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Haniwa (hollow clay sculpture) of a boar, Earthenware, Japan — Haniwa (hollow clay sculpture) of a boar
Japan
5th century

Haniwa (Clay Sculpture) of a Female Shrine Attendant, Earthenware with traces of color, Japan — Haniwa (Clay Sculpture) of a Female Shrine Attendant
Japan
6th century

Haniwa (Hollow Clay Sculpture) of a Shaman

, Earthenware with painted, incised, and applied decoration (Kanto region), Japan — Haniwa (Hollow Clay Sculpture) of a Shaman
Japan
5th–early 6th century

Haniwa (Hollow Clay Sculpture) of a Warrior

, Earthenware with painted, incised, and applied decoration (Kanto region), Japan — Haniwa (Hollow Clay Sculpture) of a Warrior
Japan
5th–early 6th century

Head of Buddha, Red clay with traces of color, China (Xinjiang Autonomous Region) — Head of Buddha
China (Xinjiang Autonomous Region)
6th–7th century

Nsodie (memorial head), Akan artist, Terracotta, Akan — Nsodie (memorial head)
Akan artist
17th–mid-18th century

The Intoxication of Wine, Clodion (Claude Michel) French, Terracotta, French, Paris — The Intoxication of Wine
Clodion (Claude Michel)
ca. 1780–90

Bust of the Virgin, Terracotta with paint, Bohemian — Bust of the Virgin
Bohemian
ca. 1390–95

Seated figure, Middle Niger artist, Terracotta, Middle Niger civilization — Seated figure
Middle Niger artist
13th century

Shabti coffin, clay, Clay (unfired), paint — Shabti coffin, clay
ca. 1635–1458 B.C.

Goddess who bestows riches, probably Sri Lakshmi, Molded terracotta, India, Chandraketugarh, West Bengal — Goddess who bestows riches, probably Sri Lakshmi
India, Chandraketugarh, West Bengal
1st century BCE

Model for a Proposed Monument to Commemorate the Invention of the Balloon, Clodion (Claude Michel) French, Terracotta, French, Paris — Model for a Proposed Monument to Commemorate the Invention of the Balloon
Clodion (Claude Michel)
ca. 1784

Virgin and Child, Andrea della Robbia Italian, Glazed terracotta, Italian, Florence — Virgin and Child
Andrea della Robbia
ca. 1470–75

Direction of the Wind—Unglazed Clay Pipes (Fūi—yakishime paipu), Yagi Kazuo Japanese, Unglazed Shigaraki white clay, Japan — Direction of the Wind—Unglazed Clay Pipes (Fūi—yakishime paipu)
Yagi Kazuo
1955

Seal impression, Clay (unfired) — Seal impression
ca. 1336–1327 B.C.

Smiling figure (Sonriente), South central Veracruz artist(s), Ceramic, slip, paint, Classic Veracruz — Smiling figure (Sonriente)
South central Veracruz artist(s)
600–1000 CE

Xantil (deity censer), Eastern Nahua artist(s), Ceramic, slip, Eastern Nahua — Xantil (deity censer)
Eastern Nahua artist(s)
1200–1521 CE

Terracotta statuette of a woman, Terracotta, Greek, perhaps from Asia Minor — Terracotta statuette of a woman
Greek, perhaps from Asia Minor
2nd century BCE

Honoré de Balzac, Auguste Rodin French, Terracotta, French — Honoré de Balzac
Auguste Rodin
1891

Animal figurine, Clay — Animal figurine
ca. 1981–1640 B.C.

Figurine of animal, Clay — Figurine of animal
ca. 1981–1640 B.C.

Animal figurine, Clay — Animal figurine
ca. 1981–1640 B.C.

Donkey with packs on its back, Clay, twigs — Donkey with packs on its back
ca. 1991–1450 B.C.

Proto-Cuneiform tablet with seal impressions: administrative account of barley distribution with cylinder seal impression of a male figure, hunting dogs, and boars, Clay, Sumerian — Proto-Cuneiform tablet with seal impressions: administrative account of barley distribution with cylinder seal impression of a male figure, hunting dogs, and boars
Sumerian
ca. 3100–2900 BCE

Henry Clay, Thomas Ball American, Bronze, American — Henry Clay
Thomas Ball
Ames Manufacturing Company
1858

Clay Sealing, Clay, Minoan — Clay Sealing
Minoan
ca. 1600–1450 BCE

Altar with female figures, Dogon blacksmith, Wood, clay, applied organic materials, Dogon peoples — Altar with female figures
Dogon blacksmith
16th–mid-20th century

Buddha with Bodhisattvas Padmapani and Vajrapani

, Fired clay, molded and polychromed, Tibet — Buddha with Bodhisattvas Padmapani and Vajrapani
Tibet
ca. 10th century

Buddha, probably Amitabha
, Dry lacquer with polychrome pigment and gilding, China — Buddha, probably Amitabha
China
early 7th century

Black-on-Black Jar, Maria Martínez Native American, San Ildefonso Pueblo, Clay and slip, San Ildefonso, Native American — Black-on-Black Jar
Maria Martínez
Julián Martínez
1919–20

Aloalo (funerary sculpture), Mahafaly artist, Wood, Mahafaly peoples — Aloalo (funerary sculpture)
Mahafaly artist
first half of 20th century

Painting & Sculpture, Daniel Chester French American, Bronze, American — Painting & Sculpture
Daniel Chester French
Roman Bronze Works
1899

Faience Overseer Ushabti, Clay, glazed, Cypriot — Faience Overseer Ushabti
Cypriot
7th–6th century BCE

Pair of Standing Nude Male Figures Demonstrating the Principles of Contrapposto according to Michelangelo and Phidias, Auguste Rodin French, Terracotta, French — Pair of Standing Nude Male Figures Demonstrating the Principles of Contrapposto according to Michelangelo and Phidias
Auguste Rodin
ca. 1911

Terracotta head of a woman, probably a sphinx, Terracotta, Greek — Terracotta head of a woman, probably a sphinx
Greek
1st quarter of the 5th century BCE

Untitled (Sculpture), Win Ng American, Glazed ceramic — Untitled (Sculpture)
Win Ng
1959

Minerva, Clodion (Claude Michel) French, Terracotta, French, modeled Italy, Rome — Minerva
Clodion (Claude Michel)
1766

Fragment of a terracotta female figure, Terracotta, Cypriot — Fragment of a terracotta female figure
Cypriot
ca. 600 BCE

Seated elder, Tolita-Tumaco artist(s), Ceramic, Tolita-Tumaco — Seated elder
Tolita-Tumaco artist(s)
200 BCE–300 CE

Bata (ram) mask for a beete performance, Kwele artist, Wood, pigment, kaolin, Kwele peoples — Bata (ram) mask for a beete performance
Kwele artist
19th–first half of 20th century