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Photograph of large outdoor theatre. This is an overhead shot of the theatre; the stage and surrounding seats are visible.<br /><br /> Eva Caston 2017
Italian
Anfiteatro di Pompei
1855 – 1865
Transfer from the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
1980/1.183
There are two scholars playing the board game Go on a cliffside and by a waterfall. One scholar is facing toward us and wearing blue, while the other scholar is facing away from us and wearing white. There is a stone path leading down, a tree hanging above them, a mountainside in the background from which the waterfall comes from, and mist coming from the waterfall.
Maruyama Ōkyo
Scholars Playing Go by a Waterfall
1778
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Province M. Henry
1955/1.265
A young woman in a black dress and white shawl holds a croquet mallet behind her back. She stands in the midground of the composition in a sunlit patch of grass strewn with three croquet In the foreground, three croquet balls mirror the wickets, and a white dog sits beneath a tree amongst a watering can and many small flower pots. Two more young women kneel and lounge in the grass in the background next to a small round pond with a fountain; an arcade of columns can be seen beyond the water.<br /> Signed and dated, in the plate, l.l.: "J.J. Tissot / 1878"
James Jacques Joseph Tissot (French (culture or style))
Le Croquet
1878
Gift of Professor Walter M. and Nesta R. Spink
2014/2.223
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

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
Empty beach with a volleyball net set up.
Harry Callahan (American (North American))
Cape Cod
1972
Gift of Maxine and Lawrence K. Snider
2011/2.6
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
A round three-tiered wooden box with black, red, and gold lacquer. It has geometric and animal designs.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Round Three-Tiered Box
Gift of Ellen and Richard Laing
2006/2.37A-D

Taiwanese
Longevity Spirit Money, from Taiwan (2 prints)
20th century
Gift of Ellen and Richard Laing
2006/2.41.2A
This mirror box is decorated with lacquer and mother-of-pearl inlaid designs. Thelid of the box opens upwards, and has brass hinges and a closure in the sahpe of a flower. The lower drawer has a handle in the shape of a bat.<br /> <br /> This box has a mirror attached to the inside of its lid and was used by women. The box is decorated with hexagon and bamboo motifs by employing <em>kkeuneumjil</em> and <em>jureumjil</em> techniques. Hinges made of nickel are decorated with chiseled peonies on a ringmat ground. The corner brackets, or side wrappers, are in &ldquo;I&rdquo; shape. The single drawer has a handle in the shape of a bat, realistic to the extent of depicting antenna. Lacquer was heavily repainted on the base of the drawer. The frame of the mirror inside was decorated with fret-patterned band on left and right sides, and saw-tooth design on upper and lower sides. <p>[Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2017) p. 266]</p>
Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Mirror Box
19th century
Gift of Ellen and Richard Laing
2006/2.61
Woodblock print with red floral design framing an inner square that contains six characters in the top and lower right, center, and left corners and a large character (&quot;longevity&quot;) in the middle with an image of two coins suspended from the wings of a stylized bat in the lower center. Swath of orange paint and imitation gold foil in the middle.
Taiwanese
Longevity spirit money from Taiwan
20th century
Gift of Ellen Johnston Laing
2008/1.171
A photograph of a crowded street. In the foreground, boys play, while men walk in the background, in front of a building with many small, uneven windows.
Henri Cartier-Bresson (French (culture or style))
Madrid
1933
Gift from the Collection of David S. Rosen MD, MPH
2013/2.111
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