Arthur M. Sackler Museum

Dara Shikoh with Sages

Payag · c. 1635

Opaque watercolor and gold on paper · Albums

Courtesan Somenosuke of the Matsubaya (Matsubaya uchi Somenosuke), from the series "Beauties of the Yoshiwara" (Seirō bijin awase)

Eishōsai Chōki · Mid to Late Edo period, circa 1780-1805

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink, colors and black lacquer on…

Rock and Vine with Green Leaves

Goshun 呉春 (Matsumura Gekkei 松村月渓) · Mid Edo period, circa…

Album leaf mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and color on silk…

Orchids and Rocks

Yi Ha-ŭng (also known as Taewŏn’gun) · dated early autumn…

Ten-panel folding screen; ink on silk; with signature reading "Sŏk-p’a ch’il-ship-sam-se no-in…

Five Views of an Elephant Combat

Shaykh Taju · c. 1730

Black and red-brown inks over charcoal underdrawing on beige laid paper ·…

Moon and Melon

Bada Shanren (Zhu Da) 八大山人 (朱耷) · 1689

Hanging scroll: ink on paper; with signature reading "Bada Shanren" · Paintings…

Figures from the Annunciation (painting, recto; calligraphy, verso)

Sadiqi Beg · c. 1590

Black ink, opaque watercolor on off-white paper · Albums

The Picture Contest (Eawase), Calligraphic Excerpt from Chapter 17 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari)

Reizei Tamehiro · Muromachi period, datable to 1509-1510

The seventeenth of a series of 54 kotobagaki (calligraphic album leaves) mounted…

Tale of the Rat (Nezumi zōshi emaki)

Tosa Mitsunobu · Muromachi period, circa 1469

Handscroll; ink, color, and gold on paper · Paintings

Bell Krater (mixing bowl for wine and water): Scene from a Comic Play

The McDaniel Painter · 400-370 BCE

Terracotta · Vessels

Neck Amphora (storage jar): Nereus (or Triton) with Scepter and Dolphin; Woman Running

The Berlin Painter · c. 490 BCE

Terracotta · Vessels

'You' Covered Ritual Wine Vessel in the Form of Two Addorsed Owls

Unknown artist · 14th-11th century BCE

Cast bronze · Vessels

Angle-Shouldered Bottle with Small Mouth

Unknown artist · mid 18th century

Chosŏn white ware: porcelain with light blue glaze. From the kilns at…

Blossoming Plum

Cho Hŭi-ryong · mid-19th century

Folding album leaf (from an album of sixteen leaves) mounted as a…

Fans on a Stream in a Landscape (Ogi nagashi byōbu)

Tawaraya Sōtatsu 俵屋宗達 · Mid Edo period, 18th century

Six-panel folding screen; ink, colors and gold- and silver-leaf on paper ·…

Left Hand of a Colossal Amida Buddha

Kaikei · first quarter 13th century

Wood with traces of lacquer, polychromy, and gilding · Sculpture