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Ceramic, East Asia
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Funerary Art
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European Art in the Twentieth Century, School of Paris
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,
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Figure, Deity, Egyptian, Sekhmet
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Europe, Balkan Peninsula
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Religious Art, Shinto
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Figure, Deity, Hindu, Shiva
Siddhartha
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Africa, Guinea Coast
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Seal, Signet
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Figure, Mythological, Europe, Silenus
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Painting, Ink on Silk
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Scroll, Silk
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Textile, Silk
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Print, Silkscreen
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Metalwork, Silver
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Photograph, Silver dye bleach print
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Figure, Saint, Sinibaldus
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Preparatory Study
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Europe, Central Europe (including Germany)
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Africa, Eastern Africa
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Africa, Southern Africa
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Europe, Southern Italy (and Rome)
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Europe, Italian Peninsula
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Europe, Iberian Peninsula
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Arms and Armor, Spear
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Animal, Mythological, Sphinx
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Furniture, Stool
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Preparatory Study
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Africa, Sudan
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Ceramic, East Asia
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Leather
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European Art in the Twentieth Century, Surrealism
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Modern and Contemporary Art, Surrealism
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Europe, Eastern Europe and Scandinavia
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Arms and Armor, Sword
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European Art in the Nineteenth Century, Symbolism
Synthetic Materials
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