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"Recent Acquisitions, A Selection: 2005-2006": The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 64, no. 2 (Fall, 2006)
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART BULLETIN | VOLUME 64 | NUMBER 2

"Recent Acquisitions, A Selection: 2005–2006"

Adlin, Jane, Dorothea Arnold, Katharine Baetjer, Carmen C. Bambach, Peter Barnet, Carrie Rebora Barratt, Kurt Behrendt, Barbara Drake Boehm, Andrew Bolton, Thomas Campbell, Stefano Carboni, Julien Chapuis, Keith Christiansen, Magdalena Dabrowski, Elyssa Da Cruz, James David Draper, Douglas Eklund, Helen C. Evans, Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, Navina Haidar Haykel, Maxwell K. Hearn, Seán Hemingway, Herbert Heyde, Marsha Hill, Timothy B. Husband, Julie Jones, Daniëlle O. Kisluk-Grosheide, Eric Kjellgren, Harold Koda, Wolfram Koeppe, Steven M. Kossak, Alisa LaGamma, Soyoung Lee, Walter Liedtke, Christopher S. Lightfoot, Charles T. Little, Lisa M. Messinger, J. Kenneth Moore, Jeffrey Munger, Miyeko Murase, Morihiro Ogawa, Nadine M. Orenstein, Amelia Peck, Carlos A. Picón, Sabine Rewald, Samantha Rippner, Jeff L. Rosenheim, Perrin V. Stein, Zhixin Jason Sun, Gary Tinterow, Thayer Tolles, Ian Wardropper, Beth Carver Wees, and H. Barbara Weinberg
2006
71 pages
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Director's Note

Ancient World

Asia

Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Islam

Medieval Europe

Renaissance and Baroque Europe

Europe 1700–1900

North America 1700–1900

Modern Europe and North America

Donors of Gifts of Works of Art or of Funds for Acquisition of Works of Art

Met Art in Publication

Model of the foreleg of a horned animal, perhaps from a foundation deposit, Wood; remains of black pigment
Model of the foreleg of a horned animal, perhaps from a foundation deposit
ca. 1400–1295 B.C.
Head of a princess from a group statue, Quartzite
Head of a princess from a group statue
ca. 1352–1336 B.C.
Bronze handle of a patera (shallow basin) in the form of a youth, Bronze, Greek
Bronze handle of a patera (shallow basin) in the form of a youth
Greek
ca. late 6th century BCE
Gold Neck Ring, Gold, Celtic
Gold Neck Ring
Celtic
6th–4th century BCE
Gold and cabochon garnet ring, Gold and cabochon garnet, Greek
Gold and cabochon garnet ring
Greek
2nd–1st century BCE
Food serving vessel (dui), Bronze inlaid with composition of bone black and lacquer, China
Food serving vessel (dui)
China
ca. 4th century BCE
Marble strigilated sarcophagus, Marble, Roman
Marble strigilated sarcophagus
Roman
ca. 220 CE
Head of Buddha, Sandstone, Southern Cambodia
Head of Buddha
Southern Cambodia
7th century
Niche with the Seated Bodhisattva Shakyamuni Flanked by Devotees and an Elephant, Stucco, Afghanistan (Hadda)
Niche with the Seated Bodhisattva Shakyamuni Flanked by Devotees and an Elephant
Afghanistan (Hadda)
ca. 4th–5th century
Seated Buddha, Bronze, Burma
Seated Buddha
Burma
8th–early 9th century
Pair of Book Covers for a Buddhist Text, Wood with traces of paint; decorative mounts of silver with gilt semiprecious stones, and gilt-copper alloy, North India and Tibet
Pair of Book Covers for a Buddhist Text
North India and Tibet
12th century
Liu Chen and Ruan Zhao Entering the Tiantai Mountains, Zhao Cangyun Chinese, Handscroll; ink on paper, China
Liu Chen and Ruan Zhao Entering the Tiantai Mountains
Zhao Cangyun
Meeting between Emperor Wen and Fisherman Lü Shang, Kano Takanobu Japanese, Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on gilded paper, Japan
Meeting between Emperor Wen and Fisherman Lü Shang
Kano Takanobu
ca. 1600
Detached section from scroll one from A Long Tale for an Autumn Night (Aki no yo no nagamonogatari), now remounted in original position as part of 2002.459.1, Section of scroll 1 from a set of 3; ink, color, and gold on paper, Japan
Detached section from scroll one from A Long Tale for an Autumn Night (Aki no yo no nagamonogatari), now remounted in original position as part of 2002.459.1
Japan
ca. 1400
Remonstrating with the emperor, Liu Jun Chinese, Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, China
Remonstrating with the emperor
Liu Jun
late 15th–early 16th century
Surcoat (<i>Jinbaori</i>), Silk, felt, metallic thread, wood, lacquer, Japanese
Surcoat (Jinbaori)
Japanese
17th century
Jar decorated with flowers and insects, Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue design, Korea
Jar decorated with flowers and insects
Korea
mid-18th century
Plum, Bamboo, and Rock, Xu Beihong Chinese, Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, China
Plum, Bamboo, and Rock
Xu Beihong
dated 1942
Bizen Jar, Harada Shūroku Japanese, Stoneware with natural ash glaze and set with taiko-ishi stones, Japan
Bizen Jar
Harada Shūroku
2004
Pendant with Seated Lord, Jadeite, Maya
Pendant with Seated Lord
Maya
7th–8th century
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