Mythical Scene with Adam and Eve

A brocade illustration featuring Adam and Eve under an apple tree, surrounded by various animals and intricate designs, highlighting a mythical narrative.

Textile, Medium: crewel wool, cotton, linen Technique: stem and running stitch embroidery on 2/1 twill weave, Small curtain of twill weave with linen warp and cotton weft, with all over design embroidered in red wool. From a small semi-circle at bottom springs design of slender ascending vines, with variety of curving pointed leaves showing Indian influence in design. Much interior decoration in leaves, squares, circles, lattice, veining etc. Stems and leaves all edged with feather stitch., England, mid to late 17th century, embroidery & stitching, Textile

Leaf with Central Adam and Eva under the apple tree surrounded by animals, Johann Carl Munck, 1750 - 1794 brocade paper Leaf with in the leaf centers Adam and Eva under the apple tree surrounded by animals, top left swan, top right Cockatoe, bottom left of the heron, below Pauw. Numbered at the bottom: 136 (). Augsburg paper. paint (coating) relief printing Eve offers the fruit to Adam. animals

Fragment (Japan)

Textile, Medium: crewel wool, cotton, linen Technique: stem and running stitch embroidery on 2/1 twill weave, Small curtain of twill weave with linen warp and cotton weft, with all over design embroidered in red wool. From a small semi-circle at bottom springs design of slender ascending vines, with variety of curving pointed leaves showing Indian influence in design. Much interior decoration in leaves, squares, circles, lattice, veining etc. Stems and leaves all edged with feather stitch., England, mid to late 17th century, embroidery & stitching, Textile

Cloth of Gold, 16th century. Spain, 16th century. Silk velvet; overall: 9 x 21.5 cm (3 9/16 x 8 7/16 in.).

Wall facing, tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze, Running design for a frieze or a dado, composed of scrolls of foliage and strapwork, and four repeating motifs--a seated woman in a small upright oval medallion, a putto seated on a rocailled base, and strapwork in axial pattern. The various panels, A to F, show various repeats of the same design, all being five tiles high and a varying number of tiles wide., Possibly Rotterdam, Holland, Possibly Delft, Netherlands, ca. 1725, tiles, Decorative Arts, Wall facing

Stencil 19th century Japan. Stencil 70661

Patterns (2) 18th century French. Patterns (2). French. 18th century. Parchment. Textiles-Methods and Materials

Greek art. Fragment of a wall facing of a Sanctuary with polychrome paiting and Graffiti. Vessel. Plaster, paints. First half of the 3rd c. BC. Nymphaion, Bosporan Kingdom, Crimea. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.

Eugenio Guglielminetti, Composition, 1953, graphite on powdered paper stained black.

Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece. Japan. 18th-19th century. Silk. Edo (1615-1868). Textiles-Woven

Fragment with Fish and Bird, 600s. Egypt, Umayyad period (661-750). Tabby weave with inwoven tapestry ornament, linen and wool; overall: 6 x 12.5 cm (2 3/8 x 4 15/16 in.).

Wall Facing (Holland); tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze

Photo production of a print of an allegory with an old woman, Bibois, After Anonymous, c. 1852 - in or before 1857 photograph photographic support salted paper print old woman. symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ drawing

Fragment (From a Temple Hanging) Made 1801-1825 Japan. Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, warp-float faced 3 1 'Z' twill weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts .

Sidewall - fragment, Block-printed on handmade paper, a) Obverse: A mythological scene of three classic figures in grisaille representing a bacchic scene, Youth with a thyrus holding up Bacchus whose fallen empty drinking cup is on the ground. Maenade with a lyre is laughing at him. At top is an applied border simulating a draped fabric, edged top and bottom with lace, and held up by a leaf motif. At bottom is a border simulating marble. b) Reverse: A Directoire design of alternating geometric squares with rosettes. Between are figures of children at play done in grisaille. At bottom is a wide border simulating marble. Green, amber, black and white on gray field., France, 1795-1805, Wallcoverings, Sidewall - fragment

Silk Fragment, 1425-1450. Italy, second quarter of 15th century. Lampas weave, silk and gold thread; overall: 19.3 x 20.7 cm (7 5/8 x 8 1/8 in.).

Fragment zijdeweefsel met opgedrukt patroon.Fragment silk tissue. A beige or liver-colored ground has a pattern of staggered rows with different patterns. One row has flour branches between a ground with a tree including two people, the other row has flower branches between a ground on which two standing figures (man and woman), In the colors blue, pink and red.

Fragment (Japan)

Lazio Rieti Toffia S. Lorenzo9. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Architecture. Post-medieval: Fresco fragments, sculpture, painting, stucco, architecture Antiquities: Architectural fragments, sculptural fragments Object Notes: Already existing in the 10th century, it became for some time, after the devastating incursion of the Saracens, cathedral and seat of the bishops of Sabina. Actual structure dates from the late 1200's and is decorated in the interior with votiv frescoes. Some objects are conserved from the Roman era: inscriptions, relief fragments, tomb sculpture fragments. See TCI, Lazio, p. 481 German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance a

Stencil 19th century Japan. Stencil 70680

Sidewall, Machine-printed paper, Egyptian Revival style; vertical stripe pattern of banded flowers alternating with large gold lotus flower on striped red ground., England, USA, 1860-80, Wallcoverings, Sidewall

Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Ramses IX, mural paintings representing Book of Caverns in funerary room

Anonymous, bracelet (main title), 1925. Graphite, ink and gouache on transparent vellum. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Wall painting. Culture: Roman. Dimensions: Overall: 69 x 17in. (175.3 x 43.2cm). Date: ca. 40-30 B.C..Column with lifting bosses from the painted colonnade that separated the large figural scenes. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Pietra Dura stone and jewel inlay cut in marble frescoes at Tomb of Etimad Ud Doulah, 17th Century Mughal tomb built 1628, Agra, India

Detail of a plaster model for Frisian at the Palais du Louvre by Léon Falconnier.Part of Réunion des Tuileries au Louvre 1852-1857, album 1.

Tancred, Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved plate on plain weave foundation, Scenes of medieval figures and warriors on a background of pointed arches. In deep brown/red on white., Jouy, France, ca. 1809, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Fragment, Fragment

Fragment of a sketch magazine with designs of interiors and architecture study, Anonymous, 1500 - 1520 drawing Florence paper. ink pen

Composition with Grey Quadrant. Antoni Tapies (1923-2012). Oil and composition on canvas. Signed and dated 1960. 60 x 73cm.

Attic Red-Figure Kylix Fragment. Attributed to the Triptolemos Painter (Greek (Attic), active about 490 - 470 B.C.)

Mary Edith Brooks, Indian Blanket, 1935 1942 Indian Blanket

HEALS, 1932 zinc etching

Textile Fragment 5th-6th century. Textile Fragment 443349

Tanrakuzan, late 18th - early 19th century, Kameda Bōsai, Japanese, 1752 - 1826, 17 1/2 × 40 1/8 in. (44.45 × 101.92 cm) (image)21 3/16 × 46 1/4 × 7/8 in. (53.82 × 117.48 × 2.22 cm) (outer frame), Ink rubbing on paper, Japan, 18th-19th century

Design for a Woven Fabric, Fragment, Gouache on oily tracing paper, mounted, A leaf spiral, from which boughs rise, with threads hanging obliquely downward; a leaf bough rising from the next staggered horizontal row. Both motifs in opposite direction. White stripe at left., France, 1815-1840, Drawing, Drawing

Sidewall, Block-printed on handmade paper, Design consists of a single circular medallion or rosette containing a five petalled flower in off-white with a green center. This center motif is enclosed with a similar flower with green centers but in a smaller scale. There are fourteen flowers in this outer band which in turn has a tiny heart and dot border in putty color., France, ca. 1830, Wallcoverings, Sidewall

Textile Fragment with Horses 7th-9th century This textiles double pearl border and stylized horses with neck ribbons recall early Sasanian types. Although this fragment does not include an inscription, a number of similar examples feature kufic in their borders. The date of the textile offers good evidence for the continued production of a wide range of textiles into the early Islamic period, as weavers continued to draw on older motifs and iconographies.. Textile Fragment with Horses 450752

Embroidery on linen, 19th century, 17 x 33 1/2 in. (43.2 x 85.1 cm), silk embroidery on linen, Morocco, 19th century

Peru, La Libertad, Surroundings of Trujillo, Chimu civilization. Chan Chan, Tschudi Palace, Detail of the zoomorphic frieze with fish figures

Design for a Woven Textile, Brush and lateritious gouche on oily tracing paper, Interlaced ribbons and a Moorish decoration of the panels, in the style of about 1555. The design is possibly a copy of an old design., France, 1820-1860, Drawing, Drawing

Album with medallions with portraits of the Barbadigo genus. Album with 164 performances on 164 album blades. The performances were engraved by Giovanni Francesco Barbarigo. This concerns images of medallions with portraits of members of the Venetian family Barbarigo (Barbadicus), embedded in a framework surrounded by personifications. In addition, a series of loose allegorical figures. The personifications are based on Ripa's iconologia. There are various proofs in this album. The series of prints was also issued in book form after the death of Giovanni Francesco under the title: Numisks Virorum Illustrium Ex Barbadica Gente. Halleen band with marbled plates, in front and in the back a bract.

LA LARGA NOCHE CIRCULAR DE NAZIN HIKMET - 1970 - TECNICA/MIXTA - 162X130 CM. Author: JOSE CABALLERO (1915-1991). Location: FUNDACION SANTANDER CENTRAL HISPANO. MADRID. SPAIN.

Petroglyphs, Newspaper Rock, Southern UT

S. Jons ap. (image of the angel of Jan Evangelist); Czerski, Stanisław (1777-1833); 1822-1832 (1750-00-00-1850-00-00);

Fragment. Egypt, Akhmîn. Date: 501 AD-700 AD. Dimensions: 26.6 × 11.7 cm (10 1/2 × 4 5/8 in.)Warp repeat: 9.1 cm (3 5/8 in.). Silk, weft-float faced complementary weft twill weave with inner warps. Origin: Egypt. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Sheet with overall pattern of rosettes 19th century Anonymous. Sheet with overall pattern of rosettes. Anonymous , 19th century. 19th century. Relief print (wood or metal). Prints

ETAGERES. Author: MIQUEL BARCELO. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Fresco Fragment. Unknown

Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece. Japan. 18th-19th century. Silk. Edo (1615-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912). Textiles-Woven

Stencil 19th century Japan Bamboo, plum blossoms and a folded paper crane accompany the large character kame, representing a turtle. All are auspicious motifs.. Stencil 65079

Frieze with surreal scenes, early 16th century, unknown artist, fresco, Casa dello Zecchiere, Milan, Lombardy, Italy. Detail.

Portrait of a Man with Chin Beard. Jacob Byerly (American, 1807 - 1883)

Textile Fragment, c. 50-650. Peru, Moche, north coast, 1st-7th century. Cotton and camelid fiber; overall: 39.4 x 27.9 cm (15 1/2 x 11 in.).

Albrecht Dürer's wooden stick on alderwood after 1519 was used for a gold impression of a half-length portrait of Emperor Maximilian wearing the Golden Fleece.

Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Sheikh 'Abd al-Qurna, Tomb of scribe of recruits Horemheb, mural paintings of papyrus plants and birds from eighteenth dynasty

Sidewall - Fragment (England); block-printed, distemper, oil; 46 x 21 cm (18 1/8 x 8 1/4 in.)

Linnamast napkin with allegory on the relief of Grave in 1674 by Stadholder Willem III, Anonymous, 1674 Linnamast napkin with allegory on the relief of Grave in 1674 by Stadholder Willem III. With woven text. Standing edges and lying edges with weapons. Satin 5 Binding Flanders linen (material) damask Linnamast napkin with allegory on the relief of Grave in 1674 by Stadholder Willem III. With woven text. Standing edges and lying edges with weapons. Satin 5 Binding Flanders linen (material) damask

ENCUADERNACION ROMANICA - DETALLE. Location: CATEDRAL BIBLIOTECA. SEGOVIA. SPAIN.

Dionisio Mantuano / 'Project for a cupola interior'. XVII century. Grey-brown wash, Pencil, Grey-brown ink on laid paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Sidewall - fragment, Block-printed, distemper, oil, Details of an architectural pillar and arch design printed in black and white: a) portion of an arched opening, with spandrel to left, set with a rocaille cartouche;above, lower portion of draped human figure; b) short channelled column flanked at base by head and shoulders of women; across column, a floral swag; at top, apparent base of spandrel of 'a'., England, 1765-70, Wallcoverings, Sidewall - fragment

Album with performances of hunting scenes designed by Marcus Gheeraerts (I), Anonymous, After Marcus Gheeraerts (I), 1882 - 1939 Album with a series of hunting scenes consisting of nine prints. Album from the hunting library of Carl Franz Georg Richard Schwerdt. Parchment band, decorated with marbled paper, with two blank sheets in the front and three blank magazines in the back. Antwerp paper. band: parchment (animal material). band: marbled paper. band: gold leaf engraving

Embroidery Detail. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 51 x 40.8 cm (20 1/16 x 16 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 7 1/4" wide; 6" long. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Emily Gierman.

Sidewall - fragment, Machine-printed on ingrain paper, Diamond diaper design with stylized floral motif containing green center enclosed within framework. Printed on terra cotta ingrain paper., 1850-70, Wallcoverings, Sidewall - fragment

Autumn Colours in Xiling, anonymous, c. 1850 Eight -piece folding screen with performances of dance and theater at the cherry blossoms. Painted on the downside with autumn colors in Xiling Japan ink. dye. paper Eight -piece folding screen with performances of dance and theater at the cherry blossoms. Painted on the downside with autumn colors in Xiling Japan ink. dye. paper

Wall painting

Lining block Japanese print, 1898 The line block for the print 'The Demoon of the Adachi Picture' (Adachigahara), from the series Images of No Plays (Nogaku Zue), by Tsukioka Kogyo. Verso the orange color block for the print. Japan wood (plant material)

Fossilized stone form, vithon, Kutch Kachchh, Gujarat, India Copyright: xPxMistry/DinodiaxPhotox

Ornament with leaf motifs and fabel figure with fishing pie, anonymous, 1500 - 1550 print Italy paper Niello (technique) ornament derived from plant forms

Design for a Fan. Henri Charles Guérard (France, Paris, 1846-1897). France, circa 1888. Prints. Gilt hand-stencil on black cloth

Fragment (Japan)

Fragment, Medium: cotton Technique: printed on plain weave, Fragment of two pieces shows women and children seated at a table. Above is a rectangular panel showing a harbor scene of a man rowing a small boat with a box inscribed with the initials 'DM.' A couple stands together in conversation on the shore., France, ca. 1811, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Fragment

The Last Judgment Artist's working dates 1538-1594 Italy. Pen and brown ink, with gray gouache, over black chalk, heightened with lead-white gouache (discolored), on blue laid paper, pieced, and laid down on ivory laid paper . Tintoretto

'Belly of the Bird' an etching by Deborah E. Deschner. Tiles underlining the Shuttle Columbia show the subtle ghostlike patterns touched on their surface during reentry.

Victor Hugo (1802-1885). Chinese decor from Juliette Drouet's house in Guernsey, West Wall. Decorate with flower decorations and butterflies, gold on a black background. Golden engraved wood. 1857-1864. Paris, house of Victor Hugo. 79110-8 Asian art, decorative arts, serious wood, Chinese cabinet, chinoiserie, decor, door-to-door, dore, detail, black background, furniture, flower pattern, gold, butterfly, Chinese living room, 19th XIX 19th 19th 19th 19th century, Furniture

Le manteau royal, Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved copper plate on plain weave, Large twisting tree and elaborate arrangement of poppy-like blooms with scarf and mantle filled with fleur-de-lys and elaborate trophies with tassels and music books. In red on white., Nantes, France, ca. 1785, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Fragments, Fragments

Wall Stencil (From an Inn). Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 35.5 x 27.9 cm (14 x 11 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Ray Holden.

Cartouche with two putti, Pieter Jansz, 1630 - 1672 drawing Design for a print. paper. ink pen / brush Cupids: 'Amores', 'Amoretti', 'Putti'. ornament ~ cartouche

Painted Terracotta Tiles 700 B.C.

ARTE ROMANICO. ESPAÑA. SIGLO XII. "CALIZ DEL QUE SALE UNA FRANJA ONDULADA DE HOJAS". Pintura mural al temple que procede de la parte alta del muro meridional del ábside la la iglesia parroquial de Sant Salvador, en Polinyà (provincia de Barcelona, comarca del Vallés Occidental. Datada hacia el 1122. Museu Diocesà de Barcelona. Cataluña.

Stencil 19th century Japan. Stencil 69278

Rectangular purple border tile, surrounded decor, enclosed column, with dark purple parallel lines as edge decoration, yellow pottery, border tile wall tile tile sculpture ceramic earthenware glaze, baked 2x glazed painted

Hearing plate with a wreath between two putti, Anonymous, 1687 Cast iron fireplace, with a semicircular top. Central is an empty middle surface. At the top two putti that lift a laurel wreath between them, on which two festons hang. At the bottom of a cartouche with the inscription: 1687. marked in the lower corners with the initials GS. Germany iron (metal) casting Rotterdam Cast iron fireplace, with a semicircular top. Central is an empty middle surface. At the top two putti that lift a laurel wreath between them, on which two festons hang. At the bottom of a cartouche with the inscription: 1687. marked in the lower corners with the initials GS. Germany iron (metal) casting Rotterdam

Woman's wrapper (àdìrẹ ẹlé̩kọ) Yorùbá , unknown maker's mark. Woman's wrapper (àdìrẹ ẹlé̩kọ), 20th century. Commercial cotton cloth, synthetic indigo dye, 68 5/8 × 78 × 1/16 in. (174.3 × 198.1 × 0.1 cm). Àdìrẹ is a Yorùbá textile whose patterns are made through resist dyeing. The àdìrẹ technique used to make this wrapper is àdìrẹ ẹlé̩kọ, wherein female artists paint cassava flour paste on fabric, preventing certain areas from soaking in blue indigo dye. This cloths name is Olókun, identifiable in part by the motif of a circular “stool” surrounded by “leaves.” As goddess of the sea, Olókuns domain is the source of wealth, lending the cloth the associated meaning “life is sweet.” Other àdìrẹ employ tie-and-dye techniques (àdìrẹ oníko), where raffia ties hold small stones or seeds in place to cover areas of the fabric during dyeing, resulting in àdìrẹ eléso patterns. One such àdìrẹ oníko was incorporated underneath a panel in the featured egúngún (see photograph). Arts of Africa 20th c

Decorated jar fragment with inscription ca. 1390-1352 B.C. New Kingdom. Decorated jar fragment with inscription. ca. 1390-1352 B.C.. Pottery and ink, paint. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, Palace of Amenhotep III, MMA excavations. Dynasty 18

Ceiling border, Machine-printed paper, Quarter sections of a ceiling motif, forming flattened circle of lotus border, and conventionalized flower in corners. Printed in blue and three browns on ochre. 'a' with two pairs of facing sections; 'b' with one pair., USA, 1880-1900, Wallcoverings, Ceiling border

Paul and Virginie” Furnishing Fabric, Paul et Virginie, Paul and Virginie Made 1815-1830 France (Object made in), Munster (Object made in). Cotton, plain weave; engraved roller printed . Cornelis (Designer) , Hartmann et Fils (Manufacturer) , Jean Michel Moreau, the Younger , Pierre Paul Prud'hon , Charles Abraham Chasselat , Tony Johannot (Engraver) , Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (Creator of work depicted)

Fragment ca. 1850 German. Fragment 190801

Fragment of embroidery unknown

Sketchbook with 72 magazines, George Hendrik Breitner, 1880 - 1882 Sketchbook consisting of 72 magazines with mainly architecture studies and faces in Gorinchem and Rotterdam. Rotterdam paper. boekband: marbled paper. boekband: cardboard. rug: linen (material). chalk. pencil city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions. architecture Gorinchem. Rotterdam. South-Holland

Image of the great Wiktor Martyr; Czapliński, Mikołaj (Fl. CA 1710-1750); 1710-1750 (1710-00-00-1750-00-00);

COLLAGE- S XX ARTE- CORCHO -PAPEL Y PINTURA. Author: EDUARDO CHILLIDA (1924-2002). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Textile, Medium: cotton Technique: copperplate printed, Allover pattern of episodes in a romantic tale set in Egypt and other possible locations. Episodes include depictions of an Egyptian pyramid and sphinx as well as a giraffe and a lion. Other scenes include figures near a port with ships and barrels. Other animals include a bear and a stag., France, ca. 1830, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Textile

Nozal, Alexandre (n.1852-08-07-D.1929), drawing notebook n ° 6 (main title), 1904-05. Watercolor, graphite pencil and ink on paper. Beige canvas cover. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Wool Roundel with Mythological Animal 7th-9th century Egyptian This wool textile depicts a mythological animal, a theme popular on textiles from the 6th to 9th century. The tapestry weave technique with the iconography suggests the piece was a copy of a silk textile. The piece is likely a smaller fragment of a larger hanging used in a domestic context.. Wool Roundel with Mythological Animal. Egyptian. 7th-9th century. Polychrome wool and undyed linen; tapestry weave. Textiles-Woven

Design for a portion of the edge of a dish, with a hunter with dog and running animals in the middle of foliage. .

Josep Puig i Cadafalch / Esgrafiado de la casa Macaya (detail), 1901, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia.

Stencil 19th century Japan. Stencil 70171

Campania Napoli Naples S. Lorenzo Maggiore36. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Sculpture, architecture, architectural sculpture (including Roman spolia) 13-14th century Chapter house; sarcophagi, gravestones; wall painting. Fragment of mosaic; sculptural fragments in the Sala Capitolare. Post-medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture, ceiling painting fresco cycle; prints depicting Venice c. 1845 (4), sculpture; life-size creche figures dressed in original Neapolitan costume Church restored in 1882, 1926, 1944; excavations under the transept undertaken between 1958-1962, and in the cloister in 1976, have revealed remains of a Roman macellum (market), street, and the paleochristian basilica of the 6th c. AD. Antiquities: Pottery: black-glazed, archaic banded, domestic wares, bucchero; architectural terracottas, statuettes, lamps, sculpture fragments Object Notes: 3 color negatives with no prints at the end. General Notes: Most objects/paintings/frescoes unidentified. Three batches

Square with Quail probably 5th century Squares like this one are a type of textile ornament related to mosaic emblemata or allegorical devices. Unlike earlier pieces, however, which clearly belonged to allegorical cycles, later squares were probably made as independent pieces and had a more general meaning.. Square with Quail. probably 5th century. Wool, linen; plain weave, tapestry weave. Attributed to Egypt. Textiles

Epitaph Tablet for Bak Eun (1479-1504), from a Set of 14 Korean. Epitaph Tablet for Bak Eun (1479-1504), from a Set of 14, 1509. Porcelain with underglaze, 9 3/8 × 6 3/8 × 1 1/4 in. (23.8 × 16.2 × 3.2 cm). When important individuals died during the Joseon dynasty (1392-1910), they were commemorated in lengthy epitaphs that were inscribed on durable surfaces for posterity. This set of fourteen plaques (we are showing only part of the set) records the biography and family history of a celebrated poet, Park Eun (1479-1504), and even includes examples of his verses. This is an unusually early example of the use of porcelain for preserving epitaphs. Prior to this period, epitaphs were carved into stone. In this early period, iron oxide was used to write the text, whereas later cobalt blue would be preferred. Asian Art 1509

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