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Antoine-Louis Barye (French (culture or style))
Study of a Tiger
1832
Gift of Jean Paul Slusser
1960/1.169
This is a brightly colored painting on a light background. It depicts a three- tiered scene with several figures, standing and kneeling, looking toward a central seated figure in the top tier. This male figure is seated in lotus position on a throne, decorated with colorful designs. To his left and right are attendants who fan him. In the middle tier, there is a nude man with long hair, a kneeling woman and a figure who is half-man and half-serpent. In the bottom tier, there are two kneeling men, wearing robes and headdresses, with hands pressed together and eyes gazing upward toward the main figure. They are surrounded by a tiger, a bird, an insect and a serpent.
Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Sirohi School
Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina venerated by a monk and a royal devotee
18th century
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
1975/2.167

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Mirror
9794 BCE – 220 CE
The Oliver J. Todd Memorial Collection
1974/1.179

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Mirror, Dragon and Tiger type
9794 BCE – 220 CE
Museum purchase for the James Marshall Plumer Memorial Collection
1961/2.69

Indian (Indian (South Asian))
Durga blessing a Raja and his entourage
18th century
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
1975/2.147

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Mirror, TLV Type
960 – 1279
The Oliver J. Todd Memorial Collection
1974/1.212
This lithograph contains drawings of two animals. At the bottom center, there is a bear sitting and looking to the right. Along the top of the print, there is a tiger laying down on an unseen surface, its tail hanging down on the right. The print is signed (l.r.) "E. Munch" and numbered (l.l.) "Tiere XIX 26" in pencil.
Edvard Munch (Norwegian)
Tiger og bjørn
1908 – 1909
Museum Purchase
1954/2.31
This is a smooth stoneware piece in the form of a crouching tiger. It has a concave platform on its back and is covered in white slip with black calligraphic stripes. The platform is painted with a bird among grasses. 
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Pillow
1115 – 1234
Gift of Domino's Pizza, Inc.
1993/1.103
A blue skinned female figure sits on a rug/ mat. She is in a forest and there are rocks behind her. A tiger and deer (hunter and prey) lie close to her, and a stream of water flows below. There are lotuses in the water. Another man sits beside the main figure, and he is holding a red board in one hand, a writing implement in the other. It is nighttime. A short verse is painted above the depicted scene.
Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
Ragamala: Devgandhar Ragini
1795 – 1805
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel
1981/2.43
There is a tiger lying down with its head up looking into the distance. There is a signature and seal in the bottom left corner of the painting.
Ōhashi Suiseki
Tiger
1900 – 1945
Museum purchase made possible by a gift from William and Martha Steen
1991/1.131.1
There is a tiger crouching while looking over a cliff. There is a signature and seal on the left side of the painting.
Ōhashi Suiseki
Tiger
1900 – 1945
Museum purchase made possible by a gift from William and Martha Steen
1991/1.131.2

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Yao Ritual Scroll
1800 – 1966
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Karl Bass of Kabaco Tools, Inc.
1983/2.128
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