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Box for "Pair of Folding Fans with Paintings by Jiang Tingxi and Calligraphy by Wang Youdun"

Box for "Pair of Folding Fans with Paintings by Jiang Tingxi and Calligraphy by Wang Youdun"

Chinese

An octopus creature is wrapped around a large white spere floating on the water.

Paper Nautilus

Japanese

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

Manuscript of the Qur'an: Section (Juz') XIV

Manuscript of the Qur'an: Section (Juz') XIV

Islamic

Manuscript of Dala'il al-Khayrat by Jazuli

Manuscript of Dala'il al-Khayrat by Jazuli

Jazuli

A variety of large and small seashells rest on sand with a small wave in the background.

Flower Shells (Hanagai), Ark Shells (Akagai) and Squirting Shells (Shiofukigai), from the series A Set of Shells (Kaizukushi), 1780-1850

Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓

Lotus Sutra (Hokke-kyō) Chapter 18: Section Describing the Merits of Joyful Acceptance

Lotus Sutra (Hokke-kyō) Chapter 18: Section Describing the Merits of Joyful Acceptance

Japanese

Buddha at Birth (Tanjō Butsu)

Buddha at Birth (Tanjō Butsu)

Japanese

Two Youths Under a Tree (painting, verso; calligraphy, recto), folio from a manuscript

Two Youths Under a Tree (painting, verso; calligraphy, recto), folio from a manuscript, Calligrapher, active late 15th to first half of 16th century

Attributed to Mir `Ali Haravi

A Man and a Lion in a Rocky Landscape (painting, recto; calligraphy, verso), folio from an album

A Man and a Lion in a Rocky Landscape (painting, recto; calligraphy, verso), folio from an album

Persian

Portrait of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir (painting, recto; calligraphy, verso), folio from a manuscript

Portrait of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir (painting, recto; calligraphy, verso), folio from a manuscript

Mughal

Seated Princess with a Spray of Flowers (painting, recto; calligraphy, verso), folio from an album

Seated Princess with a Spray of Flowers (painting, recto; calligraphy, verso), folio from an album, active 16th century

Attributed to Mirza ‘Ali

Folio from a Qur'an: Sura 2: mid 229 - mid 231 (recto), Sura 2: 231- begin 233 (verso)

Folio from a Qur'an: Sura 2: mid 229 - mid 231 (recto), Sura 2: 231- begin 233 (verso)

Arab

Folio from a Qur'an: Sura 28: mid 78 - begin 79 (recto), Sura 28: mid 79 - mid 80 (verso), right-hand side of a bifolio

Folio from a Qur'an: Sura 28: mid 78 - begin 79 (recto), Sura 28: mid 79 - mid 80 (verso), right-hand side of a bifolio

Arab

A rectangular scroll depicting a tall rock form with a man looking up at it. The scroll has much writing in Chinese at the top.

The Chinese Scholar Mi Fu (1051-1107) Paying Homage to a Fantastic Rock, 1808 - 1893

Hŏ Ryŏn 허련 許鍊 (also known as So-ch'i and Ma-hil)

Nine Japanese people in kimonos and robes hang out on a wooden deck viewing Mt. Fuji in the center background.　

Sazai Hall of the Temple of the Five Hundred Arhats (Gohyaku Rakan-ji Sazaidō), from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei) , 1760 - 1849

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

A large monkey dressed in orange robes with green and gold accents and boots walks forward facing left.　

The Monkey King Sun Wukong (Jp. Songokū), 1786? - 1868

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭

Gathering of objects including the corner of a Japanese screen on left, open book, and screened container on right.

The Dry-Shallows Shell (Minasegai), from the series The Poetry-Shell Matching Game of the Genroku Era (Genroku kasen kai awase), 1760 - 1849

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Portrait of a bearded man with a frown and furrowed brow, simple lines define his seated body.　　

Daruma, 1568 - c. 1654

Fūgai Ekun 風外慧薫

Mortuary Plaque with Epitaph for Lady Pak of Pannam (third from a set of four plaques)

Mortuary Plaque with Epitaph for Lady Pak of Pannam (third from a set of four plaques)

Korean

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