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. 20 shown for “Incense Burner (Kōro) in the Shape of a Courtier’s Hat with Scrolling Peonies” — 64 records examined, 34 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 16:23 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.
Incense Burner (Kōro) in the Shape of a Courtier’s Hat with Scrolling Peonies

Incense Burner (Kōro) in the Shape of a Courtier’s Hat with Scrolling Peonies

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1690–1750

Public domainThe Met
Ohi ware incense burner in shape of a bronze vessel, by Ohi VI Chozaemon (1815-1856)

Ohi ware incense burner in shape of a bronze vessel

Ohi VI Chozaemon (1815-1856) · mid 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Incense Burner of Amir Saif al-Dunya wa’l-Din ibn Muhammad al-Mawardi, by Ja`far ibn Muhammad ibn `Ali

Incense Burner of Amir Saif al-Dunya wa’l-Din ibn Muhammad al-Mawardi

Ja`far ibn Muhammad ibn `Ali · dated 577 AH/1181–82 CE

Public domainThe Met
Designs for a Console Table and Wall Brackets, by Nicolas Pineau, French, 1684-1754

Designs for a Console Table and Wall Brackets

Nicolas Pineau, French, 1684-1754 · mid- 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Incense Burner

Incense Burner

Artist not stated in the record · 12th century

Public domainThe Met
Designs for Incense Burners, a Mantel, and a Console Table, by Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820

Designs for Incense Burners, a Mantel, and a Console Table

Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820 · 1778

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Incense burner (brûle-parfum)

Incense burner (brûle-parfum)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1775

Public domainThe Met
Two Medallion or Frame Designs, by Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786

Two Medallion or Frame Designs

Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786 · 1778

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Incense burner with floral patterns

Incense burner with floral patterns

Artist not stated in the record · 18th–19th century

Public domainThe Met
Designs for Frames and an Incense Burner, by Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820

Designs for Frames and an Incense Burner

Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820 · 1777–78

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Ewer

Ewer

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1180–1210

Public domainThe Met
Designs for Incense Burners and a Framed Picture, by Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820

Designs for Incense Burners and a Framed Picture

Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820 · 1777–78

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Standing Figure with Jeweled Headdress

Standing Figure with Jeweled Headdress

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

Public domainThe Met
Designs for Incense Burners and a Frame, by Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820

Designs for Incense Burners and a Frame

Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820 · 1778

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Venus and Cupid, by Lorenzo Lotto

Venus and Cupid

Lorenzo Lotto · 1520s

Public domainThe Met
Arabesque Design, by Etienne de Lavallée, French, 1735 – 1802

Arabesque Design

Etienne de Lavallée, French, 1735 – 1802 · 1788

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tripod incense burner

Tripod incense burner

Artist not stated in the record

Public domainThe Met
Melon-Shaped Incense Burner (Akoda Kōro) with Paulownia and Foliage Scroll

Melon-Shaped Incense Burner (Akoda Kōro) with Paulownia and Foliage Scroll

Artist not stated in the record · early 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Head of a Central Asian Figure in a Pointed Cap

Head of a Central Asian Figure in a Pointed Cap

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

Public domainThe Met
Luster Bowl with Winged Horse

Luster Bowl with Winged Horse

Artist not stated in the record · late 12th century

Public domainThe Met
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. 28 matched · 24 examined · 2 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. 7483531 matched · 40 examined · 32 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where metadata_usage.access === "CC0" and an image resource was published.8 shown

These figures describe the pass run at 2026-08-27 16:23 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.