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A Gothic-style church tower is seen in the middle distance. It dominates a cloudless sky in the upper portion of the image, with trees rising behind the lower portion of the building and a single story outcropping of the building expanding to the tower's left. The architectural details, especially the carved stonework and patterned brickwork, are rendered with precision.<br />
Signed and dated lower right on plate: "John Taylor Arms. 1937". Signed and dated lower right below plate in pencil: "John Taylor Arms 1937".<br />
Watermark: England
John Taylor Arms (American (North American))
Anglia Antiqua, West Walton
1937
Gift of Carl Fredric Clarke
1949/1.42

Iranian (Iranian)
Star-shaped tile with phoenix among clouds
1267 – 1366
Museum purchase
1960/1.132

Faceted bottle
1100 – 1299
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1961/1.182

Syrian
Covered vase
1100 – 1299
Transfer from the College of Architecture and Design
1972/2.132A&B

Syrian
Square tile with molded cross design
1100 – 1299
Transfer from the College of Architecture and Design
1972/2.145

Iranian (Iranian)
Tile fragment with inscription
1100 – 1299
Transfer from the College of Architecture and Design
1972/2.152
Round base bowl on a tall straight foot ring, covered in a dark brown-black glaze with subtle hare's fur markings (兔毫盏 <em>tuhao zhan</em>).
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Teabowl
960 – 1279
Gift of Mrs. Caroline I. Plumer for the James Marshall Plumer Collection
1964/2.10
A conical stoneware bowl on a tall foot ring, the exterior wall fluted, covered in a craqueleur gray-green celadon glaze. 
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Bowl
13th century
Museum purchase for the James Marshall Plumer Memorial Collection
1964/2.73
This deep, conical bowl rests on a straight foot ring with subtle rim articulation. It is covered in a thickly applied dark iron-rich brown-black glaze with hare's fur or <em>tuhao zhan (兔毫盏 ) </em>markings. The thick glaze pools in one black drip lowering onto the exposed base. The interior surface has a crackle glaze.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Teabowl
1127 – 1279
Gift of Mrs. Caroline I. Plumer for the James Marshall Plumer Collection
1964/2.8
A porcelain hemispherical bowl with direct rim on a footring, the interior base is painted to depict a lion playing with a ball that looks like a coin, surrounded by a flowing ribbon. The bowl is covered in a clear glaze. 
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Bowl
1368 – 1644
Gift of Mr. Jennis R. Galloway through the Friends of the Museum of Art
1972/1.155

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Herdboy and Buffalo in the Moonlight
1200 – 1399
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1961/2.12
A small, thin, porcelain bowl with an everted, foliate rim, on a foot ring.  It is painted in an underglaze blue decoration of birds and flowers, separated into eight panels on both the interior and exterior, and covered in a clear glaze. 
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Bowl
1573 – 1619
Museum purchase made possible by the Augusta Plumer Weiss Memorial Fund
1977/2.19
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