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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 photograph of man standing shirtless in front of a pool where others sunbathe and play water sports. 
Helmut Newton (Australian)
David Hockney, Piscine Royale, Paris
1975
Gift of Gerald and Selma Lotenberg
1984/1.277.2
This is a portrait of a courtesan and her two attendants. The courtesan wears a red cloak with a peacock flying over peonies and a pale green color kimono with “shippô” (seven treasures) pattern. Her green obi, tied in the front, has design of red and blue clouds with gold plants. She is turning away from a viewer to show the gorgeous cloak. Her hair is sculpted in a butterfly shape on the top and has wings to the side. Tortoise-shell combs and multiple hairpins adorn the hair. Her two attendants flank the courtesan; they wear matching, dark green kimono with chrysanthemum flower design and red underkimono. Their kimono have especially long sleeves (furisode), whose openings are tied with ribbons. Their obi are in brocade and tied on their backs. Their hair is sculpted in round shape on their tops and has side wings like the courtesan. They wear silver hair accessories of cherry blossoms and tassels, long hairpins and red silk ribbons. The attendant on the left holds a battledore pad and the right attendant h
Hosoda Eishi
Beauty under Cherry Blossoms
1810
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1977/1.180
A team of men in green jerseys and pink shorts competing against a team in blue jerseys at a game of basketball. A player on the green team is in mid-air and appears to be nearing the rim of the hoop with the basketball.
Joseph Vogel (American (North American))
Basketball
1937 – 1943
Allocated by the U.S. Government Commissioned through the New Deal art projects
1943.139
In this long horizontally oriented print, we see multiple people of various colors on a subway car; some sit and others stand holding onto subway poles. Windows show various scenes- a plane in the sky, men playing basketball, fish, musicians, and a small group of people walking with a flag. 
Jacob Lawrence
New York in Transit I
1998
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
2000/2.127
Eight male figures (three kneeling in front and five standing in back) wearing orange tank tops and white shorts face the viewer; two basketballs and five trophies between figures in the foreground. Figures stand in front of a background of fragmented, arched and circular areas of color in blues and golds.
Jacob Lawrence
Champions
1953
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
1997/1.530
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