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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

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seated Buddha; gilt and red and blue paint — The Bodhisattva Guanyin, late 11th-early 12th century
China

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face-covering helmet with back and sides curled upward; vertical opening at center from eye holes through bottom; organic design on forehead; curving eyebrows, connected at center — Corinthian helmet, c. 540 BCE
Greek

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Standing Screen with Marble Panel, gray brown and white marble slab reminiscent of a misty mountain, set into a wood frame; twelve carved panels within frame depict chi dragons and scrolls; frame set into larger stand — Screen, 17th century
China

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Library and Rock Garden — The Studio of Gratifying Discourse, 1797
China

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squat, round, red lacquer covered box with black interior and bottom; cover decorated with flowers, foliage and 2 birds with long tail feathers; sides of box with flowers and foliage — Box, 13th century
Unknown

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woman wearing flowered dress, seated on a red sofa at R; man, seated on a stool, cleaning art brushes, at center; woman dressing, with face partially hidden, at L — Studio-End of the Day II, 1974
John Koch

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Bamboo and Rocks, Zheng Xie — Bamboo and Rocks, c. 1760
Zheng Xie

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The Englishman at the Moulin Rouge, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec — The Englishman at the Moulin Rouge, 1892
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

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chased silver dish decorated with scene from the "Former Red Cliff Ode" by Su Shi (1037-1101); engraved in painterly baimiao style showing the poet in court robes with two companions relaxing in a boat drifting on tranquil water, with a winepot and cups on the table in front of them; one figure playing a flute and the other holding an open book; rocky banks with grasses and tall reeds, a willow and a cassia tree; small waterfall spilling down from high cliffs at the far shore; sky with pair of birds flying to the left towards a constellation of seven stars drawn as circles joined by thin lines to form the Big Dipper seen through drifting clouds surrounding a full moon engraved with the legendary yu tu dao yaou scene of the Moon Rabbit under the cassia tree pounding a pestle in a mortar; shallow plain sides of octafoil bracket-lobed outline rising to a barbed everted rim — Silver plate decorated with chased “Red Cliff” scene, 13th century
China

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white-skinned male figure and red-skinned female figure embracing in central circle with 20 figures surrounding them inside a circle and a square; 9 seated figures at top and bottom edge; multicolored pigments; leather hanging cord — Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi Mandala, 1400-1500
Tibet

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fisherman riding on a boat and playing a flute at lower right corner; three people inside a building just below center at left edge; mountains in background — Zhou Dunyi Gazing Out Over Lotus, c. 1500
Liu Jun

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Round-bodied pot with 3 legs, 2 decorative, curving, detachable 'handles' and fan-like lattice element at back; decorated overall with organic and geometric designs — Censer, 1723-1735
China

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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 — Seated Guanyin, 12th century
China

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octagonal box with lid; lid carved with central circle surrounded by 4 C-scrolls and 4 concentric bands of tixi scrolls; box decorated with rolls of same scrolls; black interior — Octagonal Box, 15th century
China

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base with iridescent light green glaze and 2 animals, one standing on the back of the other; long post topped with openwork bird finial; 4 long branches at top: 3 depict figures dancing and holding objects and a figure under a canopy on top of branch and figures and radiating coins below branch; one depicts same scene except an animal replaces the figure under canopy; 20 rectangular branches, 19 with figures, horses, deer and figure under canopy with coins sprouting from branches; one with same scene except animal and figure(?) replace figure under canopy; 40 small branches with 3 radiating coins; pendant of monkey with a coin — Money Tree, 1st-2nd century
China

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few dwelling huts in an atmospheric rocky riverside setting; in a wood case — Misty Trees and Mountain Range, c. 1670
Dong Qichang

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hinged covered red lacquer box with a removable front panel; tray under cover, six drawers behind panel; flying crane and phoenix over rock and crashing waves, main design at top and sides of box — Cosmetic Cabinet, 16th century
China

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Ceremonial Gate, China — Ceremonial Gate, 1728
China

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standing figure with arms bent at elbows, PL forearm slightly lower than PR forearm; unfinished back; looping drapery folds — Standing Buddha, late 6th century
China

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folding chair with woven seat; inlaid iron decorations on arms and footrest; carved open-mouthed animals where arms attach to seat — Folding Roundback Armchair, late 16th century
China

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reddish brown wood chair with protruding crest rail and arms — Yokeback Armchair, 16th-17th century
China

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chair with arms and straight back; seat of woven natural fibers; each arm and back decorated with straight spindles and two pairs of interlocked rings — Spindleback Rose Chair, one of a pair, c. 1600-1675
China

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round wood box with lid; lip at box bottom; convex circle on box top — Round Seal Box, 18th century
China

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brush with carved cover and handle; circular medallions decorated with geometric patterning scattered over an organic leaf pattern background; meandering band at brush tip and lower end of cover — Brush and Cover, c. 1600
China

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huang hua-li yoke back arm chair; cane seat, s-shape arms and splat, round legs, apron at underside of seat — Yokeback Armchair, one of a pair, c. 1600
China

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Armchair with Continuous Yoke Back, One of a Pair, China — Armchair with Continuous Yoke Back, One of a Pair, c. 1600
China

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four-sided carved wood lantern with glass panels; metal hardware at top for hanging — Lantern, one of a pair, 18th century
China

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bowl shape without foot; straight sides; small lip — Ritual Buddhist Basin, 7th-8th century
China

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large head of a beast with mouth open; phoenix looking over its back on PL side; twisting roaring dragon on PR side; green, tan, black and white glaze; separated into 2 parts with part of dragon and phoenix on top section — Roof Ornament, one of a pair, 16th-17th century
China

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shallow dish with small flaring lip; brown rim with red and black geometric designs; central circular section with brown ground and red organic designs; brown exterior with red and black decoration at edge — Dish, one of a pair, 1st century
China

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Egg-shaped bottle with brown teadust glaze; nearly flat shoulder; short neck with flaring, thick mouth; bottom section unglazed — Bottle, 12th-13th century
China

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large jar covered with slip and translucent glaze; slightly flared and beveled flat foot; short, straight neck; horizontal mouth rim; saucer-like cover — Storage Jar and Cover, 7th-8th century
China

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figure with green robe and red hat; very long sleeves; PL lower arm raised with end of sleeve hanging down — Attendant, 15th-16th century
China

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narrower lower portion with slightly larger upper portion; paper with huang hua-li supports; geometric designs at top and bottom corners of upper section and on edges of lower section — Lantern, one of a pair, late 17th-early 18th century
China

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L-shaped segment where two walls meet forming corner; notches on lower outside edge of each wall; decorative green glazed cornice around top edge with brown glazed element at corner; green glazed brick-like incised areas along bottom edges of wall — Wall Segment, from a large tileworks retinue, 15th-16th century
China

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Roundback Armchair, one of a pair, China — Roundback Armchair, one of a pair, 17th century
China

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small foot; wide flaring sides; rust brown glaze with splashed black drips on exterior and radiating stripes on interior; white rim — Bowl with White Rim, 11th-12th century
China

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small comb with rounded top — Comb, c. 100 B.C.-c. A.D. 200
China

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ceramic bowl, small round foot; blue glaze overall with one purple splash at interior side, darker glaze at rim, unglazed foot — Bowl, 12th-13th century
China

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ribbed roof, glazed green; round elements in three rows on one long side; blue glazed element on top edge and 3/4 way down each side edge; circular hole on each short side — House Roof, 15th-16th century
China

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bombé form with elephant head handles; stand with five trefoil-shaped feet joined by a circular stretcher; olive brown surface splashed with gilding — Censer with Stand, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
China

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fountain-shaped; bell-shaped foot with flat-sided basin; central vertical element with small basin at top with pointed spike at center; decorated overall with organic and geometric designs — Imperial Candlestick, 1723-1735
China

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old Daoist magician stands on a bluff by a pond, a small boy at his side, bamboo stick he throws into the air is transforming into a dragon; matted — Fan Painting of a Daoist Magician, c. 1650
Wan Shouqi

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sketchy, dry-brush-style; two figures on a small bridge in LLC; bare trees; rocky landscape; still, grey water; two figures in a small hut near R edge, below inscription — Mountain Retreat, c. 1730s
Cheng Ming

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L-shaped segment where two walls meet forming corner; notches on lower outside edge of each wall; decorative green glazed cornice around top edge with brown glazed element at corner; green glazed brick-like incised areas along bottom edges of wall — Wall Segment, from a large tileworks retinue, 15th-16th century
China

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Stool, 17th century

China

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Pear-shaped body with narrow neck and flaring mouth; flared foot ring; 'oilspot' glaze in shiny black with russet sport and small metallic flecks — Pear-shaped Bottle, 12th century
China

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plump face and wide nose; nearly closed eyes; wearing a large crown with dragon and foliage designs — Head of a Crowned Bodhisattva, 12th-13th century
China

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Large green glaze storage jar. — Hu Storage Jar, 1st-2nd century
China

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2 large lamas at center one balding, with a blue disk behind his head, the other with a black beard, red cap and transparent gold disk; 4 smaller lamas above and 4 below; attendant with gold bowl at R; areas of text on back — Thanka of Hierachs of the Sakya Lineage, one of a pair, late 17th century
Tibet

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jar with small foot, flaring out and inward to a wide neck decorated with gold/yellow 'studs' and flaring mouth; brown overall — Jar, 12th-13th century
China

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meiping shaped jar with short neck and slightly flaring lip; brown glaze with glaze resist and slip painted prunus sprays on each side — Meiping Bottle with Plum Branch Decor, 13th century
China

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ornately carved wood table mount for framed marble insert; inscription and seal at UL — Table Screen, c. 1800
China

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hinged members open to form a rachet supported bookstand, with five height settings — Folding Bookstand, 17th-18th century
China

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spider at the center of a web with a flowering branch in front, across bottom and left edge — Finger Painting, from an album of ten, 1684
Gao Qipei

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Incense Boxes and Burners, China — Incense Boxes and Burners, late 16th-ealy 17th century
China

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Lacquer circular Foliate box with mother-of-pearl inlay; nine lobes; dignitaries at leisure with attendants on a terrace — Foliate Box and Cover, 14th century
China

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huang hua-li painting table; sides four-square with large leg to table top bracing; hoof feet; minimal key pattern band at underside of table to top third of legs — Corner-leg Painting Table, late 17th century
China

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Crouching hoofed mythical animal; double horn with head turned to side and mouth open; scaly body with flamelike ribbons at haunches; tufted mane and tail — Water Dropper, 16th-17th century
China

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small ivory bowl, lotus blossom inside well with circular foot on bottom — Tea Bowl, 11th century
China

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figure with green robe and red hat; very long sleeves; PL lower arm raised with end of sleeve hanging down — Musician, 15th-16th century
China

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two album leaves mounted on boards and matted; left is calligraphic; right is landscape with mountains in background, three trees in center middle ground, two smaller trees to right in foreground with rocks, waterfall, and river

from accordion-style album, wood covers; eight images, alternating with text, single page of text at end — two album leaves from a landscape album, 1621
Li Liufang

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tall, thin jar with pointed lower end, small mouth and very short neck; decorated with incised diagonal lines — Storage Bottle, 5000-4000 BCE
Yang Shao

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continuous landscape in mountains with river; buildings, small figures and flowering trees throughout; several boats on river — Scenic Beauty Along Rivers and Mountains, 1614
Bian Wenyu

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figure with green robe and red hat; very long sleeves; PL lower arm raised with end of sleeve hanging down — Attendant, 15th-16th century
China

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ceramic pillow shaped like a reclining tiger with tail against PR side of body; flat top section decorated with floral designs and insect; brown and orange glaze — Tiger Pillow, late 12th century
China

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round bodied jar with wide mouth, slightly inverted neck; lighter brown interior with dark brown exterior with tan abstract brush strokes — Small Wide Mouthed Jar, 12th-13th century
China

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binding: glued paper wrappers; title printed in black; endpapers: white wove; 54 numbered pages and 52 illustrations by Goncharova, of which 9 are full-page. Facsimile reproduction of the author's handwritten Cyrillic text. — Gorod: Stikhi (The City: Verses), 1920
Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova; Text by Aleksandr Rubakin; Published by Aleksandr Rubakin , in Paris

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ribbed roof, glazed green; round elements in three rows on one long side; blue glazed element on top edge and 3/4 way down each side edge; circular hole on each short side — House Roof, 15th-16th century
China

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figure with green robe and red hat; both hands in front of body at waist, in fists, PL hand above PR hand — Attendant, 15th-16th century
China

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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

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bell-shaped box with stepped cover; organic patterns overall in red on brown — Cosmetic Container, c. 100 BCE -c. 200 CE
China

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cylindrical box with stepped cover; inlaid flower on cover; organic and geometric patterns overall in red and brown — Cosmetic Container, c. 100 B.C.-c. A.D. 200
China

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cylindrical box with stepped cover; inlaid flower on cover; organic and geometric patterns overall in red and brown; rouge residue inside container — Cosmetic Container, c. 100 B.C.-c. A.D. 200
China

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ovoid ewer with thin, tapered neck and flaring mouth; double stranded handle with bead decoration at mouth and shoulder; cylindrical spout at shoulder; flat base; white slip and clear glaze — Ewer, 7th-8th century
China

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spherical jar with small conical neck rim and flat foot rim; black glaze with brownish areas at mouth; small, dull silver spots throughout glaze — Oil Spot Jar, 13th-14th century
China

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round body with rounded bottom and inward-turning lip; black lacquer; rests on fiber-covered ring — Almsbowl, c. 1100
China

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fan mounted as an album page; five structures in a waterside tree-covered location, building nestled between two hills to left and three boats with full sails at top left — Mountain Retreat, 16th century
Xie Shichen

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cylindrical shape with wide, thick, slightly upward tilting mouth; single piece of palmwood densely stippled on the exterior, vertical striping at interior — Brushpot, 17th-18th century
China

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two dragons in upper corners wrapping around inkwell at top center; dark brown slate — Inkstone, c. 1740
Chou Shao-lung

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Shallow conical bowl with a very small foot; glazed light blue — Small Conical Bowl, 12th-13th century
China

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celadon green; three small paw feet with animal heads; two squared-off handles on top rim; four rows of incised geometric designs on body — Tripod Censer, 10th-11th century
China

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slightly rounded body with long thin neck with wide, flat ring midway to top; small spout with hinged cover; green patina — Buddhist Ritual Water Bottle, c. 750
China

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two horned animals with fingerprint bodies at top of a bluish-grey hill; large empty space in middle ground, blue and grey mountains beyond — Finger Painting, from an album of ten, 1684
Gao Qipei

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very tall, elongated figure; triangular-shaped face; very close-set features; painted eyes and garment details in red, black and white; long sleeves; mostly dark brown patina overall — Figurine of a Female Court Attendant, 4th-3rd century B.C.E.
China

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tortoise, with inlaid gold and silver, carrying a bowl in its mouth; snake on the back of tortoise's shell; hole on top — Tortoise Form Water Dropper, 17th century
China

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standing figure; hands held together next to body at chest, with long flowing arms of robe hanging in front, figure is wearing a crown and staring forward; painted and gilt; has own mount — Civil Dignitary, 618-906
China

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cylindrical shaped, with 4 segments separated by raised rings; stylized, heavily abstracted bird designs with scrolls, circles and lines — Jar with Rouletted Decoration, 11th-12th century
China

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figure with green robe and red hat, robe has brown side panels; very long sleeves; PR lower arm raised with end of sleeve hanging down — Attendant, 15th-16th century
China

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Hand Exerciser, China — Hand Exerciser, 18th century
China

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round body on ring foot with tall thin neck and flaring lip; dark brown glaze with light brown teardrop-shaped brushstrokes — Pear-shaped Bottle, 12th-13th century
China

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Exalted Gathering in the Green Woods, Title written by Dong Qichang — Exalted Gathering in the Green Woods, c. 1620
Title written by Dong Qichang

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Shortback armchair carved to simulate bamboo, one of a pair, huanghuali hardwood, Ming Dynasty, China — Pair of Low Back Armchairs, late 17th century
China

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flaring bottom section with tall, wide mouth; small round handle — Vessel with Handle, c. late 4000-early 3000 B.C.
Dawenkou

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figure with green robe and red hat; PL elbow bent and fist on stomach — Attendant, 15th-16th century
China

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Planter, Tiffany Studios — Planter, c. 1905
Tiffany Studios

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conical bowl with celadon (green) glaze; floral decoration bottom half interior; in storage box — Bowl, 12th century
China

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character 'shou' as written in grass script as one continuous stroke of a brush — Stylized Shou Character, c. 1800
China

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Still Life with Pascal’s "Pensées", Henri Matisse — Still Life with Pascal’s "Pensées", 1924
Henri Matisse

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