Nara period, late eighth century
calligraphy proper: H. 26.1 x W. 52.1 cm (10 1/4 x 20 1/2 in.) max. with mounting, roller ends and suspension cord: H. 140.5 x W. 83.5 cm (55 5/16 x 32 7/8 in.)
One of a pair of hanging scrolls now mounted as the seventh and eighth panels of a ten-panel folding screen; ink on lavendar- and orange-tinted papers decorated with seven dragon-and pearl roundels interspersed with scrolling clouds on the right panel and with designs of flying bats and scrolling clouds on the left panel, the decorations all painted in ink; with signature of the artist reading "Hae-sa"; with one square, red, intaglio seal of the artist reading "Kim Sŏng Kŭn In"
19th-20th centuryKoreanHanging scroll; ink on paper, with signature reading "Tōgō sho"
20th centuryJapaneseHanging scroll; ink on paper
17th centuryJapaneseInk on paper
ChineseInk on paper
13th centuryJapaneseOne of a pair of hanging scrolls now mounted as the first and second panel of a ten-panel folding screen; ink on paper decorated with designs of auspicious emblems and fruiting and blossoming branches painted in ink and pigments and also with designs of scrolling clouds painted (or printed?) in metallic pigment; with signature of the artist reading "Cha-ha"; with one square, red, relief seal of the artist reading "Cha Ha"
19th centuryKoreanFramed panel; ink on paper
20th centuryJapaneseCalligraphic fragments mounted as a handscroll; ink on kumogami (paper decorated with cloud-designs in purple and blue pigments)
14th centuryJapaneseHanging scroll; ink on gold-scattered paper
ChineseInk, gold and silver on paper
19th centuryPersianThe third of a series of 54 kotobagaki (calligraphic album leaves) mounted in an album with illustrations; ink and color on paper
16th centuryJapaneseSection of a handscroll mounted as an album leaf; ink on paper
14th centuryChinese