#c18th

Bookplate proof by William Sharp. Etching, British, 1764-1824

Image: zeno the stoic sculptured (after) Hubert La Sueur, England/France, C18th.

Curatorial Concept: zeno enunciated views supporting same-sex desires, sex work, and communities of different families.

Colour woodblock print, e-goyomi. Cat dressed as a Buddhist monk watching rat in claws of a bird of prey, with chrysanthemums on robe.

Okubo Tadanobu, aka Kyosen. Japan, 1765

The Virgin Mary with Indigenous (Aymara) Donors 

1752. La Paz, Bolivia. Oil on wood panel

Kajibanten jacket, natural-coloured plain weave kuzu fibre with applied kuzu fibre decoration, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, Edo period, 18th-early 19th century.

“This jacket, or kajibanten, shown with its matching chest protector (muneate), is part of the ceremonial costume of a samurai fireman. It is made from fibre taken from the inner bark of the kuzu plant which requires a great deal of processing to make it pliable enough to weave. This kajibanten would have been worn in the summer, the openwork nature of the kuzu cloth being very suitable for humid weather. At other times of the year a cotton version would have been worn. Such a delicate garment was only used for ceremonial purposes, however. When actually fighting a fire a much more robust jacket, often of leather, would have been worn.“

Tea bowl and saucer of soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed in blue and gilded, Caughley porcelain factory, probably gilded at Chamberlain's factory, Worcester, ca. 1783-4