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 “Ewer with peacock and peonies” — 64 records examined, 10 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-10 01:36 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.
Ewer with peacock and peonies

Ewer with peacock and peonies

Artist not stated in the record · mid-16th century

Public domainThe Met
Peacocks and Peonies II, by John La Farge, born New York City 1835-died Providence, RI 1910

Peacocks and Peonies II

John La Farge, born New York City 1835-died Providence, RI 1910 · 1882

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Animal-Spouted Pitcher

Animal-Spouted Pitcher

Artist not stated in the record · 9th–10th century

Public domainThe Met
Peacocks and Peonies I, by John La Farge, born New York City 1835-died Providence, RI 1910

Peacocks and Peonies I

John La Farge, born New York City 1835-died Providence, RI 1910 · 1882

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Flowers in a Grotesque Vase, by Orsola Maddalena Caccia

Flowers in a Grotesque Vase

Orsola Maddalena Caccia · ca. 1635

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Ewer

Design for a Ewer

Artist not stated in the record · 1880–1910

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
A Pair of Royal Earrings

A Pair of Royal Earrings

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1st century BCE

Public domainThe Met
White peacock and peonies, by Kano Tsunenobu 狩野常信 (1636-1713)

White peacock and peonies

Kano Tsunenobu 狩野常信 (1636-1713) · mid 17th-early 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Peacocks and Peonies, by Tani Bunchō

Peacocks and Peonies

Tani Bunchō · 1820

Public domainThe Met
Peacock, peonies and pine

Peacock, peonies and pine

Artist not stated in the record · 1615-1868

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bingata Panel with Tree Peonies and Peacocks, by Teruyo Shinohara

Bingata Panel with Tree Peonies and Peacocks

Teruyo Shinohara · 20th century

Public domainThe Met
Fragment

Fragment

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Dish with peafowls and peonies

Dish with peafowls and peonies

Artist not stated in the record · early 15th century

Public domainThe Met
Ewer and Basin, by Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756

Ewer and Basin

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756 · ca. 1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Basin decorated with peonies

Basin decorated with peonies

Artist not stated in the record · second half 12th century

Public domainThe Met
Ritual wine ewer (gong) with masks (taotie), dragons, and real animals

Ritual wine ewer (gong) with masks (taotie), dragons, and real animals

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1100-1050 BCE

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Case (Inrō) with Design of Peacock on Rock with Peonies

Case (Inrō) with Design of Peacock on Rock with Peonies

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Sculpture in the Form of a Ewer

Design for a Sculpture in the Form of a Ewer

Artist not stated in the record · late 17th–18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Ewer with Inscription, Horsemen, and Vegetal Decoration, by `Umar ibn al-Hajji Jaldak

Ewer with Inscription, Horsemen, and Vegetal Decoration

`Umar ibn al-Hajji Jaldak · dated 623 AH/1226 CE

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Ewer

Design for a Ewer

Artist not stated in the record · 1880–1910

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Incense burner with peacock and peony

Incense burner with peacock and peony

Artist not stated in the record · 15th–16th century

Public domainThe Met
Vase Mounted as Ewer

Vase Mounted as Ewer

Artist not stated in the record · mid-19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pear-Shaped Bottle with a Bullock Design

Pear-Shaped Bottle with a Bullock Design

Artist not stated in the record · second half 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Ewer, by Grieksche A [de] (the Greek A Factory), Delft, Netherlands, founded 1658

Ewer

Grieksche A [de] (the Greek A Factory), Delft, Netherlands, founded 1658 · 1686–1701

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. 30 matched · 24 examined · 3 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. 1523409 matched · 40 examined · 7 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 2026-09-10 01:36 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.