Works of Art (61)
 |
Administrative tablet with cylinder seal impression of a male figure, hunting dogs, and boars, 31002900 B.C.; Jemdet Nasr period (Uruk III script), Mesopotamia, Clay (1988.433.1) |
 |
Ampulla (Flask) of Saint Menas, late 500smid-700s, Byzantine; Probably made at Abu Menas, near Alexandria, Egypt, Terracotta (27.94.19) |
 |
Antefix in the shape of a female head, ca. 625600 B.C.,
South Italian; From Matauros,
Terracotta (22.139.56) |
 |
The Bather (model for a fountain), 18th century (ca. 1780) or 19th–early 20th century,
By or after Jean-Antoine Houdon (French),
Probably French,
Terracotta (32.100.159) |
 |
Beaker-shaped vessel, Ban Chiang type, late 3rd1st millennium B.C., Thailand, Earthenware with incised and impressed decoration (1984.494.6) |
 |
Bird-Headed Figure Whistle, 8th9th century, Mexico, Veracruz, Ceramic (1978.412.80) |
 |
Bird-shaped vessel, Three Kingdoms period, ca. late 2nd3rd century, Korea, Earthenware (1997.34.1) |
 |
Bottle with flattened side, Unified Silla dynasty, 8th10th century, Korea, Stoneware (1994.226) |
 |
Bottle, Late Jomon period (ca. 15001000 B.C.), Japan, Earthenware with incised designs (1975.268.184) |
 |
Bowl, 11th14th century, Mississippian peoples; Missouri, Ceramic (79.8.10) |
 |
Bust of a female figurine, Final Jomon period (ca. 1000300 B.C.), Japan, Earthenware with incised and cord-marked designs (1975.268.191) |
 |
Censer with Seated Figure, 5th6th century, Guatemala; Maya, Ceramic (1982.394) |
 |
Chariot cup, Three Kingdoms period, Kaya Federation, 5th century, Korea, Stoneware with traces of incidental ash glaze (1997.34.2) |
 |
Classic Kerma Beaker, Egyptian Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 13, ca. 18021640 B.C., Classical Kerma; From Abydos, Egypt, Garstang excavations, Black-topped red polished ceramic (20.2.45) |
 |
Cone mosaic, 33003100 B.C.; Late Uruk period, Excavated at the "Columned Hall," Uruk, Mesopotamia, Clay, mud plaster (L.1995.48.2) |
 |
Cult vessel in the form of a tower, 19th century B.C.; Old Babylonian period, Syria, Ceramic (68.155) |
 |
Cuneiform tablet case, 19201840 B.C.; Old Assyrian Trading Colony period, Central Anatolia, Kültepe (Karum Kanesh), Clay (66.245.5b) |
 |
Deep bowl with sculptural rim, late Middle Jomon period, ca. 1500 B.C., Japan, Earthenware (1992.252.1) |
 |
Double-handled vessel, Three Kingdoms period, probably Paekche kingdom, 5th6th century, Korea, Stoneware (1997.34.25) |
 |
Double-Headed Figure, end of 3rd millennium B.C., Ecuador; Valdivia, Ceramic (1980.34.1) |
 |
Female Figure, end of 3rd millennium B.C., Ecuador; Valdivia, Ceramic (1980.83.15) |
 |
Figure of a woman, mid-5th century B.C., Greek, Terracotta (06.1151) |
 |
Footed Bowl, 13th century; Tellem, Mali; Tellem peoples, Pottery (1977.394.59a) |
 |
Footed Bowl, 13th century; Tellem, Mali; Tellem peoples, Pottery (1977.394.59a) |
 |
Haniwa boar, Kofun period, 5th century, Japan, Earthenware (1975.268.418) |
 |
Head of a male, 20001600 B.C.; Old Babylonian period, Probably Isin, southern Mesopotamia, Ceramic (1972.96) |
 |
Head, 16th17th century, Nigeria; Edo peoples, court of Benin, Terracotta, sacrificial materials (1991.17.7) |
 |
Iphicles and Hercules Attacked by Snakes, mid-15th century,
Italy; Padua,
Terracotta (2006.453) |
 |
Jug, ca. 16001450 B.C.; Late Cypriot I, Cypriot, Base Ring I Ware, Terracotta (74.51.1084) |
 |
La Négresse, 1872,
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French), Cast terracotta (1997.491) |
 |
Lamp with Jewish Symbols, made 350–450,
Byzantine,
Terracotta (91.1.1621) |
 |
Lamp, late 1st century B.C.early 1st century A.D.; Early Imperial, Roman, Terracotta, mold-made, (74.51.2027) |
 |
Memorial Head, 17th century, Ghana; Akan, Twifo region, Hemang city, Terracotta, roots, quartz fragments (1978.412.563) |
 |
Memorial Head, 19th20th century, Côte d'Ivoire; Akan, Anyi subgroup, Terracotta (1978.412.394) |
 |
Molded plaque with a king or god carrying a mace, 20001700 B.C.; Isin-Larsa-Old Babylonian period, Southern Mesopotamia, Ceramic (32.39.2) |
 |
Necklace with Pendant, 16th18th century, Angola; Chokwe, Wood, ceramic, raffia (1996.456) |
 |
Nude female with birdlike face holding an infant, ca. 14501200 B.C.; Late Cypriot II; Base-Ring Ware, Cypriot; Said to be from NicosiaAyia Paraskevi, Terracotta (74.51.1542) |
 |
Nude goddess figurine, [late 8th7th century B.C.?], Excavated at Tell el-Duweir (ancient Lachish), southern Levant, Ceramic (34.126.53) |
 |
Ocarina, 12th15th century, Colombia; Tairona, Ceramic (1984.507.17) |
 |
Pedestal dish with cover, Three Kingdoms period, Silla Kingdom, 5th6th century, Korea, Stoneware with traces of incidental ash glaze (1997.34.7a,b) |
 |
Pietà, ca. 1864,
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French), Terracotta (2001.199) |
 |
Seated Figure, 13th century,
Mali, Inland Niger Delta region; Djenné,
Terracotta (1981.218) |
 |
Seated figure, 1st century B.C.1st century A.D.,
Ecuador; Tolita/Tumaco,
Ceramic (1982.231) |
 |
Skyphos (drinking cup), 6th century B.C., Greek, Lydian, Terracotta (16.75.14) |
 |
Small figurine, Final Jomon period (ca. 1000300 B.C.), Japan, Earthenware (1978.346) |
 |
Spouted jar and stand, 9th century B.C.; Iron Age II, Excavated at Hasanlu cemetery, northwestern Iran, Ceramic (60.20.15) |
 |
Spouted Vessel, 3rd1st century B.C., Mexico; Monte Albán, Ceramic (1979.206.947) |
 |
Stand, Three Kingdoms period, Silla Kingdom, 5th6th century, Korea, Stoneware with traces of incidental ash glaze (1997.34.23) |
 |
Standing Figure, end of 3rd millennium B.C., Ecuador; Valdivia, Ceramic (1980.83.12) |
 |
Standing male figure, Bronze and Iron Age, 300 B.C.200 A.D., Indonesia, eastern Java, Earthenware (2000.284.42) |
 |
Statuette of a gladiator, 1st2nd century A.D.; Imperial, Roman, Terracotta, (10.210.78) |
 |
Statuette of the Diadoumenos (youth tying a fillet around his head), 1st century B.C.,
Greek; copy of a Greek bronze statue by Polykleitos, ca. 430 B.C.,
Terracotta (32.11.2) |
 |
Stirrup-Spout Bottle, 10th4th century B.C., Peru; Cupisnique, Ceramic (1981.247) |
 |
Storage Jar, ca. 20001600 B.C., C-Group; From Faras, Upper Nubia, grave 3, Griffith excavations, Red and black ware with incised linear decoration (13.125.29) |
 |
Storage jar, late Yayoi period, ca. 100200, Japan, Earthenware with incised decoration (1975.268.375) |
 |
Storage jar, Middle Jomon period (ca. 25001500 B.C.), Japan, Earthenware, unglazed (1975.268.182) |
 |
Tetrapod Bowl, 1st2nd century, Guatemala; Maya, Ceramic (1982.207.1) |
 |
Tomb Plaque, 400800, Byzantine or Visigothic; Probably made in Spain, Terracotta (1985.147) |
 |
Torso (A Study for Ariane without Arms), modeled ca. 1905 or earlier, Auguste Rodin (French), Terracotta (12.13.1) |
 |
Vase in the form of a sleeping African (known as Ethiopian) boy, 3rd2nd century B.C.,
Cypriot,
Terracotta (74.51.2263) |
 |
Vessel (zun), late Shang dynasty, 13th11th century B.C., Probably from Anyang, Henan Province, China, Earthenware with incised and relief decoration (50.61.5) |
|
Thematic Essays (10)
|