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Description: Kantha (Embroidered Quilt), detail depicting from above the flowers and leaves...

TitleKantha (Embroidered Quilt), detail depicting from above the flowers and leaves floating in a kosha (ritual water vessel)

Creator nameUnknown

Creator nationality/cultureBengali

Creator roleWeaver/Fabricator

Creation date1900–1950

Object typeTextile

MaterialsCotton plain weave with cotton embroidery in darning, running, double running, satin, chain, and fishbone stitches

LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Art

https://philamuseum.org/collection/object/278951

Accession number2009-250-7

SubjectsBengali textile fabricsKanthasCeremonial objects

StatusUndivided Bengal

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Background Texture: Lives and Landscapes of Bengal’s Embroidered Quilts

Darielle Mason

Description: Kantha: The Embroidered Quilts of Bengal from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz...

Kantha: The Embroidered Quilts of Bengal from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Collection and the Stella Kramrisch Collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Recycled rags, household cloths, ritual actions, women’s personal expressions, intergenerational bonds, icons of cultural and national identity, links with the ancient past, representations of cosmic reintegration, works of art...

Author

Darielle Mason

PublisherPhiladelphia Museum of Art

Related print edition pages: pp.1-29

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00323.1

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-22912&redirecttoanchor=82406

Chapter subject tags:Bengal (India)--HistoryKanthasWomen, BengaliRites and ceremonies--IndiaHindu mythology

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Ovoid platform pipe

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 31

Creator roleSculptor

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

LocationNational Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

http://collections.nmnh.si.edu/search/anth/?irn=8086627

Accession numberA326619

Ovoid platform pipe

Raptor talon effigy

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 31

Creator nationality/cultureMississippian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1250–1350

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsStone

DimensionsLength 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm)

LocationGilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma

https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/611562

Accession number6125.1562

Raptor talon effigy

Model of a house on a platform

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date100 BC–AD 300

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

Dimensions13 7/8 x 11 1/4 x 7 in. (35.2 x 28.6 x 17.8 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/120440

Accession number1991.479

Model of a house on a platform

Ceremonial earspools and earspool attachments

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureColima

Creator roleJeweler

Object typeJewelry

MaterialsSpondylus shell

LocationCollection of Anthony Patano, Oak Lawn, Illinois

Ceremonial earspools and earspool...

Ceremonial earspools and earspool attachments

Stela

Posted by:John Carlson

Dec 08

Creator nationality/cultureSan Augustín

Creator roleSculptor

Creation dateAD 400–800

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsVolcanic stone

Dimensions26 x 13 3/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 34 x 12 cm)

LocationDenver Art Museum

Accession number1986.487

Stela

Kneeling human-feline effigy figure

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 31

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1400–1500

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsWood

DimensionsHeight 5 7/8 in. (15 cm)

LocationNational Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

http://collections.nmnh.si.edu/search/anth/?irn=8061963

Accession numberA240915

Kneeling human-feline effigy figure

Ovoid pipe with broad rim

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 31

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 1200

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsGreenstone

DimensionsLength 12 3/4 in. (32.5 cm)

LocationAmerican Museum of Natural History, New York

Accession numberT/720CAT1891-93-29

Ovoid pipe with broad rim

Pipe

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 31

Creator roleSculptor

Creation dateAD 600–900

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsStone

DimensionsLength 15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm)

LocationNational Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Accession number18/2785

Pipe

Raptor talon effigy

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 31

Creator nationality/cultureMississippian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1250–1350

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsStone

DimensionsLength 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)

LocationPrivate Collection

Raptor talon effigy

Model of a circular ceremonial center

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation dateAD 100–800

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsCeramic and pigment

Dimensions13 x 18 1/2 in. (33 x 47 cm )

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/75238

Accession number1989.639

Model of a circular ceremonial center

Spatulate baton

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 31

Creator roleArtist

Creation date1200–1300

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsGreenstone

DimensionsLength 23 5/8 in. (60 cm)

LocationNational Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Accession numberA170832

Spatulate baton

Justinian and his retinue, including Archbishop Maximian

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. 545-547AD

Object typeMosaic

LocationS. Vitale, Ravenna, Italy

Justinian and his retinue, including...

Justinian and his retinue, including Archbishop Maximian

Polished spud stone

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 31

Creator roleArtist

Creation date1200–1400

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsGraystone

DimensionsHeight 8 in. (20.3 cm)

LocationNational Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

http://collections.nmnh.si.edu/search/anth/?irn=8008503

Accession numberA116035

Polished spud stone

Ceremonial celt

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 31

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1100–1500

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsStone

DimensionsLength 14 3/4 in. (37.5 cm)

LocationTommy Bryden Collection, Springfield, Illinois

Ceremonial celt

Akwete cloth

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 19

Creator nationality/cultureNigerian

Creator roleWeaver/Fabricator

Creation date1988

Object typeTextile

MaterialsCotton, rayon

Dimensions72 1/2 × 48 in. (184 × 122 cm) without fringe

LocationBaltimore Museum of Art, Maryland

https://collection.artbma.org/objects/22881/akwete-cloth

Accession number1988.40

Akwete cloth

Ceremonial celt

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 31

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1100–1500

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsStone

DimensionsLength 15 1/2 in. (39.4 cm)

LocationTommy Bryden Collection, Springfield, Illinois

Ceremonial celt

Storyteller figure

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureJalisco

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation dateAD 100–800

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

Dimensions22 x 22 in. (55.9 x 55.9 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/73795

Accession number1989.83

Storyteller figure

Codex Tudela: Indian costumes

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 18

Creator nationality/cultureAztec

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1530–1554

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsLaid paper and natural pigments

LocationMuseo del América, Madrid

Codex Tudela: Indian costumes

Self-portrait (?) of St. Dunstan worshipping Christ

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator name (description)Presumably Saint Dunstan

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation dateAD 930–970

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBodleian Library, Oxford University, United Kingdom

https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/a7ebbb6f-414f-4bb9-9399-b3ed588c15af

Accession numberMs. Auct. F.4.32, fol. 1

Self-portrait (?) of St. Dunstan...

Self-portrait (?) of St. Dunstan worshipping Christ

Theodora and her retinue

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. 545 AD-547AD

Object typeMosaic

LocationS. Vitale, Ravenna, Italy

Theodora and her retinue

Somme le Roi: Moses receives the Ten Commandments

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1373

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Accession numberFr. 14939, fol. 5r

Somme le Roi: Moses receives the Ten...

Somme le Roi: Moses receives the Ten Commandments

Funerary Cheek-Piercing Ritual

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date200 BC–AD 300

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

DimensionsDiameter 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/148347

Accession number1997.475

Funerary Cheek-Piercing Ritual

Laocoön

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 23

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date40–30 B.C.

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMarble

DimensionsH: 95 1/4 in. (242 cm)

LocationVatican Museums, Rome

https://catalogo.museivaticani.va/index.php/Detail/objects/MV.1059.0.0?lang=en_US

Accession numberCat. 1059

Laocoön

Portrait of a girl before entering seclusion

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 30

Creator nationality/cultureAfrican

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1890

Object typePhotograph

MaterialsAlbumen silver print

Dimensions13.5 × 20.1 cm

Portrait of a girl before entering...

Portrait of a girl before entering seclusion, Efik peoples, present-day Nigeria

Nkondi (Power Figure)

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 30

Creator nationality/cultureKongo

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 1900–2000

Object typeSculpture

Materialswood with iron blades and nails, string, resin, feathers, and glass

Dimensions20 1/8 × 10 3/8 × 10 1/2 in. (51.1 × 26.4 × 26.7 cm)

LocationMenil Collection, Houston

https://www.menil.org/collection/objects/5884-power-figure-nkisi-n-kondi

Accession numberX 902

Nkondi (Power Figure)

Polished spud stone

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 31

Creator roleArtist

Creation date1200–1400

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsGreenstone

DimensionsHeight 8 in. (20.3 cm)

LocationNational Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

http://collections.nmnh.si.edu/search/anth/?irn=8036144

Accession numberA173545

Polished spud stone

Description: Constantine IV Pogonatus conferring privileges on the church of S. Apollinare in...

Constantine IV Pogonatus conferring privileges on the church of S. Apollinare in Classe

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 668–685

Object typeMosaic

LocationS. Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna, Italy

Constantine IV Pogonatus conferring...

Constantine IV Pogonatus conferring privileges on the church of S. Apollinare in Classe

Wooden implement

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 02

Creator roleArtist

Creation date1400–1600

Object typeTool/Implement

MaterialsWood

DimensionsWidth 7 3/4 in. (19.8 cm)

LocationCleveland Museum of Art

http://www.clevelandart.org/art/1950.411

Accession number1950.411

Wooden implement

Bestiary: Creation of Eve

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator nationality/cultureEnglish

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1201–1225

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBodleian Library, Oxford University, United Kingdom

https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/547571c6-0e1e-414f-b245-f36706655540

Accession numberMs. Ashmole 1511, fol. 7

Bestiary: Creation of Eve

Description: Installation view of Primary Structures exhibition, The Jewish Museum, New York,...

Installation view of Primary Structures exhibition, The Jewish Museum, New York, showing works by Donald Judd

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 23

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1966

Object typePhotograph

Installation view of Primary Structures...

Untitled 1966 (on wall) and Untitled 1966 (on floor)

Description: Portrait of Michel-Eugène Chevreul pasted into Homer's copy of...

Portrait of Michel-Eugène Chevreul pasted into Homer's copy of "Chevreul on Colours"

Posted by:John Carlson

May 04

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Object typePrint

LocationStrong National Museum of Play, Rochester, New York

Portrait of Michel-Eugène...

Portrait of Michel-Eugène Chevreul pasted into Homer's copy of "Chevreul on Colours"

Roman de la Rose: Copying and illuminating the folios of a manuscript

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation datec. 1300

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Accession numberFr. 25526, fol. 77v

Roman de la Rose: Copying and...

Roman de la Rose: Copying and illuminating the folios of a manuscript

Female figure with an apron table

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation dateAD 300–700

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

Dimensions13 3/8 x 9 5/8 x 7 5/8 in. (34 x 24.5 x 19.4 cm)

LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/312579

Accession number1979.206.357

Female figure with an apron table

St. Jerome in his Study

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation datec. 1500–1510

Object typePrint

MaterialsEngraving

Dimensions11 x 8 in. (28 x 20.4 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/29742001

Accession number1845,0825.690

St. Jerome in his Study

Kantha (Embroidered Quilt), detail showing processional cart

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 12

Creator nationality/cultureBengali

Creator roleWeaver/Fabricator

Creation date1900–1950

Object typeTextile

MaterialsCotton plain weave with cotton embroidery in back, buttonhole, darning, satin, and running stitches

LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Art

https://philamuseum.org/collection/object/286601

Accession number2009-250-22

Kantha (Embroidered Quilt), detail...

Kantha (Embroidered Quilt), detail showing processional cart

Phytomorphic Vessel

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureColima

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date200 BC–AD 500

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsBurnished ceramic with slip

DimensionsHeight 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm)

LocationLos Angeles County Museum of Art

http://collections.lacma.org/node/182618

Accession numberAC1996.146.27

Phytomorphic Vessel

Portable Mosaic Icon with Saint John Chrysostom

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator nationality/cultureByzantine

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. 1325

Object typeMosaic

MaterialsMiniature mosaic set in wax on wood panel, with gold, gilded copper (?), and multicolored stones

Dimensions7 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (18 x 13 cm)

LocationDumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C.

http://museum.doaks.org/Obj27115

Accession numberBZ.1954.2

Portable Mosaic Icon with Saint John...

Portable Mosaic Icon with Saint John Chrysostom

Procession of female saints

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. 550 AD

Object typeMosaic

LocationS. Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, Italy

Procession of female saints

Kantha (Embroidered Quilt)

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 12

Creator nationality/cultureBengali

Creator roleWeaver/Fabricator

Creation date1900–2000

Object typeTextile

MaterialsCotton plain weave with cotton embroidery in buttonhole, chain, darning, and running stitches

LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Art

https://philamuseum.org/collection/object/286609

Accession number2009-250-29

Kantha (Embroidered Quilt)

Portrait of Fath Khan, son of Malik Ambar

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 14

Creator nationality/cultureIndian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1610–1620

Object typePainting

MaterialsOpaque watercolor and gold on paper

LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston

https://collections.mfa.org/objects/148777/possibly-fath-khan-son-of-malik-ambar

Accession number17.3103

Portrait of Fath Khan, son of Malik...

Portrait of Malik Ambar

Kantha (Embroidered Quilt), detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 12

Creator nationality/cultureBengali

Creator roleWeaver/Fabricator

Creation date1900–1950

Object typeTextile

MaterialsCotton plain weave with cotton embroidery in darning, running, double running, satin, chain, and fishbone stitches

LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Art

https://philamuseum.org/collection/object/278951

Accession number2009-250-7

Kantha (Embroidered Quilt), detail

Blackamoor figures

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 01

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 1875–1900

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsPainted and gilt wood and metal

Dimensions24 x 7 3/4 x 6 7/8 in. (61 x 19.7 x 17.5 cm)

LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Houston

https://emuseum.mfah.org/objects/141477/pair-of-candlesticks-with-figures-of-blackamoors

Accession number96.1127.1

Blackamoor figures

Model of a Tree-Climbing Ritual

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation dateAD 100–800

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsCeramic and pigment

DimensionsHeight 9 in. (22.8 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/120168

Accession number1990.554.2

Model of a Tree-Climbing Ritual

The Virgin and Child (Theotokos Hodegetria)

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 1100–1200

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsIvory

Dimensions12 7/8 x 3 5/8 x 2 in. (32.7 x 9.2 x 5.2 cm)

LocationVictoria and Albert Museum, London

http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O93178/virgin-and-child-theotokos-hodegetria-statuette-unknown/

Accession number702-1884

The Virgin and Child (Theotokos...

The Virgin and Child

The Veroli Casket

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator nationality/cultureByzantine

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. AD 950–1000

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsIvory and bone on wood core; metal hardware

Dimensions4 1/2 x 6 1/4 x 15 7/8 in. (11.5 x 16 x 40.3 cm)

LocationVictoria and Albert Museum, London

https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O70463/veroli-casket-casket-unknown/

Accession number216-1865

The Veroli Casket

Male Figure (Chibinda Ilunga)

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 30

Creator nationality/cultureChokwe

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 1850

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsWood, hair, and hide

LocationKimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX

https://www.kimbellart.org/collection/ap-197805

Accession numberAP 1978.05

Male Figure (Chibinda Ilunga)

Figure of Chief Chibinda Ilunga

Description: Trinity with Christ as the Man of Sorows Adored by St. John the Baptist and another...

Trinity with Christ as the Man of Sorows Adored by St. John the Baptist and another Saint

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation datec. 1470–1485

Object typePrint

MaterialsEngraving

Dimensions9 5/8 x 7 1/2 in. (24.3 x 19 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/29367001

Accession number1856,0712.1029

Trinity with Christ as the Man of Sorows...

Trinity with Christ as the Man of Sorows Adored by St. John the Baptist and another Saint

Metal knife with carved wooden head image

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 30

Creator nationality/cultureMangbetu

Creator roleArtist

Creation datec. 1800–1900

Object typeTool/Implement

Materialsmetal, wood

Dimensionsoverall: 8 11/16 × 2 1/16 × 2 3/16 in. (22 × 5.3 × 55.5 cm)

LocationPeabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, Massachusetts

https://pmem.unix.fas.harvard.edu:8443/peabody/view/objects/asitem/search$0040/6/title-desc?t:state:flow=64015c39-502e-4058-90ab-ac7322102d73

Accession numberPM# 17-41-50/B1565

Metal knife with carved wooden head...

Metal knife with carved wooden head image

Kantha (Embroidered Quilt), detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 12

Creator nationality/cultureBengali

Creator roleWeaver/Fabricator

Creation date1900–1950

Object typeTextile

MaterialsCotton plain weave with cotton embroidery in back, buttonhole, darning, satin, and running stitches

LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Art

https://philamuseum.org/collection/object/286601

Accession number2009-250-22

Kantha (Embroidered Quilt), detail

Kantha (Embroidered Quilt), detail image of Dakshin Ray

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 12

Creator nationality/cultureBengali

Creator roleWeaver/Fabricator

Creation date1875–1900

Object typeTextile

MaterialsCotton plain weave with cotton embroidery in back, buttonhole, darning, satin, runing, and fishbone stitches

LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Art

https://philamuseum.org/collection/object/114202

Accession number1968-184-7

Kantha (Embroidered Quilt), detail image...

Kantha (Embroidered Quilt), detail image of Dakshin Ray

Fan for the Goddess Osun

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 19

Creator nationality/cultureNigerian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1870–1930

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsCopper alloy

Dimensions13 1/2 × 7 3/4 × 1/4 in. (34.2 × 19.7 × .5 cm)

LocationBaltimore Museum of Art, Maryland

https://collection.artbma.org/objects/20271/fan-for-the-goddess-oshun

Accession number2000.232

Fan for the Goddess Osun

Christ Flanked by Disciples

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator nationality/cultureByzantine

Creator roleSculptor

Creation dateAD 886–912

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsIvory

Dimensions4 x 3 7/8 x 3/4 in. (10.3 x 10 x 2 cm)

LocationStaatliche Museen zu Berlin

https://id.smb.museum/object/1415193

Accession number2006

Christ Flanked by Disciples

Kantha (Embroidered Quilt), detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 12

Creator nationality/cultureBengali

Creator roleWeaver/Fabricator

Creation date1800–1900

Object typeTextile

MaterialsCotton plain weave with cotton embroidery in back, buttonhole, darning, satin, running, eye, arrowhead, cross, and surface satin stitches

LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Art

https://philamuseum.org/collection/object/114200

Accession number1968-184-4

Kantha (Embroidered Quilt), detail

Laocoön, detail of lower torso and legs

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 17

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date40–30 B.C.

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMarble

LocationVatican Museums, Rome

https://catalogo.museivaticani.va/index.php/Detail/objects/MV.1059.0.0?lang=en_US

Accession numberCat. 1059

Laocoön, detail of lower torso and...

Laocoön, detail of lower torso and legs

Description: Petrus Riga, "Aurora": Initial "P" and marginal...

Petrus Riga, "Aurora": Initial "P" and marginal drawing of grapes carried on a pole

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1230–1270

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Accession numberLatin 17907, fol. 62v

Petrus Riga, "Aurora": Initial "P" and...

Petrus Riga, "Aurora": Initial "P" and marginal drawing of grapes carried on a pole

Codex Mendoza: Detail of Aztec capture scenes

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureAztec

Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher

Creation datec. 1525

Object typeBook/Manuscript

MaterialsAmate paper

LocationBodleian Library, Oxford University, United Kingdom

https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/d234da96-2981-4316-8d27-60ce01fa373d

Codex Mendoza: Detail of Aztec capture...

Codex Mendoza: Detail of Aztec capture scenes

King Kephron

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 07

Creator nationality/cultureEgyptian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 2472–2448 BC

Object typeSculpture

LocationEgyptian Museum, Cairo

King Kephron

Statue of King Kephron

Solidus of Theodosius III

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 01

Creator roleMetalist

Creation date715–717 AD

Object typeCoin/Medal

MaterialsGold

LocationDumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C.

http://museum.doaks.org/Obj109587

Accession numberBZC.1948.17.2430

Solidus of Theodosius III

Solidus of Theodosius III (715–717)

Christ and Zacchaeus

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator name (description)Possibly a copy by a German artist of a Byzantine pattern book

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation datec. 1200

Object typeArchitectural drawing

MaterialsSilverpoint and sepia with red ink on vellum (single leaf)

Dimensions31 x 20.2 cm

LocationAugustinermuseum, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Accession numberInv. Nr. G 23/la

Christ and Zacchaeus

Theological works of Emperor John VI Cantacuzene: The Emperor John VI Cantacuzene

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation datec. 1370–1375

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Accession numberMS. gr. 1242, fol. 123v

Theological works of Emperor John VI...

Theological works of Emperor John VI Cantacuzene: The Emperor John VI Cantacuzene

Medallion with the Annunciation

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMetalist

Creation datec. AD 550–600

Object typeJewelry

MaterialsGold

LocationStaatliche Museen zu Berlin

https://id.smb.museum/object/679389/

Accession number30219, 506

Medallion with the Annunciation

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, detail of Saint Lawrence mosaic

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 425–450

Object typeMosaic

LocationRavenna, Italy

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, detail of...

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, detail of Saint Lawrence mosaic

Bible Moralisée: Colophon miniature with donors, author, and scribe

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1227–1234

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationMorgan Library & Museum, New York

http://www.themorgan.org/collection/medieval-and-renaissance/manuscript/77422

Accession numberMS M.240, fol. 8r

Bible Moralisée: Colophon...

Bible Moralisée: Colophon miniature with donors, author, and scribe

King's throne (Königsthron), detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 01

Creator nationality/cultureBamun (Cameroon)

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 1800–1900

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsWood

LocationStaatliche Museen zu Berlin

https://id.smb.museum/object/207024/

Accession numberIII C33341

King's throne (Königsthron), detail

Detail of king's throne (Königsthron), Bamun, Cameroon

St. Catherine of Siena

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation datec. 1460–1470

Object typePrint

MaterialsEngraving

Dimensions9 3/4 x 7 3/8 in. (24.9 x 18.8 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/29361001

Accession number1845,0825.481

St. Catherine of Siena

Cup with mythological figures

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleArtist

Creation datec. 900–1000

Object typeContainer

MaterialsGilded and painted glass and silver gilt

LocationTreasury of San Marco, Venice

Cup with mythological figures

Leo VI Crowned by the Virgin and Accompanied by the Archangel Gabriel

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator nationality/cultureByzantine

Creator roleSculptor

Creation dateAD 886–912

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsIvory

Dimensions4 x 4 x 3/4 in. (10.3 x 10 x 2 cm)

LocationStaatliche Museen zu Berlin

https://id.smb.museum/object/1415193

Accession number2006

Leo VI Crowned by the Virgin and...

Leo VI Crowned by the Virgin and Accompanied by the Archangel Gabriel

Dish with angels on either side of a cross

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator nationality/cultureSyrian

Creator roleMetallist

Creation datec. AD 500–600

Object typeContainer

MaterialsSilver

DimensionsDiameter 7 3/8 in. (18.6 cm)

LocationHermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg

https://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/digital-collection/08.+Applied+Arts/227159

Accession numberW-209

Dish with angels on either side of a...

Dish with Angels on either side of a cross

Harbor light and foghorn at the end of the western jetty, Honfleur

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 22

Creator nationality/cultureUnkown

Creator rolePhotographer

Object typePhotograph

MaterialsPhotograph

Harbor light and foghorn at the end of...

Harbor light and foghorn at the end of the western jetty, Honfleur

The Hornbach Sacramentary: The scribe Eburnant presents the book to Abbot Adalbert

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation dateAD 970–1000

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationSt. Ursen-Kathedrale, Solothurn, Switzerland

Accession numberDomschatz, fol. 7v

The Hornbach Sacramentary: The scribe...

The Hornbach Sacramentary: The scribe Eburnant presents the book to Abbot Adalbert

Psalter: Claricia swinging on an initial "Q"

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1175–1225

Object typeBook/Manuscript

MaterialsInk and paint on medium-thick, well-prepared parchment

LocationWalters Art Museum, Baltimore

https://art.thewalters.org/detail/25823/claricia-swinging-on-an-initial-q-2/

Accession numberW.26.64R

Psalter: Claricia swinging on an initial...

Psalter: Claricia swinging on an initial "Q"

Laocoön, detail of head and shoulders

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 17

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date40–30 B.C.

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMarble

LocationVatican Museums, Rome

https://catalogo.museivaticani.va/index.php/Detail/objects/MV.1059.0.0?lang=en_US

Accession numberCat. 1059

Laocoön, detail of head and...

Laocoön, detail of head and shoulders

Psalter and New Testament: The Annunciation

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator nationality/cultureByzantine

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation datec. 1084

Object typeBook/Manuscript

MaterialsTempera, gold leaf, and ink on vellum

Dimensions6 3/8 x 4 in. (16.2 x 10.3 cm)

LocationDumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C.

http://museum.doaks.org/Obj27038

Accession numberBZ.1962.35; MS. 3, fol. 80v

Psalter and New Testament: The...

Psalter and New Testament: The Annunciation

Tipu's Tiger

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 21

Creator nationality/cultureIndian

Creator roleToymaker/Designer/Developer

Creation datec. 1793

Object typeToy/Game

MaterialsPainted wood with metal fixtures

DimensionsHeight: 28 in. (71 cm); width: 24 in. (61 cm); length: 70 1/8 in. (178 cm)

LocationVictoria and Albert Museum, London

http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O61949/tippoos-tiger-mechanical-organ-unknown/

Accession number2545(IS)

Tipu's Tiger

Description: Entrance to the port of Honfleur showing the eastern and western jetties, harbor...

Entrance to the port of Honfleur showing the eastern and western jetties, harbor lights, and tide signal

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 22

Creator rolePhotographer

Object typePhotograph

MaterialsPhotograph

Entrance to the port of Honfleur showing...

Entrance to the port of Honfleur showing the eastern and western jetties, harbor lights, and tide signal

Presentation of the Vivian Bible to Charles the Bald

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator name (description)Possibly three monks of St Martin at Tours: Amandus, Haregarius, and Sigvaldus

Creator roleIlluminator

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Accession numberLatin 1, fol. 423r

Presentation of the Vivian Bible to...

Presentation of the Vivian Bible to Charles the Bald

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