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20.6 x 16.8 x 15 cm (1571 g)

Location: Asia, East: China
Period: Late 19th Century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art
Description: This is a Chinese lacquer carving of a Lohan, one of the 500 Buddhist disciples to achieve enlightenment, who is sat next to a tiger...

26 x 17 x 4 cm (631 g)

Location: Asia, East: China
Period: Late 19th Century
Classification/Nomenclature: Furnishings : Furniture : Support Furniture

34.3 x 17.8 x 11.5 cm (967 g)

Location: Asia, East: Japan
Period: Meiji Period; c. 1890s
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art
Description: This is a Japanese okimono of an oni (demon) carrying a bucket on his back and an octopus in his left hand...

25.8 x 13 x 11.5 cm (1327 g)

Location: Asia, East: Japan
Period: Late Edo - Early Meiji Period
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art

27 x 26 x 9.6 cm (1168 g)

Location: Asia, East: Japan
Period: Showa Period
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art
Description: This is a Japanese okimono of a horse, an animal that is regarded as sacred animals in Shintoism. As an example, horse paintings or ema were used as votive offerings in Japanese shrines...

44.5 x 39 x 26.5 cm (5992 g)

Location: Asia, East: Japan
Period: Late Edo-Early Meiji
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art

27.8 x 19.6 x 14.2 cm (999 g)

Location: Asia, East: Japan
Period: 19th Century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art
Description: This is a Japanese okimono of the Lohan (Arhat) Pindola holding a koro (censer). Lohans have learned the teachings of the Shaka (historical Buddha) and earned the title of Mugaku (nothing else to learn)...

18.7 x 13.5 x 11 cm (321 g)

Location: Asia, East: China
Period: Late Qing Dynasty; 18th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art
Description: This is a carving of Vanavasa, one of the arhats or Buddhist holy men. In legend, he was born during a rainstorm while the plantain trees made significant noise...

11.9 x 7.8 x 2.2 cm (359 g)

Location: Asia, East: China
Period: Late Qing Dynasty; 18th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Furnishings : Furniture : Support Furniture
Description: This is the stone base of a carving of Vanavasa, one of the arhats or Buddhist holy men. In legend, he was born during a rainstorm while the plantain trees made significant noise...

21.3 x 14.7 x 10.1 cm (444 g)

Location: Asia, East: Japan
Period: Late Meiji Period
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art
Description: This is a Japanese okimono of Shoki, a being who pursues and kills the oni (demons) of the spiritual realms...

19 x 13.6 x 9.5 cm (315 g)

Location: Asia, East: Japan
Period: Meiji Period; 17th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art

26.3 x 13.2 cm (596 g)

Location: Asia, East: Japan
Classification/Nomenclature: Furnishings : Household Accessories : Storage & Display Accessories

26.5 x 12.9 cm (626 g)

Location: Asia, East: Japan
Period: Edo Period
Classification/Nomenclature: Furnishings : Household Accessories : Storage & Display Accessories

19.5 x 17.4 cm (1411 g)

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

19.4 x 18.5 cm (744 g)

Location: Asia, East: China
Period: Late Qing Dynasty; 19th Century
Classification/Nomenclature: Furnishings : Household Accessories : Storage & Display Accessories
Description: The Chinese bitong (brush pot) was an ideal interior design piece for the 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)...

15.9 x 12.1 cm (382 g)

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

13.5 x 11 cm (315 g)

Location: Asia, East: China
Period: Late Qing Dynasty; 20th Century
Classification/Nomenclature: Furnishings : Household Accessories : Storage & Display Accessories
Description: This artifact is the carved head of an incense burner container shaped like the body of a Qilin, also known as a Chinese unicorn...

29.6 x 23.5 cm (9045 g)

Location: Asia, East: China
Period: Kangxi Qing Dynasty
Classification/Nomenclature: Furnishings : Household Accessories : Storage & Display Accessories
Description: This is a Chinese zitan carving of a brush pot for a scholar's desk. The hardest and heaviest of the hardwoods, zitan is a reliable material for the Chinese decorative arts...

20 x 12 x 9.1 cm (262 g)

Location: Asia, East: Japan
Period: c. 1890
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art
Description: This Japanese boxwood okimono depicts three monkeys representing Sambiki Saru (Wise Monkeys). The Saru is one of the Zodiac and frequently plays a role in legend...

18.8 x 18.2 cm (2134 g)

Location: Asia, East: China
Period: Contemporary
Classification/Nomenclature: Furnishings : Household Accessories : Storage & Display Accessories

20.7 x 14.6 x 13 cm (1195 g)

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

45.6 x 18 x 13 cm (1841 g)

Location: Asia, East: China
Period: c. 18th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art

23 x 5.5 cm (567 g)

Location: Asia, East: China
Period: c. 18th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Furnishings : Furniture : Support Furniture

40.6 x 15.5 x 11.3 cm (694 g)

Location: Asia, East: Japan
Period: 1920s
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art

17.9 x 13 cm (1298 g)

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