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

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

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Results for "Welcoming spring"12 records

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Fragrant Snow at Broken Bridge by Wang Mian, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fragrant Snow at Broken Bridge

Wang Mian (d. 1359)

14th century · Hanging scroll; ink on silk

Cleared · Public Domain

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The Seasons:  Spring by Wenceslaus Hollar, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Seasons: Spring

Wenceslaus Hollar (d. 1677)

1643–44 · Print, etching

Cleared · CC0

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Welcoming spring by Unidentified artist, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Welcoming spring

Unidentified artist

15th century · Silk embroidery on simple gauze silk

Cleared · Public Domain

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The Lantern Night Excursion of Zhong Kui by Yan Hui, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Lantern Night Excursion of Zhong Kui

Yan Hui (d. 1310)

late 1200s–early 1300s · Painting, handscroll; ink and slight color on silk

Cleared · CC0

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Watch with scenes from the story of Rebekah at the well by Johannes van Ceulen, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Watch with scenes from the story of Rebekah at the well

Johannes van Ceulen (d. 1715)

ca. 1676–80 · Case: painted enamel on gold, and raised enamel on gold; Movement: gilded brass, partly blued steel, and silver

Cleared · Public Domain

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New Year's Day in a Village at Stone Lake by Li Shida, The Cleveland Museum of Art

New Year's Day in a Village at Stone Lake

Li Shida (d. 1621)

1609 · Painting, Album leaf; ink and light color on paper

Cleared · CC0

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Watch with portrait of Friedrick Wilhelm, the Great Elector by Johann G. Racine, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Watch with portrait of Friedrick Wilhelm, the Great Elector

Johann G. Racine (d. 1748)

case ca. 1688, movement ca. 1750 · Case: painted enamel on gold; Movement: brass and steel

Cleared · Public Domain

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The Seasons by Wenceslaus Hollar, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Seasons

Wenceslaus Hollar (d. 1677)

1643–44 · Print, etching

Cleared · CC0

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Automaton in the form of a chariot pushed by a Chinese attendant and set with a clock by James Cox, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Automaton in the form of a chariot pushed by a Chinese attendant and set with a clock

James Cox (d. 1800)

1766 · Case: gold with diamonds and paste jewels set in silver, pearls; Dial: white enamel; Movement: partly gilded brass and steel, wheel balance and cock of silver set with paste jewels

Cleared · Public Domain

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Pair-case quarter-repeating watch by John Champion, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pair-case quarter-repeating watch

John Champion (d. 1780)

ca. 1770–72 · Outer case: glass and gold set with diamonds, pearls, emeralds, and rubies; Inner case: gold; Dial: white enamel with black painted Chinese characters and blued steel hands; Movement: gilded brass and partly blued steel

Cleared · Public Domain

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Hokku on “New Year’s Crow,” with a Painting of a Courtier by Yosa Buson, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Hokku on “New Year’s Crow,” with a Painting of a Courtier

Yosa Buson (d. 1783)

ca. mid-1780s · Hanging scroll: ink and color on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Outward Bound, from "Picture Poesies"

Arthur Boyd Houghton (d. 1875)

first published 1866, reissued 1874 · Wood engraving

In copyright

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