Works of Art (60)
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Bowl Base with Old and New Testament Scenes, ca. 350–400,
Byzantine, said to have been found in 1715 in the Roman catacomb of Saint Callisto,
Glass, gold leaf (16.174.2) |
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Bowl Base with Saints Peter and Paul Flanking a Column with the Christogram of Christ, made late 300s, Gold, glass leaf, Byzantine, from Rome (16.174.3) |
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Perfume Burner, dated 1599,
Giuseppe de'Levi (Italian),
Italian (Veronese),
Bronze (41.100.84a,b) |
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Apothecary Jar (Orciuolo), 1431 (?), Florence, perhaps workshop of Giunta di Tugio (Italian), Maiolica (1975.1.1061) |
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Armorial Plate (Tondino), ca. 1520–25 (or 1519?), Nicolò da Urbino (probably Nicola di Bagriele Sbarage) (Italian), Majolica (1975.1.1019) |
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Arretine cup signed by Tigranes, ca. 25 B.C.–10 A.D.; Augustan, Roman, Terracotta (10.210.37) |
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Beakers signed by Iason, mid-1st century A.D.; Imperial, Roman, Glass (29.100.82) (59.11.3) |
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Bottle in the form of a fish and a flask in the form of grapes, 1st–3rd century A.D., Roman, Mold-blown glass (17.194.251; 17.194.231) |
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Bottle, 3rd–4th century A.D., Roman, Cut glass (17.194.317) |
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Bowl Fragments with Menorah, Shofar, and Torah Ark, 4th century, Roman or Byzantine, Glass, gold leaf (18.145.1 ab) |
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Bowl, 3rd–4th century A.D., Roman, Blown glass (17.194.314) |
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Box with Sleeping Eros, 300s, Roman or Byzantine; Said to have been found in Tartus, Syria, Silver (47.100.33) |
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Broth Bowl and Cover (scodella and tagliere), ca. 1530–40, Baldassare Manara (Italian), Maiolica (1975.1.1043a) |
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Bursa Reliquary, early 900s, North Italian, Bone, copper-gilt, wood (53.19.2) |
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Casket (cofanetto or scrigno), ca. 1570–90,
Venice,
Beech wood, partially gilded and painted rosewood veneer; gold powder, gold leaf, silver flakes, silver-gilt, bronze, and yellow metal (57.25ab) |
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Casket (cofanetto or scrigno), ca. 1575–1600,
Venice,
Beech wood, painted and decorated ebony with encrustations of mother-of-pearl; gilded ivory, and gouache miniatures on parchment under glass; later textile-lining (17.190.848) |
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Casket, 11th–12th century, Probably southern Italy or Sicily, Ivory (17.190.241) |
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Cassone, 1461–65, Marco del Buono Giamberti (Italian, Florentine); Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso (Italian, Florentine), Italian (Florence), Painted and gilded gesso on poplar, set with a wooden panel painted in tempera and gold (14.39) |
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Chalice of Peter of Sassoferrato, ca. 1341–1342, Italian; Siena, from the Franciscan Church of Sassoferrato, Silver gilded and translucent enamel (1988.67) |
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Cista with Amazonomachy, 4th–3rd centuries B.C., Italic, Bronze (96.18.1) |
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Colorless floral plate, ca. 100–150 A.D., Roman, Cast glass (81.10.237) |
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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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Composite mosaic dish, early 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass (59.11.6) |
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Dish, 15th century (1486–87), Possibly made in Pesaro, Italy, Majolica (tin-enameled earthenware) (46.85.30) |
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Dish, 3rd–4th century A.D., Roman; From Cologne, Cut glass (81.10.46) |
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Dish, ca. 1520, Italian (Deruta), Tin-glazed earthenware (majolica) with on-glaze blue painting and luster (29.100.93) |
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Engraved bowl with medallions, 4th century A.D., Roman, Glass (17.194.318) |
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Ewer, 16th century (ca. 1575–87), Manufactured in the Medici workshops, Florence, Italy, Soft-paste porcelain (17.190.2045) |
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Footed bowl, 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D., Hellenistic or Roman, Cast glass (81.10.129) |
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Garland bowl, late 1st century B.C.–early 1st century A.D.; Augustan, Roman, Glass (91.1.1402) |
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Gladiator cup, ca. 50–80 A.D.; Neronian–Early Flavianic, Roman; Found at Montagnole, southern France, Glass (81.10.245) |
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Goblet,
Murano (Italian),
Glass (1988.403a,b) |
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Gold-glass bottles, first half of 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass (17.194.259) |
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Jar, ca. 1750, Italian; Capodimonte, Soft-paste porcelain (50.211.266) |
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Jewelry casket, 1857,
Pietro Giusti (Italian),
Carved walnut, ebony, lined with red velvet (1998.19) |
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Jug, ca. 220–250, Roman, Terracotta (74.51.383) |
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Kalyx krater with reliefs of maidens and dancing maenads, 1st century A.D.; Julio-Claudian, Roman, Marble (23.184) |
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"La Passeggiata Archaeologica" ("An Archaeological Stroll") urn with cover, 1925,
Gio Ponti (Italian),
Porcelain (31.83ab) |
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Large cista, mid-4th century B.C., Italic, Bronze (22.84.1) |
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Monochrome blown vessels, 1st–4th century A.D., Roman, Translucent blown glass (17.194.72,.96,.167) From Cyprus (81.10.32) |
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Monochrome cast vessels, 1st century A.D., Roman, Translucent cast glass (17.194.155) (91.1.1238) (81.10.128) (29.100.84) |
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"Murmansk" fruit dish, 1982,
Ettore Sottsass (Italian, born Austria); Manufacturer: Memphis,
Silver (1992.216.1) |
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Oinochoe, 1st century A.D., Roman, Opaque glass (17.194.170) |
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Pharmacy Jar, dated 1515, Italian (Siena), Tin-glazed earthenware (majolica) (23.166) |
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Pharmacy Jar, late 15th century, Italian (Naples), Tin-glazed earthenware (majolica) (46.85.15) |
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Pilgrim flask, ca. 1500–1525,
Venice,
Free-blown glass, enameled and gilded (1975.1.1167) |
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Pitcher, 3rd–4th century A.D., Roman, Blown glass (74.51.134) |
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Plate (Piatto), 1532, Francesco Xanto Avelli da Rovigo (Italian), Maiolica (1975.1.1131) |
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Platter with Fish, 300–500, Roman or Byzantine; Made in Gaul, possibly found in Grand, northwestern France, Copper alloy with tin overlay (47.100.30) |
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Platter, ca. 1745, Italian; Doccia, Hard-paste porcelain (06.372a) |
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Pyxides, late 1st century B.C.–early 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass (91.1.1335) |
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Ribbed bowl, late 1st century B.C.–mid-1st century A.D., Roman, Cast glass (81.10.39) |
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Six-Sided Container, 200–300, Roman; Probably made in Gaul, Copper alloy with millefiore enamel (47.100.7) |
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Storage jar, 2nd–3rd century A.D., Roman, Mold-blown glass (17.194.219) |
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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) |
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Tray, dated 1784, Italian (Pesaro); Made at the Casali and Galigari Factory (59.208.26) |
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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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Vase, 3rd century, Provincial Roman, Champlevé enamel, copper alloy (47.100.5) |
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Wine Cistern, ca. 1562, Manufactured by the factory of Orazio Fontana, Urbino, Italy, Tin-glazed earthenware (majolica) (32.100.362) |
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Wine coolers, ca. 1760–70, Italian; Doccia, Tin-glazed hard-paste porcelain (1985.384.1,.2) |
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