White Porcelain Flower Vase from the Song Dynasty, right from a set of "Three Vases", 1922

Yamamura Kōka (Toyonari)

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mountainous landscape with extremely tall trees in foreground; two figures in a building near bottom center; inscriptions in URC and ULC — Landscape after Wang Meng's "Noble Reclusion Among Pines and Streams", c. 1730
Xie Songzhou

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The Floodplain at Lu-liang (painting) Song of the Floodplain at Lu-liang (calligraphy), 1550

Wen Zhengming

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double gourd-shaped ewer, Sung Dynasty, Chun ware; porcelaneous stoneware with blue glaze — Double Gourd-shaped Ewer, 12th century
China

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In style of Wu Yuan-yu (Sung Dynasty artist). — Swan and Cygnets, 14th-15th century
After Wu Yuanyu

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Scalloped edge dish; raised decoration throughout interior of flowers and foliage; white glaze overall — Dish, 10th century
China

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elongated body with rounded upper, topped by a long neck with bird head, terminated on top of the head by an open flower functioning as the mouth of the vessel — Phoenix-Head Ewer, 10th-13th century
China

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scholar and attendant in LL corner on a riverbank looking at a waterfall at L; rocky landscape; scattered trees with gnarled trunks — Listening to the Waterfall, c. 1450
Unknown Zhe school artist

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Bowl, shallow, with rim, of celadon ware from the Lung-Ch'uan district. The bottom is decorated with two fish in relief under the glaze, and the outside of the body is carved in a design of leaves. Thick, translucent bluish-green glaze on a body of greyish-white clay which shows through at edges where glaze is thin. The unglazed rim of the foot is a rusty brown, indicating the presence of iron in the clay — Shallow bowl with double fish motif, 12th-13th 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

G210

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

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painted pottery figure of a lady with an elaborate coif and a full round face; tiny hands extend outward from wide sleeves of a loosely draped robe covering an amply sized figure; the robe falls over the upturned toes of shoes; on a rectangular base — Standing Lady, c. 725-750
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 bodhisattva, probably Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin), 12th-13th century
China

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rounded body on raised foot; slightly inward-curving lip; surface decorated with abstracted floral shapes in brown glaze 5 on interior, 4 at lip and outer edge, separated by brown ovals — Bowl, 9th century
China

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robin's egg blue glaze; stand has scalloped edge on bottom with perforated repeated design at base; cup has scalloped edge — Wine Cup and Stand, 11th century
China

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small round-bottomed bowl with short foot; sides slightly flaring inward; slightly domed lid with wide lip; small finial; brown glaze — Covered Bowl, 11th-12th century
China

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bowl depicting baby and floral spray design — Carved Yingqing Bowl, 960-1280
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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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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two figures on small bridge at LL walking towards open pavilion within a small grove of trees; robed figure on trail at lower center approaches pavilion; towering, bulbous rock formation in background at R; waterway and richly foliated landscape — Meeting Along the River, c. 1492-1518
Zhu Duan

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white porcelain tea bowl with floral design in inner bowl; round circle in C of bowl, with large, looping leaves; repeating pattern of daisy petals around outer rim of bowl — White Porcelain Tea Bowl with Karakusa Design, 20th century
Tsukamoto Kaiji

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cylindrical form with 3 stylized trefoil clouds for feet; body decorated with 3 bands of 3 raised ridges; blue-green bubbly celedon glaze — Cylindrical Tripod Censer, 12th-13th century
China

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rounded body with thin tapering neck, flaring to wide lip; dark brown glaze with 2 bands with cut-glaze decoration with floral motifs — Bottle, 13th-14th century
China

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Chunware; small blue bowl with red/ purple splotch; brown trim on rim; 5/8" wide lip; stored in box with L2004.359.1 — Saucer bowl, Song dynasty, 13th 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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bulbous round body tapering and flaring outward to second smaller bulbous shape on small foot; grey-white glaze — Gourd-Shaped Vase, 11th century
China

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five pointed leaf motif with six leaved flower (in plain and twisted wire) within it; a multiple leaved blossom at center; pin extends down from center — Hair Ornament, one of a pair, 11th century
China

G208

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

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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

brown glaze; wide shoulder with short narrow neck; 4 bands of cut away (sgraffiato) decoration (from top) leafy scroll, key-fret, floral with twisting vines, stylized leaves and flowers; has fitted blue box — Ovoid Bottle, late 12th century
China

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a small cup with slightly flaring foot; tall sides; bluish white glaze; b Saucer shaped at center with inverted cup shape on top; wide foot; bluish white glaze — Wine Cup with Stand, 13th century
China

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group of drunken men clustered around tables, attempting calligraphy, leading and riding a horse; man at UR standing behind banner — Eight Immortals Indulged in Wine, early 19th century
Watanabe Nangaku

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pear-shaped body with long flaring neck; carved floral pattern; knife-cut, slightly flared foot; light tan glaze with light grey stoneware — Bottle Vase, 13th century
China

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octagonal-shaped box-like form; glazed white with central area of brown containing 14 Chinese characters in white slip on top; two flanking areas decorated with brown foliate designs — Octagonal Pillow, late 12th-early 13th century
China

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Yingqing ewer with 8 panels (facets) on body and lid; rounded body with long faceted neck; thin pulled handle and long thin spout; tall lid has flower-shaped knob; 10 scalloped lobes on tall sided basin; pale greenish-grey glaze — Wine Ewer and Basin, 11th 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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Vase-shaped with flaring foot and mouth and wide neck; 2 ring handles; geometric and organic designs overall — Vase, Yongzheng period, 1723-1735
China

G214

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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dark brown glaze splashed with pale blue on the vessel's shoulder; rare phosphatic glaze; unglazed foot — Jar, 8th century
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, 18th century
China

G214

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, Yongzheng period, 1723-1735
China

G214

vase-shaped with flaring foot and mouth and wide neck; 2 ring handles; geometric and organic designs overall — Vase, Yongzheng period, 1723-1735
China

G214

"oil spot" black glaze; outward-rolled lip; rounded bottom; 3 molded feet — Tripod Censer, 12th-13th 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

G214

Carved from white and brown jadeite in vertical strata, the flattened shield-shaped vase carved with pairs of stylized dragons holding a pearl in theior mouths, below a shou medallion on the neck, the decoration on each side in bright reddish-brown colored stonein relief against a pure white background, the neck with masl and loose ring handles, and the rim with more of the reddish-brown skin of the stone used to highlight a fretwork band, the cover with double dragon-loop finial holding a pair of loose rings. — Covered Vase, 18th century
China

G210

small silver dish with raised gold colored decoration of grazing deer, mountains, and bent tree with a monkey; gold band separating scene from wall; lip is decorated with zigzag and spot incised lines — Dish, 1127-1279
China

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two quails on a rock over water; tall bamboo plants at right; large flowers above birds' heads — Quails and Bamboo, mid 15th century
Attributed to Jin Shi

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Painting dated 1103, but probably done later. — Swan and Cygnets, 15th century
After Wu Yuanyu

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black and rust streaked and spotted glaze; footed jar, with low outward flare, flaring in to mouth; concave cover with small knob — Jar and Cover, 12th 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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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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wide bowl with carved floral decoration on interior; green glaze — Celadon Bowl, 11th century
China

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round-bodied jar with wide mouth, on a tall foot; black/brown Temmoku glaze; vertical ribs on body with pair of small handles at mouth, with x's below on body — Wide Mouth Jar (guan), 10th-13th century
China

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eight-fold screen; unsigned; black and grey grapevine image framed by white and gold fabric background — Grapevines, late 19th century
Unknown Korean

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jar with narrow base, wide shoulder, narrow neck, and incised lip; concentric incised lines around neck, shoulder, and portion of center; light greenish glaze — Vase in meiping shape, 13th century
Unknown Japanese

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Bamboo, Dai Mingyue — Bamboo, c. 1650
Dai Mingyue

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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

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chrysanthemum blooms and leaves center and left; mantis-like insect on bloom at center right; circular mat; faded red seal upper right; single line of calligraphy upper left with faded red seal below — Chrysanthemums, 13th-14th century
Guan Daosheng

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Ovoid vessel with small pulled handle attached to neck and shoulder; short, narrow neck; thin spout; lid with finial-like handle — Ewer with Cover, 10th-11th century
China

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black lacquer with red interior; central medallion of carved mother-of-pearl; pewter wire accents on edges — Round Lobed Box, c. 1300
China

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landscape with tall jagged rocks; waterfall at R with river at L; tiny figure with donkey in LLC at bank; small buildings in LRC and L behind and above figure and donkey; one seal, LRC; two seals, LLC; two seals and inscription, ULC — Waiting for the Ferry, 1618
Jiang Ai

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white-robed figure resting on a rock within a churning body of water; large halo behind figure's head, landscape with waterfall extending up L side; figure wears ornate gold headdress, earrings, and bracelets — White-robed Kannon, late 15th century
attributed to Kenkō Shōkei

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one of a pair of landscapes; once grouped with white-robed Kannon that was placed in center; left landscape; rocky cliff at LR with trees and boulder below; to men crossing an arched bridge near LL; small building in background; far background a misty rock outcropping with pine trees — Landscape [left of a triptych of White-Robed Kannon with Landscapes], late 15th century
attributed to Kenkō Shōkei

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one of a pair of landscapes, right; once grouped with a white-robed Kannon that was placed in the center; tall, vertical rock formation at L; water at R with a boat and more rock formations and a flock of birds in the background; in foreground, smaller rock formation with pine trees, small village, and two men walking away from fishing boat — Landscape [right of a triptych of White-Robed Kannon with Landscapes], late 15th century
attributed to Kenkō Shōkei

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bulging sides from narrow base and narrow shoulder; everted lip; shiny black glaze with iron oxide (brown) dot-like splotches overall and scrolls at shoulder — Ovoid Vase, 11th-12th century
China

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male figure in lower half of image area, wrapped in red cloak that covers his head; large eyes gazing off to PR side; a hoop earring in each ear; closely trimmed beard — Bodhidharma, one of a pair, 13th century
Attributed to Yan Hui

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white bird standing on one leg in water, with some long, thin leaves around and above bird at left; received without scroll roller ends — White Egret, 12th-13th century
Attributed to Liang Kai

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round-bodied jar on a wide ring foot tapering to a very short neck with a widely flaring trumpet mouth; green glaze — Waste Vessel (ch'a-tou), 9th century
China

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a: fine grain, smooth textured stone; dark purplish-gray color; carved in outline of "wind" character (feng); wide flat surface sloping down to a well enclosed by a raised border at the narrower end, border continues on the long sides and tapers down to the curved lip of the open fan-shaped wider end; two slab supports carved out of the edges on the underside; remains of black ink in interior margins; b: silver box with open pedestal base pierced on all four sides with wide oval openings of ogee-bracket form above the flat flanged foot; supports a quadrilateral container with tapered sides and rounded ends fitted to the outside of the inkstone; shallow sides with an inner flange; c: plain domed cover — Inkstone and Fitted Silver Box, 10th-11th century
China

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Vase, China — Vase, 618-799
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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seated tiger licking front PL paw; brown and gold brocade border — Tiger Licking Its Paw, 17th century
Attributed to Tawaraya Sōtatsu

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6 panels, alternating between large calligraphy, and images of bamboo with rocks, and smaller inscriptions — Bamboo and Chinese Poems [left of a pair], 1865
Doi Gōga

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6 panel screen with alternating panels of calligraphy, and panels of bamboo stalks with delicate foliage and small inscriptions — Bamboo and Chinese Poems [right of a pair], 1865
Doi Gōga

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top 3/4 of a male figure wrapped completely in red robe, frowning mouth, eyes gazing slightly upward; three line inscription in black ink at top; one line red inscription bottom — Daruma, c. 1818 - 1837
Mindō Sōsen; Author: Inscribed by Chūhō Sō'u

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irregular rock, LRC; bamboo with dark leaves at L; text, URC — Bamboo and Rock after Zheng Xie, 1919
Wu Changshuo

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horizontal wedge-shaped form with flaring sides, narrows at top; mounts to wooden block base — Distant Seascape VI, 2004 (model from 1990)
Fukami Sueharu

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black and white drawing of a thick, squat bamboo shoot and three small mushrooms; inscription in URC — Bamboo Shoot and Mushrooms, 1626
Zhen Yi

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two men, one with staff, and attendant on river bank near lower left corner with building near center and at left in flat-topped mountains; flowering tree at center — Landscape at Pingshan Pavilion, 1670
Zhang Sheng

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unsigned; scene with figures in foregreound: group of attendants on L with man in white facing woman in white; landscape with water in background on R; interior on L; gold leaf background — Emperor Ming Huang and Yang Guifei, around 1600
attributed to Kano Naganobu

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dark oval scene of trees with a small house in the LL corner and a boat in the LR corner; mountains in the back ground — Winter Landscape with Boat, 12th century
China

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The Red Cliff, Qian Du — The Red Cliff, 1813
Qian Du

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tall bamboo stalks with leaves growing next to a stream with rocks at LL and R side near bottom; wood roller — Bamboo and Rocks, 1688
Zhu Sheng

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Lin Hejing Searching for Plum Blossoms, late 16th century

Kano Gyokuraku

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four removable trays/compartments plus cover, held into place with a base with triangular brackets on short ends and a horizontal element at top; trays and cover lift off and stack on each other; decorated with floral motifs in red, pink, green and white with gold edging; top decorated with four red dragons at corners and scalloped red cartouche with pink and red flowers growing from rock; side supports have red and gold scrolling moldings — Wedding chest, early 19th century
China

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landscape with green and brown tall rock formations at top, dotted with trees; water at middle; rocks and trees at bottom — Landscape with Spring Scenery, April 1918
Fukuda Kodōjin

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winding river through rocky landscape with small bridge; figure in boat; nearly invisible buildings, nestled in mountain crevices — Landscape after Dong Yuan, 1775
Wang Chen

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Buildings at the base and side of tree-dotted mountains — Living in the Mountains, 1786
Shen Zongqian

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predominately light green and grey; irregular green mountain peaks with several buildings partially hidden by foliage; several areas of stair steps visible between foliage; waterfalls — Rivers and Mountains in Late Spring, 2006
Li Xubai

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The Illustrated Text of Three-Character Verse (Hui-tu San-tz'u Ching), 1573-1620

China

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Chinese Rock Garden, Date Unknown

China

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Cup Stand, 11th-12th century

China

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The Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup, c. 1520s

Hsu Lin

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The Pleasure of Fishes, late 14th-early 15th century

China

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