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Lion

Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 04.34.3
Scarab Inscribed King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Lady of the Two Lands

Date: ca. 1473–1458 B.C.
Accession Number: 27.3.289
Fugere, Paris, from the Actors and Actresses series (N45, Type 1) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes

Issued by Allen & Ginter (American, Richmond, Virginia)
Date: ca. 1888
Accession Number: Burdick 203, N45.264
Piece

Date: 18th–19th century
Accession Number: 96.14.748
Three Boys, Two Satys and a Goat

Wenceslaus Hollar (Wenzel Vaclav) (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
Date: 1654
Accession Number: 20.81.3.319
Band

Date: 16th–17th century
Accession Number: 09.50.1367
Boots

Date: ca. 1900
Accession Number: 1993.246.4a, b
Panel

Date: early 19th century
Accession Number: 42.65.9
Fragments

Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 11.60.356
Fragment

Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 08.180.762
Statuette of Guanyin

Accession Number: 24.13.6
Untitled

Lucas Samaras (American (born Greece), Kastoria, 1936)
Date: 1962
Accession Number: 1986.416.15
Scarab

Date: 664–525 B.C.
Accession Number: 14.40.740
Wine taster

Attributed to Daniel Mameaux (master 1697)
Date: ca. 1728
Accession Number: 41.160.37
Bowl (Tecomate)

Date: 12th–9th century BCE
Accession Number: 1989.314.17
Brassiere

Bien Jolie (American)
Date: late 1920s
Accession Number: 2001.713
The Flute Player

Ludolf Büsinck (German, Hanoversch Münden 1599 or 1602–1669 Hanoversch Münden)
Date: ca. 1625
Accession Number: 17.42.24
Incised Painted Bowl

Date: 5th–2nd century BCE
Accession Number: 64.228.166
Ornamental letter "V" with inscribed water pipes of the Emperors Trajan and Antoninus Pius, from Le Rovine del Castello dell'Acqua Giulia situato in Roma presso S. Eusebio, e falsamente detto dell'Acqua Marcia colla dichiarazione di uno de celebri passi del commentario Frontinano e l'esposizione della maniera con cui gli antichi Romani distribuivano le acque per uso della città (Ruins of the Fountainhead of the Acqua Giulia in Rome, near S. Eusebio and incorrectly called the Fountainhead of the Acqua Marcia, with a discussion of one of the celebrated passages from the commentary by Frontinus and an explanation of the manner in which the ancient Romans distributed the water for the use of the city)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome)
Date: 1761
Accession Number: 41.71.1.9(25)
Container of Crushed Garnets

Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 1981.296.55

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Lion
Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 04.34.3
Scarab Inscribed King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Lady of the Two Lands
Date: ca. 1473–1458 B.C.
Accession Number: 27.3.289
Fugere, Paris, from the Actors and Actresses series (N45, Type 1) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes
Issued by Allen & Ginter (American, Richmond, Virginia)
Date: ca. 1888
Accession Number: Burdick 203, N45.264
Piece
Date: 18th–19th century
Accession Number: 96.14.748
Three Boys, Two Satys and a Goat
Wenceslaus Hollar (Wenzel Vaclav) (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
Date: 1654
Accession Number: 20.81.3.319
Band
Date: 16th–17th century
Accession Number: 09.50.1367
Boots
Date: ca. 1900
Accession Number: 1993.246.4a, b
Panel
Date: early 19th century
Accession Number: 42.65.9
Fragments
Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 11.60.356
Fragment
Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 08.180.762
Statuette of Guanyin
Accession Number: 24.13.6
Untitled
Lucas Samaras (American (born Greece), Kastoria, 1936)
Date: 1962
Accession Number: 1986.416.15
Scarab
Date: 664–525 B.C.
Accession Number: 14.40.740
Wine taster
Attributed to Daniel Mameaux (master 1697)
Date: ca. 1728
Accession Number: 41.160.37
Bowl (Tecomate)
Date: 12th–9th century BCE
Accession Number: 1989.314.17
Brassiere
Bien Jolie (American)
Date: late 1920s
Accession Number: 2001.713
The Flute Player
Ludolf Büsinck (German, Hanoversch Münden 1599 or 1602–1669 Hanoversch Münden)
Date: ca. 1625
Accession Number: 17.42.24
Incised Painted Bowl
Date: 5th–2nd century BCE
Accession Number: 64.228.166
Ornamental letter "V" with inscribed water pipes of the Emperors Trajan and Antoninus Pius, from Le Rovine del Castello dell'Acqua Giulia situato in Roma presso S. Eusebio, e falsamente detto dell'Acqua Marcia colla dichiarazione di uno de celebri passi del commentario Frontinano e l'esposizione della maniera con cui gli antichi Romani distribuivano le acque per uso della città (Ruins of the Fountainhead of the Acqua Giulia in Rome, near S. Eusebio and incorrectly called the Fountainhead of the Acqua Marcia, with a discussion of one of the celebrated passages from the commentary by Frontinus and an explanation of the manner in which the ancient Romans distributed the water for the use of the city)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome)
Date: 1761
Accession Number: 41.71.1.9(25)
Container of Crushed Garnets
Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 1981.296.55

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370228 A5F4AD2B-1395-440B-97E4-147082C9E75A

60032817

Lion

Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 04.34.3

100017855

Scarab Inscribed King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Lady of the Two Lands

Date: ca. 1473–1458 B.C.
Accession Number: 27.3.289

90087068

Fugere, Paris, from the Actors and Actresses series (N45, Type 1) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes

Issued by Allen & Ginter (American, Richmond, Virginia)

Date: ca. 1888
Accession Number: Burdick 203, N45.264

60040015

Piece

Date: 18th–19th century
Accession Number: 96.14.748

90031824

Three Boys, Two Satys and a Goat

Wenceslaus Hollar (Wenzel Vaclav) (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)

Date: 1654
Accession Number: 20.81.3.319

120034154

Band

Date: 16th–17th century
Accession Number: 09.50.1367

80017709

Boots

Date: ca. 1900
Accession Number: 1993.246.4a, b

120044635

Panel

Date: early 19th century
Accession Number: 42.65.9

120059968

Fragments

Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 11.60.356

120032778

Fragment

Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 08.180.762

60032851

Statuette of Guanyin

Accession Number: 24.13.6

210004801

Untitled

Lucas Samaras (American (born Greece), Kastoria, 1936)

Date: 1962
Accession Number: 1986.416.15

100010624

Scarab

Date: 664–525 B.C.
Accession Number: 14.40.740

120013851

Wine taster

Attributed to Daniel Mameaux (master 1697)

Date: ca. 1728
Accession Number: 41.160.37

50008968

Bowl (Tecomate)

Date: 12th–9th century BCE
Accession Number: 1989.314.17

80004567

Brassiere

Bien Jolie (American)

Date: late 1920s
Accession Number: 2001.713

90058179

The Flute Player

Ludolf Büsinck (German, Hanoversch Münden 1599 or 1602–1669 Hanoversch Münden)

Date: ca. 1625
Accession Number: 17.42.24

50001268

Incised Painted Bowl

Date: 5th–2nd century BCE
Accession Number: 64.228.166

90080579

Ornamental letter "V" with inscribed water pipes of the Emperors Trajan and Antoninus Pius, from Le Rovine del Castello dell'Acqua Giulia situato in Roma presso S. Eusebio, e falsamente detto dell'Acqua Marcia colla dichiarazione di uno de celebri passi del commentario Frontinano e l'esposizione della maniera con cui gli antichi Romani distribuivano le acque per uso della città (Ruins of the Fountainhead of the Acqua Giulia in Rome, near S. Eusebio and incorrectly called the Fountainhead of the Acqua Marcia, with a discussion of one of the celebrated passages from the commentary by Frontinus and an explanation of the manner in which the ancient Romans distributed the water for the use of the city)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome)

Date: 1761
Accession Number: 41.71.1.9(25)

60033425

Container of Crushed Garnets

Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 1981.296.55

370228 A5F4AD2B-1395-440B-97E4-147082C9E75A

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Scarab Inscribed King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Lady of the Two Lands

Fugere, Paris, from the Actors and Actresses series (N45, Type 1) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes

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Three Boys, Two Satys and a Goat

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Boots

Panel

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Fragment

Statuette of Guanyin

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Scarab

Wine taster

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Container of Crushed Garnets

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Lion

Scarab Inscribed King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Lady of the Two Lands

Fugere, Paris, from the Actors and Actresses series (N45, Type 1) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes

Piece

Three Boys, Two Satys and a Goat

Band

Boots

Panel

Fragments

Fragment

Statuette of Guanyin

Untitled

Scarab

Wine taster

Bowl (Tecomate)

Brassiere

The Flute Player

Incised Painted Bowl

Container of Crushed Garnets

Met Media

Met Kids

Met Store