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10.6 x 7.1 x 4.8 cm (71 g)

Location: Asia, East: Japan
Period: Circa 1904 - 1910
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art

12.3 x 7 x 5.5 cm (156 g)

Location: Asia, East: Japan
Period: Meiji period; 19th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art

8.4 x 6.9 x 5.5 cm (59 g)

Location: Asia, East: Japan
Period: Meiji Period; Circa 1880
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art
Description: This is a Japanese boxwood okimono of a farmer family. The farmer leads a horse holding his three children and wife...

20.5 x 8.8 x 8.6 cm (297 g)

Location: Asia, East: China
Period: C. 1850
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art

9.6 x 9 x 4 cm (142 g)

Location: Asia, East: China
Classification/Nomenclature: Furnishings : Furniture : Support Furniture

11.4 x 8 x 7.4 cm (133 g)

Location: Asia, East: China
Period: Late Qing Dynasty
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art
Description: This is a carving of Pantha the Elder, an enlightened Buddhist disciple (Lohan) who is often depicted as an elderly man resting against a tree...

25 x 20.5 x 18 cm (557 g)

Location: Asia, East: Japan
Period: Late 18th-Early19th Century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art

10.1 x 9.5 x 6 cm (125 g)

Location: Asia, East: Japan
Period: Meiji Period (1868-1912); c. 1868-1912
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art
Description: This Japanese okimono depicts Okame, the goddess of mirth and sensuality, who is always depicted to be smiling...

9.5 x 6.5 x 3.5 cm (96 g)

Location: Asia, East: China
Period: Qing Dynasty
Classification/Nomenclature: Furnishings : Household Accessories : Storage & Display Accessories
Description: This artifact is the bottom half of a carved Chinese wood container. Two dragons are featured in the design...

8.5 x 6.6 x 3.4 cm (63 g)

Location: Asia, East: China
Period: Qing Dynasty
Classification/Nomenclature: Furnishings : Household Accessories : Storage & Display Accessories
Description: This artifact is the top half of a carved Chinese wood container. Two dragons are featured in the design...

10 x 9.8 x 6 cm (207 g)

Location: Asia, East: China
Period: 18th - 19th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Furnishings : Household Accessories : Storage & Display Accessories

7.4 x 5.5 x 3.8 cm (37 g)

Location: Asia, East: China
Period: Qing Dynasty; 18th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art
Description: This is a Chinese carving of a water pot for a scholar's desk. The concept of the "four treasures" (inkstone, ink, brush, and paper) of a scholar's study became an appreciated facet of interior design during the Song Dynasty (960-1279)...

15 x 7 x 5.9 cm (173 g)

Location: Asia, East: Japan
Period: Meiji Period
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art
Description: This Japanese okimono depicts two arm wrestlers seated on a long mat. They appear to be in the middle of a match...

27.5 x 10.9 x 8.5 cm (1063 g)

Location: Asia, East: Japan
Period: Meiji Period
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art

26.4 x .6 cm (3 g)

Location: Asia, East: Japan
Period: Meiji Period
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art

19.8 x 9 x 8.7 cm (542 g)

Location: Asia, East: Japan
Period: 19th Century; Late 19th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art

16.1 x 10.8 x 6 cm (467 g)

Location: Asia, East: China
Period: Contemporary in the style of late Qing Dynasty
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art
Description: Brush rests were among the coveted items made for the Chinese scholar's desk. This type of brush rest, typically constructed of ivory, is made of bamboo...

27.9 x 12.5 x 7 cm (543 g)

Location: Asia, East: China
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art

28.1 x 7.5 x 3.5 cm (105 g)

Location: Asia, East: China
Period: Contemporary
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Personal Symbols : Status Symbols

24 x 13 x 5.9 cm (305 g)

Location: Asia, East: Japan
Period: Meiji Period; Circa 1890
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art
Description: This is a Japanese okimono of a cluster of goldfish (shinbunkin), signed by Chikuju. Fish have often held significance in Japanese legend as animals representing perseverance and fertility...

19.5 x 7.3 x 2.7 cm (124 g)

Location: Asia, East: China
Period: c. 1830
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art

9 x 5.4 x 4.4 cm (97 g)

Location: Asia, East: China
Classification/Nomenclature: Furnishings : Furniture : Support Furniture

7.2 x 7 x 4.5 cm (118 g)

Location: Asia, East: Japan
Period: Meiji Period; 19th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art
Description: This Japanese okimono is of the face of Daruma in bowl form. Daruma is commonly considered to be the founder of Chan (Zen) Buddhism and is credited with introducing the Chan philosophy to China...

19.4 x 14.1 x 7.1 cm (218 g)

Location: Asia, East: Japan
Period: Edo Period; 1st half of 19th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Ceremonial Artifacts

11.8 x 8 x 7 cm (128 g)

Location: Asia, East: Japan
Period: Late 18th - Early 19th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art
Description: This is a Japanese okimono of a priest in ornate attire. The okimono, meaning “object of display,” is a Japanese model or free-standing figure that developed from the smaller netsukes, which were clothing fasteners that appeared as three-dimensional carved figures or flattened and engraved buttons or boxes...