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Alabastron (small jar for perfumes or unguents), 2nd1st century B.C.; Hellenistic, Cypriot, Glass (74.51.319) |
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Ampulla (Flask) of Saint Menas, late 500smid-700s, Byzantine; Probably made at Abu Menas, near Alexandria, Egypt, Terracotta (27.94.19) |
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Apothecary Jar (Orciuolo), 1431 (?), Florence, perhaps workshop of Giunta di Tugio (Italian), Maiolica (1975.1.1061) |
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Arretine cup signed by Tigranes, ca. 25 B.C.10 A.D.; Augustan, Roman, Terracotta (10.210.37) |
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Aryballos, ca. 570 B.C.; black-figure, Greek, Attic, Signed by Nearchos as potter, Terracotta (26.49) |
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Basin (Lebrillo) with Figure of a Woman, 166080, Attributed to Damian Hernández, Puebla, Tin-enameled earthenware, decorated in the aborronado style (11.87.3) |
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Beaker (kero), 5th9th century,
Peru; Tiwanaku,
Wood (1978.412.214)
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Beaker and saucer, ca. 1775, Russian; Saint Petersburg, Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, Hard-paste porcelain (1982.60.177,.178) |
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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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Beaker-shaped vessel, Ban Chiang type, late 3rd1st millennium B.C., Thailand, Earthenware with incised and impressed decoration (1984.494.6) |
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Beaker, 9th10th century, Western Asia or Egypt, Blown, tooled, and relief-cut glass (1974.45) |
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Beakers signed by Iason, mid-1st century A.D.; Imperial, Roman, Glass (29.100.82) (59.11.3) |
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Bell krater depicting the return of Persephone, ca. 440 B.C.; Red-figure, Attributed to the Persephone Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (28.57.23) |
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Bell-krater, ca. 440 B.C.; red-figure, Attributed to the Painter of London E 497, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (24.97.30) |
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Bottle (Refredador), first half of 16th century, Spanish (Valencia), Tin-glazed earthenware with luster decoration (94.4.358) |
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Bowl (Tecomate), 12th10th century B.C., Mexico; Olmec, Ceramic (1989.314.18) |
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Bowl with Human Feet, Predynastic Period, probably late Naqada Iearly Naqada II, ca. 37503550 B.C., Egyptian, Ceramic (10.176.113) |
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Bowl with Lizards, 1st5th century, Costa Rica; El Bosque, Ceramic (1993.79.3) |
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Bowl with painted decoration, ca. 26001900 B.C., Excavated at Damb Sadaat (level III), Pakistan, Ceramic, paint (57.99.2) |
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Bowl, Geometric Pattern, 19th20th century; Fulani, Fulani people; Mali, western Sudan, Wood (1977.394.31) |
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Bowl, 10th11th century,
Central Asia or Iran, probably Samarqand, Uzbekistan,
Underglaze-painted earthenware (2003.415)
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Bowl, 11th14th century, Mississippian peoples; Missouri, Ceramic (79.8.10) |
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Bowl, 15th century; Timurid Iran or Central Asia, Earthenware, underglaze-painted (32.33) |
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Bowl, 1899,
Louis Comfort Tiffany (American); Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company (Stourbridge Glass Company) (51.121.29) |
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Bowl, 2ndearly 1st century B.C., Hellenistic, Greek, Onyx glass (91.1.1303) |
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Bowl, 3rd4th century A.D., Roman, Blown glass (17.194.314) |
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Bowl, 6th9th century,
Peru; Wari,
Ceramic (1979.206.385) |
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Bowl, ca. 1908,
Louis Comfort Tiffany (American); Tiffany Furnaces,
Favrile glass (51.121.13) |
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Bowl, ca. 25001600 B.C.; Early or Middle Bronze Age, Cypriot, Red Polished Ware, Terracotta (74.51.1329) |
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Bowl, Chosôn dynasty, first half of 16th century, Korean, Stoneware with white slip under punchông glaze (1983.557.2) |
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Bowl, Chosôn dynasty, second half of 15th century, Korea, Stoneware with inlaid and stamped decoration of peony leaves and chrysanthemum flowers under punch'ông glaze (2002.132) |
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Bowl, late 10thearly 11th century, Probably Egypt, Bluish colorless glass, free-blown and stained; tooled on the pontil; yellow and brown copper and silver stains (1974.74) |
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Bowl, second half of 15th century; Timurid, Northwestern Iran (17.120.70) |
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Box with lid, 15th century,
Probably Egypt,
Brass engraved and inlaid with silver and a black compound (23.67.5a) |
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Bronze hydria (water jar), 5th century B.C.; Classical,
Greek (06.1078) |
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Bronze kylix (drinking cup), 4th3rd century B.C.,
Greek,
Bronze (07.286.97) |
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Brush holder, Ming dynasty, early 17th century, Zhang Xihuang (active early 17th century), China, Bamboo (1994.208) |
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Carved Bowl, 6th century, Mexico or Guatemala; Maya, Ceramic (2000.60) |
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Chalice, late 18th century, Mexican, Silver gilt (33.120.68a) |
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Chariot cup, Three Kingdoms period, Kaya Federation, 5th century, Korea, Stoneware with traces of incidental ash glaze (1997.34.2) |
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Child's porridge bowl and spoon, 189798,
Mark of Roberts and Belk (British),
Silver, partly gilt (1991.296.1,.2) |
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Classic Kerma Beaker, Egyptian Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 13, ca. 18021640 B.C., Classical Kerma; From Abydos, Egypt, Garstang excavations, Black-topped red polished ceramic (20.2.45) |
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Coconut Cup with Cover, ca. 153334, Hans van Amsterdam (Low Countries, 's Hertogenbosch), Silver gilt, coconut (Cocos nucifera) (17.190.622ab) |
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Column-krater, ca. 550 B.C.; black-figure, Attributed to Lydos, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (31.11.11) |
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Conical bowl, 2nd1st century B.C., Hellenistic; Said to be from Syria, Cast glass (81.10.243) |
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Covered cup and saucer made for Empress Elizabeth Petrovna, ca. 1760, Russian; Saint Petersburg, Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, Hard-paste porcelain (1982.60.172a,b.173) |
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Covered cup, milk jar, and sugar bowl, ca. 1775, Russian; Saint Petersburg, Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, Hard-paste porcelain (1982.60.171) |
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Covered cup, ca. 156570, Chinese with English mounts, Hard paste and silver gilt (68.141.125a,b) |
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Covered punchbowl with platter, ca. 1745, Chinese for the Swedish market, Hard paste; Punchbowl (40.133.1a,b.2) |
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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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Cup, 9th10th century, Egypt, Syria, or Iraq, Yellowish colorless glass, free-blown and impressed; tooled on the pontil (1974.15) |
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Cup, Ming dynasty, Chenghua mark and period (14651487), China, Porcelain painted in underglaze blue and overglaze enamels (1987.85) |
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Deep bowl with sculptural rim, late Middle Jomon period, ca. 1500 B.C., Japan, Earthenware (1992.252.1) |
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Deep Dish (brasero), ca. 1430, Spanish (Valencia), Tin-enamelled earthenware (56.171.162) |
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Dinner, tea, and coffee service, 178590, Chinese for the American market, Hard paste (10.149.1.247) |
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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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Dish in the Form of a Temple, 3rd5th century, Roman or Byzantine; Found in Carthage (now in Tunisia, North Africa), Rock crystal (55.135.5) |
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Double Cup, 13301360, German or Bohemian, Possibly made in Prague, Silver and silver gilt, with applied opaque enamel (1983.125a,b) |
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Double-handled vessel, Three Kingdoms period, probably Paekche kingdom, 5th6th century, Korea, Stoneware (1997.34.25) |
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Double-spout bottle, 2nd4th century,
Peru; Nazca,
Ceramic (1996.174) |
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Drinking Cup, ca. 19001550 B.C., C-Group; From Faras, Lower Nubia, grave 110, Griffith excavations, Polished black ware with decoration filled with white pigment (13.125.28A) |
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Drinking Vessel (Kero), late 15thearly 16th century, Peru; Inka, Wood (1994.35.11) |
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Engraved bowl with medallions, 4th century A.D., Roman, Glass (17.194.318) |
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Ewer, Northern Song dynasty, 11th12th century; Yaozhou ware, China, Stoneware with incised, carved, and relief decoration under glaze (26.292.73) |
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Faceted Bowl, 5th7th century; Sasanian, Iran (?), Glass, blown and wheel-cut (59.34) |
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Feline Incense Vessel, 6th9th century,
Bolivia; Tiwanaku,
Ceramic (1978.412.100) |
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Figure Vessel, 8th12th century,
Ecuador; Manteño, Ceramic, pigment (1988.117.10) |
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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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Footed bowl, 1st century B.C.1st century A.D., Hellenistic or Roman, Cast glass (81.10.129) |
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Footed cup, first half of 14th century, Iran, Brass inlaid with silver (91.1.559) |
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Frankish "Claw" Beaker, 400600, Found in Bellenberg Voehringen, southern Germany, Glass (81.10.189) |
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Gladiator cup, ca. 5080 A.D.; NeronianEarly Flavianic, Roman; Found at Montagnole, southern France, Glass (81.10.245) |
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Goblet, 18001801,
Naphtali Hart (British),
Silver, parcel-gilt (29.60.1) |
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Goblet, 9th century, Western Asia or Egypt, Transparent pale greenish blue glass, blown from two gathers and scratch-engraved (65.173.1) |
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Goblets, 11th or early 12th century,
Possibly Syria,
Blown, applied decoration; tooled on the pontil (2000.279.1,2) |
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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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Group of four vases, ca. 23002000 B.C.; late Early Bronze Age III, Northwest Anatolia, Electrum, silver-gilt, silver (1989.281.45a,b-.48) |
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Handles and rim of a cauldron, ca. 13001050; Late Bronze Age, Cypriot, Bronze (74.51.5685) |
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Head Vessel, 8th12th century,
Ecuador; Manteño,
Ceramic (1981.158) |
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Hexagonal Bottle, 500629, Byzantine; Possibly from Syria, Glass, mold-blown (1972.118.180) |
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Ice bucket, 183839,
Possibly mark of John Watson (British, active in Sheffield),
Silver, (1979.497) |
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Inkpot of Emperor Jahangir, 161819; Mughal, India, Dark green nephrite jade, mounted in gold (29.145.2) |
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Jar, Chosôn dynasty, 18th century, Korea, Porcelain with underglaze copper-red decoration of grapevine (1979.413.2) |
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Jar, Chosôn dynasty, 19th century, Korea, Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue and copper-red decoration of tree peonies; H. 15 in. (38.1 cm) (27.119.22) |
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Jar, Chosôn dynasty, second half of 18th century, Korea, White porcelain (1979.413.1) |
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Jar, Late Bronze Age, ca. 4th century B.C., Korea, Burnished red earthenware (1998.212) |
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Jar, Ming dynasty, Jiajing mark and period (15221566), China, Porcelain painted in underglaze blue and overglaze polychrome enamels (17.127.2) |
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Jar, Ming dynasty, Xuande mark and period (14261435), China, Porcelain painted in underglaze blue (37.191.1) |
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Jardinière, ca. 1893,
Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer (French); Clément Massier (French),
Golfe-Juan, France,
Earthenware with metallic glaze (2005.220) |
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Jug with an oversized spout, mid-6th century B.C.,
Lydian; Excavated at Sardis,
Terracotta (14.30.9) |
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Jug, early 16th century; Safavid, Afghanistan (probably Herat), Cast brass, inlaid with silver and gold (91.1.607) |
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Kalyx krater with reliefs of maidens and dancing maenads, 1st century A.D.; Julio-Claudian, Roman, Marble (23.184) |
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Kero Carved in the Form of a Head, 17th18th century, Peru, Wood with pigmented resin inlay (1994.35.26) |
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Large Bowl with Equestrian Figure, ca. 1820, Puebla, Tin-enameled earthenware (11.87.68) |
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Large Jar, Chosôn dynasty, second half of 15th century Korean Stoneware with sgrafitto design of peonies under punchông glaze (16.122.1) |
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Large jar, late Kofun or Asuka period, 6th7th century, Japan, Stoneware with natural ash glaze and comb and cord markings (Sue ware) (1975.268.420) |
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Lidded Basket, 20th century, Rwanda; Tutsi people, Cane (1978.412.327a,b) |
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Lidded Basket, ca. 1990s, Beauty Nxgongo, South Africa; Zulu, Ilala palm fiber (2000.441a,b) |
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Lidded Bowl, 17th18th century, Nigeria; Yoruba, Owo subgroup, Ivory, wood or coconut shell inlay (1991.17.126a, b) |
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Lotiform Cup, Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 22, ca. 945715 B.C., Egyptian, Egyptian faience (26.7.971) |
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Loving cup, 1772, Richard Williams (Irish). Silver, silver gilt (68.141.191) |
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Monochrome bowls, 1st century A.D., Roman; From Syria, Opaque cast glass (1972.118.185) (13.198.1,.2,.3) |
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Oil bottle, Koryô dynasty, late 12th century, Korea, Stoneware with reverse inlaid design of peonies under celadon glaze (17.175.9) |
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One-handled kantharos, ca. 500 B.C.; Archaic, Attributed to the Class of the One-Handled Kantharoi, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (63.11.4) |
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Pair of Bottles with "Mosque" Motifs, late 18th century, Puebla, Tin-enameled earthenware (11.87.44); Covered Soup Bowl (Sopera con tapa), ca. 180821, Puebla, Tin-enameled earthenware (17.108.11,.12) |
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Pair of Keros with Carved Feline Handles, 17th18th century, Peru, Wood with pigmented resin inlay (1994.35.22,.23) |
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Pedestal Bowl, 13th16th century, Costa Rica; Guanacaste-Nicoya, Ceramic (1979.206.377) |
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Pitcher, 3rd4th century A.D., Roman, Blown glass (74.51.134) |
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Pot pourri, ca. 1695, French; Rouen, Soft-paste porcelain (50.211.186) |
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Punchbowl, ca. 178690, Chinese, Hard paste (1984.449) |
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Pyxides, late 1st century B.C.early 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass (91.1.1335) |
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Pyxis, second half of 11th century, Syria, Composite body; luster-painted (1998.298ab) |
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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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Salver, 187980,
Frederick Elkington (British),
Silver, partly gilt, (1991.229) |
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Set of four beakers, 1795, Paul Revere, Jr. (American), Silver (58.3.1-.4) |
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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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Situla with design of ships, Dongson culture, 100 B.C.100 A.D., Vietnam, Bronze (2000.284.60) |
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Sketch of enamel bowl, ca. 189899,
Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company (American),
New York, New York,
Watercolor and graphite (2005.495) |
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Skyphos (drinking cup), 6th century B.C., Greek, Lydian, Terracotta (16.75.14) |
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Soup Bowl with Handles (Sopera con asas), ca. 1840, Puebla, Tin-enameled earthenware (11.87.51); Large Bowl, ca. 1840, Puebla, Tin-enameled earthenware (11.87.54); Footed Bowl with Heads, ca. 1845, Puebla, Tin-enameled earthenware (11.87.55) |
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Soup tureen with cover and stand, 18067 (tureen) and 18078 (stand), Mark of Paul Storr (British), Silver (39.65.38a-c) |
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Spherical Jar, Meroitic Period, ca. 100 B.C.300 A.D., Meroitic, Painted pottery (08.202.47) |
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Spouted jar and stand, 9th century B.C.; Iron Age II, Excavated at Hasanlu cemetery, northwestern Iran, Ceramic (60.20.15) |
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Spouted Vessel, 1st century B.C.1st century A.D., Mexico or Guatemala; Maya, Indurated limestone (1999.484.3) |
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Stamnos with lid, ca. 450 B.C.; red-figure, Attributed to the Menelaos Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (06.1021.178) |
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Standing cup ("Coupe Chenavard"), 1837,
Sèvres Manufactory (French),
Hard-paste porcelain (2003.153) |
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Standing cup ("Coupe Couty"), 1879,
Sèvres Manufactory (French); Decoration attributed to François Hallion (French),
Hard-paste porcelain (1990.238ab) |
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Stem cup, Ban Chiang type, 1st millennium B.C., Thailand, Earthenware with painted and incised decoration (1987.424.4.2) |
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Stemmed cup with murex decoration, late 14th century B.C.; Late Helladic IIIA:2, Mycenaean, Terracotta (1972.118.137) |
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Stirrup jar with octopus, ca. 12001100 B.C.; Late Helladic IIIC, Helladic (Mycenaean), Terracotta (53.11.6) |
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Storage Jar (Urpu), 15thearly 16th century, Peru; Inka, Ceramic (1978.412.68) |
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Storage Jar, 600700, Byzantine; Made in Egypt, Ceramic, painted (23.2.74) |
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Storage Jar, ca. 20001600 B.C., C-Group; From Faras, Upper Nubia, grave 3, Griffith excavations, Red and black ware with incised linear decoration (13.125.29) |
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Storage jar, late Yayoi period, ca. 100200, Japan, Earthenware with incised decoration (1975.268.375) |
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Storage jar, Muromachi period, 14th15th century; Shigaraki ware, Japan, Stoneware with natural ash glaze (1975.268.428) |
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Storage jar, Yayoi period (ca. 4th century B.C.3rd century A.D.), Japan, Earthenware (1975.268.378) |
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Sugar bowl, 176075, John Bayly (American), Silver (39.23a,b) |
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Sugar bowl, 17901800, Paul Revere, Jr. (American), Silver,(33.120.546a,b); Creamer, 17901800, Paul Revere, Jr. (American), Silver (33.120.547) |
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Tea bowl, Song dynasty, 9601279; Jian ware, Fujian Province, China, Stoneware with hare's-fur glaze (91.1.226) |
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Tea set with teapot, creamer, and sugar bowl, 181314,
Mark of Paul Storr (British),
Silver, gilt (1974.379.1-3) |
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Tetrapod Bowl, 2nd1st century B.C., Guatemala or El Salvador; Maya, Ceramic (1982.207.5) |
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The Viking Punchbowl, ca. 1893, Paulding Farnham (American), designer; Tiffany & Company (American), manufacturer and retailer, Iron, silver, gold, wood (69.4) |
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Tivoli Hoard, mid-1st century B.C.; Late Republican, Roman; Italy, said to have been found at Tivoli or Boscoreale, Silver (20.49.2-.12) |
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Tripod Vessel, 4th5th century, Mexico; Teotihuacan, Ceramic, red ocher (1979.206.364) |
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Tureen with Cover, 177080, Chinese, Hard-paste porcelain decorated in enamel colors and gilt (51.86.28a,b) |
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Tureen with stand from the Orloff Service, 177071, Jacques-Nicolas Roettiers (Flemish), French; Paris, Silver (33.165.2a-c) |
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Tureen, 175759, Marked by Edme-Pierre Balzac (French), French; Paris, Silver (48.187.418a-c) |
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Two-handled covered loving cup, ca. 1680, English, Silver over silver gilt (68.141.281ab) |
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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 in the form of a horn, ca. 500 B.C.100 A.D., Vietnam, possibly Sa Hyunh culture, Hard stone (1999.276) |
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Vessel, ca. 700, Syria, Bronze, pierced and chased, openwork design (1993.319) |
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Volute-krater, ca. 515 B.C.; red-figure, Attributed to the Karkinos Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (21.88.74) |
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Wine container, Momoyama period, ca. 15961600, Japan, Lacquered wood (1980.6) |
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Wine cooler, 1753, French; Vincennes, Soft-paste porcelain (1970.230.4) |
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Wine Cup, Chosôn dynasty, 15th century, Korean, White porcelain (17.175.1) |
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B>Teapot, 182021,
John Edward Terrey (British),
Silver, (1998.459) |
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