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Tray (Soucoupe à pied) (one of four) (part of a service)

Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present)
Date: ca. 1780
Accession Number: 37.20.15
Hat

Mainbocher (American, 1890–1976)
Date: 1944
Accession Number: 2009.300.6809
St. Francis of Assisi Adoring the Christ Child on the Virgin's Lap

Claude Mellan (French, Abbeville 1598–1688 Paris)
Accession Number: 47.100.624
One of a Pair of Temple Pendants, with Busts of Male Saints Holding Martyr's Cross (front) and Leaf and Rosette Motifs (back)

Date: 11th–12th century
Accession Number: 17.190.707
Pin in the form of a lion

Date: ca. 9th century B.C.
Accession Number: 61.100.10
Photograph

Irving Penn (American, Plainfield, New Jersey 1917–2009 New York)
Date: ca. 1974
Accession Number: 2005.293.12
Male Saint in Ecstasy

Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century
Date: 17th century
Accession Number: 80.3.460
Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu (1722–1763) as a Courtesan during the Tanabata Festival

Okumura Toshinobu (active ca. 1725–1750)
Date: ca. 1730
Accession Number: JP1609
Netsuke of Daruma Crossing the Yangzi River on a Reed

Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 10.211.731
Plaque from a Reliquary Shrine

Date: ca. 1200
Accession Number: 17.190.2139
Piece

Date: 1760–70
Accession Number: 20.57.37
Fragment

Date: 9th century
Accession Number: 1974.371.1
[Gladiola, Darien, Connecticut]

Walker Evans (American, St. Louis, Missouri 1903–1975 New Haven, Connecticut)
Date: 1929–30
Accession Number: 1994.254.589
Undersleeves

Date: ca. 1870
Accession Number: 1983.279.2a, b
Piece

Date: 18th–19th century
Accession Number: 96.14.1515
Bagh-takt a chiraz

Luigi Pesce (Italian)
Date: 1858
Accession Number: 67.606.13
Male Figure: Court Official

Date: 16th–17th century
Accession Number: 1991.17.32
Coat

Perry Ellis (American, 1940–1986)
Date: 1975–85
Accession Number: 1998.499.5
Fringe

Date: 17th–18th century
Accession Number: 08.103.252
Bronze statuette of a lion

Date: 6th century B.C.
Accession Number: X.405.1

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Tray (Soucoupe à pied) (one of four) (part of a service)
Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present)
Date: ca. 1780
Accession Number: 37.20.15
Hat
Mainbocher (American, 1890–1976)
Date: 1944
Accession Number: 2009.300.6809
St. Francis of Assisi Adoring the Christ Child on the Virgin's Lap
Claude Mellan (French, Abbeville 1598–1688 Paris)
Accession Number: 47.100.624
One of a Pair of Temple Pendants, with Busts of Male Saints Holding Martyr's Cross (front) and Leaf and Rosette Motifs (back)
Date: 11th–12th century
Accession Number: 17.190.707
Pin in the form of a lion
Date: ca. 9th century B.C.
Accession Number: 61.100.10
Photograph
Irving Penn (American, Plainfield, New Jersey 1917–2009 New York)
Date: ca. 1974
Accession Number: 2005.293.12
Male Saint in Ecstasy
Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century
Date: 17th century
Accession Number: 80.3.460
Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu (1722–1763) as a Courtesan during the Tanabata Festival
Okumura Toshinobu (active ca. 1725–1750)
Date: ca. 1730
Accession Number: JP1609
Netsuke of Daruma Crossing the Yangzi River on a Reed
Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 10.211.731
Plaque from a Reliquary Shrine
Date: ca. 1200
Accession Number: 17.190.2139
Piece
Date: 1760–70
Accession Number: 20.57.37
Fragment
Date: 9th century
Accession Number: 1974.371.1
[Gladiola, Darien, Connecticut]
Walker Evans (American, St. Louis, Missouri 1903–1975 New Haven, Connecticut)
Date: 1929–30
Accession Number: 1994.254.589
Undersleeves
Date: ca. 1870
Accession Number: 1983.279.2a, b
Piece
Date: 18th–19th century
Accession Number: 96.14.1515
Bagh-takt a chiraz
Luigi Pesce (Italian)
Date: 1858
Accession Number: 67.606.13
Male Figure: Court Official
Date: 16th–17th century
Accession Number: 1991.17.32
Coat
Perry Ellis (American, 1940–1986)
Date: 1975–85
Accession Number: 1998.499.5
Fringe
Date: 17th–18th century
Accession Number: 08.103.252
Bronze statuette of a lion
Date: 6th century B.C.
Accession Number: X.405.1