Instructress Writing Down Her Admonitions for the Benefit of Two Young Ladies

attrib. to Gu Kaizhi

ca. 400

Six Dynasties China

Snow Landscape

Wang Wei

ink on silk

ca. 750

Tang China

Ewer with decoration of performing horse

Silver and gilt

before 756

Tang China

Kondo of Muro-ji

Nara Prefecture

early 9th c. 

Heian Japan

Tomb Figurines: Camel with Central Asian Musicians

Three-colored glazed earthenware

ca. 750

Tang China

Yakushi

wood

early 9th c.

Heian Japan

Red Fudo Myo-o

color on silk

early Heian Japan

First Illustration to the "Azumaya" chapter of The Tale of Genji

handscroll, ink and color on paper

12th c.

late Heian Japan

Buddha Amida

by Jocho

gilded wood 9'4"

Phoenix Hall, Byodoin

Late Heian, 11th c.

Scenes along the Xiao and Xiang Rivers

attrib. to Dong Yuan

handscroll, ink and slight color on silk

10th c.

Five Dynasties

A Solitary Temple Amid Clearing Peaks

attrib. to Li Cheng

ca. 960

Five Dynasties - Northern Song China

Monkey

Mao Song

leaf; ink and color on silk

ca. 1200

Early Southern Song China

Ladies Preparing Newly Woven Silk

attrib. to Emperor Hui Zong

handscroll, ink, color, and gold on silk

ca. 1120 

Northern Song China

Bulb Planter

porcelaneous stoneware

Northern Song China

Vase in shape of cong

Longquan Celadon

porcelaneous stoneware

ca. 1120

Song China

Mountain Village in Clearing Mist

Yu-jian

handscroll, ink on paper

mid 13th c.

Southern Song China

Great South Gate of Todai-ji

Nara, Japan

1199 CE

Kongo Rishiki (Guardian)

Jokei I.

painted wood

ca. 1210

Kamakura, Japan

Uesugi Shigefusa

wood

ca. 1252

Kamakura Japan

Kumano Mandala

hanging scroll, color on silk

ca. 1300

Kamakura Japan

Catching a Catfish with a Gourd

Josetsu

hanging scroll, ink and slight color on paper

ca. 1413

Early Muromachi Japan

Eka Showing his Severed Arm to Daruma

Sesshu Toyo

hanging scroll, ink and color on paper

1496

Muromachi Japan

Kinkaku (Golden Pavilion) of Rokuon-ji

Kyoto, Japan

1397

Muromachi Japan