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Animal carpet, 14th century, Probably Turkey, Pile weave, wool pile on wool foundation, 85 symmetrical knots per square inch (1990.61) |
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Apis bull, Late Period, Dynasty 2630, ca. 664332 B.C., Egyptian, Ivory (modern base) (17.190.62) |
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Askos in the form of a deer, ca. 17251600 B.C.; Middle Cypriot III; White Painted V Ware, Cypriot; Said to be from Idalion (Potamia), Terracotta (74.51.795) |
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Barrel oinochoe, 8thearly 7th century B.C.; Italo-Geometric, Italian peninsula, possibly Campania or Etruria, Terracotta (1975.363) |
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Belt buckle, Xiongnu type, 3rd2nd century B.C., North China, Gilt bronze (18.33.1) |
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Belt clasp, 1st3rd century A.D., Caucasus region (Georgia), Bronze (21.166.5) |
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Belt plaque with three ibexes, Xiongnu type, 2nd1st century B.C., Northwest China, Bronze (28.68.4) |
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Bovine Figure (Boli), 19th20th century, Mali; Bamana, Wood, sacrificial materials (patina) (1979.206.175) |
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Bowl, mid-9th12th century, Mimbres peoples; New Mexico, Ceramic (1978.412.123) |
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Brooch in the form of a stag, late 3rdearly 4th century, Caucasus region, Bronze (21.166.3) |
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Bucranium, Egyptian Second Intermediate Period, ca. 16401550 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, 13th11th century B.C., China, Jade (nephrite) (1976.297.2) |
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Buffaloes in Combat, late 16th century; Mughal, Attributed to Miskin, India, Ink and colors on paper (1983.258) |
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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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Cow, 1914,
Arthur Dove (American),
Pastel on canvas (49.70.72) |
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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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Cup: Head with Headdress, 19th20th century, Democratic Republic of Congo; Kuba peoples, Wood (1978.412.541) |
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Cylinder seal and modern impression: hunting scene, 22502150 B.C.; late Akkadian period, Mesopotamia, Chert (41.160.192) |
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Dinos (mixing bowl), ca. 630615 B.C.,
Attributed to the Polyteleia Painter,
Greek, Corinthian (Transitional Period),
Terracotta (1997.36) |
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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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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 19thearly 20th century, China; Dehua ware, Fujian Province, Porcelain with clear glaze (34.13) |
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Garland with mask, basket, and bucrania (ceremonial bulls' heads): From Room L of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, ca. 4030 B.C.; Late Republican, Roman, Wall painting; Fresco (03.14.4) |
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Goat, 1935, Arthur Dove (American), Oil on canvas (49.70.37) |
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Goat, ca. 1934,
Arthur Dove (American),
Watercolor, gouache, and pencil on paperboard (49.70.75) |
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Haniwa boar, Kofun period, 5th century, Japan, Earthenware (1975.268.418) |
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Haystacks: Autumn, ca. 1874,
Jean-François Millet (French),
Oil on canvas (60.71.12) |
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Head of an Antelope, Late Period, Dynasty 27, ca. 525404 B.C., Egyptian, Greywacke, agate, Egyptian alabaster (1992.55) |
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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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Incense burner, mid-1st millennium B.C., Southern Arabia, Bronze (49.71.2) |
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Kneeling bull holding a spouted vessel, 31002900 B.C.; Proto-Elamite period, Southwestern Iran, Silver (66.173) |
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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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Landscape with Goat, Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (Italian, Venetian), Italian, Pen and brown ink (1991.462) |
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Magical stela, Late Period, Dynasty 30, reign of Nectanebo II, ca. 360343 B.C., Egyptian, Greywacke (50.85) |
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Masquerade Element (Omama): Ram's Head, 17th19th century, Nigeria; Yoruba, Owo subgroup, Ivory, wood or coconut shell inlay (1991.17.123) |
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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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Neck amphora (storage jar), ca. 620/615595/590 B.C.,
Greek, Corinthian; Said to be from Capua,
Terracotta (06.1021.18) |
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Nubian with oryx, monkey, and leopard skins, 8th7th century B.C.; Neo-Assyrian period; Phoenician style, Excavated at Fort Shalmaneser, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Mesopotamia, Ivory (60.145.11) |
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Part of a throne with deity on a bull, late 8th7th century B.C.; Urartian style, Probably Toprakkale, eastern Anatolia, Bronze (50.163) |
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Plaque of Mithras slaying the bull, mid-Imperial, 2nd or early 3rd century A.D.,
Roman,
Bronze (1997.145.3) |
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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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Plate with king hunting rams, late 5thearly 6th century; Sasanian period, Iran, Silver, mercury gilding, niello inlay (34.33) |
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Preparations for a Hunt, ca. 1680; Mughal,
India,
Opaque watercolor on paper (2005.235a) |
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Ram's-Head Amulet, Late Period, Dynasty 25, ca. 712657 B.C., Egyptian/Nubian, Gold (1989.281.98) |
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Recumbent mouflon, Mature Harappan period, ca. 26001900 B.C., Indus Valley, Marble (1978.58) |
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Rhyton in the form of a bull's head, ca. 14501400 B.C.; Late Minoan II, Minoan; Greece, Crete, Terracotta (1973.35) |
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Ritual Vessel (Paccha), 15thearly 16th century, Peru; Inka, Ceramic (1979.206.1149) |
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Roundel with the head of a "hero" surrounded by caprids, 14th century B.C.; Middle Elamite period, Southwestern Iran, Bitumen, traces of silver and gold foil (1989.281.24) |
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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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Sheep, 1901, Hans Watzek (Austrian), Gum bichromate print (33.43.405) |
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Stamp seal and a modern impression: unicorn or bull and inscription,, Mature Harappan period, ca. 26001900 B.C., Indus Valley, Burnt steatite (49.40.1) |
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Standard top, late 2nd millennium B.C.; Middle Elamite period, Southwestern Iran, Bronze (57.13.1) |
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Standard with two long-horned bulls, 24002000 B.C.; Early Bronze Age III, North central Anatolia, Arsenical copper (55.137.5) |
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Standing boar, Eastern Javanese period, ca. 14th century, Indonesia (Java), Bronze (1987.142.259) |
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Terracotta hydria (water jar), ca. 520510 B.C.; black-figure,
Greek, Caeretan,
Attributed to the Eagle Painter (64.11.1) |
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Textile fragment, first half of 12th century, Spain, Silk and gold-wrapped silk (58.85.1) |
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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 chariot yoke ornaments in the shape of does, 5th4th century B.C., North China, Bronze (1985.214.88-89) |
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Venados, 1981,
Francisco Toledo (Mexican),
Color engraving and aquatint (1985.1139) |
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Vessel fragment with frieze of a bull, 33002900 B.C.; Late Uruk/Jemdet Nasr period, Mesopotamia, Steatite, chlorite (50.218) |
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Vessel terminating in the forepart of a stag, 15th13th century B.C.; Hittite period, Central Anatolia, Silver, gold (1989.281.10) |
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Volute-krater (vase for mixing wine and water), early 6th century B.C.,
Attributed to Sophilos,
Greek, Attic, Terracotta (1977.11.2) |
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Votive Offering, New Kingdom, second half of Dynasty 18, ca. 14001295 B.C.,
Egyptian,
Wood with remains of black pigment (2006.16) |
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Welcoming Spring, Ming dynasty, 15th century, China, Embroidery on silk gauze (1981.410) |
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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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Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, Detached folio from an illustrated manuscript, ca. 152022; Safavid, Attributed to Sultan Muhammad, Artist, Iranian; Attributed to Iran, Opaque colors, ink, silver, and gold on paper (1970.301.2) |
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