Sparrows on a Branch of Nandina in Winter, 1778 - 1815
Kano Yūsen
Fragment of Cuneiform Tablet: Old Assyrian Letter
Assyrian
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
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
Fragment of Cuneiform Tablet: Old Assyrian Account Text
Assyrian
Illustrated Manuscript of the Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami
Persian
Kalam al-Muluk by Mirza Taqi Aliabadi Mazandarani and his Divan
Long-Handled Calligraphy Brush with Decoration of Two Dragons Pursuing a Flaming Jewel above Rolling Waves
Chinese
Illustrated Manuscript of the Zafarnama (Book of Conquest) by Hatifi; with lacquer binding
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
Standing Figure of Guan Di, God of War
Chinese
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
Uzbek
Circular Bowl with Lightly Flaring Lip and Decoration of Two Pink Dragons against a Yellow Ground, Each Dragon Pursuing a Flaming Jewel
Chinese
Old Weathered Plum Tree with Spring Blossoms, in the Manner of the Chinese Painter Wu Zhen (1280-1354), 1789 - 1866
Cho Hŭi-ryong
Tale of the Rat (Nezumi zōshi emaki), active c. 1469-1522
Attributed to Tosa Mitsunobu
Fourteen-Character Couplet in Clerical Script (Korean, 'Ye-sŏ'; Chinese, 'Lishu'), 1814 - 1877
Sŏ Sŭng-po (also known by sobriquet ['ho']: Kyu-jŏng)
Fourteen-Character Couplet in Clerical Script (Korean, 'Ye-sŏ'; Chinese, 'Lishu'), 1814 - 1877
Sŏ Sŭng-po (also known by sobriquet ['ho']: Kyu-jŏng)
Cuneiform Tablet: Old Assyrian Account Text
Assyrian
Circular Mirror with Decoration of Chinese Zodiac Animals and Auspicious Characters
Korean