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A work made of maple.

"Oceana" Box, c. 1935

Russel Wright

Box construction lined with printed text. A white sphere and clear blue marble are suspended between two horizontal glass shelves. At bottom left is a clear glass goblet filled with coral, shells, and paper. At bottom right, a white ceramic hand holding a cup.

Soap Bubble Set, 1948

Joseph Cornell

Three-part bronze sculpture set of two clenched hands and a man's face with closed eyes and mouth, an object in one hand.

Life Cast of the Hands and Face of Abraham Lincoln, Cast in plaster 1860; cast in bronze by 1888

Leonard Wells Volk

A work made of color woodblock print; chuban.

Ise, from an untitled series of Thirty-six Immortal Poets, c. 1767/68

Suzuki Harunobu

Ghostly white face formed by a winding line, creating forehead wrinkles, nose, chin. Droopy eyes and a small black heart.

In the Magic Mirror, 1934

Paul Klee

A work made of earthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glazes 三彩铅釉陶器.

Dragon-Handled Amphora 三彩双龙耳瓶, Tang dynasty, (A.D. 618–907), 1st half of 8th century 唐 （公元 618-907)，八世纪前半段

A work made of earthenware, glaze, and engobe.

Jazz Bowl, c. 1931

Viktor Schreckengost

Bronze bust with a dark patina featuring a bearded man with curly hair, the patina on his nose worn to a lighter shade.

Bust of Heraclitus, Late 19th century reproduction

Ancient Greek

A work made of oil on canvas.

A Friendly Warning, 1881–90

Thomas Hicks

A work made of copper alloy.

Goldweight Depicting a Chameleon, Mid–19th to mid–20th century

Asante

A work made of color woodblock print.

Great Bridge at Senju, 1913

Tobari Kogan

A tall, spindly human figure in rough bronze with an elongated torso and arms and dramatically long, thin, kneeless legs appears to be walking mid-stride, both feet on the ground but quite far apart

Walking Man II, 1960

Alberto Giacometti

A work made of terracotta, red-figure.

Amphora (Storage Jar), 4th century BCE

Ancient Greek

A work made of wood, glass, paper, metal, and shell.

Soap Bubble Set, 1940 (reworked 1953)

Joseph Cornell

A work made of engraving in black on ivory laid paper.

Philosophy, plate 28 from Arts and Sciences, c. 1465

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi

A work made of etching, burnished aquatint and drypoint on ivory laid paper.

A Picador is Unhorsed and Falls under the Bull, plate 26 from The Art of Bullfighting, 1814/16, published 1816

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

A work made of silver gilt, rock crystal, textile, and human remains.

Reliquary Monstrance with a Tooth of Saint John the Baptist, 1433; container: 900/1200

Weddeghe Velstede

A work made of ceramic with pigment.

Stamp Depicting a Plant-like Motf, Possibly 1000–1500

Zapotec

An abstracted work made of irregular pieces of stretched canvas bonded together, creating a funnel shape that protrudes out to form a dark hole.

Untitled, 1960

Lee Bontecou

A work made of wood, cloth, mud, and sacrificial material.

Zoomorphic Figure (Boli), Mid-early 20th century

Bamana

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