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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

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

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

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

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

Syro-Hittite

Mountainous Landscape with a Scholar Riding a Donkey and Approaching a Village Nestled in a Grove of Trees

Mountainous Landscape with a Scholar Riding a Donkey and Approaching a Village Nestled in a Grove of Trees, active late 19th cent. - 20th cent.

Chŏng Sul-wŏn (also known as Tu-san)

Stamp Seal: Animal Design

Stamp Seal: Animal Design

Anatolian

Scaraboid Stamp Seal: Head of Bes

Scaraboid Stamp Seal: Head of Bes

Phoenician

An intaglio object made of orange-brown quartz in the shape of a narrow cylinder. It is engraved with the image of a person standing upright on a crouched four-legged animal. The person is wearing a long skirt and a head piece. Stars are shown behind and around their head.

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

Cuneiform Tablet: Ur III Administrative Text

Cuneiform Tablet: Ur III Administrative Text

Neo-Sumerian

Six Landscapes

Six Landscapes

Kim Chae-tŏk (also known as Hyo-san)

Zen Saying

Zen Saying, 1685 - 1768

Hakuin Ekaku 白隠慧鶴

Nighttime Seascape with Rolling Waves, Sheer Cliffs, Full Moon, and Large Bird

Nighttime Seascape with Rolling Waves, Sheer Cliffs, Full Moon, and Large Bird

Korean

Stamp Seal: Man Attacking Lion

Stamp Seal: Man Attacking Lion

Achaemenid

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