OpenGlyph — Catalogue of the American Public DomainJurisdiction: United StatesRev. 2026.08
Images / art

Two archives, queried live.

Every record below comes from The Met or Smithsonian Open Access and was filtered on that archive’s own rights field before it reached this page. 24 shown for “Bowl with Flying Bird Design” — 64 records examined, 14 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 20:39 UTC · fetched live for this request

Object
Public domainThe Met’s isPublicDomain field is true for this object.
CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian’s metadata_usage.access reads CC0 — a waiver, not an expired term.
Not shownAnything failing its archive’s rights field is dropped server-side and never appears here.
Bowl with Flying Bird Design

Bowl with Flying Bird Design

Artist not stated in the record · second half 13th–14th century

Public domainThe Met
Standing Cup

Standing Cup

Artist not stated in the record · 1847

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl with Eagle, by Muslim Ibn al-Dahhan

Bowl with Eagle

Muslim Ibn al-Dahhan · ca. 1000

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Surtout de Table, for State Porcelain Service of Ismail, Khedive of Egypt, by Gaetano Lodi, Italian, 1830 – 1886

Design for a Surtout de Table, for State Porcelain Service of Ismail, Khedive of Egypt

Gaetano Lodi, Italian, 1830 – 1886 · 1873–76

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl With Musicians in a Garden

Bowl With Musicians in a Garden

Artist not stated in the record · late 12th–early 13th century

Public domainThe Met
Birdcage with fishbowl

Birdcage with fishbowl

Artist not stated in the record · early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bottle with Flying Cranes

Bottle with Flying Cranes

Artist not stated in the record · 1650s

Public domainThe Met
Twenty-Four Putti, Decoration for the Dinning Room, Villa Aldini, Montmorency, France, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Twenty-Four Putti, Decoration for the Dinning Room, Villa Aldini, Montmorency, France

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1812–13

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Beaker with birds and animals

Beaker with birds and animals

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 4th century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Hebe Pours Wine into Jupiter's Bowl, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Hebe Pours Wine into Jupiter's Bowl

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · ca. 1810

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl decorated with phoenixes, clouds, and chrysanthemums

Bowl decorated with phoenixes, clouds, and chrysanthemums

Artist not stated in the record · early 14th century

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Set of Silver Tableware, by Pietro Belli, Italian, 1780–1828

Design for a Set of Silver Tableware

Pietro Belli, Italian, 1780–1828 · 1815–30

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Rattle bowl with flying figure (Oculate Being), by Paracas artist(s)

Rattle bowl with flying figure (Oculate Being)

Paracas artist(s) · 350 BCE–60 CE

Public domainThe Met
Bowl

Bowl

Artist not stated in the record · late 9th-11th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Rattle bowl with flying figure (Oculate Being), by Paracas artist(s)

Rattle bowl with flying figure (Oculate Being)

Paracas artist(s) · 350 BCE–60 CE

Public domainThe Met
Design for Pitcher and Basin

Design for Pitcher and Basin

Artist not stated in the record · 1875–85

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl with two boys and lotuses

Bowl with two boys and lotuses

Artist not stated in the record · early 12th century

Public domainThe Met
Tea Bowl and Saucer with "Hausmaler" Decor, by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present

Tea Bowl and Saucer with "Hausmaler" Decor

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present · 1720–1730

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Shaft-hole axe head with bird-headed demon, boar, and dragon

Shaft-hole axe head with bird-headed demon, boar, and dragon

Artist not stated in the record · ca. late 3rd–early 2nd millennium BCE

Public domainThe Met
Flower Stand, by E. Bechetti, 19th century

Flower Stand

E. Bechetti, 19th century · 1871

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl with inscription and chrysanthemums and tortoiseshell decoration

Bowl with inscription and chrysanthemums and tortoiseshell decoration

Artist not stated in the record · mid-15th century

Public domainThe Met
Bowl and lid

Bowl and lid

Artist not stated in the record · 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl decorated with cranes, rain, and chrysanthemums

Bowl decorated with cranes, rain, and chrysanthemums

Artist not stated in the record · early 14th century

Public domainThe Met
Tea Bowl and Saucer with "Hausmaler" Decor, by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present

Tea Bowl and Saucer with "Hausmaler" Decor

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present · 1720–1730

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
What was queried

Where these records came from.

Two archives are wired, and only two. Each one is filtered on its own rights field — never on a title match, and never on the presence of an image file.

  • The Met Collection API (Open Access)Rights field: isPublicDomain. 216 matched · 24 examined · 1 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where isPublicDomain === true and a file URL was published.12 shown
  • Smithsonian Open Access API (api.si.edu)Rights field: content.descriptiveNonRepeating.metadata_usage.access. 1004103 matched · 40 examined · 13 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where metadata_usage.access === "CC0" and an image resource was published.12 shown

These figures describe the pass run at 2026-08-27 20:39 UTC, during this request. A completed pass is kept for 24 hours and replayed for an identical search, which is what keeps repeated queries inside Smithsonian’s 30-requests-per-hour allowance. A pass in which either archive failed to answer is never kept — an outage must not be replayed as though it were a finding about the catalogue.

Wikimedia Commons and the Library of Congress are deliberately not wired. Wikimedia was confirmed, on a live query, to return CC-BY material inside the same result set as genuine public domain works, and filtering it safely has not been designed yet. loc.gov was blocked by bot detection during the source evaluation, so its rights vocabulary has never been observed — and nothing here is built on a field nobody has read.

An image file is a rights claim. It never travels without its field.