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Anonymous, British, 19th century
ca. 1875
George Ashdown Audsley
William James Audsley
Publisher Day & Son, Ltd., London
1865
Author Ben Macomber
Publisher John H. Williams
1915
Ìgbèsànmwà (ivory- and wood- carving guild) artists
16th century
second half 16th century
Nepal
dated 1004
ca. 1878–1840 B.C.
completed by 10 CE
Benin
19th century
ca. 1347–1330 BCE
Joaquín Torres-García
1931
Colombian; Popayán
Ca. 1660 (diadem) and ca. 1770 (arches)
Sano di Pietro (Ansano di Pietro di Mencio)
ca. 1440
Abelam people
19th–early 20th century
Indian
19th century
China
mid-14th century
Greek or Roman
1st century BCE–1st century CE
China
late 15th–early 16th century
Cypriot
ca. 1600–1050 BCE
14th century
French
ca. 1150
Italian
ca. 1475–80
India (Uttar Pradesh, Mathura region)
1st–2nd century
Greek, South Italian
ca. 300–100 BCE
Japanese
19th century
Ngongo ya Chintu, formerly known as the "Buli Master"
ca. 1840–1870
Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia)
1445
Hans Memling
1480–89
South Netherlandish
ca. 1475–80
Italian, Pesaro
probably ca. 1486–88
French
ca. 1475–1525
German
ca. 1765
Gunsmith Inscribed by Kazuki Nobumichi
barrel late 18th–early 19th century; stock, dated 1865
3rd–12th century
Babylonian
ca. 18th–17th century BCE
ca. 1473–1458 BCE
ca. 1080–664 BCE
ca. 1080–664 BCE
Indian (Tamil Nadu)
ca. late 11th century
ca. 1080–664 BCE
China
late 16th–early 17th century
Byzantine
6th–7th century
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