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Fruit (Three Yellow Oranges on a Barkwood Dish) -- Illustration from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu)

Fruit (Three Yellow Oranges on a Barkwood Dish) -- Illustration from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu), c. 1582 -1672

Hu Zhengyan 胡正言

Verses from the Divan by Hafiz, folio from a manuscript, right-hand side of a bifolio

Verses from the Divan by Hafiz, folio from a manuscript, right-hand side of a bifolio

Persian

Vase with Inscriptions

Vase with Inscriptions

Arab

Civil War in Kyoto (Koshi heisen zu) in Two Volumes

Civil War in Kyoto (Koshi heisen zu) in Two Volumes, 1805 - 1876

Maekawa Gorei

Story of Devadatta, from Chapter 12 of a Printed Lotus Sutra (Hokke-kyō); Kasuga Edition, from Kōfuku-ji, Nara

Story of Devadatta, from Chapter 12 of a Printed Lotus Sutra (Hokke-kyō); Kasuga Edition, from Kōfuku-ji, Nara

Japanese

Civil War in Kyoto (Koshi heisen zu) Vol. 2

Civil War in Kyoto (Koshi heisen zu) Vol. 2, 1805 - 1876

Maekawa Gorei

Sketches of 41 Japanese Birds (Gunkin shasei zukan)

Sketches of 41 Japanese Birds (Gunkin shasei zukan), 1748 - 1785

Attributed to Satake Shozan

A Block for Pounding Cloth (Kinuta) and Poem

A Block for Pounding Cloth (Kinuta) and Poem, 1791 - 1871

Ōtagaki Rengetsu

Illustrated Story of Skeletons (Ikkyū gaikotsu emaki)

Illustrated Story of Skeletons (Ikkyū gaikotsu emaki), 1394 - 1481

After Ikkyū Sōjun

Two Views of the Buddhist Deity Harîtî (Japanese: Karitei)

Two Views of the Buddhist Deity Harîtî (Japanese: Karitei), 789 - 825

After Monk Chisen

Poet Ariwara no Motokata (d. 953), from an illustrated Competition of Poems from Different Periods (Jidai fudō uta-awase)

Poet Ariwara no Motokata (d. 953), from an illustrated Competition of Poems from Different Periods (Jidai fudō uta-awase), 1198 - 1275

Attributed to Fujiwara Tameie

A painted hand scroll with four large figures side by side and dressed in orange robes with circles behind their heads. There is a smaller, blue-skinned figure also dressed in orange. They are sitting cross-legged on lotuses. One larger figure is encircled by smaller figures that are dressed in detailed orange attires.

Seven Forms of Avalokitesvara (Kannon Bosatsu), Vol. 6 of the Iconographic Compendium (Zuzōshō)

Japanese

Tombstone

Tombstone

Persian

Fruiting Branch (Blue Peaches) in Circular Fan Shape -- Illustration from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu)

Fruiting Branch (Blue Peaches) in Circular Fan Shape -- Illustration from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu), c. 1582 -1672

Hu Zhengyan 胡正言

This image shows black text and a black plant along a shore, with four red stamps spaced throughout the image.

Orchid and Rock, 1855 - 1921

Kim Ŭng-wŏn (also spelled Gim Eung'won; also known as So-ho and Ch'ŏn-ram)

Medallion and Hunting Carpet

Medallion and Hunting Carpet

Persian

Imams Ali, Hasan and Husayn

Imams Ali, Hasan and Husayn

Persian

Folio 172 (text, recto and verso), from a manuscript of the Divan (Collection of Works) of Anvari

Folio 172 (text, recto and verso), from a manuscript of the Divan (Collection of Works) of Anvari

Attributed to Mahesh

Folio 246 (text, recto and verso), from a manuscript of the Divan of Anvari

Folio 246 (text, recto and verso), from a manuscript of the Divan of Anvari

Attributed to Nanha

You Make Sweet Life Increase (painting, verso; text, recto), folio 208 from a manuscript of the Divan (Collection of Works) of Anvari

You Make Sweet Life Increase (painting, verso; text, recto), folio 208 from a manuscript of the Divan (Collection of Works) of Anvari

Indian

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