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There is a single pheasant standing in the middle of the painting with its head turned around to peck at its feathers. There are a mixture of red, blue, green, and black feathers on the pheasant. Behind the pheasant is a plant growing from the ground. On the ground surrounding the pheasant and plant is grass. There are two seals, one on the left side of the painting and the other on the right side of the painting.
Nishiyama Kan'ei
Pheasant
1850 – 1899
Museum Purchase made possible by the Friends of the Museum of Art
1990/1.196
There is a single camellia branch that points upward. It starts from the bottom of the painting and ends at the top. There are many twigs that jut branch out from the main branch that have leaves and flowers growing from them. There is a single bird sitting on the branch. There is a seal in the bottom right corner of the painting.
Nishiyama Kan'ei
Bird on Camellia Branch
1850 – 1899
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1990/1.205
There is a single camellia branch that points upward. It starts from the bottom of the painting and ends at the top. There are many twigs that jut branch out from the main branch that have leaves and flowers growing from them; the leaves have a presence in the painting because of their size and their detail. There is a single bird sitting on the branch. There is a seal and signature in the bottom left corner of the painting.
Nishiyama Kan'ei
Birds on Camellia Branch
1850 – 1899
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1990/1.207
A small, thin, porcelain bowl with an everted, foliate rim, on a foot ring.  It is painted in an underglaze blue decoration of birds and flowers, separated into eight panels on both the interior and exterior, and covered in a clear glaze. 
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Bowl
1573 – 1619
Museum purchase made possible by the Augusta Plumer Weiss Memorial Fund
1977/2.19
A small earthenware figure of a duck standing on two feet with head curved down, covered in a straw-colored glaze.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Duck
600 – 632
Gift of Willard A. and Marybelle Bouchard Hanna
1991/2.17

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Coral snuff bottle
1912 – 1949
Gift of Mr. Robert W. Coggan
1980/2.55
Gold-weight in the shape of a square base with a central spiral surmounting an arch, surrounded by raised notches along two sides. 
Akan (Akan (culture or style))
Gold-weight
1900 – 1985
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
1997/1.477

Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Votive Offering
1977
Gift of Frederick J. Myerson
1983/1.101.3

Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Set of Kaiawase (Shell Game)
19th century
Museum purchase made possible by the University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies
2015/1.379A&B
This ribbed, cone-shaped, porcelain lid has a wide flange topped with a bird-shaped finial. It is covered in a white glaze with a bluish green tinge.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Jar lid
960 – 1279
Gift of Professor Walter M. and Nesta R. Spink
2015/2.136
A tall porcelain vase with an ovoid lower body, a tall narrow neck, and a dish shaped mouth on a footring. The neck has several applied figures of molded immortals and sculpted cosmological creatures, including cranes, clouds, deer, and a dragon chasing a protruding flaming pearl. It is topped with a cone shaped lid with wide flange, topped with a crane-shaped finial. There are four loop lugs on both the lid and around the mouth. It is covered in a white glaze with a bluish green tinge. This jar is one of a pair with <em>1993/1.81.</em>
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Covered Jar
1127 – 1279
Gift of Domino's Pizza, Inc.
1993/1.82.1-2
Gray silk crepe (repp weave) shot through with metallic threads, with silk and metallic thread embroidered design of figures doing the suzume odori (crow dance) in the rain (suzume odori). Lining is plain weave silk, white above and gray below.
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Formal gray crested kimono with embroidered designs of suzume odori figures dancing in the rain
1970 – 1980
Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
2005/1.382
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