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Qianlong imperial throne

Zhou dynasty: decorated wood bowl

Endo period writing box with woodcutter design

Shibata Zeshin: Badger Studying a Sutra

Ballot box of the Saddlers Company

Lacquered commode

Lacquered armoire

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Kōami Nagashige

Japanese artist

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Kōami Michinaga

Japanese artist

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Ogata Kōrin

Japanese artist

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Adam Weisweiler

French cabinetmaker

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Gerhard Dagly

Flemish artist

Hon'ami Kōetsu: lacquered writing box

Hon’ami Kōetsu

Japanese painter

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Rokkaku Shisui

Japanese art connoisseur