Chūban (medium-sized) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "ichimaizukibori" (chisel-carving) technique, with "ito-ire" (silk-web) reinforcement

19th-20th centuryJapanese

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Small paintbrush

Unknown Artist, 20th century

20th centuryAmerican

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Pen Box with Flowers and Birds

Unknown Artist, c. 1850-1900

Opaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer over brass layer on pasteboard

19th century

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Ruler

Barnett Newman, 20th century

20th centuryAmerican

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Pen Box with Woman Wearing Beaded Necklace, Attended by Elderly Man

Haydar `Ali ibn Muhammad Isma`il, 1879-1880

Opaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer on pasteboard

19th century

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Package for turntable stylus

Barnett Newman, 20th century

20th centuryAmerican

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Box of No. 8 Crayola crayons

Unknown Artist, 20th century

20th centuryAmerican

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Tweezers

Barnett Newman, 20th century

20th centuryAmerican

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Pen Box with Foliate and Floral Scrolls in Gold

Sayyid Baqir Muzahhib, 1886-1887

Opaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer on pasteboard

19th century

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Katagami Textile Stencil with Flying Bird and Cloud Design

Unknown Artist, Late Edo-Meiji period, 19th-early 20th century

Chūban (medium-sized) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "hikibori" (pull-carving) and "tsukibori" (thrust-carving) techniques, with "ito-ire" (silk-web) reinforcement

19th-20th centuryJapanese

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Cylindrical hair-bristled brush, from a set of Japanese brushes

Unknown Artist

Animal hair bristles bound into a cylinder with string

Japanese