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On the left of this print is a French door with window panels in it and an oversized key protruding from its right edge, which allows us to see a table with flowers behind it.
Bernard Reder (American (North American))
Flowers Behind the Door
1953
Museum Purchase
1953/2.29
A porcelain bottle vase of double gourd form on a flared footring with tall narrow neck and the reverse side flat with a slot for hanging. The vase is outlined in underglaze blue and has a six-character Wanli mark in a plaque framed by a polychrome overglaze lotus leaf on the top, and a lotus flower on the bottom. The front is decorated with underglaze blue and polychrome overglaze enamels to depict a pair of phoenixes flying among clouds on the upper bulb, and two phoenixes facing each other among an earthly flower garden on the lower bulb. These are confined between<em> lingzhi</em>-shaped clouds and lotus meander borders, with banana leaf lappets around the rim, all covered in a clear glaze. 
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Double-Gourd Wall Vase
1573 – 1620
Gift of Marian Doering in memory of Paul M. Doering
1979/2.12
A tall stoneware ovoid bottle on a straight footring with a narrow, short, flaring neck and a direct rim. It has four loop handles connecting the neck to shoulder, incised with floral decoration, and the upper half of the body is covered in green, amber, and yellow polychrome glazes. 
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Bottle
1271 – 1368
Museum purchase for the Paul Leroy Grigaut Memorial Collection
1969/2.152
A stoneware vase on a narrow, tapered base with high, wide shoulders and a small narrow flaring neck with everted lip. The vase is carved with lotus petal lappets around the base and floral meander around the body and shoulder, and is covered with a green celadon glaze.  
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Vase
1368 – 1450
Gift of Mrs. Henry Jewett Greene for The Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jewett Greene Memorial Collection
1971/2.87

British
Printed Cotton
1800 – 1825
The Paul Leroy Grigaut Memorial Collection
1972/2.287A

Waldo Peirce
Linda
1969
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. A.A. D'Amico
1970/1.181

François Voyez
The Magic Picture: Zémire et Azor
1772
Gift of Hubert L. and Doris M. Grigaut for The Paul Leroy Grigaut Memorial Collection
1970/1.195

Syrian
Vertical panel
1762 – 1763
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1961/2.13
A porcelain baluster-shaped jar on a footring with a short wide neck, topped with a domed cover with flaring flange and a peaked knob. It is covered in powder blue underglaze with four large scalloped reserved panels on the body alternating with smaller reserves on the shoulder and lid: the large reserves containing flowering plants, a landscape, and two scenes of the hundred antiquities, painted in underglaze blue and red, and overglaze enamels; the smaller reserves containing flowering plants in underglaze blue and red. The jar is covered in clear glaze, then painted with overglaze gold floral meander, which is wearing away. The jar, lid, and teakwood stand are acquisition numbers 1982/1.206A, 1982/1.206B, and 1982/1.206C. They are 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, and 1982/1.220; plates, 1982/1.212, 1982/1.213, and bowls 1982/1.221, and1982/1.22.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Covered Jar (Jar)
1700 – 1722
Gift of the Estate of Hobart Taylor, Jr.
1982/1.206A
A man wearing light colored pants and a dark jacket with tails stands on a rug in a narrow room facing framed art on a wall.  There is a tall vase of flowers on a stand next to the hanging art. The man's hands are behind him, clasping a cane. Behind him is a stand with a hat on it. To his right, there is a wall with two other framed works of art, and one appears to be a portrait. 
Benjamin Kopman (American (North American))
In an Art Gallery
1951
Museum Purchase
1958/2.60

Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Small Vase with Gilt Phoenix and Dragon Decoration
19th century
Transfer from the School of Art and the College of Architecture and Urban Planning.
1997/1.235

Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Gourd Shaped Vase
1860 – 1910
Transfer from the School of Art and the College of Architecture and Urban Planning.
1997/1.195
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