Part of a defaced painted and gilded ivory diptych showing the Crucifixion and Coronation of the Virgin, above, and the Nativity and Adoration of the Magi, below, French, 14th century

Part of a defaced painted and gilded ivory diptych showing the Crucifixion and Coronation of the Virgin, above, and the Nativity and Adoration of the Magi, below, French, 14th century

Leaf of an ivory diptych showing the Nativity, French, 14th century

Leaf of a defaced ivory diptych showing the Crucifixion and Nativity: French, 14th century

Ivory diptych carved with scenes of the Adoration of the Magi and the Crucifixion under Gothic arcades: French, 14th century

Right hand leaf of an ivory diptych carved with the Crucifixion with the Virgin and St John: French, 14th century

Part of a colour woodblock diptych print depicting the head and shoulders of the kabuki actor Kataoka Ichizō I as Akechi Mitsuhide. Bronze and mica printing: Japan, Osaka, by Sadamasu, 1830 - 1848

Part of a colour woodblock diptych print depicting the head and shoulders of the kabuki actor Ichikawa Morinosuke (Ichikawa Danzo V) as Akechi Jujirō: Japan, Osaka, by Sadamasu, 1830 - 1848

Part of a colour woodblock diptych print depicting the head and shoulders of a kabuki actor as the robber Ono Sadakurō in the Chūshingura drama, having just been shot by Hayano Kanpei, with rain and gunsmoke background: Japan, Osaka, by Utagawa Kunimasu, c. 1848 - 1852

Part of a colour woodblock diptych print depicting a kabuki actor as Hayano Kanpei in the Chūshingura drama, having just shot Ono Sadakurō, with rain and gunsmoke background: Japan, Osaka, by Utagawa Kunimasu, c. 1848 - 1852

Colour woodblock print of the kabuki actor Nakamura Shikan II as the wrestler Onigadake in the play Sekitori nidai kagami, performed at the Kado-za in the third month, 1834: Japan, Osaka, by Hokuei, 1834

Colour woodblock print of the kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizō V as the wrestler Akitsushima in the play Sekitori nidai kagami, performed at the Kado-za in the third month, 1834: Japan, Osaka, by Hokuei, 1834

Part of a colour woodblock diptych print of the kabuki actor Arashi Rikan II as Inuzuka Shino Moritaka, in the roof fight from the play Nanso Satomi hakkenden: Japan, by Hokuei, Osaka, 1833

Part of a colour woodblock diptych print of the kabuki actor Bandō Jutarō I as Inukai Kenpachi Nobumichi in the roof fight from the play Nanso Satomi hakkenden: Japan, Osaka, by Hokuei, 1833

Colour woodblock diptych print of the kabuki actors Onoe Tamizō II as Inukawa Sōsuke Yoshito and Nakamura Utaemon III as Inuyama Dōsetsu Tadaoki, from the play Nanso Satomi hakkenden: Japan, Osaka, by Hokuei, 1833

Part of a colour woodblock diptych print of the kabuki actor Iwai Shijaku I as Inuzaka Keno Tanetomo, from the play Nanso Satomi hakkenden: Japan, Osaka, by Hokuei, 1833