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Kanagashira and Karei Fish, from the series Uozukushi (Every Variety of Fish)

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1797–1858 Tokyo (Edo))
Date: 1830s
Accession Number: JP3598
Prestige Stool: Female Caryatid

Buli Master, possibly Ngongo ya Chintu (Hemba, ca. 1810-1870)
Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1979.290
Reliquary

Date: 16th century
Accession Number: 17.190.2107
Glass bead

Accession Number: 74.51.1
Abacus

Date: ca. 1130–1140
Accession Number: 25.120.666
Dancer

Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris)
Date: 1880–85
Accession Number: 2007.332.1
Necklace

Tess Sholom
Date: 1981
Accession Number: 1988.292.23
Virgin and Child

Unknown, in the style of Antonio Rossellino (Italian, Settignano 1427–ca. 1479 Florence)
Date: model ca. 1475 (cast 19th century)
Accession Number: 1975.1.1331
Ornament

Accession Number: 24.100.8
SÄÄNTO

Vuokko Eskolin-Nurmesniemi (Finnish, born 1930)
Date: 1973
Accession Number: 1990.284.42
Roller (one of a pair)

Meissen Manufactory (German, 1710–present)
Date: ca. 1740
Accession Number: 64.101.28
Jar

Date: ca. 1680–1700
Accession Number: 11.87.36
Vase

Date: first half of the 19th century
Accession Number: 79.2.809
Portrait of a Woman

Frans Hals (Dutch, Antwerp 1582/83–1666 Haarlem)
Date: ca. 1650, reworked probably 18th century
Accession Number: 91.26.10
Openwork Plaque

Date: middle of 6th century
Accession Number: 17.191.259
Fragment

Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 09.50.1590
Coin

Date: 5th–14th century
Accession Number: 39.40.127.304
Bread Plate

Date: 1785–90
Accession Number: 10.149.76
The Rudder - Liverpool

Alvin Langdon Coburn (British, Boston, Massachusetts 1882–1966 Wales)
Date: 1906
Accession Number: 33.43.209
Vigil Light

Richards and Hartley Flint Glass Co. (ca. 1870–1890)
Date: ca. 1888
Accession Number: 46.140.392

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Kanagashira and Karei Fish, from the series Uozukushi (Every Variety of Fish)
Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1797–1858 Tokyo (Edo))
Date: 1830s
Accession Number: JP3598
Prestige Stool: Female Caryatid
Buli Master, possibly Ngongo ya Chintu (Hemba, ca. 1810-1870)
Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1979.290
Reliquary
Date: 16th century
Accession Number: 17.190.2107
Glass bead
Accession Number: 74.51.1
Abacus
Date: ca. 1130–1140
Accession Number: 25.120.666
Dancer
Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris)
Date: 1880–85
Accession Number: 2007.332.1
Necklace
Tess Sholom
Date: 1981
Accession Number: 1988.292.23
Virgin and Child
Unknown, in the style of Antonio Rossellino (Italian, Settignano 1427–ca. 1479 Florence)
Date: model ca. 1475 (cast 19th century)
Accession Number: 1975.1.1331
Ornament
Accession Number: 24.100.8
SÄÄNTO
Vuokko Eskolin-Nurmesniemi (Finnish, born 1930)
Date: 1973
Accession Number: 1990.284.42
Roller (one of a pair)
Meissen Manufactory (German, 1710–present)
Date: ca. 1740
Accession Number: 64.101.28
Jar
Date: ca. 1680–1700
Accession Number: 11.87.36
Vase
Date: first half of the 19th century
Accession Number: 79.2.809
Portrait of a Woman
Frans Hals (Dutch, Antwerp 1582/83–1666 Haarlem)
Date: ca. 1650, reworked probably 18th century
Accession Number: 91.26.10
Openwork Plaque
Date: middle of 6th century
Accession Number: 17.191.259
Fragment
Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 09.50.1590
Coin
Date: 5th–14th century
Accession Number: 39.40.127.304
Bread Plate
Date: 1785–90
Accession Number: 10.149.76
The Rudder - Liverpool
Alvin Langdon Coburn (British, Boston, Massachusetts 1882–1966 Wales)
Date: 1906
Accession Number: 33.43.209
Vigil Light
Richards and Hartley Flint Glass Co. (ca. 1870–1890)
Date: ca. 1888
Accession Number: 46.140.392