18th century
14.3 x 12.8 cm (5 5/8 x 5 1/16 in.)
Enameled 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 centuryChineseEngraved copper plate
18th centuryGermanOpaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, platy hematite particles, and lacquer on pasteboard
19th centuryPersianDaihan (large-sized) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "dōgubori" (punch-carving), and "tsukibori" (thrust-carving) techniques
19th-20th centuryJapaneseInk on carved wood
19th centuryChinese