Abstract art Collection

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Haniwa (hollow clay sculpture) of a boar 5th century Japan Earthen tomb mounds, common burial practice on the Asian continent, were brought to Japan around the third century

Sheet of Figure Studies and Ornamental Motifs (recto and verso). 1520-1530 Vincenzo Tamagni Italian Acquired by the Museum as Anonymous Florentine

Hunchback Leaning on Staff 10th-12th century Huastec This figure of a hunchbacked man grasping a staff belongs to a category of sculpture known from the Huasteca region in northeastern Mexico

Ladies Shooting from a Pavilion, c. 1810. India, Rajasthan, Kota school, 19th century. Ink, color, and gold on paper; sheet: 34.3 x 27.3 cm (13 1/2 x 10 3/4 in.); sheet with border

Memorial Head (Nsodie) ca. 1800 Akan peoples This elegant terracotta head is a memorial portrait (nsodie) of an Akan ruler from present-day southern Ghana

Portrait of Balzac Modeled 1893 France. In 1891 Auguste Rodin was commissioned by a literary society to produce a posthumous monument to the French writer HonorE de Balzac

God Shiva as a Deified King 1201-1300 Vietnam. This bronze icon of the Hindu god Shiva comes from Vietnam or Cambodia and differs in several aspects from his original renditions in India

Block Statue of Ankhwennefer ca. 690-650 B. C. Late Period Ankhwennefer is shown squatting on the ground
Block Statue of Ankhwennefer ca. 690-650 B.C. Late Period Ankhwennefer is shown squatting on the ground. Only the head, hands and feet emerge from a cloak that he has drawn tightly around his body

The Puritan 1883-86, cast 1899 or after Augustus Saint-Gaudens American In 1881 Saint-Gaudens was commissioned by Chester W

Marble statue of a kouros (youth) ca. 590-580 B. C. Greek, Attic This is one of the earliest marble statues of a human
Marble statue of a kouros (youth) ca. 590-580 B.C. Greek, Attic This is one of the earliest marble statues of a human figure carved in Attica

Stone Celt before 16th century Taino The most numerous category of polished stone sculpture emerging from the Taino world of the ancestral Caribbean islands are ceremonial axes and blades

Cabinet ca. 1655-59, engraved decorations ca. 1825-50 Cabinetry by the workshop of Melchior Baumgartner German During the sixteenth century, collecting rare, beautiful

Shiva as Mahesha 10th century India (Tamil Nadu) This statue is part of a group of unusual large stone carvings in the round from the Chola period

Capital with Palmettes and Leaves late 8th century This capital, carved of soft alabaster, demonstrates the emergence of the distinctive Beveled style from an earlier vegetal style in the early

Male Ci Wara Headdress 19th century Bamana peoples With menacing horns and a spectral bodily presence this at once powerful

Axe 10th-15th century Taino This stone, axe handle-shaped figure may have been a ceremonial scepter created by Taino peoples

Study for Obsession modeled ca. 1896, cast before 1912 Auguste Rodin French Among the most telling of the gifts Rodin made to The Met in acknowledgment of the Museum's acquisition of his sculptures

Axe, Human Form 10th-15th century Taino The most numerous category of polished stone sculpture emerging from the Taino world of the ancestral Caribbean islands are ceremonial axes and blades

Marble head of a woman late 6th century B. C. Greek, probably Cycladic or northern Ionian The asymmetries in
Marble head of a woman late 6th century B.C. Greek, probably Cycladic or northern Ionian The asymmetries in the rendering of the hair indicate that this head probably belonged originally to a figure

Plaque depicting Bernard Palissy 1846 Sevres Manufactory French This framed porcelain plaque is exceptional not only for the quality of the plaque's painted decoration but also for the complex

Bowl ca. 1897-1900 George E. Ohr In many ways George Edgar Ohr was the quintessential Arts and Crafts potter, combining artistic vision with extraordinary skill with his hands

Figure: Male 12th-17th century (?) Dogon peoples (?) Although its precise culture and date of origin are unknown, this work is intriguing for both stylistic and chronological reasons

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