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Exhibition

The Facade Commission: Hew Locke, Gilt

OverviewExhibition ObjectsDialogues with The Met Collection
Trophy 1, Hew Locke British, Fiberglass, stainless steel, gilding, and oil-based paint
Trophy 1
Hew Locke
Trophy 2, Hew Locke British, Fiberglass, stainless steel, gilding, and oil-based paint
Trophy 2
Hew Locke
Trophy 3, Hew Locke British, Fiberglass, stainless steel, gilding, and oil-based paint
Trophy 3
Hew Locke
Trophy 4, Hew Locke British, Fiberglass, stainless steel, gilding, and oil-based paint
Trophy 4
Hew Locke
Andromeda and the Sea Monster, Domenico Guidi Italian, Marble, Italian, Rome
Andromeda and the Sea Monster
Domenico Guidi
Francesco II, Duke of Mantua and Reggio
1694
Goblet, Gold, Avar or Byzantine
Goblet
Avar or Byzantine
700s
Flintlock Blunderbuss, Steel, wood, gold, silver, Indian, Seringapatam
Flintlock Blunderbuss
Indian, Seringapatam
dated Mauludi era 1222/1793–94 CE
Figure of a man with an oryx, a monkey, and a leopard skin, Ivory, Assyrian
Figure of a man with an oryx, a monkey, and a leopard skin
Assyrian
ca. 8th century BCE
Bronze statuette of a boy in Eastern dress, Bronze, Greek, Ptolemaic or Roman
Bronze statuette of a boy in Eastern dress
Greek, Ptolemaic or Roman
mid-late 1st century BCE
Saber with Scabbard, Steel, gold, silver, jade (nephrite), diamonds, emeralds, pearls, grip, Indian; guard, scabbard, and decoration on blade, Turkish; blade, Iranian
Saber with Scabbard
grip, Indian; guard, scabbard, and decoration on blade, Turkish; blade, Iranian
grip, 18th or 19th century; guard and scabbard, 19th century; blade, dated A.H. 1099/1688 CE; decoration on blade, 19th century