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French (French (culture or style))
Battle of Tritons and Nereids
1667 – 1699
Museum Purchase
1959/2.39
This hanging scroll depicts two carp among waves using light ink washes. It demonstrates the Kanō painters' interest in naturalistic depiction of flowers, birds and animals.
Kanō School
Two carp among waves
17th century
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1954/1.208
A blue and white platter. White porcellanous body with painting in blue under a clear glaze slightly tinged with blue-green.
Ali ibn al-Hajj Muhammad
Platter with an inscription from a Hadith [a saying of the Prophet Muhammad], signed by Ali ibn al-Hajj Muhammad
1600 – 1799
Transfer from the College of Architecture and Design
1972/2.158

Thai
Head of a Buddha, with flaming topknot
1600 – 1799
Gift of the Estate of Margaret E. Tracy
1978/2.46
Gold spoon with thin handle that widens at the end with egg-and-dart-like motif along edges
Tiffany & Company
Spoon
1900 – 1967
Gift of Colonel and Mrs. Thomas M. Spaulding
1967/2.17
Gold spoon with thin handle that widens at the end with a decorative element at the tip
Tiffany & Company
Spoon
1906 – 1956
Gift of Colonel and Mrs. Thomas M. Spaulding
1967/2.18
This dish features a three part structural division; the boss is almost flat. Around the depressed area is a band of degenerate Gothic [or pseudo-Arabic] script. On the brim are solid lustre painted zig-zags, possibly a late version of gadroons. The empty areas of this pattern are filled with dots and floral motifs. The reverse has repeated circles only.
Moorish (Moorish)
Shallow Dish
16th century
Transfer from the College of Architecture and Design
1972/2.119

Giuseppe Passeri and Carlo Maratta?
Study for Magdalene
17th century
Gift through the Estate of Edward Sonnenschein
1970/2.38

Ercole Ferrata
The Stoning of St. Emerenziana
17th century
Purchased from the Estate of Edward Sonnenschein
1970/2.84

European
Velvet
1600 – 1799
The Paul Leroy Grigaut Memorial Collection
1972/2.296C

Italian
Silk Panel
17th century
The Paul Leroy Grigaut Memorial Collection
1972/2.310

Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Footed Bowl, Hagi ware?
1600 – 1799
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1954/1.541
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