15,963 Free Images of Early Works

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Four Scenes from the Life of the Buddha - Birth of the Buddha - Kushan dynasty, late 2nd to early 3rd century AD, Gandhara, schist - Freer Gallery of Art - DSC04562
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Gareng, rod puppet (wayang golek), West Java, Indonesia, early to mid 1900s, wood, cloth, hair - Fowler Museum - University of California, Los Angeles - DSC02429
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Engaged pilaster capital with monogram IOANoY flanked by peacocks, Egypt, late 6th to early 7th century AD, limestone - Sackler Museum - Harvard University - DSC01670
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Flute with leather case, Albrecht, Freiburg, Germany, early 19th century, rosewood, ivory, silver plated copper - Bennington Museum - Bennington, VT - DSC08627
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Horseshoe back armchair, 1 of 2, China, late Ming dynasty, early 1600s AD, wood, cane - Portland Art Museum - Portland, Oregon - DSC08444
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Jar, China, Ming dynasty, 1500s to early 1600s AD, ceramic - Museu Nacional de Soares dos Reis - Porto, Portugal - DSC00518
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Boniface-of-Montferrat, Henri Decaisne, early 1840s
history paintings in the musée national du château de versailleshistorical paintings of the middle ages by henri decaisne
Bowl with two large figures, Iran, late 12th-early 13th century, glazed stone-paste with overglaze-painted polychrome and gilding, HAA
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Carved panel with mihrab motif, Gujarat, India, late 15th to early 16th century AD, marble - Aga Khan Museum - Toronto, Canada - DSC06309
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Casket by the Embriachi Workshop, Venice, early 1400s, bone, wood, silvered bronze - Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt - Darmstadt, Germany - DSC00431
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Centre table top, early 1600s, Florence, marble - Red Drawing Room - Shugborough Hall - Staffordshire, England - DSC00352
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Botelho de Lacerda rotative machine, J. Haas, Lisbon, 1804 - Museu da Ciência da Universidade de Coimbra - University of Coimbra - Coimbra, Portugal - DSC09159
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Helmet mask, Mozambique, Makonde people, early 20th century, wood, beeswax, hair - De Young Museum - DSC01108
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Frog hat (Shtax' Heen Kwaan), Tliingit, Kaach.adi clan, Wrangell, Alaska, early 1800s, carved and painted cedar with copper and abalone inlay, ermine pelt, basketry rings - Oakland Museum of California - DSC05079
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Miracle of Sts. Cosmas and Damian, replacing a failed leg with a Moorish one, Ditzingen, Kreis Ludwigsburg, early 16th century - Landesmuseum Württemberg - Stuttgart, Germany - DSC03051
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Mandala base, China, Ming dynasty, probably Yongle period, early 1400s AD, cloisonne - Freer Gallery of Art - DSC05004
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Moccasins, Naskapi, collected in the early 20th century - Native American collection - Peabody Museum, Harvard University - DSC05830
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Lampas textile fragment, Spain or Italy, late 14th to early 15th century AD, silk with gold thread - Cinquantenaire Museum - Brussels, Belgium - DSC08808
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Ornamental plaque, artist unknown, Germany, early 13th century, champleve and cloisonne enamel - Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University - DSC00988
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Pendant cross, Early Byzantine, c. 500-600 AD, gold, glass - Morgan Library & Museum - New York City - DSC06644
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Vase by Sugiura Yukimune and Yamamoto Koichi, for Kiryu Kosho Kaisha Company, early 1880s AD, bronze, gold, silver, copper - Peabody Essex Museum - DSC07809
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Triumph of a Hero, Andrea Briosco (Riccio), Ulocrino, and circle, Padua, early 16th century AD, bronze - Bode-Museum - DSC02523
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Tall clock, movement by Peter Stretch, case maker unknown, Philadelphia, early 1700s - Winterthur Museum - DSC01361
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St. Jerome, Master of the Barbarigo Reliefs, Venice, early 16th century AD, bronze - Bode-Museum - DSC02493
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Portable cabinet, Japan, Momoyama to Edo periods, late 16th to early 17th century, black lacquered wood, maki-e, mother-of-pearl, metal alloy fittings - Museu do Oriente - Lisbon, Portugal - DSC07044
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Loricate bust with fringed paludamentum, Rome, Parco archeologico del Colosseo, early Severan age, Paros-lychnite marble - Temple of Romulus - Rome, Italy - DSC01505
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Noble character, rod puppet (wayang golek), West Java, Indonesia, early to mid 1900s, wood, cloth - Fowler Museum - University of California, Los Angeles - DSC02436
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Mandolin, Genoa, Italy, early 1800s, rosewood, spruce, fruitwood, mother-of-pearl, ivory - Casadesus Collection of Historic Musical Instruments - Boston Symphony Orchestra - 20190927 110632
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Horseshoe back armchair, 2 of 2, China, late Ming dynasty, early 1600s AD, huanghuali wood, cane - Portland Art Museum - Portland, Oregon - DSC08446
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Reliquary chest, Limoges, early 1200s, enamel, gilt copper, wood - Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt - Darmstadt, Germany - DSC00213
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Portrait of the boy Xaverio as St. John the Baptist, by Johann Friedrich Overbeck, early 1800s, oil on canvas - Germanisches Nationalmuseum - Nuremberg, Germany - DSC03477
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Teapot, England, probably early 1700s, red stoneware - Germanisches Nationalmuseum - Nuremberg, Germany - DSC02617
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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 - DSC01575
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Venus Italica by Antonio Canova (copy), early to mid 1800s, marble - Wrest Park - Bedfordshire, England - DSC08290
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Urn by Jan Pieter van Baurscheit the Elder, Antwerp, early 1700s - Waddesdon Manor - Buckinghamshire, England - DSC07850
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Urn by Jan Pieter van Baurscheit the Elder, Antwerp, early 1700s - Waddesdon Manor - Buckinghamshire, England - DSC07852
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Who buys gods of love, by Franz and Johannes Riepenhausen, early 1800s, oil on panel - Germanisches Nationalmuseum - Nuremberg, Germany - DSC03474
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Bust of Madame Mere (Maria-Letizia Ramolino), artist unknown, early 1800s, marble - Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - Montreal, Canada - DSC08650
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Clock, Barwise, London, late 1700s to early 1800s - Entrance Hall - Harewood House - West Yorkshire, England - DSC02087
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Bowl with mythical creature, Iran, early 13th century AD, lustre painted fritware - Aga Khan Museum - Toronto, Canada - DSC06647
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Box (pyxis) with a scene from the life of the Virgin, Eastern Roman Empire, late 400s to early 500s, ivory, view 1 - Bode-Museum - DSC03495
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Cup with stand, China, late Song to early Yuan dynasty, wood, lacquer, silvered tin-plate - Linden-Museum - Stuttgart, Germany - DSC03537
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Bowl with sun's face, Iran, early 13th century AD, lustre painted fritware - Aga Khan Museum - Toronto, Canada - DSC06644
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Ceiling lamp from Syria or Egypt, late 19th to early 20th century, copper alloy and white metal plating, HAA
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Saint Denis of Paris, probably Brabant, early 16th century, walnut with traces of polychrome, view 2 - Cinquantenaire Museum - Brussels, Belgium - DSC08614
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Stove tile, Austria, Salzburg, early 1500s, ceramic - Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia - DSC09158
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Four Scenes from the Life of the Buddha - Parinirvana - Kushan dynasty, late 2nd to early 3rd century AD, Gandhara, schist - Freer Gallery of Art - DSC04578
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Elk-teeth dress, view 1, Sioux or Lakota peoples, late 19th to early 20th century, hide, glass, teeth, bone, cotton - Fernbank Museum of Natural History - DSC00121
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Elk-teeth dress, view 2, Sioux or Lakota peoples, late 19th to early 20th century, hide, glass, teeth, bone, cotton - Fernbank Museum of Natural History - DSC00125
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Four Scenes from the Life of the Buddha - Enlightenment - Kushan dynasty, late 2nd to early 3rd century AD, Gandhara, schist - Freer Gallery of Art - DSC04570
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Bowl, Soltanabad ware, Iran, early 14th century AD, underglaze slip-painted fritware - Aga Khan Museum - Toronto, Canada - DSC06743
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Worship at a Stupa, from railing of the Bharhut Stupa, Shunga dynasty, early 2nd century BC, Bharhut, Madhya Pradesh, India, sandstone - Freer Gallery of Art - DSC04556
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Chatelaine, western Europe, late 18th to early 19th century, gold, gilt bronze, steel, turquoise, carnelian - Cinquantenaire Museum - Brussels, Belgium - DSC08916
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Tang dynasty tomb sculpture of mythical guardian animal, late 7th-early 8th century, earthenware with sancai glaze, Honolulu Academy of Arts
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Statue of Three Stars (Fu-Lu-Shou), Bat Trang kiln, Hanoi, Nguyen dynasty, late 19th to early 20th century, polychrome ceramic - National Museum of Vietnamese History - Hanoi, Vietnam - DSC05455
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Calendrical-divination device, 3 of 3, Batak peoples, Sumatra, Indonesia, 1800s to early 1900s, bone, pigment - Fowler Museum - University of California, Los Angeles - DSC02418
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Fan depicting the New Palace in Potsdam, Berlin, early 1900s, mother of pearl, batiste, from the collection of Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia - Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum - DSC04904
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Ornament for sacred flute, East Sepik Province, lower Sepik River west of Keram River, Kambot (Tin dama) people, 19th-early 20th c., clay paste, cassowary feathers, pig tusk, hair, shell - De Young Museum - DSC01210
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Leg wrappers, Taiwan, Paiwan people, 19th to early 20th century AD, ramie, wool - Textile Museum, George Washington University - DSC09778
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Necklace, excavated from Yangsan Bubuchong Tomb, Korea, Three Kingdoms period (Silla), early 500s AD - Tokyo National Museum - Tokyo, Japan - DSC08113
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Chinoiserie tapestry, Aubusson, 1725, wool, with Louis XIII side table, late 1600s to early 1700s, cherry, pine - Château Ramezay - Montreal, Canada - DSC07405
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Copper and bronze weapons and tools, Cyprus, Early Cypriot to Late Cypriot periods - Cesnola Collection, Harvard Semitic Museum - Cambridge, MA - DSC06363
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Compartmented seals of eagle, monkey, and goddess, Turkmenistan or northeast Iran, early Bronze Age, c. 2200-1800 BC, bronze - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - DSC02815
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US Navy 050102-N-6363M-017 Aviation Electronics Technician 1st Class Michael Hunter, left, and Aviation Electronics Technician 2nd Class Thomas Graham work on an antenna on an E-2C Hawkeye aircraft
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Jinbaori (surcoat) with feather design, view 1, Japan, Momoyama to early Edo period, 1500s-1600s AD, pheasant feathers, silk, hemp, leather - The Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum - DSC05511
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Hanuman, rod puppet (wayang golek), West Java, Indonesia, early to mid 1900s, wood, cloth - Fowler Museum - University of California, Los Angeles - DSC02430
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Hurdy-gurdy, made by Mellino, Paris, France, early 1800s, maple, walnut, ebony, ivory - Casadesus Collection of Historic Musical Instruments - Boston Symphony Orchestra - 20190927 110655
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Miracle of Sts. Cosmas and Damian, replacing a failed leg with a Moorish one, Ditzingen, Kreis Ludwigsburg, early 16th century, detail 2 - Landesmuseum Württemberg - Stuttgart, Germany - DSC03056
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Miracle of Sts. Cosmas and Damian, replacing a failed leg with a Moorish one, Ditzingen, Kreis Ludwigsburg, early 16th century, detail 1 - Landesmuseum Württemberg - Stuttgart, Germany - DSC03054
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Cabinet chair, probably Spain, early 19th century - Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas - Madrid, Spain - DSC08314
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Coffee cup from Turkey, Ottoman period, late 19th-early 20th century, silver, porcelain
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Woman's shoes, China, Manchu style, late 19th to early 20th century, cotton, silk, satin, painted wood, leather, fiber - Redpath Museum - McGill University - Montreal, Canada - DSC08210
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Pair of flintlock pistols, Turkey, late 18th to early 19th century, wood inlaid with silver wire and corla, overlaid with chased silver plaques - Huntington Museum of Art - DSC04935
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Saint Thekla reliquary, German, late 15th to early 16th century, wood with polychromy - Princeton University Art Museum - DSC06810
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St. Jerome, Andrea Briosco (Riccio), Ulocrino, and circle, Padua, early 16th century AD, bronze - Bode-Museum - DSC02519
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Sarcophagus with Selene and Endymion, S 725, early 3rd century AD, lid with Pluto and Prosperpina, mid 2nd century AD, marble - Musei Capitolini - Rome, Italy - DSC06063
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Suit, Siksika, early 1900s, elk hide, porcupine quills, natural dyes, weasel pelts - Glenbow Museum - DSC00958
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Stag, Jingdezhen, China, late 1700s to early 1800s AD, porcelain - Peabody Essex Museum - Salem, MA - DSC05331
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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 - DSC05499
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Tray incised across top with 12 tribes, figure of Moses and Ten Commandments, Syria, Damascus, early 20th century, brass with copper and silver inlay - Huntington Museum of Art - DSC05063
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Tunic (qaba) with broad belt (kamarband), Iran, early 14th century AD, brocade silk, view 1 - Aga Khan Museum - Toronto, Canada - DSC06569
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Tunic (qaba) with broad belt (kamarband), Iran, early 14th century AD, brocade silk, view 2 - Aga Khan Museum - Toronto, Canada - DSC06572
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Urn by Jan Pieter van Baurscheit the Elder, Antwerp, early 1700s - Waddesdon Manor - Buckinghamshire, England - DSC07855
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Urn by Jan Pieter van Baurscheit the Elder, Antwerp, early 1700s - Waddesdon Manor - Buckinghamshire, England - DSC07849
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Urn by Jan Pieter van Baurscheit the Elder, Antwerp, early 1700s - Waddesdon Manor - Buckinghamshire, England - DSC07845
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Mouth mask, Peru, south coast, Early Nasca style, 1st century BC, gold - Textile Museum, George Washington University - DSC09462
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Buddha, Cambodia, Khmer empire, late 1100s to early 1200s AD, bronze - Dallas Museum of Art - DSC04977
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Basin with prayer and zodiac signs, probably Iran, early to mid 13th century AD, cast white bronze, spun and engraved - Aga Khan Museum - Toronto, Canada - DSC06563
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Buddha Mucilinda, Cambodia, Bayon period, late 12th early 13th century, bronze, HAA
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Boy with bird, Saga doll, Japan, Kyoto, early 1600s AD, wood, clay, crushed shell, pigment - Peabody Essex Museum - DSC07507
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Cast mirrors, Cyprus, late 6th to early 5th century BC, copper alloy - Cesnola Collection, Harvard Semitic Museum - Cambridge, MA - DSC06370
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Box (pyxis) with a scene from the life of the Virgin, Eastern Roman Empire, late 400s to early 500s, ivory, view 2 - Bode-Museum - DSC03496
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Calendrical-divination device, 2 of 3, Batak peoples, Sumatra, Indonesia, 1800s to early 1900s, bone, pigment - Fowler Museum - University of California, Los Angeles - DSC02416
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Garment fragment, Spain, Granada, Nasrid Dynasty, early 1400s AD, silk, view 3 - Textile Museum, George Washington University - DSC09635
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Dream record (Yume no ki), Myoe Koben, Japan, Kamakura period, early 1200s AD, ink on paper - Freer Gallery of Art - DSC04792
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Ewer, China, late 15th to early 16th century, with Persian metal, 17th century, porcelain and metal - Germanisches Nationalmuseum - Nuremberg, Germany - DSC03184
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Evil character, rod puppet (wayang golek), Cirebon, West Java, Indonesia, early to mid 1900s, wood, cloth - Fowler Museum - University of California, Los Angeles - DSC02439
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Empress Cao Growing Grains and Rearing Silkworms, from Virtuous Empresses and Empresses Dowager in Successive Dynasties, by Jiao Bingzhen, early 1700s AD - Peabody Essex Museum - DSC07921
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Bowl with royal rider and caravan, Iran, early 13th century AD, lustre painted fritware - Aga Khan Museum - Toronto, Canada - DSC06654
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