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Tea bowl, unknown Raku ware workshop

Tea bowl, unknown Raku ware workshop

Ceramic Vessel
19th century Edo period or Meiji era
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
False signature of Hon'ami Koetsu 本阿弥光悦 (1558-1637)
Incense burner

Incense burner

Ceramic Vessel
1800-1850 Edo period
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Iga ware tea bowl

Iga ware tea bowl

Ceramic Vessel
19th century Edo period or Meiji era
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Ofuke ware tea bowl in style of Vietnamese ware

Ofuke ware tea bowl in style of Vietnamese ware

Ceramic Vessel
1624-1641 Edo period
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Tea caddy with connoisseur's cipher

Tea caddy with connoisseur's cipher

Ceramic Vessel
18th - 19th century Edo period
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Tea bowl in style of Kaga Koetsu, unknown Raku ware workshop

Tea bowl in style of Kaga Koetsu, unknown Raku ware workshop

Ceramic Vessel
19th century Edo period
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Style of Hon'ami Koetsu 本阿弥光悦 (1558-1637)
The author emerging from a cave at Oeno Atoll with two Whitetip Reef Sharks from Atoll research bulletin.

The author emerging from a cave at Oeno Atoll with two Whitetip Reef Sharks from Atoll research bulletin.

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1999-2000 1999-2000
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Bradford's history of Plymouth plantation, 1606-1646; ed. by William T. Davis ... with a map and three facsimiles

Bradford's history of Plymouth plantation, 1606-1646; ed. by William T. Davis ... with a map and three facsimiles

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1908 Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
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Ornament part/fragment

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Bifacial tool/projectile point

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Jar

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The lineage book of the Order of Washington, by J.G.B. Bulloch, chancellor-general

The lineage book of the Order of Washington, by J.G.B. Bulloch, chancellor-general

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Gourd-shaped tea caddy with two ears

Gourd-shaped tea caddy with two ears

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