False Door of Nykara (2408–2341 BCE): Art, History and Details
False Door of Nykara at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 2408–2341 BCE, limestone. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
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False Door of Nykara at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 2408–2341 BCE, limestone. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Askos at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 200–1 BCE, agate and gold. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Portable icon of Shakyamuni Buddha in the Earth-touching gesture at the Cleveland Museum of Art: late 1100s–early 1200s, Bronze. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Finial with the temptation of Buddha by Mara at the Cleveland Museum of Art: late 1100s–early 1200s, bronze. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Finial with the temptation of Buddha by Mara at the Cleveland Museum of Art: late 1100s–early 1200s, bronze. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Beggars and Street Characters at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1516, Handscroll; ink and light color on paper. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Woman and Water Buffalo Rhyton at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 500–700, silver, with mercury gilding and glass inlays. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Man in Armor beside a Chariot at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1550, pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over black chalk, heightened with white. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Hours of Charles the Noble, King of Navarre (1361-1425), Blank Fly Leaf at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1405, ink, tempera, and gold on vellum. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Hours of Charles the Noble, King of Navarre (1361-1425), Blank Fly Leaf at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1405, ink, tempera, and gold on vellum. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Peonies at the Cleveland Museum of Art: mid 1700s, hanging scroll; ink and color on paper. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Leaf from a Psalter with Historiated Initial (B): King David at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1450, ink, tempera, and gold on parchment. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Pair of Panels from a Triptych: The Archangel Michael and St. Anthony Abbot at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1458, tempera on wood panel. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Panel from a Triptych: The Archangel Michael at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1458, tempera on wood panel. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Panel from a Triptych: St. Anthony Abbot at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1458, tempera on wood panel. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Amida Buddha at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 581–618, limestone with traces of polychromy. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Esther, Ahasuerus, and Haman at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1668, oil on canvas. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Bamboo and Insects at the Cleveland Museum of Art: late 1100s, Album leaf; fan painting, ink on silk. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

The Woodcutter of Luofu at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1366, Hanging scroll; ink on silk. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Birds and Flowers at the Cleveland Museum of Art: mid-1400s-early 1500s, Two hanging scrolls from a triptych; ink and color on silk. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Birds and Flowers at the Cleveland Museum of Art: mid-1400s-early 1500s, Hanging scroll from a triptych; ink and color on silk. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Birds and Flowers at the Cleveland Museum of Art: mid-1400s–early 1500s, Hanging scroll from a triptych; ink and color on silk. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

A Woman's Work at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1912, oil on canvas. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Fluted Cup with Dragon Handle at the Cleveland Museum of Art: early 1300s, Glazed porcelain, Qingbai (bluish-white) ware. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Brush Washer with Dragons at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1426–35, porcelain with underglaze blue decoration. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Meiping Vase with Cloud Collars and Peony Sprays at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1403–24, porcelain with incised decoration and white glaze. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Square Double-Gourd Vase with Floral Scrolls at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1522–66, porcelain with underglaze blue decoration and overglaze enamel. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Cup with Dragon and Clouds at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1522–66, porcelain with incised decoration and white glaze. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Libation Cup in the Form of a Jue at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1662–1722, porcelain with incised and applied decoration and yellow glaze. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Brush Pot with Episode from Life on Sima Guang at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1628–61, porcelain with underglaze blue decoration. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Polo Player at the Cleveland Museum of Art: late 600s-early 700s, painted earthenware. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Lohan (Arhat) Holding a Peach; Lohan (Arhat) Holding a Fu Dog at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1662–1722, porcelain with famille verte overglaze enamel decoration. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Lohan (Arhat) Holding a Peach at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1662–1722, porcelain with famille verte overglaze enamel decoration. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Lohan (Arhat) Holding a Fu Dog at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1662–1722, porcelain with famille verte overglaze enamel decoration. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Daoist Immortal Lü Dongbin at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1662–1722, porcelain with famille verte overglaze enamel decoration. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Daoist Immortal Han Xiangzi at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1662–1722, porcelain with famille verte overglaze enamel decoration. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Bowl with Flying Cranes at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1723–35, porcelain decorated in underglaze blue and overglaze enamels. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Bowl with Poppies, Tree Peony, and Flowering Mimosa at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1723–35, porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Pair of Bowls with Peony Sprays on Diaper Ground (exterior); Chrysanthemum Sprays (interior) at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1736–95, porcelain with famille rose overglaze enamel decoration. Explore the work's context, creator attribution a

Bowl with Peony Sprays on Diaper Ground (exterior); Chrysanthemum Sprays (interior) at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1736–95, porcelain with famille rose overglaze enamel decoration. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collec