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 “Exhibition Vase with Scenes from the Ramayana” — 64 records examined, 15 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-09 02:44 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.
Exhibition Vase with Scenes from the Ramayana

Exhibition Vase with Scenes from the Ramayana

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1880s

Public domainThe Met
Rama and Lakshman with the sage Vishvamitra, from a Ramayana, by Attributed to the Master of Style II of the ‘Shangri’ Ramayana

Rama and Lakshman with the sage Vishvamitra, from a Ramayana

Attributed to the Master of Style II of the ‘Shangri’ Ramayana · ca. 1680-1690

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase, by Greenwood Pottery Company

Vase

Greenwood Pottery Company · ca. 1884–93

Public domainThe Met
Vase, by Emile Gallé, French, 1846 - 1904

Vase

Emile Gallé, French, 1846 - 1904 · 1884–89

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase, by John Bennett

Vase

John Bennett · 1882

Public domainThe Met
Vase, by Joseph Bailey Sr., American, d. 1898

Vase

Joseph Bailey Sr., American, d. 1898 · 1898

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Bryant Vase, by Tiffany & Co.

The Bryant Vase

Tiffany & Co. · 1876

Public domainThe Met
Lakshmana at the hermitage, folio from a Ramayana

Lakshmana at the hermitage, folio from a Ramayana

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1690-1710

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl with The Virgin and the Unicorn and arms of Matthias Corvinus and Beatrice of Aragon

Bowl with The Virgin and the Unicorn and arms of Matthias Corvinus and Beatrice of Aragon

Artist not stated in the record · probably ca. 1486–88

Public domainThe Met
Ornamental Vase Design, by François Boucher, French, 1703–1770

Ornamental Vase Design

François Boucher, French, 1703–1770 · ca. 1738

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Longcase astronomical regulator, by Ferdinand Berthoud

Longcase astronomical regulator

Ferdinand Berthoud · ca. 1768–70

Public domainThe Met
Ornamental Vase Design, by François Boucher, French, 1703–1770

Ornamental Vase Design

François Boucher, French, 1703–1770 · 1738–72

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Plaque with the Descent from the Cross

Plaque with the Descent from the Cross

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1320–40

Public domainThe Met
Beaker-shaped vase, from a five-piece garniture

Beaker-shaped vase, from a five-piece garniture

Artist not stated in the record · 1662-1722

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Box with Romance Scenes

Box with Romance Scenes

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1310–30

Public domainThe Met
Plan et Coupe d'une Gallerie Ornée de figures et de Vases, by Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782

Plan et Coupe d'une Gallerie Ornée de figures et de Vases

Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782 · 1774

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
A Hunting Scene, by Piero di Cosimo (Piero di Lorenzo di Piero d'Antonio)

A Hunting Scene

Piero di Cosimo (Piero di Lorenzo di Piero d'Antonio) · ca. 1494–1500

Public domainThe Met
Ornamental Vase Design, by A. Panier, French, active 18th century

Ornamental Vase Design

A. Panier, French, active 18th century · 1772-1793

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase, by Chelsea Keramic Art Works

Vase

Chelsea Keramic Art Works · ca. 1882–89

Public domainThe Met
Illustration for the Poem ‘Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat’, by Thomas Gray, British, 1716 – 1771

Illustration for the Poem ‘Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat’

Thomas Gray, British, 1716 – 1771 · 1753

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase, by Chelsea Keramic Art Works

Vase

Chelsea Keramic Art Works · ca. 1882–89

Public domainThe Met
Ornamental Vase Design, by François Boucher, French, 1703–1770

Ornamental Vase Design

François Boucher, French, 1703–1770 · ca. 1738

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase, by Meissen Manufactory

Vase

Meissen Manufactory · ca. 1735

Public domainThe Met
Chaire de l’Eglise de St. Nicolas du Chardonet sur le dessein de Mr. Le Brun, by Pierre Mariette II, French, 1634 - 1716

Chaire de l’Eglise de St. Nicolas du Chardonet sur le dessein de Mr. Le Brun

Pierre Mariette II, French, 1634 - 1716 · 1657–1716

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. 2112 matched · 24 examined · 6 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. 1457216 matched · 40 examined · 9 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 2026-09-09 02:44 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.