EditorialKatsushika Hokusai, Drunken Asaina, Japan, Edo period (16151868), Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 17601849 Tokyo (Edo)), ca. 1810, Japan, Fan mounted as hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, Image: 9 7/16 ? 20 3/16 in. (24 ? 51.3 cm), Overa...
Editorialsponton, Anonymous, 17th century, iron, ash wood, Round ash stick with a countersunk plate with the number 851. The two springs are swollen and secured with five rivets. Engraved on one of the feathers W: N?. 2 (?), Dimensions Catalog Dimensions: Overa...
EditorialKatsushika Hokusai, Drunken Asaina, Japan, Edo period (16151868), Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 17601849 Tokyo (Edo)), ca. 1810, Japan, Fan mounted as hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, Image: 9 7/16 ? 20 3/16 in. (24 ? 51.3 cm), Overa...
EditorialIsma'il Jalayir, Calligraphy Painting, Isma'il Jalayir (Iranian, active ca. 185881), Non-illustrated single work, ca. 1860, Country of Origin Iran, Opaque watercolor and ink on paste board, Painting: H: 17.75 in (45.1 cm) x W: 14.25 in (36.2 cm), Overa...
EditorialUnidentified Artist, Lady with Scroll, China, Ming (13681644) or Qing (16441911) dynasty, Unidentified Artist, In the style of Li Gonglin (Chinese, ca. 10411106), China, Hanging scroll; color on silk, Image: 47 3/4 ? 18 1/4 in. (121.3 ? 46.4 cm), Overa...
EditorialMatthew Boulton, Twelve-light candelabrum, British, Birmingham, Matthew Boulton (British, Birmingham 17281809 Birmingham), sockets by Robert Garrard I (active 17801818), sockets by John S. Hunt (entered 1844), 1805/6, British, Birmingham, Silver, Overa...
EditorialKing Siddhartha Tells Queen Trisala the Meaning of the Fourteen Dreams (left) and The Interpretation of Dreams (right): Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, India (Gujarat), 15th century, India (Gujarat), Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, Overa...
EditorialTwo Standing Figures (Study for A Game of Billiards), c. 1807. Louis L?opold Boilly (French, 1761-1845). Black chalk with gray and brown-black chalk, with stumping, framing lines in brown-black chalk; sheet: 31.2 x 26.6 cm (12 5/16 x 10 1/2 in.); overa...
EditorialShakyamuni Triad: Buddha Attended by Manjushri and Samantabhadra (Bodhisattva with Lion), late 1300s. China, Fuzhou, Fujian Province, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368). Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk; painting: 107 x 46.5 cm (42 1/8 x 18 5/16 in.); overa...
EditorialLeaf from a Jain Manuscript: Yoga-shastra: Text (recto); Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Yoga-shastra: Jain monk with Disciple and Two Laymen, Two Nuns and a Laywoman below (verso), 1279. Hemachandra (Indian). Opaque watercolor and ink on palm leaf; overa...