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An off-white rectangular textile fragment with a purple design showing a nereid, dancers, and charioteers, some in roundels or squares, bordered by a vertical stripe and a pattern of plants, animals, and urns.

Textile Fragment: Nereid with Dancers and Charioteers

Egyptian

A textile fragment shaped like an eight-pointed star and worked in deep violet with a fine white design showing a central circle with geometric shapes, a scalloped ring, and leaves that fill the points of the star.

Textile Fragment: Eight-Pointed Star

Byzantine

Angle Volute with Vegetal Stalks, from a Capital

Angle Volute with Vegetal Stalks, from a Capital

Unidentified Artist

Fragment with Jeweled Cross Flanked by Birds

Fragment with Jeweled Cross Flanked by Birds

Byzantine

Earthquake from the Legendary History of the Jin'o-ji (Kōnin Shōnin eden)

Earthquake from the Legendary History of the Jin'o-ji (Kōnin Shōnin eden)

Japanese

Miraculous Cure, from the Pictorial Biography of the Monk Hōnen, 1133-1212 (Hōnen Shōnin eden)

Miraculous Cure, from the Pictorial Biography of the Monk Hōnen, 1133-1212 (Hōnen Shōnin eden)

Japanese

Jade Scabbard Buckle

Jade Scabbard Buckle

Chinese

Belt Hook with Figural Decoration, possibly the Queen Mother of the West (Xiwangmu)

Belt Hook with Figural Decoration, possibly the Queen Mother of the West (Xiwangmu)

Chinese

Jade Ring Segment with Dragon Design

Jade Ring Segment with Dragon Design

Chinese

Standing Bodhisattva and Two Standing Attendants, probably a fragment salvaged from a larger composition

Standing Bodhisattva and Two Standing Attendants, probably a fragment salvaged from a larger composition

Korean

Fragment of a Biography of Prince Shōtoku showing Citizens Receiving Gifts of Rice

Fragment of a Biography of Prince Shōtoku showing Citizens Receiving Gifts of Rice

Japanese

Fragment of a Wall Painting: Daoist Divinity (?) Seated on a Rock and Surrounded by Attendants

Fragment of a Wall Painting: Daoist Divinity (?) Seated on a Rock and Surrounded by Attendants

Chinese

Fragment: Japanese Syllabary in Poetry (Iroha-uta)

Fragment: Japanese Syllabary in Poetry (Iroha-uta)

Japanese

Record of the Tenth Anniversary of the Death of Emperor Go-yōzei (Go-yōzei Tennō gosaimon)

Record of the Tenth Anniversary of the Death of Emperor Go-yōzei (Go-yōzei Tennō gosaimon), 1574 - 1643

Prince Ryōjo

Lotus Sutra (Hokke-kyō) Chapter 12: Section Describing the Enlightenment of the Dragon King's Daughter

Lotus Sutra (Hokke-kyō) Chapter 12: Section Describing the Enlightenment of the Dragon King's Daughter

Japanese

Horse and Rider, probably a fragment from a copy of Imperial Guards and their Horses (Zuishin Teiki)

Horse and Rider, probably a fragment from a copy of Imperial Guards and their Horses (Zuishin Teiki)

Japanese

"Anthology of Chinese and Japanese Poems for Recitation" (Wakan rōeishū)

"Anthology of Chinese and Japanese Poems for Recitation" (Wakan rōeishū), 1571 - 1617

Attributed to Emperor Go-Yōzei

Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari) Scroll Composed of Fragments

Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari) Scroll Composed of Fragments

Japanese

Fragment of a Wall Painting Representing Two Standing Ladies in Elaborate Dress

Fragment of a Wall Painting Representing Two Standing Ladies in Elaborate Dress

Chinese

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

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

After Monk Chisen

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