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Kanbara, Evening Snow (Kanbara, yoru no yuki) Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese, 1797-1858 Kanbara, Evening Snow (Kanbara, yoru no yuki), from the series "The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)", 1832/34 Japan The Art Institute of Chicago by 人靜香透 ⓒ 모암문고 茅岩文庫 The Moam Collection www.moamcollection.org Moam' Choi..

Tripod Wine Vessel (Jia) Tripod Wine Vessel (Jia) Shang dynasty (c. 1600-c. 1050 B.C.), 12th/11th c. B.C. Bronze 51.5 x 23.5 cm (20 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.) Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection, 1926.1599 China The Art Institute of Chicago by 人靜香透 ⓒ 모암문고 茅岩文庫 The Moam Collection www.moamcollection.org Moam' Choice 추사정혼 이영재,이용수 공저 ..

Momoyama Period (1573–1615) Wine container, Momoyama period (1573–1615), ca. 1596–1600 Japan Lacquered wood This lacquered sake container (choshi) exemplifies the luxurious utensils, paintings, and military accoutrements that filled the grand residences of the Momoyama period. Indeed, this vessel may have been used by the powerful and flamboyant general Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536–1598), w..

Muromachi Period (1392–1573) The Birth of the Buddha, Muromachi period (1392–1573), ca. 1400 Unidentified artist Japan Section of a wall panel; ink, color, and gold on silk In keeping with his extraordinary destiny, the Buddha was miraculously conceived, said to have entered his mother's side in the form of a bodhisattva riding a white, six-tusked elephant. As depicted here, nine months late..

부산 동삼동 유물 (패면 등) 동삼동패총은 우리 나라 신석기시대를 상징하는 대표적인 유적으로, 또 신석기문화를 연구하는데 표식적인 유적이다. 위치는 영도구 동삼동 750-1번지일원이고, 태종대와 해양대로 들어가는 양 도로의 동남쪽 사이에 위치하며, 조도와 마주보고 있다. 패총의 중심부가 밭으..

Bronze Vessel for Wine Bronze Vessel for Wine, dated 964 or 962 BCE, 28.7 x 38 cm, Zhouyuan Fufeng Cultural Relics Office, Beijing The bronze wine vessels prevailed during the Xia,Shang, and Zhou Dynasties are not only the practical utensils but also one kind of the bronze ritual wares, symbolizing the status and authority of the emperors and leuds. 모암문고 茅岩文庫 www.moamcollection...

Kamakura and Nanbokucho Periods (1185–1392) Taima mandala, Kamakura period (1185–1333), 12th–14th century Unidentified artist Japan Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk Unlike more abstract mandalas in which myriad Buddhas and other aspects of the cosmos are placed in geometric relationships within a painting, the Taima mandala depicts a paradise made up of buildings and gardens. ..

Heian Period (794–1185) Lotus Sutra, Heian period (794–1185), 12th century Japan Gold on indigo-dyed paper The Lotus Sutra, promulgated in India around the early part of the third century A.D., is believed to be the final teaching of Shakyamuni at Vulture Peak. It was part of Buddhist worship in Japan as early as the sixth century and became the most popular sutra. The Lotus Sutra emphasize..

Ivory Beaker (Cup or Vessel) inlaid with Turquoise from the tomb of the Shang Dynasty queen Fu Hao Ivory Beaker (Cup or Vessel) inlaid with Turquoise from the tomb of the Shang Dynasty queen Fu Hao, ca. 1200 BCE, Height: 30.5 cm, Museum of Chinese History, Beijing China's Bronze Age began soon after 2000 B.C. The Shang dynasty (ca. 1600-1050 B.C.) had not only bronze technology, but also writin..

Standing Bronze Figure from Sanxingdui Bronze standing figure, Late Shang Period (c. 1300-1100 B.C.) Sanxingdui Museum, Guanghan Bronze standing figure from Sanxingdui, over life-size, c. 1200 BCE. Excavated in 1986, the figure had been deliberately broken and dumped in a pit probably containing the remains of sacrificial animals. [Craig Clunas, Art in China (Oxford & New York: Oxford Universit..