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Writing Utensils, Ryūsen Japanese, Ivory, Japan
Writing Utensils
Ryūsen
mid-19th century
Pen, Reed
Pen
30 BCE–364 CE
Interior Scene with Books and Writing Implements, Unidentified artist, Two-panel screen; ink, color, and gold leaf on paper, Japan
Interior Scene with Books and Writing Implements
Unidentified artist
early to mid-17th century
Nécessaire, Joseph Martineau, Sr., Gold, agate; white enamel; implements of various materials including ivory, steel, tortiseshell, hair, British, London
Nécessaire
Watchmaker: Joseph Martineau, Sr.
mid-18th century
Box for Inkstone and Writing Implements (Suzuribako), Wood, lacquer sprinkled with gold, black lacquer, and shell inlay, Japan
Box for Inkstone and Writing Implements (Suzuribako)
Japan
19th century
Box for writing implements with design of ancient coins, Gold and mixed metal makie with inlaid mother-of-pearl, on black lacquer, Japan
Box for writing implements with design of ancient coins
Japan
18th century
Stationery box decorated with peony scrolls , Lacquer inlaid with mother-of-pearl; brass fittings, Korea

Stationery box decorated with peony scrolls

Korea
15th–16th century
Box, John Thurston American, White oak, red oak, yellow pine, American
Box
Attributed to John Thurston
1660–85
Brush and cover, Red lacquer, China
Brush and cover
China
17th century
Gathering of government officials, Unidentified artist, Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, Korea
Gathering of government officials
Unidentified artist
ca. 1551
Box for Writing Implements with Design of Kimono on Rack and Incense Burner, Lacquer with silver and gold, Japan
Box for Writing Implements with Design of Kimono on Rack and Incense Burner
Japan
19th century
Dagger (<i>Piha Kaetta</i>) with Stylus and Sheath, Steel, horn, wood, brass, Sri Lankan
Dagger (Piha Kaetta) with Stylus and Sheath
Sri Lankan
17th century
Two Scribe's Brushes, Wood
Two Scribe's Brushes
ca. 1981–1640 B.C.
Box, Oak, white pine, American
Box
American
1660–1700
Box, Oak, pine, American
Box
American
1675–1700
Small writing desk (bonheur-du-jour), Martin Carlin French, Oak veneered with tulipwood, amaranth, and stained sycamore; mahogany; seventeen soft-paste porcelain plaques; gilt-bronze mounts; velvet (not original), French, Paris and Sèvres
Small writing desk (bonheur-du-jour)
Martin Carlin
Manufactory Porcelain plaques by Sèvres Manufactory
Decorator Jean-Jacques Pierre the Younger
ca. 1774
Writing Box with Illustrated Books, Gold and silver maki-e on gold-sprinkled lacquer, Japan
Writing Box with Illustrated Books
Japan
19th century
Box for Books with Waterfall , Lacquered wood with gold and silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, cut-out gold and silver foil application and silver inlay on black lacquer ground, Japan

Box for Books with Waterfall

Japan
16th century
I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art, John Baldessari American, Single-channel digital video, transferred from video tape, black-and-white, sound, 31 min., 17 sec.
I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art
John Baldessari
1971
Small writing table, Antoine-Mathieu Criaerd French, Oak veneered with tulipwood and amaranth, gilt bronze, leather, French, Paris
Small writing table
Antoine-Mathieu Criaerd
ca. 1755–60
Leaf of a Writing Tablet, Elephant ivory, French
Leaf of a Writing Tablet
French
14th century
Cabinet with scenes from the Story of Esther, Wood; silk satin worked with silk, metal threads (metal strip wrapped silk, silk-wrapped coiled wire, wire) linen thread, seed pearls, mica, feathers; detached buttonhole, buttonhole filling variations; French knot, single knot, laid work, couching, satin, and stem stitches; metal thread trim (metal strip wrapped on silk core; metal strip) wood frame; silk lining; mirror glass, glass bottles; printed paper, British
Cabinet with scenes from the Story of Esther
British
after 1665
Red lacquer box for an inkstone, Lacquer and brass, Korea
Red lacquer box for an inkstone
Korea
19th century
Writing box with Camões inscription, Wood, lacquer, gold and iron, Lower Burma, Kingdom of Pegu
Writing box with Camões inscription
Lower Burma, Kingdom of Pegu
late 16th century
Desk (bonheur du jour), Martin Carlin French, Oak, mahogany, tulipwood, sycamore, ebony, box and harewood, gilt-bronze mounts, soft-paste porcelain, French, Sèvres
Desk (bonheur du jour)
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1769
Desk (bonheur du jour), Martin Carlin French, Oak, mahogany, tulipwood, sycamore, ebony, box and harewood, gilt-bronze mounts, soft-paste porcelain, French, Paris and Sèvres
Desk (bonheur du jour)
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1770
Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Mice and Fan , Ogawa Haritsu (Ritsuō) Japanese, Lacquered wood with gold, silver, green hiramaki-e, gold and silver foil application, ceramic, ivory, and pewter inlays, Japan

Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Mice and Fan

School of Ogawa Haritsu (Ritsuō)
18th century
Writing Desk (Bundai) with Landscape and Geese, Lacquered wood with gold and silver takamaki-e and hiramaki-e, cutout gold- and silver-foil application, Japan
Writing Desk (Bundai) with Landscape and Geese
Japan
17th century
Man Seated, Writing on His Knee, Anonymous, Italian, 16th century Italian, Pen and ink, brush and blue gray wash
Man Seated, Writing on His Knee
Anonymous, Italian, 16th century
16th century
Still Life with a Skull and a Writing Quill, Pieter Claesz Dutch, Oil on wood
Still Life with a Skull and a Writing Quill
Pieter Claesz
1628
Miniature Relief of a Saint Luke at His Writing Table, Wood, polychromy, gilding, German
Miniature Relief of a Saint Luke at His Writing Table
German
1200–1225
Pen Case and Inkwell, Brass
Pen Case and Inkwell
19th century
Box for Inkstone and Writing Implements (Suzuribako) with Geese against Mount Fuji in Moonlight and (inner lid) with Plovers by the Seashore , Black lacquer ground with gold and silver maki-e, Japan

Box for Inkstone and Writing Implements (Suzuribako) with Geese against Mount Fuji in Moonlight and (inner lid) with Plovers by the Seashore

Japan
early to mid-19th century
Table and Writing Set, Kubo Shunman Japanese, Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper, Japan
Table and Writing Set
Kubo Shunman
19th century
Scholar's Tools, Qi Baishi Chinese, Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, China
Scholar's Tools
Qi Baishi
dated 1947
Branch with Cherry Flowers, Writing Box and Sheet of Paper for Poem Writing (Tanzaku), Unidentified artist Japanese, 18th–19th century, Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper, Japan
Branch with Cherry Flowers, Writing Box and Sheet of Paper for Poem Writing (Tanzaku)
Unidentified artist
Pen, Reed
Pen
30 BCE–364 CE
Manuscript Illumination with the Evangelist Luke, Tempera and gold on parchment, Byzantine
Manuscript Illumination with the Evangelist Luke
Byzantine
late 13th–early 14th century
Courtesan Reading a Letter , Ishikawa Toyonobu Japanese, Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, Japan

Courtesan Reading a Letter

Ishikawa Toyonobu
mid-18th century
Scribal Palette, Wood, ivory, ink
Scribal Palette
ca. 1580–1458 BCE
Inkstand, Pewter, possibly French or Dutch
Inkstand
possibly French or Dutch
17th–18th century
Ostrakon, Pottery fragment with ink inscription, Coptic
Ostrakon
Coptic
600

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