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Small Jade Seal

Small Jade Seal

Chinese

Square Jade Seal

Square Jade Seal

Chinese

Stamp Seal: Walking Lion

Stamp Seal: Walking Lion

Achaemenid

Hammer-Handled Stamp Seal of Running Spiral Enclosing an Ornamental Circle

Hammer-Handled Stamp Seal of Running Spiral Enclosing an Ornamental Circle

Syro-Hittite

Cylinder Seal: Deities and Worshipper

Cylinder Seal: Deities and Worshipper

Mesopotamian

An intaglio object made of black limestone in the shape of a cylinder. There is an engraved figure of a standing, thin bearded man. On the left are more engraved lines that wrap around the back. The right has straight, engraved lines that are close together.

Cylinder Seal: Combat Scenes

Mesopotamian

A mountainous landscape an either side with trees. Deep blue at the top and in the center with a white crescent.

Bow-shaped Crescent Moon (Yumiharizuki), from the series Twenty-eight Views of the Moon (Tsuki nijū hakkei no uchi), 1797 - 1858

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Squirrels and Grapevine

Squirrels and Grapevine, late 19th - early 20th century

Bai Haonian

Sutra of Radiant Light (Hōkō-kyō) from the Greater Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom (Daihannya-kyō) Vol. 3

Sutra of Radiant Light (Hōkō-kyō) from the Greater Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom (Daihannya-kyō) Vol. 3

Japanese

Zen Saying

Zen Saying, 1685 - 1768

Hakuin Ekaku 白隠慧鶴

X-radiograph(s) of "Chinese Scroll"

X-radiograph(s) of "Chinese Scroll"

Two single-handled black vessels with figures holding the spouts.

"Sacred to Neptune" Water Ewer with a Triton Handle, founded 1759

Wedgwood

Two single-handled black vessels with figures holding the spouts.

"Sacred to Bacchus" Wine Ewer with a Satyr Handle, founded 1759

Wedgwood

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

Delicate rendering of bamboo on right with small birds flying around at various angles, some perched in the branches.

Bamboo and Sparrows, 1868 - 1923

Kunii Oyo 国井応陽

A minimal landscape of hills and trees throughout, water in foreground, clouds and mist are rendered in shimmering gold.

View of Uji, 1796 - 1871

Nakajima Raishō 中島来章

Fan with painting of trees and mountains

Autumn Landscape, 1577 - c. 1652

Zhang Hong 張宏

A wide brimmed hat rests on right with leafy plants on and alongside it, with calligraphy across the lower half.

Traveling Hat with Spring Greens, 1760 - 1849

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

A Japanese woman sits with her legs stretched along the floor facing left with a stringed instrument in her lap.

Woman with Shamisen Reading, 1787 - 1832

Yanagawa Shigenobu 柳川重信

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

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