Art, objects and design: documented collection guides from open museums.
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Volume from the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra at the Cleveland Museum of Art: late 1100s, Handscroll; ink and gold on dyed paper. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Thunder God (Raijin) at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1300s, wood with traces of gesso and red and black pigment. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Potpourri Vase with Cover at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1860–80, blanc-de-chine porcelain; gilt bronze mount. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Text, folio 10 (recto) from a Kammavacha: Buddhist ordination text at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1800s, Leaf: lacquer and gilding on cloth. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Dog-shaped Paperweight at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 676–935, gilt bronze. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Cup with Four Faces at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 600–1000, Stone with shell inlay. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Box and Cover with Inlaid Chrysanthemum and Scroll Design at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1200s, inlaid celadon ware. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Plate with Grapes and Floral Sprays at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1403–24, porcelain with underglaze blue decoration. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Onoe Matsusuke as Usui Sadamitsu at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1781, One of a triptych of color woodblock prints. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
The Offer of Love (or The Ill-Assorted Couple) at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1495–1496, engraving. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Joan of Arc at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1889, graphite, red chalk, colored washes, and black and white gouache. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Lovers parting, page from a book of fables at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1590–95, Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Mummy Bundle "Mask" at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 200 BCE–1 CE, plain warp-faced cloth, painted. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
The Nymphs at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1890, Woodcut, hand-colored with watercolor. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Leaf from an Antiphonary with Historiated Initial (H) with The Nativity (recto) and Music (verso) at the Cleveland Museum of Art: early 1300s, ink, tempera, and gold on parchment. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collecti
Hours of Queen Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Spain: Fol. 194r at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1500, ink, tempera, and gold on vellum. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Royal Round Tent made for Muhammad Shah (wall panel with one design unit) at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1834–48, Interior: wool: plain weave, inlaid work; silk: embroidery, chain stitch; tape, leather; Exterior: cotton, wool: plain weave;
Tetradrachm Coin of Herognetos, Magistrate of Magnesia at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 155–145 BCE, silver. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Hours of Charles the Noble, King of Navarre (1361-1425), fol. 313r, Text at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1405, ink, tempera, and gold on vellum. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Portrait of Anne Vallayer-Coster at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1804, watercolor on ivory in a gilt metal and enamel frame. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Vishnu at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 650–99, gray sandstone. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Fol. 364r, Haggai, historiated initial I, Haggai with a scroll standing on a hybrid at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1275–1300, ink, tempera and gold on vellum. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Tiger Resting in the Desert at the Art Institute of Chicago: date, artist attribution, materials and the museum's explanation of the work.
Miniature Round Basket at the Cleveland Museum of Art: late 1800s-early 1900s, plant materials. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Text, folio 380 (verso), from a Gospel Book with Commentaries at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1000–1100, ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; leather binding. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Rustam Takes Aim at Ashkabus, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1425–50, Gum tempera and ink on paper. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Lace Lappet at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1700s, Bobbin lace (Valenciennes). Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Pipa at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1800s, Wood, ivory, bone, gut. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Text, folio 3 (verso), from a Gospel Book with Commentaries at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1000–1100, ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; leather binding. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
The Gotha Missal: Fol. 102r, Text at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1375, ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; blind-tooled leather binding. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Sword at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1400s, steel; wood and leather grip. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Hours of Charles the Noble, King of Navarre (1361-1425): fol. 75r, Text 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): fol. 14r, Text at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1405, ink, tempera, and gold on vellum. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Spoon(?) at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 500–200 BCE, hammered and cut gold. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Hours of Charles the Noble, King of Navarre (1361-1425): fol. 40v, Text at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1405, ink, tempera, and gold on vellum. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Saint Jerome at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1763–64, etching. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (verso) at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1700, fiber paper. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
The princess discovers the dead bodies, with heads severed, of her husband and his Brahman friend, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-fourth Night at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1560, gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper. Explo
Sagot's Gallery at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1898, color separation proof in gray. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
The Mousetrap at the Art Institute of Chicago: date, artist attribution, materials and the museum's explanation of the work.