Vietnamese Underglaze-Blue Decorated Ceramic
Elephant-Shaped Ewer
Height: 17.0 cm. (6 5/8 in.)
Length: 21.0 cm. (8 1/4 in.)
16th century
Height: 17.0 cm. (6 5/8 in.)
Length: 21.0 cm. (8 1/4 in.)
16th century
“Magpies on Snowy Branch” 1688
Hanging scroll, ink on silk
148.7 x 66.5 cm. (58 1/2 x 26 1/4 in.)
Inscription:
During a summer day in the year 1602, painted by the eighty-six-year-old man, Ch’en Hsing.”
Artist’s seals:
Ch’en Hsing chih-yin; and one illegible
“Five Cranes”
Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
120.0 x 56.5 cm. (47 1/4 x 22 1/4 in.)
Inscription:
“Painted by Bo Gyokusen.”
Artist’s seals:
Bo gen no in; Gyokusen
Height: 42.2 cm. (16 5/8 in.)
Eastern Han dynasty
2nd-3rd century A.D.
“Geese Descending on Sandbar”
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
53.5 x 26.0 cm. (21 1/8 x 10 1/4 in.)
Published:
Tokugawa Art Museum: Basara no Jidai Ocho-jidai no Zansho, Kinsei no Ibuki, Nagoya, 1991, pl. 8, p. 20 (identified as a Southern Sung painting of the 13th century).
Lengths: 8.0 to 17.5 cm. (3 1/8 to 6 7/8 in.)
Heights: 9.0 to 12.0 cm. (3 1/2 to 4 3/4 in.)
Yuan dynasty
Late 13th-early 14th century