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An earthenware figure of a man wears pants and a long coat with tight sleeves and a wide collar belted at the waist. He stands on a square platform with one hand raised. His face has a wide nose, big eyes, and big lips; his hair is pleated down the middle and braided around his head. The coat is colored in amber and green glazes. 
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Central Asian Groom
618 – 906
Transfer from the College of Architecture and Design
1972/2.67
Thin porcelain conical bowl with direct rim on a footring, covered in a white glaze with bluish tinge, the rim is unglazed.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Bowl
960 – 1127
Gift of Mrs. Henry Jewett Greene for The Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jewett Greene Memorial Collection
1971/2.83
This is a small, globular stoneware jar with a slightly tapered base and a narrow, tapering, short neck. A raised, wavy line decoration encircles the shoulder. The jar is covered in a pale, mottled, blue-green glaze. 
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Jar
18th century
Transfer from the College of Architecture and Design
1972/2.62
The flat part of an adze that is gray stone with black striations.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Adze
8973 BCE
Museum purchase from the collection of Max Loehr
1960/2.122
Square ceramic tile with copper and turquoise iridescent glaze
Pewabic Pottery
Tile
1932 – 1942
Transfer from the College of Architecture and Design
1973/2.58
Within an elaborate decorative framework consisting of griffins, birds, dogs, and fantastic half man-half beast creatures is a central panel with the image of a nude woman standing on a column holding a victor's wreath in either hand. Approaching for either side is a man in a quadriga holding a banner; each also holds a line that extends up to the wreath in the woman's hand.
Hans Vries
Ornament Print from a series: 'Grottesco in diversche manieren'
1555 – 1560
Museum Purchase
1960/1.118

Indian (Indian (South Asian))
Mother Goddess and Child upon Her Left Thigh, Seated upon a Lion
18th century
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel
1980/2.258

Indian (Indian (South Asian))
Vishnu
18th century
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel
1981/2.61

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Coin
713 – 742
Gift of Mrs. Gilbert Ross
1982/1.244
wood handle covered with copper and camwood powder
Kuba (Kuba (Democratic Republic of Congo style))
Ritual Sword
1895 – 1905
Museum Purchase made possible by the Friends of the Museum of Art
1985/1.157
A knife with a leaf shaped blade. Running vertically down the center of the blade is a gridded square pattern. The handle is also engraved with lines that wrap around the entire handle. 
Kuba (Kuba (Democratic Republic of Congo style))
Knife
1895 – 1905
Gift of Asher and Vera Margolis
1986/1.207
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