Works of Art (68)
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Altar Cross, 12th century, English, Walrus ivory (63.12) |
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Alto Recorder in F, ca. 1700, Made by Johann Benedikt Gahn (German), Nuremberg, Germany, Ivory (89.4.909) |
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Bishop Chess Piece, 12th century, English, Walrus ivory (17.190.229) |
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Book Cover with Byzantine Icon of the Crucifixion, Icon carved about 1000, in Constantinople; setting made before 1085, Spanish; From the Monastery of Santa Cruz de la Serós, Jaca, Gilded silver on a wood backing, inset with ivory icon, sapphire, glass, and crystal (17.190.134) |
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Booklet with Scenes of the Passion, carving, ca. 1300; painting, ca. 1310–20,
Northern France (carving) and Upper Rhine (painting),
Elephant ivory, polychromy, gilding (1982.60.399) |
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Bookstand, 1839,
Designer: Charles-Auguste Questel (French); Maker: Georges-Alphonse Jacob Desmalter (French),
France; Paris,
Oak, maple, ebony, ebony veneer, ebonized maple, snakewood, ivory, mother-of-pearl, silk velvet, gilt bronze, and brass (2006.518)
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Box with Aristotle and Phyllis, 14th century, French; Made in Paris ca. 1310-30, Ivory (1988.1.6) |
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Bursa Reliquary, early 900s, North Italian, Bone, copper-gilt, wood (53.19.2) |
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Bust of a Nobleman, ca. 1695–1700,
C. Lacroix (Burgundian, active Genoa),
France or Italy,
Elephant ivory (2005.243) |
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Cabinet (armoire), 1867,
Charles Guillaume Diehl (German, act. Paris), cabinetmaker; Jean Brandely (French), designer; Emmanuel Frémiet (French), sculptor,
France (Paris),
Oak veneered with cedar, walnut, ebony, and ivory, silvered bronze mounts (1989.197) |
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Cabinet, 1926, Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann (French), Designer, Macassar ebony, amaranth, and ivory (25.231.1) |
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Casket, 11th12th century, Probably southern Italy or Sicily, Ivory (17.190.241) |
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Chariot, ca. 550525 B.C., Etruscan, Bronze, ivory (03.23.1) |
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Chess set, late 18th century, Russian (Kholmogory), Walrus ivory (60.146a-pp) |
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Christ Presenting the Keys to Peter and the Law to Paul, second half of 12th century, German (Westphalia), Elephant ivory (1979.399) |
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Cittern, ca. 1685,
Joachim Tielke (German),
Germany (Hamburg,
Wood, ivory, ebony, other materials (1985.124) |
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Clarinet in B-flat, 1830 Charles Joseph Sax (Beligan), Maker, Brussels, Belgium, Ivory, brass (53.223) |
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Cornetto in A, 157080, Germany, Ivory, gold-plated brass or copper (52.96.1) |
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Corpus of Christ, ca. 1250, French; Possibly made in Paris, Elephant ivory, traces of paint (1978.521.3) |
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Crossbow of Ulrich V, Count of Württemberg, 1460, German, Wood, iron, ivory, horn, whalebone, tendon (04.3.36) |
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Cupid on a Lion, ca. 1675–90),
Mattheus van Beveren (Flemish),
Flemish,
Ivory, ebony base (1980.220) |
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Diptych with the Last Judgment and Coronation of the Virgin, ca. 12501270, French; Paris, Elephant ivory (1970.324.7ab) |
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Double Comb: Scenes from the Story of Joseph, mid-16th century,
Probably Flemish,
Ivory (11.93.13) |
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Enthroned Virgin and Child, ca. 12601280, French; Paris, Elephant ivory with traces of paint and gilding (1999.208) |
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Enthroned Virgin and Child, ca. 1300,
England (probably London),
Elephant ivory (1979.402) |
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Game Piece, 12th century, German (Probably made in Cologne), Walrus ivory (16.106) |
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Horn, ca. 11001200, South Italian, Ivory (17.190.218) |
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Hunting Sword, ca. 174050, Ivory grip attributed to Joseph Deutschmann, German (possibly Munich), Steel, silver-gilt, ivory, leather (26.145.243) |
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Icon with Saint Demetrios, ca. 9501000, Byzantine, Ivory (1970.324.3) |
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Icon with the Deesis, mid-900s, Byzantine; Probably made in Constantinople, Ivory (17.190.133) |
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Icon with the Koimesis ("Falling Asleep") of the Virgin Mary, late 10th century, Byzantine; Probably made in Constantinople, Ivory (17.190.132) |
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Joseph and Potiphar's Wife, second half of 17th century,
By or close to Balthasar Griessmann,
Austrian,
Ivory (1997.91) |
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Lira, ca. 1890,
Greece,
Wood, tortoiseshell, ivory (2003.378) |
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Liturgical Comb, ca. 12001210, English, Ivory (1988.279) |
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Mirror Back with Falconing Party, 13501375, French; Possibly made in Paris, Elephant ivory (41.100.160) |
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Mirror, ca. 1710,
Johann Valentin Gevers (German), silversmith; Johann Andreas Thelot (German), silversmith,
Germany (Augsburg),
Oak and pine veneered with tortoiseshell, silver, gilt silver, and green-stained ivory; mirror glass (1989.20) |
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Musette, end of 17th century, French, Ivory, silver, leather, silk, wood, and paper (2003.63ad) |
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Neptune, carved mid-17th century,
Adam Lenckhart (German),
Austria,
Ivory (24.80.91) |
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Pair of vases, ca. 17951800, Nikolai Stepanovich Vereshchagin (Russian), Russian; Archangielsk, Walrus and elephant ivory (1998.13.1,.2) |
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Panel with Christ and the Four Symbols of the Evangelists, carved ca. 1050,
Ottonian (possibly Fulda, Germany),
Ivory (17.190.51) |
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Panel with the Evangelist Mark and His Symbol, carved 1000–1100,
Ottonian (probably Cologne, Germany),
Ivory (17.190.36) |
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Pectoral Cross, 10001050, Probably from the Abbey of Saint-Bertin at Saint-Omer, northwestern France, Walrus ivory with copper alloy gilt inlays (17.190.217) |
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Plaque with Agnus Dei and Four Evangelists, probably 9th century, German or North Italian, Ivory (17.190.38) |
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Plaque with Christ in Majesty and the Four Evangelists, 1000–1100; mounted on a 15th-century Lectionary,
Ottonian (probably Cologne, Germany),
Ivory (41.100.169) |
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Plaque with Emmaus Scenes, ca. 860880, Carolingian, Ivory (1970.324.1) |
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Plaque with Otto I presenting the Cathedral of Magdeburg, 962968, Ottonian; From the Cathedral of Magdeburg, probably made in Milan, northern Italy, Ivory (41.100.157) |
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Plaque with Saint Aemilian, ca. 1060–80,
Master Engelram and his son Redolfo,
Spain (Logroño),
Elephant ivory inlaid with glass (1987.89) |
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Plaque with Saint John the Evangelist, early 9th century; Early Medieval, Carolingian; Made in Aachen, Elephant ivory (1977.421) |
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Plaque with the Ascension, ca. 1050, Western Germany, Ivory (1970.324.2) |
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Plaque with the Creation of Animals, ca. 1084, South Italian; modern Amalfi (Campania), Ivory (17.190.156) |
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Plaque with the Journey to Emmaus and the Noli Me Tangere, ca. 11151120, Spanish; Made in León, Ivory, traces of gilding (17.190.47) |
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Plaque with two women, ca. 650600 B.C.; Archaic,
Greek, Ivory (17.190.73) |
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Plaque, 10thearly 11th century; Caliphal, Attributed to Córdoba, Spain, Ivory, quartz, pigment (13.141) |
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Plaques with Scenes from the Story of Joshua, 10th century, Byzantine; Probably made in Constantinople, Ivory, traces of polychromy, gilding; bone (border strips) (17.190.137a-c) |
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Portable Diptych Sundial, ca. 1598, Hans Troschel the Elder (German, Nuremberg), Ivory and brass (03.21.38) |
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Pyx Depicting Women at the Tomb of Christ, 500s, Byzantine; Made in the eastern Mediterranean, Ivory (17.190.57) |
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Pyxis, 10th century (950975); Caliphal, Spanish; Made in Andalusia, Ivory (1970.234.5) |
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Relief: Lamentation beneath the Cross, carved 1632,
Adam Lenckhart (German),
Italy,
Ivory (24.80.87) |
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Segment of a Crosier Shaft, late 12th century,
North Spain,
Elephant ivory (1981.1) |
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Situla (Bucket for Holy Water), ca. 860880, Carolingian; From the Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Crannenburg, Germany, possibly made in Reims, northern France, Ivory with copper alloy gilt mounts and inlays (17.190.45) |
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Soprano Recorder, ca. 1700, Thomas Boekhout (Dutch), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Ebony and ivory (89.4.912) |
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Three Holy Women at the Sepulcher, early 10th century,
Northern Italy (Milan?),
Elephant ivory (1993.19) |
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Turned Cup with Cover, 17th century,
German,
Ivory (10.212.2a,b) |
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Two Panels of an Ivory Diptych Announcing the Consulship of Justinian, 521, Byzantine; Made in Constantinople, Ivory (17.190.52, 53) |
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Virgin and Child Enthroned, early 17th century,
Manner of Christoph Angermair (German),
South German,
Ivory (24.80.93) |
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Virgin and Child, late 16th century,
German or Netherlandish,
Ivory (24.80.89a,b) |
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Walking-Stick Flute/Oboe, ca. 1750–57,
Georg Henrich Scherer (German),
Germany (Butzbach),
Narwhal tusk, ivory, gilt brass (2006.86a–c) |
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Woman's comb, 15th or 16th century,
France or Italy,
Ivory, polychromy, gilding (17.190.245) |
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Thematic Essays (12)
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