A Decade of Collecting, 1984-1993: Friends of Asian Art Gifts

A Decade of Collecting, 1984–1993: Friends of Asian Art Gifts

Smith, Judith

1993

64 pages

50 illustrations

This title is out of print.

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Table of contents

About the authors

Preface

Friends of Asian Art 1984–1993

China and Korea

Japan

South and Southeast Asia

Met Art in Publication

Ritual Object (Bi), Jade (nephrite), China — Ritual Object (Bi)
mid-3rd millennium BCE

Finial in the Shape of a Tiger, Bronze, China — Finial in the Shape of a Tiger
6th–5th century BCE

Mirror with dragon, Bronze, China — Mirror with dragon
8th–9th century

Comb top, Mother-of-pearl, China — Comb top
8th–9th century

Wine cup with two ducks, Silver with gilding, China — Wine cup with two ducks
8th–9th century

Ewer with dancing figures, Stoneware with white slip, pigment, and applied decoration under straw glaze (Changsha ware), China — Ewer with dancing figures
ca. 9th century

Vase with Flowering Plum, Stoneware with reserved, carved, and painted decoration on brown glaze (Jizhou ware), China — Vase with Flowering Plum
13th–14th century

Arhat (Luohan), Wood (willow) with traces of pigment, single-woodblock construction, China — Arhat (Luohan)
16th–17th century

Medallion with return from a spring outing, Ivory, China — Medallion with return from a spring outing
late 16th–early 17th century

Ceremonial Staff, Lacquered wood with steel and gilt-iron fittings, China — Ceremonial Staff
18th century

Rank Badge with Lion, Silk and metallic-thread embroidery on silk gauze, China — Rank Badge with Lion
15th century

Rank Badge with Lion, Silk and metallic-thread tapestry (kesi), China — Rank Badge with Lion
15th century

Back and Sleeve of a Dragon Robe, Silk and metallic-thread embroidery on silk satin damask, China — Back and Sleeve of a Dragon Robe

Velvet Textile for a Dragon Robe, Silk velvet with weft patterning in silk, metallic thread, and feather thread, China — Velvet Textile for a Dragon Robe
17th century

The Arhat Vajraputra, Unidentified artist Sino-Tibetan, 15th century, Distemper on cotton, Tibet — The Arhat Vajraputra
Unidentified artist
15th century

Guanyin the Bringer of Sons, Unidentified artist , late 16th century, Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk, China — Guanyin the Bringer of Sons
Unidentified artist
late 16th century

Bodhisattva Guanyin in the Form of the Buddha Mother, Chen Hongshou Chinese, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, China — Bodhisattva Guanyin in the Form of the Buddha Mother
Chen Hongshou
dated 1620

Landscapes, Figures, and Flowers, Chen Hongshou Chinese, Album of twelve leaves; ink and color on paper, China — Landscapes, Figures, and Flowers
Chen Hongshou
dated 1618–22

The Stone Bridge, Zhang Feng Chinese, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, China — The Stone Bridge
Zhang Feng
dated 1661

Landscapes, Ye Xin Chinese, Album of four leaves; ink and color on silk, China — Landscapes
Ye Xin
dated 1652

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