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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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Martyrdom of St. Ursula, from a altar wing from the Heilig-Kreuz-Munster, Rottweil, Kreis Rottweill, c. 1440, Herzog von Urach, Schloss Lichtenstein - Landesmuseum Württemberg - Stuttgart, Germany - DSC03045
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Madonna and Child Holding Dove, Russia, artist unknown, late 1500s AD, tempera on panel - Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University - DSC01448
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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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Memorial to Duke Lamoral II of Thurn and Taxis by Mattheus van Beveren, detail 3 of 3 - Chapel of Saint Ursula - Église Notre-Dame du Sablon - Brussels, Belgium - DSC08143
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Mount Washington by Ann Sophia Towne Darrah, 1857, oil on canvas - Currier Museum of Art - Manchester, NH - DSC07516
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Mount Washington from the Intervale, by John Ross Key, 1873, oil on canvas - Peabody Essex Museum - DSC07104
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Mother of God Enthroned with Angel Musicians, by Ambrosius Benson, Brugge, 1520-1530, oil on oak, view 1 - Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt - Darmstadt, Germany - DSC01301
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Monument from United States Pottery Company's display at the Crystal Palace Exhibition, New York City, 1853, Christopher Webber Fenton designer, view 3 - Bennington Museum - Bennington, VT - DSC08803
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Letter from Gov. Edmund J. Davis to Speaker of the House M. D. K. Taylor, April 19, 1873 - Lorenzo de Zavala State Archives and Library Building - Austin, Texas - DSC08364
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Letter from Chief Justice Robert Bean of Jack County to Gov. Francis R. Lubbock, April 5, 1862 - Lorenzo de Zavala State Archives and Library Building - Austin, Texas - DSC08377
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Lidded oblong box with phoenixes, peonies, and bats, China, Qianlong period, 1736-1795 AD, polychrome lacquer, engraves and gold-filled decoration on wood core - Peabody Essex Museum - DSC07941
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Man with goat's head, China, from a tomb in Fuma, Wanzhou, Chongqing, Tang dynasty, 618-907 AD, green-glazed ceramic - Sichuan Provincial Museum - Chengdu, China - DSC04167
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Ottoman textile fragment with ogival pattern, probably Istanbul, Turkey, 1570-1580 AD, silk, metal-wrapped thread, lampas (kemha) - Aga Khan Museum - Toronto, Canada - DSC06833
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Pediment clock, movement by Lenoble a Paris, case attributed to Francois Remond, c. 1790, patinated and gilt bronze, glass - California Palace of the Legion of Honor - San Francisco, CA - DSC02893
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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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Our Lady of Mercy, called 'The Pilgrim', Enthroned, artist unknown, Cuzco, Peru, 1730s, oil on canvas - Blanton Museum of Art - Austin, Texas - DSC08142
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Our Lady of Mercy, called 'The Pilgrim', Enthroned, artist unknown, Cuzco, Peru, 1730s, oil on canvas, detail - Blanton Museum of Art - Austin, Texas - DSC08143
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Pair of vases with snake handles, 1 of 2, 1775-1778, white terracotta stoneware, surface agate slip, applied ornaments - Wedgwood Museum - Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent, England - DSC09660
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Pink and Blue, the Cahen d'Anvers Girls, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, detail 1, 1881, oil on canvas - Museu de Arte de São Paulo - DSC07233
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Pink and Blue, the Cahen d'Anvers Girls, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, detail 2, 1881, oil on canvas - Museu de Arte de São Paulo - DSC07235
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Pier table by Thomas Chippendale, c. 1779, giltwood with marble and scagliola top - Gallery - Harewood House - West Yorkshire, England - DSC01985
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Our Lady of Miracles, artist unknown, Cuzco, Peru, 17th or 18th century, oil on copper with gold, detail - Blanton Museum of Art - Austin, Texas - DSC08101
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IN HOC SIGNO VINCES, Portuguese reis coin, silver - Bank of Montréal Museum - Bank of Montreal, Main Montreal Branch - 119, rue Saint-Jacques, Montreal, Quebec, Canada - DSC08425
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John the Baptist Preaching on the Sea of Tiberias, by Sebastien Bourdon, 1655-1660, oil on canvas - Portland Art Museum - Portland, Oregon - DSC08918
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Josiah Wedgwood by George Stubbs, 1780, enamel on a Wedgwood ceramic tablet - Wedgwood Museum - Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent, England - DSC09537
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Judith and the Head of Holofernes, Italian, Venice, date unknown, oil on canvas - Princeton University Art Museum - DSC06489
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Kesi fragment with peony, dragon, phoenix, flower, bird, and deer design on red ground, China, Yuan dynasty, 1200s-1300s AD, textile - Tokyo National Museum - Tokyo, Japan - DSC08439
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Jack-in-the-pulpit vase, Louis Comfort Tiffany, made by Tiffany Studios, New York, c. 1909-1910, blown glass - Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - Montreal, Canada - DSC09110
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Jewellery casket, probably Southern Germany, 1550-1600, linden, spruce, mape, root-vein, boxwood, linden, ebony, iron plates - Germanisches Nationalmuseum - Nuremberg, Germany - DSC03101
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Kahmseh (Quintet) by Nizami, signed Mahmud al-Shirazi, probably Iran, late 16th century AD, ink, watercolour, and gold on paper - Aga Khan Museum - Toronto, Canada - DSC06962
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Head of a youth with hairband, Magna Graecia, Taranto, mid 5th century BC, terracotta, H 4391 - Martin von Wagner Museum - Würzburg, Germany - DSC05734
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Heavenly kings (Guardian figures), 1 of 2, Shaanxi or Henan province, China, 600-700 AD, earthenware with gesso and traces of pigment - Portland Art Museum - Portland, Oregon - DSC08393
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Jason being saved by Athena from the dragon, Attic red-figured kylix, attributed to Douris, 480-470 BC, inv. 16545 - Museo Gregoriano Etrusco - Vatican Museums - DSC01046
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Jar with auspicious symbols, Korea, Joseon, 18th-19th century, porcelain with cobalt decoration - National Museum of Natural History, United States - DSC00500
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Japanese lady with parasol, Johann Joachim Kaendler and Peter Reinicke, Meissen Porcelain Factory, c. 1760, hard-paste porcelain - Wadsworth Atheneum - Hartford, CT - DSC05158
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Island of Love and Fisherman's Rest, from Civil Architecture, by Jean-Jacques Lequeu, 1810-1825, pen and black ink, brown wash, watercolor - Morgan Library & Museum - New York City - DSC06739
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Seated young arhat (luohan), China, Yuan dynasty, 13th-14th century AD, stone with paint - John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art - Sarasota, FL - DSC00704
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Scotland, after an engraving by William Henry Bartlett, by Frank Reaugh, undated, pastel and graphite on paper - Harry Ransom Center - University of Texas at Austin - DSC08470
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Seated female musicians, figure 5 of 6, China, Tang dynasty, 7th century AD, straw glaze with painted ornament - Matsuoka Museum of Art - Tokyo, Japan - DSC07292
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Seated female musicians, figure 3 of 6, China, Tang dynasty, 7th century AD, straw glaze with painted ornament - Matsuoka Museum of Art - Tokyo, Japan - DSC07290
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Seated female musicians, figure 1 of 6, China, Tang dynasty, 7th century AD, straw glaze with painted ornament - Matsuoka Museum of Art - Tokyo, Japan - DSC07288
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Seafaring Junk, from the album 50 Chinese Boats of Various Kinds, Guangzhou, China, c. 1800 AD, watercolor on paper - Peabody Essex Museum - Salem, MA - DSC05283
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Sir John Bankes MP PC (1589-1644), by Baron Carlo Marochetti, 1840-1850, 1 of 2, bronze, on a pier table, 1800-1900, wood - Kingston Lacy - Dorset, England - DSC03549
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Sir John Bankes MP PC (1589-1644), by Baron Carlo Marochetti, 1840-1850, 2 of 2, bronze, on a pier table, 1800-1900, wood - Kingston Lacy - Dorset, England - DSC03556
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Simposiasta, Real Fabrica del Buen Retiro, Madrid, 1784-1803 AD - Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas - Madrid, Spain - DSC08406
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Shakespeare, Derby Porcelain Factory, British, c. 1780-1810, soft-paste porcelain, slip-case in sections, painted in enamels - Princeton University Art Museum - DSC07065
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Seychelles nut vessel, Portugal, 1575-1600, Lodoicea maldivica nut, Capricornis sumatrensis horn, gilt silver - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC06959
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Showcase (escaparate), Madrid, 1650-1700 AD, ebonised wood, tortoiseshell, bronze, with Christ Child, Seville, 17th century, polychrome wood - Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas - Madrid, Spain - DSC07953
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Sideboard, maker unknown, Windsor VT, c. 1798, mahogany, maple, birch, pine, and cherry, with mahogany and rosewood veneers and light and dark wood inlays - Bennington Museum - Bennington, VT - DSC08739
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Side table, attributed to Luis Chiari, 2 of 2, Portugal, late 1700s, mahogany, gilt chestnut, black marble - Museu Nacional de Soares dos Reis - Porto, Portugal - DSC00580
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Side table, England, probably London, c. 1790, satinwood and various woods, gilt wood, gilt bronze mounts - California Palace of the Legion of Honor - San Francisco, CA - DSC02806
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Slit tapestry shirt fragment, Peru, Chancay, central coast, c. 1000-1470 AD, alpaca wool dyed with saffron, cochineal, and indigo - Krannert Art Museum, UIUC - DSC06400
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Sauce tureen, 2 of 2, from a partial dessert service, made by John Ridgway, 1830-1840, porcelain, hand-painted decoration and gilding - Peabody Essex Museum - DSC06632
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Satyr and maenad, Attic red-figure kylix, by the Euaion Painter, 460-450 BC - Museo Gregoriano Etrusco - Vatican Museums - DSC01026
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Spherical burning mirror, Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, Kieslingswalde (today Slawonice, Poland), 1786, copper - Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon, Dresden - DSC08142
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Sphinx, lekythos, Greek-Attic, c. 425-390 BC, red-figure terracotta - Blanton Museum of Art - Austin, Texas - DSC07679
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Self-portrait by Caetano Moreira da Costa Lima, oil on canvas - Museu Nacional de Soares dos Reis - Porto, Portugal - DSC00703
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Saint Augustine by Andrea Della Robbia, c. 1490 AD, terracotta - Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía - Madrid, Spain - DSC08575
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Saint Barbara, the Virgin Mary, and Saint Dorothea (Saint Barbara), from Bartholomew's Church, Anhausen, Kreis Schwabisch Hall, 1506 AD - Landesmuseum Württemberg - Stuttgart, Germany - DSC03035
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Saint Louis, King Louis IX, King of France, Belgium, 1618, stained glass - Packwood House - Warwickshire, England - DSC08900
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Bacchanalian figure by Richard Westmacott the younger or Robert William Sievier - Dining Room, Chatsworth House - Derbyshire, England - DSC03433
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Barber's bowl, Teruel, Spain, 18th century AD, ceramic - Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas - Madrid, Spain - DSC08229
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Bell with text from the Heart and Diamond Sutras, China, Jiangsu province, Kunshan, Qing dynasty, Shunzhi period, 1656 AD, cast and chased bronze - Peabody Essex Museum -DSC06779
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Beer glass with portraits of the Holy Roman Emperor and Prince-Electors, France, dated 1662, glass with enamel and gold - Landesmuseum Württemberg - Stuttgart, Germany - DSC03362
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Bed with painting of St Augustine, mid 18th century, painted and gilded stucco and pine - Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas - Madrid, Spain - DSC08291
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Automaton clock with pacing lion, by Daniel Lotter, Germany, Augsburg, c. 1619, partially gilt silver, bronze, ebony, enamel - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07097
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Albarello, Teruel, Spain, 18th century AD, ceramic - Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas - Madrid, Spain - DSC08223
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Albarello, Teruel, Spain, 18th century AD, ceramic - Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas - Madrid, Spain - DSC08225
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Baby cot, Catalonia, c. 1820 AD, mahogany, gilded brass - Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas - Madrid, Spain - DSC08461
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Back screen images, China, unearthed from Wanfo Temple, Chengdu, 5th year of the Zhongdatong reign of the Liang, Southern Dynasties, 533 AD, sandstone - Sichuan Provincial Museum - Chengdu, China - DSC04543
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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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Fireplace with Bacchanalian figures by Richard Westmacott the younger or Robert William Sievier - Dining Room, Chatsworth House - Derbyshire, England - DSC03451
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First Day Vase, shape 49 in the Shape Number One Book, inscription, 13 June 1769, basalt with encaustic decoration - Wedgwood Museum - Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent, England - DSC09576
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Female effigy figurine, Peru, Chancay, central coast, c. 1100-1470 AD, creamware with slip glaze - Krannert Art Museum, UIUC - DSC06418
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Half-tester bed, Vincenzo Favenza, Italy, 1855, holly, walnut - State Bedroom - Kingston Lacy - Dorset, England - DSC03520
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Half-penny token, James Duncan & Co, 1830 - Bank of Montréal Museum - Bank of Montreal, Main Montreal Branch - 119, rue Saint-Jacques, Montreal, Quebec, Canada - DSC08427
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Griffin wagon, replica after Moeller Bros. Wagon Works, 1902, wood and iron - Circus Museum - John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art - Sarasota, FL - DSC00411
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Grand Imperial Wedding of the Guangxu Emperor, vol. 7, leaf 5 detail, Empress Xiaoding entering the palace in phoenix palanquin, by Qing Kuan, c. 1889, ink and color on silk - Peabody Essex Museum - DSC07871
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Grand Imperial Wedding of the Guangxu Emperor, vol. 7, leaf 9, Empress Xiaoding entering the palace in phoenix palanquin, by Qing Kuan, c. 1889, ink and color on silk - Peabody Essex Museum - DSC07865
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Het beloofde Landt Canaan... (Promised Land of Canaan), Nicolas Visscher, Amsterdam, c. 1682, engraving - Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon - Eugene, Oregon - DSC09468
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Hercules by Laurent Delvaux, early 1700s - Waddesdon Manor - Buckinghamshire, England - DSC07552
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Gilded fountain, rose (Hearst Castle) - DSC06547
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Fuxi and Nvwa, China, collected from Chongzhou City, Sichuan, Eastern Han dynasty, 25-220 AD, tomb tile - Sichuan Provincial Museum - Chengdu, China - DSC04803
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The Holy Family with Saint Anne by a Fireplace, attributed to Orazio Cambiaso, Genoa, late 1500s, oil on panel - Blanton Museum of Art - Austin, Texas - DSC07738
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Vase with applied peony scroll design, China, Longquan kiln, Southern Song dynasty, 13th century AD, celadon - Matsuoka Museum of Art - Tokyo, Japan - DSC07315
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Shuochang entertainer with a drum, Tianhuishan, Chengdu, Sichuan province, China, Eastern Han dynasty, 1st-2nd century AD, earthenware - Portland Art Museum - Portland, Oregon - DSC08536
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Chinese-style quatrain in five-character phrases, by Maruyama Okyo, Edo period, 1700s AD, ink on paper - Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Traditional Arts and Crafts - Kanazawa, Japan - DSC09524
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Cabinet with pagodas, Buddhist deities, lotus pond, and mountains, Japan, late Muromachi or Momoyama period, 1500s AD, wood, black lacquer, copper alloy with gilding - Peabody Essex Museum - DSC07549
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A Spartan Woman Giving a Shield to Her Son, by Jean-Jacques-Francois Le Barbier, 1805, oil on panel - Portland Art Museum - Portland, Oregon - DSC09070
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Horizontal sundial with heavy plumb bob beneath dial plate, Christopher Trechsler, Dresden, 1611 - Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon, Dresden - DSC08035
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Hexagonal Jar, Imari ware, Kakiemon type, Edo period, 17th century, flowering plant and phoenix design in overglaze enamel - Tokyo National Museum - DSC05329
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Cabinet by Carlo Zen, Italy, 1902, mahogany, mother-of-pearl, silver and brass inlay - Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - Montreal, Canada - DSC09287
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Lioness by Eugène Delacroix, 1832 - Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek - Copenhagen - DSC09399
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Staff of the Bishop of Tuy, made by Masriera brothers, view 2, Catalan, 1907 AD, gold with ivory figures attributed to E. Bernabes - Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas - Madrid, Spain - DSC08046
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