American Paintings and Sculpture
Drawings and Prints
Medieval Art and The Cloisters
Asian Art
Islamic Art
The Libraries
American Decorative Arts
Box, ca. 1910–20 Marie Zimmermann (American, 1879–1972) Wood, silver alloy, brass, ivory, amethyst, and semi-precious quartz; 10 1/4 x 12 1/2 x 8 5/8 in. (26 x 31.8 x 21.9 cm) Gift of Jacqueline Loewe Fowler, 2005 (2005.464)
Seated Buddha Expounding the Dharma, Late Anuradhapura period (750–850), late 8th century Sri Lanka Copper alloy; H. 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm) Purchase, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, The Vincent Astor Foundation Gift, Acquisitions and 2008 Benefit Funds, and John Stewart Kennedy Fund, by exchange, 2009 (2009.60)
The Goddess Durga Slaying the Buffalo Demon (Durga Mahishasuramardini), 12th century India (Himachal Pradesh, probably Chamba) Brass; H. 22 1/2 in. (57.2 cm) Funds from various donors, 2008 (2008.271)
Greek and Roman Art
Neck-amphora, Archaic, ca. 540–530 B.C.; black-figure Attributed to a painter of the Princeton Group Greek, Attic Terracotta; H. 13 in. (33 cm) The Bothmer Purchase Fund, 2010 (2010.147)
Vase in the form of a ketos, second half of 7th century B.C. Greek (Cretan or South Italian) Terracotta; H. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm) Gift of Ariel Herrmann, in memory of Brian T. Aitken, 2009 (2009.529)
Alabastron, Archaic, early 6th century B.C. Etruscan (said to be from Vulci) Alabaster; H. 14 in. (35.6 cm) Purchase, The Concordia Foundation Gift, 2008 (2008.332)
Globular cup with two handles, last quarter of 6th century B.C. Etruscan Terracotta; H. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm) Rogers Fund, 2009 (2009.316)
Jalayirid Qur'anic compilation page, ca. 1370 Attributed to Abu Muhammad cAbd al-Qayyum ibn Muhammad ibn Karamshah al-Tabrizi Iraq (Baghdad) Ink, gold, and gouache on paper; 16 7/8 x 13 3/4 in. (43 x 35 cm) Purchase, Louis E. and Theresa E. Seley Purchase Fund for Islamic Art and A. Robert Towbin Gift, 2008 (2008.31)
Tile panel, ca. 1430 Attributed to the workshop of Ghaybi al-Tawrizi (active Tabriz and Damascus, mid-15th century) Probably Syria (Damascus) Stonepaste molded and painted under a transparent glaze; 45 x 45 in. (114.3 x 114.3 cm) Gift of Prof. Maan Z. Madina and Dr. Marilyn Jenkins-Madina, 2009 (2009.59.2)
Scene from the Ramayana, ca. 1775–80 Nainsukh (Indian, 1710–1778) or his successors India (Pahari Hills, Guler or Kangra) Red ocher and wash on paper; image 8 3/8 x 11 3/8 in. (21.3 x 28.9 cm) Gift of Subhash Kapoor, in memory of his parents, Smt Shashi Kanta and Shree Parshotam Ram Kapoor, 2008 (2008.359.23)
Pair of flower style doors, 17th century India Wood; 73 x 30 in. (185.4 x 76.2 cm) Gift of Harvey and Elizabeth Plotnick, 2009 (2009.376a,b)
Pectoral ornament, late 19th–early 20th century Central Asia or Iran, Tekke tribe Silver, gilded, engraved, and inset with carnelians; 4 3/4 x 4 in. (12.1 x 10.2 cm) Gift of Marshall and Marilyn R. Wolf, 2008 (2008.579.3)
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Monstrous male figure, late 3rd–early 2nd millennium B.C. Eastern Iran/Bactria-Margiana Chlorite, calcite, gold, iron; H. 4 in. (10.1 cm) Purchase, 2009 Benefit Fund and Friends of Inanna Gifts; Gift of Noriyoshi Horiuchi, 2010 (2010.166)
Plaque in the shape of a squarish loop with projections, ca. 3500–2000 B.C. China, Hongshan culture Jade (nephrite); H. 3 in. (7.6 cm) Purchase, The Vincent Astor Foundation Gift, 2009 (2009.176)