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In Korea, chopsticks made of metal such as brass, silver, and gold were excavated from ancient tombs and ruins dated to the 6th century at the earliest. Burial goods often include utilitarian objects such as table wares and utensils because the dead were believed to need them in the afterlife.
Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
bronze
Overall: 23.3 cm (9 3/16 in.)
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In contrast to the Chinese and Japanese, Koreans still prefer metal chopsticks (stainless steel and brass) to wooden ones.
General Income Fund
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The man on the left, disguised as Habbaza, has just been badly beaten by Habbaza’s husband. He is the Arab man who has temporarily taken the woman’s place while she visits with her lover. Upon entering the tent to heal her sister’s wounds, Habbaza’s sister quickly discovers the ruse and begins an affair of her own.
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); Painting only: 11.3 x 10.1 cm (4 7/16 x 4 in.)
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The tents in the arid landscape evoke the Bedouin community of the Arabian Peninsula.
Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
This bird-shaped vessel may have been used as a medieval water vessel (<em>aquamanile</em>) for pouring water used in handwashing—an important element of secular and sacred rituals. In this piece, water could have been placed in the vessel through a hole in the bird’s chest and then poured out through the hinged beak. Birds in Islamic art often represented messengers and protectors, or symbolized freedom of the spirit and soaring of the soul. Possibly the blue-green eyes were considered good luck charms to protect the owner from the evil eye and to ward off misfortune.
Iran, Seljuq period (1037–1194)
bronze, cast, with chased and chiseled decoration; eyes inlaid with blue glass
Overall: 17.5 x 9.5 cm (6 7/8 x 3 3/4 in.)
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There is an undeciphered Kufic inscription above the bird's tail feathers.
Edward L. Whittemore Fund
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High demand for shawabtys in the Late Period, a time when as many as 400 or more shawabtys were placed in the tomb with the deceased, gave rise to a specialized container for storing them: the shawabty box. This example is inscribed for the lady of the house, Ditamenpaankh, and was probably one of a pair originally made for her. The single-masted boat on the box's lid is perhaps an allusion to the pilgrimage of the deceased to the holy city of Abydos, the cult city of Osiris, king of the dead. The shawabtys inside are crude, mass-produced examples cast in an open mold. Made of terracotta, their blue paint imitates more costly shawabtys made of faience. As for the shawabty spell, it has been removed from its traditional location on the shawabty's front and relocated onto the sides of box, where it needed only to be written once, thus expediting production.
Egypt, Late period (715–332 BCE), Dynasty 25
terracotta
Overall: 6.7 x 2.6 x 1.8 cm (2 5/8 x 1 x 11/16 in.)
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
temporal: Moderne vor 1945
50,5 × 40,5 cm
mat: Öl auf Hartfaserplatte
class: Malerei
type: Gemälde
provenance: 1949 Nachlass des Künstlers, Wien. – 1966 Legat Margarethe Gamerith, Wien. – 1985 Inventarisierung
Österreichische Galerie Belvedere
The narrative on this basin tells the story of Saint Ursula and her 11,000 companions, who embarked on a pious journey from England to the Continent only to be met by the Huns in Cologne and slaughtered in 383 CE. Ursula was warned of her impending doom, according to the legend, but willingly accepted martyrdom to join the kingdom of heaven. The narrative is executed in a simple, engaging manner. The movement of Ursula and her companions is echoed in the narrative progression around the bowl as one turns it to follow the story. The kinetic dimension of the display would likely have made this manner of recounting the saint's legend more memorable than simple recitation. Indeed, some scholars have suggested that bronze vessels of this type might have been used for teaching, while others maintain that they might have played a role in liturgical hand-washing performed by nuns. In the latter instance, the swirling ocean crossed by Ursula must have looked quite realistic when seen through the rippling water that filled the bowl.
German
H: 2 9/16 x Diam: 11 5/16 in. (6.5 x 28.7 cm)
medium: copper alloy
style: Romanesque
culture: German
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.