late 19th-first third 20th century
each couplet: 123 x 26.4 cm (48 7/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
Shikishi-shaped album leaf mounted as a hanging scroll; ink, gold, and silver on paper
16th-17th centuryJapaneseTwenty manuscript books; ink on paper, with cover paintings in gold pigment on indigo-dyed paper
17th centuryJapaneseThe fifteenth of a series of 54 kotobagaki (calligraphic album leaves) mounted in an album with illustrations; ink and color on paper
16th centuryJapaneseHandscroll; ink on paper
ChineseHandscroll; ink on paper; gold and silver leaf on back and margins
14th centuryJapaneseFirst of three handscrolls; ink on paper; punctuation: light red dots; reciting: dark red
10th-12th centuryJapaneseInk on paper mounted on wood panel
17th-18th centuryOttomanAlbum leaf; ink on paper
ChineseInk on paper
ChineseHandscroll; ink on yellow-dyed paper; temple seal in darkened cinnabar red
8th centuryJapaneseInk, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
19th centuryPersianInk and gold on paper
19th-20th centuryOttoman