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standing horse with legs slightly splayed outward; wide eyes; open mouth with exposed teeth; upward-pointed ears; green patina with white, blue and red pigment traces

Celestial Horse, 25-220

China

G215

Library and Rock Garden

The Studio of Gratifying Discourse, 1797

Unknown

G216

seated Buddha; gilt and red and blue paint

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

Unknown

G200

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

Cosmetic Case and Mirror Stand, early 17th century

China

G218

the nude boy shown crouching in an almost horizontal position, holding a bird in his left hand, the chubby face with simply carved features and the hair pulled back in double knots; carved from greenish white stone. Former Classification: Jade

Pillow, 17th-18th century

China

G218

The Wu Family Reception Hall, early 17th century

China

G218

Standing Guanyin with lotus bud(?) in left hand, right hand missing, inscribed base which bears the date 571 A.D., translation of inscription filed with purchase blank, from Xi'an in Shaanxi province.

Standing Bodhisattva, 571

China

G200

standing horse balancing on three legs; mouth open; short tail pointing up; leaning slightly to proper left

Prancing Horse, 1st-3rd century

China

G215

Both sides inscribed with very small text in black and red; short sides are selvedge edges

Cheat's Handkerchief, c. 1860

China

G217

dark brown in color; square mouth piece cut from rim of smaller end; five holes at top, three at underside

Vertical flute, c. 1800

China

G216

bronze budhist temple bell; tall football shaped body with flat top; two dragons turned away from each other form hanger at top center; sides decorated with two rectangular fields striped with three bands of three raised circular bumps

Bo bell, late 6th-5th century BCE

China

G215

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

Unknown

G217

rounded box on a short foot; carved red, green and brown lacquer; dragons in cloud forms around base and cover with dragon at top; geometric bands

Nine Dragon Box, 18th century

China

G210

folding chair with woven seat; inlaid iron decorations on arms and footrest; carved open-mouthed animals where arms attach to seat

Folding round-back armchair, late 16th century

China

G217

chased silver dish decorated with scene from the "Former Red Cliff Ode" by Su Shi (1037-1101); engraved in painterly baimiao style showing the poet in court robes with two companions relaxing in a boat drifting on tranquil water, with a winepot and cups on the table in front of them; one figure playing a flute and the other holding an open book; rocky banks with grasses and tall reeds, a willow and a cassia tree; small waterfall spilling down from high cliffs at the far shore; sky with pair of birds flying to the left towards a constellation of seven stars drawn as circles joined by thin lines to form the Big Dipper seen through drifting clouds surrounding a full moon engraved with the legendary yu tu dao yaou scene of the Moon Rabbit under the cassia tree pounding a pestle in a mortar; shallow plain sides of octafoil bracket-lobed outline rising to a barbed everted rim

Silver plate decorated with chased “Red Cliff” scene, 13th century

China

G208

Horse with long mane and clipped tail. ca 725 A.D. Glazed pottery tomb figure, one of a pair, on a flat base. The decoration of the trappings is in the Sassanian style. Glaze predominantly a fine cobalt blue which has oxidized on the hind legs to an irridescent silvery-blue. Saddle and top saddle pad unglazed.

Horse, early 8th century

China

G208

camel standing on diamond-shaped base; head up, tail up and curled; yellow with traces of red and black pigment; single hump

Two camels and a groom (Camel), 618-907

China

G207

Sarcophagus, with accompanying memorial tablet and cover, made for the Chinese General, Prince Cheng Ching, 524 A.D. The six bas-reliefs comprising this group include the two ends and two sides of the sarcophagus, the tablet, and its cover. The sides are decorated in low relief with five groups of historical personages, illustrating filial piety scenes, in a landscape of trees and mountains in which dragons, phoenix, and other symbolical animals roam. The head end bears a scene including a bridge leading over a lotus pond to a gate decorated with 24 bells representing 12 pairs of musical accords. Two guardians flank the gate. The foot end carries a large dragon in a landscape. The memorial tablet bears a long inscription including Cheng Ching's biography, the Emperor's eulogy, and the date 524 A.D. The sides are decorated with large dragons. The cover of the tablet is surrounded by a bevelled edge of conventionalized dragon heads and contains remnants of bronze handles at the four corners. Along the sides, on the top surface, are eight blank squares indicating places for sacrificial vessels. The major figures and forms on the stones stand in relief and have been polished to form an even surface; the spaces betwen were left rough. All six reliefs are in fairly good condition with the exception of the cover for the memorial tablet which has been gouged at the corners. The sarcophagus was undoubtedly carved at Loyang, the Northern Wei capitol from 484 A.D.

Sarcophagus of Prince Yuan Mi, 524

China

G208

Udhyana Buddha, 14th century

China

G212

Yao-Chou celadon bowl, porcelain, carved lotus design.

Bowl, 960-1279

China

G204

half of a gourd with flat portion of wood; gourd carved overall with geometric designs; radiating half-circle door on one side

Dome-shaped Cricket Carrier, Date Unknown

China

G217

armorial porcelain deep dish painted with fly amidst butterfly wings, turquoise ground with reserve cartouches enclosing arms and monogram of Grimaldi

Dish, c. 1735

China

G209

red spongelike rock with white striations

Scholar's Rock, early 19th century

China

G218

Dancers, pair

Dancing Figure, one of a pair, 3rd century BCE - 3rd century CE

China

G215

Tomb Figurine of a Court Lady, 618-906

China

G208

crouching rabbit with small ears and brown eyes; rectangular base with squared-off corners

Figure of a Rabbit, 8th-9th century

China

G204

octagonal box with lid; lid carved with central circle surrounded by 4 C-scrolls and 4 concentric bands of tixi scrolls; box decorated with rolls of same scrolls; black interior

Octagonal Box, 15th century

China

G210

base with iridescent light green glaze and 2 animals, one standing on the back of the other; long post topped with openwork bird finial; 4 long branches at top: 3 depict figures dancing and holding objects and a figure under a canopy on top of branch and figures and radiating coins below branch; one depicts same scene except an animal replaces the figure under canopy; 20 rectangular branches, 19 with figures, horses, deer and figure under canopy with coins sprouting from branches; one with same scene except animal and figure(?) replace figure under canopy; 40 small branches with 3 radiating coins; pendant of monkey with a coin

Money Tree, 1st-2nd century

China

G201

Slab built and modeled, rectangular courtyard surrounded by a tile roofed wall; seperate elements are a pigsty, boar, round food dish, rectangular food dish, seated figure, bird, dog, suckling pig, four piglets.

Funerary Model of a Pig Sty, 2nd century BCE

China

G215

Ceremonial Gate, 1728

China

G217

standing figure with arms bent at elbows, PL forearm slightly lower than PR forearm; unfinished back; looping drapery folds

Standing Shakyamuni Buddha, late 6th century

China

G207

Seated figure, resting PR elbow on raised PR knee, PL leg bent and on ground and PL arm behind, hand resting on ground; wearing bracelets, long necklaces and elaborate crown

Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva in the Water-Moon Form (Shuiyue Guanyin), 12th century

China

G200

head with elongated earlobes; downcast eyes; headdress with scrolls, tassels and floral forms, with pair of ornaments on either side with three red balls on blue drops; traces of blue pigment at hairline; traces of red pigment on lips; traces of olive-colored patina on skin of face; red, green and blue pigment on headdress; received attached to rectangular black base

Head of a Bodhisattva, late 6th century

China

G200

set of 32 chessmen, sixteen red and sixteen white (natural); each chaessman stands on a carved filigree globe, within which are one or more free carved balls; the globe rests on small turned stem, and the foot is carved with double row of lotus design

Chess Set, 18th century

China

Not on View
standing male figure wearing armor and tall hat, with thin moustache and beard; figure stands with both feet on a white-skinned demon with fangs, green claws and black hair

Lokapala Guardian King, one of a pair, late 7th-early 8th century

China

G207

ovoid shape, with two handle-like protrusions on long sides; rust-red and brown; rim and handles painted with running geometric designs

Wine Cup, 2nd century BCE

China

G215

Mortuary figures, pair of, representing warriors both wear armor, with curious head-dresses, and one carries a sword-like object. Four of these figures were found at the entrance of a tomb in Honan province. Two bought by M.I.A., and two by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. They are fashioned of polychromed pottery of the greyish cast associated with Wei. Traces of faded terra cotta color remain. These are unusually large tomb figures.

Tomb Guardian Figures, early 6th century

China

G208

Jewelled headdress with pendants suspended from the beaks of decorative birds or from projecting scrolls. Right hand is on right knee, left hand is raised toward the chief diety. Sitting in a cross-legged position, the image of his Dhyani-Buddha in his headdress. Hip-length blouse, with wide round neck and rolled over collar, has a center vertical panel which is pulled into the neck when seated. Three-quarter length sleeves. The skirt is finely pleated and caught up slightly on either side of the leg.

Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva (Guanyin), from a set of Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva and Flying Celestials, c. 951-953

China

G200

Standing Bodhisattva of white marble, arms broken off below shoulder. The figure wears a narrow scarf, barely defined, and a skirt girdled at the waist, its upper edge finished with a curling line. Jewelled necklace and long chains. High headdress. Feet missing, head restored at throat where formerly broken off.

Standing bodhisattva, one of a pair, late 6th century

China

G200

Stone head of Buddha. A fragment consisting of the face only, modelled in the style that heralds the Tang.

Head of a Buddha, 570-577

China

G200

Wallpaper, 19th century

China

Not on View
purple duan inkstone; wave design on three sides and surrounding ink basin; inscription with wave pattern at LRC of verso

Ink Stone, 1623 (Dated by inscription)

Wen Yu-yang

G217

Rectangular ceramic pillow; white glaze with brown design depicting 7 standing men facing left in an outdoor setting on top; large flowers at left and right edges, floral sprays at left, right and back sides and bamboo on front

Pillow, 12th-13th century

Li Family Workshop

G204

carved bamboo root, prunice and pine (?)

Brushrest, early 18th century

Shen Ch’uan-lin

G217

two dragons in upper corners wrapping around inkwell at top center; dark brown slate

Inkstone, c. 1740

Chou Shao-lung

G217

plate decorated with underglaze blue; attendant approaching three exotic birds; border with bird and figure cartouche

"La Dame au Parasol" plate, c. 1736-1738

Cornelius Pronk

G209

dish-shaped red ink cake with incised gilt dragons and 2 gilt characters at center; gilt inscription inside square on bottom; 2 rows of raised characters around edge; raised abstracted dragons around edge on bottom

Imperial Ink Cake, 1736-1795

Wang Chin-shen

G217

Resurrection Plate, hard paste porcelain, scalloped edge, religious scene in black and grey with gold on white ground, part of a set, Chinese Export XVIIIc cat. card dims H 1-1/8 x W 8-5/16'

"Resurrection" plate, c. 1745

After Jan Luyken

G209

crucifixion plate, hard paste porcelain, Chinese Export XVIIIc cat. card dims H 1-3/4 x diam 9-1/16'

"Crucifixion" soup bowl, c. 1745

After Jan Luyken

G209

Forest landscape with building at upper right; path through forest leads to bridge over water; small figure on path; wall surrounding building and forest

Hillside with Pine Trees, Water, c. 1630

Cheng Jiasui

G218

white with painted brown design with flowers on front and sides, bird and flowers on back and outdoor scene with 2 figures on top

Rectangular Pillow, late 13th-early 14th century

Wang Family Workshop

G204

domed top carved with 2 dragons with gilded details among waves; Ming-style imperial seal on bottom; sides carved with organic designs

Ink Stick in Seal Form, 18th century

Attributed to Wang Wei-kao

G217

thinly cast with a narrow spout and pointed lip above an oblong body cast with three medial lines, a single loop handle; all standing on tall blade-form legs

Jue wine vessel, 16th-15th century BCE

China

Not on View
celadon green; three small paw feet with animal heads; two squared-off handles on top rim; four rows of incised geometric designs on body

Tripod Censer, 10th-11th century

China

G204

green ox with attachable cart consisting of yoke, 2 side rails and 2 wheels, with accompanying free-standing farmer

Cart with Ox and Farmer, 1st century

China

G215

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

Unknown

Not on View
This bell, in cross section a pointed oval with an arched line at the bottom has a bottle-shaped handle that is most unusual. The decor field, confined to the body of the bell, is filled with granulation. It displays a variation of the 'volute with angle' theme; every two such figures combine into larger compounds, the whole resulting in a lozenge pattern. The border is partly a running spiral pattern and partly dissolved dragon figures. At the lower corners are sinuously drawn birds with S- or heart shaped horns. The mask of a playful t'ao-t'ieh must be seen from above. Patina brownish green with brighter green patches.

Zheng ritual bell, 5th century BCE

China

G215

The decor of this bell, in cross section a pointed oval with an arched line at the bottom, is quite complicated. The shaft has three decor belts and one bulky ring with a vertically placed suspending device formed by a contorted tiger. The beast stands with body half raised against the shaft, its claws pressing against the lower of the three decor belts. The upper body and neck turn backward, with the tiger biting its own tail. The loop thus completed serves for the suspension of the bell by a strap passed through the loop. Of the three decor belts on the shaft, the upper displays a t'ao-t'ieh (to be seen from above). The two lower belts have dragons that turn alternately upward and downward. The bulbous ring supporting the tiger is decorated with a loosely twined cord pattern and interlaced lines. The top of the bell has rolled up dragons, their bodies formed of bands filled with voluted and triangles. In the two belts between the spikes on the outer surface of the bell are dragons placed alternately upward and downward. The decor field of the lower part of the bell is a magnificant specimen of gaudy Huai decor in which a t'ao-t'ieh bites on the body of a bird-dragon with a big, hooked beak, an S-shaped crest, and a heart-shaped horn. This involved and elaborate decor is carried out with the brilliance and dazzeling skill of the Huai-style bronze art. Patina green and blue-green.

Yong bell, late 6th-5th century BCE

China

G215

center decorated with 4 putti with flowers in a basket and an urn and a bird tied to a stick, in browns (after a Bartolozzi engraving); rim decorated with festoons and floral swags in black

"Summer" plate with the crest of Martin, c. 1785

After Francesco Bartolozzi

G209

slender meiping shape with rounded shoulders and reel-top mouth; white slip over grey stoneware; central band of carved scrolling floral branches

Vase, late 13th century

China

G204

The decor is disposed in the three areas usual in vessels of this class the foot, bulb, and neck. The foot belt, divided into four panels by deeply scored flanges, displays a mask t'ao-tieh with a C-shaped mouthline, hooked forehead shield, small eyebrows, and S-shaped norns. Above is a narrow band with consecutive trunked dragons. The decor ground is of squared spirals throughout. The bulb, also divided into four panels, displays a t'ao-tieh bodied to the extent that some simple lines of a vertical body still remain above the leg. The central line of the face, with no forehead shield, is formed by the flange. The lower zone of the high throat is filled with consecutive snakes, their heads turned EN FACE. Above are slender rising blades, the major part of each filled with a t'ao-t'ieh to be seen from above. Streaked eyebrows appear over buldging eyes, and over these, again, long-drawn-out C-shaped figures forming the horns. Below the eyes are two C-shaped figures, modifications of mouthlines. At the end of the blade, separated from the t'ao-t'ieh by a narrow, empty band, is a V-figure- a corruption of a cicada drawing. Patina grey-green and blue-green with patches of red. Except for a cross-shaped perforation between the foot and the area above, the beaker is in almost every detail exactly similar to the one with a Yin inscription published in Huang, TSUN KU CHAI.

Gu wine vessel, 12th-11th century BCE

China

Not on View
small male figure with red sleeves riding on a dark horse with open mouth; man's upper body and horse's tail detach

Horse and Rider, c. 180 BCE

China

G215

gilt bronze female figure seated on cushion holding small male figure in lap; mounted on black stand

Child-Giving Guanyin (Sung-tzu Guanyin), 16th century

China

G218

two men playing a board game while four others watch; the game is being played outdoors in a rock garden under the pine trees; two distinctive stools and various other decorative objects scattered about scene

Scholars Playing "Go" Under Pine Trees, 14th century

China

Not on View
famille rose; Lotus pattern. pink lotus petals with four gilt foliate panels of lotus sprays; interior with gilt and iron red lotus pond; scrolling foliate border; Qianlong

Punch bowl and stand, c. 1736-1795

China

G209

long narrow form; constructed out of a single piece of wood with rectangular hole cut in the underside serving as the sound box; top is slightly convex; sides flat; neck slightly raised; tiger's face with large eyes, flaring nostrils, flattened ears, wide curved mouth carved at one end; tiger's head is pierced with large square opening, designed to hold the single string anchor, and five small holes for pegs; covered overall with black lacquer; painted with a fine red cross-hatched design on top and sides; sides decorated with frieze of 5 black dragons with elongated arched bodies, long tails, thin legs and gold wings; another dragon on top of neck; narrow bands of black diamonds on a solid red ground at edges; fingerboard painted with 4 groups of symmetrically confronting double-headed dragons with snakelike bodies between human-faced dragon figures and either end

Zither (Qin), 5th century BCE

China

G215

saucer with attached central stemmed container, decorated with dragons on foot; openwork lid with openings behind mountains with figures and animals

Boshanlu hill censer, 1st-2nd century

China

G215

rounded body with thin tapering neck, flaring to wide lip; dark brown glaze with 2 bands with cut-glaze decoration with floral motifs

Bottle, 13th-14th century

China

G204

Taoist priest robe of black satin embroidered in couched gold threads and couched twist in colors. On the back conventional Taoist motives and large medallions with Buddhist symbols. On shoulders, large, trailing sprays of lotus. On the front the Yang and Yin symbol. Borders of Buddhist emblems and lotus, edged with Greek key meander in couched yellow twist. Lining of leaf green satin with scattered leaf and flower design.

Daoist priest’s robe (jiangyi), 1662-1722

China

Not on View
Taoist priest robe of embroidered tea-leaf green satin. On the back conventional Taoist motives, large medallions with Buddhist symbols, bats, and butterflies; lotus blossoms and good luck symbols in couched gold threads, and couched twist in colors. On the front two sacred pagodas. Borders of black satin with dragons, Buddhist and other symbols, and clouds in couched gold threads and couched twist in colors. Lining of heavy gold tribute silk of good luck symbol design.

Daoist priest’s robe (jiangyi), 1662-1722

China

Not on View
Lung-Ch'uan ware incense tripod, porcelaneous stoneware with celadon glaze

Incense Tripod, 12th-13th century

China

G204

Landscape, 1734

Wang Su

Not on View
baldheaded figure with closed eyes, wearing a robe which falls in folds at stomach, lower arms and legs; slightly leaning to proper left, with a small space between proper right arm and body; hands folded at waist

The Monk Ananda, 9th century

China

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grayish white stone with brown markings; the thin boulder carved in high relief with a figure riding on a donkey followed by an attendant carrying an umbrella in a rustic landscape, the reverse with a similar landscape and ancient pine tree, the cloudy stone with russet coloring added over mottled patches. Former Classification: Jade

Traveling in Autumn Mountains, 17th-18th century

China

G210

Carved from white and brown jadeite in vertical strata, the flattened shield-shaped vase carved with pairs of stylized dragons holding a pearl in theior mouths, below a shou medallion on the neck, the decoration on each side in bright reddish-brown colored stonein relief against a pure white background, the neck with masl and loose ring handles, and the rim with more of the reddish-brown skin of the stone used to highlight a fretwork band, the cover with double dragon-loop finial holding a pair of loose rings.

Covered Vase, 18th century

China

G210

large blue and white baluster jar

Baluster jar, vase, 17th-18th century

China

G218

cylindrical form with 3 stylized trefoil clouds for feet; body decorated with 3 bands of 3 raised ridges; blue-green bubbly celedon glaze

Cylindrical Tripod Censer, 12th-13th century

China

G204

figure seated on lotus, proper right leg hanging off and supported by smaller lotus; lotus growing from both palms and flowering at shoulders; elaborate headdress and oversize earrings

The Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, 1403-1424

China

G212

Six-Post Canopy Bed, early 17th century

China

G218

reddish brown couch with c-carved legs and bulging aprons with rattan seat

Couch-Bed, c. 1600

China

Not on View
shallow dish with small flat rim; painted orange and brown; central organic scrolling design; brown rim with orange dots and zigzags; character(?) repeated 5 times around rim, 3 times on bottom

Dish, 3rd-2nd century BCE

China

G215

standing male figure wearing armor and tall hat, with moustache and pointed beard, biting lip; figure stands with both feet on a winking green-skinned demon with pig snout and breasts

Lokapala Guardian King, one of a pair, late 7th-early 8th century

China

G207

seated man wearing a green robe with yellow trim, white belt, and turquoise colored necklace, with a cap of curving design tied under his chin; man has his PL hand on his knee and his PR hand held palm out with his thumb touching his second finger; man seated on a raised green and yellow platform; lower portion of platform is separate ceramic piece

Figure of the Daoist Deity Tianzun, 16th-17th century

China

G201

Tendai Priest (Patriarch) Portrait of one of the eight high priests of the Tendai Sect of Buddhism in Japan. Kamakura. 1185 to 1392 A.D. Single wood construction; no restoration.

Figure of a Monk, 9th-10th century

China

MS

deep relief carving; Buddha at L seated on a throne with PL hand on head of kneeling Bodhisattva with clasped hands; 7 other figures stand behind and to R and L

Buddha Stroking the Head of a Follower, late 8th century

China

G200

flying dragon with curving body; long, straight tail; black mount; incised scales and details

Flying Dragon, one of a pair, 7th-10th century

China

G208

A long sampan with several figures on board, carved with elaborate details and with wave motifs around the base, fitted with teakwood stand with white jade birds inset in the wave carving.

Pleasure Boat, 18th century

China

G210

Emperor's ceremonial twelve-symbol coat of yellow k'ossu with nine five-clawed dragons, those in profile clasping the Heavenly Jewel. Background of loosely drawn cloud forms, bats, and good luck emblems in shades of blue, green, violet, red, rose, and gold. At bottom wide border of tossing waves dotted with flowers, flower vases, swastika and other emblems. At sides, center front and back where coat is slit, small areas of slanting, wavy stripes. Similar reduced border at elbows, where sleeve is extended by a strip of ribbed yellow silk finished with cuffs of dark blue k'ossu. Band of same dark blue k'ossu around neck and down front to under arm. Coat lined with figured blue silk and lightly interlined. Yellow ceremonial coats worn in sacrifices to earth.

Manchu Emperor’s ceremonial twelve-symbol jifu court robe, 1723-1735

China

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twelve panels; each panel consists of central painting and three carved panels; one square panel above painting with large medallion; two panels below painting rectangular above square; small medallion in rectangular panel, smiliar design lower square panels throughout

Folding screen, late 17th century

China

Not on View
few dwelling huts in an atmospheric rocky riverside setting; in a wood case

Misty Trees and Mountain Range, c. 1670

Dong Qichang

Not on View

A Scholar Contemplating a Waterfall, c. 1525

Zhang Lu

Not on View
fisherman riding on a boat and playing a flute at lower right corner; three people inside a building just below center at left edge; mountains in background

Zhou Dunyi Gazing Out Over Lotus, c. 1500

Liu Jun

Not on View

River Landscape, c. 1300

China

Not on View
Bowl, shallow, with rim, of celadon ware from the Lung-Ch'uan district. The bottom is decorated with two fish in relief under the glaze, and the outside of the body is carved in a design of leaves. Thick, translucent bluish-green glaze on a body of greyish-white clay which shows through at edges where glaze is thin. The unglazed rim of the foot is a rusty brown, indicating the presence of iron in the clay

Shallow bowl with double fish motif, 12th-13th century

China

G204

Flying Apsaras, left arm outstretched, the right holds a plate of flowers, both legs pendant.

Flying Celestial (Apsara), from a set of Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva and Flying Celestials, c. 951-953

China

G200

Flying Apsaras, right arm outstretched, left holds a plate of flowers, left leg pendant, right knee flexed.

Flying Celestial (Apsara), from a set of Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva and Flying Celestials, c. 951-953

China

G200

plate; tripod, with peacocks and other fanciful birds around center of single peacock with open tail; small sing birds and grape motif; no design outside; silver; stipple background. Silver with chased and gilt decor.

Plate, 8th century

China

G208

Earth Spirit with lion's head. ca. 725 A.D. Glazed pottery tomb figure, one of a pair, on a cylindrical base with mottled glaze. The figure is predominantly blue and white with patches of yellow and malachite green.

Tomb retinue earth spirit, 8th century

China

G208

Earth Spirit with human head and removable flame halo. ca. 725 A.D. Glazed pottery tomb figure, one of a pair, on a deep cylindrical base with mottled glaze. The figure is predominantly blue, with white areas. Head and halo unglazed.

Tomb retinue earth spirit, 8th century

China

G208

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