada Falls, Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County, Cal., No. 1083 from the series "Watkins' Pacific Coast"


title: The Lower Yosemite Fall, Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County, Cal., No. 1069 from the series "Watkins' Pacific Coast"


title: Unknown View, Yosemite, from the series "Watkins' Pacific Coast"


title: Looking Down the Kauterskill, from the New Laurel House, No. 4202 from the series "The Glens of the Catskills"

credit_line: Kunstadter Family Foundation and Photography Collection Purchase funds


title: The American Fall, from below, No. 833 from the series "Niagara in Winter"


title: Pohono, or the Bridal Veil, 900 feet, Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County, Cal., No. 1075 from the series "Watkins' Pacific Coast"

credit_line: Kunstadter Family Foundation and Photography Purchase Account


title: Artist's Dream, No. 18 from the series "Stereographs of the Watkins Glen"

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Leigh B. Block


title: Entrance Cascade, Watkins Glen

creator: William Purviance


title: Central Gorge and Jacob's Ladder, stereo, No. 157 from the series "Havana Glen Scenery"

medium: Albumen print

subjects:
Stereograph (albumen)
United state
Landscapes
Albumen silver print
Photographic process
Photography
Photograph


title: Yo Semite Falls, height 2,634 feet, from the series "Yo Semite Valley, Cal."

creator: J. J. Reilly & Co.

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by the Photographic Society


title: Sunset, Horseshoe Fall - Niagara, No. 292 from the series "Niagara Falls, New York"

subjects:
Stereograph (albumen)
New york
Waterfall
Albumen silver print
Photographic process
Photography
Photograph


title: Yo Semite Reflected in Merced River, Yo Semite Valley, California, from the series "Yo Semite Valley, Cal."


title: Untitled

creator: Charles Bierstadt

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Richard L. Menschel


title: Cheyenne Falls

creator: William Henry Jackson

credit_line: Charles and Ruth Levy Foundation Fund


title: The Punch Bowl, Queen's Cañon, Glen Eyrie, from the series "Gurnsey's Rocky Mountain Views"

creator: B. H. Gurnsey

credit_line: D. Wendell Fentress Memorial Fund


title: Piwyac, or the Vernal Fall, 300 feet from the cliff, Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County, Cal., No. 1081 from the series "Watkins' New Series"

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Jack Hedrich


title: Gorges de Sallanches, Savoie, no. 27 from the series "Views of Switzerland"

country: England

subjects:
Photography
England
Collected by hugh edward
Waterfall
Photographic process
Photograph

credit_line: Gift of Hugh Edwards


title: Niagara - Frostwork Under Horseshoe Fall

subjects:
Stereograph (albumen)
United state
Albumen silver print
Photographic process
Photography
Photograph

credit_line: Gift of Judith Barter in memory of Frederick J. and Emily M. Barter


title: Susanoo no mikoto Subdues the Monsters from the play Honchō Furisode no Hajime (Honchō furisode no hajime, Susanoo no mikoto yōkai kōfuku no zu) 「本朝振袖之始　素盞鳥尊妖怪降伏之図」

creator: Katsushika Hokki 葛飾北輝

medium: Color woodblock print

country: Japan

subjects:
Woodblock print
Japan
Japanese (culture or style)
Print

credit_line: Bruce Goff Archive, gift of Shin'enkan, Inc.


title: Ochiai Bridge, Mino Province (Mino Ochiai bashi) from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”

creator: Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu)


title: View of Niigata, Echigo Province (Echigo Niigata no kei) from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”


title: Strung-up Flounder, Wakasa Province (Wakasa karei o sasu) from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”


title: Kintai Bridge at Iwakuni, Suo (Boshu) Province from the series “One Hundred Famous Views of the Various Provinces”


title: The Nunobiki Waterfall, Sesshu Province (Sesshu Nunobiki no taki), from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”


title: Hase Temple, Yamato Province (Yamato Hasedera) from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”

subjects:
Architecture
Woodblock print
Japan
Japanese (culture or style)
Print


title: Image of the Horse Chase at the Myoken Festival, Soma, Oshu Province (Oshu Soma Myoken matsuri umao no zu) from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”


title: Enjoying the Cool in the Evening at Shijo, Kyoto (Kyoto Shijo yu suzumi) from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”


title: Maiko Beach, Banshu Province (Banshu Maiko no hama) from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”


title: Netting Wild Geese on the Hill at Okoshi, Iyo Province (Iyo Okoshi kamo saka ami) from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”


title: The Compound on Mount Narita, Shimosa Province (Shimosa Naritasan keidai) from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”


title: Kites of Fukuroi and Distant View of Akiba in Totomi Province (Enshu Akiba enkei Fukuroi tako), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)"


title: Taka Beach, Tajima Province (Tajima Taka no hama) from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”


title: The Big Harbor at Mikuni, Echizen Province (Echizen Mikuni no ominato) from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”


title: Actual View of Matsu Island, Oshu Province (Oshu Matsushima shinkei) from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”


title: Mount Kusuri on the Road to Zenko Temple, Shinshu Province (Shinshu Zenkoji michi Kusuriyama) from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”


title: Kikyo Plain, Shinshu Province (Shinshu Kikyogahara) from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”


title: Noge in Yokohama, Bushu Province (Bushu Yokohama Noge) from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”


title: Mount Yoshino, Yamato Province (Yamato Yoshinoyama) from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”


title: The Ferry Landing on Miya River, Ise Province (Ise Miyakawa no watashiba) from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”


title: Nihon Temple on Mount Nokogiri, Boshu Province (Boshu Nokogiriyama Nihonji) from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”


title: The Tsushima Festival, Owari Province (Owari Tsushima sairei), from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”

medium: Color woodblock print; oban


title: Takibi Shrine, Oki Province (Oki Takibi yashiro) from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”


title: Snow on the Kiso Gorge, Shinshu Province (Shinshu Kiso no yuki) from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”


title: Gathering Cliff Fungus at Kumano, Kishu Province (Kishu kumano iwatake tori), from the series “One Hundred Views of Famous Views in the Various Provinces (shokoku meishi hyakkei)"

subjects:
Woodblock print
Japan
Mushrooms & fungi
Japanese (culture or style)
Print


title: Daijin Shrine at Funabashi, Shimosa Province (Shimosa Funabashi Daijingu) from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”


title: Aerial View of Hara, Suruga Province (Suruga haru no fukei), from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”


title: Actual View of Kata Bay, Kishu Province (Kishu kata no ura shinkei), from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”


title: Actual View of Shimotani, Hoki Province (Hoki Shimotani shinkei), from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”


title: Actual View of Hirose, Unshu Province (Unshu hirose shinkei) from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”


title: Nihonbashi from the series Thirty-six Views of the Eastern Capital (Toto sanjurokkei)


title: Tempo Hill, Osaka (Osaka Tempo-zan) from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”


title: Catching Lampreys, Eels, and Red Rockfish on Lake Suwa, Shinshu Province from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”


title: Actual View of Muro Harbor, Banshu Province (Banshu Muro-tsu shinkei) from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”


title: Actual View of Mount Tate, Etchu Province (Etchu Tateyama shinkei) "One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)"


title: Image of a Whale Hunt at Goto, Hizen Province (Hizen Goto geiryo no zu), from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”


title: Harbor of Chinese Ships, Nagasaki, Hizen Province (Hizen Nagasaki karafune no zu) from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”

subjects:
Woodblock print
Japan
Ships & the sea
Japanese (culture or style)
Print


title: The Compound on Mount Narita, Shimosa Province (Shimosa narita-san keidai, from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”


title: The Gion Festival, Kyoto (Kyoto Gion sairei), from the series "One Hundred Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)"


title: Four PM, from the series "Twenty-Four Hours in Shinbashi and Yanagibashi"

creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi


title: Omori Hikoshichi from the series “New Forms of the Thirty-Six Ghosts”


title: Oniwakamaru Observing the Great Carp in the Pond, from the series "New Forms of Thirty-Six Ghosts"


title: Gamo Sadahide's Servant, Toki Motosada, Hurling a Demon King to the Ground at Mount Inahana, from the series "New Forms of Thirty-Six Ghosts (Shinkei sanjuroku kaisen)"


title: Oiwa's Ghost (Oiwa no borei)

creator: Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

subjects:
Woodblock print
Japan
Japanese (culture or style)
Print
Halloween


title: 11 p.m., from the series "Twenty-Four Hours at Shinyanagi (Shinyanagi nijuyoji)"


title: Heron Maiden from the series "New Forms of Thirty-Six Ghosts"


title: Supernatural Beings at Shirazunoyabu in Yawata


title: The Old Badger from the series "New Forms of Thirty-Six Ghosts"


title: Ko no Morono (Taka no Mronao) in the Play Chushingura


title: Mountain Landscape in the Mist (Muchu no sansui)

subjects:
Woodblock print
Japan
Landscapes
Japanese (culture or style)
Print


title: Page 11 from the book Okyo Shubi Gafu

creator: Maruyama Okyo


title: Goldfish and Water Plants

creator: Ichimei

subjects:
Botany
Woodblock print
Japan
Japanese (culture or style)
Print


title: Actor Playing Seigen Doshin in the play Hana butai banjaku soga

creator: Utagawa Toyokuni I 初代 歌川 豊国


title: The Earth Spider Slain by Brave Samurai Watanabe no Tauna (center image)

creator: Katsukawa Shuntei

subjects:
Woodblock print
Japan
Spiders & arachnids
Japanese (culture or style)
Print


title: Blue and Red Macaws

creator: Shunko (Harumitsu)

date: early 20th century


title: Nunobiki Falls at Jakko Shrine (Jakko Nunobiki no taki), from the series "Scenic Spots in the Mountains of Nikko (Nikkosan meisho no uchi)"

creator: Keisai Eisen


title: Moon and Smoke (Enchu no tsuki), from the series "One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyaku sugata)"


title: Amago buyuden

creator: Hosai Shugetsu


title: No. 41: Distant View of the Ina River Bridge at Nojiri (Yonjuichi: Noriji Inagawabashi enkei), from the series "[Sixty-nine Stations of the] Kisokaido"


title: Red Parrot on the Branch of a Tree

creator: Ito Jakuchu

subjects:
Woodblock print
Japan
Trees
Japanese (culture or style)
Print


title: The Love Letter

creator: Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木 春信

medium: Color woodblock print; chuban, surimono

subjects:
Woodblock print
Japan
Japanese (culture or style)
Print
Asian art

credit_line: Gift of H. R. Warner


title: Hanaogi of the Ogiya, from the series "Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets (Komei bijin rokkasen)"

creator: Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿


title: The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V in Formal Attire

creator: Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章

medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban


title: The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II as Soga no Goro in the play "Soga Koyomi Biraki," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month

creator: Torii Kiyotomo

medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, beni-e

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold G. Henderson


title: The Birth of the Buddha Sakyamuni

creator: Kondo Kiyoharu 近藤 清春

medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban

subjects:
Woodblock print
Japan
Print
Asian art


title: Landscape with Heron and Boat

creator: Nishimura Shigenaga

date: 18th century

medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e

subjects:
Woodblock print
Japan
Landscapes
Japanese (culture or style)
Print
Asian art


title: The Warrior Sasaki Shiro Takatsuna Crossing the Uji River on Horseback

creator: Torii Kiyomitsu 鳥居 清満

medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban, mizu-e


title: The Actors Anegawa Shinshiro I and Segawa Kikunojo I

creator: Torii Kiyoshige

medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e


title: The Actor Nakamura Juzo II as Asahara Hachiro disguised as the servant of a princely family, from the play "Onna Aruji Hatsuyuki no Sekai," performed at the Morita Theater in the eleventh month, 1773


title: Narihira's Journey to the East 業平東下り  (Narihira azuma kudari)

creator: Ueda, Masanobu

date: about 1764


title: Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu III Possibly as Masago Gozen in “A Courtesan’s ‘Mirror of the East’” (“Keisei azuma kagami”)

creator: Katsukawa Shunkô

date: About 1788


title: The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as the Spirit of Taira no Masakado Disguised as Otomo no Kuronushi in the Play Shida Yuzuriha Horai Soga, Performed at the Morita Theater in the First Month, 1775

creator: Tamagawa Shunsui


title: The Actor Yamashita Mangiku I as Lady Yuya (Yuya Gozen) (?) in the Play Heike Hyobanki (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Seventh Month, 1789 (?)

creator: Katsukawa Shunsen


title: The Actor Sakata Hangoro III as the Guard Yahazu no Yadahei in the Play Otokoyama O-Edo no Ishizue, Performed at the Kiri Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1794

creator: Katsukawa Shun'en


title: Actor Ichikawa Yaozo

creator: Chotensai Eiju


title: Kojuro as Sadakuro

creator: Katsukawa Shunzan

date: about 1786


title: Two Beauties

creator: Unknown Artist

date: about 1790


title: Danjuro as a Samurai

creator: Utagawa Toyomaru

date: about 1794


title: Arashi Hinasuke as Bunya no Yasuhide, from the series Six Famous Poets (Rokkasen)

creator: Utagawa Toyokuni I 初代 歌川 豊国

date: about 1805


title: Evening Glow at Ryogoku Bridge (Ryogoku sekisho), from the series "Eight Views of Edo (Edo hakkei)"

creator: Utagawa Toyohiro


title: Perspective Picture of a Kabuki Theater (Uki-e Kabuki shibai no zu)

creator: Utagawa Toyoharu


title: The Courtesan Yasooi of the Matsubaya

creator: Kunikane

date: about 1825


title: No. 20: Rain on the Hiratsuka Plain near Kutsukake Station (Niju: Kutsukake no eki, Hiratsukahara uchu no kei), from the series "[Sixty-nine Stations of the] Kisokaido (Kisokaido [rokujukyu tsugi no uchi])"

creator: Keisai Eisen


title: Two Beauties Reading a Letter

creator: Chokosai Eisho

medium: Color woodblock print; hashira-e


title: Two Women Viewing Plum Blossoms

creator: Torii Kiyonaga

subjects:
Woodblock print
Japan
Flowers
Japanese (culture or style)
Print
Asian art


title: Young woman and gibbon

creator: Torii Kiyomitsu I

date: second half of 18th century

medium: Color woodblock print; hashira-e, benizuri-e


title: Shoki the Demon Queller

date: Mid-to late 18th or early 19th century


title: Choemon Carrying Ohan on His Back

creator: Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿


title: Hawk on a Cherry Tree

creator: Utagawa Toyohiro 歌川豊広

subjects:
Woodblock print
Japan
Trees
Print
Asian art


title: Young Boy Beseeching Hotei

creator: Kitao Shigemasa

date: late 18th century


title: Courtesan Playing a Hand Drum

creator: Isoda Koryusai


title: Acrobats on a Ladder

date: 18th-19th century


title: The Courtesan Somenosuke of the Matsubaya

creator: Ichirakutei Eisui


title: The Actor Onoe Tamizo I as Nishikigi in the Play Mutsu no Hana Ume no Kaomise, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1769

creator: Ippitsusai Buncho


title: The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro II and Sodesaki Iseno I

creator: Torii Kiyomasu II


title: Surimono commemorating the 50th anniversary of the death of the actor Iwai Hanshiro III

medium: Color woodblock print; surimono


title: The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro I as Yamagami Gennai Saemon and Yamanaka Heikuro I as Suzuka no Oji

creator: Torii Kiyomitsu II (Kiyomine)

medium: Hand-colored woodblock print


title: The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Yaoya Oshichi


title: The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro II and Ichikawa Monnosuke I

creator: Torii Kiyonobu I

medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, tan-e


title: Announcement of a performance at the Morita Theater

medium: Woodblock print; sumizuri-e

subjects:
Woodblock print
Japan
Paper (fiber product)
Japanese (culture or style)
Print
Asian art
Woodblock


title: Chozan of the Chojiya, from the series "Models for Fashion: New Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves (Hinagata wakana hatsu moyo)"

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woodblock print
Japan
Japanese (culture or style)
Print
Asian art


title: A House of Courtesans, from the series "The Appearance of Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara no tei)"

creator: Hishikawa Moronobu

medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e


title: Komachi at Sekidera (Sekidera Komachi), No. 5 from the series "Seven Komachi (Nana Komachi)"

creator: Nishimura Shigenaga


title: The Portrait of Actors at the Ogura Cottage

subjects:
Woodblock print
Japan
Portraits
Japanese (culture or style)
Print
Asian art


title: The Actor Ichikawa Danzo IV as Kunii Kurando in the Play Date Nishiki Tsui no Yumitori, Performed at te Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1778

creator: Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章


title: Evening Snow on Mt. Hira (Hira no bosetsu), No. 6 from the series "Eight Views of Omi"


title: Funya no Yasuhide, Two Women in a Gusty Autumn Landscape, from the series "Rokkasen (The Six Immortal Poets)"

medium: Color woodblock print; chuban


title: The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II in an Unidentified Role

date: early 1780s


title: The Actor Ichikawa Danzo IV as Shutokuin in the Play Tokimekuya O-Edo no Hatsuyuki, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1780

creator: Katsukawa Shunko I


title: The Warrior Watanabe no Tsuna Fighting the Demon at Rashomon

creator: Katsukawa Shunshô 勝川 春章

date: About 1770

medium: Color woodblock print; chûban


title: Stone Bridge

medium: Color woodblock print; aiban


title: Title Page for the series "Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces of Great Japan (Dai Nihon Rokujuyo-shu meisho zue)"

creator: Miyagi Gengyo

medium: Color woodblock print; oban


title: Night Rain at the Paulownia Grove at Akasaka (Akasaka Kiribatake uchu yukei), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

creator: Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu)


title: Kogo no Tsubone, from the series "Framed Pictures of Women for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushikaren gakumen fujin awase)"

creator: Yashima Gakutei

medium: Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold G. Henderson in memory of Margaret O. Gentles


title: Brush: Lady Wei (Fude: Ei fujin), from the series "The Four Friends of the Writing Table for the Ichiyo Circle (Ichiyoren bunbo shiyu)"


title: Usugumo, from the series "Framed Pictures of Women for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushikaren gakumen fujin awase)"


title: Visitors Gathered at the Gate of a Nobelman's House on New Year's Day

creator: Totoya Hokkei


title: Sake cup and fan

creator: Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780-1850)

date: Early 19th century


title: Foreign Goods in Osaka (Osaka hikita karamono), from the series "Three Cities (Santo no uchi)"


title: Takenouchi no Sukune carrying the Emperor Ojin


title: Sarutahiko, No. 2 (Sono ni) from the series "The Boulder Door of Spring (Haru no iwato)"


title: New Year's Decorations

creator: Ryuryukyo Shinsai (Japanese, c. 1764-1820)

date: Unknown


title: The Actor Sawamura Sojuro I as Soga no Juro in the play "Tsuru Kame Osana Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1721 (?)

creator: Torii Kiyotomo


title: The Courtesan Komurasaki of the Tamaya Parading with Her Attendants

creator: Gokyo

medium: Color woodblock print; right sheet of oban diptych or triptych


title: Monkey Trainer with a Monkey at the New Year

creator: Kishi Bunsho

medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban


title: Toeizan Temple Seen from Shinobazu Benten Shrine in Edo (Edo Shinobazu Benten yori Toeizan o miru zu), from a series of famous places in Edo with frames of Western letters

creator: Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790-1848)

medium: Color woodblock print; nishiki-e

subjects:
Architecture
Woodblock print
Japan
Print
Asian art


title: Warrior on Horseback

creator: Katsukawa Shunsei

date: late 1780s or early 1790s


title: Society Finches (Jushimatsu)

creator: Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai)

subjects:
Print
Japan
Block printing
Paper (fiber product)
Japanese (culture or style)
Asian art


title: Looking out to Sea from the Benten Shrine at Susaki in Fukagawa (Fukagawa Susaki Benten yori kaijo o nozomu), from the series "Eastern Capital (Toto)"

creator: Shotei Hokuju


title: Country Woman and Child

creator: Teisai Hokuba 蹄斎 北馬

date: 19th century

subjects:
Print
Japan
Asian art


title: Women viewing miniature landscape, from the series "Furyu moro hanami uwari"

creator: Utagawa Toyokuni I 初代 歌川 豊国

subjects:
Print
Japan
Landscapes
Block printing
Paper (fiber product)
Japanese (culture or style)
Asian art


title: Courtesan and Attendant

creator: Utagawa Toyoharu 歌川 豊春


title: Dong Yong (Toei), from the series "Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety as a Mirror for Children (Nijushiko doji kagami)"

creator: Utagawa Kuniyoshi


title: Tsukuda Island (Tsukudajima), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"


title: View of the Rokugo River Crossing at the Kawasaki Station (Kawasaki-juku Rokugo kawa watashi no zu), from the series "Tokaido Road (Tokaido)"


title: Teppozu, from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"


title: Act Ten: Amakawaya House from the play Kanadehon Chushingura

creator: Katsukawa Shun'ei


title: Right-Hand Page: The Actors Bando Hikosaburo III as Soga no Goro (right), and Segawa Kikunojo IV as Onna Asahina (left), in the Play Ume-goyomi Akebono Soga; Left-hand Sheet: The Actors Onoe Matsusuke I as Furugori Shinzaemon (left), and Ichikawa Danjuro V and Kagekiyo (right) in the Play Hatsumombi Kuruwa Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1780

creator: Katsukawa Shunko I

medium: Color woodblock print; double-page illustration from a theatrical picture-book


title: The Lake at Chuzenji in Shimotsuke Province (Shimotsuke Chuzenji kosui), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)"

creator: Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu)


title: Russian's Love for a Lady (Oroshiyajin fujin wo aisu)

creator: Utagawa Yoshitoyo


title: The Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Jinriki Tamigoro

creator: Toyohara Kunichika


title: Kiyokawa and Bunshichi, from the series "Elegant Dew of Flowers (Furyu hana no tsuyu)"

creator: Kikugawa Eishin (Hidenobu)

medium: Color woodblock print


title: The Courtesan Nareginu of the Wakanaya

creator: Attributed to Kikugawa Eishin (Hidenobu)


title: The Actor Ichikawa Hakuen as Sukeroku

creator: Shunshosai Hokucho

date: early 19th century

medium: Color woodblock print; oban, part of multisheet composition (another sheet: 1939.1091)


title: The Actor Nakamura Karoku I as Fujiya Azuma

medium: Color woodblock print; sheet from oban tetraptych


title: A Tuscan Galley and Other Vessels Near the Shore

creator: Stefano della Bella

medium: Pen and brown ink on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid card

subjects:
Pen and ink drawing
Italy
Paper (fiber product)
Ink
Coating (material)
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing

credit_line: The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection


title: Blazon of the Old Haarlem Chamber of Rhetoric of the Pellicanists (‘Trou moet Blycken’)

creator: Jacob Matham

medium: Engraving in black on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper

country: Netherlands

subjects:
Print and drawing
Netherland
Paper
Engraving
Print

credit_line: Gift of Charles Hack and the Hearn Family Trust


title: View of the Fontainebleau Forest

creator: Auguste Allongé

medium: Watercolor, over traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper

country: France

subjects:
Print and drawing
France
Watercolor
Paper
Drawing

credit_line: Margaret Day Blake Endowment Fund


title: Plaque with Qur'anic Inscription

creator: Iran

date: Safavid dynasty (1501–1736), 16th century

medium: Steel with pierced decoration

country: Iran

subjects:
Steel
Iran
Isfahan
Metalwork
Asian art
Decorative arts
Islamic (culture or style)

credit_line: Oriental Art Sundry Fund


title: Wish-Fullfilling Gem Lord of the World (Chintamani Lokeshvara)

creator: Nepal

medium: Bronze with coral and turquoise inlay

country: Nepal

subjects:
Bronze
Nepal
Corals & anemones
Minerals & gems
Himalayan
Metal
Sculpture
Asian art

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin N. Stone


title: Mayadevi, Mother of the Buddha

medium: Bronze with coral inlay

subjects:
Bronze
Nepal
Corals & anemones
Mother
Parent
Himalayan
Metal
Sculpture
Asian art


title: Manuscript Cover with Enshrined Sakyamuni Buddha with Hand in Earth Touching (Bhumisparsha) Mudra

creator: Tibet

date: 15th century

medium: Wood with traces of gilding

country: Tibet

subjects:
Wood
Tibet
Wood (plant material)
Himalayan
Asian art
Book

credit_line: Gift of Dr. & Mrs. Frederick Baekeland


title: Buddhist Manuscript Cover with the Bodhisattvas Avalokiteshvara and Manjushri

credit_line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Pratapaditya Pal


title: Book Cover for a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom (Ashtashasrika Prajnaparamita) Sutra

date: 14th century

medium: Wood with traces of red pigment and gilding

subjects:
Wood
Tibet
Wood (plant material)
Himalayan
Sculpture
Asian art
Ritual object

credit_line: Avery Brundage, Louise Lutz, Samuel M. Nickerson and Russell Tyson endowments; Margaret Gentles Fund


title: Personified Ritual Dagger (Vajrakila) in Ritual Embrace (Yab-yum)

date: 16th century

medium: Copper repoussé over wood

subjects:
Ornament & design
Decorative object/ornament
Tibet
Wood (plant material)
Himalayan
Asian art
Ritual object

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Thomas J. Pritzker


title: Fragment Depicting a Tathaghata

creator: Western Tibet

date: 12th century

medium: Wood

country: Western Tibet

subjects:
Wood
Western tibet
Wood (plant material)
Himalayan
Ritual object

credit_line: Gift of Fabio Rossi in honor of Dr. Pratapaditya Pal


title: Fragment Depicting a Tathagata

subjects:
Wood
Western tibet
Wood (plant material)
Himalayan
Sculpture


title: Crown Panel Depicting a Tathaghata


title: Seated Lion

creator: China

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Jiajing period (1522-66)

medium: One of a pair of seated lions, cast iron, with inscription containing the date of Ming Chia Ching. Other lion is 1973.795.

country: China

subjects:
Iron
China
Metal
Sculpture
Asian art

credit_line: James W. and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection


title: Seated Lion

medium: Cast iron

subjects:
Metal
China
Sculpture
Asian art


title: Enamel Ewer (duomuhu)

creator: Chinese

date: Late Ming/early Qing dynasty, 17th century

medium: Gilt bronze and cloisonné enamel

subjects:
Asian art
China
Cloisonné
Gilt bronze
Vessel
Ewer (vessel)
Enamel

credit_line: The Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Endowment Fund and Asian Art Council Acquisition Fund


title: South Sea Guanyin

date: Song dynasty (960–1279)

medium: Gilt bronze

subjects: China Sculpture

credit_line: Margaret Gentles Endowment Fund


title: Hexagonal Covered Box with Birds and Flowers

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Kangxi reign mark and period (1662–1723)

medium: Silver

subjects:
Silver
China
Birds
Flowers
Metal
Vessel
Asian art

credit_line: S.M. Nickerson Sundry Trust Fund


title: Bowl with Mandarin Ducks, Cranes, Auspicious Creatures, and Stylized Flowers

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), first half of 16th century

medium: Cloisonne enamel

subjects:
Bowl
China
Flowers
Enamel
Cloisonné
Metal
Dish (vessel)
Vessel
Asian art


title: Cosmetic Bottle

medium: Silver and enamel

subjects:
Silver
China
Metal
Container
Asian art

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Jessie Orton Jones


title: Architectural Fitting (Gong)

creator: China, Qishan county, Shaanxi province

date: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Spring and Autumn period (770–481 B.C.), 7th century B.C.

medium: Bronze

subjects:
Architecture
Architectural fragment
China
Bronze
Chinese (culture or style)

credit_line: Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection


title: Architectural Fitting (Gong)

creator: Probably Shaanxi province, China

date:
Eastern Zhou dynasty, Spring and Autumn
period (770–481 BCE


title: Architectural Fitting (Gong)

creator: China, Qishan county


title: Arm Guard from a Suit of Armor

date: 18th century

medium: Steel inlaid with gold with engraved and pierced decoration

subjects:
Metal
Iran
Steel
Isfahan
Metalwork
Asian art
Decorative arts
Islamic (culture or style)

credit_line: Logan-Patten-Ryerson collection


title: Khamsa Standard

date: Qajar dynasty (1789-1925), c. early 19th century

medium: Brass, with silver

subjects:
Brass
Iran
Brass (alloy)
Metalwork
Asian art
Ritual object
Islamic (culture or style)

credit_line: Logan-Patten-Ryerson Collection


title: Oil Lamp (Cheragh)

creator: Eastern Iran or Afghanistan

date: Ilkhanid dynasty (1256–1353), Early 13th century

medium: Brass with engraved decoration

subjects:
Bronze
Iran
Brass (alloy)
Copper alloy
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Metalwork
Asian art
Decorative arts

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Frank G. Logan, Henry J. Patten, and Martin A. Ryerson


title: Candlestick (Sham'dan) with Scenes of Monthly Labors

creator: Turkey

date: 13th century

medium: Brass with engraved decoration and inlaid silver

country: Turkey

subjects:
Candleholder - candlestick
Turkey
Brass (alloy)
Brass
Candleholder
Metalwork
Asian art
Decorative arts
Islamic (culture or style)

credit_line: Bequest of Russell Tyson


title: Bowl (Tas) with Polo Players against Foliated Scrolls

date: Mid 14th century

medium: Brass inlaid with silver

subjects:
Bowl
Iran
Polo
Bronze
Islamic (culture or style)
Asian art
Vessel


title: Game Board for Chess and Backgammon

creator: Attributed to Johann Nicolaus Haberstumpf (German, active 1691–1728)

medium: Walnut and colored maple with fruitwood and boxwood inlay

country: Bohemia

subjects:
Wood
Bohemia
Walnut
Maple
European decorative arts
Furniture

credit_line: George F. Harding Collection


title: Animal in the Form of a Pangolin

creator: Lega

date: Unknown

medium: Bone

country: Democratic Republic of the Congo

subjects:
Bone
Democratic republic of the congo
Skeletons & bones
Lega
Arts of africa
Central africa
Sculpture
African art

credit_line: Gift of Herbert Baker


title: Goldweight with a Geometric Design

creator: Asante or related Akan-speaking peoples

date: 18th/19th century

medium: Copper alloy

country: Ghana

subjects:
Gold-weight
Ghana
Geometric motif
Copper alloy
Asante
Metal
Arts of africa
Nonferrous metal
Inorganic material
Akan
Measure
African art
Decorative arts
Coastal west africa

credit_line: Gift of the Britt Family Collection


title: Goldweight with a Geometric Design

date: 18th-19th century


title: Goldweight with a Geometric Design

subjects:
Gold-weight
Ghana
Copper alloy
Asante
Metal
Arts of africa
Nonferrous metal
Inorganic material
Akan
Measure
African art
Decorative arts
Coastal west africa

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gottlieb


title: Goldweight with a Geometric Pattern

subjects:
Ornament & design
Gold-weight
Ghana
Copper alloy
Asante
Arts of africa
African art
Akan
Decorative arts
Coastal west africa

credit_line: Gift of Muriel Kallis Newman


title: Goldweight in the Form of a Geometric Shape

subjects:
Gold-weight
Ghana
Copper alloy
Asante
Arts of africa
African art
Akan
Decorative arts
Coastal west africa


title: Goldweight Depicting a Geometric Shape

date: 17th/18th century

subjects:
Gold-weight
Ghana
Copper alloy
Asante
Arts of africa
African art
Miniature
Akan
Decorative arts
Coastal west africa


title: Fertility Figure

creator: Southern Sotho

date: 19th century

medium: Glass beads, cloth, and fibre

country: South Africa

subjects:
Figure
South africa
Fertility
Sotho
Glass bead
Eastern and southern africa
Arts of africa
African art
Cloth
Fiber

credit_line: African Decorative Arts Fund


title: Pen Box with Hunting Scenes

date: Qajar dynasty (1796–1925), 19th century

medium: Pasteboard, painted with opaque watercolor under lacquer

subjects:
Lacquer
Iran
Watercolor
Pasteboard
Decorative object/ornament
Asian art
Decorative arts
Islamic (culture or style)

credit_line: Gift of Arthur Upham Pope, Logan-Patten-Ryerson collection


title: Book with lacquer covers

date: 18th or 19th century

medium: Pasteboard and leather, painted with opaque watercolor and gold under lacquer

subjects:
Manuscript
Iran
Lacquer
Watercolor
Pasteboard
Asian art
Book
Islamic (culture or style)

credit_line: Bequest of Kate S. Buckingham Estate


title: Book Binding

date: Qajar dynasty (1796–1925), 1822, 18th/19th century

medium: Painted and lacquered papier-mâché

subjects:
Miniature painting
Iran
Painting
Asian art
Islamic (culture or style)

credit_line: Bequest of Kate S. Buckingham


title: Pen Box (Qalamdan)

subjects:
Lacquer
Iran
Decorative object/ornament
Asian art
Decorative arts
Islamic (culture or style)

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. H. Mookree


title: Book containing prose and five miniatures

medium: Opaque watercolor and ink on paper with a leather cover

subjects:
Book
Iran
Islamic (culture or style)
Leather
Qajar
Asian art
Print
Miniature
Persian
Ink
Paper (fiber product)
Watercolor
Islamic

credit_line: Ann McNear Collection


title: Akbar Offering Timur's Crown to Shah Jahan

creator: India

medium: Ink on paper

subjects:
Iran
Drawing (visual works)
Paper (fiber product)
Ink
Asian art
Painting
Islamic (culture or style)

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Joseph L. Valentine


title: Portrait of Emperor Jahangir

medium: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

country: India

subjects:
Painting
India
Portraits
Paper (fiber product)
South asian
Gold
Watercolor
Asian art

credit_line: Kate S. Buckingham Fund


title: Kichik Beg Wounded during Babur's Attack on Qalat, from a copy of the Baburnama (Book of Babur)

subjects:
Illustration
India
Paper (fiber product)
Mughal
Gold
Watercolor
Indian (south asian)
South asian
Asian
Painting
Asian art
Islamic (culture or style)

credit_line: Kate S. Buckingham Endowment


title: Mother and Child

medium: Black ink with gold on paper

subjects:
Miniature painting
India
Mother
Children
Paper (fiber product)
Gold
Ink
Painting
Asian art
Islamic (culture or style)

credit_line: Samuel M. Nickerson Fund


title: Turban Ornament (Turra)

medium: Gold, ruby, emeralds, and diamonds inset in the kundan technique, with polychrome enamel (minakari)

subjects:
Ornament & design
Gold
India
South asian
Diamond
Enamel
Mughal
Indian (south asian)
Asian
Metal
Jewelry
Asian art
Costume

credit_line: Gift of Marilynn B. Alsdorf


title: Mirror Depicting King Charles II, Queen Catherine of Braganza, and Scenes from the Old Testament

creator: England

medium: Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk floss and yarns, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, gilt metal purl and cardboard in brick, overcast, running, satin, and split stitches; couching, padded couching and laid work; French knots, braided pom pons and seed pearls; in tortoise-shell frame

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Shells & molluscs
Satin weaving
Silk (textile)
Needlework (visual works)
Couching (embroidering)
Embroidering
Gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Laurance H. Armour, Sr. in memory of her mother, Mrs. Henry Malcolm Withers


title: Panel (Needlework)

medium: Linen and cotton, twill weave; embroidered with wool in long, short, running, satin, and stem stitches; block shading; French knots

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Needlework (visual works)

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Howell B. Erminger, Jr.


title: Fragment

creator: Possibly Chancay

medium: Cotton and wool (camelid), slit and dovetailed tapestry weave

country: Peru

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Peru
Chancay
Weaving
Chimú
Late intermediate period
Pre-columbian
America
Latin american

credit_line: Gift of Frank B. Hubachek


title: Fragment

creator: Probably central coast, Peru

medium: Cotton, plain weave double cloth; edged with cotton, plain weave

subjects:
Weaving
Peru
Anthropomorphic figure
Bird
Geometric motif
Cotton (fiber)
Plain weaving
Pre-columbian
Textile
Double cloth
Latin american


title: Fragment

creator: Peru

medium: Cotton and wool (camelid), slit tapestry with eccentric and wrapped outlining wefts

subjects:
Weaving
Peru
Anthropomorphic figure
Wave
Stepped motif
Line
Square
Diamond shape
Geometric motif
Chancay
Cotton (fiber)
Slit tapestry weaving
Late intermediate period
Pre-columbian
America
Textile
Camel hair
Wool (hair)
Wrapping
Latin american


title: Fragment

creator: Italy

medium: Silk, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut, uncut, and voided velvet

country: Italy

subjects:
Weaving - velvet
Italy
Geometric motif
Plain weaving
Weaving
Silk (fiber)
Textile

credit_line: Art Institute of Chicago Purchase Fund


title: Fragment

creator: Egypt

date: 6th-8th century

medium: Wool, tapestry weave; embroidered

country: Egypt

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Egypt
Wool (textile)
Coptic (historically identified as)
Needlework (visual works)
Roman period (egyptian)

credit_line: Gift of Martin A. Ryerson through the Antiquarian Society


title: Fragment

creator: Chuquibamba

medium: Wool (camelid), interlocking tapestry weave and complementary weft weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Peru
Wool (textile)
Chuquibamba
Weaving
Inca
Late intermediate period
Pre-columbian
America
Latin american

credit_line: Anonymous gift through the Needlework and Textile Guild


title: Corner Cabinet

creator: Jean Henri Riesener

medium: Oak, mahogany, marble, and gilt-bronze mounts

subjects:
Case furniture
France
Furniture
Wood (plant material)
Mahogany
Plant material
European decorative arts

credit_line: Mrs. James Ward Thorne Fund


title: Card Table

medium: Walnut, gilding, metal hinges; needlework embroidery

country: England

subjects:
Table
England
Furniture
Walnut
European decorative arts

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Laurance Armour.


title: Panel (Furnishing Fabric)

creator: China, Guangzhou (Canton) or Macao

date: late Ming (1368–1644) or early Qing dynasty (1644–1912)

medium: Silk, warp-float faced satin weave self-patterned by ground wefts bound in twill interlacings

country: Macau

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Macau
Qing
Weaving
Silk (fiber)
Furnishing textile

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. John V. Farwell III


title: L'Amour Vainquerur (Love Triumphant) (Furnishing Fabric)

creator: Designed by Jean Baptiste Huet (French, 1745–1811) or Hippolyte Lebas (French, 1782–1867)

medium: Cotton, plain weave; engraved roller printed; two pieces joined

country: Jouy-en-Josas

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Jouy-en-josa
Weaving - printed
Furnishing textile


title: Armchair (one of two)

creator: Northern Europe

medium: Wood, possibly cherry

country: Northern Europe

subjects:
Seating
Northern europe
Furniture
Wood (plant material)
Loui philippe
European
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Chauncey J. Blair


title: The Enlightenment of Francis I

creator: Domenico Zenoi (Italian, active 1560–1580)

medium: Engraving in black on ivory laid paper

subjects:
Print and drawing
Italy
Paper
Engraving
Print

credit_line: The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment Fund


title: Toilette of the Law Clerk

creator: Philibert-Louis Debucourt (French, 1755–1832)

medium: Etching and aquatint with watercolor on cream wove paper

country: France

subjects:
Print and drawing
France
Paper
Aquatint
Watercolor
Etching
Print

credit_line: Gift of C.G. Boerner


title: The Beds of Death, plate 62 from The Disasters of War

creator: Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

medium: Etching, lavis, drypoint, burin and burnishing on ivory wove paper with gilt edges

country: Spain

subjects:
Etching
Spain
War
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing

credit_line: Gift of J. C. Cebrian


title: Saint Matthew and the Angel

creator: School of Guercino

medium: Pen and iron gall ink on ivory laid paper

subjects:
Pen and ink drawing
Italy
Paper (fiber product)
Ink
Coating (material)
Iron gall ink
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing

credit_line: The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection


title: Pair of Bottles

creator: Worcester Porcelain Factory (Worcester, England, founded 1751)

medium: Bone china, enamel, and gilding

country: Worcester

subjects:
Ceramic
Worcester
Skeletons & bones
Bottle
Vase
Porcelain
Enameling
Japanism
Bone china
Enamel
Gilding
Slip casting
Aesthetic movement
Aestheticism
English
Japonism

credit_line: Gift of Helene Fortunoff and Robert Grossman


title: Bottle

subjects:
Ceramic
Worcester
Skeletons & bones
Vase
Porcelain
Enameling
Japanism
Bone china
Enamel
Gilding
Slip casting
Aesthetic movement
Aestheticism
English
Japonism


title: Cup and Saucer

creator: Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory (Austrian, 1718–1744)

medium: Hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, and gilding

country: Vienna

subjects:
Drinking vessel
Vienna
Ships & the sea
Hard-paste porcelain
Teaware
Porcelain
Ceramic
Inorganic material
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of the Antiquarian Society


title: Vase

creator: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory

medium: Hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, and gilding; gilt bronze mounts

country: Sèvres

subjects:
Vase
Sèvre
Soft-paste porcelain
Vessel
Porcelain
Ceramic
Inorganic material
European decorative arts

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided in memory of Jean Ruggles Romoser given by her parents Mr. and Mrs. Rudy L. Ruggles through the Antiquarian Society


title: Two Women in a Doorway

creator: Lawrence Carmichael Earle

medium: Watercolor and gouache, over traces of graphite, on cream watercolor paper, laid down on wood-pulp board

country: United States

subjects:
Watercolor
United state
Paper (fiber product)
Water-base paint
Paint
Gouache
Graphite
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing

credit_line: Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection


title: Coin Cabinet for a Member of the Barberini Family

creator: Italian; Rome

medium: Cypress, poplar, paint, silk, velvet, iron, bronze, and gilding

subjects:
Cabinet
Italy
Furniture
Coin
Medal
Rome
Wood (plant material)
Woodworking
Baroque
Case furniture
Plant material
European decorative arts
Bronze
Cypress (wood)
Gilding
Iron
Paint
Poplar (wood)
Silk (fiber)
Textile
Velvet
Carving
Joinery

credit_line: Woods Charitable Fund


title: Armchair with Tablet: Putti Drawing

creator: Attributed to John Gee

medium: Beechwood, painted to simulate rosewood and en grisaille; partly gilded; caned seats and seat cushion not original

subjects:
Seating
England
Furniture
Sheraton
European
European decorative arts

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Josephine P. Albright


title: Armchair with Tablet: Putti at Vulcan's Forge

subjects:
Seating
England
Furniture
European decorative arts


title: Panels (set of four)

creator: France

date: Late 19th century

medium: weaving - tapestry

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
France
Textile

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. T. Clifford Rodman, Mrs. James A. Cook, Joseph Nash Field


title: Half-length Figure Study for Saint Paul

creator: Jacopo Bassano

medium: Charcoal heightened with brush and lead white, on blue laid paper, edge mounted to cream wove paper

subjects:
Charcoal
Italy
Paper (fiber product)
Plant material
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing

credit_line: Margaret Day Blake Collection


title: Angel

creator: Jacapo Bassano

medium: Black chalk heightened with touches of white chalk, on blue laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper

subjects:
Chalk
Italy
Paper (fiber product)
Black chalk
Inorganic material
White chalk
Chalk stick
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing


title: Peasant Couple Looking in a Basket

creator: After Jacopo Bassano

medium: Pen and brown ink, heightened with lead white (partially oxidized), on laid paper prepared with brown wash, laid down on ivory laid paper

subjects:
Pen and ink drawing
Italy
Preparing
Paper (fiber product)
Lead white
Opaque white pigment
White pigment
Pigment
Colorant
Brown ink
Colored ink
Ink
Coating (material)
Brown wash
Wash
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing


title: Christ Crowned with Thorns

medium: Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, heightened with white gouache, over traces of black chalk, on cream laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper

subjects:
Ink with wash
Italy
Paper (fiber product)
Gouache
Watercolor
Water-base paint
Paint
Coating (material)
Black chalk
Chalk
Inorganic material
Brown ink
Colored ink
Ink
Brown wash
Wash
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing


title: Allegory of Fire (Venus in the Forge of Vulcan)

medium: Black chalk with brush and brown wash, on blue laid paper (discolored to brownish green), laid down on cream wove card

subjects:
Mythology
Ink or chalk wash
Italy
Paper (fiber product)
Black chalk
Chalk
Inorganic material
Brown wash
Wash
Coating (material)
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing


title: Court Cupboard

creator: England

medium: Oak and iron

subjects:
Furniture
England
Display
Banquet
Buffet
Cupboard
English
Oak
Woodworking
Mannerism
Decorative arts
European decorative arts
Furnishing
Ionic
Architectural detail
Sideboard (furniture)
Woodwork
Joinery
Baroque

credit_line: Gift of Neville and John Bryan


title: Head of Bhairava, A Horrific Form of God Shiva

creator: Nepal

date: Malla period, 16th/17th century

medium: Gilt copper worked in repoussé with pigments

country: Nepal

subjects:
Sculpture
Nepal
Repoussé
Copper
Himalayan
Asian art

credit_line: Gift of Marilynn B. Alsdorf


title: Guardian Figure (Dvarapala)

creator: Indonesia

date: 12th/14th century

medium: Terracotta

country: Java

subjects:
Sculpture
Java
Southeast asian
Asian art

credit_line: Gift of Paul f. Walter


title: The Infant Krishna Killing the Ogress Putana

creator: India

date: 17th century

medium: Wood with traces of red and blue pigments

country: Kerala

subjects:
Wood
Kerala
Wood (plant material)
South asian
Sculpture
Asian art

credit_line: Gift of Pratapaditya and Chitra Pal in memory of Porter A. McCray


title: Head of a Female Deity

creator: Afghanistan or Pakistan

date: 4th/5th century

medium: Stucco with traces of pigment

country: Gandhara

subjects:
Bust/head
Gandhara
Stucco
South asian
Stuccowork
Sculpture
Asian art


title: Male Bust with Rolling Curls

date: Gupta period, 4th/5th century

country: Uttar Pradesh

subjects:
Earthenware
Uttar pradesh
Terracotta
South asian
Inorganic material
Ceramic
Sculpture
Asian art

credit_line: Gift of the Antiquarian Society in honor of Mrs. James W. Alsdorf


title: Carved Wooden Panel

creator: Morocco

date: Marinid dynasty (1244–1465), 14th century

medium: Carved wood

country: Morocco

subjects:
Wood
Morocco
Wood (plant material)
Architectural fragment
Asian art
Islamic (culture or style)

credit_line: Gift of Samuel A. Marx


title: Male Deity (Deva) Holding a Lotus Bud

subjects:
Sculpture
Uttar pradesh
South asian
Asian art

credit_line: Gift of Paul F. Walter and Marilyn Walter Grounds


title: Plaque with Galloping Horse and Rider

medium: Terracotta with red pigment

subjects:
Sculpture
Uttar pradesh
South asian
Asian art
Architectural fragment


title: Rama and Lakshmana Holding Bows, Seated under a Tree

date: Gupta period, c. 5th/6th century

subjects:
Earthenware
Uttar pradesh
Trees
Terracotta
South asian
Inorganic material
Ceramic
Sculpture
Asian art

credit_line: James W. and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection. Gift of Marilynn Alsdorf


title: Rama and Sugriva set out to find Valin?

date: Gupta period, c. 5th century


title: Stamped Tile with Crouching Ascetics

date: 4th/6th century

country: Kashmir

subjects:
Earthenware
Kashmir
Terracotta
South asian
Inorganic material
Ceramic tile
Kushan
Indian (south asian)
Asian
Ceramic
Asian art
Sculpture

credit_line: Samuel M. Nickerson Fund


title: Veneration of the Bodhi Tree

date: 3rd century

medium: Limestone

country: Nagarjunakonda

subjects:
Stone
Nagarjunakonda
Trees
Limestone
Sculpture
Asian art

credit_line: Avery Brundage, Samuel M. Nickerson and Russell Tyson endowments


title: Section of a Buddhist Pagoda

creator: China

date: Tang dynasty (A.D. 618–907), dated 724

country: China

subjects:
Stone
China
Limestone
Chinese (culture or style)
Shrine
Asian art
Sculpture

credit_line: Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection


title: Yakshi Standing on a Fishtailed Mythical Beast (Makara)

date: 2nd century B.C./2nd century A.D.

country: Andhra Pradesh

subjects:
Stone
Andhra pradesh
Limestone
South asian
Sculpture
Asian art
Architectural fragment

credit_line: Kate S. Buckingham Fund


title: River Goddess Yamuna with Attendants

date: 9th century

medium: Sandstone

country: India

subjects:
Sandstone
India
South asian
Stone
Sculpture
Asian art


title: Jvaradeva, God of Fever

date: 14th/15th century

medium: Gray schist

subjects:
Sculpture
Nepal
Schist
Himalayan
Stone
Asian art


title: River Goddess Ganga with Attendants


title: Archer Stringing a Bow

date: 11th century

country: Madhya Pradesh

subjects:
Stone (unidentified)
Madhya pradesh
South asian
Stone
Sculpture
Asian art
Architectural fragment


title: Carved Wooden Panel

medium: Carved and painted wood

subjects:
Wood
Morocco
Wood (plant material)
Islamic (culture or style)
Architectural fragment
Asian art


title: Nehan: Death of the Buddha

creator: Artist unknown

date: late 17th/early 18th century

medium: Hanging scroll; ink, colors, and gold on silk

country: Japan

subjects:
Hanging scroll
Japan
Buddhism
Religion
Silk (textile)
Japanese (culture or style)
Gold leaf
Ink
Painting
Asian art

credit_line: Martin A. Ryerson Collection


title: Wine Tasting Table

creator: Ireland

date: 19th century

medium: Mahogany and gilt metal

country: Ireland

subjects:
Table
Ireland
Furniture
Mahogany
Wood (plant material)

credit_line: Gift of Mary and Robert McCormack


title: Dressing Table

creator: Thomas Scott

medium: Mahogany, satinwood and rosewood veneers over oak and pink, gilt metal, and glass

country: London

subjects:
Table
London
Furniture
Mahogany
Wood (plant material)
Plant material
European decorative arts
Gilding
Glass
Mirror
Oak
Pine
Rosewood
Satinwood

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Laurance Armour in memory of her father, Henry Malcolm Withers.


title: Side Chair

creator: Netherlands

medium: Walnut, walnut veneer; upholstery

country: Netherlands

subjects:
Chair
Netherland
Furniture
Walnut
Rococo
Seating
European decorative arts

credit_line: Bessie Bennett Endowment


title: Rocking Chair

creator: Made by Jacob And Josef Kohn

medium: Beech and caning

country: Austria

subjects:
Chair
Austria
Furniture
Seating
European decorative arts

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Samuel G. Rautbord


title: Side Chair

creator: Jacob Keller

medium: Walnut, caning

country: Germany

subjects:
Chair
Germany
Furniture
Walnut
Seating
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Mr. Arden K. Bucholz Jr.


title: Chair

creator: Designed by Lewis Nockalls Cottingham (English, 1787–1847)

medium: Oak and beechwood with later velvet upholstery

subjects:
Chair
London
Steam-power
Britain
England
Tracery
Woodworking
Victorian
European decorative arts
Furniture
Upholstering
Gothic revival

credit_line: Gift of Patricia and Martin Levy in memory of Elizabeth Seebeck


title: X-Frame Armchair

creator: Designed by Lewis Nockalls Cottingham (English, 1787-1847)

medium: Sweet chestnut and wool cushion

country: England

subjects:
Seating
England
Furniture
European decorative arts

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by the Leslie Fund and Mrs. Richard G. Lydy; European Decorative Arts Purchase Fund


title: Death as a Bird-Catcher

creator: Giovanni Paolo Cimerlini

medium: Etching in black on cream laid paper

country: Italy

subjects:
Print and drawing
Italy
Birds
Etching
Paper
Print

credit_line: The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment Fund


title: Dish with Dragons

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Yongzheng reign mark and period (1722–1735)

medium: Glass

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
China
Ships & the sea
Glass
Asian art
Vessel

credit_line: Bequest of Russell Tyson


title: Archaistic Jar with Animal Mask Handles and Ogre Masks

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), second half of 18th century

medium: Glass with molded decoration

subjects:
Glass
China
Asian art
Vessel


title: Cup with Peonies

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Jiajing period (1522–1566)

medium: Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels and gold

subjects:
Drinking vessel
China
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Jar with Paired Dragons Chasing Flaming Pearls amid Stylized Clouds

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Jiajing reign mark and period (1522–1566)

medium: Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels

subjects:
Porcelain
China
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Bowl with Dragons

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), mark and period of Kangxi (1662–1722)

medium: Porcelain painted in overglaze enamel

subjects:
Bowl
China
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Dish (vessel)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Rectangular Vessel with Truncated Neck

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 16th century

medium: Kirande-type ware; porcelain painted in overglaze enamels and gilded detail; metal rim

subjects:
Vessel
China
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Censer with Dragons amid Stylized Clouds

medium: Porcelain with underglaze blue and reserve decoration


title: Bowl with a Court Scene

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

subjects:
Porcelain
China
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Double Gourd Vase

medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze blue and polychrome enamels


title: Miniature Water Bucket with Birds by Lotus Flowers

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Xuande reign mark and period (1425–1435)

medium: Porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze enamel decoration

subjects:
Porcelain
China
Birds
Flowers
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Bowl with Dragons Chasing Flaming Pearls amid Clouds


title: Covered Ewer with Chrysanthemum, Rose, Morning Glory, and Peony Flowers

medium: Porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration

subjects:
Porcelain
China
Flowers
Roses
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Saucer with Peony Flowers

date: Ming dynasty (1368 –1644), Jiajing reign mark and period (1521–1567)

medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze blue

subjects:
Porcelain
China
Flowers
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Bowl with Dragons Chasing a Flaming Pearl

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Zhengde reign mark and period (1506–1521)

medium: Porcelain with incised and overglaze enamel decoration


title: Covered Jar with Floral Scrolls

subjects:
Porcelain
China
Flowers
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Conical Bowl with Lotus Flowers

date: Ming dynasty (1368 –1644), Xuande reign mark and period (1425–1435)


title: Dish with Fish Swimming in Lotus Pond

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Wanli reign mark and period (1573–1620)

medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze blue with reserve decoration

subjects:
Fish
Dish (vessel)
China
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Elongated Vase with Animal-Head Handles

medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze blue and overglaze polychrome enamels (wucai)

subjects:
Vase
China
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Vessel
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Jar with Figural Scenes and Poem Describing the Osmanthus and Moon

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Shunzhi period (1644–1661), dated 1646, with later painted decoration


title: Cup with Fruit Trees

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), late Kangxi period (1662–1722), early 18th century

medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze blue and overglaze enamels

subjects:
Porcelain
China
Fruits
Trees
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Plate with Scholar and Attendant in Garden

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Kangxi period (1662–1722)

subjects:
Plate (general, dish)
China
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Dish (vessel)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Ribbed Dish with Floral Scrolls

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 14th/15th century

medium: Celadon-glazed porcelain with underglaze copper red decoration

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
China
Flowers
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel