Mid Edo period, 18th century
41 cm (16 1/8 in.)
Carved wood, x shaped folding book stand
20th centuryTurkishBrass
19th-20th centuryUnidentified cultureEnameled porcelain, "famille verte" type: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze polychrome enamels
17th-18th centuryChineseWood
18th-19th centuryBritishRed-lacquer-coated wood, the designs painted in black, green, and ochre lacquers on the red-lacquer ground. Probably made in Sichuan province; probably recovered at Lelang (also spelled Lo-lang; Korean, Naknang), near T'o-sông-ni, southwest of P'yôngyang, Korea. Attached to a reconstructed gilt wood stand.
1st century CEChineseBronze, lead on eyes
2nd-3rd century CERomanTwo-ply corrugated cardboard and masonite
20th centuryAmericanWood
16th centuryGermanWood
18th-19th centuryBritishStone
20th centuryChineseWalnut with a parquetry frieze
17th centuryDutchBronze
2nd century BCE-1st century CERoman