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On the front of the fuchi, a gold horse is pawing the ground beneath a cherry tree in full bloom. A black horse with gold patches is shown on the reverse. This illustration refers to a Chinese poem about a horse pawing fallen cherry blossoms, which restored their fragrance. This is part of a mounted set, all decorated with the same motif.
Japanese
H: 1 1/2 x W: 7/8 x D: 9/16 in. (3.8 x 2.3 x 1.4 cm)
medium: gold, shakudo
culture: Japanese
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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.
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William Trost Richards
American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1833–1905 Newport, Rhode Island
28 1/8 x 36 1/4 in. (71.4 x 92.1 cm)
medium: Watercolor and gouache on fibrous brown wove paper
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 87.15.6 1887
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Bequest of Catharine Lorillard Wolfe, 1887
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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.
Khonsu could be represented either as a youth or a falcon-headed male with a moon-disk and crescent on his head, as here. He is mentioned as a moon god in the pyramid texts as early as the 3rd millennium BCE. As the son of Amun and Mut he was worshipped in Karnak where he had his own temple from the Middle Kingdom onwards.
Egyptian
11 1/4 x 2 1/4 x 3 3/16 in. (28.5 x 5.7 x 8.2 cm)
medium: bronze with gold and glass inlay
style: Saitic
culture: Egyptian
dynasty: 25th Dynasty
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
23 1/4 x 23 1/2 in. (59.1 x 59.7 cm)
medium: Brass, iron
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 46.67.126 1946
Gift of the Members of the Committee of the Bertha King Benkard Memorial Fund, 1946
A monkey is depicted with his back to the viewer. He is wearing a coat and seems to be dancing beneath a plum tree in bloom. Tufts of bamboo are near his feet. This is part of a set with Walters 51.951.
Japanese
1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm) (l.)
medium: silver, gold
style: Hamano School
culture: Japanese
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.