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. . .  Is For Green
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. . . is for green


Green-Glazed Earthenware Jar

Height: 17.8 cm. (6 3/4 in.)
Diameter: 20.7 cm. (8 1/8 in.)

Tang Dynasty
8th-9th century A.D.

Recent provenance:
Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Tokyo

Published:
Chinese Ceramics in the Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo, 1987, pl. 315.

<em>. . . is for anonymous</em>
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. . . is for anonymous


Anonymous (17th-18th century), Chinese
“Noxious Creatures”

Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
95 X 58 cm. (37 1/2 x 22 4/5 in.)

Apocryphal signature and seal of Qian Xuan (early 14th century)

. . . Is For Bronze
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. . . is for bronze


Bronze Lion & Grapevine Mirror

9.3 x 9.3 cm. (3 5/8 x 3 5/8 in.)

Tang dynasty
8th century

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. . . is for celadon


Large Carved & Molded Celadon Jar

Height: 25.7 cm. (10 1/8 in.)
Diameter: 33.5 cm. (13 1/4 in.)

Early Ming dynasty
Late 14th-early 15th century

From a Private American Collection

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. . . is for Dai


Dai Benxiao (1621-1693), Chinese
“Lofty Recluse Amidst Streams and Mountains” 1680

Hanging scroll, ink on paper
180 x 45 cm. (70 7/8 x 17 3/4 in.)

Inscription:
“On the twenty-sixth day of the sixth lunar month of the year 1680, for the sixtieth birthday of Xuchuang (‘Window of Happiness’), I followed an earlier conception in doing this ‘Lofty Recluse Amidst Streams and Mountains’ and also inscribe it in his honor. Respectfully recorded by Benxiao, called Ying’a Shanqiao (‘Mountain Woodcutter of Ying’a’), his younger brother of the same birth year.”

Artist’s seals:
Benxiao; Ying’a shanqiao

Japanese box inscription:
Naito Konan (1866-1943)

Recent provenance:
Saito collection, Osaka

Published:
Toan-zo Shogafu (Osaka: Hakubundo, 1928), no. 41;

Harada Bizan: Nihon Genzai Shina Meiga Mokuroku (Tokyo, 1938), p. 272.

. . . Is For Elephant
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. . . is for elephant


Elephant-Decorated Earthenware Vessel

Height: 34.0 cm. (13 3/8 in.)
Diameter: 29.9 cm. (11 3/4 in.)

Tang dynasty
Mid 8th century

Provenance:
Walter Hochstadter

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. . . is for Fuyo


Fuyo (1722-1784), Japanese
“Traveller with a Staff” 1777

Hanging scroll, ink on satin
145 x 37.3 cm. (57 x 14 5/8 in.)

Inscription:
“Painted after the model of Zhang Ershui by Ko Mohyo during mid-autumn of the year 1777, the sixth of the Anei reign-era.”

Artist’s seal:
Mokyo

Colophon:
Poem added by Ko Fuyo in the year 1782 for a friend

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. . . is for helmet


A Chinese Bronze Helmet

Height: 22.5 cm. (8 7/8 in.)
Width: 20.0 cm. (7 7/8 in.)

Eastern Zhou, Warring States period
5th-3rd century B.C.

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