Jar, Early/mid–20th century

Yoruba

Hero Construction, 1958

Richard Hunt

Vessel, c. 1946

Maija Grotell

Bottle-Shaped Vase, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Kuwana: Ferryboat at Shichiri Crossing (Kuwana, Shichiri no watashibune)—No. 43, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Reisho Tokaido, c. 1847/52

Utagawa Hiroshige

One of a Pair of Shrine Figures, Late 19th/early 20th century

Ewe

Bust of Seleucus Nicator of Syria, Late 19th century reproduction

Sabatino de Angelis

Bean pot, 1849–58

Lyman, Fenton & Co.

Black Panel, 1989/99

Ellsworth Kelly

Magic (Tezuma), from the series "Various Arts (Shogei tsukushi)", c. 1811/13

Hotei Gosei

Portrait of Pablo Picasso, January–February 1912

Juan Gris

Seated Woman Holding Mirror, Tang dynasty (A.D. 618–907), first half of 8th century

The Actor Bando Shucho III as Shizuka Gozen, from the series “Collection of Portraits by Shunsen (Shunsen nigao shu)", 1925

Natori Shunsen

Kanbara, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Tokaido with Poem (Kyoka iri Tokaido), c. 1837/42

Utagawa Hiroshige

Central Park, North of the Obelisk, Behind the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from the series "On This Site: Landscape in Memoriam", May 1993

Joel Sternfeld

Bencharong (Five-Colored) Ware, Covered Jar, 19th century

Head of Pavlova, 1924

Malvina Hoffman

Water or Palm Wine Container (Iti or Udu), Mid–20th century

Igbo

Chest, 1805–20

Artist unknown

The Chicken, 1944

Alexander Calder