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Kpoikpoi (prestige hanging)
View through The Met
Cotton dye, Mende or Vai peoples
The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Purchase William B. Goldstein and Holly and David Ross Gifts 2013
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Fickur med châtelaine samt etui
Fickur med châtelaine samt etui
Of gold with enamel, miniature painting, oriental pearls and jargons, dial of enamel, works with s. k. spider canal. Bottom shell convex. On this in cover enamel a figure scene in ...
Werbefilme der Insel-Film GmbH: Musterrolle 69/1
Werbefilme der Insel-Film GmbH: Musterrolle 69/1
Spot Nr. 1 (00:34): POLAR Rum 68/1: A person dressed in fur jacket in snow flurry. „Winter time, polar time, grog time - time for Polar.“ The person is serving grog with Polar Rum....
A Hunting Prince Steadies and Fires His Matchlock Gun on an Attendant's Shoulder
A Hunting Prince Steadies and Fires His Matchlock Gun on an Attendant's Shoulder
On the right is a kneeling prince, distinguished by his earring and ornate turban. He wears yellow trousers, a long, striped robe (jama), and a waist sash (patka). Tucked and hangi...
Nahan (Chinese, Luohan) Standing in a Landscape Viewing an Ink-Painted Scroll Depicting a Seated Bodhisattva While Assisted by an Elderly Male Attendant
Nahan (Chinese, Luohan) Standing in a Landscape Viewing an Ink-Painted Scroll Depicting a Seated Bodhisattva While Assisted by an Elderly Male Attendant
This painting is mounted and framed as a discrete album leaf. Done in ink and colors on paper, the painting, which might originally have been mounted as a hanging scroll, presumabl...
Breechcloth
Breechcloth
Breechcloth; probably Yanktonai; 1860-1870Wool, porcupine quills, sinew, metal, horsehair, pigments; 117.5 x 28.5 cm.\RMV 710-9; Herman F.C. ten Kate collection; purchased from tra...
Ten Thousand Years, Ten Thousand Years of Sleep, One Hundred Million Scattered Pieces
Ten Thousand Years, Ten Thousand Years of Sleep, One Hundred Million Scattered Pieces
This triptych comprises a set of three hanging scrolls, each painted in ink on paper. The central scroll is a formal portrait of Mao Zedong (1893–1976); the flanking scrolls repres...
Ten Thousand Years, Ten Thousand Years of Sleep, One Hundred Million Scattered Pieces
Ten Thousand Years, Ten Thousand Years of Sleep, One Hundred Million Scattered Pieces
This triptych comprises a set of three hanging scrolls, each painted in ink on paper. The central scroll is a formal portrait of Mao Zedong (1893–1976); the flanking scrolls repres...
Portrait of a Seated Civil Official
Portrait of a Seated Civil Official
This hanging scroll depicts a seated gentleman dressed in the red robe of an official; emblazoned with two crested birds in flight amidst clouds, the so-called mandarin square, or ...