
Detail, Dish with design of mandarin fish; Yuan dynasty, mid 14th century; Porcelain with cobalt pigment under colorless glaze; Freer Gallery of Art, F1971.3

Detail, Dish with design of mandarin fish; Yuan dynasty, mid 14th century; Porcelain with cobalt pigment under colorless glaze; Freer Gallery of Art, F1971.3

Detail, Serving dish with design of "Three Friends"; Serving dish; Momoyama or Edo period, 1615-1624; Stoneware with Oribe glaze and iron decoration under clear glaze; gold lacquer repairs; Freer Gallery of Art, F1973.6a-e

Detail, Incense Box; Muromachi period, 15th century; Red and black lacquer on carved wood (Kamakura-bori); Freer Gallery of Art; F1967.9a-d

Detail, Fishermen, after Jing Hao 仿荊浩〈漁父圖〉; Wu Zhen 吳鎮 (1280-1354); China, Yuan dynasty, ca. 1341; Handscroll; ink on paper; Purchase; F1937.12

Detail, Waves at Matsushima; Tawaraya Sōtatsu, (act. ca. 1600–40); pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, gold, and silver on paper; Freer Gallery of Art, F1906.231-232

Detail, The Balcony, 1879–80, Etching and drypoint, F1887.18

Detail, Darren Waterston; Filthy Lucre, 2013–14; Oil, acrylic, and gold leaf on wood, aluminum, fiberglass, and ceramic, with audio; and lighting components; Courtesy the artist and DC Moore Gallery, New York; Installation view, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA; Photo: John Tsantes

Wendell Phillips’ team begins excavation at a peristyle hall in Marib, present - day Yemen. Courtesy American Foundation for the Study of Man.