Works of Art (137)
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Container for Magical Substances (Perminangken [?]), 19th–early 20th century,
Toba Batak people, Sumatra, Indonesia,
Wood, Chinese trade ceramic (1988.124.2a,b) |
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Isfandiyar's Third Course: He Slays a Dragon: From the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, ca. 1520–25,
Iran, Tabriz,
Colors, ink, silver, and gold on paper (1970.301.51) |
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Ritual Seat for a Noble (Osa'osa), 19th century,
Ono Niha people, Gomo and Tae River area, Central region, Nias Island, Indonesia,
Stone (1988.125.1) |
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The Feast of Sada: From the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, ca. 1520–25,
Iran, Tabriz,
Colors, ink, silver, and gold on paper (1970.301.2) |
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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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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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Basin, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, dated 1774, China, Nephrite (jade) (02.18.689) |
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Bat-Nosed Figure Pendant, 12th–16th century, Panama; Parita, Gold, whale tooth (1979.206.1155) |
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Beaker (kero), 5th–9th century,
Peru; Tiwanaku,
Wood (1978.412.214)
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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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Bell, Eastern Zhou dynasty, late Spring and Autumn period, early 5th century B.C., China, Bronze (1988.20.7) |
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Bird-Headed Figure Whistle, 8th–9th century, Mexico, Veracruz, Ceramic (1978.412.80) |
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Birth of the Buddha, Muromachi period, ca. 1400, Unidentified artist, Japan, Section of a wall panel; ink, color, and gold on silk (1993.478.1) |
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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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Bow case and quiver, 15th–17th century,
Tibetan or Mongolian,
Leather, shellac, wood, iron, and gold (2003.344a–c) |
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Bowl, 13th–15th century, Dominican Republic; Taino, Ceramic (1982.48.3) |
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Bowl, 15th century; Timurid
Iran or Central Asia, Earthenware, underglaze-painted (32.33) |
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Bowl, ca. 725–675 B.C.; Archaic, Cypriot; Said to be from Kourion, Gilt silver (74.51.4554) |
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Bowl, Five Dynasties period, 10th century, Probably the vicinity of Shanglinhu, Zhejiang Province, China, Stoneware with carved and incised design under celadon glaze (Yue ware) (18.56.36) |
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Bracteate, 5th–6th century, Scandinavian, Gold (2001.583) |
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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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Calyx-krater (vessel for mixing wine and water) depicting Herakles, Theseus, and Perithous in Hades, ca. 450–440 B.C.; red-figure,
Greek; Attic,
Attributed to the Nekyia Painter,
Terracotta (08.258.21) |
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Candelabrum Centerpiece, 1835–36,
Paul Storr (British),
Silver-gilt, (60.55.10a-s) |
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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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Centerpiece, ca. 1775–80, Italian; Cozzi factory, Hard-paste porcelain (1977.216.37) |
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Ceremonial Handle (?), 9th–13th century, Mexico; Maya-Toltec (?), Jade (jadeite/omphacite) (1979.206.1132) |
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Ceremonial Metate, 10th–11th century, Costa Rica; Atlantic Watershed, Stone (1978.412.94) |
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Chair panel of Thutmose IV, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Thutmose IV, ca. 1400–1390 B.C.,
Egyptian,
Cedar (30.8.45) |
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Circular Pendant, 700–800, Viking, probably Gotland, Gilded copper alloy (1984.300) |
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The Companions of Rinaldo Nicolas Poussin (French), Oil on canvas (1977.1.2) |
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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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Cylinder seal and modern impression: worshipper approaching bearded god, 1820–1730 B.C.; Classic Syrian I style, Syria, Hematite (1991.368.5) |
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Dagger hilt, ca. 1450; Timurid, Iranian; Attributed to Samarqand, Uzbekistan, Greenish black nephrite (02.18.765) |
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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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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 page from a Divan (Anthology) of Sultan Husain Baiqara, 1500; Timurid, Calligraphy by Sultan cAli Mashhadi, Afghanistan (Herat), Ink, colors, and gold on paper (1982.120.1) |
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Double-Chambered Whistling Bottle, 4th–7th century,
Ecuador; Bahía,
Ceramic (1988.117.7) |
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Double-End Animal Pendant, 5th–8th century, Panama; Conte (?), Gold (1991.419.18) |
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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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A Dragon in Broken Leaves, second half of 16th century,
Turkey (Ottoman),
Ink on paper (main composition); gold, ink, and colors on paper (borders) (2000.424) |
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Dragonesque Brooch, 1st century, Provincial Roman, probably made in Britain,> Bronze with champlevé enamel (1980.450) |
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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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Enthroned Virgin and Child, 1210–1220, Said to be from the priory of Oignies, Belgium, Oak with traces of paint (41.190.283) |
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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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Ewer with Wild Man Finial, ca. 1500, German; Made in Nuremberg, Silver, silver-gilt, painted and enameled decoration (53.20.2) |
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Ewer, Northern Song dynasty, 11th–12th century; Yaozhou ware, China, Stoneware with incised, carved, and relief decoration under glaze (26.292.73) |
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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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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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Frog Yoke, 7th–10th century, Mexico, Veracruz, Greenstone (1978.412.15) |
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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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Grave stele of a youth and a little girl, ca. 530 B.C.; Archaic, Greek, Attic, Parian marble (11.185a-c,f,g) |
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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 of a hydria, early 6th century B.C., Greek, Bronze (06.1093) |
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Harness Pendant with Confronted Beasts, 500–600, Visigothic, Brass, leaded (1990.52) |
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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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Helmet, 1350–1450,
Mongolian or Chinese,
Iron and gold (2005.270) |
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Helmet, probably mid- to late 17th century,
Chinese,
Iron, gold, silver, and textile (1997.18) |
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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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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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Incense Burner, ca. 1530–40, Northern Italian (probably Padua), Bronze with dark brown lacquer patina (1982.60.108) |
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Intaglio Gemstone with Saint Theodore Teron Slaying a Multiheaded Dragon, 1300 or later, Byzantine, Black agate chalcedony with red-brown striations (1999.325.227) |
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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, Ming dynasty, Xuande mark and period (1426–1435), China, Porcelain painted in underglaze blue (37.191.1) |
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Jug, early 16th century; Safavid, Afghanistan (probably Herat), Cast brass, inlaid with silver and gold (91.1.607) |
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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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Ladle with dragon handle, Three Kingdoms period, 3rd century, China, Gilt bronze (1994.605.90) |
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Large cista, mid-4th century B.C., Italic, Bronze (22.84.1) |
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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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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 Aquamanile, ca. 1400, German; Made in Nuremberg, Latten alloy (1994.244) |
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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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Mirror back, Tang dynasty, 8th century, China, Silver (1985.214.22) |
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Mirror Frame, 9th–12th century, Peru; Wari-Chimú, Wood (1995.428) |
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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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Mirror with a support in the form of a nude girl, second half of 6th century B.C.,
Laconian; Said to be from southern Italy,
Bronze (38.11.3) |
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Model of a stupa (Buddhist shrine), ca. 4th century, Pakistan, ancient region of Gandhara, Bronze (1985.387ab) |
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Narbonne Arch, 12th century, French, Marble (22.58.1) |
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Oedipus and the Sphinx, 1864,
Gustave Moreau (French),
Oil on canvas (21.134.1) |
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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 Panel, 1521, Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi) (Italian), Engraving; sheet, trimmed within platemark (49.95.41) |
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Pair of candelabra, modeled in 1840, Antoine-Louis Barye (French), Bronze (10.108.1a,b) |
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Pair of stirrups, 16th–18th century,
Tibetan,
Iron, gold, and silver (1997.214.2a,b) |
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Panel with a Griffin, 1250–1300, Byzantine; Possibly from Greece or the Balkans, Marble (2000.81) |
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Panel with Cross and Griffins, 500–700, Byzantine; Made in Egypt, Wood (28.12) |
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Patio from the Castle of Vélez Blanco, 1506–15 Spanish (41.190.482) |
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Pendant Icon, 17th–18th century, Ethiopia; Amharic, Wood, tempera paint (1997.81.1) |
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Pendant in the form of a knotted dragon, Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period (ca. 475–221 B.C.), China, Jade (Nephrite) (1985.214.99) |
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Pendant Mask, 13th–15th century, Dominican Republic; Taino, Bone (1997.35.1) |
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Pendant, 12th–14th century, Mexico; Mixtec, Greenstone (1978.412.117) |
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Phoenix-headed ewer, Tang dynasty, late 7th–first half of 8th century, China, Earthenware with three-color (sancai) glaze (1991.253.4) |
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Plaque with sphinxes, 9th–8th century B.C.; Neo-Assyrian period; Syrian style, Arslan Tash(?), Syria, Ivory with traces of gold foil (57.80.4a,b) |
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Psykter, ca. 520–510 B.C.; Archaic; red-figure, Attributed to Oltos, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (1989.281.69) |
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Rafter finial in the shape of a dragon head and wind chime, Late Unified Silla–early Koryô dynasty, 10th century, Korea, Gilt bronze (1999.263ab) |
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Relief fragment, 17th century (?), Mexico, Stone (00.5.40) |
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Ritual basin, 7th–9th century, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara) or Central Asia, Bronze (1987.218.6) |
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Ritual food container (dui), Eastern Zhou dynasty, ca. 4th century B.C.,
China,
Bronze inlaid with composition of bone black and lacquer (2006.117a,b) |
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Ritual Sword, ca. 15th century Tibet Steel with gold and silver inlays (1985.397) |
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The River Nile, ca. 1785–95, Giovanni Volpato (Italian), Hard-paste biscuit porcelain (2001.456) |
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Rug, 18th century, Caucasus, Wool (22.100.118) |
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Saddle, 17th–18th century,
Eastern Tibetan or Chinese for the Tibetan market,
Iron, gold, silver, wood, leather, and textile (1997.214.1)
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Saints Michael and Francis, ca. 1505–9, Juan de Flandes (Netherlandish), Oil on wood, gold ground (58.132) |
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Sarcophagus, second quarter of 5th century B.C.; Archaic, Cypriot, Limestone (74.51.2453) |
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Scenes from the Story of the Argonauts, cassone panel, Biagio di Antonio (Italian, Florentine), Tempera on wood, gilt ornaments (09.136.1) |
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Scroll cover for an imperial manuscript, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, before 1764, China, Silk and metallic thread on silk (kesi) (41.123.2) |
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Set of jewelry, early 5th century B.C.; late Archaic,
Etruscan,
Gold, glass, rock crystal, agate, carnelian (40.11.7-.18) |
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Set of saddle plates, ca. 1400,
Tibetan or Chinese,
Iron, gold, lapis lazuli, and turquoise (1999.118)
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Shadakshari Lokeshvara with Deities and Monks, late 15th century, Tibet, Distemper and gold on cloth (1985.390.3) |
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Shaft-hole axhead with a bird-headed demon, boar, and dragon, late 3rd–early 2nd millennium B.C., Central Asia (Bactria-Margiana), Silver, gold foil (1982.5) |
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Silk with Griffins, first half of 13th century, Central Asian, Sicilian, or North African, Silk and silver-gilt metal on parchment over cotton (1984.344) |
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Sphinx of Hatshepsut, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Hatshepsut, ca. 1473–1458 B.C.,
Egyptian,
Red granite with traces of blue and yellow paint (31.3.166) |
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Spouted ritual wine vessel (guang), Shang dynasty, early Anyang period, 13th century B.C., Possibly Anyang, Henan Province, China, Bronze (43.25.4) |
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Spouted Vessel, 13th–15th century, Mexico; Huastec, Ceramic (1998.385) |
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Square-Headed Brooch, 6th century, Anglo-Saxon, Copper alloy with gilding and niello inlay (1985.209) |
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Standard top, 8th–7th century B.C., Luristan, western Iran, Bronze (1996.82.1) |
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Standing cup, Probably after a design by Reinhold Vasters (German), Jasper, partly enameled gold mounts, set with diamonds, emeralds, rubies, and pearls (17.190.1703) |
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Statuette of a man and centaur, ca. 750 B.C.; Geometric, Greek, Bronze (17.190.2072) |
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Sutra box, Ming dynasty, Yongle period (1403–1424), China, Red lacquer with qiangjin (incised and gilt decoration) (2001.584a-c) |
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Swords, with scabbard mounts, Sui dynasty, ca. 600, Chinese, Iron, gilt bronze, silver, wood (30.65.2) |
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Tapestry with Dragons and Flowers, 11th–12th century, Eastern Central Asia, Silk and metallic thread tapestry (kesi) (1987.275) |
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Textile fragment, first half of 12th century, Spain, Silk and gold-wrapped silk (58.85.1) |
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Textile with coiled dragons, Jin dynasty (1115–1234), China, Tabby, brocaded; silk and gold thread (1989.205) |
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Tile, ca. 1270–1280; Ilkhanid, Kashan, Iran, Composite body, molded and overglaze luster-painted (12.49.4) |
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Tomb guardian (zhenmushou), Northern Wei to Northern Qi dynasties, mid- to late 6th century, China, Earthenware with pigment (1979.438) |
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Tomb panel with relief of figures in a pavilion, Eastern Han dynasty, early 2nd century, Shandong Province, China, Limestone (20.99) |
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Twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac, Qing dynasty, 19th century, China, Jade (nephrite) (02.18.730) |
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Two bird ornaments, 1st–2nd century,
Peru; Nazca,
Gold (1979.206.511,.512) |
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Unicorn in Captivity, ca. 1495–1505, South Netherlandish, Wool warp, wool, silk, silver, and gilt wefts (37.80.6) |
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Unicorn Leaps Across a Stream, Tapestry, ca. 1495–1505, South Netherlandish, Wool warp, wool, silk, silver, gilt wefts (37.80.3) |
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The Viking Punchbowl, ca. 1893, Paulding Farnham (American), designer; Tiffany & Company (American), manufacturer and retailer, Iron, silver, gold, wood (69.4) |
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Virgin Mary and Five Standing Saints above Predella Panels, 1440–1446, German; From the Carmelite church at Boppard-am-Rhein, Pot-metal glass, white glass, vitreous glass, silver stain (37.52.1–6) |
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Wine container (hu), Eastern Zhou dynasty, Spring and Autumn period, early 5th century B.C., China, Bronze inlaid with copper (1999.46ab) |
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Winged cup (erbei), Eastern Zhou dynasty, late Warring States period, 3rd century B.C., Hunan Province, China, Lacquered wood (1974.268.4) |
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Yatagan, ca. 1525–30, Made by the Workshop of Ahmed Tekelü, Turkish (Istanbul), Steel, walrus ivory, gold, silver, rubies, turquoise, pearl (1993.14) |
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Thematic Essays (16)
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