A candle clock, recto, folio from Kitab fi ma`arifat al-hiyal al-handisaya (The book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices) Automata by al-Jazari

1 ft. 1/8 in.x 8 5/8 in.; ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

A musical toy in the form of a boat folio from Kitab fi ma'arifat al-hiyal al-handisaya (the book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices) Automata by al-Jazari

11 57/64 in.x 8 35/64 in.; ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Automata by al-Jazari, The face of a water clock with Zodiac signs, folio from the Kitab fi ma'arifat al-hiyal al-handisaya (the book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices) Automata by al-Jazari

1 ft. 13/32 in.x 8 5/8 in.; ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Two drinking men, folio from the Kitab fi ma'arifat al-hiyal al-handisaya (the book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices) Automata by al-Jazari

1 ft. 11/64 in.x 8 1/32 in.; ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

The basin of the two scribes, folio from the Kitab fi ma'arifat al-hiyal al-handisaya (the book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices) Automata by al-Jazari

1 ft. 1/8 in.x 7 3/4 in.; ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Jubako (food boxes) with Taro Plants and Chrysanthemums: detail of chrysanthemums

Shibata Zeshin; gold and silver hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, and colored togidashimaki-e on lacquered wood

Sake Vessel (Heishi) with design of butterflies, side B

Lacquer, Japanese, Muromachi; H: 1 ft. 3/4 in.; Negoro ware, black and red lacquer with gold leaf

Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjUrokkei), #2, South Wind, Clear Sky (GaifU kaisei)

Katsushika Hokusai; 9 39/64 in.x 1 ft. 2 1/64 in.; woodcut, oban; ink and color on paper

Furniture masterpieces of Duncan Phyfe,

"First edition after the printing of 150 de luxe copies."

The Healing of the Blind Man and the Raising of Lazarus

Berlanga de duero, Spain; 5 ft. 5 in.x 11 ft. 2 1/64 in.; fresco transferred to canvas

The Temptation of Christ by the Devil

Berlanga de duero, Spain; 5 ft. 9 31/64 in.x 9 ft. 9 63/64 in.; fresco transferred to canvas

The Elephant Clock", from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazar

11 13/16 in.x 7 3/4 in.; ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Portrait of Gerard de Lairesse

Rembrandt van Rijn; 3 ft. 8 3/8 in.x 2 ft. 10 31/64 in.; oil on canvas

"Ten thousand Chinese things." A descriptive catalogue of the Chinese collection, in Philadelphia. With miscellaneous remarks upon the manners, customs, trade, and government of the Celestial empire.

A private collection, made by Nathan Dunn and deposited in the Philadelphia museum, whence it was removed to London in 1842. cf. History of Philadelphia, by J.T. Scharf and T. Westcott, 1884, v. 2, p. 948-949.

The tomb of Nefer-ḥotep at Thebes,

"Of this book, the text, in an edition of five hundred copies, was printed by the Southworth press, Portland, Maine...Of the plates in both volumes those in line were made and printed by Charles Whittingham and Griggs, London, England; those in color and monochrome collotype by Emery Walker, limited, London, England."