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Bowl with Palmettes and Rosettes

Bowl with Palmettes and Rosettes

An off-white, rectangular textile fragment with a purple border depicting plants and animals around three sides and a panel at the top showing four human figures dancing between columns.

Tunic Fragment: Four Dancers under Arches

Byzantine

Fragment of Carved Drapery from a Votive Statuette

Fragment of Carved Drapery from a Votive Statuette

Sumerian

Body Sherd: Reserved on One Side, Black Gloss on Other

Body Sherd: Reserved on One Side, Black Gloss on Other

Greek

Fragmentary Bowl with Seated Figure Surrounded by Inscriptions

Fragmentary Bowl with Seated Figure Surrounded by Inscriptions

Rim, Neck and Shoulder of Krater with Painted Pictorial Style Decoration

Rim, Neck and Shoulder of Krater with Painted Pictorial Style Decoration

Mycenaean

Elephants Approaching a Palace (recto, fragment); Pricked drawing of Matsya, Visnhu’s Fish Avatar (verso, fragment)

Elephants Approaching a Palace (recto, fragment); Pricked drawing of Matsya, Visnhu’s Fish Avatar (verso, fragment)

Attributed to Master of Elephants

Sherd

Sherd

Roman

Fragment of Nigatsudō Yake-kyō (Burnt Sutra from Nigatsudō, Tōdai-ji, Nara)

Fragment of Nigatsudō Yake-kyō (Burnt Sutra from Nigatsudō, Tōdai-ji, Nara)

Japanese

Intaglio Gem with Five Standing Figures

Intaglio Gem with Five Standing Figures

Roman

Fragment of Cuneiform Tablet: Old Assyrian Letter

Fragment of Cuneiform Tablet: Old Assyrian Letter

Assyrian

Entity

Entity, born 1969

Allyson Strafella

Rim Of Ring-Based Krater With Painted Decoration

Rim Of Ring-Based Krater With Painted Decoration

Mycenaean

Spandrel with Griffin in a Roundel

Spandrel with Griffin in a Roundel

Unidentified Artist

Panathenaic Amphora (storage jar)

Panathenaic Amphora (storage jar), active c. 450-440 BCE

Attributed to The Achilles Painter

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

A long rectangular tapestry-woven textile fragment with a deep violet design of two long parallel bands on an off-white background showing grape vines, two nude dancers, and urns.

Joined Tunic Bands: Dancers and Flowering Urns

Byzantine

Cuff Band: Knot Motif

Cuff Band: Knot Motif

Byzantine

Illustration with music for "On the Ancient Walls of Venice" from "Tuscan Songs"

Illustration with music for "On the Ancient Walls of Venice" from "Tuscan Songs", 1837 - 1917

Francesca Alexander

Squat Lekythos (oil flask): Warriors; Lions

Squat Lekythos (oil flask): Warriors; Lions, active mid 6th century BCE

The Taleides Painter

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