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Ruler, Wood, bone, painted ox horn; bamboo, black lacquer, Korea
Ruler
Korea
late 19th–early 20th century
Ruler, Jasper Johns American, Lithograph
Ruler
Jasper Johns
Publisher Published by Universal Limited Art Editions
1966
Ruler , Wood, bone, painted ox horn; bamboo, black lacquer, Korea

Ruler

Korea
late 19th–early 20th century
Ruler, Wood, bone, painted ox horn; bamboo, black lacquer, Korea
Ruler
Korea
late 19th–early 20th century
Ruler, Wood, bone, and painted ox horn, Korea
Ruler
Korea
late 19th–early 20th century
Ruler, Wood, bone, and painted ox horn, Korea
Ruler
Korea
late 19th–early 20th century
Ruler, Wood, bone, and painted ox horn, Korea
Ruler
Korea
late 19th–early 20th century
Ruler, Wood, bone, and painted ox horn, Korea
Ruler
Korea
late 19th–early 20th century
Ruler, Wood, bone, painted ox horn; bamboo, black lacquer, Korea
Ruler
Korea
late 19th–early 20th century
Relief with enthroned ruler, Chakalte' Guatemalan or Mexican, Limestone, paint, Maya
Relief with enthroned ruler
Chakalte'
770 CE
Standing Male Ruler (?), Bronze, Thailand or Indonesia
Standing Male Ruler (?)
Thailand or Indonesia
12th–13th century
Head of a ruler, Copper alloy
Head of a ruler
ca. 2300–2000 BCE
Scarab of Kushite Ruler Senkamanisken, Steatite, traces of glaze
Scarab of Kushite Ruler Senkamanisken
ca. 643–623 BCE
Ring Inscribed Amenhotep Ruler of Thebes, Faience
Ring Inscribed Amenhotep Ruler of Thebes
ca. 1386–1347 BCE
Ring Inscribed Amenhotep Ruler of Thebes, Faience
Ring Inscribed Amenhotep Ruler of Thebes
ca. 1386–1347 BCE
Ring Inscribed Amenhotep Ruler of Thebes, Faience
Ring Inscribed Amenhotep Ruler of Thebes
ca. 1386–1347 BCE
Marble head of a Hellenistic ruler, Marble, Roman
Marble head of a Hellenistic ruler
Roman
1st–2nd century CE
Pipe with depiction of a ruler, Eghap(?) artist, Terracotta, wood, iron, Bamileke peoples, Bagam chiefdom
Pipe with depiction of a ruler
Eghap(?) artist
Early 20th century
Statue of Osiris, Ruler of Eternity, Wood, jasper, obsidian, bone, clinochlore, Egyptian blue, probably modern glass and blue inlays
Statue of Osiris, Ruler of Eternity
945–721 BCE
Wayang topeng mask of a martial ruler, Wood with shell inlay, hair and mineral pigments, Indonesia, Bali
Wayang topeng mask of a martial ruler
Indonesia, Bali
19th–early 20th century
Seated ruler with sword, Asante-Akan artist, Wood, kaolin, Asante-Akan peoples
Seated ruler with sword
Asante-Akan artist
19th–mid-20th century
A Ruler in Procession, Ink on paper, India (Rajasthan, Jodhpur)
A Ruler in Procession
India (Rajasthan, Jodhpur)
early 19th century
Scarab Praising the King as Ruler of Upper and Lower Egypt, Steatite
Scarab Praising the King as Ruler of Upper and Lower Egypt
ca. 945–721 BCE
Ruler, Jasper Johns American, Lithograph
Ruler
Jasper Johns
Publisher Published by Universal Limited Art Editions
1966
Turkish ruler seated upon a dromedary, Tin-glazed earthenware, German, Nassau-Usingen (Wiesbaden)
Turkish ruler seated upon a dromedary
German, Nassau-Usingen (Wiesbaden)
1772–74
Bowl with a Ruler and Attendants, Stonepaste; polychrome inglaze and overglaze painted and gilded on opaque monochrome glaze (mina'i)
Bowl with a Ruler and Attendants
12th–13th century
Scarab of Amenhotep III, ruler of Heliopolis, Green glazed steatite
Scarab of Amenhotep III, ruler of Heliopolis
ca. 1386–1347 BCE
Canaanite Scarab Showing a Prostrate Man under Two Cobras and a Scarab (Emblems of a Ruler), Steatite (glazed)
Canaanite Scarab Showing a Prostrate Man under Two Cobras and a Scarab (Emblems of a Ruler)
ca. 1550–1300 BCE
Small Stela Depicting the King Slaying a Libyan Ruler
ca. 1300–1080 BCE
Cherry Blossoms and Seal-box with Ink and Ruler, Kubo Shunman Japanese, Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper, Japan
Cherry Blossoms and Seal-box with Ink and Ruler
Kubo Shunman
19th century
[Three Carpenters, Standing, Holding a Ruler, Hammer, and Sheet of Paper], Unknown, Ambrotype with applied color
[Three Carpenters, Standing, Holding a Ruler, Hammer, and Sheet of Paper]
Unknown
1850s–60s
Servants Cutting up an Elephant in the Presence of their Ruler, Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Servants Cutting up an Elephant in the Presence of their Ruler
19th century
Untitled (Ruler)
Jasper Johns
Publisher Published by Jasper Johns
1968
"A Ruler in his Palace", Folio from a Kulliyat (Complete Works) of Sa'di, Sa'di Iranian, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
"A Ruler in his Palace", Folio from a Kulliyat (Complete Works) of Sa'di
Author Sa'di
19th century
Untitled, Second State, Jasper Johns American, Etching and aquatint
Untitled, Second State
Jasper Johns
Printer Donn Steward
Publisher Universal Limited Art Editions
1969
"Abu'l Mihjan and Sa`d ibn Abi Wakkas Before a Ruler", Folio from a Khavarannama (The Book of the East) of ibn Husam al-Din, Maulana Muhammad Ibn Husam ad Din Iranian, Opaque watercolor and ink on paper
"Abu'l Mihjan and Sa`d ibn Abi Wakkas Before a Ruler", Folio from a Khavarannama (The Book of the East) of ibn Husam al-Din
Author Maulana Muhammad Ibn Husam ad Din
ca. 1476–86
Untitled, Second State, Jasper Johns American, Etching and aquatint
Untitled, Second State
Jasper Johns
Printer Donn Steward
Publisher Universal Limited Art Editions
1969
Woman Before a Ruler
Enrico Glicenstein
ca. 1920–42
Album Page with Calligraphy Exercise (siyah mashq) by Muhammad Shah Qajar (3rd Ruler of the Qajar Dynasty), Muhammad Shah Iranian, Ink, gold, and opaque watercolor on paper
Album Page with Calligraphy Exercise (siyah mashq) by Muhammad Shah Qajar (3rd Ruler of the Qajar Dynasty)
Calligrapher Muhammad Shah
dated Shawwal 1260 AH/October 1844 CE
Kneeling ruler or priest, Leaded bronze
Restituted
Kneeling ruler or priest
ca. 8th century B.C.
Cylinder seal and modern impression: worshiper before a seated ruler or deity; seated female under a grape arbor, Serpentine, Elamite
Cylinder seal and modern impression: worshiper before a seated ruler or deity; seated female under a grape arbor
Elamite
ca. early 2nd millennium BCE
Portrait of K'inich Yo'nal Ahk II, seated ruler receiving a noble (Stela 5) , Maya artist(s), Limestone, paint, Maya
On loan to The Met

Portrait of K'inich Yo'nal Ahk II, seated ruler receiving a noble (Stela 5)

Maya artist(s)
700–725 CE

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