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A work made of porcelain painted in green, yellow, and aubergine glazes.

Box with Opera Scene, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Kangxi period (1662–1722)

Plackart

Plackart, 1573

Black print on cream paper with lightly sketched figures. At left is a corseted woman in profile, and at right, a man in coat and top hat. They stand close together, face to face.

Old Man and Young Girl, 1899

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

A lithograph in black on ivory paper shows a woman's face and neck straight on. The few lines confidently define her facial features and bright, open eyes. Her long hair is described in tumbles and spiraling lines around her head.

Françoise, June 14, 1946

Pablo Picasso

A work made of stoneware (jasperware and black basalt), cut steel, and ivory.

Anti-Slavery Medallion, 1787

Wedgwood Manufactory

Golden-colored, ornate wall clock adorned with golden flourishes, a bent figure with an arrow at top.

Wall Clock, c. 1735–40

Jean Pierre Latz

A work made of dehua ware (blanc de chine); porcelain.

Seated Guanyin, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Small iron sculpture of a dragon with a serpentine body, legs with talons, and long tail, all made of moveable joints.

Articulated Dragon, c. 1880

School of Myochin

A work made of black ash, braided ash, cedar bark, and synthetic dye.

Nearly Monochrome, 2022

Jeremy Frey

A work made of opaque watercolor with gilded paper on canvas on wood.

Shiva Nataraja Enshrined at Chidambaram Temple with Attendants, 19th century

Painting of a snowy scene in a yard adjacent to a small house or shed. Two young children and a dog play at center, an older woman to their right and what looks like two older boys to their left. Three turkeys run about.

Thanksgiving Turkey, c. 1940

Grandma Moses (Anna Mary Robertson Moses)

A work made of oil on canvas.

Still Life Reviving (Naturaleza muerta resucitando), 1963

Remedios Varo

A work made of glazed porcelain.

Famille Verte Model of Foreigners Aboard a Ship, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1772)

A solid-metal necklace with a very large pendant with a central, colorfully beaded oval section. Two side by side circles overlap and extend from the oval, in which are set four shells. Loose brown tassels hang down from the pendant.

Woman's Necklace, 20th century

Maasai

A work made of layers of cotton, plain weave; pieced and quilted; appliquéd with wool and wool and cotton plain weaves and wool twill weaves; embroidered with cotton in chain, cross, and a derivative of herringbone stitches; applied plied yarn edging; lined with cotton plain weaves; pieced.

Tunic (Jibbeh), 1885/99

Mahdist peoples

Painting features a forked dirt road upon which two figures meet, one in blue and one in brown, walking a dog. Beyond them at left is a brown barn; at right, a sprawling white house. In the distance is a ridge of trees and hazy low mountains.

Home, c. 1940

Grandma Moses (Anna Mary Robertson Moses)

A work made of oil on hardboard.

The Cambridge Valley, Before 1942

Grandma Moses (Anna Mary Robertson Moses)

Painting of a long covered bridge ablaze, its interior bright orange and flames erupting from its roof and windows. The bridge straddles a light-blue river, a densely populated town visible on the hill of the opposite bank. Small human figures scurry about the bridge opening carrying buckets. In the foreground, a horse harnessed to a carriage rears.

Burning of the Troy Bridge, c. 1941

Grandma Moses (Anna Mary Robertson Moses)

Painted Fan with a Scene of the Hongs and Harbor of Canton

Painted Fan with a Scene of the Hongs and Harbor of Canton, c. 1845-1860, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

A work made of wool, rattan, and human hair.

Dance Hat, 20th century

Bamileke

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