The lotus is associated with the religion of Buddha.
Japan. Lotus blossoms in Kamakura.
Skull mask covered with blue and red mosaic. Mexico.
Aztec skull mask covered with blue and red mosaic from Mexico.
Bottle of old Arita porcelain, Hizen. Imari ware, Japan.
Triple gourd-shaped bottle of Arita porcelain, Japan. In the Royal Keramic Collection, Dresden.
Ornamentation in Chinese porcelain painting.
Ornamental treasures. Chinese. Painting, by H. Dolmetsch.
India. The young lady’s toilet. Anglo indians.
The woman sitting on the ground is the Matranee; a Khidmutgar boy is bringing in a bottle of iced water.
Brahmins of India. The two main classes.
The Brahmins are divided into two main classes
Hanaike. Japanese flower vases. Owari, Japan.
OWARI PORZELLAN. The figure is that of Onono Komachi, who lived in the ninth century.
Sacred Shinkyo Bridge at Nikko, Japan.
The Shinkyo Bridge (神橋, Shinkyō, “sacred bridge”) to Nikkō Futarasan Shrine.
The Inari Temple at Kyōto, Japan.
The Fushimi Inari-Taisha is a Shintō shrine in the Fushimi district of Kyōto city.
Japan. Purple Iris by Ogata Kōrin.
Purple Iris by Ogata Kōrin. From paintings in colours on a gold-paper ground, mounted as a pair of six-leaf screens.