EditorialSquare bowl with four narrative scenes, Square bowl of porcelain with flattened corners and flared wall, painted in underglaze blue with narrative scenes. On the outside four narrative scenes: two ladies and a gentleman on a fenced patio pointing somew...
EditorialDish with bleu poudr? and figures on a terrace, Porcelain dish with raised wall and bevel, decorated in underglaze blue and on the glaze blue, red, green, yellow, eggplant, black and gold. The front of the dish is covered with bleu poudr? (powder blue)...
EditorialDish with bleu poudr? and figures on a terrace, Porcelain dish with raised wall and bevel, decorated in underglaze blue and on the glaze blue, red, green, yellow, eggplant, black and gold. The front of the dish is covered with bleu poudr? (powder blue)...
EditorialBell-shaped cup with eight geese, Bell-shaped head with lobed edge, painted on the glaze in blue, red, green, black and gold. On the wall eight geese near rocks, grazing or flying. Porcelain with enamel colors., anonymous, China, c. 1725 - c. 1749, Qin...
EditorialBowl with a continuous landscape with scholars, Porcelain bowl with a slightly flared wall and slanted edge, painted in underglaze blue. On the outside of the bowl a continuous representation of scholars in a landscape with water, trees and rocks, a sc...
EditorialBell-shaped bowl with two scenes and a seated person below a tree, Bell-shaped bowl of porcelain, painted in underglaze blue. On the outer wall two scenes separated by rocks and trees: two warriors on horseback in a landscape with a standard bearer nex...
EditorialSquare bowl with four narrative scenes, Square bowl of porcelain with flattened corners and flared wall, painted in underglaze blue with narrative scenes. On the outside four narrative scenes: two ladies and a gentleman on a fenced patio pointing somew...
EditorialScholar Playing a Qin, 1800s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392-1910). Album leaf; ink and color on silk; painting only: 23.5 x 23.8 cm (9 1/4 x 9 3/8 in.); overall: 26.5 x 26.5 cm (10 7/16 x 10 7/16 in.).
Editorial?? ????? ???, Inscriptions on the Stone Drums (Eastern Zhou dynasty, 5th century B.C.), Ming dynasty (1368?1644), 17th century, China, Set of rubbings in ten sections mounted as a pair of handscrolls; ink on paper, Image (scroll a): 16 1/2 ? 257 1/4 in...
EditorialLandscape of Qin Palaces, Ming dynasty (1368?1644) or earlier, China, Handscroll; ink and color on silk, 11 5/8 x 95 1/2 in. (29.5 x 242.6 cm), Paintings, Unidentified Artist, In the style of Zhao Boju (Chinese, 11th century).
Editorial? ????, Inkstone in the Form of a Qin Zither, Song dynasty (960?1279), China, Stone (slaty shale), H. 3/4 in. (1.9 cm); W. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); L. 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm), Inkstone.
Editorial?? (?)????, Seal with Knob in the Shape of a Turtle, Eastern Han dynasty (25?220), ca. 1st?2nd century, China, Silver, H. 1/4 in. (0.7 cm); W. 1 in. (2.5 cm); D. 1 in. (2.5 cm), Seals, So-called ?seal script,? seen here, is an archaic writing style tha...
EditorialPortraits of Chinese emperors and famous men including ruler god Fo-hi 1, philosopher Confucius 2, the bookburner Qin Shi Huang 3, the writer Fo-chen 4, empress Wu Zetian 5 and emperor Taizong, founder of the Tang dynasty 6. Handcoloured copperplate en...