Davis Object Flashcards - Asia

Titles and ID info for objects within the broader geographical region of Asia on view in the Davis Museum

Amphora with Dragon Shaped Handles

• Chinese

• Tang Dynasty, 8th century

• China, Asia

• Stoneware with celadon glaze

Amulet: Saints Michael and Charalambos

• Anatolian

• 16th-18th century

• Turkey, Asia

• Silver

Arch-Formed Taihu Stone

• Chinese

• Modern period, 20th century

• Jiangsu, China, Asia

• Red limestone from Lake Tai, Jiangsu province; 20th-century wooden stand, Jiangnan style

Bottle with dish-shaped mouth

• Korean

• Koryo dynasty, 12th century

• Korea, Asia

• Stoneware with celadon glaze

Bowl with chrysanthemum petals design

• Vietnamese

• Tran dynasty, 13th-14th century

• Viet Nam, Asia

• Stoneware with cream glaze

Bowl with floral scroll design

• Korean

• Koryo dynasty, 13th century

• Korea, Asia

• Stoneware with celadon glaze

Bowl with foliate rim and chrysanthemum and butterfly design

• Korean

• Koryo dynasty, 12th-13th century

• Korea, Asia

• Stoneware with inlaid decoration under celadon glaze

Bowl with grape and squirrel design

• Chinese

• Qing dynasty, early 18th century

• China, Asia

• Porcelain painted with underglaze cobalt blue (Jingdezhen ware)

Bowl with incised parrot design

• Korean

• Koryo dynasty, 12th century

• Korea, Asia

• Stoneware with incised decoration under celadon glaze

Bowl with lotus design

• Chinese

• Northern Song dynasty, 11th-12th century

• China, Asia

• Stoneware with incised decoration under celadon glaze (Yaozhou ware)

Bowl with peony design

• Korean

• Koryo dynasty, mid 12th-13th century

• Korea, Asia

• Stoneware with mold-impressed decoration under celadon glaze

Bowl with two boys and pomegranates

• Chinese

• Southern Song dynasty, 12th-13th century

• China, Asia

• Porcelain with modeled decoration under light bluish glaze

Brush Rest, Ming-style

• Chinese

• China, Asia

• White-glazed porcelain

Buddhist votive stele

• Chinese

• Tang dynasty, 618-907

• China, Asia

• Limestone

Captive Being Flayed

• Assyrian

• ca. 645-640 B.C.E.

• Assyria, Asia

• Gypsum

Child-Giving Guanyin bodhisattva

• Chinese

• Qing dynasty, late 18th century

• China, Asia

• Porcelain with ivory glaze (Dehua ware)

Chinese Landscape

• Chinese (artist from Guangzho, China)

• Qing dynasty, 1644-1911, late 19th century

• China, Asia

• Reverse glass painting

Chinese Landscape

• Chinese (artist from Guangzhou, China)

• Qing dynasty, 1644-1911, early 19th century

• China, Asia

• Reverse glass painting

Coin: Head of Nike/Athena

• Greek

• Hellenistic period, 200-133 B.C.E.

• Bergama, Izmir, Turkey, Asia

• Copper-based alloy

Coin of Prusias II: Head of Dionysus/Chiron playing lyre

• Greek

• Hellenistic period, 183-149 B.C.E.

• Bithynia, Turkey, Asia

• Bronze

Decorated Bowl

• Sultanabad

• ca. 1300

• Iran, Asia

• Glazed ceramic

Dish with dragon design

• Chinese

• Ming dynasty, late 14th-early 15th century

• China, Asia

• Porcelaneous stoneware with incised decoration under celadon glaze (Longquan ware)

Dish with eight views of Lake Biwa

• Japanese

• Edo period, 19th century

• Japan, Asia

• Porcelain with celadon glaze and underglaze blue decoration

Dish with floral design

• Chinese

• Jin dynasty, 12th-13th century

• Shuiji, Fujian, China, Asia

• Porcelain with mold-impressed decoration under ivory white glaze (Ding ware)

Dish with floral design

• Persian

• Safavid period, 15th century

• Iran, Asia

• Fritware; painted in black under a turquoise glaze

Dish with incised chrysanthemum design

• Chinese

• Qing dynasty, Yongzheng mark (1723-35)

• China, Asia

• Porcelain with yellow glaze (Jingdezhen ware)

Dish with rock, peonies, chrysanthemums, and fungus

• Chinese

• Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Jiajing mark (1522-66)

• China, Asia

• Porcelain painted with colored enamels over transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware)

Dish with weeping cherry tree

• Sakaida Kakiemon XIV

• ca. 1991

• Japan, Asia

• Porcelain painted with colored enamels over transparent glaze (Kakiemon ware)

Feeding bottle

• Greek

• Cypro-Geometric period, ca. 900 B.C.E.

• Cyprus, Asia

• Terracotta

Female Attendant with High Chignon

• Chinese

• Tang dynasty, 7th-early 8th century C.E.

• China, Asia

• Earthenware with pigment

Female Attendant with High Chignon

• Chinese

• Tang dynasty, 7th-early 8th century

• China, Asia

• Earthenware with pigment

Figural Star Tile

• Persian

• Ilkhanid period, 1256-1353

• Iran, Asia

• Glazed ceramic

Figurine of a dog holding a flower

• Chinese

• Yuan dynasty, late 13th-14th century

• China, Asia

• Porcelain with iron splashes under light bluish glaze (Jingdezhen. Qingbai ware)

Folio with Verse in Nasta’liq Script

Mir`Imad al-Hasani (b. ca. 1552, Qazvin, Iran – d. 1615, Isfahan, Iran)

1607

Iran, Asia

MediumInk, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Folio with verses from The Timurnama

Uzbek (artist from Bukhara, Uzbekistan)

Shaybānid dynasty, 1428-1599, 16th century

Uzbekistan, Asia

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Fragment of mosaic from Atrium House dining room, Antioch, Turkey

Roman

Imperial period, 2nd century C.E.

Antıoch, Hatay, Turkey, Asia

Stone and glass tesserae, mortar

Funerary jar with dragon

Chinese

Southern Song dynasty, 12th-13th century

China, Asia

Porcelaneous stoneware with carved and full-relief decoration under celadon glaze (Longquan ware)

General Guan Yu on Horseback

Chinese

Ming or Qing dynasty, 17th century

China, Asia

Wall painting

Grant Family armorial plate

Chinese

Qing dynasty, Yongzheng period, ca. 1730

China, Asia

Porcelain

Head of a Bodhisattva or a Celestial Being

Afghan (probably Hadda)

Kushan period (ca. 100 B.C.E.-250 C.E.)-Kushano - Sasanian period (250-ca. 500 C.E.), 3rd-5th century C.E.

Afghanistan, Asia

Stucco with traces of paint

Head of a Buddha

Thai

Ayutthaya Kingdom, ca. 17th century

Thailand, Asia

Bronze, inlaid mother-of-pearl and glass eyes

Head of Indra

Afghan (probably Hadda)

Kushan period (ca. 100 B.C.E.-250 C.E.) - Kushano-Sasanian period (250-ca. 500 C.E.), 3rd-5th century C.E.

Afghanistan, Asia

Stucco with traces of paint

Horse and Female Rider

Chinese

Tang dynasty, late 7th–first half of the 8th century

China, Asia

Earthenware with three-color (sancai) glaze and pigment

Jar

Thai

Late Ban Chiang , 300 B.C.E.–200 C.E.

Ban Chiang, Udon Thani, Thailand, Asia

Earthenware with buff slip and red oxide decoration

Jar

Thai

Ayutthaya Kingdom, 15th-16th century

Thailand, Asia

Stoneware with carved and incised decoration under celadon glaze (Si Satchanalai ware)

Jar (Guan)

Chinese

Neolithic, Majiayao culture, Banshan phase, ca. 2650-2350 B.C.E.

China, Asia

Earthenware with painted decoration

Jar with birds, rocks, flowers and bamboos

Chinese

Qing dynasty, 1662-1722

China, Asia

Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware)

Jar with Hunting Scene

Chinese

Eastern Han dynasty, 1st-2nd century.

China, Asia

Earthenware with green lead glaze

Jar with landscape

Chinese

Ming dynasty, 17th century

China, Asia

Porcelain painted with underglaze cobalt blue (Jingdezhen ware)

Lake Tai Stone

Chinese

Modern period, 20th century

Jiangsu, China, Asia

Limestone from Lake Tai, Jiangsu province; 20th-century wooden stand, Jiangnan styles

Lamp on an elephant support

Indian

mid-20th century

Bastar, Chhattīsgarh, India, Asia

Brass

Laoshan Green Stone in the Form of a Mound

Chinese

Modern period, 20th century

Shandong, China, Asia

Metamorphic rock from East Yangkou Bay of Mount Lao, Shandong province; 20th-century wooden stand, Northern style

Lingbi Stone

Chinese

Modern period, 20th century

Anhui, China, Asia

Limestone with white veining from Lingbi County, Anhui province; 20th-century wooden stands, Jiangnan styles

Lingbi Stone

Chinese

Modern period, 20th century

Anhui, China, Asia

Limestone with white veining, from Lingbi county, Anhui province; 20th-century wooden stand, Jiangnan style

Lingbi Stone

Chinese

Modern period, 20th century

Anhui, China, Asia

Limestone with white veining from Lingbi County, Anhui Province; 20th-century wooded stand, Northern style

Lingbi Stone

Chinese

Modern period, 20th century

Anhui, China, Asia

Limestone from Lingbi County, Anhui province; 20th-century wooden stand, Jiangnan style

Lingbi Stone in the Form of a Canyon

Chinese

Modern period, 20th century

China, Asia

Limestone with white veining from Lingbi County, Anhui province; 20th-century wooden stand, Jiangnan style

Lingbi Stone in the Form of a Mountain Range

Chinese

Modern period, 20th century

China, Asia

Limestone with white veining from Lingbi County, Anhui province; 20th-century wooden stand, Northern style

Lingbi Stone in the form of an Honored Scholar

Chinese

Qing dynasty (1644-1912), late 19th - early 20th century

China, Asia

Limestone with white veining from Lingbi County, Anhui province; Late 19th to early 20th-century wooden stand, Northern style

Lingbi Stone in the Form of Fish

Chinese

Modern period, 20th century

Anhui, China, Asia

Limestone with white veining from Lingbi County, Anhui province; 20th-century wooden stand, Jiangnan style

Lingbi Stone in the Form of Fish

Chinese

Modern period, 20th century

Anhui, China, Asia

Limestone with white veining from Lingbi County, Anhui province; 20th-century wooden stand, Jiangnan style

Lingbi Stone with an intaglio inscription in kaishu-script character on the back

Chinese

Qing dynasty (1644-1912), late 19th - early 20th century

China, Asia

Limestone from Lingbi County, Anhui province; 20th-century wooden stand, Jiangnan style

Lower body of a Yakshi

Indian

ca. early 10th century

Madhya Pradesh, India, Asia or Rajasthan, India, Asia

Red sandstone

Malachite in the Shape of a Mound

Chinese

Modern period, 20th century

Guangdong, China, Asia

Mineral, copper carbonate hydroxide from Guangdong, Hubei, and Jiangxi provinces; 20th-century wooden stand, Northern style

Malachite in the Shape of the Laughing Buddha

Chinese

Modern period, 20th century

Guangdong, China, Asia

Mineral, copper carbonate hydroxide from Guangdong, Hubei, and Jiangxi provinces; 20th-century wooden stand, Northern style

Meng Stone

Chinese

Modern period, 20th century

Guangxi, China, Asia

Black limestone, from Henshan, Guangxi province; late 20th-century wooden stand, modern style

Mirror with Fantastic Birds and Auspicious Clouds

Chinese

Tang dynasty, 8th century

China, Asia

Bronze

Mirror with Shangfang Inscription

Chinese

Eastern Han Dynasty, 1st–2nd century

China, Asia

Bronze

Model of a Granary

Chinese

Eastern Han dynasty, ca. 25-220 C.E.

China, Asia

Earthenware with green lead glaze

Mosaic floor from the Villa of Daphne

Roman

Imperial period, 5th century C.E.

Antıoch, Hatay, Turkey, Asia

Stone tesserae set in mortar

Placenta Jar with Cover

Korean

Three Kingdoms period, Gaya Federation, 42-562 C.E.

Korea, Asia

Stoneware

Precious Coral

Chinese

Modern period, 20th century

China, Asia

Fossilized red coral, location unknown

Precious Stone No. 2

Xu Guodong (b. 1956 Shanghai, China)

eearly 1990s

Lingbi, Anhui, China, Asia

Limestone from Lingbi County, Anhui province; 20th-century wooden stand, Southern openwork style

Reclining horse figurine

Chinese

Southern Song dynasty, 12th-13th century

China, Asia

Porcelain with light bluish glaze (Jingdezhen, Qingbai ware)

Reclining lion figurine

Chinese

Southern Song dynasty, 12th-13th century

China, Asia

Porcelain with light bluish glaze (Jingdezhen, Qingbai ware)

Red Laquered Bridge at Nikko

possibly Usui Hidesaburo (active late 1860s – 1889 in Yokohama and Tokyo, Japan)

1870-80s

Japan, Asia

Albumen print, hand colored

Repoussé Ewer

Persian

12th-13th Century

Iran, Asia

Bronze

Ribbed bowl

Persian

Seljuk-Atabeg period, 12th century

Iran, Asia

Fritware with turquoise glaze

Ring-shaped Ewer with Dragon Spout and Handle

Wataya Family (Japan)

Meiji period, 1868-1912

Japan, Asia

Porcelain with painted decoration and gilding

Ritual Vessel (Hu) with Beast-mask Ring Handles

Chinese

Western Han Dynasty, 3rd-1st century B.C.E.

China, Asia

Bronze

Ritual vessel in the form of Shiva-Linga

Indian

20th century

India, Asia

Bronze

Ritual water ewer with floral design (Kundika)

Korean

Koryô dynasty, 11th-12th century

Korea, Asia

Stoneware with iron-brown design under celadon glaze

Rock in the Form of a Gorge

Chinese

Modern period, 20th century

China, Asia

Limestone; 20th-century wooden stand, Jiangnan style

Sea sculpture from the Ca Mau shipwreck

Chinese

ca. 1725

China, Asia

Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware)

Seated Buddha in Meditation

Gandharan

Kushan dynasty, 2nd-3rd century C.E.

Pakistan, Asia

Grey schist (phyllite)

Shallow footed bowl

Persian

Seljuk-Atabeg period, 12th century

Iran, Asia

Fritware with turquoise glaze

Sheep

Greek

Late Archaic period, 500 B.C.E.

Cyprus, Asia

Terracotta

Stalactite

Chinese

Modern period, 20th century

China, Asia

Limestone formed in caves in Guangxi, Guizhou, Zhejiang, and Yunnan provinces; 20th-century wooded stand, Jiangnan style

Standing attendant Bodhisattva

Chinese

Northern Qi dynasty, 550-577 C.E.

China, Asia

Marble

Standing Bodhisattva

Chinese

Liao Dynasty, 10th-11th century

China, Asia

Wood, traces of polychrome and gilt, inlaid glazed ceramic eyes

Standing dog figurine

Chinese

Southern Song dynasty, 12th-13th century

China, Asia

Porcelain with light bluish glaze (Jingdezhen, Qingbai ware)

Standing horse figurine

Chinese

Southern Song dynasty, 12th-13th century

China, Asia

Porcelain with light bluish glaze (Jingdezhen, Qingbai ware)

Standing Woman with Headdress

Afghan (probably Hadda)

Kushan period (ca. 100 B.C.E.-250 C.E.)-Kushano - Sasanian period (250-ca. 500 C.E.), 3rd-5th century C.E.

Afghanistan, Asia

Stucco with traces of paint

Stone from the Ling River

Xu Guodong (b. 1956 Shanghai, China)

2003

Lingbi, Anhui, China, Asia

Limestone from Lingbi County, Anhui province; 20th-century wooden stand, Southern openwork style

Storage Jar with Loop Handles

Korean

Three Kingdoms period, Gaya Federation, 42-562 C.E.

Korea, Asia

Stoneware with impressed and incised designs

Tea bowl with “hare’s-fur” decoration

Chinese

Southern Song dynasty, 12th-13th century

Shuiji, Fujian, China, Asia

Stoneware with iron-oxide glaze (Jian ware)

Tea bowl with leaf decoration

Chinese

Southern Song dynasty, 12th-13th century

China, Asia

Stoneware with black and brown glaze and pigment (Jizhou ware)

Tea bowl with “tortoiseshell” design

Chinese

Southern Song dynasty, 12th-13th century

China, Asia

Stoneware with iron glaze splashed with wood-ash solution (Jizhou ware)

Teapot with textile patterns

Chinese

Ming-Qing Transitional period, ca. 1630-83

China, Asia

Porcelain painted with cobalt blue underglaze and overglaze enamels (Jingdezhen ware)

Tetradrachm: Head of Antiochos I/Apollo

Greek

Seleucid Empire, Hellenistic period, 280-261 B.C.E.

Syria, Asia

Silver