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Illustrated Texts on Various Subjects

Illustrated Texts on Various Subjects

Thai

Bamboo in Mist

Bamboo in Mist

Chinese

Illustrated Liturgical Manuscript with Illustrations of the Story of Phra Malai

Illustrated Liturgical Manuscript with Illustrations of the Story of Phra Malai

Thai

Ishiyama-gire Page: Poems of Lady Ise

Ishiyama-gire Page: Poems of Lady Ise, 1088 - 1156?

Traditionally attributed to Fujiwara Sadanobu

Beneath the Autumn Leaves (Momiji no Ga), Illustration and Calligraphic Excerpt to Chapter 7 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari)

Beneath the Autumn Leaves (Momiji no Ga), Illustration and Calligraphic Excerpt to Chapter 7 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari), 1539 - 1613

Attributed to Tosa Mitsuyoshi

Seated Bodhisattva Vajrapuspâ (Kongōke Bosatsu), from a notebook depicting the Diamond World Mandala (Kongōkai Mandara), from a book once housed at Mount Kōya (Wakayama prefecture) and then later in the temple Ganjō-ji (Kumamoto prefecture)

Seated Bodhisattva Vajrapuspâ (Kongōke Bosatsu), from a notebook depicting the Diamond World Mandala (Kongōkai Mandara), from a book once housed at Mount Kōya (Wakayama prefecture) and then later in the temple Ganjō-ji (Kumamoto prefecture), active circa 1132 - 1174

Attributed to Takuma Tametō

Two Beauties

Two Beauties, 1801 - 1850

Attributed to Fei Danxu 費丹旭

The Penitent Magdalene

The Penitent Magdalene, 1696 - 1770

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Blossoming Plum

Blossoming Plum, 1789 - 1866

Cho Hŭi-ryong

An ink and opaque watercolor painting of a woman sitting on a large chair and holding a flat instrument. She is surrounded by a landscape with trees, rocks, and a building behind her. She wears a long, draped garment with a floating cloth around her.

Woman Playing a Zither (drawing, recto) after a European source; calligraphy (verso) by an unknown artist

Attributed to Govardhan

Vibhasa Ragini (painting, recto; text, verso), from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) Series

Vibhasa Ragini (painting, recto; text, verso), from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) Series

Indian

Untitled (sheet of paper with six autographs signed in ink)

Untitled (sheet of paper with six autographs signed in ink), 1838-1903

Mary Georgiana Caroline Cecil Filmer

The Head of Christ Crowned with Thorns

The Head of Christ Crowned with Thorns, 1500 - 1550

Sebald Beham

Yueyang Pavilion (after Shao Zhenxian)

Yueyang Pavilion (after Shao Zhenxian), 1723 - 1776

Ikeno Taiga 池大雅

Illustrated Liturgical Manuscript with Illustrations of the Story of Phra Malai

Illustrated Liturgical Manuscript with Illustrations of the Story of Phra Malai

Thai

Spring Orchid

Spring Orchid

Japanese

Monkeys in Landscape

Monkeys in Landscape, 1672 - 1734

Gao Qipei 高其佩

Head of a Courtesan

Head of a Courtesan, 1798 - 1861

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

Portrait of an 11th-century Chinese Military Official

Portrait of an 11th-century Chinese Military Official

Chinese

Frontispiece to the Sixth Division of the Lotus Sutra (Hokke-kyō)

Frontispiece to the Sixth Division of the Lotus Sutra (Hokke-kyō)

Japanese

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