Calligraphic Collection (page 4)

Mushrooms: shimeji varietes - Japanese print by Kanen Iwasaki (1786-1842), from Honzo Zufu
FLO4646956 Mushrooms: shimeji varietes - Japanese print by Kanen Iwasaki (1786-1842), from Honzo Zufu, illustrative guide to medicinal plants

Mushrooms: varieties of milk (Lactarius flavidulus and akahatsu) - Japanese print by Kanen Iwasaki (1786-1842)
FLO4646907 Mushrooms: varieties of milk (Lactarius flavidulus and akahatsu) - Japanese print by Kanen Iwasaki (1786-1842), from Honzo Zufu, illustrative guide to medicinal plants, 1916 - Kihatsudake

Mushrooms: benitake varietes and fragile russule - Japanese print by Kanen Iwasaki (1786-1842), from Honzo Zufu
FLO4646874 Mushrooms: benitake varietes and fragile russule - Japanese print by Kanen Iwasaki (1786-1842), from Honzo Zufu, illustrative guide to medicinal plants

Mushrooms: green russule (or palomet) - Japanese print by Kanen Iwasaki (1786-1842), from Honzo Zufu
FLO4646807 Mushrooms: green russule (or palomet) - Japanese print by Kanen Iwasaki (1786-1842), from Honzo Zufu, illustrative guide to medicinal plants, 1916 - Anutake mushrooms

Mushrooms: varieties of shimeji - Japanese print by Kanen Iwasaki (1786-1842), from Honzo Zufu
FLO4646769 Mushrooms: varieties of shimeji - Japanese print by Kanen Iwasaki (1786-1842), from Honzo Zufu, illustrative guide to medicinal plants

Mushrooms: enfume lyophyll and shimeji varietes - Japanese print by Kanen Iwasaki (1786-1842), from Honzo Zufu
FLO4646701 Mushrooms: enfume lyophyll and shimeji varietes - Japanese print by Kanen Iwasaki (1786-1842), from Honzo Zufu, illustrative guide to medicinal plants, 1916 - Numeri mushroom

Mushrooms: shimeji varietes (edible) - Japanese print by Kanen Iwasaki (1786-1842), from Honzo Zufu
FLO4646661 Mushrooms: shimeji varietes (edible) - Japanese print by Kanen Iwasaki (1786-1842), from Honzo Zufu, illustrative guide to medicinal plants, 1916 - Ippon shimeji mushrooms

The poet Nezami recounts the tales of Alexander the great, 12th century (manuscript)
3665972 The poet Nezami recounts the tales of Alexander the great, 12th century (manuscript); (add.info.: Persian (Iranian) Islamic style, manuscript

The poet Nezami recounts the tales of Alexander the great, 12th century (manuscript)
3665970 The poet Nezami recounts the tales of Alexander the great, 12th century (manuscript); (add.info.: Persian (Iranian) Islamic style, manuscript

The poet Nezami recounts the tales of Alexander the great, 12th century (manuscript)
3665968 The poet Nezami recounts the tales of Alexander the great, 12th century (manuscript); (add.info.: Persian (Iranian) Islamic style, manuscript

Shi si jing fa hui
2626564 Shi si jing fa hui; (add.info.: Illustration from the Japanese & Chinese edition (1716) of Shi si jing fa hui, (Routes of the Fourteen Meridians and their Functions)

Shi si jing fa hui
2626562 Shi si jing fa hui; (add.info.: Illustration from the Japanese & Chinese edition (1716) of Shi si jing fa hui, (Routes of the Fourteen Meridians and their Functions)

The opening of an Arabic treatise on colic written by Avicenna, 18th century (manuscript)
2625117 The opening of an Arabic treatise on colic written by Avicenna, 18th century (manuscript); (add.info.: The opening a treatise on the treatment of colic written by Avicenna)

Poem on the Pulse and Urine, 18th century (manuscript)
2625246 Poem on the Pulse and Urine, 18th century (manuscript); (add.info.: The beginning of a poem on pulse and urine, attributed to Ibn S?n? (Avicenna)

Title page to Volume 1, Book 2, with vignette of a bust of Lessing and three putti: one with a wreath
FLO4704017 Title page to Volume 1, Book 2, with vignette of a bust of Lessing and three putti: one with a wreath, one with trumpet and torch, and one with mantle

Calligraphic title page to Volume 1, Book 1, with a bust of Winkelmann and two putti with instruments of geometry
FLO4703357 Calligraphic title page to Volume 1, Book 1, with a bust of Winkelmann and two putti with instruments of geometry, globe, palette and lyre

Japan: Calligraphy court has two young children, 1875 - albumin paper enhances watercolor
LUX4748998 Japan: Calligraphy court has two young children, 1875 - albumin paper enhances watercolor; (add.info.: Japan: Calligraphy court has two young children)

Alexander the Great (356-323 BC). 18th century (Persian manuscript in Islamic style illustrating the 12th century)
542701 Alexander the Great (356-323 BC). 18th century (Persian manuscript in Islamic style illustrating the 12th century Persian poet Nezami Book of Alexander the Great (Eskandar-nameh)); (add.info)

Shi si jing fa hui
2626561 Shi si jing fa hui; (add.info.: Illustration from the Japanese & Chinese edition (1716) of Shi si jing fa hui, (Routes of the Fourteen Meridians and their Functions)

Wedding of French king Charles IV (1294-1328) with his 2nd wife Mary of Luxemburg on september 21, 1322
1749504 Wedding of French king Charles IV (1294-1328) with his 2nd wife Mary of Luxemburg on september 21, 1322, illumination from "Grandes Chroniques de France"

Letter decorated with a rooster, 15th century (miniature)
AIS5386806 Letter decorated with a rooster, 15th century (miniature); General Archive of the Crown of Aragon, Barcelona, Spain; (add.info)

The opening of an Arabic treatise on colic wirtten by Avicenna, 18th century (manuscript)
2625118 The opening of an Arabic treatise on colic wirtten by Avicenna, 18th century (manuscript); (add.info.: The opening a treatise on the treatment of colic written by Ibn S?n)

Ms B-132 fol.1a Circular medallion on the frontispiece of Khosro and Shirin, by Elias Nezami (1140-1209)
XIR352388 Ms B-132 fol.1a Circular medallion on the frontispiece of Khosro and Shirin, by Elias Nezami (1140-1209), 1421 (gold leaf and pigment on paper) by Persian School

Galloping Horse (ink on paper)
7425134 Galloping Horse (ink on paper) by Xu Beihong (1895-1953); 38.7 x 56.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Scroll, mounted and framed, ink on paper Inscribed and signed)

Casket bearing the name of the Umayyad Caliph Hisham II (976-1013) (gilded silver)
IND119214 Casket bearing the name of the Umayyad Caliph Hisham II (976-1013) (gilded silver); Girona Cathedral, Girona, Spain; (add.info.: may have been used as a Christian reliquary;); Index Fototeca

Letter with portrait of Juan (Jean) Fernandez de Heredia, 1385 (illumination)
AIS5368727 Letter with portrait of Juan (Jean) Fernandez de Heredia, 1385 (illumination); National Library of Spain, Madrid

Colophon of Ibn Rushd's Averroes, 12th century (manuscript)
2625184 Colophon of Ibn Rushd's Averroes, 12th century (manuscript); (add.info.: The colophon from a copy of Ibn Rushd's (Averroes)

Page of Thuluth and Naskhi script, from an Ottoman album in concertina form written by Hafez Uthman
BON93417 Page of Thuluth and Naskhi script, from an Ottoman album in concertina form written by Hafez Uthman, 1672 (ink on gold speckled paper); 24x16 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Bonhams

A crocodile with the bird cleaning her teeth. Arabic manuscript from Syria Kitab al-Hayawan (Zoology)
GIA5034951 A crocodile with the bird cleaning her teeth. Arabic manuscript from Syria Kitab al-Hayawan (Zoology) "The Book of Animals", by Al-Jahiz (Al Gahiz)

Heretics thrown into the fire, illumination from Commentaire des coutumes de Toulouse, 1296
1749417 Heretics thrown into the fire, illumination from Commentaire des coutumes de Toulouse, 1296; (add.info.: Heretics thrown into the fire, illumination from Commentaire des coutumes de Toulouse)

The Alchemy, 1606. Creator: Paulus de Kempenaer
The Alchemy, 1606

Johann Georg III, Elector of Saxony, n.d. Creator: Johann Michael Püchler
Johann Georg III, Elector of Saxony, n.d

Joseph I (August), Holy Roman Emperor, c. 1705. Creator: Johann Michael Püchler
Joseph I (August), Holy Roman Emperor, c. 1705

Joseph I (August), Holy Roman Emperor, c. 1705. Creator: Johann Michael Püchler
Joseph I (August), Holy Roman Emperor, c. 1705

Ecce Homo, n.d. Creator: Johann Michael Püchler
Ecce Homo, n.d

Man of Sorrows, n.d. Creator: Johann Michael Püchler
Man of Sorrows, n.d

Songs of the Painters with Etchings, 1838. Creator: Rudolf von Normann
Songs of the Painters with Etchings, 1838

Christlicher Seelen-Schatz Ausserlesener Gebetter, 1729. Creator: Maria Joseph Clement Kaukol
Christlicher Seelen-Schatz Ausserlesener Gebetter, 1729

Calligraphic Flowers. Creator: Jean-Joseph Bernard
Calligraphic Flowers

A detail of the makers mark on the underside of a cloisonne enamel Magpie vase
1764965 A detail of the makers mark on the underside of a cloisonne enamel Magpie vase, 1736-1795 by Chinese School (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Style of a Feudal Lord's Household (Yashiki-fu), from the series Guide to Contemporary Styles (Tosei fuzoku tsu)
5859860 The Style of a Feudal Lord's Household (Yashiki-fu), from the series Guide to Contemporary Styles (Tosei fuzoku tsu), 1795-1806 (color woodblock print; oban) by Utamaro

Hotei, from the series "Comparison of the Treasures of the Gods of Good Fortune (Fukujin takara awase)"
5859855 Hotei, from the series "Comparison of the Treasures of the Gods of Good Fortune (Fukujin takara awase)", c.1795 (colour woodblock print; oban) by Eishi

Akashi of the Tamaya, from the series Seven Komachis of Yoshiwara (Seiro nana Komachi) (Tamaya uchi Akashi, Uraji)
5859724 Akashi of the Tamaya, from the series Seven Komachis of Yoshiwara (Seiro nana Komachi) (Tamaya uchi Akashi, Uraji, Shimano), c.1794-95 (colour woodblock print; oban) by Utamaro

Tachibanaya Chusha (The actor Ichikawa Yaozo III as Hachiman Taro Minamoto no Yoshiie)
5859696 Tachibanaya Chusha (The actor Ichikawa Yaozo III as Hachiman Taro Minamoto no Yoshiie), 1794 (colour woodblock print; aiban) by Sharaku

Ono no Komachi Washing the Copybook (Soshiarai Komachi), 1735-40 (hand-coloured woodblock print; hosoban)
5859586 Ono no Komachi Washing the Copybook (Soshiarai Komachi), 1735-40 (hand-coloured woodblock print; hosoban) by Kiyomasu II, Torii (1706-63); 29.6 x 16 cm; The Art Institute of Chicago, IL

Komurasaki and Gonpachi, from the series "Fashonable Patterns in Utamaro Style (Ryuko moyo Utamaro-gata)"
5859857 Komurasaki and Gonpachi, from the series "Fashonable Patterns in Utamaro Style (Ryuko moyo Utamaro-gata)", c.1798-99 (colour woodblock print; oban) by Utamaro

The Poetess Shunzei no Musume, from the series The Thirty-six Immortal Women Poets (Nishikizuri onna sanjurokkasen)
5859847 The Poetess Shunzei no Musume, from the series The Thirty-six Immortal Women Poets (Nishikizuri onna sanjurokkasen), 1801 (page from a colour woodblock-printed volume) by Eishi

The Famous Places on the Tokaido in One View (Tokaido meisho ichiran), 1818 (colour woodblock print; o-oban)
5859839 The Famous Places on the Tokaido in One View (Tokaido meisho ichiran), 1818 (colour woodblock print; o-oban) by Hokusai, Katsushika (1760-1849); 43 x 58 cm; The Art Institute of Chicago, IL

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"Captivating Calligraphic Art: A Journey Through Time and Nature" Step into the enchanting world art, where every stroke tells a story. As the evening casts its gentle glow on a lit street, immerse yourself in the intricate details of this ancient craft. Discover the delicate beauty of fish gracefully swimming through vibrant waters, their scales shimmering under moonlight. Transported to a bygone era, witness a rabbit basking beneath the mesmerizing gaze of a full moon in an exquisite woodcut from 1900-30. Marvel at the harmonious blend of colors as a kingfisher perches upon irises, creating an ethereal scene captured in another captivating woodcut from 1900-30. Feel your heart race with excitement as you encounter a roaring tiger depicted with striking intensity in yet another color woodcut from 1900-35. Observe nature's wonders unfold before your eyes as you admire a kingfisher elegantly positioned on a tree stump in an enchanting woodcut dating back to 1900-36. Delve into the world of courtesans and their love for literature as you witness one engrossed in reading tanzaku, portrayed beautifully through vivid colors. Transported further back in time to c. 1830, catch sight of geisha gracing cherry tree pavilions with their presence - delicate figures against blooming blossoms that evoke tranquility and gracefulness. Experience serenity amidst snow-covered landscapes as descending egrets create breathtaking silhouettes against pure white canvases - masterfully crafted through color woodcuts spanning from 1925-36. Immerse yourself once more within nature's embrace as peacocks find solace among cherry trees - an explosion of colors that captivate both eye and soul. Finally, lose yourself within hanging scrolls depicting awe-inspiring landscapes from 1892 - brushstrokes delicately capturing the essence of nature's grandeur.