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Beauty about to bathe, unknown artist, ink and color on silk, 18th century China China

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Beauty about to bathe, unknown artist, ink and color on silk, 18th century China China

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A woman and her deer pet, 19th century Iran by unknown court artist,

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A woman and her deer pet, 19th century Iran by unknown court artist,

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Boy on Ox, ink on silk, attributed to Shibata Zenshin, 19th century Japan

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Boy on Ox, ink on silk, attributed to Shibata Zenshin, 19th century Japan

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Carving of Vanavasa, the Arhat under the banana tree. China, Qing dynasty, 18th century

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Carving of Vanavasa, the Arhat under the banana tree. China, Qing dynasty, 18th century

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Tray with Chinese characters, bats, and fruits. China, 18th century

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Tray with Chinese characters, bats, and fruits. China, 18th century

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Silk coffin cover depicting a stupa with Buddhist incantations. China, 18th-19th century

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Silk coffin cover depicting a stupa with Buddhist incantations. China, 18th-19th century

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Informal silk jacket. China, 19th century

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Informal silk jacket. China, 19th century

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Two men hunting with falcon and hunting dog. Anonymous artist. China, 13th-14th century

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Two men hunting with falcon and hunting dog. Anonymous artist. China, 13th-14th century

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Enamelled bronze vases in the archaic style. China, Qing dynasty, 18th century

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Enamelled bronze vases in the archaic style. China, Qing dynasty, 18th century

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Silver burial crown. China, 17th century or earlier

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Silver burial crown. China, 17th century or earlier

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Jade table screen on a carved wooden stand. China, Qing dynasty, 18th century

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Jade table screen on a carved wooden stand. China, Qing dynasty, 18th century

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Mirror stand with birds and flowers. China, Qing dynasty, 17th-18th century

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Mirror stand with birds and flowers. China, Qing dynasty, 17th-18th century

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Ivory chess set with figures standing on puzzle balls. China, 18th century

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Ivory chess set with figures standing on puzzle balls. China, 18th century

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Silver filigree dish and box shaped like a crab. China, Qing dynasty, 18th century

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Silver filigree dish and box shaped like a crab. China, Qing dynasty, 18th century

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Table, chair, and back screen with engraved dragons. China, Qing dynasty, 18th century

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Table, chair, and back screen with engraved dragons. China, Qing dynasty, 18th century

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"Two Rabbits in Winter" by Lü Ji . China, Ming dynasty, late 15th or early 16th c. Hanging scroll with ink and color on silk. Loaned to the Cleveland Museum of Art

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"Two Rabbits in Winter" by Lü Ji . China, Ming dynasty, late 15th or early 16th c. Hanging scroll with ink and color on silk. Loaned to the Cleveland Museum of Art

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Frost Fair on the Thames, with Old London Bridge in the distance, 1684. Artist unknown. Oil on canvas. Yale Center for British Art collection

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Frost Fair on the Thames, with Old London Bridge in the distance, 1684. Artist unknown. Oil on canvas. Yale Center for British Art collection

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Photo of a tomb somewhere in southern China, date unknown. Photo by Scottish photographer John Thomson taken around 1870.

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Photo of a tomb somewhere in southern China, date unknown. Photo by Scottish photographer John Thomson taken around 1870.

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