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At the top of this tsuba, a bat in flight is shown in front of a slender crescent moon. At the bottom is a grave marker that has fallen over on its side. Next to the marker are chrysanthemums and a rock. A snake crawls across the top of the marker. This may be an allusion to a story about Ono no Komachi, a 9th-century poet. The story is told in the Noh play "Sotoba Komachi."
Japanese
2 13/16 x 2 11/16 x 1/8 in. (7.14 x 6.84 x 0.38 cm)
medium: iron, copper, gold, silver, shakudo
culture: Japanese
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
In the Rimpa school of Japanese painting, decoratively arranged fans were a common subject. Hoshuku added individual twists to a formula perfected by Hoitsu (1761-1828), an artist four generations behind him in a lineage of master and pupil.
One of a pair with 35.150.
Japanese
Painting H: 46 x W: 19 1/4 in. (116.8 x 48.9 cm)
Mounting H: 80 x W: 24 3/4 in. (203.2 x 62.87 cm)
medium: ink and colors on silk
culture: Japanese
Walters Art Museum, 1990, by purchase.
Egypt, Middle Kingdom (2040–1648 BCE), Dynasty 12
silver foil over a clay-bulked resin core (?)
Overall: 1.2 x 0.7 cm (1/2 x 1/4 in.)
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
This steatite scarab has a flat underside with an inscription on the bottom carved in sunk relief technique. The piece was originally glazed. The top of the scarab is decorated with deep and thick incised details. The workmanship of this piece is good.
This piece originally functioned as an individualized amulet and was once mounted or threaded. The amulet should secure the royal authority for this king, Thutmosis IV (1397-1388 BC), by his close relation to the god Amun; it should provide a private owner with this king's royal patronage.
The royal epithet "Image of Amun" is very popular on scarabs of the New Kingdom.
Egyptian
H: 1/4 x W: 7/16 x L: 9/16 in. (0.7 x 1.1 x 1.5 cm)
medium: light beige-brown steatite
culture: Egyptian
dynasty: 18th Dynasty
reign: Thutmosis IV (1397-1388 BC)
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Evening Train (Le Train du Soir), 1897. Pierre Georges Jeanniot (French, 1848–1934). Etching; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Elizabeth Carroll Shearer 2016.202
More at clevelandart.org/art/2016.202
The mosque of the Sultan El Ghoree was built by the Mamluk Sultan, Qansuh al-Ghuri (ruled 1501–16) according to sacred proportions. The lavish complex included an elegant fountain, a college, and the sultan’s own mausoleum, which was never used. Today, the mosque is still part of the historic urban fabric of modern Cairo. This print shows a view into its interior. <br><br>Artist David Roberts travelled in the Middle East and North Africa, particularly Egypt, from 1838 to 1839. During his journey, Roberts produced a great number of sketches. He developed these into watercolors, which were the basis for a series of 247 lithographs made by Louis Haghe, of which this is one.
England, 19th century
color lithograph
Gift of J. Byers Hays