jar with three incised lines around widest part; high neck, slightly flaring mouth with incised lines around outside; remnants of tan ash glaze — Jar, 3rd-7th century
Japan

G205

cup with three lobes; beige in color with underglaze design of diving birds in darker color; darker glaze around lip; incised line below lobes where cup rounds out to bottom — Ash container with three birds, late 16th century
Japan

G225

pitcher with very narrow neck with decorative disk within neck, and narrower, needle-like mouth; short, squat, segmented spout with loose cap; thin incised lines around soft shoulder; green patina — Water vessel (Kundika), 918-1392
Korea

G206

one of four: dish with high walls and deep scalloped cutouts on each edge, creating dramatic, irregular square shape; textured, beige over glaze against dark brown underglaze; beige over glaze on bottom lightly brushed around bowl; subtle blue vine accents on underside at cutouts — Set of food dishes (mukōzuke), early 18th century
Unknown Japanese

G225

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

abstracted peony motif in shades of brown; narrow base, wider shoulder, short lip — Maebyeong with peonies, 11th-12th century
Unknown Korean

G206

studded helmet with short visor at front and four-tiered, wide spreading laced neck guard; curving face protectors with decorated buckskin, studs, and crests; heraldic metal disc with Sanskrit characters for the Buddhist deity Fudo; pair or thin, bladelike metal kuwagatas at front center with heart cutouts; neck guard held together with green ties; ochre colored knots around borders; has wooden stand — Helmet with ornament bearing seed syllable for Fudō Myōō, 17th century
Unknown Japanese

G219

female figure seated with arms clasped toward chest; wearing court dress, with long, pleated hair; small crown on head; mounted to wooden screen on back — Shinto Goddess, 12th-13th century
Unknown Japanese

G220

seated male figure holding a court noble's scepter, with face and hairstyle of a Bosatsu; mounted to plaque on back; legs folded in lotus position — Shinto God, 12th-13th century
Unknown Japanese

G220

round bronze medallion with raised knob at center; five bands inside encircling center knob; each band with different figures inside including four directional guardian animals and twelve zodiac signs in relief — Mirror with Cosmological Design, 12th-13th century
Unknown Korean

G206

round, flat object with scalloped, pointed edges; raised knob at center; rough ship just R of center knob; stylized waves at L; four Korean characters at top center; green with patina — Mirror showing a ship at sea and inscription, 12th century
Unknown Korean

G206

small earthenware cup with lid; cup has upward hooking handle on side and slightly protruding collar for lid; lid has small knob at top — Small lidded jar with handle, second half of 5th century
Unknown Korean

G206

vase with pale gray-blue glaze and dark stylized leaf pattern on two sides; narrow foot with widening at shoulder; narrow neck; cupped mouth with high vertical lip — Bottle with leaves, 11th century
Unknown Korean

G206

unsigned; white deer wearing bells and an ornate saddle with a wisteria vine growing from it; golden circle within wisteria with three figures sitting cross-legged, and sitting with hands folded in front of chest, clasping small tablets, four of the figures are in white, and center figure is in red; mountains at top with colorful mounds, water below, and golden moon near top — Deer Mandala of the Kasuga Shrine, first half 15th century
Unknown Japanese

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red-brown jar with mottled ochre colored glaze around shoulder and down one side; four bow-like decorations around shoulder; short, vertical neck — Tea leaf storage jar, late 16th century
Unknown Japanese

G224

squat, low bowl with gray-green glaze; diagonal zigzagging lines circle the bowl near lip; domed cover with multiple rings of zigzagging diagonal lines; ring of flowers around widest portion; bowl sits on very low foot — Covered box with wavy lines and chrysanthemums, second half 15th century
Unknown Korean

G206

light green and tan bottle with grey recessed areas; pear-shaped; round foot; raised, billowing, floral leaf patterns — Bottle with peony leaves, second half 15th century
Unknown Korean

G206

large jar with dark brown dripping over glaze and large rocky inclusions; wide shoulder, short neck, rolled lip; gnarled texture — Storage jar, 15th century
Unknown Japanese

G222

irregularly shaped tan jar with bulbous, wasp-nest shaped base, long neck, wide mouth; flecked, dripping brown overglaze, mostly on one side; comes with rattan ring — Recumbent vessel with long neck, 7th century
Unknown Japanese

G205

small, double pointed object with five prongs converging to form each point; center decorated with petal and concentric circle motif — Five-pronged vajra, late 14th century
Unknown Japanese

G220

Incense burner, 13th century

Unknown Japanese

G220

inverted pear-shape; slightly flared bottom; small crane and cloud designs — Maebyeong with flying cranes and clouds, 12th century
Unknown Korean

G206

unsigned; image of two black lacquer kimono stands with different types of gold patterning, hung with various patterned kimono; koto (zither) in LRQ; tubular case with pink flowered brocade, pink tassels and gold bells hanging from right top corner of kimono stand at right — Whose Sleeves?, early 17th century
Unknown Japanese

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unsigned; musicians and actors on stage at L with audience outdoors, looking on and talking to one another; fence and banners erected behind audience; building at R with men standing and talking behind walls, and others outside sitting and chatting — Okuni Kabuki, first quarter 17th century
Unknown Japanese

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thick green grasses with golden clouds and silver in background; scattered red and blue flowers, white flowers, lilies in foreground — Musashi Plains [left of a pair], Second quarter 17th century
Unknown Japanese

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landscape scene with dark blue water and puffy gold clouds, brown rice fields, trees, mountains; a few huts amid fields; small temple complex on a peninsula; people on boats — A View of Ama no Hashidate, early 17th century
Unknown Japanese

G219

male figure in gray and white striped kimono grabs the wrist of a young female attendant who was handing him a red dish; other young women and geisha serve tea, play instruments, and dance around the man; small feast in front of man on ground, including large red snapper; scene takes place on a green dock over water — Summer Party on the Bank of the Kamo River, around 1800
Utagawa Toyohiro

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dark gray pitcher with bulb-like body, short neck, and dramatically flared mouth; mouth flare is actually wider than body; hole in side of body; rounded bottom — Jar with flared mouth, 5th century
Unknown Japanese

G205

bowl with rounded square shape with rounded corners; three small square feet; blue-grey with white slip design of twining flowers; arc-shaped trellis (?) at one side; lines and scrolls around border; deep swirl at bottom center — Plate with grapevines, trellis, and geometric design, late 16th century
Unknown Japanese

G225

picnic set with four stacking bowls decorated with bands of flowers and foliage from each of the four seasons; sake flask created from bamboo, with bamboo leaf motif and crested flying birds; sides of caddy are decorated with wisteria; lid for stacking bowls features phoenix with chrysanthemum design; silver handle — Picnic set with plants from the four seasons, 18th century
Unknown Japanese

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bronze ritual bell with handle in the shape of a five-pronged vajra, handle stem and bell shoulder decorated with lotus petal design; probably intended for use in Esoteric Buddhist rites — Ritual bell with handle in the shape of the vajra, 18th century
Unknown Japanese

G220

unembellished cup with lid and saucer; small finial on top of lid — Container for rubbing incense, 14th century
Unknown Japanese

G220

incense burner in the shape of an antique Chinese bronze basin with three legs, tall slotted handles and lid; lions in relief over a tao-tieh design on front and back and larger lion with ball on the top on a cloud design of the lid; perhaps originally coated with black lacquer — Incense burner with Chinese lions, 16th century
Unknown Japanese

G220

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

black stoneware decorated with close, thin vertical incised lines around body; squat shape with flat shoulder, short neck, flat, flared mouth — Oil bottle, 9th century
Unknown Korean

G206

red figure with wavy, curling gold hair and a golden crown of flaming jewels; rests chin in PL hand; PL elbow propped on top of a staff he is leaning on; PR toes curled up; standing on rocky platform — Seitaka Dōji, 14th century
Unknown Japanese

G220

male figure seated on ground at L with arms crossed wearing billowing, angular black robes, looking toward R; inscription at R — Fujiwara Teika, from One Poet One Poem (Ikkasen isshu), early 14th century
Unknown Japanese

G221

jagged, towering rock formations at R with waterfall and gnarled pine trees; small pavilion on shore at lower center with fishing boat nearby; small footbridge connects two shores across a small channel with trees at L; bluish mountains in background; inscriptions ULQ — Early Spring Landscape, before 1533
Shūtoku; Author: Inscribed by Yōkoku Kentō; Author: Inscribed by Teihō Shōchū

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mounted fan painting: man in white robe holding a calligraphy brush up to the side of a small cliff or rock formation covered with foliage; shorter man behind him leans over a rock, looking on; ivory roller ends — Hanshan and Shide, mid 16th century
attributed to Kano Yukinobu

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unsigned; pair of cranes left of center; pine tree at left; swimming duck and pair of smaller birds at right; blooming white and red chrysanthemums; unsigned — Cranes under Pine Trees, 16th century
Unknown Japanese

G221

flat bottom; bulbous, slightly flattened bottom section; vertical wide neck with ribs; pair of irregular blocky handles; thick inverted mouth ring; entire piece intentionally asymmetrical/misshapen/slightly collapsed, with broken incised wavy line on bottom section and inherent cracking; green, light brown and tan glaze; brown lacquer cover with faceted top knob — "Burst bag" Freshwater Jar, late 16th - early 17th century
Unknown Japanese

G224

drum core in shape of two adjoined chalices; black lacquer with gold flecked grape vines, leaves, and squirrels — Large hand-drum core with grapevines and squirrels, late 16th century
Unknown Japanese

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black lacquer table; scalloped cutouts on sides between base and rim; curved, scrolling, upturned feet — Black altar table, 15th-16th century
Unknown Japanese

G221

one of four: dish with high walls and deep scalloped cutouts on each edge, creating dramatic, irregular square shape; textured, beige over glaze against dark brown underglaze; beige over glaze on bottom lightly brushed around bowl; subtle blue vine accents on underside at cutouts — Set of food dishes (mukōzuke), early 18th century
Unknown Japanese

G225

one of four: dish with high walls and deep scalloped cutouts on each edge, creating dramatic, irregular square shape; textured, beige over glaze against dark brown underglaze; beige over glaze on bottom lightly brushed around bowl; subtle blue vine accents on underside at cutouts — Set of food dishes (mukōzuke), early 18th century
Unknown Japanese

G225

The details of the figure are made up of calligraphic allusions to the deity's attributes and qualities. — Tenjin on His Way to China, mid 18th century
Hakuin Ekaku

G222

ink drawing of skinny elderly man in straw hat running toward L, carrying a long pole that he aims at a dangling object in a tree at UL; inscription at R — Bird Catcher, 18th century
Hakuin Ekaku

G222

tall, narrow caddy with short, outward-curving mouth and incised line around the middle of the body; dark-brown glaze applied over a brown underglaze; bottommost portion unglazed; tiny ivory lid with concentric, incised lines — Tea caddy, after 1657
Nonomura Ninsei

G224

white gourd-shaped flask with grapevine design painted in underglaze iron oxide — Gourd-shaped flask with grapevines, early 17th century
Unknown Japanese

G221

short, round bottle with narrow neck; beige glaze with paulownia leaves and blossoms in black and blue — Sake bottle with paulownia, 17th century
Unknown Japanese

G221

lacquered writing box with heavily decorated cover and sides; zigzag down center divides pine tree with plum blossoms against a black background, from motif of chrysanthemums and leaves against reddish background; motifs continue on sides; ink stone and two empty boxes inside — Writing box with pines, plum, chrysanthemums, and paulownia, 16th century
Unknown Japanese

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flower vase with squat, round body, high neck, and high foot; ornately decorated with figures in relief; figure of a sage and a crane on each side of neck; two handles — Vase with Rin Nasei (Ch. Lin Hejing) and crane, 18th-19th century
Unknown Japanese

G225

oval bottle with very narrow foot and cap; vertical bands of colored enamel with overlapping decorations of butterflies, flowers, and vine designs; separate cap with bright floral motifs against black enamel — Covered bottle with butterflies, flowers, and vine designs, around 1900
Namikawa Yasuyuki

G239

stoneware jar with brownish ash glaze evenly distributed, mostly on the upper shoulder; wide, low shape with wide mouth and short, straight lip; foot pierced in five places with small rectangular openings; five band design around upper shoulder with alternating motifs of concentric circles and triangles with cross-hatching; bands separated by incised lines — Small Jar with Perforated Foot and Stamped and Incised Designs, late 6th - early 7th century
Unknown Korean

G206

10 panel screen with mounted colorful images of children playing in gardens, climbing trees, swimming, playing games — One Hundred Children at Play, late 19th century
Unknown Korean

G206

white bottle with looping floral decoration on body; incised lines around base of neck and body; narrow neck, wide body, narrow foot slightly flaring mouth — Bottle with floral design, late 15th century
Unknown Korean

G206

tall vessel with graceful widening near top; fluted into six sections; short, thin neck with high mouth; two concentric inscribed circles below neck; horizontal inscribed markings around center — Lobed maebyeong, 13th century
Unknown Korean

G206

pitcher shaped like a melon; short, curved spout; handle rises above spout height at top; small cover with tiny loop on top, resembling a melon vine — Ewer in the shape of a melon, first half 12th century
Unknown Korean

G206

small, light gray-blue lidded container with inlaid design of stylized chrysanthemums and dark, arabesque stems; organic design around outer border — Covered box with chrysanthemums, 13th century
Unknown Korean

G206

one of four: dish with high walls and deep scalloped cutouts on each edge, creating dramatic, irregular square shape; textured, beige over glaze against dark brown underglaze; beige over glaze on bottom lightly brushed around bowl; subtle blue vine accents on underside at cutouts — Set of food dishes (mukōzuke), early 18th century
Unknown Japanese

G225

many small children playing with and climbing on a white elephant that is lying down — Chinese Children Playing with an Elephant [right of a pair], late 18th-mid 19th century
Style of Nagasawa Rosetsu

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turtle wrapped in a snake's coils — Snake curled around a turtle, late 18th-19th century
Unknown Japanese

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seated Buddha; PL hand in lap with open palm, index and thumb loosely touching; PR hand up, with index finger and thumb touching; two-tiered knobby hair, long earlobes; traces of red pigment on robes; seated on wide, stylized lotus on round base — Amida, the Buddha of Infinite Light, early 12th century
Unknown Japanese

G220

standing figure with a conical hat with ear flaps, long skirt and cloak draped over the left shoulder; figure is standing on rock formation with palms up and crossed at the wrist across the chest; base — Zaō Gongen, Manifestation of Mount Kinpu, 12th century
Unknown Japanese

G220

standing wooden figure with shallowly carved draping robes with small tie at waist; peaceful expression on face; long earlobes and squared hat; figure is missing entire PR arm; PL arm is missing below the elbow, but it is apparent arm is bent forward at elbow — Bonten, the Creator, late 10th century
Unknown Japanese

G220

snow-covered rocks at L with wilted, snow-covered reeds; hazy snowy mountain in background; patches of light gold wash; inscription at R — “River and Sky in Evening Snow,” from the Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers, c. 1602-1603
Kaihō Yūshō; Author: Inscribed by Saishō Jōtai

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round basket with vertical weave in a series of braids; reddish brown hue; two large hoop handles on each side; basket narrows at base and underside is concave; metal insert — Basket, Date Unknown
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shallow dish with pattern of swirling ovals around inside in dark brown; dark brown lip — Plate with "Horse Eye" design (or "Flaming Jewel" design), 18th century
Japan

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small bowl on conical stand; two layers of square cutouts on stand with a band of incised lines around center of stand; separate darker gray lid; raised knob with cutouts — Lidded dish with tall, perforated base, second half 5th century
Korea

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brown-glazed jar with narrow base, wider shoulder; short, erect neck with larger lip; incised lines around base of neck; incised lines around lip; three small bow-like handles; patch of white slip on shoulder that drips to the side and down — Storage Jar, 17th century
Japan

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ceramic incense burner in the shape of a quail; made in two parts; scalloped cut-outs on back within feathers for venting — Incense Burner in the Shape of a Quail, late 19th-early 20th century
Miyagawa Kōzan

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plate with crude map of Japan with mountain ranges, roads, and rivers noted; scalloped wave designs surrounding — Plate with map design, Date Unknown
Japan

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shallow dish with tan, square geometric pattern against rust and charcoal colored background — Round dish with geometric incised designs, 20th century
Nomura Hiroyuki

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vase in the shape of a well-bucket with crossbar; natural ash glaze; many included feldspar pebbles in body; base is beveled — Flower Container in the shape of a bucket, c. 1983
Suzuki Koichi

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rounded body with light gray looping vine and abstracted leaves; tall neck, rounded lip; slightly elevated foot — Long-necked jar with scrolling plant design, early 20th century
Korea

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small book bound in faded gold brocade with blue flowers; pages of small, delicate cursive calligraphy — The Tale of Ise, 1662
Fujiwara Sueari

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woodblock printed book; images of performances happening inside and outside of a building complex; a blueprint or planning chart; images of exaggerated characters; dragons, demons; people reading; puppeteers; gray cover with brown and green pinecone and pine needle design; yellow and pink labels on front cover — Encyclopedia of Musical Theater Performances (Seikyoku ruisan 声曲類纂), vol. 5, 1889
Hasegawa Settei

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woodblock printed book with pages of text; a chart; images of musicians performing; of a dragon chasing men while another figure looks on from a hut; a dissection of the parts of instruments; of figures playing games and instruments; cover is light gray with green and brown design of pinecones and pine needles in lower half; pink title label; yellow label on front cover — Encyclopedia of Musical Theater Performances (Seikyoku ruisan 声曲類纂), vol. 1, 1889
Hasegawa Settei

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tiny book with worn brown brocade cover with pages of cursive writing inside — New Collection of Ancient and Modern Poems (Shin kokin wakashū 新古今和歌集), mid 14th century
Emperor Gokogon

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rectangular box with intricately painted tiny images of people gathered along a riverbank and over a bridge with umbrellas on the cover; street scenes on the long sides with people walking in front of buildings; interior scene of people sitting inside verandahs on short sides; dense foliage images with butterflies inside — Box with genre scenes, 19th-20th century
Japan

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text interspersed with images of small courtyards with foliage; fences; views of foliage with fences and buildings; paths — Instructions for Garden Design (Senden Ishigumi Ensei Yaegaki den 鮮伝石組園生八重垣伝), vol. 2, 1890
Ritoken Akisato

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one of a pair of raku ware tea bowls; red raku bowl with incised crane design, filled with white slip; two flying cranes and one standing crane — Tea bowl with cranes, late 18th - early 19th century
Raku Ryōnyū

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comic books depicting changes after foreigners entered Japan; mostly text; images include male body in Japanese dress and horse head squatting, talking to another figure with male body, Western dress, with ox head sitting on rickshaw; Japanese man eating from steaming pan; tattooed Japanese man leaning on a head and holding a sake cup; elderly man with sake cup and brazier; blue cover with impressed floral pattern — Collection of Humorous Leftovers (Kokkei zansai bukuro 滑稽残菜嚢), vol., mid February 1882
Kawanabe Kyōsai

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lopsided jar with very dark brown glaze; faceted walls, rounded shoulder, low, flat mouth, small foot; incised lines around lip and shoulder; lighter material shows through in raised areas below glaze; no glaze on mouth — Faceted jar, late 19th-early 20th century
Korea

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large jar with light brown and blue stylized flower and trailing leaf patterns on either side; iron cord around neck; two incised lines around shoulder; narrow foot, wide body, tapers at shoulder; short, rolled, slightly flared lip — Large Jar with floral sprays, early 20th century
Korea

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comic books depicting changes after foreigners entered Japan; pages of text with images; images of foreigners on first page; text on paper printed with yellow and green; images of street scene with Westerners in carriage, and various caricatures of Japanese people eating and drinking; blue cover with impressed flower pattern — Collection of Humorous Leftovers (Kokkei zansai bukuro 滑稽残菜嚢), vol., mid February 1882
Kawanabe Kyōsai

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thin cup with three raised bands, very narrow foot, angled, looped handle — Cup with handle, 5th century
Korea

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off-white porcelain jar with design of fish, flowers, leaves, and grasses in cobalt and iron oxide — Jar with underglaze cobalt blue and iron-brown designs of fish and leaf scrolls, c. 1900
Korea

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booklet of four leaves folded in thirds, bound together on one side with rolled paper ribbon; lines of poetry written against blue and gold decorated paper — 1661 Renga Meeting, 1661
Japan

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squat tea container with short, upright neck; dark brown glaze with areas of tan and yellowish tinting; incised horizontal line; small ivory cover with small knob — Tea caddy, 18th-19th century
Japan

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framed triptych: male and female figure seated on a cushion at C, watching the antics of creatures with human bodies with sea-creature heads: at L, fish with human bodies wrestle, while another figure holds up an object under the spray of a black whale at bottom; near C, a tortoise balances a sake barrel on its leg, while a crab cuts paper decorations; at R, a squid, fish, and other creatures play instruments, and look on — Sea creatures entertain Urashima Taro and Oto Hime in the Dragon Palace, 1847-1848
Utagawa Kuniyoshi

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round roof tile end with stylized floral decoration; simple flower with raised petals at center surrounded by low round rib, and raised knobs on outer ring; light brown color — Roof-end tile, 8th-10th century
Korea

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book with black and white images: seascape and landscapes; child flying kite; monks on rocky shore; demon holding a wafting gourd; Chinese scholars; monkeys; some text; dark olive green cover — Paintings by Sō Shiseki (Sō Shiseki gafu 宋紫石画譜), vol. 3, 1765, 8th lunar month
Sō Shiseki

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white porcelain ewer with blue underglaze vignettes and scrolling floral patterns; vignettes of men with umbrellas in garden, and two garden scenes with birds; floral pattern on handle; narrow neck, wider body narrow spout — Ewer with landscapes and flowers, c. 1660-1680
Japan

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round vase with oval shape; very short neck, rolled lip; dark brown glaze with darker brown and hints of navy blue coloring near bottom; horizontal dark line near bottom of body — Ovoid Vase, Date Unknown
Korea

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round, irregularly shaped bowl with low sides; orange colored natural glaze inside with amber colored glaze on one end — Shigaraki bowl, 19th century
Japan

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bronze vase with narrow, tubular body and flaring, wide, flat mouth; sinuous dragon in high relief; foot is smaller than mouth with round incised line — Flower vase with dragon, 19th century
Japan

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round plate with buff colored glaze, painted with a design of a willow tree painted with brownish branches and blue leaves — Plate with Willow Design, 18th century
Japan

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round vase with sunken mouth; white porcelain with large, mint green leaves in low relief — White porcelain round vase with low relief design of green leaves, c. 2004
Akashi Ryūtarō

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shallow lipped bowl; tan and salmon coloring; five whitish spots inside bowl; five whitish spots underside — Flat bowl, 20th century
Takahashi Shunsai

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