17th-18th century
H. 31.5 cm (12 3/8 in.)
Twenty manuscript books; ink on paper, with cover paintings in gold pigment on indigo-dyed paper
17th centuryJapaneseInk on paper
13th centuryJapaneseInk, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
19th centuryPersianCalligaphic and printed fragments mounted in accordion-fold album; ink, gold and silver on various colored papers
JapaneseHandscroll; ink on paper
14th-15th centuryChinese53rd of a set of 54 thread-bound books; ink on paper
17th-18th centuryJapaneseTwelve manuscript books; thread-bound, ink on paper with covers, gold designs on blue paper
17th-18th centuryJapaneseOne of a pair of hanging scrolls now mounted as the third and fourth panels of a ten-panel folding screen; ink on paper decorated with seven dragon-and-pearl roundels interspersed with designs of flying bats and scrolling clouds, the decorations all painted in ink; with signature reading "Sŏk-ch'on Cho-su"; with two seals of the artist reading "Yun Yong Ku In" and "Yŏk Su Hŏn"
19th-20th centuryKoreanAlbum leaf; ink on paper
ChineseFramed handscroll fragment; ink and color on paper
12th-14th centuryJapaneseInk, colors and gold on paper
18th centuryOttomanTwenty manuscript books; ink on paper, with cover paintings in gold pigment on indigo-dyed paper
17th centuryJapanese