Late Edo-Meiji period, 19th-early 20th century
H. 30 x W. 44.7 cm (11 13/16 x 17 5/8 in.)
Opaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, platy hematite particles, and lacquer on pasteboard
19th centuryPersianBone
1st-4th century CERoman


Opaque and semi-opaque watercolor on prepared pasteboard under shellac varnish
19th century
Chūban (medium-sized) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "dōgubori" (punch-carving) and "tsukibori" (thrust-carving) techniques; with ink
20th centuryJapaneseEnameled 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 double bowstring lines at the end of the handle
16th-17th centuryChinese