Two geese, painted in varying shades of gray ink wash, are suspended mid-flight with sketchy crashing waves drawn delicately in the background.

Geese Over a Beach (detail), Maruyama Ōkyo 円山応挙 (1733–1795), Japan, Edo period, 18th century, ink on paper, Gift of Charles Lang Freer, Freer Gallery of Art, F1898.143

Feathered Ink

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Brick with dragon, buildings, and landscape, detail. Korea, Unified Silla dynasty (676–935). Earthenware. © Gyeongju National Museum

Essays

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