Works of Art (367)
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Aegis of Sekhmet or Bastet, Third Intermediate Period and later (ca. 1070–332 B.C.), Egyptian, Faience (10.130.2055) |
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Akhenaten Sacrificing a Duck, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1353–1336 B.C., Egyptian, Limestone (1985.328.2) |
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Album leaf, 17th century; Ottoman, Turkey, Ink, colors, and gold on paper (67.266.7.8r) |
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Ampulla (Flask) of Saint Menas, late 500s–mid-700s, Byzantine; Probably made at Abu Menas, near Alexandria, Egypt, Terracotta (27.94.19) |
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Animal flask, 7th–8th century, Syria, Yellowish, pinkish, and grayish colorless glass, free-blown and applied; tooled on the pontil (1999.145) |
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Apis bull, Late Period, Dynasty 26–30, ca. 664–332 B.C., Egyptian, Ivory (modern base) (17.190.62) |
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Apollo, Pegasus, and the Hippocrene Spring, mid-16th century, Angiolo Falconetto (Italian), after Giulio Romano (Italian, Roman, ca. 1499–1546), Etching (49.95.286) |
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Apothecary Jar (Orciuolo), 1431 (?), Florence, perhaps workshop of Giunta di Tugio (Italian), Maiolica (1975.1.1061) |
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Aquamanile in the Form of a Lion, ca. 1400,
Germany (Nuremberg),
Copper alloy (1994.244) |
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Aquamanile in the Form of a Mounted Knight, late 13th century, German; Made in Saxony, Bronze (64.101.1492) |
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Architectural Ensemble from a Jain Meeting Hall, last quarter of 16th century, India, Gujarat, Patan, Teak with traces of color (16.133) |
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The Artist's Wife and His Setter Dog, ca. 1884–89, Thomas Eakins (American), Oil on canvas (23.139) |
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Assembly of the Birds: Page from a manuscript of the Mantiq al-tair (The Language of the Birds) of Farid al-Din cAttar, ca. 1600; Safavid, Painted by Habib Allah, Iran (Isfahan), Ink, colors, and gold on paper (63.210.11) |
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Assumption of the Virgin in an Initial A: Cutting from an Antiphonary, ca. 1470–80, Cosimo Tura (Italian), Tempera and gold leaf on parchment (11.50.1) |
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Baboon with a wedjet eye, Dynasty 26 (ca. 688–525 B.C.), Egyptian, Faience (44.4.41) |
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Barrel oinochoe, 8th–early 7th century B.C.; Italo-Geometric, Italian peninsula, possibly Campania or Etruria, Terracotta (1975.363) |
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Basin with a Horseman Spearing a Serpent, 1390–1400, Spanish (Valencia?), Lustered earthenware (41.100.173) |
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A Basket of Flowers, Jan Brueghel the Younger (Flemish), Oil on wood (67.187.58) |
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Beaker with birds and animals, 4th century B.C., Thraco-Geti style, Lower Danube region, Thrace, Silver (47.100.88) |
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Bear Walking, ca. 1490, Leonardo da Vinci (Italian), Metalpoint on light buff prepared paper (1975.1.369) |
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Bell: Horse Head, 19th–20th century, Nigeria; Lower Niger (?), Brass, iron (1991.17.140) |
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Belt buckle, ca. 1868, California Jewelry Company, manufacturer; William Cummings, patentee, American
Gold, champlevé enamel (2000.571) |
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Belt buckle, Xiongnu type, 3rd–2nd century B.C., North China, Gilt bronze (18.33.1) |
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Belt buckle: paired felines attacking ibexes, Xiongnu type, 3rd–2nd century B.C., Mongolia or southern Siberia, Gold (17.190.1672) |
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Belt clasp, 1st–3rd century A.D., Caucasus region (Georgia), Bronze (21.166.5) |
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Belt or harness ornament with an eagle and its prey, 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.; Parthian period, Iran, Gold inlaid with turquoise (17.190.2055) |
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Belt plaque with three ibexes, Xiongnu type, 2nd–1st century B.C., Northwest China, Bronze (28.68.4) |
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Bengal River Fish, ca. 1804, India; Calcutta School, Pencil, gouache, watercolor, and gilding on paper (2004.176) |
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Big Fish Eat Little Fish, 1557, Pieter van der Heyden after Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlandish), Engraving; first state of three (17.3.859) |
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Bird handles from a bowl or basin, Iron Age II, 9th century B.C.,
Northwestern Iran; Excavated at Hasanlu,
Bronze (61.100.3a,b) |
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Bird Head, date unknown, Papua New Guinea, Eastern Highlands Province, Stone, pigment (1978.412.1504) |
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Bird Pendant, 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D., Costa Rica; Guanacaste-Nicoya, Jadeite (1993.302) |
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Bird Pendant, 1st–5th century, Costa Rica; Atlantic Watershed, Jadeite (1979.206.1138) |
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Bird Pendant, 1st–5th century, Costa Rica; Guanacaste-Nicoya, Jadeite (1993.114) |
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Bird-shaped vessel, Three Kingdoms period, ca. late 2nd–3rd century, Korea, Earthenware (1997.34.1) |
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Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons, Momoyama period, early 17th century, Kano School, Japan, Pair of six-fold screens; color on gold-leafed paper (1987.342.1,2) |
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Birds and Flowers, Chosôn dynasty, late 19th century,
Korea,
Ten-panel folding screen, ink and color on paper (1993.255) |
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Black Stork in a Landscape, ca. 1780,
India (Lucknow),
Watercolor on European paper (2000.266) |
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Bookcover with scenes from the life of the Buddha, ca. first half of 10th century India or Nepal Ink and color on wood, with metal insets (1979.511) |
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Bottle in the form of a fish and a flask in the form of grapes, 1st–3rd century A.D., Roman, Mold-blown glass (17.194.251; 17.194.231) |
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Bottle with a sprinkler top, second half of 12th century, Iran or Afghanistan (Khorasan), Cast brass alloy inlaid with silver (1998.234) |
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Bottle, late 13th century; Mamluk, Probably Syria, Greenish colorless glass, free-blown, enameled, and gilded; tooled on the pontil; red, blue, green, yellow, purple, brown, pink, white, gray blue, and black enamels; and gold (41.150) |
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Bovine Figure (Boli), 19th–20th century, Mali; Bamana, Wood, sacrificial materials (patina) (1979.206.175) |
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Bow Brooch, ca. 600, Langobardic; Made in central Italy, Silver with partial gilding, inlaid with niello (55.56) |
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Bowl with Fish, 1000s–1200s, Byzantine, Terracotta, white slip, and transparent glaze (2000.322) |
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Bowl with three fish, first half of 14th century, Iran, Fritware, monochrome glazed (59.60) |
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Bowl, 15th century; Timurid
Iran or Central Asia, Earthenware, underglaze-painted (32.33) |
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Bowl, ca. 1000; Fatimid, Egypt, Earthenware, glazed and luster-painted (63.178.1) |
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Bowl, late 12th–early 13th century; Seljuq, Iran, Composite body, overglaze-painted and gilded (51.53) |
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Boy with a Greyhound, possibly 1570s,
Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) (Italian, Venetian),
Oil on canvas (29.100.105) |
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Bracelets: Crocodile Heads, 17th–19th century, Nigeria; Edo peoples, court of Benin, Brass, gilt (1991.17.80, 81) |
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Bracteate, 5th–6th century, Scandinavian, Gold (2001.583) |
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Brooch in the Form of a Bird of Prey, 500–600, Vendel; made in Scandinavia, Copper alloy with silver overlay (1991.308) |
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Brooch in the form of a stag, late 3rd–early 4th century, Caucasus region, Bronze (21.166.3) |
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Brooch in the Form of a Winged Insect, 4th century, Eastern Germanic, Copper alloy (1993.263) |
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Brooch in the Shape of a Horse, 7th–6th century B.C.; Iron Age, Halstatt period, Copper alloy (1992.107) |
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Brooch in the Shape of a Panther, 100–300, Roman, Copper alloy with silver and niello inlays (47.100.18) |
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Buckle in the Shape of an Eagle, 6th century, Ostrogothic, Gilt silver, garnet (95.15.100a,c, 95.100.104b) |
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Bucranium, Egyptian Second Intermediate Period, ca. 1640–1550 B.C., Medjayu (Pan-Grave), Bone and horn painted with red, black, and white (16.2.23) |
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Buffalo, late Shang dynasty, 13th–11th century B.C., China, Jade (nephrite) (1976.297.2) |
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Cadmus Fighting the Dragon Who Had Killed His Men, Léon Davent (French), after Francesco Primaticcio (Italian, Bolognese), Etching; sheet, trimmed within platemark (49.97.570) |
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Cage animal flask, 7th–8th century, Syria, Applied glass (69.153) |
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Camel Led by His Keeper, second quarter of 16th century; Shaibanid, Uzbekistan (Bukhara), Ink, colors, and gold on paper (25.83.6) |
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Camel with packboards and baggage, 6th–7th century, Western China or Central Asia, Earthenware with pigment (2000.8) |
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Camel: From the Berain Grotesques, ca. 1685–89, Designed by Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer; Woven at the Beauvais manufactory under the direction of Philippe Behagle or his son of the same name in the late 17th or early 18th century, French, Wool and silk (1977.437.1) |
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Candelabrum Centerpiece, 1835–36,
Paul Storr (British),
Silver-gilt, (60.55.10a-s) |
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Candelabrum with Stand, 1838,
Paul Storr (British),
Silver, (1976.423-h) |
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Canopy with phoenixes, Yuan dynasty (1279–1368), China, Embroidery; silk and gold thread (1988.82) |
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Carpet, early 16th century; Safavid, Iran, Wool pile on silk foundation (10.61.3) |
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Casket, 11th–12th century, Probably southern Italy or Sicily, Ivory (17.190.241) |
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Cat, Ptolemaic Period, ca. 400–30 B.C., Egyptian, Bronze (56.16.1) |
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Centerpiece, ca. 1775–80, Italian; Cozzi factory, Hard-paste porcelain (1977.216.37) |
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Cento favole morali (One Hundred Moral Tales): The Crow and the Serpent (page 35),
Author and illustrator: Giovanni Maria Verdizotti,
Venice: Giordano Ziletti, 1570,
Printed book with woodcut illustrations (48.165) |
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Centuripe vase, ca. 400–375 B.C.; Hellenistic, Italic-Native, Sicilian (Centuripe) Terracotta (53.11.5) |
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Ceremonial Knife (tumi), 10th–15th century, Peru; Chimú, Copper (1987.394.216) |
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Ceremonial Metate, 4th–8th century, Costa Rica; Guanacaste, Stone (1979.206.429) |
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Chariot krater, ca. 1400—1370 B.C.; Late Helladic IIIA, Helladic (Mycenaean), Terracotta (74.51.964) |
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Circular Pendant, 700–800, Viking, probably Gotland, Gilded copper alloy (1984.300) |
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Coiled Serpent, 15th–early 16th century, Mexico; Aztec, Stone (00.5.32) |
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Comb, Predynastic Period, ca. 3200 B.C., Egyptian, Ivory (30.8.224) |
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A Common Indian Nightjar (Caprimulgus asiaticus), 18th century, India; Lucknow School, Watercolor on paper (2004.175) |
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Container (Aduno Koro) with Figures, 16th–19th century, Mali; Dogon, Wood (1979.206.255) |
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Container in the shape of a horse and rider, 12th–13th century, Iran, Composite body, underglaze-painted (66.23) |
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Cosmetic Jar in the Form of a Cat, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, ca. 1991–1783 B.C., Egyptian, Egyptian alabaster (calcite) with inlaid eyes of rock crystal and copper (1990.59.1) |
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Covered jar (hu), Western Han dynasty, 2nd–1st century B.C., Probably from Luoyang area, China, Earthenware with painted decoration (1992.165.20ab) |
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Cow, 1914,
Arthur Dove (American),
Pastel on canvas (49.70.72) |
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Cow's Skull: Red, White, and Blue, 1931, Georgia O'Keeffe (American), Oil on canvas (52.203) |
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Crozier with Serpent Devouring a Flower, ca. 1200–1220, French, made in Limoges, Gilded copper; champlevé enamel; glass cabochons (17.190.833) |
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Cup with a frieze of gazelles, early 1st millennium B.C., Northwestern Iran, Capsian region, Gold (62.84) |
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Curly-Tailed Animal Pendant, 4th–5th century, Panama; Initial style, Gold (91.1.1166) |
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Cuxa Cloister, mid-12th century, French or Spanish; From the Abbey of Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa (modern France), Marble (25.120.398,.399,.452) |
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Cylinder seal and modern impression: hunting scene, 2250–2150 B.C.; late Akkadian period, Mesopotamia, Chert (41.160.192) |
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Dagger hilt, ca. 1450; Timurid, Iranian; Attributed to Samarqand, Uzbekistan, Greenish black nephrite (02.18.765) |
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The Destruction of the Children of Niobe: From a set of The Horses, early 1630s, Francis Cleyn; Woven at the Mortlake manufactory, 1650–70, English, Wool and silk (36.149.1) |
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Dinos (mixing bowl), ca. 630–615 B.C.,
Attributed to the Polyteleia Painter,
Greek, Corinthian (Transitional Period),
Terracotta (1997.36) |
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Diogenes, mid-1520s, Ugo da Carpi (Italian), after Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, Parma), Chiaroscuro woodcut from four blocks, second state (17.50.1) |
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Dish with recumbent elephant surrounded by clouds, 15th–16th century, Vietnam, Stoneware with underglaze cobalt-blue decoration (1998.213) |
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Dish, last quarter of 16th century; Ottoman, Iznik, Turkey, Composite body, painted and glazed (1979.412) |
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Dish, second half of 12th century, Syria, Composite body, carved in relief, incised, and painted under a clear glaze (1979.210) |
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Disk with running dogs surrounding a mountain goat, 1st–3rd century A.D., Caucasus region, Bronze (21.166.1) |
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Don Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuñiga (1784–1792), possibly 1790s, Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish), Oil on canvas (49.7.41)an |
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Door lintel with lion-griffins and vase with lotus leaf, 2nd–3rd century; Parthian period, Hatra, northern Mesopotamia, Limestone (32.145a, b) |
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Double Bat-nosed Figure Pendants, 11th–16th century,
Panama (Chiriquí),
Cast gold (04.34.8) |
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Double Capital, mid-12th century, France, Toulouse region, Languedoc (?), Marble (28.81) |
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Double-Sided Gospel Leaf, first half of 14th century,
Ethiopia; Tigray region,
Tempera on parchment (2006.100) |
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Dragon and Kylins Fighting: Leaf from an album, 17th century; Ottoman, Turkey, Colors and gilt on paper (55.121.35) |
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Dragon Carpet, 19th century, Caucasus region, Wool, cotton; plain weave with supplementary-weft embroidery (Soumak) (1971.263.5) |
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The Dream of Queen Maya, Kushan period, 1st century A.D., Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara, probably Takht-i-Bahi), Schist (1976.402) |
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Dress ornaments, 5th century B.C., Scythian; Possibly northern Black Sea region, Gold (24.97.50-.51) |
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Eagle Pendant, 11th–16th century, Panama; Veraguas, Cast gold (1979.206.907) |
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Eagle Relief, 10th–13th century, Mexico; Toltec, Andesite/dacite, paint (93.27.2) |
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Earth Monster Relief, 15th–early 16th century, Mexico; Aztec, Stone (00.5.36) |
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Elephant Clock: Leaf from The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari, Detached folio from an illustrated manuscript, 715 A.H. / 1315 A.D.; Mamluk, Abu’l Izz Ismacil al-Jazari, Author, Probably Syria, Ink, colors, and gold on paper (57.51.23) |
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Elephant, Late Naqada II (ca. 3650–3300 B.C.), Egyptian, Serpentine, bone (59.101.1) |
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Embroidered Square with Animals, Birds, and Flowers, late 12th–14th century, Eastern Central Asia, Silk thread on silk (1988.296) |
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Eucharistic Dove, ca. 1215–1235, French; Made in Limoges, Gilded copper with champlevé enamel (17.190.344) |
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Evening coat, 1935, Madame Grès (Alix Barton) (French), White silk brocade with polychrome birds and polychrome striped silk (C.I.46.4.19a,b) |
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Ewer in the form of a phoenix, ca. 15th–16th century, Vietnam, Stoneware with underglaze cobalt-blue decoration (1992.72.1) |
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Fabulous Beast (Fragment of a Tapestry), ca. 1420–30, German (Upper Rhineland; Basel), Linen warp with wool weft (1990.211) |
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Feeding the Turkey, ca. 1872–80, Eastman Johnson (American), Pastel on wove paper, mounted on canvas on a wooden stretcher (46.47) |
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Feline figure, 1st century B.C.–4th century A.D.,
Ecuador; Tolita/Tumaco,
Ceramic (1991.436.8) |
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Figure of a bull, ca. mid- to late 1st millennium B.C., Southwestern Arabia, Bronze (47.100.85) |
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Figure of Magu with a fawn, Qing dynasty or early Republic, late 19th–early 20th century, China; Dehua ware, Fujian Province, Porcelain with clear glaze (34.13) |
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Firefighter's Coat with Susanoo-no-mikoto and Sea Monster, Edo period, 19th century,
Dark blue quilted (sashiko) cotton with freehand paste-resist decoration (1983.158a–c) |
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Fish and Rocks, Qing dynasty, dated 1699, Bada Shanren (Zhu Da) (Chinese), Hanging scroll; ink on paper (1989.363.137) |
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Fish, Dynasty 12–13 (ca. 1981–1640 B.C.), Egyptian; Lisht North, Tomb L847, Gold, beryl (09.180.1182) |
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Foundation peg in the shape of the forepart of a lion, 2200–2000 B.C., Probably Tell Mozan (ancient Urkish), northeastern Syria, Bronze (48.180) |
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Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, ca. 1497–98, Albrecht Dürer (German), Woodcut (19.73.209) |
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Fragment of a Bowl with a Horse and Rider, early 1200s, Byzantine; Made possibly in Antioch, Terracotta with green glaze over slip, decorated in sgraffito (1984.181) |
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Fragment of a Bowl, 3rd–5th century, Roman or Byzantine; found in Carthage (now in Tunisia, North Africa), Rock crystal (55.135.7) |
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Fragmentary beaker, ca. 2nd century A.D.; Mid-Imperial, Roman, Glass, free-blown and painted, (22.2.36,.37) |
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Fraktur Motifs, ca. 1770–1800, Johann Heinrich Otto (American), Watercolor, pen and iron gall ink, and graphite on off-white laid paper (66.242.1) |
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Frieze tile with two hunters, ca. 1270–75, Iran (probably Takht-i Sulayman), Fritware, overglaze luster-painted (10.9.1) |
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Frog Ornaments, 15th–early 16th century, Mexico (Mixtec/Aztec), Cast gold (1998.39.1—.20) |
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Funerary altar, 14–68; Julio-Claudian, Roman, Marble (25.78.29) |
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Funerary stele (shaft) surmounted by two sphinxes, last quarter of 5th century B.C.; Classical, Cypriot; Said to be from the necropolis at Golgoi, Limestone (74.51.2499) |
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Funerary urn (hunping), Western Jin dynasty, ca. 250–300, China, Earthenware with green glaze (1992.165.21) |
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Furniture support: female sphinx with Hathor-style curls, 1820–1740 B.C.; Old Assyrian Trading Colony period, Probably Acemhöyük, Central Anatolia, Ivory (Hippopotamus), gold foil (32.161.46) |
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Garden carpet, ca. 1800, Iran, Cotton warp and weft, wool pile (67.156) |
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Garden Landscape and Fountain, ca. 1905–15,
Louis Comfort Tiffany (American); Tiffany Studios,
Favrile glass, cement (1976.105) |
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Goat, ca. 1934,
Arthur Dove (American),
Watercolor, gouache, and pencil on paperboard (49.70.75) |
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God Horus Protecting King Nectanebo II, Late Period, Dynasty 30, reign of Nectanebo II, 360–343 B.C., Egyptian, Greywacke (34.2.1) |
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Gold stater, ca. 560–546 B.C., Lydian; From Sardis, Gold (26.59.2) |
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Grapevine and Squirrels, Chosôn dynasty, early 19th century, Korea, Hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper (1987.195) |
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Grazing Horse, dated 1932, Xu Beihong (Chinese); Qi Baishi (Chinese), Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Inscribed by the artist and by Qi Baishi (1986.267.192) |
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Gushtasp Slays the Rhino-Wolf: From the Gutman Shahnama (Book of Kings), ca. 1330–40, Iran (probably Isfahan), Ink, colors, and gold on paper (1974.290.23v) |
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Handle-shaped ornament, Western Zhou dynasty, 10th–9th century B.C., China, Jade (nephrite) (1985.214.96) |
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Haniwa boar, Kofun period, 5th century, Japan, Earthenware (1975.268.418) |
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Harness Pendant with Confronted Beasts, 500–600, Visigothic, Brass, leaded (1990.52) |
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Haystacks: Autumn, ca. 1874,
Jean-François Millet (French),
Oil on canvas (60.71.12) |
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Head of a cobra, Dynasty 12–13 (ca. 1981–1640 B.C.), Egyptian; Lisht North, Carnelian (09.180.2455) |
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Head of a griffin from a cauldron, third quarter of 7th century B.C.,
Greek (from Olympia),
Bronze (1972.118.54) |
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Head of an Antelope, Late Period, Dynasty 27, ca. 525–404 B.C., Egyptian, Greywacke, agate, Egyptian alabaster (1992.55) |
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Hedgehog amulet on a string, Dynasty 12 (ca. 1981–1802 B.C.), Egyptian; Lisht North, Pit 995, Glazed steatite, reed (22.1.301) |
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Helmet, 1350–1450,
Mongolian or Chinese,
Iron and gold (2005.270) |
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Helmet, late 7th century B.C.; Archaic, Greek, Cretan, Bronze (1989.281.49) |
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Helmet, probably mid- to late 17th century,
Chinese,
Iron, gold, silver, and textile (1997.18) |
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Hippo's head, Dynasty 12 (ca. 1981–1802 B.C.), Egyptian, Beryl (10.130.2310) |
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Horse blinker with sphinx, 8th–7th century B.C.; Neo-Assyrian, Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Ivory (54.117.1) |
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The Horse Fair, 1853–55, Rosa Bonheur (French), Oil on canvas (87.25) |
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Horse plaque, 4th–3rd century B.C., Northwest China or Inner Mongolia, Silver with mercury gilding (18.43.8) |
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Horse with Female Rider, Tang dynasty, 7th century, Astana, Turfan, Xinjiang Uighur Autonmous Region, China, Clay, Unfired clay with pigment (51.93ab) |
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The Horses of Anahita or The Flight of Night, ca. 1848–50; this cast, by 1880, William Morris Hunt (American), Plaster, tinted (80.12) |
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Human-headed winged lion (lamassu), 883–859 B.C.; Neo-Assyrian period, reign of Ashurnasirpal II, Excavated at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), northern Mesopotamia, Alabaster (gypsum) (32.143.2) |
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Hunt of Wild Boar, from the series "Hunting Scenes in Ornamental Frames," 1570, Harmen Jansz Muller (Netherlandish), after Stradanus (Jan van der Straet) (Netherlandish), Engraving (49.95.992) |
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Illustrated manuscript of the Lotus Sutra, Koryô dynasty, ca. 1340, Unidentified artist, Koreang book, gold and silver on indigo-dyed mulberry paper (1994.207) |
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Incense burner, 1181–1182; Seljuq, Jacfar ibn Muhammad ibn cAli, Khorasan (eastern Iran), Iran; Found in Khorasan (eastern Iran), Tay-abad (Kariz), Iran, Cast bronze with openwork decoration (51.56) |
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Incense Burner, ca. 1530–40, Northern Italian (probably Padua), Bronze with dark brown lacquer patina (1982.60.108) |
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Incense burner, mid-1st millennium B.C., Southern Arabia, Bronze (49.71.2) |
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Initial V from a Bible, ca. 1175–1195, French; From the Abbey of Pontigny, Tempera on parchment (1999.364.2) |
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Inkstand, 1802,
John Plimmer (British),
Silver, (1976.424.2a-j) |
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Intaglio of a venator fighting a lion, 1st century A.D.; Late Augustan to Flavian, Roman, Carnelian (41.160.710) |
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Intaglio with the head of Asklepios, 1st century B.C.–3rd century A.D.,
Roman,
Carnelian (81.6.94) |
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Isfandiyar's Third Course—He Slays a Dragon: From the Gutman Shahnama (Book of Kings), ca. 1330–40, Iran (probably Isfahan), Ink, colors, and gold on paper (1974.290.26) |
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Jar with decoration of flowers and insects, Chosôn dynasty, mid-18th century,
Korea,
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue (2005.406) |
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Jar, Ming dynasty, Xuande mark and period (1426–1435), China, Porcelain painted in underglaze blue (37.191.1) |
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Journey of the Prophet Muhammad; Leaf from a copy of the Majmac al-tawarikh (Compendium of Histories), ca. 1425; Timurid, Herat, Afghanistan, Colors, silver, and gilt on brownish paper (57.51.9) |
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Kanduri, ca. 1900,
India, Cotton (1986.53) |
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Kashan carpet, second half of 16th century; Safavid, Iranian; Attributed to Kashan, Iran, Pile weave, silk pile on silk foundation (14.40.721) |
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Kero with Registers of Pumas, Parrots, and Flowers Separated by Bands of Carved Geometric Designs (Tocapus), 16th–18th century, Peru, Wood with pigmented resin inlay (1994.35.14) |
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Kneeling bull holding a spouted vessel, 3100–2900 B.C.; Proto-Elamite period, Southwestern Iran, Silver (66.173) |
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Knight, Death, and the Devil, 1513–14, Albrecht Dürer (German), Engraving (43.106.2) |
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Krater with a lid surmounted by a small hydria, mid-8th century B.C.; Geometric,
Greek, Euboean or Cycladic; Found at Kourion, Cyprus,
Terracotta (74.51.965) |
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Krater, ca. 750–700 B.C.; Geometric, Attributed to the Hirschfeld Workshop, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (14.130.14) |
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Ladle with dragon handle, Three Kingdoms period, 3rd century, China, Gilt bronze (1994.605.90) |
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Landscape with Goat, Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (Italian, Venetian), Italian, Pen and brown ink (1991.462) |
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Large Bowl with Equestrian Figure, ca. 1820, Puebla, Tin-enameled earthenware (11.87.68) |
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Large cista, mid-4th century B.C., Italic, Bronze (22.84.1) |
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Lentoid flask, 11th century B.C., Levantine, Bichrome Ware, Terracotta (74.51.431) |
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Lentoid seal with a griffin, ca. 1450–1400 B.C.; Late Minoan II, Minoan; Greece, Crete, Agate (14.104.1) |
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Les Perdrix (The Partridges), ca. 1771–72, Philippe de Lasalle (French, designer, French (Lyon), Silk (50.8a) |
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The Liberation of Oriane, ca. 1590–95,
Karel van Mander (Netherlandish); workshop of Frans Spiering, Delft,
Wool and silk (2006.36) |
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Linguist Staff (Oykeame), 19th–20th century, Ghana; Akan, Asante, Gold foil, wood, nails (1986.475a-c) |
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Lion and Dragon in Combat, mid-17th century; Safavid, Signed by Muhammad Baqir, Iran, Ink and transparent color on paper (1974.20) |
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Lion from a Frieze, after 1200, Spanish; Made in Burgos, Castile-León, Fresco, mounted on canvas (31.38.1a) |
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Lion head plaque, Iron Age II, 9th century B.C.,
Iran; Excavated at Hasanlu,
Ivory (65.163.22) |
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Lion head terminal, Iron Age II, 9th century B.C.,
Northwestern Iran; Excavated at Hasanlu,
Bronze (63.109.1) |
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Lion, cast 1000–1100,
Probably South Italy,
Bronze (originally gilded and inlaid) (L.2000.84) |
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Lion, Early Dynastic Period, Dynasties 1–2, ca. 3000–2700 B.C., Egyptian; Perhaps from Gebelein, Upper Egypt, Quartz (66.99.2) |
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Lizard, ca. 1887,
Emmanuel Fremiet (French),
Stoneware, glazed (2003.280) |
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Lunette with Buddha surrounded by adorants, 5th–6th century,
Hadda, Afghanistan,
Stucco (2005.314) |
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Maebyông, Koryô dynasty, late 13th–early 14th century, Korea, Stoneware with inlaid design of cranes and clouds under celadon glaze (27.119.11) |
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Magical stela, Late Period, Dynasty 30, reign of Nectanebo II, ca. 360–343 B.C., Egyptian, Greywacke (50.85) |
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Maharana Sarup Singh Views a Prize Stallion, 1845, Tara (Indian, active 1836–68), India (Rajasthan, Mewar), Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper (2001.344) |
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Mandala of Chandra (God of the Moon), late 14th–early 15th century, Nepal, Distemper on cloth (1981.465) |
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Mask, 19th–20th century, Bwa peoples; Burkina Faso, Wood, pigment, fiber (1979.206.196) |
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Masquerade Element (Omama): Ram's Head, 17th–19th century, Nigeria; Yoruba, Owo subgroup, Ivory, wood or coconut shell inlay (1991.17.123) |
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Masquerade tunic, late 19th–early 20th century, Kingdom of Bamilike, Cameroon Grassfields, Plant fiber, human hair (1994.413.2) |
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Medallion with a griffin fighting an Arimaspian, 4th century B.C., Italic; Praeneste, Bronze (10.230.1) |
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Memory Board (Lukasa), 19th–20th century, Democratic Republic of Congo; Luba, Wood (1977.467.3) |
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Mirror back, Tang dynasty, 8th century, China, Silver (1985.214.22) |
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Mirror with a support in the form of a draped woman, ca. 460–450 B.C.; Classical, Greek, Argive, Bronze (1972.118.78) |
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Modern Impression of a stamped seal: hunters and goats, rectangular pen(?), early 2nd millennium B.C., Gulf region (ancient Dilmun), Steatite or chlorite (1987.96.22) |
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Monkey Group, ca. 1770, Russian; Verbilky, Gardner Porcelain Factory, Hard-paste porcelain (1982.60.157); Harlequin and Harlequin Dressed as Colombine, ca. 1770–80, Russian; Verbilky, Gardner Porcelain Factory, Hard-paste porcelain (1982.60.158) |
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Mosaic with a Peacock and Flowers, 3rd–4th century, Roman or Byzantine; Probably from North Africa, Tesserae (26.68) |
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Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh: An Allegory of the Dinteville Family, 1537, Master of the Dinteville Allegory (Netherlandish or French), Oil on wood (50.70) |
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Mounted Hunter with Dog, 16th century; Safavid, Iran, Ink and transparent colors on paper (1975.192.17) |
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Narbonne Arch, 12th century, French, Marble (22.58.1) |
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Neck amphora (storage jar), ca. 620/615–595/590 B.C.,
Greek, Corinthian; Said to be from Capua,
Terracotta (06.1021.18) |
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Neck amphora, fourth quarter of 8th century B.C.; Late Geometric, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (10.210.7) |
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Neck from a vessel depicting the goddess Hathor flanked by felines, late Dynasty XIX–Third Intermediate Period (ca. 1188–712 B.C.), From Bubastis, Silver, gold (30.8.370) |
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Nilgai (blue bull): Leaf from an album made for Emperor Shah Jahan, ca. 1620; Mughal, period of Jahangir, ca. 1620, By Mansur, India
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper (55.121.10.13) |
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Nubian with oryx, monkey, and leopard skins, 8th–7th century B.C.; Neo-Assyrian period; Phoenician style, Excavated at Fort Shalmaneser, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Mesopotamia, Ivory (60.145.11) |
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Nude female with birdlike face holding an infant, ca. 1450–1200 B.C.; Late Cypriot II; Base-Ring Ware, Cypriot; Said to be from Nicosia–Ayia Paraskevi, Terracotta (74.51.1542) |
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Oedipus and the Sphinx, 1864,
Gustave Moreau (French),
Oil on canvas (21.134.1) |
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Open Ring Brooch, early 800s, Pictish or Irish; Found near Galway, Ireland, Silver with amber insets (1981.413) |
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Ornamental drawing of a dragon, mid-16th century; Ottoman, Attributed to Shah Quli, Turkey (Istanbul), Ink, colors, and gold on paper (57.51.26) |
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Ornamental Knife (Tumi), 15th–16th century, Peru; Inka, Tin bronze (1987.394.411) |
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