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17.8 x 12.6 x 10.5 cm (535 g)

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

16.7 x 14.1 x 8.3 cm (275 g)

Location: Asia, East: Japan
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Ceremonial Artifacts : Religious Objects

7 x 5.9 x 3 cm (23 g)

Location: Asia, East: Japan
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Ceremonial Artifacts : Religious Objects

25 x 14.5 x 11.9 cm (1754 g)

Location: Asia, East: China
Period: Qing Dynasty; 19th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art
Description: This Chinese carving of a wrist rest depicts Liu Hai, a Daoist immortal representing prosperity and wealth, with a three-legged toad...

13.8 x 11 x 9.4 cm (417 g)

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

31.5 x 11 x 6 cm (329 g)

Location: Asia, East: Japan
Period: c. 1890
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art

14 x 10.8 x 3.1 cm (104 g)

Location: Asia, East: Japan
Period: c. 1890
Classification/Nomenclature: Furnishings : Furniture : Support Furniture

16.3 x 14.5 cm (483 g)

Location: Asia, East: China
Period: Late Qing - Early Republic Period; Early 20th 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)...

41.4 x 31.2 x 26 cm (2390 g)

Location: Europe, West: England
Period: 19th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Furnishings : Furniture : Storage & Display Furniture

5 x 1.3 cm (5 g)

Location: Europe, West: England
Period: 19th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Science & Technology T&E : Regulative & Protective T&E : Protective Devices

26.6 x 19.8 x 17 cm (828 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...

27 x 20.5 x 3.4 cm (1498 g)

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

52.7 x 22.4 x 15.8 cm (5459 g)

Location: Asia, East: China
Period: Qing Dynasty; 18th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art
Description: This is a rootwood carving of a Lohan, one of the 500 Buddhist disciples to achieve enlightenment. Lohans have learned the teachings of the Shaka (historical Buddha) and earned the title of Mugaku (nothing else to learn)...

19 x 11.4 cm (387 g)

Location: Asia, East: China
Period: Qing Dynasty; 18th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Furnishings : Furniture : Support Furniture
Description: This is the base for a carving of a Lohan, one of the 500 Buddhist disciples to achieve enlightenment...

37 x 20.5 x 15.3 cm (2499 g)

Location: Asia, East: Japan
Period: 1880-1890
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art

29 x 26.4 x 23 cm (2554 g)

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

35.6 x 18.3 x 12.1 cm (1416 g)

Location: Asia, East: Japan
Period: Meiji Period; Late 19th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art
Description: This is a Japanese okimono of the famous Chinese general Guan Yu. He served under the warlord Liu Bei during the late Han Dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE) and the Three Kingdoms period (220 - 280 CE)...

41.5 x 7.1 x 5.4 cm (110 g)

Location: Asia, East: Japan
Period: Meiji Period; Late 19th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art
Description: This is the parasol of Yan Liang, a military general serving under the warlord Yuan Shao during the late Han Dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)...

34.2 x 17.6 x 13.2 cm (1328 g)

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

17.1 x 5 cm (310 g)

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

28.8 x 20.5 x 18 cm (839 g)

Location: Asia, East: China
Period: 19th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art

27 x 24.8 x 19.7 cm (5633 g)

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

31.7 x 23.3 x 18.2 cm (1155 g)

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

26 x 19.2 x 8.1 cm (503 g)

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

39.9 x 15.2 x 11.8 cm (1232 g)

Location: Asia, East: China
Period: 19th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art