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Results for "Chinese Sages"12 records

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The Five Sages Terrace, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou by Shen Zhou, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Five Sages Terrace, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou

Shen Zhou (d. 1509)

after 1490 · Painting, Album leaf; ink on paper or ink and slight color on paper

Cleared · CC0

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Teacup from Teacups with a Hundred Sages by Seifū Yohei III, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Teacup from Teacups with a Hundred Sages

Seifū Yohei III (d. 1914)

1893–1914 · Ceramic, One from a set of five teacups; porcelain with underglaze blue

Cleared · CC0

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Teacup from Teacups with a Hundred Sages by Seifū Yohei III, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Teacup from Teacups with a Hundred Sages

Seifū Yohei III (d. 1914)

1893–1914 · Ceramic, One from a set of five teacups; porcelain with underglaze blue

Cleared · CC0

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Teacups with a Hundred Sages by Seifū Yohei III, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Teacups with a Hundred Sages

Seifū Yohei III (d. 1914)

1893–1914 · Ceramic, Set of five teacups; porcelain with underglaze blue

Cleared · CC0

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Teacup from Teacups with a Hundred Sages by Seifū Yohei III, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Teacup from Teacups with a Hundred Sages

Seifū Yohei III (d. 1914)

1893–1914 · Ceramic, One from a set of five teacups; porcelain with underglaze blue

Cleared · CC0

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Teacup from Teacups with a Hundred Sages by Seifū Yohei III, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Teacup from Teacups with a Hundred Sages

Seifū Yohei III (d. 1914)

1893–1914 · Ceramic, One from a set of five teacups; porcelain with underglaze blue

Cleared · CC0

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Teacup from Teacups with a Hundred Sages by Seifū Yohei III, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Teacup from Teacups with a Hundred Sages

Seifū Yohei III (d. 1914)

1893–1914 · Ceramic, One from a set of five teacups; porcelain with underglaze blue

Cleared · CC0

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Zhi and Xu's Pure Conversation by Lan Ying, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Zhi and Xu's Pure Conversation

Lan Ying (d. 1664)

1643 · Painting, Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Cleared · CC0

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Clip for Paper with Sage Seated Under a Pine by Pu Zhongqian, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Clip for Paper with Sage Seated Under a Pine

Pu Zhongqian

1600s or 1700s · Wood, carved bamboo

Cleared · CC0

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Scepter in the Shape of a Ruyi Fungus by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Scepter in the Shape of a Ruyi Fungus

Unrecorded maker

1700s · Wood, carved boxwood

Cleared · CC0

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The Bird's Nest Patriarch by Tawaraya Sōtatsu, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Bird's Nest Patriarch

Tawaraya Sōtatsu (d. 1640)

early to mid-1600s · Painting, hanging scroll; ink on paper

Cleared · CC0

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Chinese Sages by Kano Tan’yū, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Chinese Sages

Kano Tan’yū (d. 1674)

mid- to late 1600s · Painting, hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

Cleared · CC0

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