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Public domain works from the Met's Asian Art department. Not associated with Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. 
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Lamp, 1644-1912, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Chinese, South and Southeast Asian Art
bottle-shaped lamp with cover, carvings of nine Kylins; rosewood and brass base; quartz Size: 12 3/8 in. (31.4 cm) (without base) Medium: Quartz, rosewood,brass
https://collections.artsmia.org/art/19657/
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Snuff Bottle, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Asian Art
Bequest of Edmund C. Converse, 1921 Size: H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm) Medium: Moss agate
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/41441
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Helmet Mask (mukenga), Unidentified Kuba artist, 20th century, Saint Louis Art Museum: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/12237/
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Krishna, 18th–19th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Asian Art
Gift of Robert W. and Lockwood de Forest, 1919 Size: H. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm) Medium: Brass
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/39449
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Bowl, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Asian Art
Gift of Heber R. Bishop, 1902 Size: H. 2 3/8 in. (6.1 cm); W. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm) Medium: Nephrite, white with greenish tint
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/43816
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An Entertainment at Shinagawa, Sakuragawa Bunkyo, ca. 1788, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Asian Art
Rogers Fund, 1918 Size: 10 1/8 x 7 7/16 in. (25.7 x 18.9 cm) Medium: Right-hand sheet of a triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/36706
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Model of a Stupa, 10th–14th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Asian Art
Seymour Fund, 1983 Size: H. 8 1/8 in. (20.7 cm); W. 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm) Medium: Copper alloy with traces of gilt
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/37445
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The Fourth Month, A Lady of the Enkyō Era (1744-48), from the series Thirty-six Elegant Selections, Mizuno Toshikata, 1894, Cleveland Museum of Art: Japanese Art
Medium: Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
https://clevelandart.org/art/2017.72
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Page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana Manuscript (Life of Krishna), ca. 1775, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Asian Art
Gift of Jeffrey Paley, 1975 Size: 12 7/32 x 18 5/8 in. (31.1 x 47.3 cm) Medium: Ink and color on paper
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/37982
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Quatrain on spring’s radiance, Empress Yang Meizi, early 13th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Asian Art
Bequest of John M. Crawford Jr., 1988 Size: Image: 9 1/8 x 9 5/8 in. (23.2 x 24.4 cm) Medium: Round fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on silk
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/40103
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Jar, 19th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Asian Art
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Colman, 1893 Size: H. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm); Diam. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm) Medium: Clay covered with glaze and splashes (Kyoto kiln)
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/47137
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Bowl with Fish Motifs, first half 14th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Islamic Art
H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Gift of Mrs. Horace Havemeyer, in memory of her husband, Horace Havemeyer, 1959 Size: H. 5 in. (12.7 cm) Diam. 1 ¼ in. (28.6 cm) Medium: Stonepaste; molded and glazed
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/451489
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Bamboo River (Takekawa), Calligraphic Excerpt from Chapter 44 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari), Konoe Hisamichi, Muromachi period, datable to 1509-1510, Harvard Art Museums: Calligraphy
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of the Hofer Collection of the Arts of Asia Size: H. 24.1 cm x W. 18.4 cm (9 ½ x 7 ¼ in.) Medium: The forty-fourth of a series of 54 kotobagaki (calligraphic album leaves) mounted in an album with illustrations; ink and color on paper
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/199966
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Vase, before ca. 1860, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Asian Art
Purchase by subscription, 1879 Size: H. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm) Medium: Stoneware with blue glaze (Guandong ware)
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/42326
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The Gopis Plead with Krishna to Return Their Clothing: Folio from "Isarda" Bhagavata Purana, Master of the "Isarda" Bhagavata Purana, ca. 1560–65, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Asian Art
Gift of The H. Rubin Foundation Inc., 1972 Size: Image: 7 3/8 × 10 1/8 in. (18.7 × 25.7 cm) Medium: Opaque watercolor and ink on paper
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/37962
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Portrait of Buddhist Monks of Obaku Sect, 1600s, Cleveland Museum of Art: Chinese Art
Size: Overall: 171.5 x 99.7 cm (67 ½ x 39 ¼ in.) Medium: hanging scroll (framed), ink and color on paper
https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.352
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Winepot with Cover, late 17th–early 18th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Asian Art
Gift of Edwin C. Vogel, 1964 Size: H. 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm); W. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm); D. 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm) Medium: Painted in famille verte enamels on the biscuit
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/42291
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