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. 23 shown for “Bowl with Two Facing Peacocks” — 64 records examined, 32 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 15:34 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 Two Facing Peacocks

Bowl with Two Facing Peacocks

Artist not stated in the record · second–third quarter 10th century

Public domainThe Met
Panel

Panel

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

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
Textile

Textile

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl with Musicians

Bowl with Musicians

Artist not stated in the record · mid-13th century

Public domainThe Met
Sheet of a Drawing Book: Two Pitchers and Bowl, by Giuseppe Valadier, Italian, 1762–1839

Sheet of a Drawing Book: Two Pitchers and Bowl

Giuseppe Valadier, Italian, 1762–1839 · 1625–75

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Footed Bowl with Eagle Emblem

Footed Bowl with Eagle Emblem

Artist not stated in the record · mid-13th century

Public domainThe Met
Fragments

Fragments

Artist not stated in the record · 14th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Glass bowl fragment with erotic scenes

Glass bowl fragment with erotic scenes

Artist not stated in the record · end of 1st century BCE–beginning of 1st century CE

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Round Tureen, by Giovacchino Belli, Italian, 1756 - 1822

Design for a Round Tureen

Giovacchino Belli, Italian, 1756 - 1822 · early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Lidded bowl with ballgame scenes, by Río Blanco artist

Lidded bowl with ballgame scenes

Río Blanco artist · 500-900 CE

Public domainThe Met
Bowl, from a "Topographical" Dinner or Dessert Service ("A Vedute"), by Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735

Bowl, from a "Topographical" Dinner or Dessert Service ("A Vedute")

Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735 · ca. 1810–1820

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta Megarian bowl

Terracotta Megarian bowl

Artist not stated in the record · 2nd century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Goblet Celebrating the Marriage of Coenraad Jan van Zuylen van Nievelt (1716–67) and Theodora Wilhelmina van Lynden (1727–96)

Goblet Celebrating the Marriage of Coenraad Jan van Zuylen van Nievelt (1716–67) and Theodora Wilhelmina van Lynden (1727–96)

Artist not stated in the record · 1725–1750

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Kylix, by Heidelberg Painter, Greek, active 575 - 555 BC

Kylix

Heidelberg Painter, Greek, active 575 - 555 BC · 6th century BC

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl with zoomorphic motifs, by Paracas artist(s)

Bowl with zoomorphic motifs

Paracas artist(s) · 350–200 BCE

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

Tea Bowl and Saucer

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present · ca. 1735–1745

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Turquoise Bowl with Lute Player and Audience

Turquoise Bowl with Lute Player and Audience

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

Public domainThe Met
Two Peacocks in a Landscape, by Walter Shirlaw, American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909

Two Peacocks in a Landscape

Walter Shirlaw, American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909 · 1875–80

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl with Courtly and Astrological Motifs

Bowl with Courtly and Astrological Motifs

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

Public domainThe Met
Cartoon for Printed Cotton: The Four Elements [Les Quatre Elements], by Hartmann et Fils, Munster, France

Cartoon for Printed Cotton: The Four Elements [Les Quatre Elements]

Hartmann et Fils, Munster, France · 1810–20

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Shaka (Shakyamuni), the Historical Buddha, with Two Attendant Bodhisattvas and Sixteen Arhats

Shaka (Shakyamuni), the Historical Buddha, with Two Attendant Bodhisattvas and Sixteen Arhats

Artist not stated in the record · 14th century

Public domainThe Met
The Peacock

The Peacock

Artist not stated in the record · 1896

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. 152 matched · 24 examined · 12 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. 394134 matched · 40 examined · 20 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 15:34 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.