15,964 Free Images of Early Works

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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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Queen Trinh Thi Ngoc Truc, Mat pagoda, Thanh Hoa province, early 17th century AD, lacquered wood - Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts - Hanoi, Vietnam - DSC04915
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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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Fragment from a Mihrab, late 13th or early 14th century, Kashan, Iran
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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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Lekythos, oil jar by a member of the Class of Berlin F2473, Attic red figure, Greece, late 5th to early 4th century BC, terracotta - Spurlock Museum, UIUC - DSC05871
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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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Pouring vessel inscribed 'Fatima, daughter of Haj Husayn', Egypt, Mamluk dynasty, late 15th to early 16th century AD, tinned copper - Huntington Museum of Art - DSC05029
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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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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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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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Chess piece, Punjab Hills, India, late 1770s to early 1800s AD, ivory, gilt and polychrome - Dallas Museum of Art - DSC04965
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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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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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Wine mug calling for God's favor on the owner, Iran, Khorasan, late 12th to early 13th century AD, silver-inlaid brass, view 1 - Aga Khan Museum - Toronto, Canada - DSC06377
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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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Hercules by Laurent Delvaux, early 1700s - Waddesdon Manor - Buckinghamshire, England - DSC07552
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Two masks of Achelous, early 5th century BC, terracotta, H 4120 and H 4121 - Martin von Wagner Museum - Würzburg, Germany - DSC05737
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Dish with effigy head, Maya, Guatemala, Holmul, Group II, Building B, Early Classic, 350-500 AD, ceramic - Meso-American collection - Peabody Museum, Harvard University - DSC05924
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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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Fragment from a Mihrab, late 13th or early 14th century, Kashan, Iran
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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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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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Christ Before Pilate, Hieronymus Bosch
flemish paintings in the museu de arte de são pauloearly netherlandish painting,northern renaissance
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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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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Vessel, Egypt, Neqade I or early Neqade II period, ceramic, K 2 - Martin von Wagner Museum - Würzburg, Germany - DSC05394
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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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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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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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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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US Navy 020424-N-6492H-509 E-2C - combat mission
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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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Carpet, India, Kashmir or Lahore, Mughal Empire, early 18th century AD, pashmina, silk - Textile Museum, George Washington University - DSC09885
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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