Works of Art (50)
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Altar Cross, 12th century, English, Walrus ivory (63.12) |
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Alto Recorder in F, ca. 1700, Made by Johann Benedikt Gahn (German), Nuremberg, Germany, Ivory (89.4.909) |
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Bishop Chess Piece, 12th century, English, Walrus ivory (17.190.229) |
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Book Cover with Byzantine Icon of the Crucifixion, Icon carved about 1000, in Constantinople; setting made before 1085, Spanish; From the Monastery of Santa Cruz de la Serós, Jaca, Gilded silver on a wood backing, inset with ivory icon, sapphire, glass, and crystal (17.190.134) |
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Bookstand, 1839,
Designer: Charles-Auguste Questel (French); Maker: Georges-Alphonse Jacob Desmalter (French),
France; Paris,
Oak, maple, ebony, ebony veneer, ebonized maple, snakewood, ivory, mother-of-pearl, silk velvet, gilt bronze, and brass (2006.518)
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Box with Aristotle and Phyllis, 14th century, French; Made in Paris ca. 1310-30, Ivory (1988.1.6) |
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Bursa Reliquary, early 900s, North Italian, Bone, copper-gilt, wood (53.19.2) |
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Cabinet, 1926, Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann (French), Designer, Macassar ebony, amaranth, and ivory (25.231.1) |
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Casket, 11th–12th century, Probably southern Italy or Sicily, Ivory (17.190.241) |
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Chariot, ca. 550–525 B.C., Etruscan, Bronze, ivory (03.23.1) |
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Chess set, late 18th century, Russian (Kholmogory), Walrus ivory (60.146a-pp) |
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Christ Presenting the Keys to Peter and the Law to Paul, second half of 12th century, German (Westphalia), Elephant ivory (1979.399) |
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Clarinet in B-flat, 1830
Charles Joseph Sax (Beligan), Maker, Brussels, Belgium, Ivory, brass (53.223) |
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Cornetto in A, 1570–80, Germany, Ivory, gold-plated brass or copper (52.96.1) |
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Corpus of Christ, ca. 1250, French; Possibly made in Paris, Elephant ivory, traces of paint (1978.521.3) |
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Crossbow of Ulrich V, Duke of Württemberg, 1460, German, Wood, iron, ivory, horn, whalebone, tendon (04.3.36) |
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Diptych with the Last Judgment and Coronation of the Virgin, ca. 1250–1270, French; Paris, Elephant ivory (1970.324.7a–b) |
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Enthroned Virgin and Child, ca. 1260–1280, French; Paris, Elephant ivory with traces of paint and gilding (1999.208) |
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Game Piece, 12th century, German (Probably made in Cologne), Walrus ivory (16.106) |
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Horn, ca. 1100–1200, South Italian, Ivory (17.190.218) |
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Hunting Sword, ca. 1740–50, Ivory grip attributed to Joseph Deutschmann, German (possibly Munich), Steel, silver-gilt, ivory, leather (26.145.243) |
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Icon with Saint Demetrios, ca. 950–1000, Byzantine, Ivory (1970.324.3) |
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Icon with the Deesis, mid-900s, Byzantine; Probably made in Constantinople, Ivory (17.190.133) |
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Icon with the Koimesis ("Falling Asleep") of the Virgin Mary, late 10th century, Byzantine; Probably made in Constantinople, Ivory (17.190.132) |
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Lira, ca. 1890,
Greece,
Wood, tortoiseshell, ivory (2003.378) |
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Liturgical Comb, ca. 1200–1210, English, Ivory (1988.279) |
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Mirror Back with Falconing Party, 1350–1375, French; Possibly made in Paris, Elephant ivory (41.100.160) |
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Musette, end of 17th century, French, Ivory, silver, leather, silk, wood, and paper (2003.63a–d) |
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Pair of vases, ca. 1795–1800, Nikolai Stepanovich Vereshchagin (Russian), Russian; Archangielsk, Walrus and elephant ivory (1998.13.1,.2) |
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Pectoral Cross, 1000–1050, Probably from the Abbey of Saint-Bertin at Saint-Omer, northwestern France, Walrus ivory with copper alloy gilt inlays (17.190.217) |
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Plaque from a Reliquary of Saint Aemilian, 1060–1080, Spanish; From the Monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla (Logroño), Spain, Ivory (1987.89) |
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Plaque with Agnus Dei and Four Evangelists, probably 9th century, German or North Italian, Ivory (17.190.38) |
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Plaque with Emmaus Scenes, ca. 860–880, Carolingian, Ivory (1970.324.1) |
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Plaque with Otto I presenting the Cathedral of Magdeburg, 962–968, Ottonian; From the Cathedral of Magdeburg, probably made in Milan, northern Italy, Ivory (41.100.157) |
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Plaque with Saint John the Evangelist, early 9th century; Early Medieval, Carolingian; Made in Aachen, Elephant ivory (1977.421) |
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Plaque with the Ascension, ca. 1050, Western Germany, Ivory (1970.324.2) |
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Plaque with the Creation of Animals, ca. 1084, South Italian; modern Amalfi (Campania), Ivory (17.190.156) |
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Plaque with the Journey to Emmaus and the Noli Me Tangere, ca. 1115–1120, Spanish; Made in León, Ivory, traces of gilding (17.190.47) |
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Plaque with two women, ca. 650–600 B.C.; Archaic,
Greek, Ivory (17.190.73) |
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Plaque, 10th–early 11th century; Caliphal, Attributed to Córdoba, Spain, Ivory, quartz, pigment (13.141) |
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Plaques with Scenes from the Story of Joshua, 10th century, Byzantine; Probably made in Constantinople, Ivory, traces of polychromy, gilding; bone (border strips) (17.190.137a-c) |
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Portable Diptych Sundial, ca. 1598, Hans Troschel the Elder (German, Nuremberg), Ivory and brass (03.21.38) |
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Pyx Depicting Women at the Tomb of Christ, 500s, Byzantine; Made in the eastern Mediterranean, Ivory (17.190.57) |
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Pyxis, 10th century (950–975); Caliphal, Spanish; Made in Andalusia, Ivory (1970.234.5) |
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Situla (Bucket for Holy Water), ca. 860–880, Carolingian; From the Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Crannenburg, Germany, possibly made in Reims, northern France, Ivory with copper alloy gilt mounts and inlays (17.190.45) |
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Soprano Recorder, ca. 1700, Thomas Boekhout (Dutch), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Ebony and ivory (89.4.912) |
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Three Holy Women at the Holy Sepulcher, early 10th century; Ottonian, Possibly modern Milan, Northern Italy, Elephant ivory (1993.19) |
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Two Panels of an Ivory Diptych Announcing the Consulship of Justinian, 521, Byzantine; Made in Constantinople, Ivory (17.190.52, 53) |
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Virgin and Child, 1290–1300, English; perhaps made in London, Ivory (1979.402) |
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Writing Tablet: Booklet with Scenes of the Passion, ca. 1300–1320, French or German, Elephant ivory, polychromy, and gold (1982.60.399) |
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Thematic Essays (5)
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