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Photograph of an ancient amphitheatre, viewed from above.
European
Inside the Amphitheatre, Nismes
1850 – 1870
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. W. Howard Bond
1980/2.223
Primarily black and grey ink painting. Signature stamp in the lower right side of the image. Background contains mountains and a river runs from them down to the base of the image. A small hut or structure is shown next to the cliff and some trees on the left side. A figure of a person stands near the river at the base of the image.
Ōhara Tonshū (Donshū)
Mountain Hut among Pines
1831 – 1844
Museum purchase made possible by a gift from Helmut Stern
1985/2.27
A 'mani' or prayer wheel, a common ritual object used in Tibetan Buddhism: a device made a handle (here a simple wooden stick) supporting a hollow cylindrical drum on a spindle. A small metal weight, attached to one one side of the drum with a cord, allows the wheel to spin with a slight rotation of the wrist. The drum in his case is of hammered metal, with incised patterns of Buddhist auspicious symbols.
Tibetan (Tibetan (culture or style))
Prayer Wheel (Mani Wheel)
1833 – 1932
Gift of the Estate of Maxine W. Kunstadter in memory of Sigmund Kunstadter, Class of 1922
1983/1.423
An example of a 'mani' or prayer wheel, a common ritual object used in Tibetan Buddhism: a device made a handle (here a wooden stick, with simple incised line designs) supporting a hollow cylindrical drum on a spindle. Here the drum is elaboratedly decorated with rows of inset turquoise stones, as well as a row of Sanskit letters in bone. A small weight of bone attached to one one side of the drum with a metal chain, allows the wheel to spin with a slight rotation of the wrist.
Tibetan (Tibetan (culture or style))
Prayer Wheel (Mani Wheel)
1833 – 1932
Gift of the Estate of Maxine W. Kunstadter in memory of Sigmund Kunstadter, Class of 1922
1983/1.424
This portrait of the poet Matsuo Bashō is constructed with seemingly effortless caligraphic lines, and surrounded by lines from one of the poet's works. The figure sits looking out at the viewer, beside his hat and a square container with a handle. The artist's seal is placed to the left of the figure, visually recalling the objects beside the poet on his other side. 
Yokoi Kinkoku (Japanese (culture or style))
Portrait of the Poet 'Basho'
1767 – 1832
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1968/2.22
A white vase decorated with a landscape design that includes houses, trees, hills, bushes, and people. The vase has a long, thin neck and an everted rim. The foot of the vase is wide but very short.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Vase with Landscape Design
1800 – 1966
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Rowe for the James Marshall Plumer Memorial Collection
1970/2.108
This image is one of twelve photographs from Brassaï's <em>Transmutations</em> portfolio. In this photograph, Brassaï has drawn on a negative of a female figure using the cliché-verre process. The resulting image portrays a female nude partially abstracted into geometric shapes.
Brassaï (French (culture or style))
Odalisque
1934 – 1967
Museum Purchase
1971/2.150.3
Three warriors march forward, taking up nearly the entire frame. Blue soldiers carring weapons and shields bring up the front and rear. They appear to move through a stylized tree landscape.
Artist Unknown, India, Maharashtra, Paithan School
Warriors going into battle from a Mahabharata series
1800 – 1866
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
1975/2.150
Guanyin is sitting on a decorative chair. She is wearing a robe and a necklace, and her left arm is in front pf her holding a bottle.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
The Bodhisattva Guanyin
19th century
Gift of Willard A. and Marybelle Bouchard Hanna
1991/2.23
People are appreciating the beauty of the cherry blossoms and some are having picnics under the trees. Below the highland where the cherry trees and the people are, the land leads to the fields and hills in the distance. The sky appears to be red along the edge of the hill, suggesting the time as early evening.
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Japanese (culture or style))
Edo Meisho: Gotenyama, Cherry-blossom Viewing
1833 – 1866
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1948/1.147

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Yao Ritual Scroll
1800 – 1966
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Karl Bass of Kabaco Tools, Inc.
1983/2.124

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Yao Ritual Scroll
1800 – 1966
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Karl Bass of Kabaco Tools, Inc.
1983/2.125
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