The 535 Artworks of media Silk and containing the word guanxiu, silk, 400

This painting illustrates Huang Xiangjian's perilous journey through Yunnan and Guizhou Provinces in one of the most celebrated acts of filial piety in late imperial Chinese history. In 1643 Huang's father was appointed county magistrate in Yunnan, and for nearly a decade thereafter, Huang heard not...

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Luohans or Arhats are disciples of Shakyamuni, the historical Buddha. They are the Buddhist equivalent of the original disciples of Jesus and occupy a high place in their spiritual appeal to the masses of worshippers. In China, depictions of Luohans in painting and sculpture had become popular since...

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The dress was made of rayon jersey, treated in bias cut to fit around the body. The surrounding sash has the effect of highlighting the sleek body. The dress is from Madeleine Vionnet/

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A-line, floor-length Evening dress in black silk gazar; round neckline; 3/4 length flared raglan sleeves; center front and back seams; tightly pleated bias-cut white organza ruffle at sleeve openings and hem; organza bow at apex; center back zipper closure; black silk lining. Label, in ink on twill ...

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The famous Zen monk Myōtaku (Ryūshū Shūtaku) produced many paintings and prints of Fudō Myōō and his attendants Seitaka Dōji and Kongara Dōji. This painting illustrates Kongara Dōji and probably formed a triptych with Fudō and Seitaka.

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A Chinese sage with a white beard and cap sits on a stool beneath a wizened pine, a scroll in his right hand and a staff of gnarled wood in his left. He is the Daoist immortal Shoulaoren, better known in Japanese popular culture as Jurōjin, who counted as one of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune. While...

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