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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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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

G215

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

G216

Naraen Kongo, standing figure with arms down, mouth closed. Made of Hinoki wood in yosegi technique of multiple block construction with traces of gesso and polychrome. — Vajra Warrior (one of a pair), mid 14th century
Unknown Japanese

G205

Gesso, color, kirikane on wood, metal — Jizō, the Bodhisattva of the Earth Matrix, early 13th century
Unknown Japanese

G220

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

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suit includes helmet with praying mantis maedate (forecrest), menpo (face mask), torso covering, pair of front shoulder medallions that attach to torso covering, pair of large upper arm guards, pair of small shoulder coverings (each with a pin for attachment), pair of gauntlets with arm and hand guards, apron, pair of tsutsu suneate (leg guards), and pair of kote (boot coverings); see Components for descriptions of each piece — Red-and-blue-laced Suit of Armor from the Kii Tokugawa Family, mid 17th century
Suit by Unknown Japanese; Artist: Helmet by Saotome Iechika

G219

Misshaku Kongo, standing figure with one arm raised, mouth open. Note Nio means Benevolent Kings. Made of Hinoki wood in yosegi technique of multiple block construction with traces of gesso and polychrome — Vajra Warrior (one of a pair), mid 14th century
Unknown Japanese

G205

ovoid shape, with two handle-like protrusions on long sides; rust-red and brown; rim and handles painted with running geometric designs — Wine Cup, 2nd century BCE
China

G215

The Wu Family Reception Hall, China — The Wu Family Reception Hall, early 17th century
China

G218

Portrait Sculpture of Priest Gyōki, Japan — Portrait Sculpture of Priest Gyōki, early 17th century
Japan

G220

small cup with flaring rim; 5 layers of red and black lacquer; wide band of pommel scrolls and interlocked ji-i heads above band of lotus lappets — Stem Cup, 14th century
China

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Barbed rim with foliate form; lobed sides on inner and outer rims carved with birds and flowers in black against a red ground; central area carved with two buildings in a landscape; deer and stork in lower foreground; 3 figures in a building at L; 8 figures at center, including a man on a horse and a man playing the flute — Dish, Wanli period, 1573-1619
China

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raised scalloped foot; scalloped edges; low relief designs of vines, fruit and leaves around edges, flowers and leaves around edge of cover and central floriform shape made up of scrolls with characters and bats; black, browns, gold; golden brown interior — Box with cover, 18th century
China

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covered box, carved red lacquer in scroll design. — Covered Box, 19th century
China

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red lacquer, double gourd shape with quatrefoil panels of scholars and attendants in rocky river landscapes — Vase, one of a pair, c. 1850
China

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red lacquer, double gourd shape with quatrefoil panels of scholars and attendants in rocky river landscapes — Vase, one of a pair, c. 1850
China

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black lacquer food tray with pampas grass design at lower corner — Small Serving Tray with Pampas Grass Design, late 18th century
Attributed to Yamamoto Shunshō VI

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a decorative stand comprised of two horizontal panels in four pieces, frame a three dimensional dragonfly figure; several round, black metal bars run above and below the dragonfly, and run vertically to connect the panels with a rectangular base below; the stand's components are primarily black lacquer; however, the panels each have green areas, with hints of gold and silver, that suggest blowing grasses and/or flowing water with swooping and varied lines, and the dragonfly has iridescent purple and blue chips in its wings and around its eyes and a spray of silver color on its back and lower wings — Lacquer Stand with Dragonfly, early 20th century
Haruyuki

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© Enoki Kei

Night Gate (Yoru no mon), c. 2013

Enoki Kei

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flat dish-shaped; raised foot; two fanciful turtle-like animals with long sweeping tails and heads with pointed snouts and ears; water at bottom; three-leaf medallion and flower-like medallion with eight circles surrounding large circle at top; gold and bronze colors — Sake cup (guinomi), 19th century
Japan

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black lacquer tray with design of pink flowers with heart-shaped leaves — Small Serving Tray with Pink Flower Design, late 18th century
Attributed to Yamamoto Shunshō VI

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black lacquer tray decorated with leafy plant with red berries — Small Serving Tray with Spearflower Design, late 18th century
Attributed to Yamamoto Shunshō VI

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black lacquer tray; plant with oblong leaves and delicate flowers with starburst petals lower corner — Small Serving Tray with Maiden Flower Design, late 18th century
Attributed to Yamamoto Shunshō VI

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Long, narrow toilet box of black lacquer with gold tree and floral decoration bearing the crest of the Tokugawa family, three asarum (ginger) leaves their points to-gether within a circle; crest appears six tme son box, two on top and two on each side. Box made up of three parts. — Covered box, 19th century
Unknown Japanese

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Square Toilet box of black lacquer decorated in gold and copper in tree and flower motives; bearing Crest of Tokugawa family, three asarum (ginger) leaves, their points together within a circle which appears twice on cover of box and one on box. — Covered box, 19th century
Unknown Japanese

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Cylindrical shaped covered toilet box of black lacquer decorated with gold and copper in tree and floral motives; bearing three times the crest of the Tokugawa family, three asarum (ginger) leaves, their points together within a circle. — (Round Box), 19th century
Unknown Japanese

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Bowl shaped toilet box of black lacquer with decoration in gold and copper of tree and floral motives; bearing three times the crest of the Tokugawa family, three asarum (ginger) leaves, their points together within a circle. — (Round Box), 19th century
Unknown Japanese

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Round covered toilet box of black lacquer decorated with copper and gold in tree and floral motive; bearing three times the crest of the Tikugawa family, three awarum (ginger) leaves, their points together within a circle. — (Round Box), 19th century
Unknown Japanese

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Round covered toilet box of black lacquer decorated with copper and gold in tree and floral notives; bearing three times the crest of the Tokugawa family, three asarum (ginger) leaves, their points together within a circle. — (Round Box), 19th century
Unknown Japanese

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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 BCE -c. 200 CE
China

G215

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 BCE - c. 200 CE
China

G215

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
China

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Enshrined Buddha, Myanmar (Burma) — Enshrined Buddha, c. 1800
Myanmar (Burma)

G213

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 BCE
China

G215

shallow dish with small flat rim; painted orange and brown; central organic scrolling design; brown rim with orange dots and zigzags; character(?) repeated 5 times around rim, 3 times on bottom — Dish, 3rd-2nd century BCE
China

G215

cinnabar lacquer, carved; jade top; Philosophers under a Pine Tree — Snuff Bottle, 1750-1850
China

G216

cinnabar lacquer, carved; jade top — Snuff Bottle, 1780-1850
China

G216

cinnabar lacquer, green glass top, carved; figure under the pine tree playing game; philosopher with Sacred Cow — Snuff Bottle, 1750-1825
China

G216

Snuff Bottle; cinnabar lacquer; green jade top in silver; lacquer overlaid with black lacquer, which is deeply carved — Snuff Bottle, 1750-1825
China

G216

Snuff Bottle. Cinnabar Lacquer. Carved. Green jade top. — Snuff Bottle, 1800-1900
China

G216

Snuff Bottle. Cinnabar Lacquer. Carved. Green glass top; — Snuff Bottle, 1800-1880
China

G216

cinnabar lacquer, red; green glass top; beautifully carved; children celebrating a fete — Snuff Bottle, 1780-1850
China

G216

red, green, ochre and brown carved lacquer; square with indented corners; top has small medallion with Shou Lao in a large chun character, 2 dragons in clouds and radiating bowl with objects at bottom; outdoor scenes with figures on sides — Cover of a Chun Box, 18th century
China

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diamond-shaped basket with tall handle covered with many thin vertical strips; vertical weave; decorative weaves along bottom; tall, copper lined cylinder — Diamond-shaped flower basket, late 19th century
Wada Waichisai

G223

long narrow form; constructed out of a single piece of wood with rectangular hole cut in the underside serving as the sound box; top is slightly convex; sides flat; neck slightly raised; tiger's face with large eyes, flaring nostrils, flattened ears, wide curved mouth carved at one end; tiger's head is pierced with large square opening, designed to hold the single string anchor, and five small holes for pegs; covered overall with black lacquer; painted with a fine red cross-hatched design on top and sides; sides decorated with frieze of 5 black dragons with elongated arched bodies, long tails, thin legs and gold wings; another dragon on top of neck; narrow bands of black diamonds on a solid red ground at edges; fingerboard painted with 4 groups of symmetrically confronting double-headed dragons with snakelike bodies between human-faced dragon figures and either end — Zither (Qin), 5th century BCE
China

G215

headdress consisting of five sections attached together with leather bands; openwork decorations on each section decorated with one of the five dhyani bodhisattvas; above each figure is a roundel bearing a sacred emblem such a three jewels, crossed 'vajras,' the wheel of the law, the lotus and the sword — Ritual crown (diadem), late 18th century
Tibet

G212

comb topped with six faces (on both sides and on ends) and eight faces above teeth on both sides — Comb, 19th-20th century
Taiwan

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woven bamboo sides and cover edge; circular shape; brown; ring foot; inscriptions (may be identical) on bottom and at underside of cover — Food Box with Cover, 18th century
China

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shaped like coiled snake with triangular decorations — Thread Waxing Tool, 19th-20th century
Taiwan

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shaped like a coiled snake with zigzag decorations; disk at center of coil with face carved in shallow relief — Thread waxing tool, 19th-20th century
Taiwan

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plain black matte tea container — Black tea caddy, 20th century
Suzuki Mutsumi

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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
Japan

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hexagonal basket with tapered, round mouth; squarish handle; patterned weaving along top of handle; swirling, elegant supports and decorations along handle; ornate, star-shaped close weaving pattern; carving on supports; large copper lined bamboo cylinder with grate at top — Chinese-Style Flower Basket, autumn 1921
Tanabe Chikuunsai

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tall, slender deep red/black basket; 4-sided base flairs out into octagonal form near top; open weave with very thin, wiry strands of bamboo that form a star-shaped pattern; woven handle tapers towards center, with looping ornamentation; center lacquered bamboo cylinder with copper lining — Openwork octagonal flower basket, early 20th century
Tanabe Chikuunsai

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flower basket with very wide mouth; dramatically tapering, vertical open woven neck; closed weave body widens below neck, tapering again at base; bamboo cylinder with copper lining — Senshū-ami Weave Flower Basket, c. 1935-1945
Tanabe Chikuunsai II

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rectangular tray with low walls; closed weave bottom of tray with decorative patterns; vertical bamboo slats along outer walls — Square Tray, early 20th century
Ichikōsai

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oval basket with subtle feet; alternating ridges of open and closed weaving; looping design within inner lip; two curved "teacup" like handles — Flower basket, early 20th century
Tōkōsai

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low, round basket with hexagonal base; double rungs around lip; three-dimensional, tiny openwork weave patterns; larger weave pattern bottom — Fruit Basket, mid 20th century
Fukuda Chikuyūsai

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hexagonal basket with bulbous sides; open, star patterned weave; stout handle; large bamboo cylinder — Round Handled Flower Basket, early 20th century
Tanabe Chikuunsai

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horizontally oriented black rectangular basket; raised round mouth; black lacquered copper lined cylinder — Horizontal Tubular Basket, early 20th century
Shōseki

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fine weave basket with raised loop handle; body tapers toward base; weave more open at top section with only vertical strands — Tapered senshū-ami weave flower basket, c. 1935-1945
Tanabe Chikuunsai II

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narrow, red lacquered bamboo; large opening carved on each side forming inherent handle; open top; black interior — Red lacquered bamboo vase, 2000
Fujinuma Noboru

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open weave basket with decorative knots and braiding at joints; tall handle mounted at back with bottle-shaped design; looping, open weave pattern at top on L and R sides; inner bamboo cylinder with lattice top — Quiver-shaped hanging flower basket, mid 20th century
Suemura Shōbun

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honey colored basket with three corners folded upward and connected forming a somewhat closed parcel; openwork crisscrossing weave; small, dark lacquered bamboo dish — Ofuroshiki Flower Basket, mid 20th century
Suemura Shōbun

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narrow oval basket with rectangular base; bowed sides; open weave with bamboo supports; shorter bamboo supports near top; organic, curving handle; bamboo cylinder mounted to flat base — Narrow, oval flower basket, second half 19th century
Chikusansai

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netsuke in the form of a brown woven basket with the image of a fish on top; unsigned — Fish basket, c. 1840s
Japan

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standing man with head slightly tilted to proper right holding a cloth(?) behind his head; blue and yellow striped sleeves — Dancer, 19th century
Japan

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red and black phallus — Phallus, 19th century
Japan

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seated figure with entire face covered by a sake cup, holding a jug in his proper right hand — Sake drinker, 19th century
Japan

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woman with long, pointed face like an animal with inverted v-shaped mouth, two small flaring nostrils and beady droopy eyes; black hair and red kimono — Seated animal-faced woman, 19th century
Japan

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square in shape, with squared-off corners; top is decorated with an openwork metal flower around post hole; bottom on exterior decorated with landscape with bridge in front and cottage in distance; interior of lower section decorated with engraved flowers, geometric design at center and cloud shapes — Manju [landscape, bridge and hut], early 19th century
Japan

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shaped like coiled snake with zigzag decorations; disk at center of coil carved with treelike symbol — Thread waxing tool, 19th-20th century
Taiwan

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comb topped with row of five faces on each side; u-shaped area around teeth decorated with zigzags and diamonds — Comb, 19th-20th century
Taiwan

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Red lacquer panel, carved and inlaid with gold; compartmentalized top with organic repeating designs around edges; central section with vessel at center sprouting long, curling stems with four cushionlike flowers which support various unindentified objects — Sutra Cover, one of a pair, 1403-1424
China

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flat, kidney-shaped basket with slightly pointed end; low handle arcing over basket between pointed end and rounded end; vertical weave alternating between wide and thin slats with spiraled horizontal stitching; low lacquered bamboo cylinder — Swallowtail Basket, 2000
Tanioka Shigeo

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round basket with flat top and round mouth; star-patterned weave with spiraling top weave; hexagonal base; wide bamboo cylinder for holding flowers — Sound of the Tide, 2000
Tanioka Shigeo

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square basket with rounded corners; square opening at top center with smaller square opening visible through bottom center; bamboo cylinder for flowers — Flower Basket, 2003
Tanioka Shigeo

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table with drawer, curved legs attached to base, design of landscape on top and paired phoenixes on base; carved cinnabar lacquer — Table Top Incense Stand, c. 1425
China

G215

seated cross-legged Buddha with PR hand pointing downward and PL hand palm up on lap; head bent slightly downward, eyes closed; brownish-red color — Shakyamuni Buddha Calling the Earth to Witness, late 18th century
Myanmar (Burma)

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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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rounded box on a short foot; carved red, green and brown lacquer; dragons in cloud forms around base and cover with dragon at top; geometric bands — Nine Dragon Box, 18th century
China

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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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rectangular sake container with two gold ducks swimming away from a sprig of reeds on either side; small, graceful willow with lotus leaves on shore on both short ends; grass design on top with spout top center — Sake container with design of ducks, 17th-18th century
Japan

G221

black lacquered, high walled tray with crescent-shaped cutouts on sides near top; simple, silver wavelike pattern painted on each side; celadon glazed cup with vertical incised lines and incised square motif around lip; small bamboo cylinder — Tobacco tray with wave design [one of a pair], 1920s-1930s
Kamisaka Sekka

G238

black lacquered, high walled tray with crescent-shaped cutouts on sides near top; simple, silver wavelike pattern painted on each side; celadon glazed cup with vertical incised lines and incised square motif around lip; small bamboo cylinder — Tobacco tray with wave design [one of a pair], 1920s-1930s
Kamisaka Sekka

G238

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
Japan

G219

L door: mallard at center behind reeds — Sliding Doors with Ducks and Reeds [left of a pair], second half 19th century
Shibata Zeshin

G221

boat shaped flower basket with arching, woven "canopy" at one end with rattan loops; oblong copper tray insert with lacquer-like patina — Trailing Rings, second half 19th century
Wada Waichisai

G223

12 string instrument; circle and crescent openings at bottom reflected in top inlay at one short end; mother-of-pearl inlay, two birds and moon in clouds at upper surface, sides adorned by birds and plants; underside grain appears to look like oak — Kayagum, 19th century
Unknown Korean

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Toilet box in shape of casket, cover with metal handle, inside decorated around and on top of a fitted tray with flower sprays. Aventurine and gold. Cover mottled gold and black with crescent moons. — (Small Box in the Shape of a Firefly Cage), 19th century
Unknown Japanese

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seated figure with legs crossed; PR hand raised in gesture of abhayamudra; wearing robe decorated with patterned block and floral stripes in gold; seated on a lotus petal throne — Amoghasiddhi, 1403-1424
China

G212

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
Japan

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Hall plaque, 19th century

Shen Maode (alias Geqing), active early 19th century

G218

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

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brown lacquer with a high scrolling central splat decorated with gold lacquer — Chair, One of a Pair, 17th century
China

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upright rectangular cupboard; two sections, upper removable hat box; two doors each with surface mounted pierced foliate hinges and lock plates, two lock pins with floral finials; upper and lower doors have continuous landscape designs in color on black ground — Compound Wardrobe Cabinet, early 17th century
China

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red lacquer handle with spiraling dragon and clouds; stylized good-fortune characters around bulbous section where bristles are attached; doubled black thread on end for hanging loop; dark brown bristles — Calligraphy brush, late 19th century
China

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Quadrifoil Box, one of a pair, China — Quadrifoil Box, one of a pair, 1662-1722
China

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Presentation Box and Cover in Tsung Form, China — Presentation Box and Cover in Tsung Form, 1736-1795
China

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