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    677 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)

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    415 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API

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Results for "Clouds and Water"12 records

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Sutra Cover with Clouds and Auspicious Symbols by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sutra Cover with Clouds and Auspicious Symbols

Unrecorded maker

16th century · Silk and metallic thread

Cleared · Public Domain

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Scholar Reclining and Watching Rising Clouds, Poem by Wang Wei by Ma Lin, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Scholar Reclining and Watching Rising Clouds, Poem by Wang Wei

Ma Lin (d. 1260)

c. 1256 · Painting, Album leaf; ink on silk

Cleared · CC0

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Dragon and Clouds by Sadiqi Beg, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dragon and Clouds

Sadiqi Beg (d. 1635)

ca. 1600 · Ink and watercolor on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Scholar Reclining and Watching Rising Clouds; Poem by Wang Wei by Ma Lin, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Scholar Reclining and Watching Rising Clouds; Poem by Wang Wei

Ma Lin (d. 1260)

c. 1256 · Painting, Album leaf; ink on silk

Cleared · CC0

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Fan Surface with a Dragon, Clouds, and Waves by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fan Surface with a Dragon, Clouds, and Waves

Unrecorded maker

1644 · Tapestry-woven (kesi) silk

Cleared · Public Domain

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Happy Forest, from Water Margin by Matsumura Goshun, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Happy Forest, from Water Margin

Matsumura Goshun (d. 1811)

late 1700s · Painting, hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

Cleared · CC0

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Water Jar with Swirling Clouds by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Water Jar with Swirling Clouds

Unrecorded maker

1713–22 · Porcelain with incised decoration under celadon glaze (Jingdezhen ware)

Cleared · Public Domain

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Dragon and Tiger by Sesson Shūkei, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Dragon and Tiger

Sesson Shūkei (d. 1577)

c. 1546–56 · Painting, One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink on paper

Cleared · CC0

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Clouds by Thomas Cole, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Clouds

Thomas Cole (d. 1848)

ca. 1838 · Oil on paper laid down on canvas

Cleared · Public Domain

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Water Jar (Olla) with Rainbird by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Water Jar (Olla) with Rainbird

Unrecorded maker

1850–60 · Ceramic, ceramic, slip

Cleared · CC0

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Mediterranean with Mount Agde by Gustave Le Gray, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mediterranean with Mount Agde

Gustave Le Gray (d. 1884)

1857 · Albumen silver print from two glass negatives

Cleared · Public Domain

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Water Cooler with Chinese Gardens by Seifū Yohei III, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Water Cooler with Chinese Gardens

Seifū Yohei III (d. 1914)

1893–97 · Ceramic, Porcelain with molded and carved designs

Cleared · CC0

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