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Bamboo
Kaō
ca. 16th century

Herdboys and Buffalos
Kaō
14th century

Yangqin (揚琴)
Kao-Sheng Shop "Lofty Sounds Old Shop"
19th century

Tapestry #8, 1985 Series

Ruth Kao Lee

1985

Spear (Fang-Kao)
Philippine, Igorot
18th–19th century

Jar for Palm Wine
Igbo peoples
20th century

The Seated Clowness (Mademoiselle Cha-u-ka-o), from "Elles"
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
1896

Sword Guard (Tsuba)
Omori Hidenaga
18th century

Woman in a Black Kimono
Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章
1783–89

Blades and Mountings for a Pair of Swords (Daishō)
Yokoyama Kōzukedaijō Sukesada
blades, 17th century; mountings, early 19th century

Folding Case with Characters for Longevity (Shou and Kao)
China
18th–19th century

Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi)
Yokoyama Kōzukedaijō Sukesada
blade, late 17th century; mounting, 19th century

鮫皮研出鞘大小拵 Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi)
Nobukuni
blade, late 14th–early 15th century; mounting, 19th century

鮫皮研出鞘大小拵 Blades and Mountings for a Pair of Swords (Daishō)
Muramasa
sword (<i>katana</i>) blade, 16th century; short sword (<i>wakizashi</i>) blade, late 14th–early 15th century; mountings, 19th century

Sword guard (Tsuba) With Flower Basket Motif (花籠透鐔)
萩谷勝平 Hagiya Katsuhira
1860

鮫皮研出鞘大小拵 Blade and Mounting for a Long Sword (Katana)
Muramasa
blade, 16th century; mounting, 19th century

芒蒔絵鞘突兵拵 Blade and Mounting for a Sword (Katana)
高本秀宗 Takamoto Hidemune
blade, 16th century; mounting, 19th century

Kokon chajin kao su (collection of styized signatures of tea masters of ancient and recent eras)

Japan

虫尽金具大小拵 Blade and Mounting for a Sword (Katana)
Yokoyama Kōzukedaijō Sukesada
blade, 17th century; mounting, early 19th century

Entrée de Cha-u-Kao, from Le Rire, No. 67, 15 February 1896
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
1896

Cicada on a Grapevine
Bokurin Guan
late 14th–early 15th century

Sword guard (Tsuba) With Flower Basket Motif (花籠透鐔)
石黒政明 Ishiguro Masaaki
first half 19th century

Blade and Mounting for a Slung Sword (Tachi)

Gotō Renjō (Mitsutomo)

14th century; mounting, 19th century

Blade and Mounting for a Sword (Katana)
Naotane Taikei
blade, dated 1839; mounting, 19th century

Bowl in the shape of a chrysanthemum flower
India
18th century

Sword guard (Tsuba)
黒川兼四郎茂直作 Kurokawa Kenshirō Shigenao
19th century

Sword Guard (Tsuba) with Letter by Maker
黒川兼四郎茂直作 Kurokawa Kenshirō Shigenao
19th century

Ten Verses on Oxherding
Japan
1278

The Kangxi Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour, Scroll Three: Ji'nan to Mount Tai
Wang Hui
datable to 1698

Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Japanese
blade, mid-19th century mounting, mid–late 19th century

Sword Guard (Tsuba)
Japanese
18th century

Letter to Suwa Daishin, Officer of the Shogun
Musō Soseki
ca. 1339–51

Response to an Invitation for a Tea Gathering
Hon'ami Kōetsu
probably 1620s–30s

Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Kuniyoshi
blade, dated 1525; mounting, 19th century

Saddle (Kura)
Japanese
dated 1658

Ancestor Pole (Mbitoro)
Kamoro (Mimika)
early to mid-20th century

Letter
Konoe Sakihisa

Teabowl
Japan
18th century

Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi)
Sadakuni
blade, late16th–early 17th century; mounting, 19th century

Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi)
Yasutsugu
blade, early 17th century; mounting, 19th century