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A suite of five linocuts individually titled: Juapong, Kpetoe, Tsito, Vane, Kpong, Atta Kwami Ghanaian, Linocut
A suite of five linocuts individually titled: Juapong, Kpetoe, Tsito, Vane, Kpong
Atta Kwami
2006
Koo Nimo: Listen, Listen: Adadam Agofomma
Mary Hark
Atta Kwami
2010
Box for Personal Accessories (Tebako) with Decoration Based on a Poem from the Shinkokinshū, Kōami Chōjū Japanese, Gold and silver makie with silver studs, Japan
Box for Personal Accessories (Tebako) with Decoration Based on a Poem from the Shinkokinshū
Kōami Chōjū
ca. 1633
Portable Writing Cabinet with Tokugawa Family Crests, Chrysanthemums, and Foliage Scrolls, Kōami School, Lacquered wood with gold and silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, and applied gold foil on nashiji ground, Japan
Portable Writing Cabinet with Tokugawa Family Crests, Chrysanthemums, and Foliage Scrolls
Kōami School
late 17th century
Inrō with Dragonflies, Kōami Nagataka Japanese, Three cases; lacquered wood with gold, red lacquer takamaki-e, hiramaki-e with mother-of-pearl inlay on black lacquer ground; Netsuke: carved ivory; dog; Ojime: carved ivory; persimmon, Japan
Inrō with Dragonflies
Kōami Nagataka
second half of the 18th century
Inrō with Carp Hanging Scroll and Characters , Kōami Chōkō Japanese, Three cases; lacquered wood with gold and silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, togidashimaki-e, gold foil cut-outs, and mother-of-pearl inlay on black ground<br/>Netsuke: kagamibuta with Shōjō design<br/>Ojime: agate bead, Japan

Inrō with Carp Hanging Scroll and Characters

Kōami Chōkō
second half of the 18th century
Small Box (Kobako) with Kyōgen Theater Scene at Mibu Temple in Kyoto, Kōami Shinzaburō, Lacquered wood with gold, silver, and red togidashimaki-e on black ground, Japan
Small Box (Kobako) with Kyōgen Theater Scene at Mibu Temple in Kyoto
Kōami Shinzaburō
ca. second half of the18th century
"Red-Cornered" incense box (sumiaka chinkobako)
Kōami Chōjū
ca. 1633
Leitmotiv : boletin de hechos & ideas, Roberto Matta Chilean
Leitmotiv : boletin de hechos & ideas
Multiple artists/makers
1942-
Being With (Être Avec), Roberto Matta Chilean, Oil on canvas
Being With (Être Avec)
Roberto Matta
1946
Folio from the "Qur'an of `Umar Aqta', `Umar Aqta', Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Folio from the "Qur'an of `Umar Aqta'
`Umar Aqta'
late 14th–early 15th century (before 1405)
Section from the "Qur'an of `Umar Aqta', `Umar Aqta', Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Section from the "Qur'an of `Umar Aqta'
`Umar Aqta'
late 14th–early 15th century (before 1405)
Section from a Qur'an Manuscript, `Umar Aqta', Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Section from a Qur'an Manuscript
`Umar Aqta'
late 14th–early 15th century (before 1405)
Splitting, Gordon Matta-Clark American, Chromogenic prints mounted on board
Splitting
Gordon Matta-Clark
1974
"Shaikh San'an and the Christian Maiden", Folio 22v from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds), Farid al-Din `Attar Iranian, Opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
"Shaikh San'an and the Christian Maiden", Folio 22v from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Farid al-Din `Attar
ca. 1600
"A Ruffian Spares the Life of a Poor Man", Folio 4v from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds), Farid al-Din `Attar Iranian, Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
"A Ruffian Spares the Life of a Poor Man", Folio 4v from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Farid al-Din `Attar
ca. 1600
Binding and Text-Block for the Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds), Farid al-Din `Attar Iranian, Binding: Leather, gold, and color; carved, impressed, and gilded<br/>Text-block: Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
Binding and Text-Block for the Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Farid al-Din `Attar
ca. 1600
Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds), Farid al-Din `Attar Iranian, Binding: doublure
Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Farid al-Din `Attar
Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi
ca. 1600
In the Palm of Dawn, Roberto Matta Chilean, Oil on canvas
In the Palm of Dawn
Roberto Matta
1953
Untitled, Roberto Matta Chilean, Graphite and wax crayon on paper mounted on gold metallic foil
Untitled
Roberto Matta
ca. 1945
Necklace, Attai Chen Israeli, Paper, paint, coal, glue, and linen
Necklace
Attai Chen
2011
Untitled, Roberto Matta Chilean, Wax crayon, brush and pen and black ink, and pencil on paper
Untitled
Roberto Matta
1937
Section of a Qur'an Manuscript, `Umar Aqta', Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Section of a Qur'an Manuscript
`Umar Aqta'
late 14th–early 15th century
Section from a Qur'an Manuscript, `Umar Aqta', Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Section from a Qur'an Manuscript
`Umar Aqta'
late 14th–early 15th century (before 1405)
Section from the "Qur'an of `Umar Aqta', `Umar Aqta', Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Section from the "Qur'an of `Umar Aqta'
`Umar Aqta'
late 14th–early 15th century (before 1405)
Untitled, Roberto Matta Chilean, Oil on canvas
Untitled
Roberto Matta
1949
Untitled, Roberto Matta Chilean, Graphite and crayon on paper
Untitled
Roberto Matta
1942
Untitled, Roberto Matta Chilean, Graphite and colored crayons on paper
Untitled
Roberto Matta
1941
Ghetto (Blaster), Philip Kwame Apagya Ghanaian, chromogenic print
Ghetto (Blaster)
Philip Kwame Apagya
2001, printed 2003
Endless Prayers XXVIII, Y. Z. Kami Iranian-American, Mixed media on paper
Endless Prayers XXVIII
Y. Z. Kami
2009
Faces #53, Y. Z. Kami Iranian-American, Oil on canvas
Faces #53
Y. Z. Kami
1993
Faces #10, Y. Z. Kami Iranian-American, Oil on canvas
Faces #10
Y. Z. Kami
1992
Figure: Female (Mwana Hiti), Wood, glass beads, Kami people
Figure: Female (Mwana Hiti)
Kami people
20th century
"The Concourse of the Birds", Folio 11r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds), Habiballah of Sava Iranian, Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper
"The Concourse of the Birds", Folio 11r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Habiballah of Sava
Farid al-Din `Attar
ca. 1600
Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi, Becheram Das Datta, Lithograph, watercolor (hand-coloring), selectively applied glaze, India, Kalighat district, Calcutta, West Bengal
Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi
Becheram Das Datta
ca. 1860
Shiva, Nritya Lal Datta , studio artist, Relief print, probably from a woodblock, watercolor (hand-coloring), India, Calcutta
Shiva
Nritya Lal Datta
ca. 1850–70
Untitled (Rhine Port)
Tata Ronkholz
1978–80
Untitled (Rhine Port)
Tata Ronkholz
1978–80
Untitled (Rhine Port)
Tata Ronkholz
1978–80
Untitled (Rhine Port)
Tata Ronkholz
1978–80
Untitled (Rhine PortPort, Rhenus Grain Elevator)
Tata Ronkholz
1978–80
Untitled (Rhine Port)
Tata Ronkholz
1978–80