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November 24, 2015 at 08:13PM

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Betel or Paan Box with Inscription and Floral Scrolls 19th century (British Raj) by museado

This box is a "pandan," a container for "betel"- thin slices of the nut of the areca palm mixed with spices and lime paste made from ground seashells and wrapped in a leaf of the betel tree. Betel, chewed after meals to help with digestion, was very popular in the Punjab region. This box is inscribed with the name of its owner, Abu'l-Kharid Nur al-Hasan Khan.

H: 3 3/4 × W: 6 × L: 6 7/8 in. (9.5 × 15.3 × 17.5 cm)

medium: brass

Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, 1988, by purchase.

art.thewalters.org/detail/3248

URL Summer Challenge Kick-Off Party 6/10/24 by Frederick County Public Libraries

Chrysanthemums by a Stream c. 1715–30 or after by museado

These screens recall a painting style so closely identified with Ogata Kōrin (1658–1716) that it is called Rinpa, or “Rin School,” after the ideograph “rin” in his name. The highly stylized background accentuates floral groupings that have been groomed so as to appear utterly artificial, like the synthetic arrangements available today. Kōrin's genius derived in large measure from natural phenomena painstakingly observed and then manipulated to create compositions of startling refinement and sparkling isolation. This process may have grown out of Kōrin's early immersion in the family textile business, a medium that encourages such dramatic distillations of form: the stream's gold-crested waves bring to mind traditional kimono robe designs of Kōrin's era. Works with the signature seen on this painting, including a style name, or persona suggested to Kōrin by his brother Kenzan (1663–1743), are sometimes considered to have been produced either in the last year of his life, when he was very ill, or after his death. In both scenarios, the lion’s share of the work would have been done by studio assistants, but little is truly known of his studio practice. Given the regularity of the gold waves on the stream, and the tension in the arrangement of the chrysanthemums, it is also possible that the screens were made in emulation of Kōrin's designs by a later artist.

Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on gilded paper

Image: 163.2 x 369.9 cm (64 1/4 x 145 5/8 in.)

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The signature used on these screens may indicate paintings made in the last year of the artist's life, or works completed by his studio after his death.

Gift of the Hanna Fund

clevelandart.org/art/1958.206.2

Painting URL by PENCIL PORTRAIT

July 21, 2017 at 05:22PM

Portrait of a Lady | Charles Cromwell Ingham American (born Ireland), Dublin 1786–1863 New York by museado

Charles Cromwell Ingham

American (born Ireland), Dublin 1786–1863 New York

3 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. (8.3 x 6.5 cm)

medium: Watercolor on ivory

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 2006.235.92 2006

Dale T. Johnson Fund, 2006

www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/15087

url by Dev Chatterjee

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Falcon Reliquary ca. 600-350 BCE (Late Period) by museado

This statuette, likely dedicated to the falcon-god Horus, is missing its crown and eye inlays. The structure of the feathers is carefully incised. The base is inscribed with texts of adoration and prayer. Examination through the hole in the head revealed bird bones that had been wrapped in linen and placed inside through a trap door between the statuette's legs. A neutron-induced radiograph also reveals the presence of bones inside the reliquary.

Egyptian

H: 8 15/16 in. (22.7 cm)

medium: bronze, bird bones, linen

culture: Egyptian

dynasty: 26th-30th Dynasty

Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

art.thewalters.org/detail/3683

DSCN2304 by Alice Liu

by Frederick County Public Libraries

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November 10, 2013 at 05:44PM

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September 04, 2013 at 05:42PM

A Selection of Twenty of the Most Picturesque Views in Paris: View of Pont au Change, the City Theatre, Pont Neuf, Conciergerie Prison, and taken from Pont Notre Dame 1802 by museado

England, early 19th Century

soft-ground etching with bistre wash

Dudley P. Allen Fund

clevelandart.org/art/1950.219.9

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URL Great Artists for Kids by Frederick County Public Libraries

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url-2 by nika s.mandel

Tsuba with a Lotus Pond 1824-1862 (late Edo) by museado

This tsuba depicts a lotus pond with lotus flowers blossoming. The plants are depicted in gold and silver relief. On the back of the tsuba, a water bug skims the water between the lotus. The lotus is associated with Buddha and a state of purity. The construction of this tsuba is unusual. The front is made of a copper and gold alloy called shakudo, while the back is silver. They have been fused together, creating a wavy pattern along the tsuba's edge.

Japanese

at center: 2 11/16 x 2 7/16 x 1/8 in. (6.9 x 6.13 x 0.34 cm)

medium: silver, shakudo, gold, copper

style: Goto School

culture: Japanese

Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

art.thewalters.org/detail/4515

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