1. Ancient Japan Kano Eitoku Cypress Tree Byobu, 1590.

2. Modern Japan Takashi Murakami 727-727, 2006 Acrylic on canvas mounted on board 3000 x 4500 x 70 mm (3 panels) Courtesy Blum & Poe, Los Angeles

3. Modern Japan Yoshitomo Nara Home, 2006 72.5 x 60.5 cm Acrylic on canvas

4. Ancient China Tang Yin Landscape Painted on my 40th Birthday 1510

5. Modern China Yue Minjun Untitled 2005 Oil on canvas 220.3 x 200 cm Saatchi Collection, London

6. Modern China Yi Chen The Urban Wonder-Boy, 2006 Oil on canvas 56 x 40 inches

7. Ancient Persia Firdawsi Iskandar (Alexander the Great) at the Talking Tree from a manuscript of the Shahnama (Book of Kings) ca. 1330-1340 Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper H: 40.8 W: 30.1 cm

8. Modern Persia Shahzia Sikander Hood’s Red Rider #2, 2002 vegetable color, dry pigment, watercolor, tea on hand-prepared wasli paper