EditorialPlate painted with three people from the book Water Margin, Small plate of Chinese porcelain painted in famille verte colors. On the front one woman and two men from the book The Water Margin: Yizhangqing, Yang Shong and Li Zhong. They fill almost the ...
EditorialLucky and unlucky omens. Phrommachat. 1885. Drawings based on the Chinese zodiac, which relates each lunar month to the animals of the 12-year-cycle and their reputed attributes (earth, wood, fire, iron, water) as well as a male or female avatar (yin-y...
EditorialLucky and unlucky combinations of couples. Phrommachat. 1885. Drawings based on the Chinese zodiac, which relates each lunar month to the animals of the 12-year-cycle and their reputed attributes (earth, wood, fire, iron, water) as well as a male or fe...
EditorialLucky and unlucky combinations of couples. Phrommachat. 1885. Drawings based on the Chinese zodiac, which relates each lunar month to the animals of the 12-year-cycle and their reputed attributes (earth, wood, fire, iron, water) as well as a male or fe...
EditorialLucky and unlucky combinations of couples. Phrommachat. 1885. Drawings based on the Chinese zodiac, which relates each lunar month to the animals of the 12-year-cycle and their reputed attributes (earth, wood, fire, iron, water) as well as a male or fe...
EditorialLucky and unlucky combinations of couples. Phrommachat. 1885. Drawings based on the Chinese zodiac, which relates each lunar month to the animals of the 12-year-cycle and their reputed attributes (earth, wood, fire, iron, water) as well as a male or fe...
EditorialTchin-san or Golden Mountain, an island in the river Yang-tse-Kiang. Barges and decorated ships sailing on the Yangtze River, with pagoda on top of an island and village at its feet in the background and mountains beyond. Pasted on mount with washlines...
EditorialThe capture of Ping-Yang, in Corea, September 16: Japanese troops entering the gate of the Tai-Dong river bridge. 'On Sunday, Sept. 16, after defeating and breaking up the Chinese army in its fortified encampment near Ping-Yang, in north-western Corea,...
EditorialBattle at Shakhe. A set of eight coloured cartoons of the Russo-Japa. Moscow, 1904. The Battle at Shakhe and the taking of Liao-yang'. The Russo-Japanese War. Image taken from A set of eight coloured cartoons of the Russo-Japanese war, etc. Originall...
EditorialA fishing boat. The Costume of China. Illustrated in forty-eight c. William Miller: London, 1805. The fisherman use a bamboo frame to raise their fishing net. The distant view is described as Lake Poo-yang. Image taken from The Costume of China. Illus...
EditorialLucky and unlucky omens. Phrommachat. 1885. Drawings based on the Chinese zodiac, which relates each lunar month to the animals of the 12-year-cycle and their reputed attributes (earth, wood, fire, iron, water) as well as a male or female avatar (yin-y...
EditorialLucky and unlucky combinations of couples. Phrommachat. 1885. Drawings based on the Chinese zodiac, which relates each lunar month to the animals of the 12-year-cycle and their reputed attributes (earth, wood, fire, iron, water) as well as a male or fe...
EditorialLucky and unlucky combinations of couples. Phrommachat. 1885. Drawings based on the Chinese zodiac, which relates each lunar month to the animals of the 12-year-cycle and their reputed attributes (earth, wood, fire, iron, water) as well as a male or fe...
EditorialBattle at Liao-Yang. A set of eight coloured cartoons of the Russo-Japa. Moscow, 1904. A clash of the Russians and the Japanese'. Description of the battle at Liao-yang. The Russo-Japanese war. Image taken from A set of eight coloured cartoons of the ...
EditorialLucky and unlucky combinations of couples. Phrommachat. 1885. Drawings based on the Chinese zodiac, which relates each lunar month to the animals of the 12-year-cycle and their reputed attributes (earth, wood, fire, iron, water) as well as a male or fe...
EditorialTchin-san or Golden Mountain, an island in the river Yang-tse-Kiang. Barges and decorated ships sailing on the Yangtze River, with pagoda on top of an island and village at its feet in the background and mountains beyond. Pasted on mount with washlines...
EditorialView of Yang-tcheou. The Costume of China. Illustrated in forty-eight c. William Miller: London, 1805. View of the city of Yang-tcheou, showing a temple; a monument; a fort and part of the city walls. In the foreground is a tower, at the top of which a...
EditorialLucky and unlucky combinations of couples. Phrommachat. 1885. Drawings based on the Chinese zodiac, which relates each lunar month to the animals of the 12-year-cycle and their reputed attributes (earth, wood, fire, iron, water) as well as a male or fe...
EditorialDaoist Robe (Jiang yi), Ming dynasty (1368?1644), 17th century, China, Silk and metallic thread tapestry weave (kesi), Overall: 54 3/4 x 65 3/4 in. (139.1 x 167 cm), Costumes-Tapestries, The poncho-like jiang yi is worn for particular ceremonies by hig...
Editorial? ??? ????? ?, Elegant Gathering in the Apricot Garden, Ming dynasty (1368?1644), ca. 1437, China, Handscroll; ink and color on silk, Image: 14 5/8 x 95 3/4 in. (37.1 x 243.2 cm), Paintings, After Xie Huan (Chinese, 1377?1452), This handscroll is one o...
EditorialEmbroidered Square in the Form of a Rank Badge, 20th century, Korea, Silk and metallic thread on silk, 9 1/4 x 9 1/4in. (23.5 x 23.5cm), Textiles-Methods and Materials, Young Yang Chung (Korean, born 1936).
Editorial?? ?? ?? ??, Pine, dated 1923, China, Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on alum paper, 8 x 21 1/2 in. (20.3 x 54.6 cm), Paintings, Yang Yi (Chinese, 1864?1929), Yang Yi, a member of the literati circle of painters in Shanghai, was a c...
EditorialThe Qianlong Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour, Scroll Six: Entering Suzhou along the Grand Canal, ? ?? ? ????? (??????????) ?, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), dated 1770, China, Handscroll; ink and color on silk, Image: 27 1/8 in. x 784 1/2 in. (68.8 x 199...
EditorialEmperor Kangxi (K'ang Hsi) inspecting the dams of the Yellow River. From the scroll of Emperor Kangxi's tour of inspection in the South. China; Qing dynasty, 1689. Wang Hui (1632-1717), Yang Jin (ca.1644-1726) and Gu Fang (active ca. 1700). Painted o...
EditorialThe " Luck box" (yang gam) is always kept in the house, filled with precious objects such as beads of coral and turquoise placed there at the time the house was built. It is never opened as it contains the " luck" of house and famil...