Ewer with Molded Inscriptions, Animals, and Dancers

This “master of animals” finial depicts a stylized man with an (attacking?) animal on each side. The man has a fungiform cap, open at the center for insertion of a pin. The man, wh...

A red tapestry band features dancers and plant motifs. The red squares outlined in white contain four multicolored dancers with raised arms woven in yellow, pink, and blue wefts. E...

Breezily rendered Chinese decorative motifs in two shades of cobalt blue decorate the surface of this ewer. A border composed of cloudlike ruyi motifs separates chrysanthemum scrol...