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small grey elephant with red cloth on its back; "Light of Asia" on both sides of elephant's back; elephant on green laticework platform with large wheels — "Light of Asia" mechanical bank, c. 1880s
Attributed to J. & E. Stevens Company, Cromwell, Connecticut, 1843–1950s; Manufacturer: OR Kyser & Rex Company

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Saddle stitched binding, text and image of a young girl's face block printed in green ink on wove paper covers; 103 pp. — The American Girl, no. 3: Vacation in Asia, 2001
Jaki Wood , et al.; Author: Sara; Publisher: Sara , San Francisco

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**Map of Parthia. Asiae IX Tab.**, 1590

Gerard Mercator

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**Map of Scythia. Asiae VIII Tab.**, 1590

Gerard Mercator

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Map of Asia, from Joan Blaeu's "Atlas Maior," Amsterdam, 1662, 1662

Willem Jansz. Blaeu

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Second Title Page (continued): Picturesque/ Botanical/ Plates/ of the/ Choicest Flowers/ of/ Europe/ Asia, Africa and America/ by/ Robert John Thornton, M.D., from New Illustration of the Sexual System of Linnaeus, Part Three. The Temple of Flora, 1799-1807

Vincent; Artist: after Peltro William Tomkins; Publisher: Dr. Robert John Thornton

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sliver rocketship with world globe above 3 ? circle globe; coin slot in base of globe; stopper in globe between Asia and Australia — "New York World's Fair Bank" mechanical bank, c. 1964
RMS SALES Corp., East Orange, New Jersey

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abstracted image; sketchy image of a woman with wild hair and a dark face, with closed eyes, with her PR arm curved on top of her pregnant belly; grey smudges overall; areas of pink on woman's skin — Asian Woman, Pregnant and Grieving, 1976
Jim Dine; Publisher: Pace Prints, New York

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round-bodied vessel with a wide, outward flaring mouth, thin conical spout and small foot; red pigment at edge of mouth, around neck and below shoulder — Kendi, 6th-7th century
Cambodia

G213

Ewer, white with gold luster decoration. On body seated figures separated by polygons. Arabesques on neck. — Ewer (water pitcher), late 12th-early 13th century, before 1220
Iran

G243

standing horse with legs slightly splayed outward; wide eyes; open mouth with exposed teeth; upward-pointed ears; green patina with white, blue and red pigment traces — Celestial Horse, 25-220
China

G215

brown slipware freehand scroll pattern over chocolate brown — Dish, c. 1643
China

G209

three color Amphora, earthenware with three color glaze of brown, cream and pale green over a pink body — Amphora, late 7th-8th century
China

G208

long-necked ewer with motif of dragons on handle and lid; bulbous body, gently curving spout with scalloped design around base — Ewer, 15th-16th century
Rihei

G220

inverted pear-shape; short neck; round mouth is wider than neck; light green glaze with darker green foliage and flower motif; lid is bell-shaped with darker grayish glaze and darker vine design — Maebyeong with chrysanthemums, 11th-12th century
Unknown Korean

G206

Portrait. — Portrait of John Scott Bradstreet, 1915
Paul Fjelde; Depicted: John S. Bradstreet

G319

The Tiber Muse, 2nd-1st century BCE
Graeco-Roman

G241

landscape; figures on small boats in a crowded cluster; buildings on opposite bank in background — Marutapura River in Borneo, 1943
Itō Shinsui; Publisher: Watanabe Shōzaburō

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camel standing on diamond-shaped base; head up, tail up and curled; yellow with traces of red and black pigment; single hump — Two camels and a groom (Camel), 618-907
China

G207

Enshrined Buddha, Myanmar (Burma) — Enshrined Buddha, c. 1850
Myanmar (Burma)

G213

Seated figure, resting PR elbow on raised PR knee, PL leg bent and on ground and PL arm behind, hand resting on ground; wearing bracelets, long necklaces and elaborate crown — Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva in the Water-Moon Form (Shuiyue Guanyin), 12th century
China

G200

standing horse balancing on three legs; mouth open; short tail pointing up; leaning slightly to proper left — Prancing Horse, 1st-3rd century
China

G215

Kneeling camel with Mongolian driver. Red earthenware with traces of white slip. Painted with black and red pigments. — Tomb Figure of a Kneeling Camel with Driver, 618-906
China

G208

globular body with large circular mouth; yellowish brown glaze on top half and brown drips on bottom unglazed half — Alms Bowl, late 6th century
China

G204

bracelet cut from a section of shell, forming a spiral with an open center; whitish with brownish and greenish areas — Bracelet, c. 1000 BCE
Thailand

G213

2 spiral-shaped sections of shells; holes at center; off-white with light brown areas — Pair of Ear Ornaments, c. early 1st century
Thailand

G213

red ground; gibbon in a gold tree on one side, black bear climbing same tree on opposite side, with pair of bear cubs in a knot hole at bottom of tree on one side; green silk cord; cage-form ojime with tiny lizard inside; unsigned — Four-case inro decorated with Asiatic black bear and gibbon; ojime of a cage with movable lizzard, 1820s
Unknown Japanese

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Psychedelic design with birds and stylized floral motif. — Panel, c. 1970
Norway

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see previous exhibition catalog for illustrations of all 50 paintings — #11, 1993-2001
Cy Thao

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see previous exhibition catalog for illustrations of all 50 paintings — #21, 1993-2001
Cy Thao

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platter, Carrack porcelain — Platter, 17th century
China

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Buddhist ritual conch shell with a dancing Hevajra, Khmer — Buddhist ritual conch shell with a dancing Hevajra, 12th-13th century
Khmer

G213

Lime Jar in the Form of an Elephant, Khmer — Lime Jar in the Form of an Elephant, 11th-12th century
Khmer

G213

short, round-bodied ewer with thin, short spout and small handle; disk-shaped cover decorated with carved floral design; shoulder of ewer decorated with carved scrolling foliate designs; blue glaze — Ewer and Cover, 13th century
China

G204

Relief-carved Fragment from Persepolis, 486-465 BCE

Persian

G241

Powder Horn, carved ivory, with original silver fittings; carved images of wild animals; Mughal Dynasty — Powder flask, c. 1590
India

G243

white ground; tree at center; foliage and multicolored flowers; cream backing with Velcro heading band — Palampore, late 18th century
China

G281

ceremonial skirt, made and worn by a Blue Hmong woman in Laos; cotton, batik with indigo, cross stitch embroidery, appliqued silk ties. Skirt is pleated and was unstitched and then repleated prior to each wearing. — Ceremonial skirt, 1950-1982
Blue Hmong

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3-1/2 repeats; bkg. dark blue; Teasle dark blue/light blue and grey; white sparkles — Teasle, c.1960
Jane Daniels; Producer: Heal's Fabrics

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**Coeffure Asiatique. Robe de Bal Rayee en Rubans.**, c. 1815

Horace Vernet; Publisher: Pierre de La Mesangere

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Tobacco box, c. 1757

Germany

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angled piece of gilt bronze, tapering at top, with decorative cutout pattern creating branches/body of tree; twisted wire loops attached to branches and body of tree, with small circular disks hanging from loops; trunk piece has reinforcement piece attached to backside — Tree-shaped Fragment of a Royal Crown, 7th-8th century
Unknown Korean

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Sawankalok Bowl, Thailand — Sawankalok Bowl, 14th century
Thailand

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display length of warp printed and jacquard woven in Switzerland — Steppeflower, 1984
Jack Lenor Larsen

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Chaksay Pankhep, royal/religious lap cover; silk/cotton brocade on cotton background; red and blue supplementary warp and discontinuouos supplementary weft patterns on neutral ground; in three sections; fringe — Chagsi pangkheb, 20th century
Bhutan

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paper mat with tan background, with ornamental design in blue and tan pigments; ornamental border, with inner design of four stacked shapes on both R and L sides, with blue pigments and a lattice pattern inside shapes; blooming, geometric design in center, with dark blue edging, and tan geometric shapes — Senchadō tea service mat (chagujoku), late 19th-early 20th century
Unknown Japanese

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pink, white, yellow, blue, purple, green ikat; warp twined trim around cuffs, front and bottom--purple and white; lined in various printed fabrics — Woman's robe (munisak), c. 1850-1875
Uzbekistan

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seated Buddha with hands in lap; wearing necklace, bracelets, earrings and hatlike crown; coiled snake body throne; 7 horselike heads on back of throne, each with a floral medallion under chin — Naga-enthroned Buddha, 12th-13th century
Khmer

G213

carved wood; marriage of Shiva panel; marriage ceremony of Shiva and Parvati in center; various figural images representing manifestations of Shiva. — Door Lintel Depicting the Marriage of Shiva and Parvati, 19th century
India

G211

Mandalay style; Buddha seated in the bhumisparsamudra pose, his left hand is held in his lap and his right hand touches the pedestal — Shakyamuni Buddha Calling the Earth to Witness, 18th century
Myanmar (Burma)

G200

mosaic representing a scene of an elephant attacking a feline, in multicolors.; known to have come from the floor of an early Christian church near Antioch — Elephant Attacking a Feline, late 4th-mid 5th century
Turkey

G241

conical bowl with cream glaze; two palmettes and other designs at inner sides in tan, green and brown — Large bowl with Kufic and Palmette motifs, 10th century
Iran or Uzbekistan

G243

light brown patina; standing man holding an infant in the crook of his PL arm, seated on a book; man has hair cut in a tonsure hairstyle — Saint Anthony of Padua, 17th-18th century
India

G254

Book cover, pigment on paper; silk and metallic thread brocade borders and backing. — Title Page from a Buddhist Manuscript, late 18th century
Tibet

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Miniature from a Nizami Manuscript depicting a King on a picnic with an animated group of courtiers in vivid costumes. The scene ia a rocky landscape with flowering shrubs and trees whose branches project into the side and top borders. Two small panels of inscription inset at top right and lower left. — A King Picnicking in the Mountains, c. 1560
Iran

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reddish carved openwork stone; central arch with wide border with open stars; top corners contain rosettes on one side and 'Allah' on the other; central trellis design of curving lines; attached to mount — Jali (window screen), Mughal dynasty, c. 1600–20
India

G211

Blue-and-White dish, porcelain; decorated in a deep blue in the center with a large peahen flying amongst peonies, the cavetto molded with a band of peonies in white in a blue ground, the rim with a border of stylized waves and a molded foliated edge; the reverse has a typical wide unglazed base with a short foot ring and the exterior is decorated with a band of scrolling lotus — Dish, 14th century
Unknown

G243

dark brown patina; linear silver inlay on garments and saddle; man with small moustache and beard, seated on a horse; man in turned slightly toward PL, with his PL arm bent at the elbow, across his stomach, and his PR arm down toward his PR side; hole in fists for holding objects (missing); horse has PL front hoof raised; ovoid quatrefoil base with scalloped edge — General Guan Yu on Horseback, late 17th century
China

G214

Armchair, John S. Bradstreet; Maker: John S. Bradstreet and Company; Maker: Tiffany Studios (glass shades, fireplace tiles) — Armchair, c. 1906
John S. Bradstreet; Maker: John S. Bradstreet and Company; Maker: Tiffany Studios (glass shades, fireplace tiles)

G320

blue and white; rounded sides; aquatic plants at center; bands of floral sprays and scroll at edge; lotus petal with circle and scroll motif around outer edge — Dish, c. 1350
China

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small square pavilion with lotus flower at center; openwork "railing" with L-shaped openings; pedals around outer edge of base; canopy edged in triangular pattern with round hanging pendants at bottom of each; chains with chevron and round pendants at corners; petals around top edge and central element on canopy; shipped with dark colored wooden base — Sarira reliquary in the shape of a pavillion, 8th century
Unknown Korean

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three panels hand stitched together; solid silk floral embroidered pattern in horizontal rows in orange, yellow and green on rust, one random purple; top and bottom borders have smaller floral pattern — Wedding veil (Phulkari), first quarter of the 20th century
India

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black ground with rows of figures in pink, orange and white; geometric borders; one end has fantastic animals — Woman's festival veil or wall hanging (Sainchi phulkari), early 20th century
India

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bottle with design of red and cream colored peonies, and a Chinese lion — Bottle with peonies and Chinese lion, c. 1660s
Unknown Japanese

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Standing Boddhisattva, Unknown Japanese — Standing Boddhisattva, 7th century
Unknown Japanese

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blue and white glaze; bowl on a tall, slightly flaring stem; foliate spray at center; foliate bands on interior and exterior rim with geometric design band below on exterior; blue rings on stem — Stem Bowl, early 14th century
China

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man in grey robes seated, facing outward toward viewer; minimal detail; hands and knees seem to vanish into background; inscription UR edge and LL edge — Self-portrait of the Venerable Seisho, 1941
Fukuda Kodōjin

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porcelain, powder blue ground, exotic birds, butterfiles and insects — Covered tea pot, from a tea service, 1765–70
Worcester Porcelain Works (a.k.a. Royal Worcester Porcelain Company)

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Wine Can, HU (YU)?, inscribed. This vessel type, tall with round cross section, is customarily called 'YU' if it has a handle, 'HU' if it has not. The decor is limited and discreet. The foot belt carries an eyed band with diagonals. The belts on neck and lid, bordered by circle bands, display the animal triple band a highly dissolved bodied t'ao-t'ieh with a row of quills on its back. The flange marking the center line of the face has been reduced to a narrow ridge.The dome-shaped lid has a ring knob and no collar. The handle, adorned with rams' heads at the ends, displays the same kind of cramped t'ao-t'ieh as that on the 'Yu' 50.46.94 - Karlgren plate 21. Patina grey-green. — You wine vessel, 11th century BCE
China

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%C2%A9 1991 Edward A. Foster

Fujikawa: Preparing Rice Fields, 1991

Edward A. Foster

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Amida, the Buddha of Infinite Light, Unknown Japanese — Amida, the Buddha of Infinite Light, 12th century
Unknown Japanese

G200

six underglazed-painted tiles with stylized flowers and leaves on scrolling vines; red earthenware with white slip and cobalt, turquoise and white design — Tiled Arch, 18th century
Pakistan

G243

octagonal stepped base with lotus flower at top of base; clear glass globe at top with three vertical metal "flames" around it; glass globe filled with multicolored pebbles — Buddhist Reliquary in the Shape of a Wish-Granting Jewel, 16th-17th century
Unknown Japanese

G220

light blue glaze; slightly flattened melon form; interior has 3 small compartments divided by flowering branches — Melon Form Cosmetic Box, 12th-13th century
Tuan Family Workshop

G204

Two men lying on rocky outcrop, one on his back in a blue shirt, the other on his stomach in a white shirt; blue sky and clouds at UR. Frame: painted black with open carving of birds and flowers. — Santos Dumont - The Father of Aviation II, 2009
Kehinde Wiley

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Linen wall hanging. Panel covered with all-over diaper pattern of red flowers and green leaves. medallion in center. Three borders, one wide and two narrow. Lined. Linen, embroidery. — Suzani, 19th century
Uzbekistan

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white jar with very narrow base and wide shoulder; two phoenixes among stylized clouds and flames rendered in blue; slightly irregular shape — Jar with phoenix among clouds, late 18th - early 19th century
Unknown Korean

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Surveyor wearing a turban standing on a triangular image of grass — Wherein one hands over the ways of seeing loot, land and labour and thereby builds complicity in the exculpation; you are now partners in crime, 2013 (printed 2015)
Yee I-Lann

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Female teacher wearing striped dress standing at blackboard with four children; other children seated at extremely tall desks; colorful skirts of two foreground children extend below desks — Wherein one claims the hearts and minds of the innocent and gives them the knowledge that is to be learnt, 2013 (printed 2015)
Yee I-Lann

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eleven images of orchids, some growing from rocks — Orchids, second half 19th century
Tanomura Chokunyū

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Bust of a Young Nobleman, Roman — Bust of a Young Nobleman, 2nd century
Roman

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tall cap covered overall with hammered silver squares with quatrefoil designs; elaborate finial with teardrop-shaped drops and gilt elements; long embroidered fabric tail on back with dark pink ground and white, pink and black floral and geometric design, covered overall with flat hammered pendant drops and stamped metal discs with primarily floral designs; backing of back tail is printed pink cotton with green, white and yellow scrolling floral design; row of multicolored tassels topped with beads at top of back; vertical fabric element on each side have printed fabric on front and back (pink ground with floral print on front--green and pink brocade on back) with primarily diamond shaped drops overall; twisted tassel on each side of hat with white beads and purple, green and orange threads; silver metal and red beads on front bottom — Hat, late 19th-early 20th century
Uzbekistan or Afghanistan

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cap with animal hide (?) lining; covered overall on exterior with primarily round hammered discs with floral designs; elaborate metal finial at top with two twisted multicolored yarn tassels at front with black and white beads; triangular multicolored yarn medallion hanging from back of finial, with geometric designs and four yarn and bead tassels on bottom edge; long tail on back of purple silk with green cotton backing, covered on the front with hammered floral medallions; purple, red and blue twisted fringe at bottom edge of back tail; vertical element at each side of head of purple silk (backed with printed cotton with brown and green floral designs) with hammered floral discs, pendant drops and large geometric elements with red glass gemstones; pair of multicolored tassels with beads on each side of hat between side vertical fabric elements and back tail — Hat, late 19th-early 20th century
Uzbekistan or Afghanistan

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Man wearing striped shirt working with photographic plates at a small table at right, with camera on a stand at far right; cameras with black cloths at center; figures primarily in white carrying upside down tables and umbrella at left; some light touches of color on clothing of some figures at left — Wherein one surreptitiously performs reconnaissance to collect views and freeze points of view to be reflective of one's own kind, 2013 (printed 2015)
Yee I-Lann

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Two pairs of women (same two women pictured twice in slightly different poses), with one woman seated on a blue stool and the other woman with long hair seated cross-legged, with first woman touch head of woman with long hair; hair extending between pairs of women; rows of plants in field in background; figures with large pots, man on a donkey and a cat pulled by two oxen at right — Wherein one cultivates cultural codes, the noble endeavours of mankind and thereby puts them in their place, 2013 (printed 2015)
Yee I-Lann

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White man at right wearing white uniform and pith helmet, smoking cigarette and writing in a book while seated at a small table; rows of dark skinned men in a wedge shape at left, all wearing turbans — Wherein one nods with political sympathy and says I understand you better than you understand yourself, I'm just here to help you help yourself, 2013 (printed 2015)
Yee I-Lann

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Large boulders at center; three men working with drafting tools at large table at right; rectangle of landscape with small mountains with surveyor, two pairs of figures flaking a bridge and another surveyor with figures holding an umbrella and vertical measuring sticks — Wherein one, in the name of knowledge, measures everything, gives it a name and publicises this, thereby claiming it, 2013 (printed 2015)
Yee I-Lann

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Man with handlebar moustache at right, seated at a desk in an old-fashioned office; curving railroad tracks from center bottom to left edge and across center of image toward right; workers at left--some holding shovels and wearing turbans--with buildings behind them — Wherein one tables an indexical record of data-turned-assets and rules like the boss you now say that you are, 2013 (printed 2015)
Yee I-Lann

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Black leather office chair at right; reddish plant in white pot, LLQ; bare-breasted woman holding a grey cloth that covers her hands, with a black form beneath her, seen through a window at center — Wherein one's legacy comes full circle and posits that you too can exploit and subjugate and fluff yourself up in a splended game of your own jolly adventure, 2013 (printed 2015)
Yee I-Lann

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seated nude man at left holding a shield in one hand and a sphere in the other; a nude woman has her hand on the top of the sphere and is joined by two additional nude women; Mercury in full armor stands behind seated man and points at himself; cupid has his back to the viewer in the UR corner — Judgement of Paris, 1546
Sebald Beham

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虎 Tora — Tiger, 1964
Morita Shiryū

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two-fold screen; unsigned; L screen from pair; three cranes at L panel; one is a young crane; one crane at R panel tucking head behind legs — Family of Cranes [left of a pair], c. 1787
Nagasawa Rosetsu

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black lacquer box made of three separate boxes and cover; striped designs of inlay with rectangles of mother of pearl, geometric and floral patterns in gold pigment — Three-tiered box with stripes and Nanban patterns, early 17th century
Unknown Japanese

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White-eye on a Branch, Suitō — White-eye on a Branch, 19th century
Suitō

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rectangular, navy blue scarf with fringed ends; woven with white, green, gray, and red geometric patterns (arrows, crosses, diamonds, and horizontal lines) — Dark blue-ground decorative scarf (tisaji) with geometric patterns, second half 19th century
Unknown Ryukyuan

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beaded neck ornament with lacquer medallion; black and turquoise alternating beads, with a few marbleized beads in center on R and L outer sides; medallion in dark brown lacquer, with leaf patterns on top and bottom, and swirling delicate linear designs on R and L edges; metal disk in center with three smaller disks, with tiny leaf shapes inside — Woman's neck ornament with medallion (shitoki), late 19th century
Unknown Ainu

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Dish, Meshed ware, Safavid Dynasty, early XVII Century. White earthenware with underglaze blue and black decor. Central medallion reserved in white and painted in outline black on a blue ground with stag leaping in foliate landscape within border of scrolling tendrils. — Plate, early 18th century
Iran

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black box with inscriptions and images of male and female poets in voluminous courtly apparel on each side, from set of five stackable boxes and two lids — Five-tiered box decorated with the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets, 19th century
Unknown Japanese

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mirror round with pair of flying cranes embossed in relief and surrounded by chrysanthemums — Round mirror with flying cranes surrounded by chrysanthemums, 12th century
Unknown Japanese

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unsigned; two ladies wearing brightly-patterned dresses seated at a table in foreground; woman at right wears black dress with blue and brown leaf pattern and red hat with white feather and flowers and green and gold feathered fan; woman at left wears peach and yellow dress with white, yellow and blue flowers; red flowered garment on back of same woman's chair; four dancing couples in center middle ground — Dancing at the New Carlton Café in Shanghai, 1924
Yamamura Kōka (Toyonari); Publisher: Yamamura Kōka Hanga Kankōkai

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