Works of Art (50)
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Basin (pen), Majiayao culture, Majiayao phase, ca. 3200–2700 B.C., Gansu Province, China, Earthenware with painted decoration (L.1996.55.6) |
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Basin, Northern Song dynasty, 11th–12th century; Ding ware, Probably from the Jianci village kilns, Hebei Province, China, Porcelain (26.292.98) |
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Basin, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, dated 1774, China, Nephrite (jade) (02.18.689) |
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Brush holder, Ming dynasty, early 17th century, Zhang Xihuang (active early 17th century), China, Bamboo (1994.208) |
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Covered cup, ca. 1565–70, Chinese with English mounts, Hard paste and silver gilt (68.141.125a,b) |
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Covered jar (hu), Western Han dynasty, 2nd–1st century B.C., Probably from Luoyang area, China, Earthenware with painted decoration (1992.165.20ab) |
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Covered punchbowl with platter, ca. 1745, Chinese for the Swedish market, Hard paste; Punchbowl (40.133.1a,b–.2) |
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Cup, Ming dynasty, Chenghua mark and period (1465–1487), China, Porcelain painted in underglaze blue and overglaze enamels (1987.85) |
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Dinner, tea, and coffee service, 1785–90, Chinese for the American market, Hard paste (10.149.1–.247) |
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Dish in the Shape of a Leaf, Tang dynasty, late 7th–early 8th century, China, Silver with parcel gilding (1974.268.11) |
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Dish with scalloped rim, Ming dynasty, early 15th century, China, Cloisonné (1993.338) |
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Dish, ca. 1735–40, Chinese for the Scottish market, Hard paste (62.187.1) |
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Dish, early 17th century, Chinese for the European market, Hard paste (1995.268.1) |
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Dish, Ming dynasty, Hongzhi mark and period (1488–1505), China, Porcelain painted in underglaze blue with yellow, overglaze enamels (19.28.10) |
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Dish, Southern Song dynasty, 12th–13th century; Guan ware, From the Hangzhou kilns, Zhejiang Province, China, Porcelaneous stoneware with crackled blue glaze (24.172.1) |
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Ewer, 16th century (ca. 1585), Made in China (porcelain); Made in London, England (silver-gilt), Porcelain (44.14.2) |
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Ewer, Eastern Jin dynasty, second half of 4th century, China, Stoneware with celadon glaze (Yue ware) (1979.353) |
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Ewer, Ming dynasty, Zhengde period, ca. 1520, Chinese for the Portuguese market, Hard paste (61.196) |
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Ewer, Northern Song dynasty, 11th–12th century; Yaozhou ware, China, Stoneware with incised, carved, and relief decoration under glaze (26.292.73) |
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Flask, Tang dynasty, ca. 9th century, China, Stoneware with suffused glaze (1972.274) |
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Funerary urn (hunping), Western Jin dynasty, ca. 250–300, China, Earthenware with green glaze (1992.165.21) |
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Incense holder, late 16th–early 17th century, Zhu Sansong, China, Bamboo (1995.271) |
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Inkstone and box, Qing dynasty, early 18th century, inscribed with dates corresponding to 1370 and 1702, China, Green schist and wood (1981.120.1a-c) |
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Jar, Majiayao culture, Machang phase, ca. 2300–2050 B.C., Gansu or Qinghai Province, China, Earthenware with painted decoration (1992.165.8) |
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Jar, Ming dynasty, Jiajing mark and period (1522–1566), China, Porcelain painted in underglaze blue and overglaze polychrome enamels (17.127.2) |
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Jar, Ming dynasty, Xuande mark and period (1426–1435), China, Porcelain painted in underglaze blue (37.191.1) |
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Jar, Six Dynasties (late Northern dynasties period)–Sui dynasty, ca. late 6th century, China, Earthenware with relief decoration under olive-green glaze (1996.15) |
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Jug, 1800–1815, Chinese for the American market, Hard paste (34.74a,b) |
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Pair of covered ritual wine containers (hu), late Western Zhou dynasty, late 9th–early 8th century B.C., China, Bronze (1988.20.4a,b-5a,b) |
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Pair of vases, Hongxian mark and period, 1915–16, China, Porcelain painted in overglaze sepia and black (68.4.1,.2) |
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Phoenix-headed ewer, Tang dynasty, late 7th–first half of 8th century, China, Earthenware with three-color (sancai) glaze (1991.253.4) |
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Picnic basket, Qing dynasty, 19th century, China, Zitan wood with metal corner mounts, inlaid with mother-of-pearl and semiprecious stones (1977.262a-g) |
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Plate, ca. 1739–43, Chinese for the English market, Hard paste (1978.196) |
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Plate, ca. 1784–85, Chinese for the American market, Hard paste (17.73) |
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Plate, Yuan dynasty, mid-14th century, China, Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration (1987.10) |
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Punchbowl, ca. 1786–90, Chinese, Hard paste (1984.449) |
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Ritual food container (dui), Eastern Zhou dynasty, ca. 4th century B.C.,
China,
Bronze inlaid with composition of bone black and lacquer (2006.117a,b) |
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Seven-lobed platter with scene of children at play, Yuan dynasty, 14th century, China, Carved red lacquer (L.1996.47.14) |
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Silver service, Song dynasty, 11th–13th century, China, Silver with gilding (1997.33.1-6) |
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Spouted ritual wine vessel (guang), Shang dynasty, early Anyang period, 13th century B.C., Possibly Anyang, Henan Province, China, Bronze (43.25.4) |
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Sutra box, Ming dynasty, Yongle period (1403–1424), China, Red lacquer with qiangjin (incised and gilt decoration) (2001.584a-c) |
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Tea bowl, Song dynasty, 960–1279; Jian ware, Fujian Province, China, Stoneware with hare's-fur glaze (91.1.226) |
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Traveling box, Ming dynasty, early 15th century, China, Leather, wood, iron, gold, and pigments (1999.61) |
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Tureen with Cover, 1770–80, Chinese, Hard-paste porcelain decorated in enamel colors and gilt (51.86.28a,b) |
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Vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, late 17th–early 18th century, China, Porcelain painted in overglaze famille verte enamels and gilt (61.200.66) |
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Vase, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736–1795), China, Porcelain painted in overglaze famille rose enamels (17.120.194) |
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Vase, Southern Song dynasty, 12th–13th century; Longquan ware, China, Possibly from the Dayao kilns, Zhejiang Province, Porcelaneous stoneware with relief decoration under celadon glaze (50.145.301) |
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Vessel (zun), late Shang dynasty, 13th–11th century B.C., Probably from Anyang, Henan Province, China, Earthenware with incised and relief decoration (50.61.5) |
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Wine container (hu), Eastern Zhou dynasty, Spring and Autumn period, early 5th century B.C., China, Bronze inlaid with copper (1999.46ab) |
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Winged cup (erbei), Eastern Zhou dynasty, late Warring States period, 3rd century B.C., Hunan Province, China, Lacquered wood (1974.268.4) |
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Thematic Essays (3)
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