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Peonies

Peonies, 1835 - 1908

Manner of Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧

Small Vase in the Form of an Archaic Bronze "Gu" Wine Vessel with Flaring Mouth and Pale Blue Glaze (One of a Pair)

Small Vase in the Form of an Archaic Bronze "Gu" Wine Vessel with Flaring Mouth and Pale Blue Glaze (One of a Pair)

Chinese

Small Vase in the Form of an Archaic Bronze "Gu" Wine Vessel with Flaring Mouth and Pale Blue Glaze (One of a Pair)

Small Vase in the Form of an Archaic Bronze "Gu" Wine Vessel with Flaring Mouth and Pale Blue Glaze (One of a Pair)

Chinese

Fragment of Cuneiform Tablet: Old Assyrian Account Text

Fragment of Cuneiform Tablet: Old Assyrian Account Text

Assyrian

Illustrated Manuscript of the Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami

Illustrated Manuscript of the Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami

Persian

Kalam al-Muluk by Mirza Taqi Aliabadi Mazandarani and his Divan

Kalam al-Muluk by Mirza Taqi Aliabadi Mazandarani and his Divan

Afterword by Akerakan Shujin (Akera Kankō) from the printed album "A Competition Among the New Beauties of the Yoshiwara Mirrored in Their Writing" (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami)

Afterword by Akerakan Shujin (Akera Kankō) from the printed album "A Competition Among the New Beauties of the Yoshiwara Mirrored in Their Writing" (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami), 1761 - 1816

Kitao Masanobu 北尾政演

Circular Bowl with Lightly Flaring Lip and Decoration of Two Dragons, Each Pursuing a Flaming Jewel, Alternating with Two Phoenixes on the Exterior, and a Heraldic Dragon Pursing a Flaming Jewel on the Interior

Circular Bowl with Lightly Flaring Lip and Decoration of Two Dragons, Each Pursuing a Flaming Jewel, Alternating with Two Phoenixes on the Exterior, and a Heraldic Dragon Pursing a Flaming Jewel on the Interior

Chinese

Illustrated Manuscript of the Zafarnama (Book of Conquest) by Hatifi; with lacquer binding

Illustrated Manuscript of the Zafarnama (Book of Conquest) by Hatifi; with lacquer binding

Long-Handled Calligraphy Brush with Decoration of Two Dragons Pursuing a Flaming Jewel above Rolling Waves

Long-Handled Calligraphy Brush with Decoration of Two Dragons Pursuing a Flaming Jewel above Rolling Waves

Chinese

Genpo yōka (Flowers of the Kunlun Mountains)

Genpo yōka (Flowers of the Kunlun Mountains), 1716 - 1800

Itō Jakuchū 伊藤若冲

Courtier with Attendants in a Garden, folio from an album

Courtier with Attendants in a Garden, folio from an album

Uzbek

Standing Figure of Guan Di, God of War

Standing Figure of Guan Di, God of War

Chinese

Illustration LIII: the 8th figure: the 5th angel sounds his trumpet, the opening of the bottomless pit from which pour out locusts and their king Abaddon who are to torment those without the seal of God (Revelation 9: 1-11).

Illustration LIII: the 8th figure: the 5th angel sounds his trumpet, the opening of the bottomless pit from which pour out locusts and their king Abaddon who are to torment those without the seal of God (Revelation 9: 1-11)., 16th century

Anonymous England 1539

Circular Bowl with Lightly Flaring Lip and Decoration of Two Pink Dragons against a Yellow Ground, Each Dragon Pursuing a Flaming Jewel

Circular Bowl with Lightly Flaring Lip and Decoration of Two Pink Dragons against a Yellow Ground, Each Dragon Pursuing a Flaming Jewel

Chinese

Cuneiform Tablet: Old Assyrian Account Text

Cuneiform Tablet: Old Assyrian Account Text

Assyrian

Circular Mirror with Decoration of Chinese Zodiac Animals and Auspicious Characters

Circular Mirror with Decoration of Chinese Zodiac Animals and Auspicious Characters

Korean

Illustrated Manuscript of the Divan of Shah Qasim Anvar

Illustrated Manuscript of the Divan of Shah Qasim Anvar

Persian

Old Weathered Plum Tree with Spring Blossoms, in the Manner of the Chinese Painter Wu Zhen (1280-1354)

Old Weathered Plum Tree with Spring Blossoms, in the Manner of the Chinese Painter Wu Zhen (1280-1354), 1789 - 1866

Cho Hŭi-ryong

Fourteen-Character Couplet in Clerical Script (Korean, 'Ye-sŏ'; Chinese, 'Lishu')

Fourteen-Character Couplet in Clerical Script (Korean, 'Ye-sŏ'; Chinese, 'Lishu'), 1814 - 1877

Sŏ Sŭng-po (also known by sobriquet ['ho']: Kyu-jŏng)

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