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

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

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Results for "Flowers, fish, and crabs"12 records

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Tile with fish and lotus flowers in a canal by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tile with fish and lotus flowers in a canal

Unrecorded maker

ca. 1290–1224 BCE · Polychrome faience

Cleared · Public Domain

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Shield with crab and fish figures by Moche artist(s), The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Shield with crab and fish figures

Moche artist(s)

500–800 CE · Gilded copper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Basin with fish and lotus flowers by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Basin with fish and lotus flowers

Unrecorded maker

late 14th–early 15th century · Stoneware with incised decoration under celadon glaze and biscuit relief (Longquan ware)

Cleared · Public Domain

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Flowers, fish, and crabs by Liu Jie, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Flowers, fish, and crabs

Liu Jie (d. 1566)

mid-16th century · Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

Cleared · Public Domain

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Plate with crab and fish by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Plate with crab and fish

Unrecorded maker

late 17th–early 18th century · Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue (Jingdezhen ware)

Cleared · Public Domain

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Plate with two crabs and flowers by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Plate with two crabs and flowers

Unrecorded maker

late 18th century · Porcelain painted in overglaze polychrome enamels (Jingdezhen ware)

Cleared · Public Domain

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Cup with duck, fish, and flowers by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cup with duck, fish, and flowers

Unrecorded maker

late 18th–early 19th century · Porcelain painted in overglaze polychrome enamels (Jingdezhen ware)

Cleared · Public Domain

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"Trick" bowl with flowers and fish by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

"Trick" bowl with flowers and fish

Unrecorded maker

first half of the 19th century · Porcelain with relief projection, painted in overglaze polychrome enamels (Jingdezhen ware)

Cleared · Public Domain

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Dish with crabs and flowers by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dish with crabs and flowers

Unrecorded maker

late 18th–19th century · Porcelain painted in underglaze blue and overglaze red enamel and gilt (Jingdezhen ware)

Cleared · Public Domain

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Tea Caddy (Natsume) by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tea Caddy (Natsume)

Unrecorded maker

second half 19th century · Stoneware with polychrome overglaze enamels and gold

Cleared · Public Domain

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

Still life with crabs and fish

Yi Yong-u (artist name: Mungno) (d. 1952)

probably 1940s · Pair of hanging scrolls; ink and color on paper

In copyright

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

Raspberries and Goldfish

Janet Fish (d. 2025)

1981 · Oil on linen with acrylic gesso ground

In copyright

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