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Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Unrecorded maker

490–470 BCE · Terracotta

Women’s Kabuki

Kano Takanobu (d. 1618)

mid- to late 1610s · Six-panel folding screen; ink, color, gold, silver, and gold leaf on paper

Chinese Women and Children in a Palace Garden

Kano Eitoku (d. 1590)

first half 17th century · Six-panel folding screen; ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper

Beauty Playing a Shamisen

Unrecorded maker

second quarter of the 17th century · Remounted section of a screen; ink and color on paper

A Woman Playing the Theorbo-Lute and a Cavalier

Gerard ter Borch the Younger (d. 1681)

ca. 1658 · Oil on wood

Table screen with woman playing touhu

Unrecorded maker

late 17th century · Pewter with brass decoration

Kiyomizu Komachi, from the series Futabagusa nana Komachi

Kitagawa Utamaro (d. 1806)

1790s · Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Candelabrum with woman playing flute (one of a pair)

Aimé Chenavard (d. 1838)

1834–39 · Gilt bronze; rock crystal, carnelian

Candelabrum with woman playing guitar (one of a pair)

Aimé Chenavard (d. 1838)

1834–39 · Gilt bronze; rock crystal, carnelian

Table screen with a woman and boys

Unrecorded maker

19th century · Jade (nephrite)

Table screen with a woman and boys

Unrecorded maker

19th century · Spinach jade (nephrite)

A woman beside a table with a man playing the violin behind her

Paul Gavarni [Chevalier] (d. 1866)

19th century · Wood engraving