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"The Arts of Japan": The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 45, no. 1 (Summer, 1987)

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART BULLETIN | VOLUME 45 | NUMBER 1

"The Arts of Japan"

Ford, Barbara Brennan

1987

56 pages

8.5. x 11 in

This title is out of print.

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About the authors

Barbara Brennan Ford

Met Art in Publication

Deep Vessel, Earthenware with cord-marked decoration and sculptural rim, Japan — Deep Vessel
Japan

Spouted Vessel

, Earthenware with cord-marked and incised decoration (Tōhoku region, Tokoshinai 5 type), Japan — Spouted Vessel
Japan

Standing Female Clay Figure, Earthenware with cord-marked and incised decoration, Japan — Standing Female Clay Figure
Japan

Dogū (Clay Figurine), Earthenware with cord-marked and incised decoration, Japan — Dogū (Clay Figurine)
Japan

Stone Axe with Hornlike Protrusions (Yūkaku sekifu), Stone, Japan — Stone Axe with Hornlike Protrusions (Yūkaku sekifu)
Japan

Spearhead, Stone, Japan — Spearhead
Japan

Body ornament, Bone, Japan — Body ornament
Japan

Body ornament, Bone, Japan — Body ornament
Japan

Arrowhead, Bone, Japan — Arrowhead
Japan

Fish hook, Bone, Japan — Fish hook
Japan

Fish hook, Bone, Japan — Fish hook
Japan

Jar, Earthenware with incised decoration, Japan — Jar
Japan
ca. 100–300

Les Singuliers et Nouveaux Portraicts..., Federico de Vinciolo Italian, Woodcut — Les Singuliers et Nouveaux Portraicts...
Multiple artists/makers
1588

Haniwa (Hollow Clay Sculpture) of a Shaman

, Earthenware with painted, incised, and applied decoration (Kanto region), Japan — Haniwa (Hollow Clay Sculpture) of a Shaman
Japan
5th–early 6th century

Haniwa (Hollow Clay Sculpture) of a Warrior

, Earthenware with painted, incised, and applied decoration (Kanto region), Japan — Haniwa (Hollow Clay Sculpture) of a Warrior
Japan
5th–early 6th century

Haniwa (hollow clay sculpture) of a boar, Earthenware, Japan — Haniwa (hollow clay sculpture) of a boar
Japan
5th century

Mirror (Shinjūkyō) Based on Han Dynasty Prototype with Cosmological Design, Bronze, Japan — Mirror (Shinjūkyō) Based on Han Dynasty Prototype with Cosmological Design
Japan
4th–5th century

Mirror with Five Bells, Bronze, Japan — Mirror with Five Bells
Japan
early 6th century

Necklace with Claw-Shaped Beads (Magatama), Chalcedony and green jasper, Japan — Necklace with Claw-Shaped Beads (Magatama)
Japan
ca. 7th century

Dainichi, the Cosmic Buddha (Mahavairocana), Wood with lacquer and gold leaf, Japan — Dainichi, the Cosmic Buddha (Mahavairocana)
Japan
12th century

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