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 “Lobed bowl, Minai'i ("enameled") ware” — 56 records examined, 24 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-07 06:38 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.
Lobed bowl, Minai'i ("enameled") ware

Lobed bowl, Minai'i ("enameled") ware

Artist not stated in the record · early 13th century

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

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

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl, Mina'i ("enameled") ware

Bowl, Mina'i ("enameled") ware

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

Public domainThe Met
Shiga ware cylindrical tea bowl in Oribe style

Shiga ware cylindrical tea bowl in Oribe style

Artist not stated in the record · 1800-1868

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl, Mina'i ("enameled") ware

Bowl, Mina'i ("enameled") ware

Artist not stated in the record · early 13th century

Public domainThe Met
Kyoto ware tea bowl for the New Year, with three impressed seals reading "Shuhei", by Ogata Shuhei (1788-1839)

Kyoto ware tea bowl for the New Year, with three impressed seals reading "Shuhei"

Ogata Shuhei (1788-1839) · early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl, Minai'i ("enameled") ware

Bowl, Minai'i ("enameled") ware

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

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
Bowl, Mina'i ("enameled") ware

Bowl, Mina'i ("enameled") ware

Artist not stated in the record · early 13th century

Public domainThe Met
Tea bowl with design of autumn grasses, by Kashu Mimpei (1796-1871)

Tea bowl with design of autumn grasses

Kashu Mimpei (1796-1871) · mid 19th century

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
Teapot and lid, by Kuznetsoff Pottery, founded 1810

Teapot and lid

Kuznetsoff Pottery, founded 1810 · late 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Faceted Basin, Mina'i ("enameled") ware

Faceted Basin, Mina'i ("enameled") ware

Artist not stated in the record · early 13th century

Public domainThe Met
Sugar Bowl and Stand, from a Dessert Service (Sucrier et son Plateau), by Chantilly Porcelain Manufactory, French, active ca. 1725 - ca. 1789

Sugar Bowl and Stand, from a Dessert Service (Sucrier et son Plateau)

Chantilly Porcelain Manufactory, French, active ca. 1725 - ca. 1789 · ca. 1735

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl with a Horseman

Bowl with a Horseman

Artist not stated in the record · late 12th–early 13th century, with early 20th century additions

Public domainThe Met
Tea bowl with reserve design of fans, by Nonomura Ninsei (active ca. 1646-77)

Tea bowl with reserve design of fans

Nonomura Ninsei (active ca. 1646-77) · mid-17th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pierced Blue Pot with Animals and Vegetal Scroll

Pierced Blue Pot with Animals and Vegetal Scroll

Artist not stated in the record · last quarter 11th or 12th century

Public domainThe Met
Satsuma ware serving bowl, Ryumonji kilns

Satsuma ware serving bowl, Ryumonji kilns

Artist not stated in the record · 1790-1860

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pierced Bowl Signed by Hasan al-Qashani

Pierced Bowl Signed by Hasan al-Qashani

Artist not stated in the record · late 11th–early 12th century

Public domainThe Met
Basket

Basket

Artist not stated in the record · late 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Fragment of a Mina'i Bowl

Fragment of a Mina'i Bowl

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

Public domainThe Met
Button

Button

Artist not stated in the record · late 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Fragment of a Mina'i Bowl

Fragment of a Mina'i Bowl

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

Public domainThe Met
A Pair of Dishes

A Pair of Dishes

Artist not stated in the record · late 19th–early 20th century

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. 16 matched · 16 examined · 0 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. 36960 matched · 40 examined · 24 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 2026-09-07 06:38 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.