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Carved from pale gray-green stone with cloudy white mottling and black and brown rivering throughout, the mountain landscape with high rising peaks and numerous figures and pavillions amid foliage on both sides, with the seal of the Emperor Qianlong above a long inscription on one side, the reverse with a further inscription and a seal, one seal referring to the eightieth year of the Emperor Qianlong,corresponding to the year 1784.

Jade Mountain Illustrating the Gathering of Scholars at the Lanting Pavilion, 1790

China

G210

Library and Rock Garden

The Studio of Gratifying Discourse, 1797

China

G216

after Polykleitos, Roman copy of Greek original, the original executed in bronze, c.440 BCE; one of four known extant copies

The Doryphoros, 120–50 BCE

Italy

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seated Buddha; gilt and red and blue paint

Seated Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva (Guanyin), late 11th-early 12th century

Unknown

G200

Vessel in the shape of an owl. Two flanges, one ending just under the beak in front and the other continuing to the top of the head in back, have alternating straight and L-shaped scores, those on the front flange being much the deeper of the two. The tail, with a scored flange border, forms the back support of the vessel. Apart from the realistically-formed feet, the bird is strongly stylized. The body is completely covered by rows of scales except for the shoulder line, expressed by a vigorous spiral, and the wings quills, rendered by bands filled with antithetical spirals. Patina green.

Zun wine vessel in the shape of an owl, 13th-12th century BCE

China

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wood frieze carved with birds whose eyes are made of green turbo shell opercula; painted serpents wind their way across the relief; covered with lime and painted in red, black, and white pigments; carved for use in the Malanggan rites when it would be placed in a special hut with other sculptures

Malagan Frieze, 19th century

Papua New Guinea

G256

Standing Screen with Marble Panel, gray brown and white marble slab reminiscent of a misty mountain, set into a wood frame; twelve carved panels within frame depict chi dragons and scrolls; frame set into larger stand

Screen, 17th century

China

G217

standing figure with panpipes encircled by serpents and birds; wood with opercula inserts and pigments; carved for Malanggan rites

Malagan Figure, c. 1890

Papua New Guinea

G256

figure with six heads, arms, and legs astride crouched bull on wood base; metal bands around wrists, some biceps, and most ankles; halo with flames attached at back; two hands of two arms together in praying position, other arms bent and flare outwards. Upper left arm holds long staff, lower one holds implement with "curly q"-shaped end. Upper right arm holds a trident. Lower right arm fingersshaped like it was holding something in hand. Three bottom heads have crystal inlay eyes. Three smaller heads on top considerably smaller.

Daiitoku Myōō, the Wisdom King of Awe-Inspiring Power, second half 13th century

Japan

G220

Blue-and-White dish, porcelain; decorated in a deep blue in the center with a large peahen flying amongst peonies, the cavetto molded with a band of peonies in white in a blue ground, the rim with a border of stylized waves and a molded foliated edge; the reverse has a typical wide unglazed base with a short foot ring and the exterior is decorated with a band of scrolling lotus

Dish, 14th century

China

G325

Mallangan, wood and pigments

Malagan Pole, c. 1910

Papua New Guinea

G256

Gope board, 18th century

Papua New Guinea

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Vessel in the Shape of a Buffalo with cylindrical body, small downward-pointing tail and small ears and horns; cylindrical vessel mouth on top of buffalo's back; body of buffalo decorated with incised geometric shapes

Ceremonial vessel, c. 1000 BCE

Thailand

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squat, round, red lacquer covered box with black interior and bottom; cover decorated with flowers, foliage and 2 birds with long tail feathers; sides of box with flowers and foliage

Box, 13th century

China

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unsigned; left of a pair of six-panel folding screens; many scenes against gold leaf background; edge of building on left panel with snow; building at top across panels three to six the many seated figures wearing black with a few wearing red and blue; procession in LR of panels five and six with figures in black carrying covered dias and pulling two green carriages behind

Autumn and Winter [left of the pair Scenes from the Tale of Genji in the Four Seasons], mid 17th century

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Gesso, color, kirikane on wood, metal

Jizō, the Bodhisattva of the Earth Matrix, early 13th century

Japan

G220

face-covering helmet with back and sides curled upward; vertical opening at center from eye holes through bottom; organic design on forehead; curving eyebrows, connected at center

Corinthian helmet, c. 540 BCE

Greece

G241

Gourd-shaped with lid; spade-shaped protrusion with opening on top of ewer handle; top of curl on lid handle is gilded; has lidded wooden box

Ewer in the shape of a gourd, 12th century

Korea

G206

Basket woven with plant fiber and heavily beaded with black, white, orange, blue and red beads. Flared stem base with cone-shaped lid. Two straps cross over the top and are secured at sides.

Basket, early 20th century

Somalia

G254

Lion; standing on its four paws, the tail arched over the back; surface decorated with very fine granulation and tiny ringlets of twisted wire; gold

Statue of a lion, 11th-12th century

Hispano-Moorish

G243

new frame and border; central seated male with two children next to him, surrounded by people in a garden; scattered groups of people within nearby buildings and out of doors engaged in activities

General Guo Ziyi's Banquet, mid 19th century

Korea

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Amida, the Buddha of Infinite Light, 12th century

Japan

G200

Naraen Kongo, standing figure with arms down, mouth closed. Made of Hinoki wood in yosegi technique of multiple block construction with traces of gesso and polychrome.

Vajra Warrior (one of a pair), mid 14th century

Unknown Japanese

G205

Portrait Sculpture of Priest Gyōki, early 17th century

Japan

G220

ovoid foot with beaded edge and silver rim decorated with scrolls and flowers; long stem with silver and gilt figure of Neptune with long hair and beard, holding a trident, riding a hippocamp; Neptune wears elaborate scrolled crown; nautilus shell forms cup, decorated with gilt and silver mountings with swags, a grotesque face, two caryatids, and a satyr, with two crabs and two turtles holding decorative silver ball pendants; topped with Jonah (?) emerging from the whale's mouth; whale ridden by Cupid (?), holding gold reigns

Nautilus shell cup, c. 1660-1680

Germany

G350

44 individual paintings, received framed and mounted in four rows of eleven paintings, each row attached together with two string loops; oranges, flesh tone, blue, yellow, black, brown, green and grey; various religious scenes--see Components for descriptions of each leaf

Album leaf, late 17th century

Ethiopia

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two wood panels attached in book form with string; traces of gesso and fragments of running border designs in black on outer front cover; each inner panel split into three horizontal frames showing various scenes including Jesus with the 12 apostles, Mary and infant Jesus with a pair of angels with swords, the crucifixion, Daniel with two lions and St. George slaying a serpent-like dragon; orange, yellow, grey-blue, black and white

Diptych icon, about 1700

Ethiopia

G254

tiny comb with rounded top with finial-like protrusion; hole in top for wearing as a pendant; incised designs--same on each side--of zigzag bands, straight and curved bands and cross hatched zigzags

Beard comb, early 20th century

Somali

G254

Portrait of a young woman sitting against a green background. She holds a small psalm book. The book is actually a girdle prayer book, whether it is a psalm book or something else remains to be determined. NW 03/10

Portrait of a Noblewoman, c. 1550

England

G342

[Culture previously "South Netherlands" - FLB 03/15/2016]

Diamond-point engraved winged goblet, c. 1660

Netherlands

G332

face mask of person with closed eyes; pierced ears; delineated hairline; bronze, with bib attached to neck area in green-blue and brown patina

Funerary Mask of a Young Woman, 916-1125

China

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Misshaku Kongo, standing figure with one arm raised, mouth open. Note Nio means Benevolent Kings. Made of Hinoki wood in yosegi technique of multiple block construction with traces of gesso and polychrome

Vajra Warrior (one of a pair), mid 14th century

Unknown Japanese

G205

unsigned; right of a pair of six-panel folding screens; many scenes on gold leaf: attendants with carriages at Land center among pine trees and clouds; interior scenes at top: male figure in red inside open walled room; court women at top center with pulled screens; trees; interior scene at R with court women in large robes admiring art on scrolls; group of robed men among blossoming cherry trees at UR

Spring and Summer [right of the pair Scenes from the Tale of Genji in the Four Seasons], mid 17th century

Japan

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flat gold bridge at right; stylized brown waves on water; water wheel at left; weeping willows at ULC and LRC

Willow Bridge and Water Wheel (Uji Bridge) [left of a pair], second half 16th century

Japan

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suit includes helmet with praying mantis maedate (forecrest), menpo (face mask), torso covering, pair of front shoulder medallions that attach to torso covering, pair of large upper arm guards, pair of small shoulder coverings (each with a pin for attachment), pair of gauntlets with arm and hand guards, apron, pair of tsutsu suneate (leg guards), and pair of kote (boot coverings); see Components for descriptions of each piece

Red-and-blue-laced Suit of Armor from the Kii Tokugawa Family, mid 17th century

Suit by Unknown Japanese; Artist: Helmet by Saotome Iechika

G219

Genre. Interior of a bedroom with a lady dressed in bright golden yellow silk, a small dog in her lap, seated at a dressing table with toilet articles on it. A maid pinning a bow into her long wavy blonde hair is standing behind her. In the background a canopied bed with gray draperies.

Lady at Her Toilet, c. 1650-1660

Netherlands

G310

jar, stoneware with underglaze iron-brown dragon motif

Jar with Dragon and Clouds, 17th century

Korea

G206

depicting a composition of objects associated with the scholar's study

Books and Scholar’s Objects (Chaekgeori), 19th century

Korea

G206

polychrome wood statue of a Confucian scholar standing, holding a book (?) downward at waist toward the viewer, wearing a long flowing blue robe, red waisted skirt with black belt and a black hat

Attendant to a King of Hell, 19th century

Korea

G206

small standing highly stylized figure with very large coffee bean-type eyes; PR lower arm missing; openings at top of head and at bottom; upturned pig-like nostrils; textured body covered with scrolling designs; looping scrolls around stomach/navel and between breasts; small, widely spaced breasts with pronounced nipples; repeating incised zigzags with textured areas on back of head/hair; dark/black patina

Figurine of a Female, 1000-800 BCE

Japan

G205

Ear Hangers coins, amber, and shells, green and yellow enamel

Ear pendants (tiboukaria), 1880-1900

Amazigh (Berber)

G254

Mary on a throne holding baby Jesus who is standing on her PR leg; angel on either side of throne; Mary's PL hand rests on a book on knee; printed on sheet that is rounded at the top

Virgin Enthroned, early 16th century

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sketch of a battle scene; man sitting at center with his body twisted away from the viewer, leaning on ground over bayonet; reaching into bag on belt with PR hand; man carrying a wounded soldier at L, near a barefoot soldier who is carrying a flag; outlines of a running man at R; scribbles on back

Battle Sketch (Civil War), 1861-1865

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figures preparing food and playing musical instruments; blooming cherry tree at top; figures clockwise from LLC: bald monk accompanied by three nude little boys, stirring a pot on a flaming brazier, with a barrel; red-skinned man wearing colorful headdress rolling dough (?) over a gold staff; bald man with a very tall forehead accompanied by man wearing a red and white cloth over his head and body, playing a recorder-type wind instrument and woman in grey kimono with black and white dots playing a lute; woman wearing flowing floral kimono fanning skewers on a small grill; man wearing green garment shredding a white vegetable over a cone-shaped bowl; scowling man with white hair wearing a grey-blue garment squatting with a bowl of white round balls

Gods Preparing a Cherry Blossom Banquet, 18th century

Japan

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Icon, oil on wood with polychrome porcelain frame, Russian, XIXc in wooden case; dimensions are of case cat. card dims (of box) 5 x 4-1/2 x 1-1/4'

Icon; Christ Pantokrator, 19th century

Russia

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paddle-like, large board with crescent shaped "handle" at top; handle covered in dark brown animal hide; rectangular portion has off-white ground and is covered with black text on front and back

Qur'anic board, 1950s

Mali

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dark blue panel with appliqued and embroidered animals, ship, pineapple and other images; 12 images with names and dates embroidered in orange and yellow below; red trim

Panel, 20th century

Benin

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silver button-like object with loop on back; relief design with two men, with standing man at back holding hair of seated man at front, who holds an open book with incised text; blossoms at top; incised blossoms and branch on back; unsigned

Manju netsuke depicting Chinese scholar, c. 1840s

Japan

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netsuke in the form of a brown woven basket with the image of a fish on top; unsigned

Fish basket, c. 1840s

Japan

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small box; top has two overlapping squares with rounded corners--top square with grasses and flowers against dark ground with clouds, bottom square with building, tree, rocks, and clouds; gold and amber; gold exterior; gold flecked amber interior and bottom; unsigned

Incense box, late 18th century

Japan

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golden-brown patina, darker at bottom; rounded base with long neck with bulb on top

Bottle, third quarter of 20th century

Ethiopia

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Long covered walkway near front with figure near lower right corner; other buildings at left with light mountains in left background ; trees in front

Corridor Through the Pines, c. 1300

China

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Peony, c. 1790-1810

France (?)

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Landscape in the style of Yan Wengui, c. 1700, c. 1700

China

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Landscape, 17th century

France

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(Kabuki Theater Design), 19th-20th century

Japan

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round vessel with small flat base; 2 spouts on top joined with triangular handle perforated with circular holes; top half of body decorated with small applied 'buttons', linear designs and texturizing

Vessel, mid 20th century

Chad

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Christie's NY Lot 147

The Demon-queller Zhong Kui, 18th century

China

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Fan, 19th century

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Indian Shot (Canna indica), 16th century

Italy

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Fashion Figure, 19th century

France

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Fashion Figure, 19th century

France

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Six insects

Insects, c. 1805

England (?)

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Five insects

Insects, c. 1805

England (?)

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Five insects

Insects, c. 1805

England (?)

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Portrait Jar in form of Seated Figure Playing Pan-Pipes. Hammered and soldered silver, made in at least two parts. A solder line can be tracved horizontallly across the back and shoulders of the figure and across the loewer part of the pipe abr. Stirrup handle at the back of the head.

Portrait Jar, 20th century

Peru

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Skull, heavy, hammered and soldered silver work. A solder line bisects the skull vertically, parallel to the face. The incised lines representing sutures are independent of the solder line. Insets in the eye-sockets were once filled with inlaid stones or shells.

Figure of a Skull, 20th century

Peru

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Study of an Iris (Iris sp.), early 19th century

Austria (?)

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Study of a Broken Tulip (Tulipa x gesneriana), 19th century

Austria (?)

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Pomegranates and Dead Bird, early 19th century

France (?)

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Laurel Tree (Laurus nobilis), 16th century

Italy

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Poppies (Papaver spp.), 16th century

Italy

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Textile Design (East Indian style), 18th century

England (?)

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Sea Holly (Eringium Maritimum), 16th century

Italy

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Fashion Figure, 19th century

France

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Textile Design (East Indian style), 18th century

England (?)

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Cabbage Plant, 19th century

France (?)

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Plant, Showing Leaves with Green Upper Sides and Red Lower Sides, 1800-1833

France (?)

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Study of a Parrot Tulip (Tulipa x gesneriana), early 19th century

Austria (?)

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crescent upper platform with cylindrical column attached to a circular base; carved rectangular design with four curvilinear appendages on upper platform; large carved triangles, verso of upper platform; carvings on base and column

Headrest, mid 20th century

Somalia

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blocky, tan bank building; many sketchy figures in foreground

Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank, 20th century

United States

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Caricature

Le Lutrin de Village, c. 1770-1775

France

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Caricature

La vien venue./ Le debut de Mad.elle Chameroy en Paradis, early 19th century

France

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Caricature

Les Pannes./ Passe -Temps, 1903

France

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Caricature

Les Pannes. Les Dejeuner., c. 1903

France

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Caricature

Le Postulant, early 19th century

France (?)

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Caricature

Promenade au Bois de Vincennes, early 19th century

France (?)

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striding man, seen from PR, with beard, wearing sketchy robe; text above

The Priest Xianzi, early 13th century

China

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rounded form with flat, concave underside; wooden body with wooden stopper attached to leather thong tied to leather strap around neck, with additional wide leather cord with knot at one end, attached to strap around neck; shoulder decorated with carved zigzag basket weave-like design, with similar design around outer edge of top of outward-flaring neck; flat, wide mouth rim; small top opening; top of stopper decorated with carved vertical ribs and zigzag lines; plant fibers on bottom; medium wood tones

Bottle with stopper, first half of 20th century

Somalia

G254

bowl with rounded square shape with rounded corners; three small square feet; blue-grey with white slip design of twining flowers; arc-shaped trellis (?) at one side; lines and scrolls around border; deep swirl at bottom center

Plate with grapevines, trellis, and geometric design, late 16th century

Japan

G225

rectangular sake container with two gold ducks swimming away from a sprig of reeds on either side; small, graceful willow with lotus leaves on shore on both short ends; grass design on top with spout top center

Sake container with design of ducks, 17th-18th century

Japan

G221

standing wooden figure with shallowly carved draping robes with small tie at waist; peaceful expression on face; long earlobes and squared hat; figure is missing entire PR arm; PL arm is missing below the elbow, but it is apparent arm is bent forward at elbow

Bonten, the Creator, late 10th century

Japan

G220

flower vase with squat, round body, high neck, and high foot; ornately decorated with figures in relief; figure of a sage and a crane on each side of neck; two handles

Vase with Rin Nasei (Ch. Lin Hejing) and crane, 18th-19th century

Japan

G225

white heron about to alight on a shore near a jagged branch, with wings spread and legs splayed; smaller heron near LL wading in grasses along shore; against gray background

Herons, 17th century

Japan

G221

female figure seated with arms clasped toward chest; wearing court dress, with long, pleated hair; small crown on head; mounted to wooden screen on back

Shinto Goddess, 12th-13th century

Japan

G220

picnic set with four stacking bowls decorated with bands of flowers and foliage from each of the four seasons; sake flask created from bamboo, with bamboo leaf motif and crested flying birds; sides of caddy are decorated with wisteria; lid for stacking bowls features phoenix with chrysanthemum design; silver handle

Picnic set with plants from the four seasons, 18th century

Japan

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black stoneware decorated with close, thin vertical incised lines around body; squat shape with flat shoulder, short neck, flat, flared mouth

Oil bottle, 9th century

Korea

G206

tea caddy, large, katatsuki shape, irregular surface; dark brown glaze, slightly flared shoulder, short neck; tapers subtly at base; ivory cover with tiny finial and incised concentric lines around finial

Tea caddy, late 16th century

Japan

G224

seated Buddha; PL hand in lap with open palm, index and thumb loosely touching; PR hand up, with index finger and thumb touching; two-tiered knobby hair, long earlobes; traces of red pigment on robes; seated on wide, stylized lotus on round base

Amida, the Buddha of Infinite Light, early 12th century

Japan

G220

drum core in shape of two adjoined chalices; black lacquer with gold flecked grape vines, leaves, and squirrels

Large hand-drum core with grapevines and squirrels, late 16th century

Japan

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