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An orange agate snuff bottle with the image of a lion and a ball carved in raised in raised relief. On top of the snuff bottle is a green glass stopper in a collar.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Agate snuff bottle with image of lion and ball
1800 – 1880
Gift of Mr. Robert W. Coggan
1980/2.16
A milk glass snuff bottle in the shape of a lion (?). The lion (?) is colored blue, orange, and yellow.  On top is a smokey quartz stopper set in a silver collar.
Wu Meng-ling
Milk glass snuff bottle in shape of a (lion?)
1871
Gift of Mr. Robert W. Coggan
1980/2.128
This porcelain, bottle-shaped vase with globular body has a tall flaring footring. The tall, flaring neck, has a protruding flange below two globular bulbs at the lower portion of the neck. The body of the vase is covered in powder blue underglaze and has four reserves, two cirular and two rectangular, placed around the body. The white base has underglaze blue double circles, covered in a clear glaze. The round reserves are painted with polychrome overglaze enamels to depict a <em>qilin</em> and a lion in landscapes, alternating with images of birds among flowering branches in the rectangular reserves. The body of the vase is covered in powder blue ground with overglaze gold enamel floral sprays and banana leaf lappets around the neck. There is a paper label with "Chait Galleries New York" applied to base.  <br /> This vase is part of a ten-piece garniture set which includes: jars, 1982/1.206A, 1982/1.206B, 1982/1.206C, 1982/1.207A, 1982/1.207B, and 1982/1.207C; vases, 1982/1.208, 1982/1.215, 1982/1.216, 1982
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Vase
1700 – 1722
Gift of the Estate of Hobart Taylor, Jr.
1982/1.216
This is a tall, straight-sided, slightly tapered porcelain vase with high narrow shoulders. It has a short neck with an everted rim. Two applique sprig-molded lion heads are placed on opposing sides of the shoulders. The vase is covered in a creamy white glaze. 
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Vase
1500 – 1699
Gift of Stephen H. and Patricia O. Spurr from the Henry Jewett Greene Collection
2000/1.25
A porcelain, bottle-shaped vase with globular body and tall flaring footring. The tall flaring neck has a protruding flange below two globular bulbs at the lower portion of the neck. It is covered in powder blue underglaze with four reserves, two cirular and two rectangular, placed around the body. The white base has underglaze blue double circles, covered in a clear glaze and the round reserves are painted with polychrome overglaze enamels to depict a <em>qilin</em> and a lion in landscapes. This alternates with birds among flowering branches in the rectangular reserves. The body is covered in powder blue ground with overglaze gold enamel floral sprays and banana leaf lappets around the neck. There is a paper label with "Chait Galleries New York" applied to base.  <br /> It is part of a ten-piece garniture set which includes: jars 1982/1.206A, 1982/1.206B, 1982/1.206C, 1982/1.207A, 1982/1.207B, and 1982/1.207C; vases, 1982/1.208, 1982/1.215, 1982/1.216, 1982/1.220; plates, 1982/1.212, 1982/1.213 and bowls, 1
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Vase
1700 – 1722
Gift of the Estate of Hobart Taylor, Jr.
1982/1.215
At the right of the print, there is a line drawing of a figure seated in a large tufted chair, holding a scepter. There is a crown floating above the figure and there are stars above that. To the lower left, there is a simple drawing of a figure and a sailboat in a landscape.There is a collaged image of a lion at the center below a green tufted chair. To the right of the chair, between it and the large seated figure, is a small landscape with a figure and a cord with a plug at the end, connected to the chair. To the left at the center, there is a monogram of the artist and date. The print is signed (l.r.) and numbered (l.l.) in pencil. 
Salvador Dali (Spanish (culture or style))
Fauteuil à sespirer pneumatique
1975
Anonymous Gift
1981/2.110.5
This photograph depicts a sculpture of a slain lion lying in a grotto, carved into a wall of rock.  Above and below the lion is latin text.
Giorgio Sommer (Italian (culture or style))
Luzern Löwendenkmal
1880 – 1914
Gift of Mr. & Mrs. W. Howard Bond
1984/1.307
This work is a crayon drawing of a circus scene. On the left is a woman drawn in lavender. She wears a tutu and raises both arms above her head. In the center, a lion drawn in yellow, sits on a blue and red stand. To the right is the figure of a man, drawn in red, standing with his legs spread apart and his right arm raised over his head. All figures are simple outline drawings.
Alexander Calder (American (North American))
Lion and Two Acrobats
1926 – 1937
Museum Purchase
1948/1.260
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