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Bird on Stump in Water

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Artist
Ohara Koson (1877 – 1945, Japanese)
Date
n.d.
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
KhO.04.03
Description
A bird, blue and green back and head, red breast, long yellow beak, sits on top of a black stump poking out of water. There is a smaller stump beside it, they are both pointing towards the left, there are black and green reeds sticking out of the water and one fish in the water. The water is greyis…
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Artist
Ohara Koson (1877 – 1945, Japanese)
Title
Bird on Stump in Water
Date
n.d.
Medium
woodblock on paper
Description
A bird, blue and green back and head, red breast, long yellow beak, sits on top of a black stump poking out of water. There is a smaller stump beside it, they are both pointing towards the left, there are black and green reeds sticking out of the water and one fish in the water. The water is greyish blue and fades out towards middle of picture.
Subject
landscape
lake
bird
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
KhO.04.03
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Boating Under Cherry Blossoms

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Artist
Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)
Date
1896
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
ChY.04.12 a-c
Description
This triptych features 6 woman on a boat. The boat emerges from the third panel behind a group of rocks. Coming from this group of rocks in the trc is a tree with white blossoms which hangs over the boat, and into the second panel. The boat stretches through the second panel and ends with a sharp…
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Artist
Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)
Title
Boating Under Cherry Blossoms
Date
1896
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
37.0 x 73.0 cm
Description
This triptych features 6 woman on a boat. The boat emerges from the third panel behind a group of rocks. Coming from this group of rocks in the trc is a tree with white blossoms which hangs over the boat, and into the second panel. The boat stretches through the second panel and ends with a sharp tip halfway into the first panel. The women are all in the second and third panels. 5 women are sitting under a covered top, and one woman is standing outside of this covered top with her hand on the ceiling, and her head turned to the left. The sky is uncoloured, and there are 2 birds flying in the first panel.
Subject
Activity
Boating
Figures
Women
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ChY.04.12 a-c
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Date
1920 – 1932
Material
ceramic
Catalogue Number
104.20.0380 a-e
Description
Five octagonal bowls with green coloured interiors. Roughly made, all decorated with a very careless hand, colours run over borders, etc. All bottom rims are painted in red linear designs. (a) decorated with yellow rectangles outlined in yellow, an indecipherable hand painted stamp on bottom of…
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Title
Bowl Set
Date
1920 – 1932
Material
ceramic
Dimensions
4.5 x 15.6 cm
Description
Five octagonal bowls with green coloured interiors. Roughly made, all decorated with a very careless hand, colours run over borders, etc. All bottom rims are painted in red linear designs. (a) decorated with yellow rectangles outlined in yellow, an indecipherable hand painted stamp on bottom of base. (b) base bottom is green, sides are illustrated with multi coloured abstract flowers. Upper rim is green outlined with a shakey black scalloped line. (c) sides have a roughly drawn chicken eating and three with large flowers on a white background, bottom of base is green. (d) sides are yellow with child like flowers and clouds outlined in brown, base is green. (e) similar to (a), decorated with yellow rectangles outlined in red. Stamp on bottom is indecipherable.
Subject
households
decorative
Chinese
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0380 a-e
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Date
1870 – 1935
Material
ceramic
Catalogue Number
104.20.0413 a-e
Description
Five bowls: Hand thrown, trimmed foot, deep bowl with rounded lower portion rising to indentation then a flared upper portion. Grey slip with multi coloured enamel pine tree bamboo plum decoration on outside, with gold lustre accents. Inside rim geometric enamel and gold lustre trim. Bowl crackled …
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Title
Bowl Set
Date
1870 – 1935
Material
ceramic
Dimensions
8.5 x 11.8 cm
Description
Five bowls: Hand thrown, trimmed foot, deep bowl with rounded lower portion rising to indentation then a flared upper portion. Grey slip with multi coloured enamel pine tree bamboo plum decoration on outside, with gold lustre accents. Inside rim geometric enamel and gold lustre trim. Bowl crackled throughout and outside reveals wheel ridges. Bowls (a) and (b) in good condition and were mended with low-fire gold enamel; (c) and (e) all have minor rim chips but otherwise good. Bowl (e) was repaired at rim and refired.
Subject
households
Edith Morse Robb
Edward S. Morse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0413 a-e
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Date
1850 – 1885
Material
ceramic
Catalogue Number
104.20.0415 a-e
Description
Hand thrown, trim footed bowls. Heavy white glaze throughout with temmoku brush decoration exterior only, glaze crazed. Signature stamp means "Sei" Roku for Saibei, original teacher or potter. Stamp seen on foot of two bowl and on remaining three can be seen on outside of bowls near base.
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Title
Bowl Set
Date
1850 – 1885
Material
ceramic
Dimensions
4.2 x 9.0 cm
Description
Hand thrown, trim footed bowls. Heavy white glaze throughout with temmoku brush decoration exterior only, glaze crazed. Signature stamp means "Sei" Roku for Saibei, original teacher or potter. Stamp seen on foot of two bowl and on remaining three can be seen on outside of bowls near base.
Subject
households
Edith Morse Robb
Edward S. Morse
Rokubei
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0415 a-e
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Date
1850 – 1885
Material
ceramic
Catalogue Number
104.20.0416 a-c
Description
Hand thrown, trim footed bowls. Heavy white glaze throughout with temmoku and cobalt decoration exterior only, glaze crazed. Signature stamp means "Sei" for Seibei, original teacher potter. Design on bowl exteriors intermittent horizontal brown brush strokes with blue accents.
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Title
Bowl Set
Date
1850 – 1885
Material
ceramic
Dimensions
4.5 x 8.2 cm
Description
Hand thrown, trim footed bowls. Heavy white glaze throughout with temmoku and cobalt decoration exterior only, glaze crazed. Signature stamp means "Sei" for Seibei, original teacher potter. Design on bowl exteriors intermittent horizontal brown brush strokes with blue accents.
Subject
households
Edith Morse Robb
Edward S. Morse
Rokubei
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0416 a-c
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Date
1930 – 1950
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
104.20.0418 a-h
Description
All bowls red lacquer with exception of black inside foot. Only one bowl is totally red lacquer. All bowls have flared rim and stamped "Made in Japan". Lids red laquer with gold and silver laquer decoration of jaybird and flowers.
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Title
Bowl Set
Date
1930 – 1950
Material
wood
Dimensions
5.2 x 11.3 cm
Description
All bowls red lacquer with exception of black inside foot. Only one bowl is totally red lacquer. All bowls have flared rim and stamped "Made in Japan". Lids red laquer with gold and silver laquer decoration of jaybird and flowers.
Subject
households
animal
bird
jaybird
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0418 a-h
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Date
1900 – 1940
Material
plastic
Catalogue Number
104.20.0419 a-f
Description
Rounded, un footed bowls with red lacquer interior and black lacquer exterior with two dragons in a cloud design. Dragons chiefly gold laquer with red and green accents.
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Title
Bowl Set
Date
1900 – 1940
Material
plastic
Dimensions
5.7 x 11.4 cm
Description
Rounded, un footed bowls with red lacquer interior and black lacquer exterior with two dragons in a cloud design. Dragons chiefly gold laquer with red and green accents.
Subject
households
decorative
animal
dragon
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0419 a-f
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Date
1950 – 1960
Material
plastic
Catalogue Number
104.20.0421 a-h
Description
All red, footed, deep soup bowls with matching lids having circular, ridged handles.
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Title
Bowl Set
Date
1950 – 1960
Material
plastic
Dimensions
8.1 x 9.2 cm
Description
All red, footed, deep soup bowls with matching lids having circular, ridged handles.
Subject
households
kitchen
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0421 a-h
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Date
1870 – 1900
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
104.20.0603 a-g
Description
All red lacquer interiors, black bases and design is gold on black leaf and vine decoration. (a) deep, footed bowls or cups. (b) 4.0x6.2 dia. lidded, ridged bowl, fairly shallow. (c) 4.1x 5.8 dia. rounded bowl, rounded lid. (d) 4.6x5.0 dia. deep, ridged bowl with rounded lid. (e) 4.4x5.7 dia. very…
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Title
Bowl Set
Date
1870 – 1900
Material
wood
Dimensions
4.7 cm
Description
All red lacquer interiors, black bases and design is gold on black leaf and vine decoration. (a) deep, footed bowls or cups. (b) 4.0x6.2 dia. lidded, ridged bowl, fairly shallow. (c) 4.1x 5.8 dia. rounded bowl, rounded lid. (d) 4.6x5.0 dia. deep, ridged bowl with rounded lid. (e) 4.4x5.7 dia. very shallow. compote like lidded dish. (f) 7.9x9.8 dia. large bowl with knob on lid. (g) spoon 16.3 long, red with gold and black handle.
Subject
households
Japanese
Edith Morse Robb
Edward S. Morse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0603 a-g
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Date
1870 – 1900
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
104.20.0608 a-c
Description
Small, medium and large pale vermilion bowls. B, C have peach like gold lacquer decoration inside bowls, A has flowers in gold. Signed on outside of bowl, in calligraphy, set on raised foot.
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Title
Bowl Set
Date
1870 – 1900
Material
wood
Dimensions
3.0 x 8.6 cm
Description
Small, medium and large pale vermilion bowls. B, C have peach like gold lacquer decoration inside bowls, A has flowers in gold. Signed on outside of bowl, in calligraphy, set on raised foot.
Subject
households
decorative
Edith Morse Robb
Japanese
Edward S. Morse;
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0608 a-c
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Date
1870 – 1890
Material
ceramic
Catalogue Number
104.20.0275 a-f
Description
Porcelain with translucent rice seed pattern, oval shaped. Bird and flowers inside bowl, inside and outside rim border design. Border design near outside base which has a trimmed foot and is signed on bottom.
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Title
Bowl Set
Date
1870 – 1890
Material
ceramic
Dimensions
6.4 x 11.8 cm
Description
Porcelain with translucent rice seed pattern, oval shaped. Bird and flowers inside bowl, inside and outside rim border design. Border design near outside base which has a trimmed foot and is signed on bottom.
Subject
households
Edith Morse Robb
Edward S. Morse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0275 a-f
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Date
1870 – 1890
Material
ceramic
Catalogue Number
104.20.0276 a-d
Description
Porcelain with rice seed design, transparent over glaze. Floral design inside. Rim border design inside and out, leaf design near base, bottom signed, trimmed foot.
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Title
Bowl Set
Date
1870 – 1890
Material
ceramic
Dimensions
5.3 x 11.5 cm
Description
Porcelain with rice seed design, transparent over glaze. Floral design inside. Rim border design inside and out, leaf design near base, bottom signed, trimmed foot.
Subject
households
Edith Morse Robb
Edward S. Morse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0276 a-d
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Date
1870 – 1890
Material
ceramic
Catalogue Number
104.20.0301 a-d
Description
Very coarse stoneware with transparent glaze and white slip decoration. 2 deer on inside bowl and calligraphy on exterior, roughly trimmed foot.
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Title
Bowl Set
Date
1870 – 1890
Material
ceramic
Dimensions
3.0 x 7.4 cm
Description
Very coarse stoneware with transparent glaze and white slip decoration. 2 deer on inside bowl and calligraphy on exterior, roughly trimmed foot.
Subject
households
Edith Morse Robb
Edward S. Morse
animal
deer
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0301 a-d
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Date
n.d.
Material
ceramic
Catalogue Number
104.20.1213 a-c
Description
measurements for components:b — height: 1.0 cm / diameter: 2.1 cm c — height: 0.8 cm / diameter: 1.8 cm Miniature set of three circular burnt-orange coloured bowls with loops on the rims.
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Title
Bowl Set
Date
n.d.
Material
ceramic
Dimensions
1.3 cm
Description
measurements for components:b — height: 1.0 cm / diameter: 2.1 cm c — height: 0.8 cm / diameter: 1.8 cm Miniature set of three circular burnt-orange coloured bowls with loops on the rims.
Subject
whyte home, miniature, small
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.1213 a-c
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Artist
Henry Eric Bergman (1893 – 1958, Canadian )
Date
1931
Medium
woodblock on rice paper
Catalogue Number
BeH.04.04
Description
A black and white engraving of Castle Mountain. The foreground is a dense forest with a slight clearing of brush at center of image.The forest ends at slopes up an embankment. The embankment has water pathways, leading in a downward pattern. The mountain rises from the embankment to a cloudy sky. T…
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Artist
Henry Eric Bergman (1893 – 1958, Canadian )
Title
Castle Mountain
Date
1931
Medium
woodblock on rice paper
Dimensions
24.8 cm x 33 cm cm
Description
A black and white engraving of Castle Mountain. The foreground is a dense forest with a slight clearing of brush at center of image.The forest ends at slopes up an embankment. The embankment has water pathways, leading in a downward pattern. The mountain rises from the embankment to a cloudy sky. There is a red pencilled number “758” in the bottom lhc.
Subject
landscape
mountain
H. E. Bergman
Credit
Gift of Karen Paul, Calgary, 2010
Catalogue Number
BeH.04.04
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Artist
Tom W. McLean (1881 – 1951, Canadian)
Date
c. 1930
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
MlT.04.04
Description
Woodblock print of Cathedral Mountain. The sky is bright yellow and is reflected in a lake at the bottom of the print. Cathedral Mountain is a hazy blue and in the distance. Dark blue, silhouetted trees at the middle of the print surround a lake that is in the immediate foreground. A brown log …
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Artist
Tom W. McLean (1881 – 1951, Canadian)
Title
Cathedral Mountain
Date
c. 1930
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
20.4 x 15.2 cm
Description
Woodblock print of Cathedral Mountain. The sky is bright yellow and is reflected in a lake at the bottom of the print. Cathedral Mountain is a hazy blue and in the distance. Dark blue, silhouetted trees at the middle of the print surround a lake that is in the immediate foreground. A brown log lies horizontally at the edge of the lake in front of the trees. Several brown rocks are poking up out of the lake.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Cathedral Mountain
lake
Credit
Gift of Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 2004
Catalogue Number
MlT.04.04
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Changing of Robes, Chiyoda Castle (Album of Women)

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Artist
Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)
Date
1896
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
ChY.04.01 a-c
Description
(a)standing female figure, dressed in red kimono, holding a black box, in front of what appears to be a vanity table with mirror, artist's marks in the lower left hand corner (b) 36.9 x 25.3/35.5x23.7 kneeling female figure dressed in black kimono is helping another standing female figure adjust he…
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Artist
Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)
Title
Changing of Robes, Chiyoda Castle (Album of Women)
Date
1896
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
36 x 25 cm
Description
(a)standing female figure, dressed in red kimono, holding a black box, in front of what appears to be a vanity table with mirror, artist's marks in the lower left hand corner (b) 36.9 x 25.3/35.5x23.7 kneeling female figure dressed in black kimono is helping another standing female figure adjust her kimono, which is patterned with fans (c) 36.8x25.2/35.523.6 kneeling female figure in dark blue flowing kimono looking over her right shoulder, folding what appears to be a bed quilt, artist's marks in the lower right hand corner, and calligraphy in the upper right hand corner (a)(b) and (c) are a triptych, and all have a light background of scattered flowers
Subject
figure
female
group
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ChY.04.01 a-c
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Artist
Shibata Zeshin (1807 – 1891, Japanese)
Date
1887
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
ShE.04.01
Description
Three black ravens flying to the left at top of picture, the top of the background is reddish and tapers to white at bottom of picture. The birds are not completely in picture - the first raven show only the end of the tail, the second has the top of the head and back out of the picture and the thi…
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Artist
Shibata Zeshin (1807 – 1891, Japanese)
Title
Crows in Flight
Date
1887
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
36.3 x 30.3 cm
Description
Three black ravens flying to the left at top of picture, the top of the background is reddish and tapers to white at bottom of picture. The birds are not completely in picture - the first raven show only the end of the tail, the second has the top of the head and back out of the picture and the third has the tip of the top wing and tip of the tail feathers out of the picture.
Subject
animal
bird
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ShE.04.01
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Artist
Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)
Date
1878
Medium
coloured woodcut on paper
Catalogue Number
ChY.04.03 a-c
Description
(a) actor costumed with flowing mane, peonies on his hat and in his hand, wearing blue robes (b) 37.1 x 25.0/35.7 x 24.5 actor with long flowing white mane, also with peonies on his hat and in hand, wearing red robes (c)37.1 x 25.0/36.0 x 24.5 actor with flowing mane, purple robes, with large peoni…
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Artist
Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)
Title
Dancing Lions
Date
1878
Medium
coloured woodcut on paper
Dimensions
37.1 x 25.0 cm
Description
(a) actor costumed with flowing mane, peonies on his hat and in his hand, wearing blue robes (b) 37.1 x 25.0/35.7 x 24.5 actor with long flowing white mane, also with peonies on his hat and in hand, wearing red robes (c)37.1 x 25.0/36.0 x 24.5 actor with flowing mane, purple robes, with large peonies in the background. All actors hats have bells around the brim.
Subject
figure, male
activity
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ChY.04.03 a-c
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