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Chrysanthemums appear in the middle of the kozuka, framed by pampas grass. Both are celebrate autumn plants. This is part of a mounted set.
Japanese
L: 8 1/16 in. (20.5 cm)
medium: silver, gold
culture: Japanese
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
America, 19th century
monotype
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph L. Wilson in memory of Anna Elizabeth Wilson
The scene depicts a family's distress upon finding that one of its members has drowned off the rocky shore of the Isle of Wight during a storm. A ship sinks in the wild sea, amid swirling dark clouds and lightning flashes. The artist had visited the Isle of Wight in 1791. Ibbetson began his career by copying Dutch landscape paintings for dealers. He is known to have produced copies and fakes in the style of other masters as well.
England, 18th century
oil on canvas
Framed: 70 x 85.5 x 5.5 cm (27 9/16 x 33 11/16 x 2 3/16 in.); Unframed: 50.8 x 67.6 cm (20 x 26 5/8 in.)
Bequest of Henry W. Kent
Only one half of this hollow cross survives.
Byzantine
H: 3 3/4 x W: 2 1/16 in. (9.5 x 5.3 cm)
medium: cast bronze
culture: Byzantine
dynasty: Macedonian Dynasty
Walters Art Museum, 1946, by purchase.
Each of the four gospels in this book opens on a page with brilliantly illuminated borders depicting the author of the text as well as birds—principally peacocks, symbols of the immortality of the soul—and fountains, representing the fountain of life and the salvation of the soul. This volume consists of 428 leaves with texts in Greek. Its level of sophistication suggests that it was probably written and decorated in a monastery in Constantinople.
Byzantium, Constantinople
ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; leather binding
Sheet: 28 x 23 cm (11 x 9 1/16 in.)
Did you know...
Gospel books were carried in procession through Byzantine churches.
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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H. 5 in. (12.7 cm); W. 2 in. (5.1 cm); L. 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm)
medium: Bronze
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 14.58.174 1914
Bequest of John L. Cadwalader, 1914
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The jasperware medallions showing sacrificing priestesses were designed by Lady Templetown and Miss Crew for Josiah Wedgwood's factory, Etruria. They have been mounted in metal frames with faceted steel studs, a specialty of Matthew Boulton's factory in Birmingham.
H: 2 1/2 x W: 2 5/16 in. (6.4 x 5.8 cm)
medium: jasperware, steel, tin
style: Neoclassical
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Born in Belgium, Pierre-Joseph Redouté was trained by his father and began a ten-year career as an itinerant artist at age 13. He joined his brother in Paris working on theater sets and decorations, but his true love was flower painting, such as this drawing. Redouté achieved an international reputation for his botanical illustrations and enjoyed a long, successful career.
France, 19th century
watercolor
Did you know...
Pierre-Joseph Redouté's life ended at age 81, when he had a stroke while examining a lily.
Gift in the name of Warren H. Corning from his wife and children
This covered cylindrical jar with three animal feet is lavishly covered with a cobalt blue glaze in the exterior and an amber glaze in the interior. Of the colored lead glazes of sancai (three-color) ware, blue was preeminent and precious. Imported cobalt from Persia (Iran, Afghanistan) was used as a glaze colorant that yields a rich, brilliant blue of considerable splendor.
China, Tang dynasty (618-907)
glazed earthenware
Overall: 14.4 cm (5 11/16 in.); Diameter of lid: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund