Works of Art (73)
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Scyphus, Early Imperial, late 1st century B.C.–early 1st century A.D.
Roman
Glass (91.1.2053) |
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Antefix with the head of Medusa, 6th century B.C.,
Tarantine; Said to be from Taranto,
Terracotta (26.60.73) |
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Barrel oinochoe, 8th–early 7th century B.C.; Italo-Geometric, Italian peninsula, possibly Campania or Etruria, Terracotta (1975.363) |
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Bell (dotaku), late Yayoi period, 1st–2nd century, Japan, Bronze (18.68) |
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Belt or harness ornament with an eagle and its prey, 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.; Parthian period, Iran, Gold inlaid with turquoise (17.190.2055) |
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Bird handles from a bowl or basin, Iron Age II, 9th century B.C.,
Northwestern Iran; Excavated at Hasanlu,
Bronze (61.100.3a,b) |
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Bowl decorated with marsh scenes, late Dynasty XIX–Third Intermediate Period (ca. 1188–712 B.C.), From Bubastis, Silver (07.228.20) |
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Bowl with radiating petal design, 8th–6th century B.C., Phrygian or Lydian; Anatolia, Silver (66.116) |
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Calyx-krater with theatrical scene, ca. 400–390 B.C.; Red-figure,
Attributed to the Tarporley Painter,
Greek, South Italian, Apulian,
Terracotta (24.97.104) |
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Ceiling tile with geometric and floral designs, 6th century B.C., Anatolia, Phrygia, Gordion, Ceramic, paint (L.1994.96.5) |
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Central watchtower, architectural model, Eastern Han dynasty, 1st–early 3rd century
China, Earthenware with green lead glaze (1984.397ab) |
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Centuripe vase, ca. 400–375 B.C.; Hellenistic, Italic-Native, Sicilian (Centuripe) Terracotta (53.11.5) |
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Chariot, ca. 550–525 B.C., Etruscan, Bronze, ivory (03.23.1) |
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Cinerary urn, late 4th or early 3rd century B.C.,
Etruscan,
Alabaster (96.9.225a,b) |
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Column-krater with artist painting a marble statue of Herakles, ca. 350–320 B.C.; Red-figure, Greek, South Italian, Apulian,
Attributed to the Group of Boston 00.348, Terracotta (50.11.4) |
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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) |
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Covered jar (hu), Western Han dynasty, 2nd–1st century B.C., Probably from Luoyang area, China, Earthenware with painted decoration (1992.165.20ab) |
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Cylinder seal and modern impression: Ishtar image and a worshipper below a canopy flanked by winged genies, 8th–7th century B.C.; Neo-Assyrian period, modeled style, Mesopotamia, Chalcedony (1989.361.1) |
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Dinos (mixing bowl), ca. 630–615 B.C.,
Attributed to the Polyteleia Painter,
Greek, Corinthian (Transitional Period),
Terracotta (1997.36) |
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Door lintel with lion-griffins and vase with lotus leaf, 2nd–3rd century; Parthian period, Hatra, northern Mesopotamia, Limestone (32.145a, b) |
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Earring in the form of a three-lobed wineskin, 2nd century B.C.–2nd century A.D.; Parthian period, Mesopotamia, Gold (1995.366) |
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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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Female dancer, early Western Han dynasty, 2nd century B.C., China, Earthenware with slip and pigments (1992.165.19) |
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Fibula, 8th–7th century B.C., Central Anatolia, Phrygia, Bronze (1970.231.1) |
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Figure of a bull, ca. mid- to late 1st millennium B.C., Southwestern Arabia, Bronze (47.100.85) |
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Figure of a reclining woman, 2nd century B.C.–2nd century A.D.; Parthian period, Mesopotamia, Alabaster (gypsum) (86.16.3) |
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Furniture support: female sphinx with Hathor-style curls, 1820–1740 B.C.; Old Assyrian Trading Colony period, Probably Acemhöyük, Central Anatolia, Ivory (Hippopotamus), gold foil (32.161.46) |
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Gift of Anathapindada, Kushan period, 2nd–3rd century, Pakistan, ancient region of Gandhara, Schist with traces of gold foil (1987.142.1) |
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Gold stater, ca. 560–546 B.C., Lydian; From Sardis, Gold (26.59.2) |
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Head of a man, 3rd–4th century, Southwestern Arabia, Alabaster (gypsum) (1982.317.1) |
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Horse blinker with sphinx, 8th–7th century B.C.; Neo-Assyrian, Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Ivory (54.117.1) |
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Incense burner, mid-1st millennium B.C., Southern Arabia, Bronze (49.71.2) |
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Jug with a lion handle, late Dynasty XIX–Third Intermediate Period (ca. 1188–712 B.C.), From Bubastis, Silver (07.228.187) |
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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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Lion head terminal, Iron Age II, 9th century B.C.,
Northwestern Iran; Excavated at Hasanlu,
Bronze (63.109.1) |
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Long-necked jar, late Dynasty XIX–Third Intermediate Period (ca. 1188–712 B.C.), From Bubastis, Silver (07.228.16) |
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Lydion (perfume jar), 6th century B.C., Greek, Lydian, Terracotta (26.164.27) |
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Mirror with a support in the form of a nude girl, second half of 6th century B.C.,
Laconian; Said to be from southern Italy,
Bronze (38.11.3) |
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Neck amphora, fourth quarter of 8th century B.C.; Late Geometric, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (10.210.7) |
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Neck from a vessel depicting the goddess Hathor flanked by felines, late Dynasty XIX–Third Intermediate Period (ca. 1188–712 B.C.), From Bubastis, Silver, gold (30.8.370) |
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Nubian with oryx, monkey, and leopard skins, 8th–7th century B.C.; Neo-Assyrian period; Phoenician style, Excavated at Fort Shalmaneser, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Mesopotamia, Ivory (60.145.11) |
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Open bowl, 1st century A.D., Nabataean; Jordan, Ceramic (1977.234.12) |
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Patera handle in the form of a youth, ca. late 6th century B.C.,
Greek,
Bronze (2005.457) |
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Pin with recumbent lion, Iron Age II, 9th century B.C.,
Northwestern Iran; Excavated at Hasanlu,
Bronze (61.100.10) |
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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 "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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Pyxis (box with lid), mid-8th century B.C.; Geometric, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (48.11.5a,b) |
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Relief of a woman and youth reclining, late 6th–early 5th century B.C.,
Etruscan,
Amber (17.190.2067) |
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Rhyton terminating in the forepart of a wild cat, 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.; Parthian period, Iran, Gilded silver (1979.447) |
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Set of jewelry, early 5th century B.C.; late Archaic,
Etruscan,
Gold, glass, rock crystal, agate, carnelian (40.11.7-.18) |
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Sickle sword, 1307–1275 B.C.; Middle Assyrian period, reign of Adad-nirari I, Mesopotamia, Bronze (11.166.1) |
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Situla with floral decoration, late Dynasty XIX–Third Intermediate Period (ca. 1188–712 B.C.), From Bubastis, Silver (07.228.18) |
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Situla with floral decoration, late Dynasty XIX–Third Intermediate Period (ca. 1188–712 B.C.), From Bubastis, Gold (07.228.22) |
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Skyphos (drinking cup), 6th century B.C., Greek, Lydian, Terracotta (16.75.14) |
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Spout in the shape of a man's head, 1st–2nd century A.D.; Parthian period, Iran, Glazed ceramic (56.56) |
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Spouted jar and stand, 9th century B.C.; Iron Age II, Excavated at Hasanlu cemetery, northwestern Iran, Ceramic (60.20.15) |
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Stamp scarab seal with winged figures, 6th–5th century B.C., Levant or Syria, Green jasper (41.160.162) |
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Standing male figure, late 1st millennium B.C., Southwestern Arabia, Alabaster (gypsum) (1982.317.3) |
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Standing man, 1st–2nd century A.D.; Parthian period, Iran, Gray stone (51.72.1) |
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Standing woman, 2nd century B.C.–3rd century A.D.; Parthian period, Possibly Ctesiphon, Mesopotamia, Alabaster (86.16.1) |
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Statuette of a horse, 8th century B.C.; Geometric, Greek, Bronze (21.88.24) |
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Statuette of a man and centaur, ca. 750 B.C.; Geometric, Greek, Bronze (17.190.2072) |
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Statuette of a standing maiden, late 6th century B.C., Etruscan; Italy, Etruria, Bronze (17.190.2066) |
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Storage jar, late Yayoi period, ca. 100–200, Japan, Earthenware with incised decoration (1975.268.375) |
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Storage jar, Yayoi period (ca. 4th century B.C.–3rd century A.D.), Japan, Earthenware (1975.268.378) |
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Strainer, late Dynasty XIX–Third Intermediate Period (ca. 1188–712 B.C.), From Bubastis, Gold (30.8.369) |
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Tomb panel with relief of figures in a pavilion, Eastern Han dynasty, early 2nd century, Shandong Province, China, Limestone (20.99) |
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Torso of a standing bodhisattva, Kushan period, ca. late 1st–2nd century, Pakistan, ancient region of Gandhara, Schist (1995.419) |
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Vase in the shape of a cock, second half of 7th century B.C.,
Etruscan,
Terracotta (24.97.21a) |
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Vessel fragment with geometric design, 7th–6th century B.C., Anatolia, Phrygia, Gordion
Ceramic, paint (L.1994.96.6)
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Volute-krater (vase for mixing wine and water), early 6th century B.C.,
Attributed to Sophilos,
Greek, Attic, Terracotta (1977.11.2) |
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Votive panels, Kushan dynasty, ca. 3rd century A.D., Bactria (northern Afghanistan), Terracotta and gouache (2000.42.2,4) |
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Votive plaque inscribed with Sabaean dedication, late 1st millennium B.C., Southwestern Arabia, Bronze (1993.169) |
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Thematic Essays (18)
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