18th-19th century
Etching on off-white antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryItalianWoodblock printed sutra mounted as a handscroll; ink on paper (with modern frontispiece painted by Chen Zengshou [1878-1949] in ink and light color on paper). The printed sutra commissioned by Qian Hongshu (929-988; reigned as the fifth prince of the Wu-Yue Kingdom, 948-978).
10th centuryChineseEight thread-bound woodblock-printed books; ink on lightly-colored paper with printed designs in mica
17th centuryJapaneseEtching on white antique laid paper, discolored to cream, with a matching inlaid paper for the sky; backed overall with antique laid paper to support and disguise the repair
17th centuryDutchBuddhist woodblock print; ink on paper
18th centuryJapaneseUkiyo-e woodblock printed "surimono" in "shikishiban" format; Ink, color and metallic pigment on paper
19th centuryJapanese