Works of Art (63)
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After the Hunt, ca. 1859,
Gustave Courbet (French),
Oil on canvas (29.100.61) |
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Animal-headed ewer, 9th–10th century, Found at Nishapur, Iran, Buff earthenware body, underglaze-painted, transparent lead glaze (38.40.247) |
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Baboon with a wedjet eye, Dynasty 26 (ca. 688–525 B.C.), Egyptian, Faience (44.4.41) |
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Bat-Nosed Figure Pendant, 13th–16th century, Costa Rica; Diquís, Cast gold, 1977 (66.196.17) |
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Bear Walking, ca. 1490, Leonardo da Vinci (Italian), Metalpoint on light buff prepared paper (1975.1.369) |
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Belt buckle, ca. 1868, California Jewelry Company, manufacturer; William Cummings, patentee, American, Gold, champlevé enamel (2000.571) |
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Bow Brooch, ca. 600, Langobardic; Made in central Italy, Silver with partial gilding, inlaid with niello (55.56) |
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Bowl with Lizards, 1st–5th century, Costa Rica; El Bosque, Ceramic (1993.79.3) |
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Bowl with Pair of Rabbits, mid-9th–12th century, Mimbres peoples; New Mexico, Ceramic (1978.412.118) |
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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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Cage animal flask, 7th–8th century, Syria, Applied glass (69.153) |
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Casket, 11th–12th century, Probably southern Italy or Sicily, Ivory (17.190.241) |
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Comb, Predynastic Period, ca. 3200 B.C., Egyptian, Ivory (30.8.224) |
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Curly-Tailed Animal Pendant, 4th–5th century, Panama; Initial style, Gold (91.1.1166) |
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Cuxa Cloister, mid-12th century, French or Spanish; From the Abbey of Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa (modern France), Marble (25.120.398,.399,.452) |
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Dish, last quarter of 16th century; Ottoman, Iznik, Turkey, Composite body, painted and glazed (1979.412) |
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Double Bat-nosed Figure Pendants, 11th–16th century,
Panama (Chiriquí),
Cast gold (04.34.8) |
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Double Capital, mid-12th century, France, Toulouse region, Languedoc (?), Marble (28.81) |
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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 Vessel with Mouse, 4th–8th century, Peru; Recuay, Ceramic (66.30.2) |
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Double-Sided Gospel Leaf, first half of 14th century,
Ethiopia; Tigray region,
Tempera on parchment (2006.100) |
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Drum model with four frogs, Dongson culture, 300 B.C.–200 A.D. Vietnam Bronze (2000.284.57) |
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Feline Bottle, 12th–15th century, Peru; Chimú, Ceramic (64.228.17) |
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Fragmentary beaker, ca. 2nd century A.D.; Mid-Imperial, Roman, Glass, free-blown and painted, (22.2.36,.37) |
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Fruit Bat, ca. 1777–82,
Circle of Bhawani Das,
India,
Pen and ink with watercolor and gouache on paper (2008.312) |
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Funerary Carving (Malagan), late 19th–early 20th century,
Northern New Ireland,
Wood, paint, shell opercula (1978.412.712) |
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Gibbons, Muromachi period (1392–1573),Sesson Shukei (Japanese),
Pair of six-panel screens; ink on paper (1992.8.1,2)
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Grapevine and Squirrels, Chosôn dynasty, early 19th century, Korea, Hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper (1987.195) |
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Harlequin and Harlequin Dressed as Colombine, ca. 1770–80,
Russian; Verbilky, Gardner Porcelain Factory,
Hard-paste porcelain (1982.60.157, .158) |
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Hedgehog amulet on a string, Dynasty 12 (ca. 1981–1802 B.C.), Egyptian; Lisht North, Pit 995, Glazed steatite, reed (22.1.301) |
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A Hedgehog, before 1584,
Hans Hoffmann (German),
Watercolor and gouache on parchment (2005.347) |
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Hippo's head, Dynasty 12 (ca. 1981–1802 B.C.), Egyptian, Beryl (10.130.2310) |
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Horn, ca. 1100–1200, South Italian, Ivory (17.190.218) |
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House model, 12th–13th century,
Iran,
Glazed fritware (2007.354) |
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Hunting Dogs with Dead Hare, 1857,
Gustave Courbet (French),
Oil on canvas (33.77) |
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Illustrated manuscript of the Lotus Sutra, Koryô dynasty, ca. 1340, Unidentified artist, Koreang book, gold and silver on indigo-dyed mulberry paper (1994.207) |
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Lid of a ceremonial box, late 1st century B.C.–early 1st century A.D.; Augustan,
Roman,
Gilt silver (2000.26)
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Linguist Staff (Oykeame), 19th–20th century, Ghana; Akan, Asante, Gold foil, wood, nails (1986.475a-c) |
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Lizard, ca. 1887,
Emmanuel Frémiet (French),
Stoneware, glazed (2003.280) |
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[Man with Dead Raccoons], ca. 1910, Unknown Artist, American School, Gelatin silver print (2000.298.2) |
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Masked Figure Pendant, 10th–16th century, Colombia; Tairona, Gold (1991.419.31) |
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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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Narbonne Arch, 12th century, French, Marble (22.58.1) |
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Necklace Beads, 10th–16th century, Colombia; Tairona, Gold (2002.231) |
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Père Ubu, 1936, Dora Maar (French, born Great Britain), Gelatin silver print (2005.100.443) |
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Rabbit Hunt, 1560, Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlandish), Etching (25.2.11) |
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Relief fragment, Imperial, 1st–2nd century A.D.,
Roman; found at Sardis,
Marble (26.199.63) |
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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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Sarcophagus lid (kline), Mid-Imperial, Severan, 220 A.D.,
Roman, Marble (1993.11.1) |
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Sarcophagus lid, 6th century B.C.,
Klazomenian,
Terracotta (21.169.1) |
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Satire on Popery, 1555, German, Etching (53.677.5) |
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Seated Ganesha, 14th–15th century, India, Orissa, Ivory (64.102) |
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Snuff Tablet, 4th–8th century,
Peru; Tiwanaku (?),
Wood (2000.2) |
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Spouted Vessel, 13th–15th century, Mexico; Huastec, Ceramic (1998.385) |
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Statuette of the goddess Taweret, Ptolemaic Period, ca. 332–30 B.C., Egyptian, Glassy faience (26.7.1193) |
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Stirrup-spout bottle: figure with deer, 12th–5th century B.C.,
Peru; Cupisnique,
Ceramic (67.239.16) |
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Table snuffbox, ca. 1745–50, Russian; Probably region of Velikiy Ustyg, Partially polished green turban snail; gilded, matted, punched, and engraved silver; niello (1995.327) |
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Taweret, Late Period (ca. 712–332 B.C.), Egyptian, Faience (04.2.365) |
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Tray, early 14th century, Egypt (Cairo); Made for the Rasulid sultan of Yemen, al-Mu'ayyad Hizabr al-Din Dawud ibn Yusuf (r. 1296–1321), Brass, silver, and bitumen inlay (91.1.605) |
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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 tiles, second half of 12th–early 13th century, Afghanistan, Earthenware, molded and glazed (1975.193.5,6) |
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Work bag, dated 1669,
England,
Wool and linen (2006.263)
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Zoomorphic Figure, date unknown,
Mendi region, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea,
Stone, pigment (1984.123.1) |
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Thematic Essays (10)
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