Works of Art (154)
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After the Hunt, ca. 1859,
Gustave Courbet (French),
Oil on canvas (29.100.61) |
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Akhenaten Sacrificing a Duck, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 13531336 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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"Antioch Chalice," first half of 6th century, Byzantine; Made in Antioch or Kaper Koraon (?), Silver, silver-gilt (50.4) |
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Apothecary Jar (Orciuolo), 1431 (?), Florence, perhaps workshop of Giunta di Tugio (Italian), Maiolica (1975.1.1061) |
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Apse, 1175–1200,
Spanish; from the Church of San Martin, Fuentidueña, Segovia,
Limestone (L.58.86)
The Virgin and Child in Majesty, with Archangels and the Magi, ca. 1100,
Attributed to the Master of Pedret,
Spanish (Catalunya, Lleida); from the Church of the Virgin (Era Mare de Diu), near Tredòs, Cap d’Aran
Fresco, transferred to canvas (50.180a–c) |
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Aquamanile in the Form of a Cock, 13th century,
German (Lower Saxony),
Copper alloy (1989.292) |
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Aryballos in the shape of an eagle's head, late 7thearly 6th century B.C.; Archaic,
Greek; Rhodian,
Terracotta (2006.267) |
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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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Bark Painting, 1940s–50s,
Ingura people, Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, Australia,
Bark, paint (1979.206.1462) |
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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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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 slide, JinYuan dynasty, 12th14th century, China, Jade (Nephrite) (1991.483) |
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Bird Figure, date unknown,
Mount Hagen region, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea,
Stone (1996.373.2) |
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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, reportedly found in the Morobe district, Stone, pigment (1978.412.1504) |
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Bird in Space, 1923
Constantin Brancusi (French, born Romania)
Marble (1996.403.7ab) |
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Bird Palma, 7th10th century, Mexico, Veracruz, Stone (00.5.59) |
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Bird Pendant, 10th16th century, Colombia; Tairona, Gold (1974.271.12) |
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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, 1st5th century, Costa Rica; Atlantic Watershed, Jadeite (1979.206.1138) |
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Bird Pendant, 1st5th century, Costa Rica; Guanacaste-Nicoya, Jadeite (1993.114) |
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Bird Pendant, 9th16th century,
Colombia; Muisca,
Cast gold (1979.206.509) |
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Bird Vessel, 12th9th century B.C., Mexico; Olmec, Ceramic (1986.45) |
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Bird Warrior Bottle, 4th–7th century,
Peru, Moche,
Ceramic (67.167.1) |
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Bird-shaped vessel, Three Kingdoms period, ca. late 2nd3rd 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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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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Bowl, 10th century, Iraq, Composite body, luster-painted (1977.126) |
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Bowl, 6th9th century,
Peru; Wari,
Ceramic (1979.206.385) |
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Bowl, ca. 1000; Fatimid, Egypt, Earthenware, glazed and luster-painted (63.178.1) |
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Breastplate (Tema, Tambe, or Tepatu), late 19th–early 20th century,
Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands,
Tridacna shell, turtle shell, trade cloth, fiber (1979.206.1519) |
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Brooch in the Form of a Bird of Prey, 500600, Vendel; made in Scandinavia, Copper alloy with silver overlay (1991.308) |
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Buckle in the Shape of an Eagle, 6th century, Ostrogothic, Gilt silver, garnet (95.15.100a-c) |
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Cameo fragment with Jupiter astride an eagle, 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.,
Roman (or possibly Late Hellenistic),
Sardonyx (32.142.2) |
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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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Ceremonial Board (Malu), 19th century,
Sawos people, Middle Sepik region, Papua New Guinea,
Wood (1978.412.713) |
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Ceremonial Knife (tumi), 10th15th century, Peru; Chimú, Copper (1987.394.216) |
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Ceremonial Metate, 4th8th century, Costa Rica; Guanacaste, Stone (1979.206.429) |
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Chand Bibi Hawking with Attendants in a Landscape, ca. 1700; Mughal,
India,
Opaque watercolors, gold, and silver on card-weight paper (1999.403) |
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Cinerary chest with lid, Imperial, Flavian or Trajanic, ca. 90–110 A.D.,
Roman,
Marble (27.122.2a,b) |
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Club (Porowa Ra Maru), 19th century,
Kanak peoples, New Caledonia,
Wood (2000.160.9) |
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A Common Indian Nightjar (Caprimulgus asiaticus), 18th century, India; Lucknow School, Watercolor on paper (2004.175) |
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Costumed figure pendant, 1st7th century,
Colombia; Tolima,
Gold (1979.206.497) |
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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, second half of 12th century, Syria, Composite body, carved in relief, incised, and painted under a clear glaze (1979.210) |
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Don Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuñiga (17841792), possibly 1790s, Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish), Oil on canvas (49.7.41)an |
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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 Vessel, 5th century, Mexico or Guatemala; Maya, Ceramic (1978.412.90a,b) |
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Double-Eagle Pendant, 1st5th century, Panama; Initial style, Gold (1979.206.538) |
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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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Eagle Pendant, 11th16th century, Costa Rica (Chiriquí), Cast gold (1977.187.22) |
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Eagle Pendant, 11th16th century, Panama; Veraguas, Cast gold (1979.206.907) |
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Eagle Relief, 10th13th century, Mexico; Toltec, Andesite/dacite, paint (93.27.2) |
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Eagle Transformation Figure, 10th6th century B.C., Mexico; Olmec, Jade (albite), cinnabar (1994.380) |
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Earrings, 11th–12th century,
Greater Iran,
Gold wire and filigree (2006.273a,b) |
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Embroidered Square with Animals, Birds, and Flowers, late 12th14th century, Eastern Central Asia, Silk thread on silk (1988.296) |
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Eucharistic Dove, ca. 12151235, 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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Feathered Tunic, 12th15th century, Peru; Chimú, Cotton, feathers (59.135.8) |
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Feeding the Turkey, ca. 187280, Eastman Johnson (American), Pastel on wove paper, mounted on canvas on a wooden stretcher (46.47) |
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Figure Pendant, 10th16th century, Colombia (Tairona), Cast gold (69.7.10) |
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Finches and Bamboo, Northern Song dynasty, Emperor Huizong (Chinese), Handscroll; ink and color on silk (1981.278) |
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Flat Stamp, 8th12th century,
Ecuador; Manteño,
Ceramic (1991.436.4) |
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Fraktur Motifs, ca. 17701800, Johann Heinrich Otto (American), Watercolor, pen and iron gall ink, and graphite on off-white laid paper (66.242.1) |
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Funerary altar, 1468; Julio-Claudian, Roman, Marble (25.78.29) |
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Funerary Carving (Malagan), late 19th–early 20th century,
Northern New Ireland,
Wood, paint, shell opercula (1979.206.1474) |
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Garden Landscape and Fountain, ca. 190515,
Louis Comfort Tiffany (American); Tiffany Studios,
Favrile glass, cement (1976.105) |
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God Horus Protecting King Nectanebo II, Late Period, Dynasty 30, reign of Nectanebo II, 360343 B.C., Egyptian, Greywacke (34.2.1) |
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Handle-shaped ornament, Western Zhou dynasty, 10th9th century B.C., China, Jade (nephrite) (1985.214.96) |
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Hanging, 14th15th century, Peru; Chimú, Cotton (1979.206.601) |
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Incense box (kobako) in the shape of a Mandarin Duck, Meiji period,
Japan,
Maki-e decorated lacquer (29.100.717) |
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Kitchen Scene, 1620s,
Peter Wtewael (Dutch),
Oil on canvas (06.288)
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Lentoid flask, 11th century B.C., Levantine, Bichrome Ware, Terracotta (74.51.431) |
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Les Perdrix (The Partridges), ca. 177172, Philippe de Lasalle (French, designer, French (Lyon), Silk (50.8a) |
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Lidded Bowl (Kotue), late 18th–early 19th century,
'Enana (Marquesan) people, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia,
Wood (1986.476.4a,b) |
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Madonna and Child with Saints, altarpiece, ca. 1520,
Girolamo dai Libri (Italian Veronese),
Tempera and oil on canvas (20.92) |
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Maebyông, Koryô dynasty, late 13thearly 14th century, Korea, Stoneware with inlaid design of cranes and clouds under celadon glaze (27.119.11) |
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Male Figure (Moai Tangata), early 19th century,
Rapa Nui people, Rapa Nui (Easter Island),
Wood, obsidian, bone (1984.526) |
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Mandala of Chandra (God of the Moon), late 14thearly 15th century, Nepal, Distemper on cloth (1981.465) |
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Mandora or chitarino, ca. 1420,
Northern Italy (Milan?),
Boxwood and rosewood (64.101.1409) |
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Mask (Buk, Krar, or Kara), mid- to late 19th century,
Torres Strait Islander people, Mabuiag Island, Torres Strait, Australia,
Turtle shell, wood, fiber, feathers, shell (1978.412.1510) |
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Mask, 19th20th century, Bwa peoples; Burkina Faso, Wood, pigment, fiber (1979.206.196) |
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Masked Figure Pendant, 10th16th century, Colombia; Tairona, Gold (1991.419.31) |
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Mayuri (peacock), 19th century,
India,
Wood, parchment, metal, feathers (89.4.163) |
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Mechti Kuli Beg, Persian Ambassador to Prague, 1605,
Aegidius Sadeler (Dutch),
Netherlandish,
Engraving (49.95.2202) |
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Mirror Back with Falconing Party, 13501375, French; Possibly made in Paris, Elephant ivory (41.100.160) |
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Mosaic with a Peacock and Flowers, 3rd4th century, Roman or Byzantine; Probably from North Africa, Tesserae (26.68) |
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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) |
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Oil lamp, late 12thearly 13th century,
Iran, Khorasan,
Bronze with silver and copper inlay (2001.470) |
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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 Knife (Tumi), 15th16th century, Peru; Inka, Tin bronze (1987.394.411) |
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Owl Stirrup Spout Bottle, 2nd–3rd century,Peru, Moche,
Ceramic (66.30.5) |
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Pair of Bird-Shaped Brooches, 550600, Frankish, Gold sheet, cloisonné cells inset with garnets, glass, and pearl, garnets backed with patterned foil (17.191.164-165) |
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Pair of earflares with condors, 2nd3rd century,
Peru; Moche,
Gold, silver, gilt copper, shell (1979.206.1245,.1246) |
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Pair of Earflares with Multifigure Scene, 12th15th century, Peru (Chimú), Hammered gold (1991.419.67,.68) |
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Pair of Earflares, 3rd–7th century,
Peru, Moche,
Gold, turquoise, sodalite, shell (66.196.40,.41) |
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A Partridge and Small Game Birds, 1650s, Jan Fyt (Flemish), Oil on canvas (71.45) |
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Peacocks, 1683, Melchior d'Hondecoeter (Dutch), Oil on canvas (27.250.1) |
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Pedestal Bowl, 13th16th century, Colombia/Ecuador; Tuza/Cuasmal, Ceramic (1994.35.63) |
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Pendant (Ulute or Papafita), 19th–early 20th century,
Possibly Malaita Island, Solomon Islands,
Tridacna shell, pigment (1999.47.21) |
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Pendant with Bird, 10th–15th century,
Colombia; Muisca,
Gold (1992.121) |
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Pendant, 4th10th century, Colombia; Capulí, Hammered gold (1977.187.21) |
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Pestle Finial in the Form of a Bird, date unknown,
Mount Hagen region, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea,
Stone (1996.373.1) |
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Pillow, late Northern Song to Jin dynasty, 12th13th century; Cizhou ware, Hebei Province, China, Stoneware with pigment (1985.214.132) |
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Plate with Pelican, 15th century, Netherlandish (Dinant or Malines), Brass, beaten (64.101.1498) |
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Plate with the Death of the Woman of Sestos, 1532,
Francesco Xanto Avelli (Italian),
Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) (32.100.378) |
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Plate, ca. 520–510 B.C.; red-figure,
Greek, Attic,
Signed by Epiktetos as painter,
Terracotta (1981.11.10) |
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Plate, second half of 16th century,
Iznik, Turkey,
Fritware, polychrome-painted under transparent glaze (59.69.1) |
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Plateau, ca. 1825,
John W. Forbes (American),
Silver, glass, walnut (1993.167)
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Portrait of a Man, possibly Matteo di Sebastiano di Bernardino Gozzadini; and Portrait of a Woman, possibly Ginevra d'Antonio Lupari Gozzadini, ca. 1485–90,
Attributed to the Maestro delle Storie del Pane,
Tempera on panel (1975.1.95, 96) |
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Presentation quilt, ca. 1849, Baltimore, Maryland, Cotton and silk velvet (1974.24) |
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Pyxis, 10th century (950975); Caliphal, Spanish; Made in Andalusia, Ivory (1970.324.5) |
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Rank badge with a pair of cranes, Chosôn dynasty, late 19th century, Korea, Silk embroidery on silk satin damask (53.60.9) |
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Rattle, 19th century,
Alaska; Sitka,
Wood, pigment (89.4.614) |
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Rattle, 19th century,
Vancouver Island, Canada; Masseth or Haida,
Wood, pigment (89.4.647) |
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Ritual Vessel (Paccha), 15thearly 16th century, Peru; Inka, Ceramic (1979.206.1149) |
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Rose and nightingale (gul-o-bul-bul) drawing, 19th century; Qajar, Iran, Ink and color on paper (1993.98) |
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Salver, 187980,
Frederick Elkington (British),
Silver, partly gilt, (1991.229) |
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Shipwreck, ca. 1827–28,
Thomas Cole (American),
Graphite on off-white wove paper (1977.182.2) |
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Side drum, ca. 1860,
Attributed to Ernest Vogt,
Philadelphia,
Wood, various materials (89.4.2162) |
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Staff Head with Owl, 5th10th century,
Colombia; Sinú
Cast gold (1979.206.920) |
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Standard top, 8th7th century B.C., Luristan, western Iran, Bronze (1996.82.1) |
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Temple Pendant with Two Birds Flanking the Tree of Life, ca. 10001200, Kievan Rus'; Made in Kiev, found in 1842 in or near the Desiatynna (Dormition) Church, Kiev, Cloisonné enamel on gold (17.190.679) |
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Tile with the figure of a horseman and a bird, second half of 19th century, Iran, Composite body, molded and underglaze painted (83.1.67) |
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Tile, ca. 1875,
Christopher Dresser (British),
Earthenware (1991.110.2) |
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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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Tripod Bird Bowl, 3rd4th century, Guatemala; Maya, Ceramic (1984.614a,b) |
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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 Eagles, dated 1702,
Bada Shanren (Zhu Da) (Chinese),
Hanging scroll, ink on paper (L.1997.30) |
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Two Hawks in a Thicket, Ming dynasty, 15th century, Lin Liang, China, Hanging scroll; ink and pale color on silk (1993.385) |
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Vase in the shape of a cock, second half of 7th century B.C.,
Etruscan,
Terracotta (24.97.21a) |
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Vase, ca. 1880,
Gorham Manufacturing Company (American),
Providence, Rhode Island,
Silver and mixed metals (2008.68) |
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Velvet fragment, 16th century; Safavid, Iran, Silk and metal thread; velvet (52.20.11) |
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Vessel fragment with bird in profile, 7th6th millennium B.C.; Halaf period, Excavated at Tell Brak, Eye Temple fill, Syria, Ceramic, paint (1988.323.7) |
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Vulture Bowl, 13th15th century, Mexico; Isla de Sacrificios, Ceramic (1978.412.81) |
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Vulture Vessel, 15thearly 16th century, Mexico; Aztec, Ceramic (1981.297) |
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Wall painting fragment, 2nd–3rd century A.D.,
Roman,
Fresco (92.11.10)
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Wall painting fragment, Imperial, Julio-Claudian, ca. 14–68 A.D.,
Roman,
Fresco (92.11.8) |
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Wall panels, ca. 1799,
Designer: Jean-Démosthène Dugourc (French); Maker: Camille Pernon (French),
France (Lyon),
Woven silk and metal thread with applied silk and chenille embroidery (2006.519a,b) |
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Wang Xizhi Watching Geese, Yuan dynasty, ca. 1295, Qian Xuan (Chinese), Handscroll; ink, color, and gold on paper (1973.120.6) |
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Watch pin, ca. 1900, Riker Brothers (American), Yellow gold, plique-à-jour enamel, diamonds, pearl, ruby (2001.331) |
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Weight: Elephant, 19th20th century, Ghana; Akan, Asante, Brass (1978.412.407)
Weight: Bird with Body in Knot, 18th19th century, Ghana; Akan, Brass (1994.312.17)
Weight: Bird Claw, 19th20th century, Ghana; Akan, Asante, Brass (1979.206.182) |
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Whistling bottle with feline face, 4th3rd century B.C.,
Peru; Paracas,
Ceramic, postfired paint (62.266.72) |
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Wild Geese Descending to Sandbar, Chosôn dynasty, Unidentified artist, Korean, Hanging scroll, ink on silk (1992.337) |
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Wine ewer, Koryô dynasty, early 12th century, Korea, Stoneware with incised and carved design of geese, waterbirds, and reeds under celadon glaze (27.119.2) |
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Woman with a Parrot, 1866,
Gustave Courbet (French),
Oil on canvas (29.100.57) |
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Woman's Dress, 14thearly 16th century, Peru; Chuquibamba, Camelid hair (1995.109) |
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Woven border with the emblems of the Strozzi family, 1480–1600,
Italy,
Silk and linen (51.75) |
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Woven coverlet, 1828, Workshop of James Alexander (American), Little Britain, Orange County, New York, Cotton and wool (67.33) |
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Young Faun with Heron, 1890, this cast ca. 1902,
Frederick William MacMonnies (American),
Bronze (2008.26) |
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Young Lady in 1866, 1866,
Édouard Manet (French),
Oil on canvas (89.21.3) |
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Thematic Essays (31)
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