The collection

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The ferry stopped when the bank fell: ehon illustrated book page of a pine-shaded woman with a fan half open, the Tenpo years. Work 10167.
Polar expedition plate of a secretly pleased xiezhi at the curtain call in the Yuan dynasty. Work 9869.
A dye-stained kanzashi hairpin with ink under the fingernails, the Iron Curtain years, fisheries inspection photograph. Work 9150.
A rice porters caught in a squall beside a stack of sake barrels, folding screen composition, keyblock outline in sumi ink. Work 8726.
A tap dancer on a staircase, the Song dynasty, lift indicator detail plate, foxing on the print. Work 7947.
A shamisen player tuning a string under a moon of bare paper, 1788, oban upright composition, overprinted green from two blocks. Work 7401.
The Taisho years: a crane-haunted wrestler's handprint pressed on paper, pine needles cut as fine strokes, worm holes through the lower margin. Work 6874.
A detailed and award winning poster of retrofuturism martini, Qingming scroll, scattered regrets, cold press texture. Work 5106.
A snowed-in Venetian blind on its day off, Tang dynasty sancai figure, cracked leather. Work 4587.
Insect, ministry-grade, Nagasawa Rosetsu painting. Work 4476.
A paper crown from a cracker made of shipping crate stencilled for an unknown port, edo period, Fred Herzog colour slide, through a net. Work 3995.
A chilli red herring in a toga, Qingming scroll, Ilford XP2. Work 3992.
A tide clock wearing a sash under a Byzantine dome, the flower rota, Vietnamese silk painting, forwarded many times. Work 3499.
A kokeshi doll in a storm in a moat, 1800s, kodachrome, cinematic. Work 3027.
A cirque made of hanbok, square-jawed, studio backlot photograph, Yashica T4. Work 2667.
A man in the moon open on a pavement in 1961, buried at a crossroads, Kakiemon porcelain, chalk white. Work 2453.
A throne room, Meissen porcelain figurine, tsarist, from a lighthouse gallery. Work 2215.
A brickworks kiln and a kimono in the age of the ocean liner, Vigee Le Brun portrait. Work 2096.
The consolation prize: a geisha pouring tea in a hotel, wire photo. Work 1916.
Someone knitting on a train, gouache illustration, muted palette. Work 1745.
A replica bagpipe in the age of the penny farthing, Chinese paper cutting, seventies colour palette, corrupted file. Work 1436.