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China. Han Dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE) or later. Jade. H.: 14; W.: 17.2; Depth: 6.5 cm.
A.16-1935. See a different view, but one which washes out the color.
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China. Han Dynasty (206 BCE-8 CE). Earthenware. The lid is in the shape of the Mountains of Paradise.
C.819-1936
Cf. similar examples: 1) in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, M.2000.190.4a-b; 2) in the Seattle Art Museum, 51.199.
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China. Han Dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE). Earthenware colored with lead glaze.
C. 884-1936
A similar object is in the collections of the British Museum.
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China. Five Dynasties period (500-600 CE). Earthenware colored with lead glaze.
C. 834-1936
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China, S. Shanxi Province. 520 CE. Carved limestone. H.: 173.4 cm.
Imagery includes the debate between the Bodhisattvas Vimalakirti and Manjusri.
A.9-1935. Learn more and view full length images of its four sides.
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China. Northern Qi period (550-577 CE).
A.61-1937
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China. Ca. 550-575 CE. Carved limestone.
A.8-1935
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China, Hebei. Northern Qi Dynasty, 550-575 CE. Carved marble with traces of pigment.
A.36-1950
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China. 575-625 CE.
A.216-1946
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Sui Dynasty (ca. 580-618 CE). Earthenware with lead glaze. The figure is clearly "foreigner," not Chinese.
C.222-1924
An analogous figure is in the collection of the British Museum.
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China. Tang Dynasty (675-750 CE). Chased and gilt silver. L.: 18.8 cm.
M.35-1935. Learn more.
There are analogous examples in the collections of the British Museum.
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China. Tang Dynasty (ca. 650-750 CE). Chased and punched silver. H.: 5.1; Dia.: 6.5 cm.
M.32-1935.
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China. Tang Dynasty (618-906 CE). Chased and gilded silver. H.: 3.8; Dia.: 5.7 cm.
M.33-1935. Learn more.
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China. Tang Dynasty (800-900 CE). M. 37-1935.
China. Tang or Five Dynasties period (875-950 CE). Stoneware, with a grey-green celadon glaze. H.: 7.6; Dia.: 11.1 cm. FE 34-1973.
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China. 960-1127 (Northern Song). Gold with chased design. H.: 4 cm.; Dia.: 7 cm.
M. 30-1935. Learn more.
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Tang Dynasty (ca. 650-800). Bronze with gold leaf.
M.505-1936
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China. Tang Dynasty (ca. 700-750). Glazed earthenware.
C. 33-1965
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China. Tang Dynasty. Ceramic with lead glaze.
C. 66-1961
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China. Tang Dynasty, 700-750 CE. Ceramic with lead sancai glaze.
Circ. 71-1935
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Tang Dynasty (ca. 680-750). Earthenware with white slip, unfired painting and gilding. H.: 25.8 cm.
C.827-1936. Learn more.
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China. Tang Dynasty, 700-750 CE. Ceramic with lead sancai glaze.
C. 78-1955
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China. Tang Dynasty (ca. 8th c. CE). Earthenware, decorated with colored lead (sancai) glaze.
C.880-1936.
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Tang Dynasty (ca. 700-750). Earthenware with sancai glaze. H.: 54.1 cm.
C.50-1964. Learn more and view image of analogous horse. For a similar ceramic horse (but with different saddle), see LACMA M.90.141.1.
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Liao Dynasty. Ca.910-1000 CE. Ceramic.
C.103-1913
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China. Song Dynasty (ca. 950-1100 CE). Gold with chased lotus design.
M. 29-1935
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China. Song Dynasty (ca. 1100-1179 CE). Bronze inlaid with gold and silver.
M. 731-1910
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Southern China. Song Dynasty (1050-1125). Porcelain.
C.97-1939
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Jin Dynasty (1115-1234). Wood, carved and painted.
A.173-1929
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China. 1100-1300 CE. Carved limestone; once covered with gesso, paint and gilding.
A.4-1924.
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Jin Dynasty, ca. 1200, repainted and restored in Ming period (late 14th-early 17th c. CE) and in 20th c. Wood, carved, painted, lacquered and gilded. H.: 114.2 cm.
For an analogous sculpture of Guanyin (in the collection of the Nelson-Atkins Museum) from the preceding Liao Dynasty, click here.
A.7-1935. Learn more.
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China. Song or Yuan Dynasty. Ca. 1200-1250. Lacquered wood with silver lining.
FE 10-1974
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China. Song or Yuan Dynasty. Ca. 1200-1300. Jade.
C.1861-1910
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North China, Yuan Dynasty. Ca. 1275-1350. Ceramic.
Circ.442-1928
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Ming Dynasty, Hongwu reign (1368-1398). Porcelain. The spout has been cut down.
C.54-1937
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Ming Dynasty. Ca. 1400. Porcelain.
C.857-1936
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Ming Dynasty. Ca. 1400-1430. Porcelain. In background, a Sui-Tang period (600-700 CE) white ceramic vase.
For a good image of a flask analogous to the Ming one here, see Seattle Art Museum, 48.167, Jingdezhen porcelain dated 1426-1435. For an analogous vase to that in the background, see Berlin Museum of Asian Art, Yuegutang Collection, Kat. nr. 87.
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China. Ming Dynasty; Yongle reign (1403-1424). Porcelain painted with underglaze blue. H.: 44.8 cm.
FE.4-1974
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China, 1403-1424. Jingdezhen porcelain. Dia.: 38.4 cm.
An example of the blue and white ware being imitated by Islamic ceramicists. Donated by Safavid Shah Abbas I to shrine of Sahykh Safi al-Din at Ardabil in 1611. This family shrine of the Safavid dynasty housed one of the most significan collections anywhere of Chinese blue and white ware.
1712-1876. Learn more.
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China. Ming Dynasty; Xuande reign (1426-1435). Jingdezhen porcelain, painted in underglaze blue. Dia.: 28 cm.
1633-1876. Learn more.
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Ming Dynasty, Xuande reign (1426-1435). Carved red lacquer. This is the only surviving piece from the "Orchid Factory," the Imperial lacquer workshop in Beijing.
FE.6-1973.
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Ming Dynasty. Ca. 1500-1560. Carved lacquer on wood. Used when the Emperor was traveling.
FE.8-1976.
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China (?). Early 15th c. CE. Gilt bronze.
FE.58-1977.
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China. 1484 CE. Stoneware with colored glazes.
C.110-1937.
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Ming Dynasty. Ca. 1480-1500. Porcelain, decorated with cobalt blue. H.: 67 cm.
FE.6-1986. Learn more.
The second vase of the pair is in the Musée Guimet, Paris. For a similar vase, but dated a century earlier in the Yuan period, see Percival David Foundation), click here, and in the same collection, a Ming example, but one with different proportions.
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Ming Dynasty, Jiajing reign (1522-1566). Porcelain. Peach tree on top twisted in shape of character shou (long life).
C.128-1928
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Ming Dynasty, Jiajing reign (1522-1566). Porcelain. H.: 40.6 cm.
Circ.118-1936. Learn more.
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China. Ming Dynasty; Jiajing period (1522-1566). Jingdezhen porcelain, painted in underglaze blue, with engraved Persian silver mounts; design probably arms of Portuguese Peixoto family. H.: 33.3 cm.
C.222-1931. Learn more.
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China. ca. 1580-1620. Porcelain, with English silver mounts and cover converting it into a ewer and made in London, early 17th c.
M.220-1916
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China. Ca. 1625-1655. Porcelain export ware.
C.457-1918
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Salt dish in form of an English silver standing salt of ca. 1580
Ca. 1580-1620. Porcelain
C.566-1910
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Mustard pot
China. Ca. 1630-1645. Porcelain with European silver mounts.
C.67+A-1963
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China. Ca. 1700. Porcelain. Probably copied from a design by Adriaen Kochs, owner of a ceramics factory at Delft.
FE.3-1979
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Qing Dynasty; Jingdezhen kilns. Ca. 1700-1770. Porcelain. Probably made from a design by Lambert van Eenhorn, the owner of a ceramics factory at Delft, Holland.
C.71-1963.