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A handful of nice mold chinese images I located:

NYC – Metropolitan Museum of Art: Guardian Figure

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Pair of Guardian Figures
Tang dynasty, ca. late 7th-first half of the 8th century
Earthenware with remains of the pigments

The foreign facial attributes of this pair (see the other) of brilliantly sculpted guardian figures evidence of the strong Western presence in Tang-dynasty China. Originating in the Lokapala deity of the Buddhist religion, which came to China from the West, this sort of armored tomb guardian had an apotropaic function in Chinese burials.

Anoymous loan (L.2000.3.four, .five)

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art‘s permanent collection includes far more than two million operates of art from about the world. It opened its doors on February 20, 1872, housed in a constructing positioned at 681 Fifth Avenue in New York City. Below their guidance of John Taylor Johnston and George Palmer Putnam, the Met’s holdings, initially consisting of a Roman stone sarcophagus and 174 mainly European paintings, quickly outgrew the accessible space. In 1873, occasioned by the Met’s purchase of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriot antiquities, the museum decamped from Fifth Avenue and took up residence at the Douglas Mansion on West 14th Street. Nevertheless, these new accommodations had been short-term following negotiations with the city of New York, the Met acquired land on the east side of Central Park, where it constructed its permanent residence, a red-brick Gothic Revival stone &quotmausoleum&quot made by American architects Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mold. As of 2006, the Met measures practically a quarter mile long and occupies more than two million square feet, much more than 20 occasions the size of the original 1880 constructing.

In 2007, the Metropolitan Museum of Art was ranked #17 on the AIA 150 America’s Favourite Architecture list.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art was designated a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1967. The interior was designated in 1977.

National Historic Register #86003556

NYC – Metropolitan Museum of Art: Astor Court – Cold Spring Pavilion

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Historically, the finest scholars’ gardens of China have been in Suzhou (soochow), a serene city inland from Shanghai. The design of the Astor Court is based on a courtyard in the Garden of the Master of the Fishing Nets (Wangshi Yuan) in Suzhou. Like its model, this court has 3 common garden structures: a covered walkway, a small reception hall, and a half-pavilion along the west wall. Cold Spring Pavilion, identified by a tile plaque set in the wall, requires its name from the nearby pool. The exuberant upsweep of the roof corners is characteristic of Chinese architecture in the south.

Gray terracotta was a popular developing material in Chinese gardens. In this court, the bricks are arranged in alternating sets of four the huge suqare floor tiles the doorframes, the low balustrades, and the trim along the tops of the walls are all low-fired unglazed ceramic specially created for the Astor Court at an eighteenth-century imperial kiln close to Suzhou. The granite slabs and the wood components had been also crafted in China ccording to classic tactics. The elements were installed by a team of twenty-seven Chinese engineers and craftsmen who worked at the Museum from January by way of May 1980.

The Ming’s Scholar’s retreat, a garden court and reception hall, was the notion of Brooke Russell Astor and became a reality simply because of her steadfast and generous support.

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art‘s permanent collection contains more than two million operates of art from about the globe. It opened its doors on February 20, 1872, housed in a creating located at 681 Fifth Avenue in New York City. Under their guidance of John Taylor Johnston and George Palmer Putnam, the Met’s holdings, initially consisting of a Roman stone sarcophagus and 174 largely European paintings, quickly outgrew the accessible space. In 1873, occasioned by the Met’s purchase of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriot antiquities, the museum decamped from Fifth Avenue and took up residence at the Douglas Mansion on West 14th Street. Even so, these new accommodations were short-term soon after negotiations with the city of New York, the Met acquired land on the east side of Central Park, exactly where it constructed its permanent home, a red-brick Gothic Revival stone &quotmausoleum&quot created by American architects Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mold. As of 2006, the Met measures virtually a quarter mile extended and occupies more than two million square feet, far more than 20 times the size of the original 1880 constructing.

In 2007, the Metropolitan Museum of Art was ranked #17 on the AIA 150 America’s Favorite Architecture list.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art was designated a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1967. The interior was designated in 1977.

National Historic Register #86003556

NYC – Metropolitan Museum of Art – Elegant Gathering in the Apricot Garden

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Elegant Gathering in the Apricot Garden
Ming dynasty, ca. 1437
Following Xie Huan (Chinese, ca. 1370ca. 1450)
China
Handscroll ink and colour on silk

This painting documents a historical gathering of nine scholar-officials enjoying cultural pursuits whilst savoring spring weather in the Apricot Garden in Beijing on April 6, 1437. The host, Yang Rong, seated in front of an ornamental rock, has thoughtfully offered scholarly amusements, such as antiques, paintings, brushes and ink, and games, for his illustrious guests.

These portraits of prestigious court officials depict them safe in their positions and in total harmony with their surroundings. The meticulous attention to every single individual’s facial characteristics as effectively as the varied, descriptive brushwork in the rocks and trees in the surrounding garden are common of early Ming court taste.

Mounted following the painting are poems composed by all of the participants to commemorate this gathering, starting with a preface inscribed in a dignified clerical script by Yang Shiqi (13651444), the oldest member in attendance and, as chief advisor to the emperor, the highest-ranking government official of his day. An inscription by Weng Tonghe (18301904) on the brocade mounting preceding the painting identifies all the participants. Based on a composition by the noted court painter Xie Huan, the painting is most probably a contemporary copy produced for one particular of the other participants at the gathering.

Buy, The Dillon Fund Gift, 1989 (1989.141.3)

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art‘s permanent collection contains more than two million functions of art from around the planet. It opened its doors on February 20, 1872, housed in a constructing positioned at 681 Fifth Avenue in New York City. Beneath their guidance of John Taylor Johnston and George Palmer Putnam, the Met’s holdings, initially consisting of a Roman stone sarcophagus and 174 mostly European paintings, quickly outgrew the obtainable space. In 1873, occasioned by the Met’s acquire of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriot antiquities, the museum decamped from Fifth Avenue and took up residence at the Douglas Mansion on West 14th Street. Nevertheless, these new accommodations were short-term following negotiations with the city of New York, the Met acquired land on the east side of Central Park, where it constructed its permanent house, a red-brick Gothic Revival stone &quotmausoleum&quot developed by American architects Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mold. As of 2006, the Met measures virtually a quarter mile long and occupies much more than two million square feet, a lot more than 20 instances the size of the original 1880 developing.

In 2007, the Metropolitan Museum of Art was ranked #17 on the AIA 150 America’s Favourite Architecture list.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art was designated a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1967. The interior was designated in 1977.

National Historic Register #86003556