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This hanging scroll depicts three white chrysanthemums. The flowers form a dynamic arc, and were executed with powerful, rapid brushstrokes. The contrast between the thin lines of the petals of the flowers and the dark thick strokes made with the side of the brush suggesting the leaves and stalks of the plants creates the main visual drama of the painting. 
Soga Shōhaku
Chrysanthemums
18th century
Museum Purchase
1960/1.183
This Persian miniature is attributed to the Shiraz and Timurid schools, ca. 1460. The painting is done in ink, opaque watercolor and gold leaf on paper. The scene, <em>The Death of Dara</em>, is part of the Shahnama of Firdausi, the Persian book of kings. 
Iranian (Iranian)
The Death of Dara, from the Shahnama of Firdausi
1455 – 1465
Museum Purchase
1963/1.64
Circular tsuba, made of iron. It has two holes in the middle. Two figures, Kanzan and Jittoku, are carved on the lower right corner. Kanzan, who holds a scroll on his hand, and Jittoku, who holds a bloom stick and pointing to the sky, are looking upward. The two figures are carved slightly higher than the surface. On the back, there is the moon partially obscured by clouds. Gold and silver alloy inlays are applied to the moon and the clouds. Gold is also inlayed in their eyes, parts of the garments, and Kanzan's scroll. Shakudô (copper-gold alloy) is inlayed in Jittoku's bloom and his jacket collars.
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Tsuba (sword guard) with design of Kanzan (Chinese, Han Shan) and Jittoku (Chinese, Shihde), two Zen eccentrics
1700 – 1732
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Weston
1978/2.5
Realistic flowers and grasses, painted with vivid colors on a hanging scroll.
Watanabe Shikō
Flowers and Grasses
1700 – 1749
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1964/2.65
This Qajar dish features three separate compartments and highly decorated exterior panels. Each side of the dish is decorated with a pair of young female faces that alternate with abstract deep blue designs. The interor panels lack decoration aside from the bases of each compartment which contain blue painted floral sprays. The craftmanship of the dish finds roots in the Kashan tradition of the 12th and 13th centuries, making it a testament to the continuation of traditional techniques in the region by the 19th century. 
Iranian (Iranian)
Shallow open box with three compartments, adorned with women's faces
19th century
Museum Purchase
1957/1.99
A porcelain snuff bottle painted with a depiction of (Budai?). On top is a glass stopper.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Snuff bottle with painted design (of Budai?)
1912 – 1949
Gift of Mr. Robert W. Coggan
1980/2.115
Concentric lines of bright red alternate with lines of blue and green to create an optical illusion of receeding squares. The juxtaposition of these colors also creates an appearance of intersecting orange lines and hues of purple.
Richard Anuszkiewicz
Mercurius in the Vessel
1963
Bequest of W. Hawkins Ferry
1988/1.137
At least eight women crowd onto what appears to be a balcony. Most of the women are at least partially nude, and several wear headdresses and necklaces reminiscent of various types of ancient Eastern costume, including Assyrian and Egyptian. These accessories and several garments are rendered in bright yellow watercolor which constrasts with the blue tones that otherwise dominate the scene. Underneath the women, faint traces of pencil indicate a crowd beneath the balcony.
Sir Jacob Epstein
Women on a Balcony
1900 – 1959
Joseph F. McCrindle Collection
2009/1.498
This painting inculdes the seal of the artist Ren Xun. A crane stands in the foreground, with it's head and beak turned toward the viewer, revealing a patch of orangish red on its face. A pine tree arches across the background above.
Ren Xun (Jen Hsün)
Crane, Pine and Bamboo
1860 – 1887
Museum Purchase made possible by the Friends of the Museum of Art
1987/1.265
Swift, spontaneous brushwork is used to capture a winter landscape. Two fishermen, wearing wide-brimmed straw hats and thatched grass rain capes, work their way through the heavy snow as they cross a bridge, carrying nets on their shoulders.<br />
Jiang Song
Fishermen Returning in the Evening Snow
1500 – 1532
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1976/2.139
Hanging scroll depicting two birds at the center perched on branches. One bird has its tail pointed straight up while the other bird appears to be looking down. Small blossoms adorn some of the branches. An inscription is located in the upper right corner. The painting is framed by strips of silk attached to its edge.<br /> <br /> This painting depicts two birds sitting on flowering plum branches on a spring day. The tail of the bird on the vertically standing plum branch sits upright in parallel with the branch. The lower part of the painting shows drooping tree branches and willow leaves upon which the second bird sits, looking downwards. The plum flowers which evoke a sense of spring and the birds with their splendid feathers, echo the inscription on the upper-right corner: &ldquo;Welcome spring with its myriad colors (迎春滿色).&rdquo; The work features diverse colors in the style of the nineteenth-century folk paintings. It is currently framed by strips of silk attached to its edges. <p>[Korean Collection
Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Birds and Flowers
19th century
Gift and partial purchase from Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp, purchase with funds from Elder and Mrs Sang-Yong Nam
2021/1.165
This photograph depicts two models standing in an elegant interior. They are embracing and kissing, posed to appear as mannequins. 
Helmut Newton (Australian)
Mannequins, Quai d'Orsay, Paris
1977
Gift of Gerald and Selma Lotenberg
1984/1.277.6
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