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Indian (Indian (South Asian))
Bodhisattva (?), head
8th century
Gift of Mark and Iuliana Phillips
1996/2.31

Indian (Indian (South Asian))
Head
8th century
Gift of George P. Bickford
1975/2.196
A medium size, well potted porcelain jar with wooden rid, round shoulder and neck. Floral designs are painted with blue underglaze and red and gold overglaze enamels. There are Chinese scholar and attendant boy with a fan on one side and Japanese lady in kimono on the opposite side, painted with enamels. Band of flowers on the neck, another broader band of chrysanthemums on the shoulder. There is also a band of leaf patterns on the bottom. A large crack from neck to the middle of the body; porcelain glaze has small cracks all over the body. The foot is unglazed; the eye is fully glazed. No glaze on the rim. The teak wood lid, a later addition, has a finial made of an ivory netsuke of laughing Hotei.
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Covered jar with design of flower maiden, sage, and child amidst flowering plants
1645 – 1655
Transfer from the College of Architecture and Design
1972/2.72A&B
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