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Calligraphy: "Happiness"
Empress Dowager Cixi
18th–19th century
Vase with alternating landscape and floral scenes
China
19th century
Peonies
Kuang Xü
printed 1922
Chrysanthemums
Kuang Xü
printed 1922
Flowers and Berries
Kuang Xü
printed 1922
Lotus
Kuang Xü
printed 1922
[Personal Travel Album Made by the Dowager Empress Maria Feoderovna Showing Events in the Daily Life of the Russian Imperial Family]
Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna
1916
Seal
China
19th century
[Personal Travel Album Made by the Dowager Empress Maria Feoderovna Showing Events in the Daily Life of the Russian Imperial Family]
Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna
1916
Dagmar, Dowager Empress (1847–1927)
Royal Porcelain Manufactory
20th century
Bowl
China
Maria Feodorovna, Dowager Empress of Russia
Unknown
1885–90
Buddha Maitreya (Mile)
China
dated 486 (10th year of Taihe reign)
Side table (commode servante or commode desserte)
Jean Henri Riesener
ca. 1790
Evening jacket
House of Lanvin
1936–37
Armchair (fauteuil à la reine) (part of a set)
Nicolas-Quinibert Foliot
ca. 1754–56
Center table
Imperial Armory, Tula (south of Moscow), Russia
ca. 1780–85
Emperor Xiaowen and his entourage worshipping the Buddha
China
ca. 522–23
Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet)
Martin Carlin
ca. 1776
Armchair (part of a set)
Nicolas-Quinibert Foliot
ca. 1754–56
Peaceful Pleasures of the Highest Nobility (Kyōraku taihei kiken zu)
Inoue Yasuji
1887
Ceremonial Birthday Robe
China
late 19th century
Zhong Kui accompanied by an attendant and a bat
Unidentified artist
19th or 20th century
Festival Overcoat
China
18th century
Guanyin as the Nine-Lotus Bodhisattva
Unidentified artist
1593
Vase
Meissen Manufactory
ca. 1735
Skirt
China
18th century
Woman’s robe with peacocks
China
late 19th–early 20th century
Woman’s robe decorated with cranes amid clouds
China
19th century
Woman’s robe with butterflies
China
late 19th century
Two Poems from One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets
Hon'ami Kōetsu
ca. 1615–20
[Family Album Assembled by Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna]
Xenia Alexandrovna
1904–5
Armchair (part of a set)
Nicolas-Quinibert Foliot
ca. 1754–56
Settee (canapé) (part of a set)
Nicolas-Quinibert Foliot
ca. 1754–56
Armchair (part of a set)
Nicolas-Quinibert Foliot
ca. 1754–56
Armchair (part of a set)
Nicolas-Quinibert Foliot
ca. 1754–56
Armchair (part of a set)
Nicolas-Quinibert Foliot
ca. 1754–56
Armchair (part of a set)
Nicolas-Quinibert Foliot
ca. 1754–56
Armchair (part of a set)
Nicolas-Quinibert Foliot
ca. 1754–56
Four upholstery panels for a settee
Beauvais
1754–56