Books and Scholars' Accoutrements (Ch’aekkŏri)

Stylized depictions of books, writing utensils, ancient bronzes and ceramics, flower and fruit arrangements, and several other items associated with the noble Confucian scholar are...

This long handscroll comprises a four-character frontispiece, a landscape painted in ink and color on silk, and a poem written in ink on paper in running script ("xingshu"). Both t...

Obverse: Kneeling nude female figure ("Archeology") holding up a lamp in her proper right hand and a pick axe in her left; she kneels amidst various accoutrements of archeology s...

Once part of an album assembled for most likely the Mughal ruler Jahangir (r. 1605–1627) or his son and successor Shah Jahan (r. 1628–1658), this page contains a Mughal painting by...

2009.202.111.1 Depicts a crouching male figure. He wears a turban, a small earring, a long robe (jama), and trousers. He holds up a lota, a small vessel up with his left hand, whil...

In this painting, Narayana, who is considered the absolute supreme deity in Hinduism, is enthroned. In Vaishnavism, a sect that reveres the Hindu god Vishnu as Narayana. Here, Nara...