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Hollow human head with sculptured face. Oval slits for eyes and mouth, protruding nose. A ridge above the forehead indicating a head covering of some kind.
Plain clear glass vial with a flat wide semi-hemispherical base and tall, cylindrical tapering neck. On top is a disc shaped, everted rim. The outer surface has a shiny coating of paint ? .
A hanging scroll painting of pines, mushrooms and peach branches with fruit in polychrome. Two vertical lines of black ink calligraphy at the right side, with a small red seal. There is a large red seal at the centre top. The painting has a cream-coloured border of patterned fabric. There is a semi-cylindrical rod at the top with a yellow cord bound by metal wire and cream-coloured fabric. There is a brown wood cylindrical rod weight at the bottom.
A hanging scroll painting of two travellers and a tiger. The younger man is closer to the tiger, with the older man behind him. All in polychrome on an ivory coloured ground. Black characters are writtien at the bottom right corner with a red seal below. The scene is bordered along the top and the bottom by dark maroon-red ribbons. The top has a hanging loop. The rod weight is made of ivory.
Green paper hanging scroll depicting a standing female figure dressed in kimono with a small Pekinese dog standing by her side. Colours are predominantly brown, red orange, and green on a brownish ground. Scroll is attached to a black lacquered wooden baton at the bottom and to a wooden bar at the top with a string for hanging.
Two separate paintings mounted on a bamboo plaque. Both paintings are staggered in the middle of the plaque. One painting is of white, purple, blue and yellow iris. The other is of a sparrow and a peony scene. Both are attached to the plaque by purple fibre strung across the four corners of each painting..
Scrolls of Frolicking Animals and Humans. Second in a set of four (N2.785–N2.788) picture scrolls known as emakimono (絵巻物) or emaki (絵巻) of Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga (鳥獣人物戯画; Animal-person Caricatures). The scroll features ink brush stroke drawings of animals such as elephants, lions, birds, tigers, roosters, cows, horses, and other animals. The scroll is mounted on grey-green paper printed with a silver floral design; wound around a wooden baton. When wound closed, the scroll is tied shut with a length of blue cord printed with a white crisscross pattern.
Third scroll in a set of three (N2.782, N2.783 and N2.784) picture scrolls, known as emakimono (絵巻物) or emaki (絵巻) of Shigisan engi (信貴山縁起; Legends of the Temple on Mount Shigi); painted in ink with calligraphy. Mounted on grey-purple paper printed with a silver floral design. Wound around a wooden baton. When closed it ties shut with a length of purple cord, printed with a white crisscrossing pattern.
A rectangular metal plaque with a wood frame having rope for hanging. One side has characters telling about life of Sakyamuni Buddha. Opposite side has Sakyamuni in seated position surrounded by guardian king, priest, and scholars. All in relief. Dark finish.
Rectangular shaped manuscript leaf. Central section painted with four figures on horses holding mallets in one hand and a ball on the ground. The background is a stylized flowers and grass, with landscape and sky at the top. Script at the top and bottom of the image, and covering the reverse.