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"Recent Acquisitions: A Selection, 1989-1990": The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 48, no. 2 (Fall, 1990)

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART BULLETIN | VOLUME 48 | NUMBER 2

"Recent Acquisitions: A Selection, 1989–1990"

Arnold, Dorothea, Kevin J. Avery, Jacob Bean, Barbara Drake Boehm, Suzanne Boorsch, Katharine R. Brown, Keith Christiansen, James David Draper, Jean L. Druesedow, Kate Ezra, Barbara B. Ford, Margaret E. Frazer, Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, William M. Griswold, Prudence O. Harper, Maria Morris Hambourg, Maxwell K. Hearn, Timothy B. Husband, Colta Ives, Dale T. Johnson, Julie Jones, Peter M. Kenny, David W. Kiehl, Heidi King, Danielle O. Kisluk-Grosheide, Steven M. Kossak, Clare Le Corbeiller, Martin Lerner, Laurence Libin, Jessie McNab, Lisa M. Messinger, Helen B. Mules, Alfreda Murck, James Parker, Stuart Pyhrr, Sabine Rewald, Catharine H. Roehrig, Jeff L. Rosenheim, Stephen Rubin, Lowery S. Sims, Marie Lukens Swietochowski, Leonid Tarassuk, Gary Tinterow, Clare Vincent, Dietrich von Bothmer, Daniel Walker, James C. Y. Watt, and William D. Wixom

1990

96 pages

8.5 x 11 in

This title is out of print.

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Table of contents

About the authors

Foreword

Ancient Near Eastern Art

Egyptian Art

Greek and Roman Art

Islamic Art

Medieval Art and The Cloisters

Arms and Armor

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

European Paintings

Drawings

Prints and Photographs

Musical Instruments

Costume Institute

American Paintings and Sculpture

American Decorative Arts

Twentieth Century Art

The Pacific Islands, Africa, and the Americas

Asian Art

Met Art in Publication

Mastiff, Ceramic, paint, Kassite — Mastiff
Kassite
ca. mid-2nd millennium BCE

Terracotta stemless kylix (drinking cup), Asteas Workshop, Terracotta, Greek, South Italian, Paestan — Terracotta stemless kylix (drinking cup)
Asteas Workshop
late 4th century BCE

"Shah Jahan Watching an Elephant Fight", Folio from a Padshahnama, Bulaqi, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper — "Shah Jahan Watching an Elephant Fight", Folio from a Padshahnama
Bulaqi
probably 1639

Ribbed Plate, Silver, Byzantine — Ribbed Plate
Byzantine
659–662/3

Covered Beaker, Silver gilt, rock crystal, and translucent enamels, Italian (vessel); Austrian (mounts) — Covered Beaker
Italian (vessel); Austrian (mounts)
ca. 1325–50 (vessel); ca. 1340–60 (mounts)

Chalice with the Arms of Housteyn, Silver, parcel gilt with traces of enamel, South Netherlandish — Chalice with the Arms of Housteyn
South Netherlandish
second quarter 15th century

Cosmetic Vessel in the Shape of a Cat, Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), copper, quartz crystal, paint — Cosmetic Vessel in the Shape of a Cat
ca. 1990–1900 B.C.

Body of a sphinx, Greenish faience — Body of a sphinx
664–525 B.C.

Confronted Animal Rug, Wool (warp, weft, and pile); symmetrically knotted pile — Confronted Animal Rug
14th century

Young Lovers Embracing, Watercolor, opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper — Young Lovers Embracing
16th century

Belt Clasp, Leaded bronze, inlaid silver, iron rivets, Celtic — Belt Clasp
Celtic
2nd century BCE

Harness Pendant with Confronted Beasts, Leaded brass, Visigothic — Harness Pendant with Confronted Beasts
Visigothic
500–600

Cased Six-Barreled Revolving Percussion Pistol ("Pepperbox"), Ethan Allen American, Steel, gold, silver, ivory, wood (rosewood), velvet, American, Norwich, Connecticut — Cased Six-Barreled Revolving Percussion Pistol ("Pepperbox")
Ethan Allen
Charles T. Thurber
1842–47

Celestial globe, Willem Jansz Blaeu Dutch, Paper, brass, oak and stained, light-colored wood, Dutch, Amsterdam — Celestial globe
Willem Jansz Blaeu
after 1621

Cup (tasse à l'étrusque) and saucer, Sèvres Manufactory French, Soft-paste porcelain, French, Sèvres — Cup (tasse à l'étrusque) and saucer
Multiple artists/makers
1794

Marie-Amélie, Queen of the French, Baron François Joseph Bosio, Marble, French, Paris — Marie-Amélie, Queen of the French
Baron François Joseph Bosio
1841

Aquamanile in the Form of a Rooster, Copper alloy, German — Aquamanile in the Form of a Rooster
German
13th century

Sword Hilt, Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse French, Bronze, gold, French, Paris — Sword Hilt
Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
Lucien Falize
1881–82

Mirror, Johann Valentin Gevers German, Oak and pine veneered with tortoiseshell, silver, silver gilt, and green-stained ivory; mirror glass, German, Augsburg — Mirror
Johann Valentin Gevers
Johann Andreas Thelot
ca. 1710

Wine cooler (seau à demi-bouteille) (one of a pair), Vincennes Manufactory French, Soft-paste porcelain, French, Vincennes — Wine cooler (seau à demi-bouteille) (one of a pair)
Vincennes Manufactory
ca. 1751–52

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