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Ritual Food Vessel Type 'Gui' with 'Taotie' decor in the manner of a Western Zhou-period 'Gui' Vessel

Ritual Food Vessel Type 'Gui' with 'Taotie' decor in the manner of a Western Zhou-period 'Gui' Vessel

Chinese

A gray cast bronze vessel with a lid and a middle handle on top of it. It is smaller at the top and wider at the bottom with a thick foot. It is inscribed with detailed, swirling designs all over. The ends of the handle have ram heads coming out.

'You' Covered Ritual Wine Vessel with Elephant and 'Taotie' Decor and with Ram-Head Bail Handle

Chinese

Covered Ritual Food Cooking Vessel (Gui) with Four Columnar Legs and Four Handles

Covered Ritual Food Cooking Vessel (Gui) with Four Columnar Legs and Four Handles

Chinese

Covered Ritual Wine Vessel (You) with Animal-Head Bail Handle and Kui-Dragon Decor

Covered Ritual Wine Vessel (You) with Animal-Head Bail Handle and Kui-Dragon Decor

Chinese

Sample Certificate of a Monk's Ordination (Enryaku-ji kaichō)

Sample Certificate of a Monk's Ordination (Enryaku-ji kaichō), 1298 - 1356

Attributed to Prince Son'en

Krishna Leaving Radha's Palace, folio from a Rasikapriya series

Krishna Leaving Radha's Palace, folio from a Rasikapriya series

Indian

Incense Burner in the Form of an Archaic Ritual Bronze "Chŏng" (Chinese, "Ding") Vessel and with "To-ch'ŏl" (Chinese, "Taotie") Decor

Incense Burner in the Form of an Archaic Ritual Bronze "Chŏng" (Chinese, "Ding") Vessel and with "To-ch'ŏl" (Chinese, "Taotie") Decor

Korean

'You' Covered Ritual Wine Vessel with Animal-Head Bail Handle and with 'Taotie' and Striding 'Kui'-Dragon Decor

'You' Covered Ritual Wine Vessel with Animal-Head Bail Handle and with 'Taotie' and Striding 'Kui'-Dragon Decor

Chinese

A wide cylinder which is decorated and topped by two symmetrical creatures

Ritual Bell (Bo zhong) with Stylized Dragon and 'Taotie' Decor and with Handle in the Form of Confronting Dragons

Chinese

Ritual Bell (Bo zhong) with Stylized Dragon and Snake Decor and with Handle in the Form of Addorsed Birds

Ritual Bell (Bo zhong) with Stylized Dragon and Snake Decor and with Handle in the Form of Addorsed Birds

Chinese

A wide cylinder which is decorated and topped by two symmetrical curling protrusions.

Ritual Bell (Bo zhong) with Stylized Dragon and Snake Decor and with Handle in the Form of Addorsed Birds

Chinese

A wide cylinder which is decorated and topped by two symmetrical creatures

Ritual Bell (Bo zhong) with Liyu-Style Dragon Decor and with Handle in the Form of Confronting Dragons

Chinese

Fragment of a Ceramic Mold for Casting the Lower Section of a Bronze Ritual "Gu" Wine Beaker with "Taotie" and "Leiwen" Decor

Fragment of a Ceramic Mold for Casting the Lower Section of a Bronze Ritual "Gu" Wine Beaker with "Taotie" and "Leiwen" Decor

Chinese

A brown cast bronze vessel with gold and turquoise inlay. The body is round with a small neck and flat lid. The left and right have small rings attached. The entire piece is inscribed with a detailed geometric, swirling pattern.

Covered Decagonal 'Hu' Wine Vessel with Bird Decor and with Two 'Taotie'-Mask Ring Handles

Chinese

A mottled grey cast bronze cup with a thick, cube-shaped bottom and two decorated large, semi-circle handles. The handles have a protruding form on top and bottom of them. The outside of the cup is decorated with a swirling pattern of thick and fine lines.

'Gui' Ritual Food Vessel with Attached Stand, Bovine-Head Handles, and with Confronting-Dragon Decor

Chinese

Serrate Jade Disk

Serrate Jade Disk

Chinese

Seated Sadhu

Seated Sadhu

Indian

Manuscript of the Ta'qibat-i Namaz

Manuscript of the Ta'qibat-i Namaz

Persian

Frontispiece (blank recto; text verso of folio 2), from a manuscript of Ta‘qibat-i Namaz

Frontispiece (blank recto; text verso of folio 2), from a manuscript of Ta‘qibat-i Namaz

Persian

Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 3), from a manuscript of Ta‘qibat-i Namaz

Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 3), from a manuscript of Ta‘qibat-i Namaz

Persian

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