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A long rectangular tapestry-woven textile fragment with a purple border, yellow ground, and red design depicting dancing human shapes, fish, plants, and birds.

Tunic Band: Dancers in a Nile Landscape

Byzantine

Text folio containing the colophon at the end of Khusraw and Shirin, illuminated sarlawh of Layla va Majnun (text recto; sarlawh verso of folio 117), from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami

Text folio containing the colophon at the end of Khusraw and Shirin, illuminated sarlawh of Layla va Majnun (text recto; sarlawh verso of folio 117), from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami

Persian

Long oval-shaped box with scenes of women and animals

Pen Box with European Woman and Eagles in Medallions

`Abbas Shirazi

Rearing Snake on a Coffin

Rearing Snake on a Coffin

Egyptian

A bronze sculpture of a cube with written images carved into it. On top is a long, curled form that has carved lines all over it.

Coiled Snake on a Coffin

Egyptian

Velvet Ikat Panel

Velvet Ikat Panel

Uzbek

Coptic Textile

Coptic Textile

Egyptian

Lekanis Base

Lekanis Base

Greek

Dish-mouthed vessel

Dish-mouthed vessel

Chinese

Coin of Anazarbus under Valerian I

Coin of Anazarbus under Valerian I, r. 253 - 260 CE

Valerian I

Jade Circular Table Screen with Decoration of Figures in a Landscape on the Front and Trees and Mountains on the Back

Jade Circular Table Screen with Decoration of Figures in a Landscape on the Front and Trees and Mountains on the Back

Chinese

Four Sections of a Voussoir Arch

Four Sections of a Voussoir Arch

Coptic

Coin of Berytus under Caracalla

Coin of Berytus under Caracalla, r. 188 - 217 CE

Caracalla

Hiranatsume Spring and Autumn Tea Caddy with Decoration of Cherry Blossoms and Maple Leaves

Hiranatsume Spring and Autumn Tea Caddy with Decoration of Cherry Blossoms and Maple Leaves

Japanese

Painted, gilded wooden statue of woman with crown holding baby

The Virgin and Child

Unidentified Artist

Nocturne in Blue and Silver

Nocturne in Blue and Silver, 1834 - 1903

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Relief fragments from the tomb of the official Ptahshepses, nicknamed Impy

Relief fragments from the tomb of the official Ptahshepses, nicknamed Impy

Egyptian

Coin of Byblos under Macrinus

Coin of Byblos under Macrinus, r. 217 - 218 CE

Macrinus

Pen Box with Riverscape, Female Portraits, and Turkeys in Medallions

Pen Box with Riverscape, Female Portraits, and Turkeys in Medallions

Mirza Mustafa Shirazi

Pen Box with Lovers, Flowers, and Birds

Pen Box with Lovers, Flowers, and Birds

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