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"Recent Acquisitions: A Selection, 1988-1989": The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 47, no. 2 (Fall, 1989)
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART BULLETIN | VOLUME 47 | NUMBER 2

"Recent Acquisitions: A Selection, 1988–1989"

Various authors
1989
96 pages
8.5 x 11 in
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Foreword

Ancient Near Eastern Art

Greek and Roman Art

Islamic Art

Medieval Art and The Cloisters

Arms and Armor

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

European Paintings

Drawings

Prints and Photographs

Musical Instruments

Costume Institute

American Paintings and Sculpture

American Decorative Arts

Twentieth Century Art

Primitive Art

Asian Art

Met Art in Publication

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
Terracotta hydria (water jar), Lydos, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta hydria (water jar)
Lydos
ca. 560 BCE
Jewelry Elements, Gold sheet; worked, chased, and set with turquoise, gray chalcedony, and glass
Jewelry Elements
late 14th–16th century
Brazier, Bronze; cast and chased
Brazier
probably 15th century
"Allegory of Worldly and Otherworldly Drunkenness", Folio from the Divan of Hafiz, Hafiz Iranian, Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
"Allegory of Worldly and Otherworldly Drunkenness", Folio from the Divan of Hafiz
Hafiz
Sultan Muhammad
ca. 1531–33
Brazier of Rasulid Sultan al-Malik al-Muzaffar Shams al-Din Yusuf ibn 'Umar, Brass; cast, chased, and inlaid with silver and black compound
Brazier of Rasulid Sultan al-Malik al-Muzaffar Shams al-Din Yusuf ibn 'Umar
second half 13th century
Bottle, Stonepaste; molded and glazed
Bottle
mid-17th century
Belt Buckle, Copper alloy with garnets, glass, lapis lazuli, and cuttlefish bone, Visigothic
Belt Buckle
Visigothic
550–600
Game Piece with the Blinded Samson Led by a Boy to the Philistine Temple of Dagon, Walrus ivory, German
Game Piece with the Blinded Samson Led by a Boy to the Philistine Temple of Dagon
German
ca. 1150
Double-Sided Ivory Liturgical Comb with Scenes of Henry II and Thomas Becket, Elephant ivory, British
Double-Sided Ivory Liturgical Comb with Scenes of Henry II and Thomas Becket
British
ca. 1200–1210
Osculatory, Silver, silver gilt, and mother-of-pearl, Austrian
Osculatory
Austrian
ca. 1490
Roundel with Allegorical Figure, Colorless glass, vitreous paint and silver stain, South Netherlandish
Roundel with Allegorical Figure
South Netherlandish
ca. 1510–15
Saint Anthony Abbot, Nikolaus von Hagenau German, Walnut, German
Saint Anthony Abbot
Nikolaus von Hagenau
ca. 1500
Armor of Infante Luis, Prince of Asturias (1707–1724), Jean Drouart French, Steel, gold, brass, silk, cotton, metallic yarn, paper, French, Paris
Armor of Infante Luis, Prince of Asturias (1707–1724)
Jean Drouart
dated 1712
Ring with the Name of Pope Paul II (r. 1464–71), Gilt brass, blue glass, Italian, Rome
Ring with the Name of Pope Paul II (r. 1464–71)
Italian, Rome
1464–71
The Mass of St. Gregory, Wood, polychromed, gilt and silvered, Spanish, Castilian
The Mass of St. Gregory
Spanish, Castilian
1550–60
Henri IV, Marie de Médicis and the Dauphin, Guillaume Dupré French, Bronze, French, Paris
Henri IV, Marie de Médicis and the Dauphin
Guillaume Dupré
1605
Lion (one of a pair), Johann Gottlieb Kirchner German, Hard-paste porcelain, German, Meissen
Lion (one of a pair)
Johann Gottlieb Kirchner
Meissen Manufactory
ca. 1732
Lioness (one of a pair), Meissen Manufactory German, Hard-paste porcelain, German, Meissen
Lioness (one of a pair)
Meissen Manufactory
Johann Gottlieb Kirchner
ca. 1732
Themire Crowned by Graces, Sèvres Manufactory French, Soft-paste porcelain, in original gilt wood frame, French, Sèvres
Themire Crowned by Graces
Multiple artists/makers
1777
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