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Garment Plaque with Animal Motif, Bronze, Northwest China
Garment Plaque with Animal Motif
Northwest China
5th–4th century BCE
Plaque with Animal Combat Motif, Bronze, North China
Plaque with Animal Combat Motif
North China
ca. 3rd century BCE
Incised bowl with animal motif, Ceramic, pigment, Paracas
Incised bowl with animal motif
Paracas
7th–5th century BCE
Begging Bowl, Brass; chased with floral and animal-motif decorations; dragon’s-head finials are probably later replacements
Begging Bowl
17th century or later
Low hemispheroid seal, Steatite, green black, Iran
Low hemispheroid seal
Iran
ca. 4200–3800 BCE
Design for a Vignette with a Peacock, François Forichon French, Graphite, scraping, pen and ink on wove paper
Design for a Vignette with a Peacock
François Forichon
1865–1952
Button, [no medium available], British
Button
British
1850–1900
Blackwork Design with Fifteen Motifs, Jonas Bentzen, Engraving and blackwork
Blackwork Design with Fifteen Motifs
attributed to Jonas Bentzen
ca. 1592–1616
Print, Utagawa Kunisada Japanese, Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan
Print
Utagawa Kunisada
19th century
Cushion seal, Steatite, gray, Cypriot
Cushion seal
Cypriot
ca. 13th–12th century BCE
Panel with Birds, Griffins, and Animals, Wood; carved
Panel with Birds, Griffins, and Animals
11th–12th century
Stamp seal, Stone, Sasanian
Stamp seal
Sasanian
ca. 5th–7th century CE
Formes et couleurs: vingt planches en couleurs contenant soixante-sept motifs decoratifs, Auguste H. Thomas French, Printed book, pochoir plates
Formes et couleurs: vingt planches en couleurs contenant soixante-sept motifs decoratifs
Author Auguste H. Thomas
1921
Tile, Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware), Dutch
Tile
Dutch
1580–1625
Tile, Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware), Dutch
Tile
Dutch
1580–1625
Panel with Chinese Zodiac, Wood with pigment, Central Asia
Panel with Chinese Zodiac
Central Asia
8th–9th century
Stamp seal and modern impression: horned animal and bird, Steatite or chlorite
Stamp seal and modern impression: horned animal and bird
6th–5th millennium BCE
Textile Fragment, Cotton, other fibers; plain weave, printed, and painted
Textile Fragment
10th–11th century
Piece, Silk / Compound weave, Japan
Piece
Japan
18th century
Vase, S. A. Weller Pottery, Earthenware, American
Vase
Manufacturer S. A. Weller Pottery
Designer Frederick Hurten Rhead
ca. 1904
Terracotta fragment of an open shape, Terracotta, Greek, Corinthian
Terracotta fragment of an open shape
Greek, Corinthian
second half of the 6th century BCE
Piece, Silk, Italian
Piece
Italian
20th century
Designs for the Decoration of Firearms, Nicolas Noël Boutet French, Pencil, ink, gray wash on paper, French, Versailles
Designs for the Decoration of Firearms
Designer Workshop of Nicolas Noël Boutet
ca. 1797–1805
Steatite Lentoid, Steatite, Minoan
Steatite Lentoid
Minoan
ca. 1400–1375 BCE
Man's Kilt, Cotton, camelid hair, Paracas
Man's Kilt
Paracas
2nd–1st century BCE
Blackwork Designs with Various Mammals and Birds, Plate 5 from a Series of Blackwork Ornaments combined with Figures, Birds, Animals and Flowers, Meinert Gelijs Dutch, Blackwork and engraving
Blackwork Designs with Various Mammals and Birds, Plate 5 from a Series of Blackwork Ornaments combined with Figures, Birds, Animals and Flowers
Artist and engraver Meinert Gelijs
After Jakob Hoefnagel
After Jacques Callot
after 1622
Painting from a Ceremonial House Ceiling, Kwanggi, Kalaba, Sago palm spathe, paint, Kwoma, Kalaba clan
Painting from a Ceremonial House Ceiling
Kwanggi, Kalaba
Workshop of Artists of Mariwai Village
1970
Piece, Silk, Japan
Piece
Japan
18th–19th century
Shard: Neck of Vessel with Carnivore, Painted terracotta, Pakistan
Shard: Neck of Vessel with Carnivore
Pakistan
ca. 4th–5th century
Ékwè ọ́zọ́ (ọ́zọ́ chieftancy stool), Igbo artist, Wood, paint, Igbo peoples
Ékwè ọ́zọ́ (ọ́zọ́ chieftancy stool)
Igbo artist
late 19th–early 20th century
Stamp seal (lion-shaped) with animal , Steatite, glaze, Syro-Anatolian-Levantine

Stamp seal (lion-shaped) with animal

Syro-Anatolian-Levantine
9th–8th century BCE
Stamp seal, Carnelian, Sasanian
Stamp seal
Sasanian
ca. 3rd–7th century CE
Necktie, Calvin Curtis, silk, American
Necktie
Designer Calvin Curtis
1935–49
Sleeve Band, Silk, metallic thread; on silk, China
Sleeve Band
China
19th century
Stamp seal (ovoid) with animals , Hematite, black, Syro-Anatolian-Levantine

Stamp seal (ovoid) with animals

Syro-Anatolian-Levantine
9th–7th century BCE
Belt Plaque in the Shape of a Crouching Carnivore, Bronze, North China and south-central Inner Mongolia
Belt Plaque in the Shape of a Crouching Carnivore
North China and south-central Inner Mongolia
5th century BCE
Piece, Lina Harttmann, Rayon (Enka), printed, American
Piece
Designer Lina Harttmann
Bourget Silks, Inc.
1944
Tile, Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware), Dutch
Tile
Dutch
1580–1625
Harness Ornament in the Shape of a Carnivore, Bronze, Northwest China and southwestern Inner Mongolia
Harness Ornament in the Shape of a Carnivore
Northwest China and southwestern Inner Mongolia
6th–4th century BCE
Band, Silk and linen, Italian
Band
Italian
16th century
Spouted water container (He, Bronze, China
Spouted water container (He
China
11th century BCE
Button, [no medium available], British
Button
British
1850–1900

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