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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
9 x 11 in
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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)
China
mid-3rd millennium BCE
Finial in the Shape of a Tiger, Bronze, China
Finial in the Shape of a Tiger
China
6th–5th century BCE
Mirror with dragon, Bronze, China
Mirror with dragon
China
8th–9th century
Comb top, Mother-of-pearl, China
Comb top
China
8th–9th century
Wine cup with two ducks, Silver with gilding, China
Wine cup with two ducks
China
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
China
ca. 9th century
Vase with Flowering Plum, Stoneware with reserved, carved, and painted decoration on brown glaze (Jizhou ware), China
Vase with Flowering Plum
China
13th–14th century
Arhat (Luohan), Wood (willow) with traces of pigment, single-woodblock construction, China
Arhat (Luohan)
China
16th–17th century
Medallion with return from a spring outing, Ivory, China
Medallion with return from a spring outing
China
late 16th–early 17th century
Ceremonial Staff, Lacquered wood with steel and gilt-iron fittings, China
Ceremonial Staff
China
18th century
Rank Badge with Lion, Silk and metallic-thread embroidery on silk gauze, China
Rank Badge with Lion
China
15th century
Rank Badge with Lion, Silk and metallic-thread tapestry (kesi), China
Rank Badge with Lion
China
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
China
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
China
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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