Late Heian period, circa 12th century
26.8 x 700.6 cm (10 1/2 x 275 13/16 in.)
Image: ink and color on silk; Calligraphy: ink on paper
ChineseSecond of two albums, each containing twenty-seven paired paintings & calligraphic excerpts, this one mounted with a later finispiece at the end
16th centuryJapaneseSet of ten thread-bound books; ink and color on decorated paper with designs in gold
17th centuryJapaneseHandscroll; gold and silver ink on blue paper, from Chūson-ji, Hiraizumi
12th centuryJapaneseHandscroll; gold on dark blue paper with silver guide lines
14th centuryJapaneseImage: ink and color on silk; Calligraphy: ink on paper
ChineseHanging scroll; ink and colors on paper; with signature reading "So-ch'i sŏ"; with four seals of the artist
19th centuryKoreanThe sixth of a set of six thread-bound books; ink, color, gold and silver on paper
18th-19th centuryJapaneseHandscroll; the painting in ink and color on silk, with signature of the artist reading "Jiajing gengyin qiyue siri; Zhengming xie", and with two seals of the artist reading "Zheng" and "Ming"; the calligraphy in ink on paper, with signature of the artist reading "Zhengming", and with two seals of the artist reading "Wen Zheng Ming Yin" and "Heng Shan".
16th centuryChineseInk on paper
ChineseSection of a handscroll mounted as an album leaf: ink and light color on silk
17th centuryChineseImage: ink and color on silk; Calligraphy: ink on paper
Chinese