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Daoist priest’s ritual robe with deities of the pantheon

Unrecorded maker

late 16th to early 17th century · Silk and metal thread embroidery on silk satin

Vase with cranes amid clouds

Unrecorded maker

late 17th–early 18th century · Porcelain painted in overglaze polychrome enamels (Jingdezhen ware)

Cranes amid seagrass

Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory (d. 1784)

ca. 1755 · Soft-paste porcelain

Jurōjin

Yosa Buson (d. 1783)

ca. 1758–69 · Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

Chasuble

Unrecorded maker

late 18th century or early 19th century · Silk satin, embroidered with silk

Over Robe (Uchikake) with Mount Hōrai

Unrecorded maker

late 18th century–first half 19th century · Figured satin-weave silk (rinzu) with paste-resist dyeing, stencil-dyed dots, and silk- and gold-thread embroidery

Vase with Lion-Shaped Handles and Cranes amid Clouds

Unrecorded maker

first half of the 19th century · White porcelain with designs in low relief (Hirado ware, Mikawachi kiln)

Woman's Overrobe (Uchikake) with Books and Mandarin Orange Branches

Unrecorded maker

first half of the 19th century · Embroidery in silk and metallic thread; appliqué of resist-dyed (shibori) silk fabrics on silk satin damask

Birds and Flowers

Unidentified artist

19th century · Eight-panel screen mounted as two sets of four panels; ink and color on paper

Woman’s robe decorated with cranes amid clouds

Unrecorded maker

19th century · Silk embroidery on silk satin

Woman’s wedding jacket and skirt

Unrecorded maker

early 20th century · Silk and metallic thread embroidery on silk satin

Girl in Fulton Street, New York

Walker Evans (d. 1975)

1929 · Gelatin silver print