The courtesans Hanaōgi and Takigawa of the Ogi House from the printed album "A Competition Among the New Beauties of the Yoshiwara Mirrored in Their Writing" (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami), 1761 - 1816
Kitao Masanobu 北尾政演
Imperial Treatise on Poetry (Yakumo mishō) originally compiled by Emperor Juntoku (1197-1242), 1285 - 1308
Attributed to Retired Emperor Go-Nijō
Susiddhikara-mahâ-tantra-sūtra (Soshitsujikara-kyō) one of the three secret sutras translated in 724 by Subhâkarasimha (Chinese: Shanwuwei; Japanese: Zemmui)
Japanese
Five Nō Plays (Yōgyoku goban) in 5 Volumes, 1558 - 1637
Attributed to Hon'ami Kōetsu 本阿弥光悦
Fifty Nō Plays, Illustrated (Yōkyoku gojū-ban) in 10 Volumes, 1617 - 1691
Signed by Tosa Mitsuoki 土佐光起
Liber Studiorum, Catalogue, 1775 - 1851
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Seated Male Nude Resting His Chin in One Hand, 1682 - 1754
Giovanni Battista Piazzetta
Seated Woman in Classical Pose, Study for "Jason Returning to Demand His father's Kingdom", 1779 - 1843
Washington Allston
Two Panels of Foliate Moresque, the Upper with a Hound Chasing a Bird and a Hare, the Lower with a Keyhole below a Crown, 1672 - 1730
Étienne-Joseph Daudet
Six Moresque Designs, the Lower Left Border and the Lower Extent of the Lower Right Border with Dark Backgrounds, 1672 - 1730
Étienne-Joseph Daudet
Six Moresque Designs, the Lower Left Border and the Lower Extent of the Lower Right Border with Dark Backgrounds, 1672 - 1730
Étienne-Joseph Daudet
Seated Young Korean Man and Two Small Girls
Korean
Colophon (text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Persian
Solidus of Constantine VII, Constantinople, r. 945 - 959
Constantine VII
Cover with orphrey panels
Unidentified Artist
Lion Head, after Ruskin, 1840 - 1930
Charles Herbert Moore
Album of Drawings after Artists' Portraits
Unidentified Artist
Illustrated Compendium of Loyal Persons (Sam-kang Haeng-sil To)
Korean
Double-sided wood printing block from Book on the Process of Woodblock Printing (Hanga shūsatsu junjo chō), with a design of Compared Poems of the Four Seasons (Shiki no kuawase), active about 1780 - 1801
Designed by Katsukawa Shunchō 勝川春潮
Double-sided wood printing block from Book on the Process of Woodblock Printing (Hanga shūsatsu junjo chō), with a design of Compared Poems of the Four Seasons (Shiki no kuawase), active about 1780 - 1801
Designed by Katsukawa Shunchō 勝川春潮