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Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Mirror or relief plaque with scene of Taigong Wang fishing
18th century
Transfer from the College of Architecture and Design
1972/2.102

Kambot
Men's house plaque with hornbill bird decoration
1960 – 1970
Museum Purchase made possible by the Friends of the Museum of Art
1987/2.43

Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Round Plaque
19th century
Transfer from the School of Art and the College of Architecture and Urban Planning
1997/1.240

Iranian (Iranian)
Plaque with Kufic Inscription, from the Tower of Toghril, from Rayy
1140
Museum Purchase
1965/1.167
Red orange rectangular tile with a thin black line border and black Thunderbird design.
Laura Tomasie (Native American)
Tile with Hopi Thunderbird
1959 – 1969
Gift of Estelle Titiev, from the collection of Mischa Titiev
1984/2.13
Light brown ceramic rectangular tile with a human-esque figure on the front in darker brown and red. Small hole pierced at the top and the bottom edges.
Artist Unknown;Hopi (Hopi (culture or style))
Tile with One-Legged Katsina
1875 – 1885
Gift of Estelle Titiev, from the collection of Mischa Titiev
1984/2.14
A small, thin, molded clay plaque with a bas-relief scene.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
A Votive plaque depicting a Bodhisattva in Amitabha's (Chinese. Amitofou's) Western Paradise, giving rebirth to new souls from lotus buds
618 – 907
Gift of Mrs. Caroline I. Plumer for the James Marshall Plumer Collection
1964/2.17
A small, thin, molded clay plaque with a bas-relief scene.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
A Votive plaque depicting the Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha (Ch. Dizang), in Amitabha's Western Paradise
618 – 907
Gift of Mrs. Caroline I. Plumer for the James Marshall Plumer Collection
1964/2.19
Plaque in the form of a snarling lion's face holding a double-edged "severn star" (here only three of the seven stars are depicted as large dots connected by lines) sword in its mouth and ornamented with a red octagon containing the characters for "daqi" surrounded by eight trigrams on its forehead.
Taiwanese
Protective Amulet
20th century
Gift of Ellen and Richard Laing
2006/2.44
A red earthenware standing figure of Tianwang—Heavenly King, a Buddhist deity—wearing Tang dynasty styled armor including a helmet with flowing ribbons, elbow-length gauntlets, a cuirass with plaques, and taces, knee length greaves, and boots. The figure is standing on a rock-styled base, unglazed with traces of mineral pigment. 
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Tianwang
800 – 906
Gift of Mrs. Caroline I. Plumer for the James Marshall Plumer Collection
1964/2.22
A small, thin, molded clay plaque with a bas-relief scene.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
A Votive plaque depicting the Buddha seated in dhyana mudra, and flanked by two stupas
618 – 907
Gift of Mrs. Caroline I. Plumer for the James Marshall Plumer Collection
1964/2.23
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