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Crouching Baku (Mythical Creature), Sadatake  Japanese, Wood, Japan
Sadatake
18th century
Roof tile with a mythical creature, Earthenware with colored glaze, China
China
16th century
Seated Baku (Mythical Creature Devouring Nightmares), Ivory, Japan
Japan
18th century
Vessel in the shape of a mythical creature, Stoneware with celadon glaze (Yue ware), China
China
Scroll Cover with Mythical Creature, Silk embroidery on simple gauze silk, China
China
18th century
Vase with Mythical Creature Chasing Pearl

, Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware), China
China
early 18th century
Vase with mythical creature qilin, Porcelain painted in overglaze polychrome enamels (Jingdezhen ware), China
China
19th century
Rank badge with mythical creature Baize, Silk satin with supplementary weft pattern, metal thread, peacock feather thread, China
China
late 17th–early 18th century
Water dropper in the form of a mythical creature, Porcelain with tea-dust glaze (Jingdezhen ware), China
China
18th century
Belt hook in the shape of a mythical creature, Bronze inlaid with gold and silver, China
China
3rd–2nd century BCE
Ornament with Fantastic Creature, Gilded bronze, North China
North China
2nd century BCE
Belt Plaque with Mythological Creature, Gilt silver, North China
North China
3rd century BCE
Figure of a supernatural creature, Ivory, Iran
Iran
ca. 8th–7th century BCE
The Fabulous Creature Buraq, Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
ca. 1660–80
Creature, R. W. Martin and Brothers  British, Stoneware, British, Southall, London
R. W. Martin and Brothers
1885
Gourd-Shaped Case with Pattern of Pig-Faced Creature, Silk and metallic-thread embroidery on silk damask, China
China
18th–19th century
Satyr holding a fantastical creature (recto); Two candelabra grotesques (verso), Andrés de Melgar  Spanish, Pen and brown ink
? attributed to Andrés de Melgar
ca. 1545–60
Ear Plug with Kinnari (Half-Bird, Half-Female Creature), Terracotta, India
India
ca. 5th century
Satyr riding a fantastical creature, snail-like creatures, Andrés de Melgar  Spanish, Pen and brown ink over black chalk
? attributed to Andrés de Melgar
ca. 1545–60
Female Term, seated figure, and fantastical creature (recto); Satyr and study of a woman and child (verso), Andrés de Melgar  Spanish, Pen and brown ink
? attributed to Andrés de Melgar
ca. 1545–60
Paperweight in the shape of a Qilin, Copper alloy, China
China
15th–16th century
Manticore, Vienna, Hard-paste porcelain, Austrian, Vienna
Manufactory Vienna
Factory director Claudius Innocentius Du Paquier period
ca. 1735
Baku, Mythical Animal, White porcelain (Hirado ware), Japan
Japan
18th century
Six subjects after antique cameos: female figures tending to a seated male figure; putti and dolphins; female figure holding the reins of a pair of rearing horses; intertwined naked figures flanked by music-playing satyrs; triton with shield-bearing female figure; naked male figure seated on goat-headed sea creature, Battista Franco  Italian, Etching
Battista Franco
A Gathering of Mythical Creatures around a Lotus Leaf, Mu'in Musavvir  Iranian, Watercolor and ink on paper
Mu'in Musavvir
dated Shawwal 1088 AH/1677 CE
Seal with Knob in the Shape of a Chimera, Gilded bronze, China
China
ca. 3rd century
Plate with mythical creatures, Porcelaneous stoneware painted in underglaze cobalt blue (Swatow ware), China
China
16th century
Perminangken (container for magical substances), Toba Batak artist, Wood, ceramic, Toba Batak peoples
Toba Batak artist
19th–early 20th century
Jar with mythical creatures, Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue (Jingdezhen ware), China
China
16th century
Fragment of a Tapestry or Wall Hanging, Wool and linen, Upper Rhenish
Upper Rhenish
ca. 1420–30
Chimera, Stone, China
China
5th century
Water Spout in the Form of a Makara, Bronze, Indonesia (Java)
Indonesia (Java)
ca. 10th century
Gilt silver kylix, Silver-gilt, Greek
Greek
late 5th century BCE
Seal with Knob in the Shape of a Chimera, Gilded silver, China
China
ca. 3rd century
Wine container (hu) with mythical creatures, Earthenware with lead green glaze, China
China
1st–2nd century
Chimera (Bixie) (a); magnifying glass (b), Gold (a); glass, tortoise shell case (b), China
China
1st century (a); 20th century (b)
Mirror with deities and mythical creatures, Bronze, China
China
late 2nd century
Vase with Animals and Mythical Creatures

, Porcelain painted in overglaze polychrome enamels (Jingdezhen ware), China
China
early 18th century
Dante and Virgil on the back of Geryon, Bertel Thorvaldsen  Danish, Black and white chalk
Bertel Thorvaldsen
early 19th century
Dish with Mythical Winged Animal, Stone, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)
Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Mythical Chimera (Kirin) Standing on a Seal, Ivory, Japan
Japan
second half 18th century–first half 19th century
Netsuke of Qilin and Cub, Wood, Japan
Japan
19th century

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