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Processional Cross
Spanish
ca. 1150–75
Figure group symbolic of Astronomy
French
ca. 1775
Figure group symbolic of Geography
French
ca. 1775
Crucifix
Master of Rimini
ca. 1450
Tit (Isis knot) amulet
ca. 1550–1275 B.C.
Chasse of Champagnat
French
ca. 1150
A swallow, a solar symbol, in an rectangular inlay
ca. 100 B.C. – A.D. 100
Glass hexagonal jug with Jewish symbols
Roman, Palestinian
late 6th–early 7th century CE
Twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac
China
18th–19th century
Crucifix
German
1125–50
Panel
second half 8th century
Design Amulet with Loop on Back, Device with Dancing God, Hathor Symbol and Lion
ca. 2325–2150 B.C.
Pilaster (Tetramorph) from the Parapet of a Pulpit with Symbol of the Evangelists
Giovanni Pisano
ca. 1302–10
Crib of the Infant Jesus
South Netherlandish
15th century
Symbolic Landscape
Theodoros Stamos
1947
Archer's Ring with Taoist Symbols (清 扳指)
Chinese
19th century
The Ox of Saint Luke (one of two appliqués from a book cover)
French
ca. 1200–1225
The Lion of Saint Mark (one of two appliqués from a book cover)
French
ca. 1200–1225
Group Symbolic of Force
Antoine-Louis Barye
19th century
Group Symbolic of War
Antoine-Louis Barye
19th century
Symbolic Figure (a Sibyl?)
Anonymous, Italian, Venetian, 15th to 16th century
16th century
Matrices, Cast
French or German
13th century
108 (Face Jug Series)
Simone Leigh
2019
Composite Window of English Stained Glass
British
15th century
Pair of Bangles (kada) by Bhagat
Bhagat
2012
Allegorical Figures: Force, Hercules Strangling the Hydra, Plenty, and Fame
Bernardino Rodriguez ("Bernardino Siciliano")
1600–1650
Jo and Uba of Takasago Looking at the Rising Sun; Symbolic Representation of Longevity and Conjugal Harmony
Totoya Hokkei
19th century
Youth (Midday), from "The Four Ages of Man and Death with the Last Judgment"
Hieronymus (Jerome) Wierix
Before 1619
Old Age (Night), from "The Four Ages of Man and Death with the Last Judgment"
Hieronymus (Jerome) Wierix
Before 1619
Adulthood (Evening), from "The Four Ages of Man and Death with the Last Judgment"
Hieronymus (Jerome) Wierix
Before 1619
Childhood (Dawn), from "The Four Ages of Man and Death with the Last Judgment"
Hieronymus (Jerome) Wierix
Before 1619
Case (Inrō) with Design of Six Immortal Poets
Kajikawa School
19th century
Empress's Twelve-Symbol Robe
China
late 19th–early 20th century
Roundel, disk with magical symbols
4th century BCE
Pieces for Emperor's Twelve-Symbol Robe
China
late 19th century
Emperor's Twelve-Symbol Robe
China
Emperor's Twelve-Symbol Robe
China
Empress's Twelve-Symbol Robe
China
Empress's Twelve-Symbol Robe
China
Emperor's Twelve-Symbol Robe
China
18th century