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Hanging flower basket in the form of a cicada, crafted from madake bamboo, rattan, wood, and metal; made in Kansai, Japan, circa 1915–1950. Collection: Lloyd Cotsen Japanese Bamboo Basket Collection, Asian Art Museum
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Hanging flower basket in the form of a cicada, crafted from madake bamboo, rattan, wood, and metal; made in Kansai, Japan, circa 1915–1950. Collection: Lloyd Cotsen Japanese Bamboo Basket Collection, Asian Art Museum
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Fly whisk by Hayakawa Shōkosai III. Japan, 1920. Ladyfinger bamboo, rattan, and deer hide. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection
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Fly whisk by Hayakawa Shōkosai III. Japan, 1920. Ladyfinger bamboo, rattan, and deer hide. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection
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Ivory Basket of Flowers, Meiji period circa 1900. Khalili Collection of Japanese Art
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Ivory Basket of Flowers, Meiji period circa 1900. Khalili Collection of Japanese Art
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Plum blossom wall hanging from a set of four wall hangings with flowers of the seasons. China, Qing dynasty, ca. 17th-19th c. Forged iron with wood frame. Philadelphia Museum of Art collection
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Plum blossom wall hanging from a set of four wall hangings with flowers of the seasons. China, Qing dynasty, ca. 17th-19th c. Forged iron with wood frame. Philadelphia Museum of Art collection
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Mounting for a short sword. Japan, 19th c. Wood, lacquer, ray skin, baleen, copper-gold alloy, copper. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection
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Mounting for a short sword. Japan, 19th c. Wood, lacquer, ray skin, baleen, copper-gold alloy, copper. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection
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Netsuke in the form of a monkey holding a peach, made by Yamaguchi Okatomo, Kyoto, Japan, mid 18th c. Ivory and ink. Walters Art Museum collection
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Netsuke in the form of a monkey holding a peach, made by Yamaguchi Okatomo, Kyoto, Japan, mid 18th c. Ivory and ink. Walters Art Museum collection
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Vase with low-relief decoration of bamboo leaves by Itaya Hazan, Japan, ca. 1915. Porcelain, colored slip, overglaze enamel. Loaned to the Asia Society Museum from the Walters Art Museum
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Vase with low-relief decoration of bamboo leaves by Itaya Hazan, Japan, ca. 1915. Porcelain, colored slip, overglaze enamel. Loaned to the Asia Society Museum from the Walters Art Museum
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Spouted vessel in the form of an elephant with masks , dragons, and snakes . China, late Shang dynasty, late Anyang period, ca. 1100 BC. Bronze. National Museum of Asian Art collection
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Spouted vessel in the form of an elephant with masks , dragons, and snakes . China, late Shang dynasty, late Anyang period, ca. 1100 BC. Bronze. National Museum of Asian Art collection
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The Lute and White Snake of Benten ; painted by the Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai in 1847 CE. Now housed at the National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, D.C.
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The Lute and White Snake of Benten ; painted by the Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai in 1847 CE. Now housed at the National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, D.C.
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Grapes by Motsurin Jōtō . Japan, Muromachi period, ca. ca. 1480–92. Hanging scroll; ink on paper. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection
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Grapes by Motsurin Jōtō . Japan, Muromachi period, ca. ca. 1480–92. Hanging scroll; ink on paper. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection
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Carved ivory side panel from a casket, depicting a legend of an enchanted bed where the Arthurian knight Gawain is attacked by lions and mechanical arrows. Paris, ca. 1300-1350. Princeton University Art Museum collection
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Carved ivory side panel from a casket, depicting a legend of an enchanted bed where the Arthurian knight Gawain is attacked by lions and mechanical arrows. Paris, ca. 1300-1350. Princeton University Art Museum collection
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Gladiator helmet made of bronze and silver, originating from the gladiatorial barracks in Pompeii, Campania, dated between AD 50-75. Collection: Louvre Museum.
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Gladiator helmet made of bronze and silver, originating from the gladiatorial barracks in Pompeii, Campania, dated between AD 50-75. Collection: Louvre Museum.
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Vase by Kimura Toun imitating a woven basket for ikebana arrangement. Japan. Copper, copper alloy. Walters Art Museum collection
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Vase by Kimura Toun imitating a woven basket for ikebana arrangement. Japan. Copper, copper alloy. Walters Art Museum collection
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Okimono, decorative object made of metal and crystal glass spheres, Japan, 19th century CE. Currently in the collection of Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum in England
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Okimono, decorative object made of metal and crystal glass spheres, Japan, 19th century CE. Currently in the collection of Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum in England
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A 19th century CE Japanese netsuke made of ebony with inlays, depicting an owl attacking a bat. Now housed at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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A 19th century CE Japanese netsuke made of ebony with inlays, depicting an owl attacking a bat. Now housed at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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A kabuki robe from Japan, with design of tortoise, crane, and pines. 1850–1868 CE, made of wool, silk, cotton, gold-wrapped thread, and metals. Now housed at the Peabody Essex Museum in Massachusetts
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A kabuki robe from Japan, with design of tortoise, crane, and pines. 1850–1868 CE, made of wool, silk, cotton, gold-wrapped thread, and metals. Now housed at the Peabody Essex Museum in Massachusetts
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"Fish and octopus " made by the Japanese painter Itō Jakuchū in 1765-1766 CE. Now housed at the Museum of the Imperial Collections in Tokyo
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"Fish and octopus " made by the Japanese painter Itō Jakuchū in 1765-1766 CE. Now housed at the Museum of the Imperial Collections in Tokyo
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Dagger with double-edged watered steel blade and white nephrite jade pommel in the form of a horse's head. India, mid 17th c. Loaned to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, from the Al-Sahah Collection, Kuwait
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Dagger with double-edged watered steel blade and white nephrite jade pommel in the form of a horse's head. India, mid 17th c. Loaned to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, from the Al-Sahah Collection, Kuwait
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Nephrite jade ceremonial axe with bronze handle decorated with turquoise inlay and mask and cicada motifs. China, Shang dynasty, ca. 1200 BC; reportedly excavated in Anyang, Henan province. National Museum of Asian Art collection
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Nephrite jade ceremonial axe with bronze handle decorated with turquoise inlay and mask and cicada motifs. China, Shang dynasty, ca. 1200 BC; reportedly excavated in Anyang, Henan province. National Museum of Asian Art collection
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A blade for a short sword , with a red lacquered engraving of a bamboo and plum-blossom. From Japan, 17th century CE, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum
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A blade for a short sword , with a red lacquered engraving of a bamboo and plum-blossom. From Japan, 17th century CE, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum
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