Works of Art (208)
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Amulet, 6th century,
Byzantine, from Egypt (?),
Hematite amulet carved intaglio, with gilded silver mount (17.190.491) |
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Bona Sforza, Queen of Poland, ca. 1530–40,
Gian Giacomo Caraglio (Italian),
Kraków,
Sardonyx with inlaid gold and silver details; mounted as a pendant in gold with enamel, pearl, and ruby (17.190.869) |
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Bowl Base with Old and New Testament Scenes, ca. 350–400,
Byzantine, said to have been found in 1715 in the Roman catacomb of Saint Callisto,
Glass, gold leaf (16.174.2) |
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Bowl Base with Saints Peter and Paul Flanking a Column with the Christogram of Christ, made late 300s, Gold, glass leaf, Byzantine, from Rome (16.174.3) |
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Brooch, ca. 1882–92,
Jacques & Marcus (American),
New York,
Gold, pearl, demantoid garnets, diamonds (2001.246) |
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Brooch, ca. 1900,
Marcus & Company (American),
Gold, peridot, diamonds, pearls, enamel (2001.238) |
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Cameo, ca. 1835,
George W. Jamison (American), cameo cutter; William Rose (American), metalworker,
Helmet-conch shell, enamel, gold (2000.562) |
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Card table (one of a pair), 1817,
Charles-Honoré Lannuier (French),
American (New York City),
Mahogany veneer on white pine, basswood, mahogany; gilded gesso and vert antique; gilded brass, die-stamped brass borders (1995.377.1) |
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Christ Crucified between the Virgin and Saint John, 14th century,
Probably French,
Onyx; mounted, probably a pendant in gold with enamel and rock crystal (40.20.59) |
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Double Cup, ca. 1590–1600,
Caspar Beutmüller the Elder,
Made in Germany (Nuremberg),
Gilded silver (17.190.609a,b) |
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Ear Ornament or Pendant (Mamuli), 19th century,
Kanatangu district, eastern Sumba Island, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia,
Gold (1990.335.4) |
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Education of the Infant Bacchus, first half of 19th century,
Niccolò Amastini (Italian),
Rome,
Onyx; framed in gold with four perforations for attachment (40.20.30) |
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Emperor Augustus above a Double Capricorn, late 1st century B.C.–early 1st century A.D.,
Roman,
Sardonyx; later mounted in gold for suspension (29.175.4) |
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Locket, 1706,
Boston,
Gold, hair, crystal (2000.532) |
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Manuscript Leaf from a Choir Book, second half of 15th century,
Mariano del Buono (Italian, Florentine(?)),
Parchment, tempera, ink, gold leaf (96.32.15) |
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Nessus Abducting Deianira, ca. 1815–25,
Giuseppe Girometti (Italian), after Bertel Thorvaldsen (Danish),
Rome,
Sardonyx; mounted in gold for display (2004.164) |
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Parure: Tiara, Brooch, and Necklace, mid-19th century,
Luigi Saulini (Italian),
Rome,
Onyx; all mounted in gold (40.20.55a–c) |
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Pendant with Bird, 10th–15th century
Colombia; Musica
Gold; H. 2 1/2 in. (6 cm)
Purchase, Gifts in memory of Alice K. Bache, and Rogers Fund, 1992 (1992.121) |
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Ring Brooch, 1340–49,
German, Middle Rhine,
Gold, spinels, sapphires (2006.257) |
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Standing Figure, 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.,
Ecuador or Colombia; Tolita/Tumaco,
Gold (1995.427) |
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The Adoration of the Magi,
Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia) (Italian, Sienese),
Tempera and gold on wood (1982.60.4) |
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The Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist, ca. 1520–30,
Northern Italian,
Sardonyx; mounted in gold as a ring (38.150.4) |
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Young Woman with a Torch and a Vase, ca. 1770–90,
Giovanni Pichler,
Rome,
Sardonyx; mounted in gold as a ring (39.22.42) |
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The Adams Vase, 189395, Paulding Farnham (American), designer; Tiffany & Company (American), manufacturer and retailer, Gold, amethysts, quartzes, spessartites, tourmalines, freshwater pearls, enamel (04.1) |
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Aeneas Erects a Tomb to His Nurse Caieta and Flees the Country of Circe, ca. 153035,
Master of the Aeneid (French, Limoges),
Enamel, painted and partly gilded, on copper (88.3.85)
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Animal-headed figure pendant, 1st7th century,
Colombia; Yotoco,
Gold (66.196.20) |
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Appliqués, first half of 5th century, Eastern Germanic; Ukraine, Kerch, Gold sheet (98.11.71) |
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Armband with Herakles knot, Hellenistic, 3rd2nd century B.C.,
Greek,
Gold (1999.209) |
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Armlet, 1030, Gurgan, Iran, Gold (57.88ac) |
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Aureus of Septimius Severus, with a portrait of Julia Domna, ca. 19396 A.D.; Severan, Roman, Gold (99.35.218) |
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Avar Treasure, Belt Fittings, 700s, Avar; Found in Vrap, eastern Albania, Gold (17.190.1673-1701); Vessels, 700s, Avar or Byzantine; Found in Vrap, eastern Albania, Silver and gold (17.190.1704-1706; 1708-1712); Bucket, 600s, Byzantine; Found in Vrap, eastern Albania, Silver (17.190.1707) |
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Bat-Nosed Figure Pendant, 12th16th century, Panama; Parita, Gold, whale tooth (1979.206.1155) |
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Bat-Nosed Figure Pendant, 13th16th century, Costa Rica; Diquís, Cast gold, 1977 (66.196.17) |
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Belt Buckle, buckle ca. 500, tongue ca. 500600, Eastern Germanic (buckle) and Byzantine (tongue), Rock crystal, gold foil (1995.54) |
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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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Belt buckle: paired felines attacking ibexes, Xiongnu type, 3rd2nd century B.C., Mongolia or southern Siberia, Gold (17.190.1672) |
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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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Bird Pendant, 10th16th century, Colombia; Tairona, Gold (1974.271.12) |
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Bird Pendant, 9th16th century
Colombia; Muisca,
Cast gold (1979.206.509) |
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Bowl Fragments with Menorah, Shofar, and Torah Ark, 4th century, Roman or Byzantine, Glass, gold leaf (18.145.1 ab) |
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Box, ca. 1875,
French, Gold and enamel (2002.258) |
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Bracelet with central medallion, Hellenistic, 2nd century B.C.,
Greek,
Gold, glass (2001.230)
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Bracteate, 5th6th century, Scandinavian, Gold (2001.583) |
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Breast defense (peytral) from a horse armor, 15th17th century,
Tibetan or Mongolian,
Leather, iron, brass or copper alloy, silver, gold, shellac, pigments, textile, and hair (1999.36) |
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Bridle, 15th17th century,
Tibetan,
Iron, leather, and gold (2005.73a) |
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Bridle, 15th17th century,
Tibetan,
Leather, iron, and gold (1998.282) |
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Brooch and earrings, 185470, Tiffany & Company (American), Coral, gold (2000.564a-c) |
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Brooch and earrings, 185860, Edward Burr (American), Yellow gold, pearls, diamonds, enamel (2000.549a-c) |
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Brooch, 1868, Tiffany & Company (American), Gold, pearls, black enamel, hair (2000.556) |
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Brooch, 19th century, India, Gold, enamel (53.167) |
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Brooch, ca. 1850, Maker unknown, American, Gold, jet, crystal, hair (2000.557) |
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Brooch, ca. 1900,
Manufacturer: Georges Fouquet (French); Designer: Alphonse Mucha (Czech),
Gold, enamel, mother-of-pearl, opal, emerald, colored stones, gold paint (2003.560) |
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Brooch, ca. 191213,
Ferdinand Hauser (Austrian),
Gold, enamel, moonstones (1998.356) |
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Brooch, necklace, and hair comb, ca. 1905, Florence Koehler (American), Pearls, enamel, gold (pin only: sapphire, emeralds) (52.43.1-.3) |
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Buckle, 5th century, Eastern Germanic or Byzantine, Gold garnets (1986.341) |
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Candlesticks, 173550,
French (Paris),
Gilt bronze (1999.370.1a,b,.2a,b)
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Collar Pendant, late 5thearly 6th century; Ostrogothic, Domagnano, Republic of San Marino, Gold, garnet, glass (17.190.698) |
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Commesso, 155055, Reverse after design of Étienne Delaune (French), probably a 19th-century addition, Gold, enamel, jewels, and chalcedony (17.190.907) |
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Conical boss from a bowl with granulated decoration, late Dynasty XIXThird Intermediate Period (ca. 1188712 B.C.), From Bubastis, Gold (30.8.371) |
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Corsage piece, ca. 18801900, Tiffany & Company (American), Gold, diamonds (41.84.20a-e) |
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Costumed figure pendant, 1st7th century,
Colombia; Tolima,
Gold (1979.206.497) |
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Cross Pendant, ca. 10801130, Byzantine; Made in Constantinople, Gold and enamel worked in cloisonné (1998.542) |
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Crossbow Fibula, ca. 430, Byzantine; Made in Rome/Constantinople, Gold (1995.97) |
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Cuirass (char-aina), late 18th19th century, Probably Indian, Steel, gold (48.92.1) |
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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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Curly-Tailed Animal Pendant, 4th5th century, Panama; Initial style, Gold (91.1.1166) |
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Diadem with kinnari (half-bird, half-female creatures), 9th10th century, India (Jammu and Kashmir, ancient kingdom of Kashmir) or Pakistan, Gold inset with garnet (1988.395) |
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Diadem, 400450, Ostrogothic, Sheet gold worked in repoussé (98.11.67) |
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Disk Brooch and Two Pendants, early 600s, Anglo-Saxon; Probably made in Faversham, southeastern England; Found at Teynam, southeastern England, Gold, cells inset with garnets and glass, border inlaid with niello (1987.90.1,2,3) |
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Disk Brooch with Cameo and Cabochons, brooch ca. 600, cameo 100300, Langobardic (mount), Roman (cameo), Gold sheet; settings of onyx, cameo, glass (red and green cabochons); wire (95.15.101) |
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Disk Brooch, 650725, Frankish; Found in Férebrianges or Petit-Troussy, northern France, Gold sheet with filigree and inlays of garnet, stone, glass, and pearl (17.191.134) |
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Disk Brooch, 675700, Frankish; Found in Niederbreisig, western Germany, Gold sheet with filigree and inlays of garnet, glass, and mother-of-pearl (17.193.83) |
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Double Bat-nosed Figure Pendants, 11th16th century,
Panama (Chiriquí),
Cast gold (04.34.8) |
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Double Crocodile Pendant, 8th10th century, Panama; Macaracas, Gold, quartz (1979.206.733) |
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Double-Eagle Pendant, 1st5th century, Panama; Initial style, Gold (1979.206.538) |
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Double-End Animal Pendant, 5th8th century, Panama; Conte (?), Gold (1991.419.18) |
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Dress ornaments, 5th century B.C., Scythian; Possibly northern Black Sea region, Gold (24.97.50-.51) |
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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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Earring in the form of a three-lobed wineskin, 2nd century B.C.2nd century A.D.; Parthian period, Mesopotamia, Gold (1995.366) |
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Earrings, mid-1st century A.D., Sarmatian; Said to be from Olbia (modern Ukraine), Gold, sardonyx (22.50.5, 6) |
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Elements from a necklace, late 14thearly 15th century; Timurid, Iran, Gold sheet, chased and set with turquoise, gray, chalcedony, and glass (1989.87al) |
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Elements from a Necklace, late 15th16th century, Granada, Gold and cloisonné enamel (17.190.161a-j) |
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Enameled gold pendant, 19th century, Iran, Fabricated from sheet and half-round wire, enameled on obverse and reverse (20.106.2) |
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Female bust, second quarter of 18th century,
French,
Gilt bronze (07.225.510.118)
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Female Figure (Tunjo), 10th16th century, Colombia; Muisca, Gold (1979.206.1050) |
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Figure Pendant, 10th16th century, Colombia (Tairona), Cast gold (69.7.10) |
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Finger Ring with a Cross, 450525, Frankish, Gold sheet with filigree and granulation, cloisonné cells inset with garnet and mother-of-pearl (17.192.229) |
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Fish, Dynasty 1213 (ca. 19811640 B.C.), Egyptian; Lisht North, Tomb L847, Gold, beryl (09.180.1182) |
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Five Appliqués in the Shape of a Cross, ca. 600, Langobardic; From Castel Trosino, central Italy, Gold (95.15.79.83) |
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Fluted bowl, Achaemenid, reign of Darius I or II, 522486 B.C. or 432405 B.C.,
Iran, Gold (54.3.1) |
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Four strands of beads, 25002400 B.C.; Early Dynastic IIIa period, Excavated at the "Great Death Pit," Ur, Mesopotamia, Gold, lapis lazuli (33.35.48) |
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Frog Ornaments, 15thearly 16th century, Mexico (Mixtec/Aztec), Cast gold (1998.39.1.20) |
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Frog Pendant, 11th16th century, Costa Rica; Chiriquí, Gold (1991.419.1) |
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Funerary Mask, 10th11th century, Peru; Sicán (Lambayeque), Gold, cinnabar, copper overlays (1974.271.35) |
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Ganymede Jewelry, Hellenistic, 330300 B.C., Gold, rock crystal, emerald (37.11.8.17) |
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Girdle with Coins and Medallions, ca. 583, Byzantine; Found in 1902 at Karavás, Cyprus (reassembled after discovery), Gold (17.190.147,1991.136) |
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Goa stone container with stone and sand, late 17thearly 18th century,
India (Goa or western India),
Container and stand; worked gold; Goa stone: organic and inorganic material, gilded (2004.244ac) |
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Gold beads from a necklace, 19thearly 20th century, Saudi Arabia, Fabricated from sheet, wire, and swaged wire, decorated with granulation, set with turquoise (1980.306a-e) |
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Gold Disk from a Spool, 900600 B.C.; Late Bronze Age, Irish, Gold (47.100.14) |
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Gold kantharos (drinking cup with two high vertical handles), ca. 15501500 B.C.; Late Helladic I, Mycenaean, Gold (07.286.126) |
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Gold stater, ca. 560546 B.C., Lydian; From Sardis, Gold (26.59.2) |
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Head defense for a horse (shaffron), 15th17th century,
Tibetan or Mongolian,
Iron, leather, gold, brass or copper alloy, and textile (2004.402) |
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Headdress frontal, 1st7th century,
Colombia; Yotoco,
Gold (1991.419.40) |
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Headdress with leaf-shaped ornaments, 26002500 B.C.; Early Dynastic period IIIa; Sumerian style, Excavated at "King's Grave," Ur, Mesopotamia, Gold, lapis lazuli, carnelian (33.35.3) |
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Helmet with divine figures beneath a bird with outstretched wings, 14th century B.C.; Middle Elamite period, Southwestern Iran, Bronze (63.74) |
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Helmet, 13501450,
Mongolian or Chinese,
Iron and gold (2005.270) |
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Helmet, 15th17th century,
Mongolian,
Iron and gold (1999.120)
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Helmet, probably mid- to late 17th century,
Chinese,
Iron, gold, silver, and textile (1997.18) |
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Hinged ring, 2nd1st century B.C.; Hellenistic,
Greek,
Gold with garnet (2005.278) |
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Hunting sword, ca. 1825, Emanuel Pioté (Austrian); Jacob H. Köchert (Austrian), Steel, gold, enamel, agate, wood, leather (48.26) |
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Intaglio portrait of Emperor Tiberius, 1437 A.D.; Tiberian, Roman, Carnelian and gold (1994.230.7) |
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Julius Caesar, ca. 1541,
Couly II Nouailher (French, Limoges),
Enamel, painted and partly gilded, on copper (28.217.2)
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Koto, 17th century,
Metalwork by Goto Teijo (Japanese),
Paulonia and other woods, ivory, horn, tortoiseshell, gold and silver alloys, silk (2007.194af)
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Lime Container (poporo), 1st7th century, Colombia; Quimbaya, Cast gold (1991.419.22) |
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Linguist Staff (Oykeame), 19th20th century, Ghana; Akan, Asante, Gold foil, wood, nails (1986.475a-c) |
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Lunate earrings, 25002400 B.C.; Early Dynastic IIIa period, Excavated at the "Great Death Pit," Ur, Mesopotamia, Gold (33.35.45,.46) |
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The Madytos Jewelry, ca. 330300 B.C.; Hellenistic,
Greek; Said to be from Madytos,
Gold (06.1217.1-.13) |
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The Magnolia Vase, ca. 1893, John T. Curran (American), designer; Tiffany & Company (American), manufacturer, Silver, gold, enamel, opals (99.2) |
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Mantel Clock (Telleruhr), ca. 1710, Movement by Franz Xaver Gegenreiner (German); Repoussé silver by Johann Andreas Thelot (German), Case: tortoiseshell veneer and silver, partly gilt; Dial: champlevé silver with black numerals; Movement: brass and steel (46.162) |
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Mantel clock, ca. 1750,
ST Germain for Jean-Joseph de Saint-Germain (French); Gosselin à Paris, possibly Jean-Philippe (French) or Jean-Baptiste Gosselin (French, active Paris),
Bronze, originally gilded or silvered, enameled dial (37.160.9)
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Mantel clock, ca. 178090,
French (Paris),
Gilt bronze, enamel, and marble (17.190.2126)
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Marriage necklace (kalata uru), late 19th century, India (Tamil Nadu, Chettiar), Gold strung on black thread (1991.32.3) |
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Mask, 1st century B.C.1st century A.D.,
Colombia; Ilama,
Gold (1991.419.39) |
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Masked Figure Pendant, 11th16th century, Panama; Veraguas, Gold (1979.206.777) |
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Moses Gill, ca. 1759,
John Singleton Copley (American),
Oil and gold leaf on copper (2006.1)
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Multiplate helmet of thirty-two lames, possibly 14th16th century,
Mongolian or Tibetan,
Iron, silver, gold, and brass or copper alloy (2005.146) |
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Neck from a vessel depicting the goddess Hathor flanked by felines, late Dynasty XIXThird Intermediate Period (ca. 1188712 B.C.), From Bubastis, Silver, gold (30.8.370) |
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Neck Ring, 400500, Eastern Germanic, Gold (27.122.16) |
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Necklace and earrings, Late Hellenistic, 1st century B.C.,
Greek,
Gold, garnet, agate (1994.230.4.6)
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Necklace choker, 25002400 B.C.; Early Dynastic IIIa period, Excavated at the "Great Death Pit," Ur, Mesopotamia, Gold, lapis lazuli (33.35.47) |
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Necklace pendants and beads, 17th16th century B.C.; late Old Babylonian period, Mesopotamia, Gold (47.1b) |
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Necklace, 184550 Maker unknown, American, Seed pearls, mother-of-pearl, horsehair, silk, yellow gold (2003.350.2) |
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Necklace, ca. 1870, Eugène Fontenay (French), Gold, enamel, diamonds (1987.252) |
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Necklace, ca. 1904, Louis Comfort Tiffany (American), Opals, gold, enamel (46.168.1) |
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Nose ornament with intertwined serpents, 2nd3rd century,
Peru; Moche,
Gold, silver, shell (1979.206.1225) |
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Nose ornament with spiders, 1st century B.C.1st century A.D.,
Peru; Salinar (?),
Gold (1979.206.1172) |
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Nose ornament, 1st7th century,
Colombia; Yotoco,
Gold (66.196.23) |
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Openwork hairnet with medallion, Hellenistic, 200150 B.C.,
Greek, Ptolemaic,
Gold (1987.220) |
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Ornamental plaques, 6th8th century, Tibet/West Asia or western China, Gold with turquoise inlay (2000.442a-e) |
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Ornamental plume or pin, 2nd century B.C.2nd century A.D.,
Peru; Pukará
Gold (1984.14) |
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Pair of armbands, Hellenistic, ca. 200 B.C.,
Greek,
Gold (56.11.5.6) |
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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 Earrings with Polyhedral Beads, 400500, Ostrogothic(?), found in Kerch (Ukraine), Decorated with granulation (98.11.94-95) |
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Pair of earrings, 11th century, Greater Syria, Gold: fabricated from wire and sheet, decorated with granulation; originally outlined with strung pearls and/or stones (1979.278.2a,b) |
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Pair of earrings, 2nd1st century B.C.; Hellenistic, Greek, Gold, beryl, and garnet (74.51.3401-3402) |
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Pair of earrings, Three Kingdoms period, Kaya Federation, late 4thearly 5th century, Korea, Gold (43.49.1,2) |
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Pair of earrings, Three Kingdoms period, Silla Kingdom or Kaya Federation, 6th century, Korea, Gold (43.49.5,6) |
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Pair of earrings, Three Kingdoms period, Silla Kingdom, early 5th century, Korea, Gold (43.49.13,14) |
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Pair of gold head ornaments, 18th19th century, Morocco, Fabricated from sheet and wire, chased, and set with rubies, emeralds, topazes (?), pearls, and glass (65.265.1,2,6,7) |
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Pair of mounted vases, ca. 174050,
Chinese porcelain with French mounts,
Hard-paste porcelain with gilt-bronze mounts (1984.471.3,.4)
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Pair of mounted vases, ca. 1750,
Chinese porcelain with French mounts,
Hard-paste porcelain with gilt-bronze mounts (1977.102.1,.2)
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Pair of royal earrings, ca. 1st century B.C., Probably Andhra Pradesh, India, Gold (1981.398.3-4) |
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Pair of stirrups, 16th18th century,
Tibetan,
Iron, gold, and silver (1997.214.2a,b) |
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Pectoral Badge (Akrafokonmu), 18th19th century, Ghana; Akan, Asante, Gold (L.1982.92) |
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Pectoral Cross, 6th7th century,
Byzantine (Constantinople?),
Gold (2006.569) |
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Pectoral Disk, 11th16th century, Panama; Veraguas (?), Hammered gold (1977.187.28) |
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Pectoral of Princess Sit-Hathor-yunet (detail), Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, reigns of Senwosret IIAmenemhat III, ca. 18871813 B.C., Egyptian; From Lahun, Gold, carnelian, feldspar, garnet, turquoise (16.1.3) |
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Pectoral with Coins and Pseudo-Medallion, ca. 539550, Byzantine; Said to have been found in Egypt, Gold with niello (17.190.1664) |
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Pectoral, 10th5th century B.C.,
Peru; Chavín,
Gold (1999.365) |
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Pendant Brooch with Cameo of Enthroned Virgin and Child, cameo 11th12th century; Rus' mount 12th14th century,
Byzantine (Constantinople),
Chalcedony cameo in gold mount with pearls, emeralds, garnets, sapphires, and sardonyx intaglio (2007.9) |
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Pendant, 11th century; Fatimid, Egypt, Gold, cloisonné enamel (30.95.37) |
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Pendant, 4th10th century, Colombia; Capulí, Hammered gold (1977.187.21) |
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Pendant, ca. 1901,
René-Jules Lalique (French), French (Paris),
Gold, enamel, opal, pearl, diamonds (1991.164) |
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Presentation Sword, ca. 181517, Made by John Targee (silversmith), American (New York), Gold, steel (22.19) |
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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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Rattle, whistle, and bells, 175568, Nicholas Roosevelt (American), Gold, coral (47.70) |
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Reliquary Pendant, 11731177, English, Gold (63.160) |
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Revetments from an Icon of the Virgin, ca. 1100, Byzantine; Made in Constantinople, Cloisonné enamel, gold; Halo fragments (17.190.644-.648) |
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Ring of Leontios, 9901030, Byzantine, Gold and niello (1982.282) |
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Ring with head of Herakles, late 4th3rd century B.C.; Hellenistic,
Greek,
Gold (10.132.1) |
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Saddle, 15th century,
Tibetan,
Iron, gold, wood, and leather (2002.225) |
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Saddle, 17th18th century,
Eastern Tibetan or Chinese for the Tibetan market,
Iron, gold, silver, wood, leather, and textile (1997.214.1)
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Saint Catherine of Alexandria, early 15th century, French, Gold, ronde-basse enamel, jewels (17.190.905) |
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Saltcellar, mid-13th century, French; Made in Paris, Gold, rock crystal, emeralds, pearls, spinel or balas rubies (1983.434) |
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Seated goddess with a child, Hittite Empire, Old Hittite; 15th13th century B.C.,
Anatolia, central region,
Gold, (1989.281.12) |
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Set of four wall brackets, 18th century (ca. 1788),
Made under the direction of Jean Hauré (French), cast either by Étienne-Jean Forestier (French) or his brother Pierre-Auguste (French), chased by Pierre-Philippe Thomire (French),
Gilt bronze (1979.172.3-6)
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Set of jewelry, early 5th century B.C.; late Archaic,
Etruscan,
Gold, glass, rock crystal, agate, carnelian (40.11.7-.18) |
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Set of pruning tools, 15751600
French; Moulins,
Steel, partly gilded, and mother-of-pearl (64.101.1470.1476)
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Set of saddle plates, ca. 1400,
Tibetan or Chinese,
Iron, gold, lapis lazuli, and turquoise (1999.118)
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Shoe Buckle, 400450, Hunnic or Frankish, Gold, garnets (17.190.697) |
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Situla with floral decoration, late Dynasty XIXThird Intermediate Period (ca. 1188712 B.C.), From Bubastis, Gold (07.228.22) |
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Snuffbox, 176070, Myer Myers (American), New York City, Gold (66.102) |
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Solidus of Constantius II (Sole Emperor, 350361), 350361, Byzantine, Gold (04.35.18) |
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Solidus of Justinian I (r. 527565), 538565, Byzantine; Minted in Constantinople, Gold (99.35.7406) |
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Spear, 17th19th century,
Tibetan,
Iron, gold, silver, wood, and pigments (2004.340a,b) |
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Spearhead, 17th18th century,
Tibetan,
Iron, gold, and silver (2001.180) |
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Staff Head with Owl, 5th10th century,
Colombia; Sinú
Cast gold (1979.206.920) |
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Standing cup, Probably after a design by Reinhold Vasters (German), Jasper, partly enameled gold mounts, set with diamonds, emeralds, rubies, and pearls (17.190.1703) |
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Star-Shaped Brooch with Intaglio, setting 9601000, intaglio 337361, Ottonian (setting), Byzantine (intaglio), Gold with pearls and star sapphire (1988.15) |
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Stater with head of Alexander the Great, 286281 B.C.; Hellenistic,
Greek; Lysimachos, Pella,
Gold (52.127.4) |
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Statuette of Amun, Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 22, ca. 945715 B.C., Egyptian, Gold (26.7.1412) |
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Strainer, late Dynasty XIXThird Intermediate Period (ca. 1188712 B.C.), From Bubastis, Gold (30.8.369) |
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Stylized Figure Pendant, 5th7th century, Panama; International Style, Gold (66.196.35) |
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Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent Wearing a Jewel-Studded Helmet, ca. 1532,
Venice,
Woodcut on paper (42.41.1) |
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Sword guard (tsuba), 19th century; Edo period, Ishiguro Masayoshi (Japanese), Japanese, Shakudo, gold, shibuichi, copper (36.120.79) |
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Sword, 14th16th century,
Tibetan or Chinese,
Iron, gold, and silver (1995.136)
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Sword, 17th19th century,
Tibetan,
Iron, silver, gold, turquoise, wood, and textile (36.25.1464) |
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Two beads, 11th century; Fatimid, Syria, Gold, fabricated from wire and strips of sheet, decorated with granulation (1980.457) |
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Two bird ornaments, 1st2nd century,
Peru; Nazca,
Gold (1979.206.511,.512) |
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Two Nose Ornaments, 5th10th century,
Colombia; Sinú,
Cast gold (1979.204.541,.545) |
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Vase or clock ornament, ca. 1770,
French,
Gilt bronze (07.225.510.316)
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Vessel terminating in the forepart of a lion, Achaemenid, 5th century B.C.,
Iran, Gold (54.3.3) |
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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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Watch, ca. 185055<, Firm of François Czapek (Swiss), Case of enameled gold; dial of painted enamel; movement of gilded brass and steel (1983.183.5) |
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Wedjet eye, Ptolemaic Period (ca. 30430 B.C.), Egyptian, Gold (23.2.68) |
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