20 UMMA Objects
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Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Mirror, Siba lianhu type (with design of four leaves and connected arcs)
100 – 399
The Oliver J. Todd Memorial Collection
1974/1.201
A fragment of a stucco relief sculpture.
Artist Unknown, Gandhara (Ancient Pakistan and Afghanistan)
Buddha, seated in the padmasana pose, in dhyana mudra, attended by Indra
100 – 399
Museum purchase for the James Marshall Plumer Memorial Collection
1961/2.83
Figure with a teardrop-shaped background.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Buddha
Gift of Professor Walter M. and Nesta R. Spink
2015/2.145
A stoneware vessel designed for pouring or possibly to serve as an oil lamp, in the shape of a duck. The lower half of the duck&#39;s body and &quot;legs&quot; are formed by a shallow bowl on an openwork pedestal; the sides of the bowl have been compressed to make an elongated shape. The upper half of the duck&#39;s body, and its neck and head are formed by hand, The duck&#39;s body is hollow, with two aperture: liquids can be poured in through a funnel with a cup-shaped mouth on the duck&#39;s back, and liquids can be poured out through a wide opening at the tail.<br />
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This is a gray or gray-orange, duck-shaped, low-fired earthenware vessel. Its semi-globular spout is attached to the upper part of the duck&rsquo;s back, while a 2.8cm wide hole, which appears to have been used for pouring liquids, is located at the tail end. The duck&rsquo;s beak is flat and wide, and its eyes are expressed by an incised dot and circle. The lower part of the body features three ridges that form a wave design. The pe
Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Vessel in the shape of a duck
200 – 399
Gift of Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp and Museum purchase made possible by Elder and Mrs. Sang-Yong Nam
2004/1.188
This engraving reproduces a colossal marble sculpture of Hercules leaning upon his club, which is draped with a lion skin. Bos carefully records the powerful musculature of the figure and sets the statue within a niche.
Jacob Bos
The Farnese Hercules
1562
Given in memory of Dr. & Mrs. Milton J. Goodfriend
1994/2.17

Indian (Indian (South Asian))
From Northern India, figure of seated Ganesha on perforated cylinder (armature of wheeled toy deity).
300 – 599
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel
1980/2.280

Indian (Indian (South Asian))
Ganesha,
300 – 599
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel
1980/2.281

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Standing Buddha (or possibly Maitreya) in abhaya mudra, with flask in left hand
4th century
Gift of Mrs. Caroline I. Plumer for the James Marshall Plumer Collection
1964/1.91
Jar with a round base, short neck and flaring mouth. Fabric imprints and gently indented lines stretch across the round body of the jar.<br />
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This is a blue-gray, round-bottomed, high-fired stoneware jar with a short neck. Its neck curves outwards towards a widely flared mouth. The edge of the rim is slightly round, and the inner surface of the mouth is flattened. The inner and outer surfaces of the neck show traces of rotation and water smoothing. The body is widest at its upper-middle section, while its surface has been decorated with shallow horizontal lines after the rendering of a dense lattice design. The upper part of the vessel shows traces of an erased paddled pattern, and there are cracks on the inside of the base.<br />
[Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2017) p. 46]<br />
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Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Round-Bottomed Jar
200 – 399
Gift of Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp and Museum purchase made possible by Elder and Mrs. Sang-Yong Nam
2004/1.163

Indian (Indian (South Asian))
Female with Headdress
300 – 599
Gift of George P. Bickford
1990/1.170

Indian (Indian (South Asian))
Ganesha,
300 – 599
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel
1980/2.282

Indian (Indian (South Asian))
Bodhisattva Avalokitehsvara (?), head
300 – 499
Gift of Mark and Iuliana Phillips
1996/2.46
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