late 19th-first third 20th century
each couplet: 119.8 x 26.4 cm (47 3/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
Album leaf; ink on paper
ChineseHandscroll; ink on paper with silver and gold-flecked top and bottom margins
11th-12th centuryJapaneseHandscroll; ink and light color on satin
19th centuryJapaneseThe fifty-fourth of a series of 54 kotobagaki (calligraphic album leaves) mounted in an album with illustrations; ink and color on paper
16th centuryJapaneseTwenty manuscript books; ink on paper, with cover paintings in gold pigment on indigo-dyed paper
17th centuryJapaneseTwelve manuscript books; thread-bound, ink on paper with covers, gold designs on blue paper
17th-18th centuryJapaneseInk, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
19th centuryPersianHandscroll; ink on paper
ChineseHanging scroll; ink on paper
ChineseHandscroll; ink on decorated silk with floral patterns in light color
18th centuryJapaneseInk on paper
Chinese4th of 5 thread-bound books; ink, gold and silver on paper; some colored paper
16th-17th centuryJapanese