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Biface
Acheulean
ca. 600,000–150,000 BCE
Bird Head
Morobe province
Date unknown
Woman Flower Basket (Hanaire)
Nagakura Ken'ichi
2004
Cowrie Shell Girdle of Sithathoryunet
ca. 1887–1813 B.C.
Beaker with birds and animals
ca. 4th century BCE
Seated dog
Colima artist(s)
200 BCE–300 CE
Ceremonial digging stick
Chincha artist(s)
1200–1535 CE
Ceremonial digging stick
Chincha artist(s)
1200–1535 CE
Ceremonial digging stick
Chincha artist(s)
1200–1535 CE
Ceremonial digging stick
Chincha artist(s)
1200–1535 CE
Working Table
Gabriel Orozco
2000–2022
Nose Ornament
Zenú
1–1000 CE
Buddha Preaching
Central or northeastern Thailand
8th–early 9th century
Tile From an Inscriptional Frieze
dated 707 AH/1308 CE
Cone-shaped vase with geometric decoration
Iran
ca. 4500–4100 BCE
Vessel terminating in the head of a ram
Iran
ca. 7th–6th century BCE
Goblet decorated with a frieze of birds
Iran
ca. early 4th millennium BCE
Shino Teabowl with Bridge and House, known as “Bridge of the Gods” (Shinkyō)
Japan
late 16th century
Terracotta deep skyphos (drinking cup)
Greek, Cretan
11th–9th century BCE
Terracotta juglet
Minoan
ca. 1375–1300 BCE
Vessel terminating in the forepart of a fantastic leonine creature
Achaemenid
ca. 5th century BCE
Jar (Tsubo) with Chrysanthemums
Japan
late 13th–early 14th century
Deer Mandala of Kasuga Shrine
Japan
late 14th century
Tunic
Wari artist
650–1000 CE
Silk Animal Carpet
second half 16th century
Haniwa
Tsuji Kakō 都路華香
ca. 1920
Terracotta jug
Cypriot
ca. 750–600 BCE
Bowl
Eiraku Hozen
1800
Teabowl
Ninsei II
ca. 1650
Tool
Iran
5th–3rd millennium BCE
Tool
Iran
5th–3rd millennium BCE
Tool
Iran
5th–3rd millennium BCE
Tool
Iran
5th–3rd millennium BCE (?)
Scraper
Iran
5th–3rd millennium BCE
Tool
Iran
5th–3rd millennium BCE
Tool
Iran
5th–3rd millennium BCE
Terracotta conical rhyton (vase for liquid offerings)
Minoan
ca. 1600–1500 BCE
Terracotta hemispherical cup
Minoan
ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Terracotta beak-spouted jar, Vasiliki ware
Minoan
ca. 2600–2200 BCE
Five Dishes with Wave Design
Japan
first half of the 18th century