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Made by Hand

Clay, cloth, glass and metal: the work of skilled hands.

  • Maebyeong with lotus decoration
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Fletcher Fund, 1927. Accession number 27.119.1. Open Access, CC0 1.0.
  • Vessel with face-neck
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum Accession. Accession number X.2.222. Open Access, CC0 1.0.
  • Vessel with mythological scene
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Justin Kerr, in memory of Barbara Kerr, 2014. Accession number 2014.632.1. Open Access, CC0 1.0.
  • Man's kente (prestige cloth)
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Purchase, Irene Lewisohn Bequest, 1972. Accession number 1972.56.1. Open Access, CC0 1.0.
  • Chief's blanket
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of John and Margot Ernst, in celebration of the Museum’s 150th Anniversary, 2019. Accession number 2019.373.5. Open Access, CC0 1.0.
  • Kaitaka aronui (cloak)
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Mark Blackburn, in celebration of the Museum’s 150th Anniversary, 2020. Accession number 2020.66. Open Access, CC0 1.0.
  • Plaque with Warrior and Attendants
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Klaus G. Perls, 1990. Accession number 1990.332. Open Access, CC0 1.0.
  • Table lamp
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Chilton Jr., 2011. Accession number 2011.99.2. Open Access, CC0 1.0.

Objects whose beauty lies in the way they were made: celadon glaze, woven strips of silk, lost-wax brass, leaded glass and hand-knotted wool.

A conceptual collection written for the Galerio demo, not a real-world exhibition. Works are from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access collection.

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