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Bowl by Ogata Kenzan depicting riverbank with bamboo and wild geese. Japan, early 18th c. Stoneware with pierced design and painted with slips under glaze and overglaze enamels and gold . Asia Society collection

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Bowl by Ogata Kenzan depicting riverbank with bamboo and wild geese. Japan, early 18th c. Stoneware with pierced design and painted with slips under glaze and overglaze enamels and gold . Asia Society collection

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Covered jar. Jiangxi province, China. Ming dynasty, Jiajing era, 1522-1566. Porcelain painted with underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze enamels . Asia Society collection

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Covered jar. Jiangxi province, China. Ming dynasty, Jiajing era, 1522-1566. Porcelain painted with underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze enamels . Asia Society collection

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Storage Jar. Joseon dynasty Korea, ca. mid 18th c. Porcelain painted with underglaze cobalt blue. Asia Society collection

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Storage Jar. Joseon dynasty Korea, ca. mid 18th c. Porcelain painted with underglaze cobalt blue. Asia Society collection

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Dish with cherry blossoms. Japan, 17th c. Porcelain painted with underglaze cobalt blue with iron-brown and green glazes . Asia Society collection

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Dish with cherry blossoms. Japan, 17th c. Porcelain painted with underglaze cobalt blue with iron-brown and green glazes . Asia Society 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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Inkstone with boatman. China, Tang dynasty, 9th c AD. Stoneware with white slip and molded decoration under glaze . Yale University Art Gallery collection

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Inkstone with boatman. China, Tang dynasty, 9th c AD. Stoneware with white slip and molded decoration under glaze . Yale University Art Gallery collection

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Stoneware cup with underglaze painted decoration . Northern China, 13th or 14th c . Cleveland Museum of Art collection

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Stoneware cup with underglaze painted decoration . Northern China, 13th or 14th c . Cleveland Museum of Art collection

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Figure of a standing beauty. Japan, Edo period, ca. 1670-1690. Porcelain with overglaze enamels . Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Figure of a standing beauty. Japan, Edo period, ca. 1670-1690. Porcelain with overglaze enamels . Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Vase with autumn flowers and elephant handles. Japan, 19th c. Earthenware ceramic , overglaze enamel, gilding. Walters Art Museum collection

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Vase with autumn flowers and elephant handles. Japan, 19th c. Earthenware ceramic , overglaze enamel, gilding. Walters Art Museum collection

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Tea bowl with pine motif by Raku Keinyu XI, Kyoto, Japan, ca. 1845-1871. Earthenware with Black Raku glaze. National Museum of Asian Art collection

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Tea bowl with pine motif by Raku Keinyu XI, Kyoto, Japan, ca. 1845-1871. Earthenware with Black Raku glaze. National Museum of Asian Art collection

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"Pitcher plant" vase by Union Porcelain Works, Brooklyn, 1877. Porcelain with overglaze enamel and gilt decoration. Philadelphia Museum of Art collection

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"Pitcher plant" vase by Union Porcelain Works, Brooklyn, 1877. Porcelain with overglaze enamel and gilt decoration. Philadelphia Museum of Art collection

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Plate with Jonah and the whale. Toledo, Spain, ca. 1600. Tin-glazed earthenware. Hispanic Society of America collection

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Plate with Jonah and the whale. Toledo, Spain, ca. 1600. Tin-glazed earthenware. Hispanic Society of America collection

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Shallow tea bowl named Tagoto no Tsuki by Raku Tannyu, Kyoto, Japan, ca. 1811-1845. Earthenware with Black Raku glaze. National Museum of Asian Art collection

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Shallow tea bowl named Tagoto no Tsuki by Raku Tannyu, Kyoto, Japan, ca. 1811-1845. Earthenware with Black Raku glaze. National Museum of Asian Art collection

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Medal designed by Pierre L'Enfant for the Society of the Cincinnati, a fraternal order of officers who served under Washington. Manufactured in Paris, ca. 1783-84. Gold and enamel. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Medal designed by Pierre L'Enfant for the Society of the Cincinnati, a fraternal order of officers who served under Washington. Manufactured in Paris, ca. 1783-84. Gold and enamel. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Black and gold lacquered tray depicting a pine and persimmon tree by a river. Japan, 18th century

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Black and gold lacquered tray depicting a pine and persimmon tree by a river. Japan, 18th century

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Vase with moon and cherry tree design by Namikawa Sōsuke, 1847–1910; active Japan. Wireless cloisonné enamel with shakudō fittings. Princeton University Art Museum collection

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Vase with moon and cherry tree design by Namikawa Sōsuke, 1847–1910; active Japan. Wireless cloisonné enamel with shakudō fittings. Princeton University Art Museum collection

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Bowl with galleon. Iznik, Turkey, first half 17th c. Stonepaste; polychrome-painted under transparent glaze. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, collection

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Bowl with galleon. Iznik, Turkey, first half 17th c. Stonepaste; polychrome-painted under transparent glaze. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, collection

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Small dish with stylized flowers and ferns. Japan, Edo period, ca. 1650s-70s. Porcelain with polychrome enamels over transparent glaze . Metropolitan Museum of Art collection [2000x1530)

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Small dish with stylized flowers and ferns. Japan, Edo period, ca. 1650s-70s. Porcelain with polychrome enamels over transparent glaze . Metropolitan Museum of Art collection [2000x1530)

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Dish with peonies and dragonfly. China, Qing dynasty, Qianlong mark and period . Porcelain painted in overglaze polychrome enamels. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Dish with peonies and dragonfly. China, Qing dynasty, Qianlong mark and period . Porcelain painted in overglaze polychrome enamels. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Small dish with fireworks. Japan, Edo period, mid-17th c. Porcelain with molding and underglaze blue . Cleveland Museum of Art collection

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Small dish with fireworks. Japan, Edo period, mid-17th c. Porcelain with molding and underglaze blue . Cleveland Museum of Art collection

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