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Standing Male Ruler (?), Bronze, Thailand or Indonesia
Thailand or Indonesia
12th–13th century
Head of a ruler, Copper alloy
ca. 2300–2000 BCE
Marble head of a Hellenistic ruler, Marble, Roman
Roman
1st–2nd century CE
Pipe with depiction of a ruler, Eghap(?) artist, Terracotta, wood, iron, Bamileke peoples, Bagam chiefdom
Eghap(?) artist
Early 20th century
A Ruler in Procession, Ink on paper, India (Rajasthan, Jodhpur)
India (Rajasthan, Jodhpur)
early 19th century
Turkish ruler seated upon a dromedary, Tin-glazed earthenware, German, Nassau-Usingen (Wiesbaden)
German, Nassau-Usingen (Wiesbaden)
1772–74
Ruler, Jasper Johns  American, Lithograph
Jasper Johns
Universal Limited Art Editions
1966
Ruler, Jasper Johns  American, Lithograph
Jasper Johns
Universal Limited Art Editions
1966
Ruler
, Wood, bone, painted ox horn; bamboo, black lacquer, Korea
Korea
late 19th–early 20th century
Wayang topeng mask of a martial ruler, Wood with shell inlay, hair and mineral pigments, Indonesia, Bali
Indonesia, Bali
19th–early 20th century
Ruler, Wood, bone, painted ox horn; bamboo, black lacquer, Korea
Korea
late 19th–early 20th century
Ruler, Wood, bone, painted ox horn; bamboo, black lacquer, Korea
Korea
late 19th–early 20th century
Ruler, Wood, bone, painted ox horn; bamboo, black lacquer, Korea
Korea
late 19th–early 20th century
Censer with seated king, Maya artist(s), Ceramic, slip, Maya
Maya artist(s)
300–400 CE
Ruler, Wood, bone, and painted ox horn, Korea
Korea
late 19th–early 20th century
Ruler, Wood, bone, and painted ox horn, Korea
Korea
late 19th–early 20th century
Ruler, Wood, bone, and painted ox horn, Korea
Korea
late 19th–early 20th century
Ruler, Wood, bone, and painted ox horn, Korea
Korea
late 19th–early 20th century
Jasper Johns
1968
Untitled, Second State, Jasper Johns  American, Etching and aquatint
Multiple artists/makers
1969
The Holy Family with the Young Saint John the Baptist, Andrea del Sarto (Andrea d'Agnolo)  Italian, Oil on wood
Andrea del Sarto (Andrea d'Agnolo)
ca. 1528
Chalcedony scaraboid in silver ring, Chalcedony, silver, Greek
Greek
mid-5th century BCE
Tiraz Textile Fragment, Linen; plain weave, embroidered in silk
dated 320 AH/932–33 CE