IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This engraved printing plate was ...

Transactions of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1824), pp. 119-132 (14 pages) ...

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The Asian art of Bonsai offers an alternative to the scarcity of winter. Dwarf Yaupon Holly in the Chinese penjing style, which seeks to shape trees of unusual character to aesthetic principles. This ...