Works of Art (37)
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Book Cover Plaque: Christ in Majesty, ca. 1185–1210, French; Made in Limoges, Gilded copper and champlevé enamel (17.190.757) |
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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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Dancing four-armed Ganesha, 16th–17th century Nepal Gilt copper alloy (1992.384) |
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Egyptianizing figures on either side of a tree with a winged disk, 8th–7th century B.C.; Neo-Assyrian, Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Ivory (62.269.3) |
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Fragmentary terracotta pinax (plaque) with a dancing girl, 5th century B.C., Cretan (53.5.39) |
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Funerary plaque, ca. 520–510 B.C.; Archaic, black-figure, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (54.11.5) |
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Henri d'Albret (1503–1555), King of Navarre, Plaque, mid-16th century, Léonard Limosin (French), Made in Limoges, France, Enamel, painted on copper and partly gilded (49.7.108) |
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Horse plaque, 4th–3rd century B.C., Northwest China or Inner Mongolia, Silver with mercury gilding (18.43.8) |
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Lion head plaque, Iron Age II, 9th century B.C.,
Iran; Excavated at Hasanlu,
Ivory (65.163.22) |
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Metal plaque, 17th century; Safavid, Iran, Steel, cut and pierced (1987.14) |
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Molded plaque with a king or god carrying a mace, 2000–1700 B.C.; Isin-Larsa-Old Babylonian period, Southern Mesopotamia, Ceramic (32.39.2) |
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Mongol passport (paizi), Yuan dynasty, 13th century, China, Iron with silver inlay (1993.256) |
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Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer (Mariana Griswold), 1888; this cast, 1890, Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American), Bronze (17.104) |
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Ornamental plaques, 6th–8th century, Tibet/West Asia or western China, Gold with turquoise inlay (2000.442a-e) |
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Plaque depicting Bernard Palissy, 1846,
Painter of plaque: Nicolas-Marie Moriot (French); Painter of enamels: Jacob Meyer-Heine (French),
France; Sèvres,
Hard-paste porcelain with gilt-bronze, enamel, and biscuit porcelain frame (2007.221) |
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Plaque fragment inscribed with the Urartian royal name Argishti (probably Argishti II), 8th–7th century B.C., Eastern Anatolia or Northwestern Iran, Urartian, Bronze (1976.5) |
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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 Showing the Pentecost, ca. 1150–1175, Mosan, Champlevé enamel on copper gilt (65.105) |
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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 sphinxes, 9th–8th century B.C.; Neo-Assyrian period; Syrian style, Arslan Tash(?), Syria, Ivory with traces of gold foil (57.80.4a,b) |
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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 Crucifixion and the Defeat of Hades, mid-10th century, Byzantine; Probably made in Constantinople, Ivory (17.190.44) |
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Plaque with the goddess Durga and attendants, Shunga period, 1st century B.C., Chandraketugarh, West Bengal, India, Terracotta (1990.281) |
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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 "woman at the window" motif, 9th–8th century B.C.; Neo-Assyrian period; Phoenician style, Probably Arslan Tash, Syria, Ivory inlaid with glass (57.80.12) |
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Plaque, 10th–early 11th century; Caliphal, Attributed to Córdoba, Spain, Ivory, quartz, pigment (13.141) |
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Plaque: Hercules Overcoming the Centaur Nessus, ca. 1570–80, Annibale Fontana (Italian, Milanese), Rock crystal in enameled gold frame of later date (32.100.237) |
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Plaque: Portuguese with Manillas, 15th–19th century, Nigeria; Edo peoples, court of Benin, Brass, iron (1991.17.13) |
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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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Relief plaque, ca. 450 B.C.,
Greek, Melian, Terracotta (25.78.26) |
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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 Plaquettes with Charity and Temperance, ca. 1540, Peter Flötner (German, Nuremberg), Bronze (26.14.13, 1986.319.43) |
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Votive plaque inscribed with Sabaean dedication, late 1st millennium B.C., Southwestern Arabia, Bronze (1993.169) |
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