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Double cup with mythical beasts, Rhinoceros horn, China
China
18th century
Double vessel with mythical beasts (champion vase), Jade (nephrite), China
China
18th–19th century
Mountain-form brush rest with mythical beasts, Pewter, brass, China
China
17th century
Double vessel with mythical beasts (champion vase), Cloisonné enamel, China
China
18th century
Two Winged Beasts Confronted, Wood; carved
10th–12th century
Figure of a mythical beast, Porcelain with turqoise-blue glaze (Jingdezhen ware), China
China
first half of the 19th century
Recumbent mythical beast, Stoneware with green glaze, China
China
16th–17th century
Vase with poem and mythical beast, Porcelain with low relief decoration under white glaze (Jingdezhen ware), China
China
18th century
Hanging Lamp with a Griffin’s Head, Copper alloy, Byzantine
Byzantine
4th–6th century
Censer in the form of a mythical beast, Porcelain painted in underglaze blue (Jingdezhen ware), China
China
early 17th century
Fragment of a Cornice with a Frieze of Masks, Sandstone
15th–early 16th century
Figure of a Man Astride a Mythical Beast, Stoneware with celadon glaze (Yue ware), China
China
Seal paste box with boys and mythical beast qilin, Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue (Jingdezhen ware), China
China
late 17th–early 18th century
Dish with mythical beast qilin (one of a pair), Porcelain with white slip decoration and brown glaze (Jingdezhen ware), China
China
late 16th century
Carving with mythical beast, Jade (nephrite), China
China
16th–17th century
Fragment of an Oliphant, Ivory; carved
11th–12th century
Clothing box decorated with dragons, Lacquer inlaid with mother-of-pearl, tortoiseshell, and ray skin, Korea
Korea
19th century
Luster Bowl with Four Camels, Earthenware; luster-painted on opaque white glaze
10th century
Dragon jar, Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue design, Korea
Korea
second half 18th century
Parade Saddle, Bone, polychromy, wood, leather, iron alloy, German or Tyrolean
German or Tyrolean
ca. 1450
Incense burner in the shape of a mythical beast, Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue (Jingdezhen ware), China
China
17th century
Dish with mythical beast qilin (one of a pair), Porcelain with white slip decoration and brown glaze (Jingdezhen ware), China
China
late 16th century
Jewel-Holding Dragon, Ivory, Japan
Japan
18th century
Card Table, Duncan Phyfe  American, born Scotland, Rosewood, satinwood, painted and gilded gesso, brass, American
Attributed to Duncan Phyfe
1815–25
Dagger with Zoomorphic Hilt, Hilt: copper; cast, chased, gilded, and inlaid with rubies.<br/>Blade: steel; forged
second half 16th century
Manticore, Vienna, Hard-paste porcelain, Austrian, Vienna
Manufactory Vienna
Factory director Claudius Innocentius Du Paquier period
ca. 1735
Feathered serpent head, Teotihuacan artist(s), Stone, pigment, Teotihuacan
Teotihuacan artist(s)
100-500 CE
Tray, Brass; engraved and inlaid with silver and black compound
late 13th–early 14th century
Throne Leg in the Shape of a Griffin, Bronze; cast around a ceramic core and chased
late 7th–early 8th century
Bowl with Griffin or Other Winged Quadraped, Earthenware; cream slip with dark-brown decoration under transparent colorless glaze
10th century
Glazed Ceramic Bowl with a Deer or Fantastic Quadruped, Earthenware; reddish slip with dark-brown, yellow, and white slip decoration, under transparent colorless glaze
10th century
Griffin, Martin Schongauer  German, Engraving
Martin Schongauer
1470–91
Door Mount, Iron, French
French
possibly 11th century
Wine cup (Zhi), Bronze, China
China
13th century BCE
Baluster-shaped vase (part of a five-piece garniture), Hard-paste porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze enamel and gilding, Japanese, for export market (Hizen ware, Imari type)
Japanese, for export market (Hizen ware, Imari type)
ca. 1690–1720
Scene Inspired by the Scrolls of Frolicking Animals and Humans, Tomioka Tessai  Japanese, Hanging scroll; ink and color on satin, Japan
Tomioka Tessai
1890s
Cuirass (Armor for the Torso and Hips) and Greaves (Lower Leg Defenses), Iron, silver, gold, copper alloy, leather, wood, textile, Japanese
Japanese
probably late 18th–early 19th century
Incense burner in the shape of an archaic tripod (ding), Jade (jadeite), China
China
19th century
Wine container (Hu), Bronze, China
China
late 9th–early 8th century BCE
Courtesan Reading a Letter
, Ishikawa Toyonobu  Japanese, Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, Japan
Ishikawa Toyonobu
mid-18th century
Buddha Shakyamuni with attendant bodhisattvas, Mammoth ivory, China
China
12th–14th century
Netuske of Qilin and Two Cubs, Ivory, Japan
Japan
19th century

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