A selection of 2003 museum acquisitions

Apollo, Dec, 2003

Milwaukee Art Museum

Barnyard, Chinese, Han Dynasty, 202BC-220 AD. Terracotta, 30.4 x 66.8 x 66.8 cm

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Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

Temple relief of the Emperor Domitian, Egyptian, 81-96 AD. Sandstone, 14.8 x 28.5 cm

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Michael C. Carlos Museum, Atlanta

Cuirass (breastplate and backplate), Crete, second half of 7th century BC. Bronze, ht 48.9 and 45.4 cm

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Musee du Louvre, Paris

Griffin protome, Greek, mid-7th century BC. Bronze, ht 23 cm

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British Museum

The Ringlemere cup, Early Bronze Age, c. 1700-1500 BC. Gold, c. 11.2-14 x 10. 5 cm. Purchased with assistance from file National Art Collections Fund (Art Fund)

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Princeton University Art Museum

Two-bodied lion, Persian, Achaemenid, late 5th- early 4th century BC. Gold, diam 5.3 cm

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Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Cup with embossed olive sprays, Roman, c. 2nd-3rd century AD. Silver-gilt, ht 10.5 cm. Purchased with assistance from the Art Fund

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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Royal ancestral figure, Egyptian, Dynasty 30-possibly early Ptolemaic period, 4th-3rd century BC. Wood, possibly African blackwood, ht 21 cm

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Cincinnati Art Museum

Stele of an orante, South Arabian, c. 1st century BC. Alabaster, ht 37.6 cm

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British Museum

The Guilford Puteal--Corinth's monument to Actium, Roman, c. 30-10 BC. Marble, ht 56 cm, diam 106 cm. Purchased with assistance from the Art Fund

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Bolton Museum and Art Gallery

Statuette of a Amaman princess, daughter of Akhenaten and Nefertiti, Egyptian, c. 1353 1336 BC. Translucent alabaster, ht 52 cm. Purchased with assistance from the Art Fund

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Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

Apollo Chigi, Roman, second quarter of 2nd century AD, after a Greek original of c. 370 BC. Marble, ht 136 cm

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Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth

Standing dignitary, Huari empire, Peru, c. 7th-10th century AD. Wood with shell and semiprecious stone inlay and silver, 10.2 x 6.4 x 2.6 cm

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Art Institute of Chicago

Small bowl on a flaring ring foot, Chinese, Tang Dynasty, 618 907. Silver, diam 13.4 cm

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Cleveland Museum of Art

Oculate being, mask, Paracas culture, Peru, c. 300 BC-1st century AD. Painted ceramic, ht 23.8 cm

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Antikensammlung, Munich

Pilos type helmet, Greek, c. 4th century. BC. Bronze, ht 24.1 cm

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Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA

Seated Buddha, Gandara, c. 2rid 3rd century AD. Dark grey schist, ht 86.4 cm

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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Standing Buddha, Thai, late 8th century. Bronze, ht 60.3 cm

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Asian Art Museum, San Francisco

Vessel in the, form of a phoenix bearing a handled zhi on its back, Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644. Bronze with silver and gold inlays, ht 29.5 cm

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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Standing eight armed Avalokiteshvara (the Bodhisattva of Infinite Compassion), Cambodian or Thai, Angkor period, Bayon style, late 12th century. Stone, ht 196.9 cm

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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Pensive Bodhisattva, Korean, Three Kingdoms period (57 BC-688 AD), mid-7th century. Gilt bronze, ht22.5 cm

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Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Standing crowned Buddha, Thai, Lopburi region, late Angkor War style, late 12tb century. Bronze, 86.4 cm

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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Ewer, probably Iranian, 12th century. Blown and tooled glass with applied decoration, ht 30.5 cm

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J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Virgin and Child by the Master of Klosterneuburg, c. 1335. Dark brown vitreous paint, pot metal and clear glass, silver stain, ht 35.9 cm. Part of a recently acquired collection of stained glass

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Musee du Louvre, Paris

St Benedict by Tino di Camaino (c. 1280 1337), c. 1330. Marble, ht 48.3 cm

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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Mirror case or box cover with the attack on the castle of Love, Paris, c. 1320 40. Ivory, diam 14.1 cm

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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Crucifixion by Pietro Lorenzetti (active 1320-44), 1340s. Tempera on panel, gold ground, 41.9 x 31.8 cm

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Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

Miniature from Guillaume de Deguileville's Pilgrimage of the Soul, French, c. 1435. Gold leaf and tempera on vellum, 6.3 x 6.4 cm

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National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Christ Kneeling in Prayer, South German, c. 1425. Pen and brown ink with red chalk, on 15th-century mount, 30.5 x 20.5 cm

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Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA

Monumental folding screen (one of a pair), depicting the Emperor Xuanzong and his beloved Yang Gufei, Hasegawa school, late 16th century. Ink, colours, and gold on paper, c. 150 x 365 cm

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Musee du Louvre, Paris

Angel of the Annunciation by Fra Angelico (c. 1395/1400-55). Tempera on panel, gold ground, 38 x 20 cm