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Two Pigeons

Unrecorded maker

ca. 1650 · Opaque color on paper

Landscape with Three Figures and Birds

Albert Flamen (d. 1688)

mid–late 17th century · Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash; framing lines in pen and brown ink, and brush and brown wash

Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons

Kano Sanboku (d. 1725)

late 17th century · Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on paper

Covered Box for Volumes

Unrecorded maker

late 17th century · Lacquered wood with gold and silver hiramaki-e on black ground

The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter

Unrecorded maker

late 17th century · Hand-illustrated set of three volumes; ink, color, gold, and silver on paper

Bamboo in Summer

Takahashi Sōhei (d. 1835)

1827 · Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Birds and Flowers

Unidentified artist

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

Kingfisher and Bamboo

Sesshū Tōyō 雪舟等楊 (d. 1506)

19th century · Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Plaque with dragon, pheasant, quail, and other birds amidst bamboo and plum blossom

Unrecorded maker

late 19th century · Ivory with pigment

Two Birds and Bamboo Plant

Unidentified artist

1911 · Miniature from album of eleven paintings; ink and color on silk

Inrō with Sparrows and Bamboo

Unrecorded maker

mid-19th–early 20th century · Two cases; lacquered wood with gold and silver hiramaki-e, togidashimaki-e, gold foil cutouts, and colored ivory inlay on gold lacquer ground Netsuke: kagamibuta type, bamboo with sparrow; wood and metal Ojime: blue-and-white porcelain bead

Wrist rest decorated with geese, sparrows, bamboo, and rock

Jin Xiya (d. 1979)

1945 · Bamboo carved in relief