1958
20 x 10.8 cm (7 7/8 x 4 1/4 in.)
Ink on carved wood
19th centuryChineseChūban (medium-sized) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "tsukibori" (thrust-carving) technique, with "ito-ire" (silk-web) reinforcement
19th-20th centuryJapaneseInk on carved wood
19th centuryChineseInk on carved wood
19th centuryChineseSeto ware: buff stoneware with transparent, pale green-blue glaze
JapaneseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double rectangle on the base
16th-17th centuryChineseLacquered fabric and persimmon-juiced paper support with coiled bamboo-leaf pad and bamboo-leaf wrapper
JapaneseLight gray-green, partly discolored nephrite
Chinese