EditorialThailand: A building in the compound of the Taoist San Chao Saeng Tham (Shrine of the Serene Light), a Chinese temple in Phuket Town founded in 1891
EditorialGourd-Shaped Bottle, Qing dynasty, late Kangxi (1662?1722)?Yongzheng (1723?35) period, early 18th century, China, Porcelain with blue glaze (Jingdezhen ware), H. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm), Ceramics, Carried by Daoist Immortals, the calabash gourd that inspir...
Editorial? ?? ??? ?, Bamboo and rock, Yuan dynasty (1271?1368), ca. 1360?67, China, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Image: 53 3/16 x 16 5/8 in. (135.1 x 42.2 cm), Paintings, Deng Yu (Chinese, ca. 1300?after 1378), Deng Yu, a leading late Yuan literary Daoist, joi...
EditorialThe Secrets of the Nine Luminaries (Kuyo hiryaku), ??? ????, Heian period (794?1185), 1125, Japan, Handscroll; ink and color on paper, 11 1/4 in. x 26 ft. 6 1/4 in. (28.5 x 808.3 cm), Paintings, Sokan (Japanese, active late 11th?early 12th century), De...
EditorialFunerary jar with dragon, Southern Song dynasty (1127?1279), 12th?13th century, China, Porcelain with carved and appliqu?d decoration under celadon glaze, H. with cover: 10 in. (25.4 cm), Ceramics, Several vessels like this one have been excavated from...
EditorialGourd-Shaped Bottle, Qing dynasty, late Kangxi (1662?1722)?Yongzheng (1723?35) period, early 18th century, China, Porcelain with blue glaze (Jingdezhen ware), H. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm), Ceramics, Carried by Daoist Immortals, the calabash gourd that inspir...
EditorialPoem on a Hermitage, Ming dynasty (1368?1644), China, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Image: 49 3/4 x 10 3/4 in. (126.4 x 27.3 cm), Calligraphy, Tu Long (Chinese, 1542?1605), Tu Long is best known as a poet and a dramatist. Forced out of government offic...
EditorialPorcelain bowl with image of Xiwangmu, Chinese, Ming dynasty, c1401-c1424. The scene on this bowl of the Yongle period shows Xiwangmu as she is usually portrayed in paintings, a beautiful woman in her garden, with her two maids, one holding a large fan...