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Candlestick, western Iran, late 13th to early 14th century AD, cast brass, silver and gold inlay, view 2 - Aga Khan Museum - Toronto, Canada - DSC06604
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Clock by Jacquet, active in Gisors, France, early 1800s, gilt bronze, enamel - Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - Montreal, Canada - DSC08689
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Candlestick with ode by Heyrati Tuni, Iran, late 16th to early 17th century, brass with inlaid black compound - Aga Khan Museum - Toronto, Canada - DSC06809
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Bottle, China, Cizhou network kilns, Northern Song dynasty, 1000s to early 1100s, stoneware, white slip under colorless glaze - Freer Gallery of Art - DSC05031
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Bowl with mythical being holding a trophy head, Nasca, Peru, South coast, Early Nasca period, ceramic - Meso-American collection - Peabody Museum, Harvard University - DSC05937
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Cylindrical drum (tambourin), Provence region, France, early 1800s, walnut, maple, calfskin - Casadesus Collection of Historic Musical Instruments - Boston Symphony Orchestra - 20180113 192027
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Pocket watch and stand owned by Edward H. Everett, Cartier, early 1900s - Bennington Museum - Bennington, VT - DSC08668
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Garment fragment, Spain, Granada, Nasrid Dynasty, early 1400s AD, silk, view 2 - Textile Museum, George Washington University - DSC09631
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Plate, Kashan, Iran, Saljuq period, early 13th century AD, stone-paste painted in reverse luster over glaze - Freer Gallery of Art - DSC04623
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Votaries of Bacchus (foreground, early 1780s) with Two nymphs and a satyr (background, c. 1784), by Clodion, terracotta - Waddesdon Manor - Buckinghamshire, England - DSC07701
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John the Baptist by Leonhard Kern, Schwabisch Hall, 1625-1650 AD, ivory - Landesmuseum Württemberg - Stuttgart, Germany - DSC03228
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Identity tags (hopae), Korea, Joseon, late 19th and early 20th century, ivory, wood - National Museum of Natural History, United States - DSC00545
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Human head effigy jar, Nasca, Peru, South Coast, Early Nasca period, ceramic - Meso-American collection - Peabody Museum, Harvard University - DSC05938
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Kimono for a boy's omiyamairi (first shrine visit), Japan, Showa period, early 20th century, silk - Textile Museum, George Washington University - DSC09486
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Lekythos with head in an oriental hood, early 4th century BC, L 583 - Martin von Wagner Museum - Würzburg, Germany - DSC05812
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Column capital, Historic Syria, late 7th to early 8th century AD, marble, 1 of 2 - Aga Khan Museum - Toronto, Canada - DSC06312
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Aristotle and Alexander of Aphrodisias, Andrea Briosco (Riccio), Ulocrino, and circle, Padua, early 16th century AD, bronze - Bode-Museum - DSC02518
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Basketry hat with ermine, Tlingit, early 1800s - Native American collection - Peabody Museum, Harvard University - DSC05881
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Basketry hat cover, Tlingit, early 1800s - Native American collection - Peabody Museum, Harvard University - DSC05883
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Ciborium, Trepani, Italy, early 1700s, gilt copper, silver, gilt silver, coral - Museu Nacional de Soares dos Reis - Porto, Portugal - DSC00567
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Coin hoard II, mainly of Carthage coins, Kastell bei Isny, Kreis Ravensburg, late 3rd to early 4th century AD - Landesmuseum Württemberg - Stuttgart, Germany - DSC02898
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Coptic papyrus, Egypt, late 3rd to early 4th century AD, papyrus, K 1003 - Martin von Wagner Museum - Würzburg, Germany - DSC05381
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Cup and saucer, Royal Imperial Porcelain Factory, 1 of 2, Vienna, early 1800s, hard-paste porcelain - Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - Montreal, Canada - DSC09168
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Face mask (kifwebe) and costume, Songye peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo, late 19th to early 20th century, wood, paint, fiber, cane, gut - Dallas Museum of Art - DSC04932
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Four Scenes from the Life of the Buddha - First Sermon at the Deer Park in Sarnath - Kushan dynasty, late 2nd to early 3rd century AD, Gandhara, schist - Freer Gallery of Art - DSC04574
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Figurehead of Britannia, by Isacc Fowle, United States, early 1800s, wood and paint - Peabody Essex Museum - DSC07267
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Tankard, perhaps by Georg Schreiber, Konigsberg, Prussia, early 1600s, amber, soapstone, gilt silver - Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt - Darmstadt, Germany - DSC00489
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Tatehagido armor, signed Takakage, Japan, early Edo period, 1600s AD, iron, leather, gold, fur (detail) - The Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum - DSC05498
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The Maharajah of Kota, Members of Court, and the Englishman James Tod, India, Rajput style, Kota school, early 1800s, ink and color on paper - Sackler Museum - Harvard University - DSC01686
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Thistle, Frog, Snail, Butterfly, and Dragonfly, attributed to Sin Saimdang, Korea, Choson, dynasty, early 1600s AD, album leaf, ink and colors on silk - Sackler Museum - Harvard University - DSC01675
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The Twelve Apostles, with later gilding, Greek, Late Byzantine, early 1300s, tempera and gold leaf on wood panel - Princeton University Art Museum - DSC06701
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Three standing female figures, El Faisan area, Veracruz state, Early Classic period, 450-600 AD, ceramic figure 3 - Dallas Museum of Art - DSC04630
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Three standing female figures, El Faisan area, Veracruz state, Early Classic period, 450-600 AD, ceramic figure 1 detail - Dallas Museum of Art - DSC04631
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Three standing female figures, El Faisan area, Veracruz state, Early Classic period, 450-600 AD, ceramic figure 2 - Dallas Museum of Art - DSC04627
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Cabinet, Southern Germany, early 17th century, wood marquetry - Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas - Madrid, Spain - DSC07939
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Dish handle with hunting scene, Rogers Fund 1906, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Severan age, early 3rd century AD, silver - Exhibit in the Colosseum - Rome, Italy - DSC01396
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Stirrup-spout vessel with scroll ornament, Chavin style, Peru north coast, Early Horizon, c. 900-200 BC, ceramic - Dallas Museum of Art - DSC04695
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Stirrup-spout vessel with four bosses, Cupisnique culture, Peru north coast, Early Horizon, c. 900-200 BC, ceramic - Dallas Museum of Art - DSC04697
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Hair serpent (jadanagam), Tamil Nadu, India, late 1800s to early 1900s, gold, silver, cotton, rubies - Freer Gallery of Art - DSC04483
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Landscape with the Judgement of Paris, by Gillis van Coninxloo, late 1500s to early 1600s, oil on panel - National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo - DSC08459
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Cabinet, Catalonia, early 17th century AD, solid walnut with walnut and boxwood veneer - Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas - Madrid, Spain - DSC07965
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Dish with white herons, Imari ware, Japan, Edo period, 1600s AD, ceramic, sprayed underglaze blue - Tokyo National Museum - Tokyo, Japan - DSC08975
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Container, Mangbetu-Zande peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo, lates 1800s to early 1900s, wood, back, plant fiber, string - Fowler Museum - University of California, Los Angeles - DSC02366
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St. Jerome, Andrea Briosco (Riccio), Ulocrino, and circle, Padua, early 16th century AD, bronze - Bode-Museum - DSC02517
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Standing female figure with hands on chest, Las Bocas, Puebla state, Early to Middle Formative period, c. 1000-500 BC, ceramic, paint - Dallas Museum of Art - DSC04589
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Tomb figurines, China, Northern Wei, early 500s AD, earthenware with pigment - Princeton University Art Museum - DSC07091
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Tomb figurines, China, Northern Wei, early 500s AD, earthenware with pigment - Princeton University Art Museum - DSC07088
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Silver by Samuel Bartlett 1752-1821, Concord, with watch by William Hopeton, London, 1815, on candle stand, probably Concord, early 1800s, mahogany, cherry - Concord Museum - Concord, MA - DSC05833
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Three standing female figures, El Faisan area, Veracruz state, Early Classic period, 450-600 AD, ceramic figure 1 - Dallas Museum of Art - DSC04625
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Ascension (left) and Pentecost with holy bishops (right), codex covers, Italian imitation of Byzantine work, late 12th to early 13th century AD, ivory - Vatican Museums - DSC00705
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Alcove bed, China, Zhejiang or Jiangsu province, Qing dynasty, late 19th to early 20th century, carved, lacquered, and gilt wood - Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - Montreal, Canada - DSC09619
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Finials, 1 of 2, excavated in Luristan, Iran, late 2nd to early 1st millenium BC, bronze - Tokyo National Museum - Tokyo, Japan - DSC08566
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Cup and saucer, Royal Imperial Porcelain Factory, 2 of 2, Vienna, early 1800s, hard-paste porcelain - Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - Montreal, Canada - DSC09172
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Cup stand, Korea, Gangjin or Buan kilns, Goryeo period, 1150 to early 1200s AD, stoneware, white and black inlays under celadon glaze - Freer Gallery of Art - DSC04880
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Coptic papyrus, Egypt, late 3rd to early 4th century AD, papyrus, K 1003 - Martin von Wagner Museum - Würzburg, Germany - DSC05382
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Couch, China, late Ming or early Qing dynasty, 1600s AD, huanghuali wood (yellow flowering pear), cane - Portland Art Museum - Portland, Oregon - DSC08442
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Conrad Celtes presents his book 'Norimberga' to the Nuremberg City Council, artist unknown, early 1600s, presumably after original c. 1520, oil on wood - Stadtmuseum Fembohaus - Nuremberg, Germany - DSC02076
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Container decorated with the 18 scholars of the Tang Dynasty, China, Yuan or early Ming dynasty, wood with lacquer and mother-of-pearl - Linden-Museum - Stuttgart, Germany - DSC03515
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Empress Deng Admonishing Her Clain for Extravagance, from Virtuous Empresses and Empresses Dowager in Successive Dynasties, by Jiao Bingzhen, early 1700s AD - Peabody Essex Museum - DSC07924
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Enehey, excavated from Saqqarah, Egypt, New Kingdom, late 18th Dynasty to early 19th Dynasty, c. 1300-1200 BC, limestone, view 3 - Matsuoka Museum of Art - Tokyo, Japan - DSC07013
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Enehey, excavated from Saqqarah, Egypt, New Kingdom, late 18th Dynasty to early 19th Dynasty, c. 1300-1200 BC, limestone, view 5 - Matsuoka Museum of Art - Tokyo, Japan - DSC07016
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Enehey, excavated from Saqqarah, Egypt, New Kingdom, late 18th Dynasty to early 19th Dynasty, c. 1300-1200 BC, limestone, view 4 - Matsuoka Museum of Art - Tokyo, Japan - DSC07014
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Bowl, Iran, early 13th century AD, frit body, underglaze black and blue, turquoise glaze - Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - Montreal, Canada - DSC09693
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Kre alang (skirt), Indonesia, Sumbawa, Semawa people, early 20th century, cotton, metal-wrapped silk - Textile Museum, George Washington University - DSC09773
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Avalokitesvara, reduced copy after statue in Horyuji Temple, by Kano Tessai, Japan, Meiji era, early 1900s AD, wood, pigment - Freer Gallery of Art - DSC04832
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Three standing female figures, El Faisan area, Veracruz state, Early Classic period, 450-600 AD, ceramic figure 2 detail - Dallas Museum of Art - DSC04632
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Water Spirit head crest, Eastern Ijo people, Niger Delta Valley, Nigeria, early 20th century AD, wood, traces of pigment - Krannert Art Museum, UIUC - DSC06177
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Woman's shoes, China, possibly Northern style, late 19th to early 20th century, satin, cotton, leather - Redpath Museum - McGill University - Montreal, Canada - DSC08201
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Covered porringer and tray, Charles Halley Factory, Paris, early 1800s, hard-paste porcelain - Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - Montreal, Canada - DSC08727
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Enehey, excavated from Saqqarah, Egypt, New Kingdom, late 18th Dynasty to early 19th Dynasty, c. 1300-1200 BC, limestone, view 2 - Matsuoka Museum of Art - Tokyo, Japan - DSC07011
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Enehey, excavated from Saqqarah, Egypt, New Kingdom, late 18th Dynasty to early 19th Dynasty, c. 1300-1200 BC, limestone, view 1 - Matsuoka Museum of Art - Tokyo, Japan - DSC07009
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Fireman's hat, Japan, Meiji period, late 19th to early 20th century, cotton, paste-resist dyed - Textile Museum, George Washington University - DSC09529
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Galatian bust, early 100s AD, a copy from Galatian figure in a votive group in the Atena Nikephoros sanctuary, erected by Attalus I of Pergamon, c. 230 BC - Museo Chiaramonti - Vatican Museums - DSC00870
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Twin figure (ere ibeji), Yoruba people, Southwestern Nigeria, early 20th century AD, wood, cowrie shells, nails, camwood powder - Krannert Art Museum, UIUC - DSC06167
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St. Jerome, Andrea Briosco (Riccio), Ulocrino, and circle, Padua, early 16th century AD, bronze - Bode-Museum - DSC02521
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Rectangular vase with two handles, China, Qing dynasty, late 1700s to early 1800s AD, porcelain, turquoise glaze - Portland Art Museum - Portland, Oregon - DSC08419
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Samson paper press, 1790, used in the mill of Hodgkinson and Company, Wookey Hole, Somersetshire, England until the early 20th century - Robert C. Williams Paper Museum - DSC00728
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Fathali Shah Qajar, artist unknown, Iran, Tehran, early 19th century AD, oil on canvas - Aga Khan Museum - Toronto, Canada - DSC07113
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Mancerina and salt cellar (late 18th to early 19th century), pistero (17th century), Teruel, Spain, ceramic - Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas - Madrid, Spain - DSC08214
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Fan, China, early 1700s, tortoise shell, seashell, mother of pearl, ivory, sandalwood, rice paste, gold and silver - Fan Room, Alcázar of Seville, Spain - DSC07311
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Apostle (St. Peter), attributed to Marco Pino, early 1550s, oil on panel - Galleria Borghese - Rome, Italy - DSC04661
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Apostle (St. Paul), attributed to Girolamo Siciolante, early 1550s, oil on panel - Galleria Borghese - Rome, Italy - DSC04663
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Christ enthroned as Majestas Domini, with angels and Saints Gervasio and Protasio, probably Venice, late 11th to early 12th century AD, ivory - Vatican Museums - DSC00698
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Deesis, Christ between Mary and John the Baptist, Crete, Late Byzantine, early 1500s, tempera and gold leaf on wood panel - Princeton University Art Museum - DSC06702
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Double effigy jar with twin agricultural deities, Peru, Early Nasca, south coast, c. 200 AD, earthenware with slip glaze - Krannert Art Museum, UIUC - DSC06485
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Ecce Homo by Luca Cambiaso, Genoa, early 1570s, oil on canvas - Blanton Museum of Art - Austin, Texas - DSC07741
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Face mask of young maiden (ninea-gla), We people, Cote d'Ivroire, early 20th century AD, wood, metal bells, chalk - Krannert Art Museum, UIUC - DSC06185
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Farnese Planisphere Clock (Parma Planisphere), by Bernardo Facini of Parma, commissioned by the Farnese Duchess of Parma, early 1700s - Vatican Museums - DSC00743
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Buddhist stele with the Thousand Buddha motif, Northern Wei dynasty, early 6th century AD, probably 521 AD, sandstone with traces of paint, view 1 - Arthur M. Sackler Gallery - DSC05189
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Buddhist stele with the Thousand Buddha motif, Northern Wei dynasty, early 6th century AD, probably 521 AD, sandstone with traces of paint, view 2 - Arthur M. Sackler Gallery - DSC05202
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Mercury, S 60, Roman, mid 2nd century AD, marble, after Greek work from early 4th century BC, view 2 - Musei Capitolini - Rome, Italy - DSC06192
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Nilotic border mosaic fragment, Syrian, Early Byzantine, 5th-6th century AD, stone, glass - Middlebury College Museum of Art - Middlebury, VT - DSC08068
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Pedestal cup with lid, Korea, early Three Kingdoms period, c. 300-668 AD, earthenware - Middlebury College Museum of Art - Middlebury, VT - DSC08193
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Tripod plate with plumed serpent, Los Tuxtlas area, Veracruz state, Early Postclassic period, c. 900-1200 AD, ceramic - Dallas Museum of Art - DSC04619
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Trumpet, Paracas culture, Peru south coast, Early Horizon, c. 300-200 BC, ceramic and resin-suspended paint - Dallas Museum of Art - DSC04706
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Virgin and Child, by a follower of the Master of the Dangolsheimer Madonna, South German, late 15th to early 16th century, wood with polychromy and gilding, view 1- Princeton University Art Museum - DSC06868
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Sake Bottle, Imari ware, Edo period, 17th century, pine, bamboo, and plum design in underglaze blue - Tokyo National Museum - DSC05298
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Water Spirit head crest (pipligbo), Kalabari Ijo people, Niger Delta Valley, Nigeria, early 20th century AD, wood - Krannert Art Museum, UIUC - DSC06181
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