Works of Art (135)
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Akhenaten Sacrificing a Duck, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 13531336 B.C., Egyptian, Limestone (1985.328.2) |
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Album leaf, 17th century; Ottoman, Turkey, Ink, colors, and gold on paper (67.266.7.8r) |
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"Antioch Chalice," first half of 6th century, Byzantine; Made in Antioch or Kaper Koraon (?), Silver, silver-gilt (50.4) |
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Apothecary Jar (Orciuolo), 1431 (?), Florence, perhaps workshop of Giunta di Tugio (Italian), Maiolica (1975.1.1061) |
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Aquamanile in the Form of a Cock, 13th century,
Germany (Lower Saxony),
Copper alloy (1989.292) |
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Aryballos in the shape of an eagle's head, late 7thearly 6th century B.C.; Archaic,
Greek; Rhodian,
Terracotta (2006.267) |
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Assembly of the Birds: Page from a manuscript of the Mantiq al-tair (The Language of the Birds) of Farid al-Din cAttar, ca. 1600; Safavid, Painted by Habib Allah, Iran (Isfahan), Ink, colors, and gold on paper (63.210.11) |
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Bark Painting, 1940s–50s,
Ingura people, Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, Australia,
Bark, paint (1979.206.1462) |
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Beaker with birds and animals, 4th century B.C., Thraco-Geti style, Lower Danube region, Thrace, Silver (47.100.88) |
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Belt or harness ornament with an eagle and its prey, 1st century B.C.1st century A.D.; Parthian period, Iran, Gold inlaid with turquoise (17.190.2055) |
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Belt slide, JinYuan dynasty, 12th14th century, China, Jade (Nephrite) (1991.483) |
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Bird Figure, date unknown,
Mount Hagen region, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea,
Stone (1996.373.2) |
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Bird handles from a bowl or basin, Iron Age II, 9th century B.C.,
Northwestern Iran; Excavated at Hasanlu,
Bronze (61.100.3a,b) |
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Bird Head, date unknown, Papua New Guinea, Eastern Highlands Province, Stone, pigment (1978.412.1504) |
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Bird in Space, 1923
Constantin Brancusi (French, born Romania)
Marble (1996.403.7ab) |
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Bird Palma, 7th10th century, Mexico, Veracruz, Stone (00.5.59) |
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Bird Pendant, 10th16th century, Colombia; Tairona, Gold (1974.271.12) |
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Bird Pendant, 1st century B.C.1st century A.D., Costa Rica; Guanacaste-Nicoya, Jadeite (1993.302) |
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Bird Pendant, 1st5th century, Costa Rica; Atlantic Watershed, Jadeite (1979.206.1138) |
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Bird Pendant, 1st5th century, Costa Rica; Guanacaste-Nicoya, Jadeite (1993.114) |
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Bird Pendant, 9th16th century
Colombia; Muisca,
Cast gold (1979.206.509) |
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Bird Vessel, 12th9th century B.C., Mexico; Olmec, Ceramic (1986.45) |
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Bird-shaped vessel, Three Kingdoms period, ca. late 2nd3rd century, Korea, Earthenware (1997.34.1) |
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Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons, Momoyama period, early 17th century, Kano School, Japan, Pair of six-fold screens; color on gold-leafed paper (1987.342.1,2) |
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Birds and Flowers, Chosôn dynasty, late 19th century,
Korea,
Ten-panel folding screen, ink and color on paper (1993.255) |
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Black Stork in a Landscape, ca. 1780,
India (Lucknow),
Watercolor on European paper (2000.266) |
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Bottle with a sprinkler top, second half of 12th century, Iran or Afghanistan (Khorasan), Cast brass alloy inlaid with silver (1998.234) |
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Bowl, 10th century, Iraq, Composite body, luster-painted (1977.126) |
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Bowl, 6th9th century,
Peru; Wari,
Ceramic (1979.206.385) |
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Bowl, ca. 1000; Fatimid, Egypt, Earthenware, glazed and luster-painted (63.178.1) |
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Breastplate (Tema, Tambe, or Tepatu), late 19th–early 20th century,
Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands,
Tridacna shell, turtle shell, trade cloth, fiber (1979.206.1519) |
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Brooch in the Form of a Bird of Prey, 500600, Vendel; made in Scandinavia, Copper alloy with silver overlay (1991.308) |
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Buckle in the Shape of an Eagle, 6th century, Ostrogothic, Gilt silver, garnet (95.15.100a,c, 95.100.104b) |
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Cento favole morali (One Hundred Moral Tales): The Crow and the Serpent (page 35),
Author and illustrator: Giovanni Maria Verdizotti,
Venice: Giordano Ziletti, 1570,
Printed book with woodcut illustrations (48.165) |
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Ceremonial Board (Malu), 19th century,
Sawos people, Middle Sepik region, Papua New Guinea,
Wood (1978.412.713) |
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Ceremonial Knife (tumi), 10th15th century, Peru; Chimú, Copper (1987.394.216) |
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Ceremonial Metate, 4th8th century, Costa Rica; Guanacaste, Stone (1979.206.429) |
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Chand Bibi Hawking with Attendants in a Landscape, ca. 1700; Mughal,
India,
Opaque watercolors, gold, and silver on card-weight paper (1999.403) |
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Club (Porowa Ra Maru), 19th century,
Kanak peoples, New Caledonia,
Wood (2000.160.9) |
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A Common Indian Nightjar (Caprimulgus asiaticus), 18th century, India; Lucknow School, Watercolor on paper (2004.175) |
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Costumed figure pendant, 1st7th century,
Colombia; Tolima,
Gold (1979.206.497) |
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Diogenes, mid-1520s, Ugo da Carpi (Italian), after Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, Parma), Chiaroscuro woodcut from four blocks, second state (17.50.1) |
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Dish, second half of 12th century, Syria, Composite body, carved in relief, incised, and painted under a clear glaze (1979.210) |
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Don Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuñiga (17841792), possibly 1790s, Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish), Oil on canvas (49.7.41)an |
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Double page from a Divan (Anthology) of Sultan Husain Baiqara, 1500; Timurid, Calligraphy by Sultan cAli Mashhadi, Afghanistan (Herat), Ink, colors, and gold on paper (1982.120.1) |
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Double-Chambered Vessel, 5th century, Mexico or Guatemala; Maya, Ceramic (1978.412.90a,b) |
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Double-Eagle Pendant, 1st5th century, Panama; Initial style, Gold (1979.206.538) |
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A Dragon in Broken Leaves, second half of 16th century,
Turkey (Ottoman),
Ink on paper (main composition); gold, ink, and colors on paper (borders) (2000.424) |
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Eagle Pendant, 11th16th century, Costa Rica (Chiriquí), Cast gold (1977.187.22) |
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Eagle Pendant, 11th16th century, Panama; Veraguas, Cast gold (1979.206.907) |
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Eagle Relief, 10th13th century, Mexico; Toltec, Andesite/dacite, paint (93.27.2) |
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Eagle Transformation Figure, 10th6th century B.C., Mexico; Olmec, Jade (albite), cinnabar (1994.380) |
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Embroidered Square with Animals, Birds, and Flowers, late 12th14th century, Eastern Central Asia, Silk thread on silk (1988.296) |
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Eucharistic Dove, ca. 12151235, French; Made in Limoges, Gilded copper with champlevé enamel (17.190.344) |
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Evening coat, 1935, Madame Grès (Alix Barton) (French), White silk brocade with polychrome birds and polychrome striped silk (C.I.46.4.19a,b) |
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Feathered Tunic, 12th15th century, Peru; Chimú, Cotton, feathers (59.135.8) |
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Feeding the Turkey, ca. 187280, Eastman Johnson (American), Pastel on wove paper, mounted on canvas on a wooden stretcher (46.47) |
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Figure Pendant, 10th16th century, Colombia (Tairona), Cast gold (69.7.10) |
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Finches and Bamboo, Northern Song dynasty, Emperor Huizong (Chinese), Handscroll; ink and color on silk (1981.278) |
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Flat Stamp, 8th12th century,
Ecuador; Manteño,
Ceramic (1991.436.4) |
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Fraktur Motifs, ca. 17701800, Johann Heinrich Otto (American), Watercolor, pen and iron gall ink, and graphite on off-white laid paper (66.242.1) |
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Funerary altar, 1468; Julio-Claudian, Roman, Marble (25.78.29) |
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Funerary Carving (Malagan), late 19th–early 20th century,
Northern New Ireland,
Wood, paint, shell opercula (1979.206.1474) |
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Garden Landscape and Fountain, ca. 190515,
Louis Comfort Tiffany (American); Tiffany Studios,
Favrile glass, cement (1976.105) |
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God Horus Protecting King Nectanebo II, Late Period, Dynasty 30, reign of Nectanebo II, 360343 B.C., Egyptian, Greywacke (34.2.1) |
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Handle-shaped ornament, Western Zhou dynasty, 10th9th century B.C., China, Jade (nephrite) (1985.214.96) |
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Hanging, 14th15th century, Peru; Chimú, Cotton (1979.206.601) |
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Kitchen Scene, 1620s,
Peter Wtewael (Dutch),
Oil on canvas (06.288)
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Lentoid flask, 11th century B.C., Levantine, Bichrome Ware, Terracotta (74.51.431) |
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Les Perdrix (The Partridges), ca. 177172, Philippe de Lasalle (French, designer, French (Lyon), Silk (50.8a) |
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Lidded Bowl (Kotue), late 18th–early 19th century,
'Enana (Marquesan) people, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia,
Wood (1986.476.4a,b) |
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Madonna and Child with Saints, altarpiece, ca. 1520,
Girolamo dai Libri (Italian, Veronese),
Tempera and oil on canvas (20.92) |
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Maebyông, Koryô dynasty, late 13thearly 14th century, Korea, Stoneware with inlaid design of cranes and clouds under celadon glaze (27.119.11) |
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Male Figure (Moai Tangata), early 19th century,
Rapa Nui people, Rapa Nui (Easter Island),
Wood, obsidian, bone (1984.526) |
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Mandala of Chandra (God of the Moon), late 14thearly 15th century, Nepal, Distemper on cloth (1981.465) |
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Mandora or chitarino, ca. 1420,
Northern Italy (Milan?),
Boxwood and rosewood (64.101.1409) |
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Mask (Buk, Krar, or Kara), mid- to late 19th century,
Torres Strait Islander people, Mabuiag Island, Torres Strait, Australia,
Turtle shell, wood, fiber, feathers, shell (1978.412.1510) |
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Mask, 19th20th century, Bwa peoples; Burkina Faso, Wood, pigment, fiber (1979.206.196) |
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Masked Figure Pendant, 10th16th century, Colombia; Tairona, Gold (1991.419.31) |
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Mirror Back with Falconing Party, 13501375, French; Possibly made in Paris, Elephant ivory (41.100.160) |
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Mosaic with a Peacock and Flowers, 3rd4th century, Roman or Byzantine; Probably from North Africa, Tesserae (26.68) |
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Nude female with birdlike face holding an infant, ca. 14501200 B.C.; Late Cypriot II; Base-Ring Ware, Cypriot; Said to be from NicosiaAyia Paraskevi, Terracotta (74.51.1542) |
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Oil lamp, late 12thearly 13th century,
Iran, Khorasan,
Bronze with silver and copper inlay (2001.470) |
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Open Ring Brooch, early 800s, Pictish or Irish; Found near Galway, Ireland, Silver with amber insets (1981.413) |
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Ornamental Knife (Tumi), 15th16th century, Peru; Inka, Tin bronze (1987.394.411) |
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Pair of Bird-Shaped Brooches, 550600, Frankish, Gold sheet, cloisonné cells inset with garnets, glass, and pearl, garnets backed with patterned foil (17.191.164-165) |
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Pair of earflares with condors, 2nd3rd century,
Peru; Moche,
Gold, silver, gilt copper, shell (1979.206.1245,.1246) |
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Pair of Earflares with Multifigure Scene, 12th15th century, Peru (Chimú), Hammered gold (1991.419.67,.68) |
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A Partridge and Small Game Birds, 1650s, Jan Fyt (Flemish), Oil on canvas (71.45) |
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Peacocks, 1683, Melchior d'Hondecoeter (Dutch), Oil on canvas (27.250.1) |
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Pedestal Bowl, 13th16th century, Colombia/Ecuador; Tuza/Cuasmal, Ceramic (1994.35.63) |
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Pendant (Ulute or Papafita), 19th–early 20th century,
Possibly Malaita Island, Solomon Islands,
Tridacna shell, pigment (1999.47.21) |
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Pendant with Bird, 10th–15th century
Colombia; Muisca
Gold; H. 2 1/2 in. (6 cm)
Purchase, Gifts in memory of Alice K. Bache, and Rogers Fund, 1992 (1992.121) |
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Pendant, 4th10th century, Colombia; Capulí, Hammered gold (1977.187.21) |
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Pestle Finial in the Form of a Bird, date unknown,
Mount Hagen region, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea,
Stone (1996.373.1) |
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Pillow, late Northern Song to Jin dynasty, 12th13th century; Cizhou ware, Hebei Province, China, Stoneware with pigment (1985.214.132) |
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Plate with Pelican, 15th century, Netherlandish (Dinant or Malines), Brass, beaten (64.101.1498) |
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Plate with the Death of the Woman of Sestos, 1532,
Francesco Xanto Avelli (Italian),
Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) (32.100.378) |
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Plate, ca. 520–510 B.C.; red-figure,
Greek, Attic,
Signed by Epiktetos as painter,
Terracotta (1981.11.10) |
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Plateau, ca. 1825,
John W. Forbes (American),
Silver, glass, walnut (1993.167)
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Portrait of a Man, possibly Matteo di Sebastiano di Bernardino Gozzadini; and Portrait of a Woman, possibly Ginevra d'Antonio Lupari Gozzadini, ca. 1485–90,
Attributed to the Maestro delle Storie del Pane,
Tempera on panel (1975.1.95, 96) |
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Presentation quilt, ca. 1849, Baltimore, Maryland, Cotton and silk velvet (1974.24) |
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Pyxis, 10th century (950975); Caliphal, Spanish; Made in Andalusia, Ivory (1970.234.5) |
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Rank badge with a pair of cranes, Chosôn dynasty, late 19th century, Korea, Silk embroidery on silk satin damask (53.60.9) |
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Ritual Vessel (Paccha), 15thearly 16th century, Peru; Inka, Ceramic (1979.206.1149) |
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Rose and nightingale (gul-o-bul-bul) drawing, 19th century; Qajar, Iran, Ink and color on paper (1993.98) |
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Salver, 187980,
Frederick Elkington (British),
Silver, partly gilt, (1991.229) |
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Side drum, ca. 1860,
Attributed to Ernest Vogt,
Philadelphia,
Wood, various materials (89.4.2162) |
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Staff Head with Owl, 5th10th century,
Colombia; Sinú
Cast gold (1979.206.920) |
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Standard top, 8th7th century B.C., Luristan, western Iran, Bronze (1996.82.1) |
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Temple Pendant with Two Birds Flanking the Tree of Life, ca. 10001200, Kievan Rus'; Made in Kiev, found in 1842 in or near the Desiatynna (Dormition) Church, Kiev, Cloisonné enamel on gold (17.190.679) |
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Tile with the figure of a horseman and a bird, second half of 19th century, Iran, Composite body, molded and underglaze painted (83.1.67) |
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Tile, ca. 1875,
Christopher Dresser (British),
Earthenware (1991.110.2) |
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Tomb panel with relief of figures in a pavilion, Eastern Han dynasty, early 2nd century, Shandong Province, China, Limestone (20.99) |
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Tripod Bird Bowl, 3rd4th century, Guatemala; Maya, Ceramic (1984.614a,b) |
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Twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac, Qing dynasty, 19th century, China, Jade (nephrite) (02.18.730) |
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Two Eagles, dated 1702,
Bada Shanren (Zhu Da) (Chinese),
Hanging scroll, ink on paper (L.1997.30) |
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Two Hawks in a Thicket, Ming dynasty, 15th century, Lin Liang, China, Hanging scroll; ink and pale color on silk (1993.385) |
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Vase in the shape of a cock, second half of 7th century B.C.,
Etruscan,
Terracotta (24.97.21a) |
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Velvet fragment, 16th century; Safavid, Iran, Silk and metal thread; velvet (52.20.11) |
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Vessel fragment with bird in profile, 7th6th millennium B.C.; Halaf period, Excavated at Tell Brak, Eye Temple fill, Syria, Ceramic, paint (1988.323.7) |
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Vulture Bowl, 13th15th century, Mexico; Isla de Sacrificios, Ceramic (1978.412.81) |
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Vulture Vessel, 15thearly 16th century, Mexico; Aztec, Ceramic (1981.297) |
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Wall panels, ca. 1799,
Designer: Jean-Démosthène Dugourc (French); Maker: Camille Pernon (French),
France (Lyon),
Woven silk and metal thread with applied silk and chenille embroidery (2006.519a,b) |
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Wang Xizhi Watching Geese, Yuan dynasty, ca. 1295, Qian Xuan (Chinese), Handscroll; ink, color, and gold on paper (1973.120.6) |
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Watch pin, ca. 1900, Riker Brothers (American), Yellow gold, plique-à-jour enamel, diamonds, pearl, ruby (2001.331) |
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Weight: Elephant, 19th20th century, Ghana; Akan, Asante, Brass (1978.412.407); Weight: Bird with Body in Knot, 18th19th century, Ghana; Akan, Brass (1994.312.17); Weight: Bird Claw, 19th20th century, Ghana; Akan, Asante, Brass (1979.206.182) |
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Whistling bottle with feline face, 4th3rd century B.C.,
Peru; Paracas,
Ceramic, postfired paint (62.266.72) |
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Wild Geese Descending to Sandbar, Chosôn dynasty, Unidentified artist, Korean, Hanging scroll, ink on silk (1992.337) |
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Wine ewer, Koryô dynasty, early 12th century, Korea, Stoneware with incised and carved design of geese, waterbirds, and reeds under celadon glaze (27.119.2) |
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Woman with a Parrot, 1866, Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French), Oil on canvas (29.100.57) |
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Woman's Dress, 14thearly 16th century, Peru; Chuquibamba, Camelid hair (1995.109) |
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Woven border with the emblems of the Strozzi family, 1480–1600,
Italy,
Silk and linen (51.75) |
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Woven coverlet, 1828, Workshop of James Alexander (American), Little Britain, Orange County, New York, Cotton and wool (67.33) |
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Young Lady in 1866, 1866, Édouard Manet (French), Oil on canvas (89.21.3) |
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Thematic Essays (15)
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