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Insect gold weight, Akan artist, Brass, Akan peoples
Insect gold weight
Akan artist
19th–mid-20th century
Insect Ornament, Gold (cast), Calima (Yotoco)
Insect Ornament
Calima (Yotoco)
1st–7th century
Insect Ornament, Gold (cast), Calima (Yotoco)
Insect Ornament
Calima (Yotoco)
1st–7th century
Double Insect Pendant, Gold or gold alloy, Early Quimbaya
Double Insect Pendant
Early Quimbaya
300 BCE–700 CE
Ring: Insect, Dogon blacksmith, Brass, Dogon peoples
Ring: Insect
Dogon blacksmith
19th–20th century
Ring: Insect, Dogon blacksmith, Brass, Dogon peoples
Ring: Insect
Dogon blacksmith
19th–20th century
Scaraboid, insect (?)
ca. 1550–1300 BCE
Scarab, insect
664–332 BCE
Insect, Kenneth Callahan American, Brush and black ink on paper (recto and verso)
Insect
Kenneth Callahan
1959
Netsuke with Decoration of Insect, Wood and metal (Monju type), Japan
Netsuke with Decoration of Insect
Japan
19th century
Amulet, flying insect (?)
ca. 1300–1080 BCE
[Microscopic view of an insect], Alois Auer Austrian, Albumen silver print
[Microscopic view of an insect]
Alois Auer
ca. 1853
Ornament with insect, Bronze, Korea
Ornament with insect
Korea
Fan and Insect Cage, Shibata Zeshin Japanese, Album leaf; lacquer on silver paper, Japan
Fan and Insect Cage
Shibata Zeshin
Insect Catcher and Potted Herbs, Ryūryūkyo Shinsai Japanese, Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper, Japan
Insect Catcher and Potted Herbs
Ryūryūkyo Shinsai
19th century
Evening stole, Cotton, insect, metallic, American
Evening stole
American
ca. 1860
Ornament with insect, Bronze, Korea
Ornament with insect
Korea
Page of Calligraphy with Scribbled Bird and Insect?, Ink and opaque watercolor on paper
Page of Calligraphy with Scribbled Bird and Insect?
16th–17th century
Incense Box with Autumn Grasses and Insect Cage, Gold, silver hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, cut-out gold foil application on black ground, Japan
Incense Box with Autumn Grasses and Insect Cage
Japan
mid-19th century
Caricature: Insect Couple, Ludwig Heinrich Jungnickel Austrian, born Germany, Color lithograph
Caricature: Insect Couple
Ludwig Heinrich Jungnickel
Publisher Wiener Werkstätte
1911
A New Insect, Thomas Rowlandson British, Hand-colored etching
A New Insect
(?) Thomas Rowlandson
Publisher William Humphrey
May 12, 1784
Advertisement for Insect Tongs, M. J. Baudry French, Engraving on green paper
Advertisement for Insect Tongs
Publisher M. J. Baudry
1886
Insect
Krishna Reddy
1955
Insect, Krishna Reddy American, born India, Etching, epreuve d'artiste VI/ X
On loan to The Met
Insect
Krishna Reddy
1952
Flower and Insect, Chen Zhifo Chinese, Hanging scroll; ink and color on alum paper, China
Flower and Insect
Chen Zhifo
20th century
Freshwater Jar (Mizusashi) with Insect Procession, Makuzu Kōzan I (Miyagawa Toranosuke) Japanese, Stoneware with polychrome enamels and gold over transparent glaze; wood lid, ivory knob (Makuzu ware), Japan
Freshwater Jar (Mizusashi) with Insect Procession
Makuzu Kōzan I (Miyagawa Toranosuke)
1870–80s
Frieze with Eleven Birds and an Insect, Jan Collaert I Netherlandish, Engraving
Frieze with Eleven Birds and an Insect
Jan Collaert I
1590–1612
Metal Plate for Insect Print, Krishna Reddy American, born India, Copper plate
On loan to The Met
Metal Plate for Insect Print
Krishna Reddy
1952
Picture Book of Selected Insects (The Insect Book) (Ehon mushi erami) 画本虫撰, Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 Japanese, Set of two woodblock printed books; ink, color, and mica (vol. 2) on paper, Japan
Picture Book of Selected Insects (The Insect Book) (Ehon mushi erami) 画本虫撰
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿
1788
Picture Book of Crawling Creatures (The Insect Book) (Ehon mushi erami) 画本虫撰, Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 Japanese, One from a set of two polychrome woodblock printed books; ink and color on paper, Japan
Picture Book of Crawling Creatures (The Insect Book) (Ehon mushi erami) 画本虫撰
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿
probably 1823 (later edition)
Picture Book of Crawling Creatures (The Insect Book) (Ehon mushi erami) 画本虫撰, Kitagawa Utamaro Japanese, One from a set of two polychrome woodblock printed books; ink and color on paper, Japan
Picture Book of Crawling Creatures (The Insect Book) (Ehon mushi erami) 画本虫撰
Kitagawa Utamaro
probably 1823 (later edition)
Small design with insect on leaf
George S. Pearson
ca. 1880–1900
Spiderwort and Insect: Page from The Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting (Jieziyuan huazhuan)
After a painting by Zhao Baisu
1782, 2nd edition
Picture Book of Crawling Creatures (The Insect Book) (Ehon mushi erami)
Kitagawa Utamaro
1788
Unfinished Scarab, Limestone
Unfinished Scarab
Ensemble, a) silk, cotton, metallic; b,d,e) cotton, metallic, glass; c) cotton, metallic, glass, insect, India
Ensemble
India
1815–20
Summer Robe (Katabira) with Autumn Flowers and Insect Cages
Japan
late 18th–early 19th century
A very well put insect and beautiful dancer, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals", J. J. Grandville French, Wood engraving
A very well put insect and beautiful dancer, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
Illustrator J. J. Grandville
Engraver Andrew Best Leloir
Author Honoré de Balzac
ca. 1837–47
Actress wearing pendant in shape of insect, from Stars of the Stage, Fourth Series (N132) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco, W. Duke, Sons & Co. American, Commercial color lithograph
Actress wearing pendant in shape of insect, from Stars of the Stage, Fourth Series (N132) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco
Publisher Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co.
Publisher , a branch of the American Tobacco Company
1892–93
Newly hatched chick chasing insect, from the Easter Subjects series (E45) issued by the American Caramel Company to promote Easter Caramels, American Caramel Company, Philadelphia American, Commercial color lithograph
Newly hatched chick chasing insect, from the Easter Subjects series (E45) issued by the American Caramel Company to promote Easter Caramels
Publisher Issued by the American Caramel Company, Philadelphia
1910
Insects and Grasses, Yamamoto Baiitsu Japanese, Handscroll; ink and color on silk, Japan
Insects and Grasses
Yamamoto Baiitsu
dated 1847
Two moths and six Insects, Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian, Etching; first state of three
Two moths and six Insects
Wenceslaus Hollar
1645

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