Cultural Puppetry and Symbolism

A collection featuring varied forms of puppetry, intricate costumes, and symbolic sculptures with rich decorative elements, showcasing artistry from different cultures.

Table; Francesco Abbiati (Italian, active about 1780 - about 1800); Mandello, Lake Como, Lombardia, Italy; 1790s; Oak, walnut, and poplar veneered with purplewood, satinwood, ebony, and various fruitwoods; 77.8 x 84.5 x 87.5 cm (30 5,8 x 33 1,4 x 34 7,16 in.)

The Tsarevitch by Stravinsky , 1913, Leon Bakst, (1866-1924/Russian)

Shadow puppet (wayang kulit), Wood, painted and gilded leather, Female figure with elaborate coiffure extending down to shoulders, bracelets on wrists and ornaments on upper arms. Painted with red and blue, faded., Indonesia, 19th century, toys & games, Shadow puppet (wayang kulit)

Puppet (WayangKlitik)

Georges Henri Lemaire. "Silence or immortality". Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 26974-11 Immortality, silence, statue, symbolism

Tomb guardian beast (Zhenmushou) late 7th century China. Tomb guardian beast (Zhenmushou) 49197

Table; Francesco Abbiati (Italian, active about 1780 - about 1800); Mandello, Lake Como, Lombardia, Italy; 1790s; Oak, walnut, and poplar veneered with purplewood, satinwood, ebony, and various fruitwoods; 77.8 x 84.5 x 87.5 cm (30 5,8 x 33 1,4 x 34 7,16 in.)

Puppet (WayangKlitik)

Shadow Puppet Head, 20th century, 5 in. (12.7 cm), China, 20th century

Shadow Puppet (Wayang Kulit) of possibly Antyagupa or Kardi Demang, from the set KyaiDrajat

Statuette of man by Mikhail Alexandrovich Vrubel, Majolica, polychrome, 1909, Art Nouveau, 1856-1910, Russia, Moscow, State History Museum,

VIGILANTE FUNERARIO-DINASTIA TANG(S VII-X)-BARRO CON BARNIZ DE PLOMO COLOREADO-EXVOTO FUNERARIO. Location: VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM. LONDON. ENGLAND.

Przeszłość Przyszłości Hoffmanmann, Georg (Cap 1557 1609)

Sylvette by Pablo Picasso, Sheet metal, 1954, 1881-1973

Peasant woman. Costume design for the Vaudeville 'Old Moscow' at the Theatre Femina in Paris by Bakst, Leon (1866-1924) Private Collection 1922 Russia Colour lithograph Graphic arts Opera, Ballet, Theatre

Mingqi, tombard. Terracotta with traces of polychromy. China, Tang dynasty. Paris, Cernuschi museum. Chinese art, China, Tang dynasty, tomb keeper, mingqi, funeral statuette, terracotta, polychromy trace

Shadow Puppet (Wayang Kulit) of Jaran, from the set KyaiNugroho. Maker: Ki Kertiwanda Maker: Ki Bekel Prawirasucitra

Shadow Puppet (Wayang Kulit) of MonsterKodok. Maker: Ki Enthus Susmono, Indonesian, 1966-2018

Musician Playing Gourd Drum. Mexico, Nayarit, Nayarit, 200 BCE-400 CE. Ceramics. Slip-painted ceramic

Wayang Kulit, shadow puppet of Hanuman the monkey God; Indonesian early 20th century AD. Made from painted wood

Emilia-Romagna Ferrara Ferrara Museo Civico di Schifanoia46. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 General Notes: INCOMPLETE RECORD--NEGATIVES PROCESSED, PRINTS FILED German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Turkey, Aegean, Selcuk, Ephesus museum, Fertility Goddess Ephesian Artemis Statue

Sgraffito on a façade

Songye male figure, from Zaire, England, London, Christie's Images, Primitive Art

State Central A. Bakhrushin Theatre Museum, Moscow 25,1x15,3 Opera, Ballet, Theatre

Emilia-Romagna Ferrara Ferrara Museo Civico di Schifanoia99. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 General Notes: INCOMPLETE RECORD--NEGATIVES PROCESSED, PRINTS FILED German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Feline-Headed Guardian Beast (Zhenmushou) 701 CE-750 CE China. Earthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glazes and traces of pigments .

Figure (Austria); metal, enamel, gilt, gold

Grave Guardian Beast (Zhenmu Shou). China. Date: 400 BC-201 BC. Dimensions: 48.9 × 25.5 × 20.0 cm (19 1/4 × 10 1/16 × 7 7/8 in.). Wood with polychrome pigments and lacquer horns. Origin: China. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Ryūjin: Ruler of Seas and Tides. Japan, 18th century. Costumes; Accessories. Wood

mixed media composition by French-Algerian artist Yves Baume; Born 1933

God Vishnu Riding His Mount, Garuda 1801-1900 Bali. Painted wood .

Costa Rica, Jaco, Dantica Gallery, Interior, Statue

CERAMCA DE SARGADELOS. Location: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS. LA CORUNA. A CORUÑA. SPAIN.

Buff earthenware with black decoration and transparent turquoise overglaze, Syria, Ragga, 13th Century. The famous Art Institute of Chicago.

Eldora P Lorenzini, Bulto (Santa Barbara), 1939 Bulto (Santa Barbara)

ESCULTURA-PERSONAJE ANCESTRAL-MALI-TRIBU BAMBARA-BOUGOUINI. Location: METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART. NEW YORK CITY.

Architectural Support with a woman hitting a crouching figure 1500-1510 British or French. Architectural Support with a woman hitting a crouching figure 471968

ESCULTURA SURREALISTA - SIGLO XX. Author: SALVADOR DALI. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Bronze disc with Gorgon. From the decoration of the first temple of Athena Polias. The earliest representation of the mythical Gorgon on the Acropolis. 7th century BC. Acropolis Museum Athens. Greece.

Diseases of the large intestine

Shadow Puppet (Wayang Kulit) of Aswatama, from the set KyaiNugroho. Maker: Marto Suwondo Maker: Ki Kertiwanda Maker: Ki Bekel Prawirasucitra

House Carving(Singa)

Shadow Puppet (Wayang Kulit) of Petruk, from the set KyaiNugroho. Maker: Marto Suwondo Maker: Ki Kertiwanda Maker: Ki Bekel Prawirasucitra

Detail on a pillar of the south wall: pillar eater, St., Saint, Saint

Shadow Puppet (Wayang Kulit) of Basuki, from the set KyaiDrajat

Trophies from the Battle of Lepanto, 1571. Illustration of General History of Spain, by Modesto Lafuente. Montaner y Simon Editor, 1879. M. Pujades.

Our Lady of Guadalupe (Bulto). Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 36.3 x 29.1 cm (14 5/16 x 11 7/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 17"tall. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, graphite, and heightening on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Majel G. Claflin.

Eunuch. Costume design for the ballet 'Scheharazade' by N. Rimsky-Korsakov by Bakst, Leon (1866-1924) Private Collection 1922 Russia Watercolour on paper Graphic arts Opera, Ballet, Theatre

Glass art by Dale Chihuly deYoung Museum San Francisco California

Funerary pole with Purukuparli and his son Jinani. Carved and painted wood. 20th Century, Tiwi, Melville Island, Northen Australia.

Shadow Puppet Head, 20th century, 5 in. (12.7 cm), China, 20th century

JARRON DE LA DINASTIA MING 1368/1644 FA HOVA-PORCELANA EN FORMA "MEI P'ING". Location: MUSEO REAL ARTE CHINO. STOCKHOLM.

Shadow Puppet (Wayang Kulit) of Jonoloko, from the set KyaiDrajat

Shadow Puppet (Wayang Kulit) of Cantrik, from the set KyaiDrajat

Inlay depicting Thoth as the ibis with a maat feather 4th century B.C. Late Period-Ptolemaic Period This exquisite piece of inlay from a shrine shows Thoth, god of writing and all things intellectual, as an ibis walking atop a standard. Its beak is supported by a featherthe symbol of Maat, goddess of justice and closely associated with Thoth. The artist beautifully captured the halting stride of the bird, which seems to be considering its every step.. Inlay depicting Thoth as the ibis with a maat feather. 4th century B.C.. Faience. Late Period-Ptolemaic Period. From Egypt; Possibly from Middle Egypt, Hermopolis (Ashmunein; Khemenu)

Shadow Puppet (Wayang Kulit) of Anoman orHanoman. Maker: Ki Enthus Susmono, Indonesian, 1966-2018

ESCULTURA. Author: VENANCIO BLANCO. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Head of a Horned Dragon Asian Art University of Michigan Museum of Art

Ancient squat lekythos with relief decoration showing Neoptolemos seizing Kassandra at the altar of Athena at Troy. Made in Apulia. Dated 330 BC.

Mbuya Boy's Initiation Mask, 19th century, 51 x 13 1/4 x 11 7/8 in. (129.5 cm in height), Polychromed wood, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 19th century

Bliżej Kultury

Paper Doll, Figure Toy; Harriet Blackstone (American, 1864 - 1939); USA; brush and oil, graphite on board; 23 × 9 cm (9 1/16 × 3 9/16 in.)

Plaque Fragment with a Theater Mask. Unknown

Tibetan Garuda mask exhibit at the Shanghai Museum, Shanghai, China.

Anthropomorphic polychrome terracotta vessel with music symbols, Peru, Nazca culture

Cigar Store Indian. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 30.5 x 22.5 cm (12 x 8 7/8 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, colored pencil, and heightening on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Yolande Delasser.

View of the Villa Pliniana, illustration by Maxfield Parrish, for Edith Wharton's 'Italian Villas and Their Gardens'. 1904

Hip Ornament: Face 16th-19th century Edo peoples At its origins, the centralized city-state of Benin was founded by Edo-speaking peoples. The accounts by official court historians and descriptions provided by visitors evoke a vibrant cultural center continually redefined by its leadership through shifting internal and external power dynamics. According to oral tradition, circa 1300, Edo chiefs are reputed to have reached out to the leader of neighboring Ife, Oranmiyan, to establish a new divinely sanctioned royal dynasty. Since then, the investiture of Benins rulers to the title of obas has conferred upon them at once a role of chief priest officiating in important religious ceremonies and presiding over an elaborate structure of palace officials. During the fifteenth century reign of Oba Ewuare, Benins armies were formed and the fortification of its capital with a massive wall undertaken. In parallel, delegations of Portuguese traders assiduously sought to secure exclusive commercia

Costume design for the ballet Cleopatre by Bakst, Leon (1866-1924) Private Collection 1909 Russia Colour lithograph Graphic arts Opera, Ballet, Theatre

CeremonialSling. Artist: Unknown

Fragment of a Statue of Venus 1 CE-200 CE Italy. This type of female torsoówhich depicts Venus (the Greek Aphrodite) wearing a sheer, revealing garmentówas frequently used in the Roman world to represent the goddess in her role as genetrix, or mother. The statue type, which is likely based on an earlier Greek bronze statue of Aphrodite created by the sculptor Kallimachos, became popular after Julius Caesar, who claimed the goddess as his ancestress, dedicated a version of this statue in a temple to Venus Genetrix. This statue type was also used in portraits of Roman empresses, who, in producing future emperors, likened themselves to Venus as mothers of the imperial line.. Marble . Ancient Roman

Santeria sculpture, Palacio Cantero, Museo Historico Municipal, Trinidad, Sancti Spiritus Province, Cuba, Central America

Handscreen, Engraved, hand-colored and painted paper leaf, turned wood handle, Obverse: on left, a warrior in a helmet with lance and shield next to a leopard; on right, a warrior with laurel wreath exiting a tent, next to a lion; tributes to Louis XV above; surrounded by scroll border. Reverse: tributes to Louis XV, surrounded by hand-painted motifs., France, late 18th century, costume & accessories, Handscreen

Shadow Puppet (Wayang Kulit) ofUludawa

Male statue with red cloak, painted terracotta, Southern sanctuary (520 BC). Part of temple pediment. Museum of Paestum. Italy.

Snakehead Mexican folk mask.

Camel. Culture: Italian, Naples. Dimensions: H. 16 1/4 in. (41.3 cm.). Date: second half 18th century.In 1964, Loretta Hines Howard generously presented to the Museum over 140 Neapolitan crèche figures, dating from the second half of the eighteenth century. The varied assortment includes figures from the three traditional scenes of a complete Neapolitan presepio: the Nativity, with angels, shepherds, and sheep; the procession of the three Magi, with their colorful retinue of attendants; and the varied and gay crowd of country and town people thronging the tavern, or inn, of Bethlehem -- the diversorium mentioned by St. Luke, where on the Holy Night there was no place for Mary and Joseph. Averaging between twelve and fifteen inches in height, according to the position they were to take in perspective in the stage set, the figures are pliable and can be given poses at will, according to their facial expressions. Their bodies are made of tow and wire, their arms and legs are finely carve

Ritual mask, tribute to the art of the Aborigines, mosaic school producing mosaic masters, Spilimbergo, city of mosaic art, Friuli, Italy, Spilimbergo, Friuli, Italy, Europe

REMATE DE UN PINACULO DE LA SAGRADA FAMILIA - SIGLO XX. Author: ANTONI GAUDI (1852-1926). Location: SAGRADA FAMILIA. Barcelona. SPAIN.

Alfredo Opisso / "Painting mural (Interior of the living room)", S.XX, Óleo.

Textile, Medium: cotton, wool Technique: tapestry, single interlock with discontinuous supplementary weft patterning (brocade), Mantle fragment of interlocking squares with geometric designs of birds and fish., Peru, 1100-1400, woven textiles, Textile

Singer for the Monkey Band. Meissen Porcelain Manufactory; German, founded 1710; After a model of Kändler or Reinicke. Date: 1760-1770. Dimensions: H. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm). Hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, and gilding. Origin: Meissen. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory.

Attic Red-Figure Calyx Krater Fragment; Attributed to Syleus Painter (Greek (Attic), active 490 - 470 B.C.); Athens, Greece; 480 - 470 B.C; Terracotta; 4 x 10 cm (1 9,16 x 3 15,16 in.)

LITERA DE LOS CONDES DE ALTAMIRA - 1770. Author: LUIS PARET Y ALCAZAR (1746-1799). Location: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

'Devil', c1680. Artist: Jean Berain

Stage costume by Marina Borisovna Danilova, Watercolour on paper, 1997, 1946, Russia, St. Petersburg, A. Pushkin Memorial Museum, 38x28

Shadow Puppet (Wayang Kulit) of Galiyak, from the set KyaiDrajat

Unlined Summer Kimono (Hito-e) with Crickets, Grasshoppers, Cricket Cages, and Pampas Grass. Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Overall: 65 × 50 in. (165.1 × 127 cm). Date: early 20th century.In Japan, insects beloved for their chirping song were sometimes caught or purchased and kept in cages. This robe features a variety of insects in cages amid pampas grass, evoking cool autumn days, which are often depicted on summer kimonos. The pampas grass, cages, crickets, grasshoppers, and bell-ring insects (suzumushi) are rendered using paste-resist dyeing (yuzen) and embroidery. Variations in the application of the ground dye and scattered, glinting gold embroidery evoke the quality of light at the end of an autumn day. This design was already popular in the early Edo period and is depicted in the first volume of the On-hiinagata (1667), the earliest woodblock-printed book of patterns for kosode. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Cellist for the Monkey Band 1760-1770 Meissen. In 1733, the sculptor Johann Joachim Kndler became the chief modeler at the Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, a position he held until his death in 1775. Kndler, along with his assistant Peter Reinicke, devised novel and innovative forms and figures for Meissen porcelain. One of the most admired products of the factory were the monkey bands, witty examples of 18th-century singerie subjects in which monkeys literally ìapeî the behavior of supposedly more sophisticated humans.The first version of the monkey band was designed in 1753 and Madame de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV of France and a discerning patron of the arts, ordered a set at Christmas of that year. The group was so popular that it was reissued in the early 1760s. The Art Instituteís monkey band comes from this second edition.In addition to a conductor and two female singers, the orchestra consists of musicians playing wind, string, and percussion instruments. There are al

Emily Kam Ngwarray, Emu, 1990, acrylic paint on canvas on board, Australian Indigenous artist from the Utopia community, located in the Northern Territory.

Shadow Puppet (Wayang Kulit) of Petnuk Jadi, from the set KyaiDrajat

Unlined Summer Kimono (Hito-e) with Crickets, Grasshoppers, Cricket Cages, and Pampas Grass early 20th century Japan In Japan, insects beloved for their chirping song were sometimes caught or purchased and kept in cages. This robe features a variety of insects in cages amid pampas grass, evoking cool autumn days, which are often depicted on summer kimonos. The pampas grass, cages, crickets, grasshoppers, and bell-ring insects (suzumushi) are rendered using paste-resist dyeing (yūzen) and embroidery. Variations in the application of the ground dye and scattered, glinting gold embroidery evoke the quality of light at the end of an autumn day. This design was already popular in the early Edo period and is depicted in the first volume of the On-hiinagata (1667), the earliest woodblock-printed book of patterns for kosode.. Unlined Summer Kimono (Hito-e) with Crickets, Grasshoppers, Cricket Cages, and Pampas Grass 50807

fine arts, China, shadow puppetry, shadow puppet, Szechuan style, 19th century, municipal museum Munich,

A King, possibly the Emperor Saint Henry 18th century Style of Joseph Götsch. A King, possibly the Emperor Saint Henry 205812

Chessmen (32) German 19th century

Abruzzo Pescara Penne Palazzo Vescovile, Museo62. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Architecture; architectural sculpture (detatched); sculpture. Post-medieval: Sculpture, painting, architectural sculpture (detached), altar cloth: objects from Penne and Loreto Apruntino. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Mexico.Mexico city.National Museum of Anthropology. Huichol art.

Shadow Puppet (Wayang Kulit) of Kera orKethek. Maker: Ki Enthus Susmono, Indonesian, 1966-2018

Celtic fire-dog used for cooking meat, 2nd century. Artist: Unknown

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