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Standing Figure

Date: 1st century BCE–1st century CE
Accession Number: 1995.427

Handle Depicting a Lion Subduing a Nubian

Date: ca. 1279–1213 B.C.
Accession Number: 1989.281.92

Colt Third Model Dragoon Percussion Revolver, Serial Number 12406

Samuel Colt (American, 1814–1862)

Date: ca. 1853
Accession Number: 1995.336

"Akbar With Lion and Calf", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

Painting by Govardhan (active ca. 1596–1645)

Date: verso: ca. 1630; recto: ca. 1530–50
Accession Number: 55.121.10.22

"Tahmuras Defeats the Divs", Folio from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (935–1020)

Date: ca. 1525
Accession Number: 1970.301.3

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints

Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Urbino 1483–1520 Rome)

Date: ca. 1504
Accession Number: 16.30ab

Emperor Xuanzong's Flight to Shu

Unidentified Artist

Date: mid-12th century
Accession Number: 41.138

Crossbow Brooch

Date: ca. 400
Accession Number: 1995.97

Plaque: winged creatures approaching stylized trees

Date: ca. 8th–7th century B.C.
Accession Number: 54.3.5 and 62.78.1a, b

Koto

Metalwork by Goto Teijo, 9th generation Goto master, Japan (1603 - 1673)

Date: early 17th century
Accession Number: 2007.194a–f

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Date: late 9th–early 10th century
Accession Number: 30.45

The Belles Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry

Herman, Paul, and Jean de Limbourg (Franco-Netherlandish, active in France, by 1399–1416)

Date: 1405–1408/1409
Accession Number: 54.1.1a, b

"Shah Jahan on a Terrace, Holding a Pendant Set With His Portrait", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

Painting by Chitarman (active ca. 1627–70)

Date: recto: 1627–28; verso: ca. 1530–50
Accession Number: 55.121.10.24

The Last Supper

Ugolino da Siena (Ugolino di Nerio) (Italian, Siena, active by 1317–died ?1339/49)

Date: ca. 1325–30
Accession Number: 1975.1.7

"Isfandiyar's Third Course: He Slays a Dragon", Folio from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (935–1020)

Date: ca. 1530
Accession Number: 1970.301.51

Madonna and Child

Benvenuto di Giovanni (Italian, Siena 1436–after 1518 Siena)

Date: ca. 1470
Accession Number: 1975.1.54

"Rosette Bearing the Names and Titles of Shah Jahan", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

Date: recto: ca. 1645; verso: ca. 1630–40
Accession Number: 55.121.10.39

Necklace

René-Jules Lalique (French, Aÿ 1860–1945 Paris)

Date: ca. 1897–99
Accession Number: 1985.114

Dragon-handled Jug with Inscription

Date: late 15th– first quarter 16th century
Accession Number: 91.1.607

The Nativity

Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni) (Italian, Florence (?) ca. 1370–1425 Florence (?))

Date: ca. 1406–10
Accession Number: 1975.1.66

Holy Face

Gerard David (Netherlandish, Oudewater ca. 1455–1523 Bruges)

Date: ca. 1485–90
Accession Number: 1975.1.2486

Wang Xizhi Watching Geese

Qian Xuan (Chinese, ca. 1235–before 1307)

Date: ca. 1295
Accession Number: 1973.120.6

Clasp with an eagle and its prey

Date: ca. A.D. 1st–2nd century
Accession Number: 17.190.2055

Watch

Jacques Goullons (French, active Paris, 1626–died 1671)

Date: ca. 1645-1648
Accession Number: 1975.1.1244

The Coronation of the Virgin

Niccolò di Buonaccorso (Italian, active Siena by 1372–died 1388 Siena)

Date: ca. 1380
Accession Number: 1975.1.21

"A Muslim Pilgrim Learns a Lesson in Piety from a Brahman", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

Amir Khusrau Dihlavi (1253–1325)

Date: 1597–98
Accession Number: 13.228.29

Shield of Henry II of France

Date: ca. 1555
Accession Number: 34.85

Bracelet with Agathodaimon, Isis-Tyche, Aphrodite, and Terenouthis

Date: 1st century B.C.–A.D. 1st century
Accession Number: 23.2.1

The Adoration of the Magi

Giotto di Bondone (Italian, Florentine, 1266/76–1337)

Date: possibly ca. 1320
Accession Number: 11.126.1

Cup and Cover Supported by an Enchained Turk

German, perhaps Frankfurt-am-Main (ca. 1705 - 1711)

Date: ca. 1705-11
Accession Number: 1975.1.1508