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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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Miniature initiation mask, Zombo people, Kongo subgroup, Democratic Republic of the Congo, late 19th to early 20th century AD, wood, pigment, raffia - Krannert Art Museum, UIUC - DSC06193
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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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Hercules by Laurent Delvaux, early 1700s - Waddesdon Manor - Buckinghamshire, England - DSC07552
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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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Dish handle with triumph of Dionysus, Rogers Fund 1954, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Iran between Hamadan and Kirmanshah,Severan, early 3rd cent. AD, silver - Exhibit in the Colosseum - Rome, Italy - DSC01397
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Dish with parrot effigy lid, Maya, Guatemala, Holmul, Group II, Building B, Early Classic, 350-500 AD, ceramic - Meso-American collection - Peabody Museum, Harvard University - DSC05926
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Dish with hydrangea design, Japan, Arita, Edo period, 17th to early 18th century AD, enamelled Nabeshima ware - Matsuoka Museum of Art - Tokyo, Japan - DSC07284
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Two seated hunchbacks, Olmec style, Las Bocas, Puebla state, Early to Middle Formative period, c. 1000-500 BC, ceramic, paint - Dallas Museum of Art - DSC04590
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Quadrupite icon with four nativities, Palekh school, late 1700s to early 1800s, egg tempera and gold leaf on wood - Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon - Eugene, Oregon - DSC09249
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Potpourri vase, porcelain pot from Japan c. 1680, porcelain stag from China, early 1700s, assemblage and porcelain flowers made in France c. 1750 - Peabody Essex Museum - Salem, MA - DSC05194
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Chess piece, Punjab Hills, India, late 1770s to early 1800s AD, ivory, gilt and polychrome - Dallas Museum of Art - DSC04965
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Covered cooking vessel (dui), China, Warring States to early Western Han dynasty, 3rd-2nd century BC, bronze - Portland Art Museum - Portland, Oregon - DSC08606
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Flowerpot with incised number 1, China, Henan province, Yuxian, Juntai, Ming dynasty, early 1400s AD, stoneware, Jun glaze - Freer Gallery of Art - DSC04990
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Alcove bed interior view, 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 - DSC09623
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Anklet, shoe in Cantonese style, and cast of a foot, China, late 19th to early 20th century, silk, cotton, commercial ribbon, plaster - Redpath Museum - McGill University - Montreal, Canada - DSC08205
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Beaker illustrating tale of Bizhan and Manizha from the Shahnama, Iran, early 13th century, composite body painted over glaze with enamel - Freer Gallery of Art - DSC04677
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Basin with incised number 6, China, Henan province, Yuxian, Juntai, Ming dynasty, early 1400s AD, stoneware, Jun glaze - Freer Gallery of Art - DSC04992
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Wine mug calling for God's favor on the owner, Iran, Khorasan, late 12th to early 13th century AD, silver-inlaid brass, view 2 - Aga Khan Museum - Toronto, Canada - DSC06379
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Woman's shoe, China, possibly Shanxi or Ningbo style, late 19th to early 20th century, satin, silk, cotton, gold thread, velvet - Redpath Museum - McGill University - Montreal, Canada - DSC08203
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Spindle whorls, (left) biconical, Red Polished Ware, Early-Middle Cypriot, terracotta, (right) conical, Late Cypriot, gypsum or limestone - Harvard Semitic Museum - Cambridge, MA - DSC06317
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St. George, Andrea Briosco (Riccio), Ulocrino, and circle, Padua, early 16th century AD, bronze - Bode-Museum - DSC02516
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Empress Mingde Taking Care of Grandchildren, from Virtuous Empresses and Empresses Dowager in Successive Dynasties, by Jiao Bingzhen, early 1700s AD - Peabody Essex Museum - DSC07922
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Efe-gelede cap mask (apasa), Ketu-Ohori Yoruba people, Republic of Benin, early 20th century AD, wood, indigo, white pigments - Krannert Art Museum, UIUC - DSC06189
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Landscape with Castles, attributed to Bartolomeo Montagna, late 1400s to early 1500s, oil on panel (tondo) - National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo - DSC08053
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Mercury, S 60, Roman, mid 2nd century AD, marble, after Greek work from early 4th century BC, view 1 - Musei Capitolini - Rome, Italy - DSC06188
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Menpo (half mask), signed Kunichika, Japan, late Muromachi period, early 1500s AD, iron, lacquer, lacing, hair - The Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum - DSC05576
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Jue (wine cup), Anyang, Henan province, China, Shang dynasty, 13th to early 12th century BC, cast bronze - Portland Art Museum - Portland, Oregon - DSC08430
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Jame' al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) manuscript by Rashid al-Din Fazlullah, Iran, early 15th century AD, ink, watercolour, and gold on paper - Aga Khan Museum - Toronto, Canada - DSC06735
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Kilim rug, Iran, Kashan, Safavid Dynasty, late 16th to early 17th century AD, silk, metallic-wrapped silk - Textile Museum, George Washington University - DSC09561
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Kawari kabuto (elaborately shaped helmet) resembling a kanmuri hat, Japan, Momoyama to early Edo period, c. 1600 AD, iron, silver, lacquer, lacing - The Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum - DSC05594
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Chatsworth from the South-West, by Thomas Smith of Derby, early 1740s - Green Satin Room, Chatsworth House - Derbyshire, England - DSC03165
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Small tray (tabaqcheh) with scene of young prince and two officials at a wine banquet, Iran, early 13th century AD, lustre painted fritware - Aga Khan Museum - Toronto, Canada - DSC06649
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Stele with Buddha and Two Attendants, India, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, Kushan period, early 2nd century AD, red Sikri sandstone - Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University - DSC00829
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Weight with Ram and Tiger, China, early Western Han dynasty, 3rd-2nd century BC, bronze inlaid with gold, silver, and amber glass - Portland Art Museum - Portland, Oregon - DSC08642
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Vulcan Forging the Arrows of Cupid, Andrea Briosco (Riccio), Ulocrino, and circle, Padua, early 16th century AD, bronze - Bode-Museum - DSC02527
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The Xuande Emperor Carrying the Palanquin of Empress Dowager Zhang, from Virtuous Empresses and Empresses Dowager in Successive Dynasties, by Jiao Bingzhen, early 1700s AD - Peabody Essex Museum - DSC07918
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Dish with deer effigy, Maya, Guatemala, Holmul, Group II, Building B, Burial 16, Early Classic, 250-350 AD, ceramic - Meso-American collection - Peabody Museum, Harvard University - DSC05919
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Parochet (torah curtain) with Hebrew inscription from Psalms CXVIII-20, Egypt, Cairo, Ottoman Empire, early 1600s, wool - Textile Museum, George Washington University - DSC09735
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Seated hollow baby, Gulf Coast Olmec culture, Tenenexpan, Veracruz state, Early Formative period, c. 1100-900 BC, ceramic - Dallas Museum of Art - DSC04574
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Panel from Epistle Pulpit, Church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli, by Lorenzo di Tebaldo and son, late 1100s to early 1200s, with scenes from life of Achilles, 4th c. AD- Musei Capitolini - Rome, Italy - DSC05828
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Bowl, mina'iware, Iran, Kashan, late 12th to early 13th century AD, frit body, in-glaze and overglaze polychrome and gilt, opaque white glaze - Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - Montreal, Canada - DSC09715
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Beaker illustrating tale of Bizhan and Manizha from the Shahnama, Iran, early 13th century, composite body painted over glaze with enamel - Freer Gallery of Art - DSC04677 (cropped)
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Nao (ritual bell), China, probably Hunan province, Late Shang to early Zhou dynasty, 12th-10th century BC, cast bronze - Portland Art Museum - Portland, Oregon - DSC08434
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The Bull, from the Series of Various Oxen and Cows, by Paulus Potter, Netherlands, 1650, etching on paper, early proof preceding first state - Blanton Museum of Art - Austin, Texas - DSC08439
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Power figure (nkisi), Kongo people, Democratic Republic of the Congo, late 19th to early 20th century AD, wood, feathers, glass, metal, animal teeth, shell, cloth - Krannert Art Museum, UIUC - DSC06210
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Vessel, Egypt, Neqade I or early Neqade II period, ceramic, K 2 - Martin von Wagner Museum - Würzburg, Germany - DSC05394
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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 2- Princeton University Art Museum - DSC06870
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Eharo mask, 2 of 2, Elema peoples, Papuan Gulf, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, early 1900s, bark cloth, bamboo, wood, plant fiber, pigment - Fowler Museum - University of California, Los Angeles - DSC02426
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Carpet, India, Kashmir or Lahore, Mughal Empire, early 18th century AD, pashmina, silk - Textile Museum, George Washington University - DSC09885
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Drawered Handbox with Four-Season Motif and Interior Cosmetic Boxes with Scrolling Floral Designs, view 3, Japan, early Edo period, lacquered wood - Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University - DSC01115
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Drawered Handbox with Four-Season Motif and Interior Cosmetic Boxes with Scrolling Floral Designs, view 2, Japan, early Edo period, lacquered wood - Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University - DSC01112
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Bronze boss, lion head or Acheloos mask, no. 2, Tarquinia, Monte Quagliere necropolis, late 6th to early 5th century BC, bronze, inv. 12461-3, 12622-9 - Museo Gregoriano Etrusco - Vatican Museums - DSC01169
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Bronze boss, lion head or Acheloos mask, no. 1, Tarquinia, Monte Quagliere necropolis, late 6th to early 5th century BC, bronze, inv. 12461-3, 12622-9 - Museo Gregoriano Etrusco - Vatican Museums - DSC01167
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Pax, Virgin with Christ Child and St. John the Baptist, possibly from workshop of Daroca (Zaragoza), early 16th century AD, enamel, bronze - Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas - Madrid, Spain - DSC08036
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Inkstone box, Japan, Edo period, early 1600s, lacquer on wood, with decoration in gold, silver, and sabi urushi - Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon - Eugene, Oregon - DSC09354
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Landscape with Castles, detail, attributed to Bartolomeo Montagna, late 1400s to early 1500s, oil on panel (tondo) - National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo - DSC08056
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Mask for Bwiti association, Ndzebi or Sango peoples, Bend of the Ogowe River, Gabon, 1800s to early 1900s, wood, plant fiber, cotton string - Fowler Museum - University of California, Los Angeles - DSC02482
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Revetment with scene of Mongol prince presenting a wine cup to a young prince, Iran, early 14th century AD, fritware painted lustre, blue, and turquoise - Aga Khan Museum - Toronto, Canada - DSC06668
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Cinerary urn with stamped design, excavated from Geyongju, Korea, Unified Silla dynasty, early 700s AD, ceramic - Tokyo National Museum - Tokyo, Japan - DSC08167
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Bronze boss, lion head or Acheloos mask, no. 3, Tarquinia, Monte Quagliere necropolis, late 6th to early 5th century BC, bronze, inv. 12461-3, 12622-9 - Museo Gregoriano Etrusco - Vatican Museums - DSC01170
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Single-spout strap-handle vessel, feline, Paracas, Peru south coast, Early Horizon period, 900-200 BC, ceramic and resin-suspended paint - Dallas Museum of Art - DSC04701
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Dutch merchant with a monkey, Dehua ware, China, Qing dynasty, late 17th to early 18th century AD, porcelain - John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art - Sarasota, FL - DSC00690
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Drawered Handbox with Four-Season Motif and Interior Cosmetic Boxes with Scrolling Floral Designs, view 4, Japan, early Edo period, lacquered wood - Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University - DSC01118
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Epergne piece, Pierre-Philippe Thomire, early 1800s, gilt bronze, crystal, view 2 of 2 - Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - Montreal, Canada - DSC08661
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Universal mountain censer (boshanlu), Hebei province, China, Western Han dynasty, late 2nd to early 1st century BC, cast bronze - Portland Art Museum - Portland, Oregon - DSC08613
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Head of a youth with diadem (stephane), Magna Graecia, Taranto, early 4th century BC, terracotta, H 4717 - Martin von Wagner Museum - Würzburg, Germany - DSC05733
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Eharo mask, 1 of 2, Elema peoples, Papuan Gulf, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, early 1900s, bark cloth, bamboo, wood, plant fiber, pigment - Fowler Museum - University of California, Los Angeles - DSC02425
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Insignia da Ordem Militar de Nossa Senhora da Conceicao de Vila Vicosa, early 1800s - Museu Nacional de Soares dos Reis - Porto, Portugal - DSC00627
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Dress and petticoat, England, c. 1745, restyled c. 1760, silk, with stomacher, early 1700s, silk and line, and ruffles, France, c. 1770, silk - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - 20180922 164450
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Console, Rome, Italy, stonework from 1650-1700, woodwork from early 1700s, pine, marble, scagliola - Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas - Madrid, Spain - DSC08441
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Standing camel (mingqi), China, Sui or Tang dynasty, late 6th to early 10th century AD, buff clay, straw glaze, traces of painted decoration - John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art - Sarasota, FL - DSC00676
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Standing official with tablet, China, possibly Handan, Hebei, Jin dynasty, early 1200s AD, Cizhou ware, white and black slip, iron-red and copper-green overglaze - Peabody Essex Museum - Salem, MA - DSC05137
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Vessel in the form of a human leg, Moche culture, Peru north coast, Early Intermediate period, Moche Phase IV, c. 450-550 AD, ceramic - Dallas Museum of Art - DSC04689
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Single-spout strap-handle vessel depicting a wounded warrior, Nasca culture, Peru south coast, Early Intermediate Period, Nasca Phase 7, c. 500-600 AD, ceramic - Dallas Museum of Art - DSC04687
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Stirrup-spout vessel depicting a bird with human hands-manioc-mountain fusion, Moche, Peru north coast, Early Intermediate period, Moche Phase IV, c. 450-550 AD, ceramic - Dallas Museum of Art - DSC04690
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Incense ceremony box (kobako), Ishikawa Komei, Kyoto, Japan, late 19th to early 20th century, copper alloy, gold inlay - Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - Montreal, Canada - DSC09589
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Bowl, Ding ware, China, Hebei province, Northern Song dynasty, early 12th century, porcelain, underglaze incised decoration, metal rim - Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - Montreal, Canada - DSC09641
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Bowl with cross and the words al-birr (piety) repeated four times, Iran, Neyshabur, 10th to early 11th century AD, underglaze slip-painted earthenware - Aga Khan Museum - Toronto, Canada - DSC06485
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Drawered Handbox with Four-Season Motif and Interior Cosmetic Boxes with Scrolling Floral Designs, view 1, Japan, early Edo period, lacquered wood - Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University - DSC01110
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Drawered Handbox with Four-Season Motif and Interior Cosmetic Boxes with Scrolling Floral Designs, view 5, Japan, early Edo period, lacquered wood - Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University - DSC01120
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Calendar icons for April, perhaps Mstera School, late 1700s to early 1800s, egg tempera, gold leaf, on wood - Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon - Eugene, Oregon - DSC09277
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Candlestick made by 'Abd ol-Vahhab b. Elah-Dad for Sheykh Abo'l-Hasan b. Sheykh Nader-Qoli, Iran, early to mid 16th century AD, brass with black compound, view 1- Aga Khan Museum - Toronto, Canada - DSC06998
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Inkstone box (suzuribako) with intertwined pine and cherry tree design, Japan, Edo period, early 1600s AD, lacquer on wood, silver, stone, metal, enamel - Sackler Museum - Harvard University - DSC01946
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Jikokuten, one of the four guardian kings, Japan, Kamakura period, late 1100s to early 1200s AD, cypress wood, lacquer, polychrome, gold, gilt metal - Portland Art Museum - Portland, Oregon - DSC08495
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Mantel clock representing Urania or Astronomy, B. J. Vanderveken, active in Brussels, early 1800s, gilt bronze, enamel - Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - Montreal, Canada - DSC08681
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Pipe-tomahawk, likely belonging to Red Cloud, Oglala Lakota, collected in early 1870s, wood, steel - Native American collection - Peabody Museum, Harvard University - DSC06055
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Panels, Iran, Isfahan, made for the Siamese court by commission from the Dutch East India Co, early 18th century AD, silk, metal-wrapped silk, view 2 - Textile Museum, George Washington University - DSC09872
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Sequined embroidery (pulak-duzi), Persia, 1800s with partial remnants from late 1700s to early 1800s, brocade fabric with sequins, silk thread, chenille yarn on silk - Museum für Völkerkunde Dresden - DSC08164
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Dish, Fabrica Bordalo Pinheiro, Caldas da Rainha, early 20th century, faience - Museu Nacional de Soares dos Reis - Porto, Portugal - DSC00361
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Dish with incised lotus, Ding ware, China, Hebei Province, Quyang, Ding kilns, Northern Song dynasty, 1000s to early 1100s, porcelaneous stoneware, metal rim - Freer Gallery of Art - DSC05029
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Vessel, Egypt, Neqade I or early Neqade II period, ceramic, K 3 - Martin von Wagner Museum - Würzburg, Germany - DSC05395
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Red-tailed vanga, plate, painted by Jean-Pierre Feuillet, France, early 1800s, hard-paste porcelain - Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - Montreal, Canada - DSC08748
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Red fan parrot, plate, painted by Jean-Pierre Feuillet, France, early 1800s, hard-paste porcelain - Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - Montreal, Canada - DSC08743
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Bowl, mina'iware, Iran, Kashan, late 12th to early 13th century AD, frit body, in-glaze and overglaze polychrome and gilt, opaque white glaze - Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - Montreal, Canada - DSC09719
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Panels, Iran, Isfahan, made for the Siamese court by commission from the Dutch East India Co, early 18th century AD, silk, metal-wrapped silk, view 1 - Textile Museum, George Washington University - DSC09869
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Vessel depicting an ancestor in the guise of Cosijo, Zapotec, Monte Alban area, Oaxaca, Late Formative to Early Classic period, Monte Alban II-IIIa Transition, c. 100-300 AD - Dallas Museum of Art - DSC04550
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Caparisoned horse, Shaanxi or Henan province, China, Sui to early Tang dynasty, late 500s-600s AD, earthenware, gesso, traces of black and red pigment - Portland Art Museum - Portland, Oregon - DSC08387
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Bottle, mina'iware, Iran, Kashan, late 12th to early 13th century AD, frit body, in-glaze and overglaze polychrome and gilt, opaque white glaze - Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - Montreal, Canada - DSC09711
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Finials, 2 of 2, excavated in Luristan, Iran, late 2nd to early 1st millenium BC, bronze - Tokyo National Museum - Tokyo, Japan - DSC08568
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