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Hot milk jug (part of a service)

Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present)
Date: 1759–60
Accession Number: 37.20.6a, b
Evening skirt

Mainbocher (American, 1890–1976)
Date: 1944
Accession Number: 2009.300.6789
Tight Lacing or Hold Fast Behind

Matthew Darly (British, ca. 1720–1778 (?))
Date: March 1, 1777
Accession Number: 41.25.5
Winged Dragon (one of five medallions from a coffret)

Date: ca. 1110–30
Accession Number: 17.190.692
Crested helmet fragments

Date: ca. 9th century B.C.
Accession Number: 61.100.39a–m
Jan Asselijn, Painter (Krabbetje)

Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) (Dutch, Leiden 1606–1669 Amsterdam)
Date: ca. 1646
Accession Number: 66.521.50
Pelerine

Date: 1835–37
Accession Number: 1979.175.4
Landscape with Round Tower and Figures Crossing a Bridge

Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century
Date: 17th century
Accession Number: 80.3.343
Woman with a Glass Noisemaker (Popen)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753?–1806)
Date: early 1790s
Accession Number: JP1662
Netsuke of Man Riding a Horse

Date: 18th–19th century
Accession Number: 10.211.697
Bracelet with Bust of Roma

Date: 400–450
Accession Number: 17.190.2053
Panel for a skirt

Date: mid-19th century
Accession Number: 20.23c
"Bahram Chubina Meets a Lady who Foretells his Fate", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (935–1020)
Date: ca. 1330–40
Accession Number: 1974.290.41
[Hanns Skolle]

Walker Evans (American, St. Louis, Missouri 1903–1975 New Haven, Connecticut)
Date: 1929–30
Accession Number: 1994.255.51
Armored Belt

Date: 18th–19th century
Accession Number: 2006.269
Sleeves

Date: ca. 1770
Accession Number: C.I.38.23.319a, b
Scarab

Date: ca. 1981–1640 B.C.
Accession Number: 05.3.283
Piece

Date: 18th–19th century
Accession Number: 96.14.1496
Woman's Ceremonial Skirt (Lau Hada)

Date: late 19th century
Accession Number: 1990.335.2
Jumpsuit

Halston (American, Des Moines, Iowa 1932–1990 San Francisco, California)
Date: 1970s
Accession Number: 1993.517.19a, b

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Hot milk jug (part of a service)
Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present)
Date: 1759–60
Accession Number: 37.20.6a, b
Evening skirt
Mainbocher (American, 1890–1976)
Date: 1944
Accession Number: 2009.300.6789
Tight Lacing or Hold Fast Behind
Matthew Darly (British, ca. 1720–1778 (?))
Date: March 1, 1777
Accession Number: 41.25.5
Winged Dragon (one of five medallions from a coffret)
Date: ca. 1110–30
Accession Number: 17.190.692
Crested helmet fragments
Date: ca. 9th century B.C.
Accession Number: 61.100.39a–m
Jan Asselijn, Painter (Krabbetje)
Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) (Dutch, Leiden 1606–1669 Amsterdam)
Date: ca. 1646
Accession Number: 66.521.50
Pelerine
Date: 1835–37
Accession Number: 1979.175.4
Landscape with Round Tower and Figures Crossing a Bridge
Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century
Date: 17th century
Accession Number: 80.3.343
Woman with a Glass Noisemaker (Popen)
Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753?–1806)
Date: early 1790s
Accession Number: JP1662
Netsuke of Man Riding a Horse
Date: 18th–19th century
Accession Number: 10.211.697
Bracelet with Bust of Roma
Date: 400–450
Accession Number: 17.190.2053
Panel for a skirt
Date: mid-19th century
Accession Number: 20.23c
"Bahram Chubina Meets a Lady who Foretells his Fate", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (935–1020)
Date: ca. 1330–40
Accession Number: 1974.290.41
[Hanns Skolle]
Walker Evans (American, St. Louis, Missouri 1903–1975 New Haven, Connecticut)
Date: 1929–30
Accession Number: 1994.255.51
Armored Belt
Date: 18th–19th century
Accession Number: 2006.269
Sleeves
Date: ca. 1770
Accession Number: C.I.38.23.319a, b
Scarab
Date: ca. 1981–1640 B.C.
Accession Number: 05.3.283
Piece
Date: 18th–19th century
Accession Number: 96.14.1496
Woman's Ceremonial Skirt (Lau Hada)
Date: late 19th century
Accession Number: 1990.335.2
Jumpsuit
Halston (American, Des Moines, Iowa 1932–1990 San Francisco, California)
Date: 1970s
Accession Number: 1993.517.19a, b