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Star-Shaped Tile

Unrecorded maker

13th–14th century · Stonepaste; inglaze painted in blue and turquoise and luster-painted on opaque white glaze

Scholar Reclining and Watching Rising Clouds; Poem by Wang Wei

Ma Lin (d. 1260)

c. 1256 · Painting, Album leaf; ink on silk

Inscribed Pen Box

Unrecorded maker

made in early–late 14th century; altered shortly before mid-15th century · Brass; engraved and inlaid with silver, gold, and black compound

Scholar Reclining and Watching Rising Clouds, Poem by Wang Wei

Ma Lin (d. 1260)

c. 1256 · Painting, Album leaf; ink on silk

Seal Ring with Inscription

Unrecorded maker

late 15th–early 16th century · Gold, cast and chased; nephrite, carved

Poem by Wang Wei in the Cursive Script Style

Song Lizong (d. 1264)

1256 · Calligraphy, Album leaf; ink on silk

Page of Calligraphy

Muhammad Husayn al-Katib (d. 1640)

late 16th century · Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Album of Japanese and Chinese Poems to Sing

Konoe Nobutada (d. 1614)

early 17th century · Album of thirty-six leaves; each on gold, silver, or colored decorated paper

Portraits and Poems of the Thirty-six Poetic Immortals

Sumiyoshi Gukei (d. 1705)

1674–92 · Album of thirty-six paintings and thirty-six poems; ink, color and gold on silk and paper

Notebook of Calligraphy

Unrecorded maker

dated Muharram 1170 AH/October 1756 CE · Ink and gold on paper with embossed leather cover

The Courtesan Hanaōgi of the Ōgiya Brothel (Ōgiya Hanaōgi), from the series Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters as Six Floral Immortals (Seirō bijin rokkasen)

Chōbunsai Eishi 鳥文斎栄之 (d. 1829)

ca. 1794 (Kansei 6) · Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Fan with Poetic Verses

Unrecorded maker

dated 1301 AH/1883–1884 CE · Wood; painted, gilded, and lacquered