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Works of Art (105)

A Cat Stealing Fish Giuseppe Recco (Italian, Neapolitan), Oil on canvas (71.17
Body Mask (Det), mid-20th century, Asmat people, Ambisu village, New Guinea, Papua (Irian Jaya) Province, Indonesia, Wood, fiber, leaves, paint (1978.412.1282a)
Bowl (Apia Nie), late 19th–early 20th century, Wuvulu or Aua Island, Wood (1979.206.1428)
Lidded Bowl (Kotue), late 18th–early 19th century, 'Enana (Marquesan) people, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia, Wood (1986.476.4a,b)
Pomegranates and Other Fruit in a Landscape Abraham Brueghel (Flemish)
Oil on canvas (71.118)
The Feast of Sada: From the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, ca. 1520–25, Iran, Tabriz, Colors, ink, silver, and gold on paper (1970.301.2)
The Afternoon Meal (La Merienda), Luis Egidio Meléndez (or Menéndez) (Spanish), Oil on canvas (1982.60.39)
The Baker's Cart, 1656, Jean Michelin (French), Oil on canvas (27.59)
Bakers from Meketre's model bakery, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, reign of Amenemhat I, ca. 1975 B.C., Egyptian; From the tomb of Meketre, western Thebes, Plastered and painted wood (20.3.12)
Beaker ("Monkey Cup"), ca. 1425–1450, South Netherlandish; Made in Burgundian Territories, Silver, silver-gilt, painted enamel (52.50)
Before Dinner, 1924, Pierre Bonnard (French), Oil on canvas (1975.1.156)
Bell krater depicting the return of Persephone, ca. 440 B.C.; Red-figure, Attributed to the Persephone Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (28.57.23)
Bell-krater, ca. 440 B.C.; red-figure, Attributed to the Painter of London E 497, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (24.97.30)
The Blind Man's Meal, 1903, Pablo Picasso (Spanish), Oil on canvas (50.188)
Bowl with Fish, 1000s–1200s, Byzantine, Terracotta, white slip, and transparent glaze (2000.322)
Box with lid, 15th century, Probably Egypt, Brass engraved and inlaid with silver and a black compound (23.67.5a)
Broken Eggs, Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), Oil on canvas (20.155.8)
Brush holder, Ming dynasty, early 17th century, Zhang Xihuang (active early 17th century), China, Bamboo (1994.208)
Cameo cup fragment with lovemaking scene, first half of 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass (81.10.349)
Chocolate pot, 1700–1710, Edward Winslow (American), Made in New England, Boston, Massachusetts, Silver (33.120.221)
Column-krater, ca. 550 B.C.; black-figure, Attributed to Lydos, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (31.11.11)
Conical boss from a bowl with granulated decoration, late Dynasty XIX–Third Intermediate Period (ca. 1188–712 B.C.), From Bubastis, Gold (30.8.371)
Covered bowl and stand, 1774, Marked by Louis Landes (French), French; Toulouse, Silver (48.187.7ab,.8)
Covered punchbowl with platter, ca. 1745, Chinese for the Swedish market, Hard paste; Punchbowl (40.133.1a,b–.2)
Covered tureen, early 19th century, Chinese for the American market, Hard paste (51.86.334a,b)
Deep Dish (brasero), ca. 1430, Spanish (Valencia), Tin-enamelled earthenware (56.171.162)
Dinner, tea, and coffee service, 1785–90, Chinese for the American market, Hard paste (10.149.1–.247)
Dish, 1664–65, Anthony Ficketts (English), Silver gilt (68.141.79)
Entrée dish and cover, ca. 1837, Bailey & Kitchen Company (American), Silver (2003.382a-c)
Ewer and plateau, 1901, Gorham Manufacturing Company (American, Silver (1974.214.26a,b)
Ewer with dancing females within arcades , 6th century; Sasanian style, Iran, Silver, mercury gilding (67.10a,b)
The Feast of Acheloüs, ca. 1615, Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish); and Jan Brueghel the Elder (Flemish), Oil on wood (45.141)
Figure of Pulcinella, ca. 1755–65, Italian or Spanish; Capodimonte or Buen Retiro, Soft-paste porcelain (50.211.264)
"Fire of London" and "Plague" tankard, 1673–74, The Master I.N. (English), Silver (1987.54)
Fork and spoon, 1683–84, French; Paris, Gilt silver (48.187.214,.215)
Girl with Cherries, ca. 1491–95, Attributed to Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis (Italian, Milanese) but possibly by Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio (Italian, Milanese), Oil on wood 91.26.5
Handle of a hydria, early 6th century B.C., Greek, Bronze (06.1093)
Jar from the tomb of Sennedjem, New Kingdom, reign of Ramesses II, ca. 1279–1213 B.C., Egyptian; From the tomb of Sennedjem, Deir el-Medina, western Thebes, Painted red pottery (86.1.10)
Jug, 1800–1815, Chinese for the American market, Hard paste (34.74a,b)
Jug, ca. 220–250, Roman, Terracotta (74.51.383)
Kalyx krater with reliefs of maidens and dancing maenads, 1st century A.D.; Julio-Claudian, Roman, Marble (23.184)
Kitchen Scene, 1620s, Peter Wtewael (Dutch), Oil on canvas (06.288)
Kylix, ca. 480 B.C.; red-figure, Attributed to the Dokimasia Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (06.1021.188)
Kylix, ca. 500 B.C.; red-figure, Attributed to Douris, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (1986.322.1)
Kylix–Type B, ca. 500 B.C.; red-figure, Attributed to the Ashby Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (1993.11.5)
Ladle, 20th century (before 1960), Zlan of Belewale, Dan peoples; Liberia or Côte d'Ivoire, Wood, pigment (1979.206.254)
Lime Container (poporo), 1st–7th century, Colombia; Quimbaya, Cast gold (1991.419.22)
Liu Chen and Ruan Zhao Entering the Tiantai Mountains, Yuan dynasty (1279–1368), Zhao Cangyun (Chinese), Handscroll: ink on paper (2005.494.1)
Loving cup with cover, 1742–43, Paul Lamerie (English), Silver gilt (25.15.58ab)
Merrymakers at Shrovetide, ca. 1615, Frans Hals (Dutch), Oil on canvas (14.40.605)
Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes, ca. 1545–50, Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti) (Italian, Venetian), Oil on canvas (13.75)
One-handled kantharos, ca. 500 B.C.; Archaic, Attributed to the Class of the One-Handled Kantharoi, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (63.11.4)
Pair of fruit dishes, 1766–67, Thomas Heming (English, Silver gilt (49.7.92,93)
Pair of sauceboats, 1815–20, Anthony Rasch (American, born Germany), Silver (59.152.1-.2)
Pair of tea caddies, 1790–91. John Scofield (English), Silver (66.158.8ab); Spoon for a tea caddy set, 1787–88, Samuel Godbehere (English) and Edward Wigan (English), Silver (66.158.8c)
Palace Banquet, Unidentified Artist (10th century), Chinese, Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk (L.1997.24.2)
Partial coffee service ("Déjeuner Culture et Récolte du Cacao"), 1836, Sèvres Manufactory (French); Decorated by Jean-Charles Develly (French), Hard-paste porcelain (1986.281.1ab-4)
Picnic basket, Qing dynasty, 19th century, China, Zitan wood with metal corner mounts, inlaid with mother-of-pearl and semiprecious stones (1977.262a-g)
Plate, ca. 1784–85, Chinese for the American market, Hard paste (17.73)
Plate, ca. 1820, Puebla, Tin-enameled earthenware (18.36)
Psykter with lid and two swinging handles, late 6th century B.C., Greek, Bronze (60.11.3a,b)
Psykter, ca. 520–510 B.C.; red-figure, Attributed to Oltos, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (10.210.18)
Punchbowl, ca. 1786–90, Chinese, Hard paste (1984.449)
Relief of a dancing maenad, ca. 27 B.C.–14 A.D.; Augustan, Roman copy of a Greek relief attributed to Kallimachos, ca. 425–400 B.C., Pentelic marble (35.11.3)
Relief of Ramesses I, New Kingdom, Dynasty 19, ca. 1295–1294 B.C., Egyptian, Limestone, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1911 (11.155.3a)
Relief: two servants bearing food and drink, 358–338 B.C.; Achaemenid period, reign of Artaxerxes III, Excavated at Persepolis, southwestern Iran, Limestone (34.158)
Rhyton terminating in the forepart of a wild cat, 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.; Parthian period, Iran, Gilded silver (1979.447)
Ritual food container (dui), Eastern Zhou dynasty, ca. 4th century B.C., China, Bronze inlaid with composition of bone black and lacquer (2006.117a,b)
Skyphos (drinking cup), 6th century B.C., Greek, Lydian, Terracotta (16.75.14)
Soup Bowl with Handles (Sopera con asas), ca. 1840, Puebla, Tin-enameled earthenware (11.87.51); Large Bowl, ca. 1840, Puebla, Tin-enameled earthenware (11.87.54); Footed Bowl with Heads, ca. 1845, Puebla, Tin-enameled earthenware (11.87.55)
Stamnos with lid, ca. 450 B.C.; red-figure, Attributed to the Menelaos Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (06.1021.178)
[Still Life with Fruit], 1860, Roger Fenton (British), Albumen silver print from glass negative (2005.100.15)
Still Life with Fruit, Glassware, and a Wan-li Bowl, 1659, Willem Kalf (Dutch), Oil on canvas (53.111)
Still Life with Lobster and Fruit, 1650s, Abraham van Beyeren (Dutch), Oil on wood (1971.254)
Still Life with Oysters, a Silver Tazza, and Glassware, 1635, Willem Claesz. Heda (Dutch), Oil on wood (2005.331.4)
Still Life, Georg Flegel (German), Oil on wood (21.152.1)
Still Life: A Banqueting Scene, 1670s, Jan Jansz. de Heem (Flemish), Oil on canvas (12.195)
Strainer, late Dynasty XIX–Third Intermediate Period (ca. 1188–712 B.C.), From Bubastis, Gold (30.8.369)
Sugar bowl, 1760–75, John Bayly (American), Silver (39.23a,b)
Sugar bowl, 1790–1800, Paul Revere, Jr. (American), Silver,(33.120.546a,b); Creamer, 1790–1800, Paul Revere, Jr. (American), Silver (33.120.547)
The Supper at Emmaus, 1622–23, Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (Spanish), Oil on canvas (14.40.631)
Tables for Ladies, 1930, Edward Hopper (American), Oil on canvas (31.62)
Tankard, 1700–1710, Gerrit Onckelbag (American), Silver (33.120.517)
Tankard, ca. 1700, By Johann Berend (Livonian), Silver, partly gilt (32.75.84)
Tankard, ca. 1795, Paul Revere, Jr. (American), Silver (33.120.507)
Tea and coffee service, 1850, John Chandler Moore (American), maker of service; James Dixon & Sons of Sheffield, England (British), maker of tray; Ball, Tompkins & Black (American), retailer, Silver (69.141.1-4)
Tea service, ca. 1888, Tiffany & Company (American), Silver, silver-gilt, enamel, ivory (97.1.1-4)
Tea service, ca. 1910, Josef Hoffmann (Austrian), Silver, ebony, amethyst, carnelian (2000.278.1–.9)
Teapot, 1733, Kenneth McKenzie (Scottish), Silver, wood (68.141.88); Hot milk jug, 1727–28, James Ker (Scottish), Silver (1983.224); Sugar bowl, 1727–28, James Tait (Scottish), Silver (1983.133ab)
Tivoli Hoard, mid-1st century B.C.; Late Republican, Roman; Italy, said to have been found at Tivoli or Boscoreale, Silver (20.49.2-.12)
Tray (plateau), 1813, Sèvres Manufactory (French); Decorator (figural): Étienne-Charles Le Guay (French); Decorator (ornamental): Jacques-Nicolas Sisson (or Sinsson) (French), Hard-paste porcelain (56.29.1-8)
Tureen with Cover, 1770–80, Chinese, Hard-paste porcelain decorated in enamel colors and gilt (51.86.28a,b)
Tureen with stand from the Orloff Service, 1770–71, Jacques-Nicolas Roettiers (Flemish), French; Paris, Silver (33.165.2a-c)
Tureen, 1757–59, Marked by Edme-Pierre Balzac (French), French; Paris, Silver (48.187.418a-c)
Tureen, 1794–1814, Maker: Martin-Guillaume Biennais (French); Designer: Charles Percier (French); Designer: Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine (French), Silver gilt (34.17.1a-c)
Two scallop-shell dishes from the Orloff Service, 1772–73, Jacques-Nicolas Roettiers (Flemish), French; Paris, Silver (48.187.386,.387)
Two-handled covered loving cup, ca. 1680, English, Silver over silver gilt (68.141.281ab)
Vegetarian Vegetable from Campbell's Soup II, 1969, Andy Warhol (American), Screenprint (1972.724.3)
Vessel terminating in the forepart of a stag, 15th–13th century B.C.; Hittite period, Central Anatolia, Silver, gold (1989.281.10)
Vessel with cover and liner, ca. 1735–40, Austrian; Vienna, du Paquier period, Hard-paste porcelain (64.101.269a-d)
Volute-krater, ca. 515 B.C.; red-figure, Attributed to the Karkinos Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (21.88.74)
Votive Offering, New Kingdom, second half of Dynasty 18, ca. 1400–1295 B.C., Egyptian, Wood with remains of black pigment (2006.16)
Wine cistern, 1709–10, Lewis Mettayer (English), Silver (68.141.132)
Wine cup on a high foot (tazza), 1599, English, Silver gilt (68.141.104)
Wine Dipper, 200–300, Roman; Made in Gaul, found in Leyris, southern France, Silver (47.100.29)

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