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Sleigh bed, Spain, c. 1820 AD, mahogany, pine, bronze - Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas - Madrid, Spain - DSC08460

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Shallow bowl, probably Afghanistan, Sasanian period, 5th-7th century AD, silver, gilt - Arthur M. Sackler Gallery - DSC05096

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Shinja type noh mask, with inscription 'By Master Tomoharu of the Hosho troupe of 74 years', Muromachi period, 1400s-1500s AD, wood, polychromy - Tokyo National Museum - Ueno Park, Tokyo, Japan - DSC08988

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Short-necked jar, Sue ware, excavated at Rurikozuka Tumulus, Kisarazu-shi, Chiba, Kofun (Asuka) period, 600s AD, stoneware - Tokyo National Museum - Ueno Park, Tokyo, Japan - DSC09179

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Sofa, maker unknown, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, c. 1810, mahogany, birch veneer, replaced horsehair upholstery - Currier Museum of Art - Manchester, NH - DSC07663

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Pilgrim flask, Venice or France, 16th century, enameled glass - Wadsworth Atheneum - Hartford, CT - DSC05053

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Pieces from a coffee service, Margravial Faience Manufactory, Bayreuth, c. 1730, glazed earthenware with silver decoration (now black) - Germanisches Nationalmuseum - Nuremberg, Germany - DSC02629

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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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Silver bracelet from the Sasanian Empire of Persia with starry pattern, Southern Dynasties, from Bianwan Cun, Siucheng Zhen, Suixi - Hong Kong Museum of History - DSC00856

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Sketches for the first movement of the Fifth Piano Concerto, op. 73, ('Emperor'), Beethoven, 1809, musical autograph - Morgan Library & Museum - New York City - DSC06701

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Sitting Buddha, China, unearthed from Wanfo Temple, Chengdu, the Liang of Southern Dynasties, 502-557 AD, sandstone - Sichuan Provincial Museum - Chengdu, China - DSC04552

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St John the Baptist and other saints, copied from a lost Byzantine diptych at the Battistero di San Giovanni in Florence, 1 of 2, Florence, before 1759, painted and gilt stucco - Vatican Museums - DSC00708

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge at age 42, copy by James Curnock (1812-1862) after the original by Washington Allston, 1814 - Coleridge Cottage - Nether Stowey - Somerset, England - DSC01168

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Self portrait by Leonhard Posch, plaster, 1815 - Bode-Museum - DSC02819

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Set of sugar, tea, and biscuit boxes, view 4, Joseph Maria Olbrich, 1901, silver, amethyst - Museum Künstlerkolonie Darmstadt - Mathildenhöhe - Darmstadt, Germany - DSC06334

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Self portrait by Leonhard Posch, tin, 1815 - Bode-Museum - DSC02820

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Scarlet Bird and Pushou tomb doors, 2 of 2, China, Eastern Han dynasty, 25-220 AD, stone - Sichuan Provincial Museum - Chengdu, China - DSC04752

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Sarung (hip wrapper) for woman of Peranakan birth, Indonesia, Java, Pekalongan, 19th century, cotton, resist-dyed - Textile Museum, George Washington University - DSC09536

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Serving plate with handles, 3 of 3, from a partial dessert service, made by John Ridgway, 1830-1840, porcelain, hand-painted decoration and gilding - Peabody Essex Museum - DSC06641

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Serving plate with handles, 2 of 3, from a partial dessert service, made by John Ridgway, 1830-1840, porcelain, hand-painted decoration and gilding - Peabody Essex Museum - DSC06639

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Saint Barbara, the Virgin Mary, and Saint Dorothea (Saint Dorothea), from Bartholomew's Church, Anhausen, Kreis Schwabisch Hall, 1506 AD - Landesmuseum Württemberg - Stuttgart, Germany - DSC03039

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Saint Augustine and Saint Nicholas with donors, Middle Rhine, c. 1250, stained and painted glass - Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt - Darmstadt, Germany - DSC00184

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Saint Catherine and Saint Anthony, Lisbon, 1717-1739, with silver and gilt bronze tabernacle, Late Mannerism - Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro - Coimbra, Portugal - DSC00115

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Skating at Reiterstandbild Friedrich Wilhelm III - Cologne, Germany - DSC00378

Skating at Reiterstandbild Friedrich Wilhelm III - Cologne, Germany - DSC00380

Snuff container, Zulu people, South Africa, late 1800s, gourd, brass, copper, iron - National Museum of Natural History, United States - DSC00490

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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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Mercury 1, treasure hoard of Munderkingen, Alb-Donau-Kreis, 3rd century AD, bronze - Landesmuseum Württemberg - Stuttgart, Germany - DSC02878

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Lekythos with wedding procession of Dionysos and Ariadne, black figure, greater Greece, c. 510 BC, ceramic - Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt - Darmstadt, Germany - DSC01129

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La Toilette de Venus, by Henri Fantin-Latour, 1891, oil on canvas - Portland Art Museum - Portland, Oregon - DSC09105

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Le Jeu de l'echarpe (Dancer with tambourine) by Agathon Leonard, before 1901, Susse Freres, Paris, gilt bronze - Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt - Darmstadt, Germany - DSC00940

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Landscape with a wide river, waterfall, and three figures in the foreground, by Salvator Rosa, c. 1656, oil on canvas - John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art - Sarasota, FL - DSC00624

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Landscape by Jean Pillement, 1782, oil on canvas - Museu Nacional de Soares dos Reis - Porto, Portugal - DSC00583

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

Linen cabinet, designed by Richard Riemerschmid, made by Dresdner Werkstatten fur Handwerkskunst, 1905, larch wood, iron - Bröhan Museum, Berlin - DSC04016

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Letter from Gov. Elisha M. Pease to Ranger Captain J. H. Callahan, October 10, 1855 - Lorenzo de Zavala State Archives and Library Building - Austin, Texas - DSC08380

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Madonna, Jorg Artz workshop, Bosen, probably from the Pfarrkirche von Kanal St. Buf in Trentino, c. 1515-1520, stone pine, restored polychromy - Germanisches Nationalmuseum - Nuremberg, Germany - DSC02994

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Madonna and Child with Angels, by Niccolo di ser Sozzo Tegliacci, c. 1360, tempera on wood panel - University of Arizona Museum of Art - University of Arizona - Tucson, AZ - DSC08208

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Mantle clock, attributed to Francois Remond, late Louis XVI period, Sevres porcelain, ormolu Music Room - Harewood House - West Yorkshire, England - DSC02051

Marie Antoinette Queen of France, c. 1774 - Wedgwood Museum - Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent, England - DSC09712

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Marie Anne Dauphine de France, French, anonymous school of Mignard, 1700s, oil on canvas - Middlebury College Museum of Art - Middlebury, VT - DSC08159

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Memorial to Duke Lamoral II of Thurn and Taxis by Mattheus van Beveren - Chapel of Saint Ursula - Église Notre-Dame du Sablon - Brussels, Belgium - DSC08127

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Lower Courtyard - Haddon Hall - Bakewell, Derbyshire, England - DSC02476

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Mesha Stela or Moabite Stone, plaster replica of original in the Louvre, inscribed in Moabite, Dibon, 9th century BC, basalt original - Harvard Semitic Museum - Cambridge, MA - DSC06025

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Mary Elizabeth Robbins by William Morris Hunt, 1866, oil on canvas - Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University - DSC01174

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Mary Harvey, Mrs. Paul Beck, Jr., by Thomas Sully, 1813, oil on canvas - Dallas Museum of Art - DSC04889

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Metallic thermometer with 4 lead rods inside cylinder, Johann Gottfried Zimmer, Reinharz, c. 1748 - Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon, Dresden - DSC08117

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Martin-Wasp Touring Car, view 5, designed by Karl Hamlin Martin, made by Martin-Wasp Corporation, c. 1924, Bennington VT - Bennington Museum - Bennington, VT - DSC09077

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Master of Animals finial, Iran, Luristan, 8th century BC, bronze - Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University - DSC01574

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Tureen with Kakiemon motifs, Meissen Porcelain Factory, c. 1740-1750, hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels - Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University - DSC01302

The Blacksmith Cupids, by Charles-Antoine Coypel, sketch of decoration for Louis d'Orleans in the Palais-Royal, French, c. 1715-1720, oil on canvas - Dallas Museum of Art - DSC05221

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Three-colored kettle, China, Qionglai City, Sichuan, Tang dynasty, 618-907 AD, ceramic - Sichuan University Museum - Chengdu, China - DSC06281

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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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The Old Man and Death, by Joseph Wright of Derby, 1773, oil on canvas - Wadsworth Atheneum - Hartford, CT - DSC05491

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The Florentine Boar (Il Porcellino), by Antonio Susini, Florence, 1558-1624 AD, bronze on a wooden base - Bode-Museum - DSC02564

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The Admonitions of the Court Instructress to Court Ladies, 4 of 4, by the Qianlong emperor, 1747 AD, after a painting attributed to Li Gonglin, 1049-1106 AD, ink on paper - Peabody Essex Museum - DSC07973

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The Annunciation, based on a print by Marco Dente da Ravenna, Venice, 1600s, reverse painting on glass - John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art - Sarasota, FL - DSC00579

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The Angelic Consolation of Saint Francis, by Valerio Castello, Genoa, c. 1648-1649, oil on canvas - Blanton Museum of Art - Austin, Texas - DSC08012

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Torque-style necklace, China, probably Imperial Workshop, Beijing, 1700s-1800s AD, gold alloy, kingfisher feathers, semiprecious stones, pearl, glass, silk - Peabody Essex Museum - DSC07914

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Tiled stove, made by Hans Heinrich II Pfau, painter probably David Pfau, Winterthur, 1644, glazed terracotta, view 1 - Germanisches Nationalmuseum - Nuremberg, Germany - DSC03702

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Tile with partial Arabic letter, reportedly from the Mosque of Omar, Jerusalem, removed during 19th century renovation, glazed ceramic - Harvard Semitic Museum - Cambridge, MA - DSC06110

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Standing Vairocana, Korea, Unified Silla to Goryeo dynasty, 800s-900s AD, gilt bronze - Tokyo National Museum - Tokyo, Japan - DSC08265

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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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Stacked vessel, Attic, Late Geometric period, 750-700 BC, L 48 - Martin von Wagner Museum - Würzburg, Germany - DSC05640

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Study for the ceiling of the Bordeaux Opera, by William Adolphe Bouguereau, French, c. 1859, oil on paper on canvas - Middlebury College Museum of Art - Middlebury, VT - DSC08105

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Study for the World's Columbian Exposition Commemorative Presentaton Medal (reverse), Louis Saint-Gaudens, 1893, plaster - Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University - DSC01437

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Still life with lobster and fruit, by Joris van Son, Antwerp, c. 1658, oil on canvas - Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt - Darmstadt, Germany - DSC01145

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Stationary, writing, and food storage boxes, Japan, Edo period, 1700s, makie lacquer ware - John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art - Sarasota, FL - DSC00709

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Table cover or wall hanging, Peru, south highlands, 1675-1700 AD, cotton, camelid hair, silk, view 1 - Textile Museum, George Washington University - DSC09597

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Stamnos with drinking scenes, Perizoma Group, Attic, c. 510 BC, L 326 - Martin von Wagner Museum - Würzburg, Germany - DSC05516

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Standing Buddha, Korea, Unified Silla dynasty, 700s-800s AD, gilt bronze - Tokyo National Museum - Tokyo, Japan - DSC08248

Ten Pound Island, Gloucester, by Fitz Henry Lane, 1850s, oil on canvas - Cape Ann Museum - Gloucester, MA - DSC01159

Tall beaker (Stangenglas), Lorenzo Biller and Barbara Zeilnerin, southern Germany or Hall in Tyrol, c. 1560-1580, glass with enamel and gold - Landesmuseum Württemberg - Stuttgart, Germany - DSC03359

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Talavera mancerina (chocolate cup holder), ceramic - Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas - Madrid, Spain - DSC08143

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Tall case clock, maker unknown, Bennington VT, c. 1800, cherry and white pine with light and dark wood inlays, view 1 - Bennington Museum - Bennington, VT - DSC08793

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Tea kettle and stand, Albin Mueller, made by Eduard Hueck Metallwarenfabrik, Luedenscheid, Germany, c. 1903, copper, brass - Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - Montreal, Canada - DSC09281

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Portrait miniature of a Lady of the Spanish Court, attributed to Alonso Sanchez Coello, Spanish, c. 1580, oil on cardboard - Meadows Museum - Southern Methodist University - DSC05292

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Portrait of Ferdinand Philippe, Duc d'Orleans, by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres and possibly studio, 1844, oil on canvas, detail - Wadsworth Atheneum - Hartford, CT - DSC05522

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Portrait of Master Otis Barton and his Grandfather, by William Merritt Chase, 1903, oil on canvas - Currier Museum of Art - Manchester, NH - DSC07551

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Powder horn, engraved 'Jonathan Gardner His Horn 1776 Liberty & Property or Death', Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1776, horn, maple, brass - Concord Museum - Concord, MA - DSC05578

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Nancy Caldwell Church Robinson (1760-1845) by Ammi Phillips (1788-1865), c. 1820, oil on canvas - Bennington Museum - Bennington, VT - DSC08866

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Miriam is cursed with Leprosy, Netherlands, mid 1500s, stained glass - Museum Schnütgen - Cologne, Germany - DSC09840

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Minuet, by Giuseppe Gricci, Capodimonte Manufactory, Naples, c. 1750, soft-paste porcelain, colored enamel, gilt - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - 20180922 163128

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Lobed bowl with cherry blossom and maple design, by Nin'ami Dohachi, Edo period, 1800s AD, ceramic, overglaze enamel - Tokyo National Museum - Tokyo, Japan - DSC09340

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Lobed ewer, Jingdezhen ware, China, Northern Song dynasty, 1000s-1100s AD, porcelain - Tokyo National Museum - Tokyo, Japan - DSC08388

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Male entourage, China, from a tomb in Fuma, Wanzhou, Chongqing, Tang dynasty, 618-907 AD, green-glazed ceramic - Sichuan Provincial Museum - Chengdu, China - DSC04171

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Male and female pheasant, 1 of 2, Johann Joachim Kaendler, Meissen Porcelain Factory, c. 1735, hard-paste porcelain - Wadsworth Atheneum - Hartford, CT - DSC05431

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Mosaic glass, Hellenistic, late 3rd to late 2nd century BC, 6-S. 44-45 - Martin von Wagner Museum - Würzburg, Germany - DSC05907

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Miniature locomotive which won a medal at the Milwaukee exhibition of 1855, made by Pierre Rodier, Saint-Hyacinthe, 1850, iron, brass - Château Ramezay - Montreal, Canada - DSC07567

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Nicolò Zen (1515-1565) by Titian, 1560-1565, oil on canvas - Saloon - Kingston Lacy - Dorset, England - DSC03492

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Medicine Man by Charles Marion Russell, 1916, oil on canvas - Blanton Museum of Art - Austin, Texas - DSC08197

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Mechanical table, made by Jean Pierre Latz and Denis Gentry, c. 1755 - Waddesdon Manor - Buckinghamshire, England - DSC07610

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Lion head door puller from the Church of St. Lambertus in Erkelenz, Lower Rhine Valley, 1250-1300, bronze - Museum Schnütgen - Cologne, Germany - DSC00309

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Lion with 'coleslaw' type mane, U.S. Pottery Company, Bennington VT, c. 1850, ceramic with Rockingham glaze - Old Colony History Museum - Taunton, Massachusetts - DSC03866

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Lidded cup and lobed tray with phoenixes and peonies, China, Imperial Workshop, Beijing, Qianlong period, 1736-1795 AD, enamels on copper alloy, gilding - Peabody Essex Museum - DSC07945

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Fayum mummy portrait, Fayum agricultural region, 50-200 AD - National Museum of Natural History, United States - DSC00553

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Informal robe with chrysanthemums 1, China, emboidery probably by Imperial Silk Manufactory, Suzhou, tailoring by Imperial Workshop, Beijing, Guangxu period, 1875-1908, silk - Peabody Essex Museum - DSC08014

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Incense burner in shape of puppy, Hirado ware, Mikawachi kilns, Edo period, 1800s AD, porcelain, underglaze blue - Tokyo National Museum - Ueno Park, Tokyo, Japan - DSC08921

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Individual figures from the High Altar of Cologne Cathedral, 4, Cologne, c. 1310-1320, Carrara marble - Museum Schnütgen - Cologne, Germany - DSC00022

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