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Stem cup

Stem cup

Chinese

Stem Cup

Stem Cup

Chinese

A dark green-grey cast bronze vessel that flares at the bottom and the top. The middle is long and narrow. The whole object is decorated with finely engraved lines that make a pattern except for triangle-shaped areas on the top.

'Gu' Ritual Wine Vessel with 'Taotie' Decor

Chinese

A blue-green flat object that is rectangle-shaped at the bottom with a smaller pentagon shape at the top. It is covered in inlaid turquoise pieces. The edges have a dark grey-green line with rough texture along them that swirl and curve into the middle of the middle. Two 3D pale orbs are near the bottom-center of the piece.

Turquoise-Inlaid Plaque with Stylized Animal-Mask Decoration and Elongated Extension

Chinese

Spouted tripod ewer (he)

Spouted tripod ewer (he)

Chinese

FINE FRAGMENT OF WHITE ROMAN MOSAIC ROUGHLY A TRAP EZOID IN SHAPE-BASE ABOUT NINE INCHES-SIDES F IVE-TOP FOUR

FINE FRAGMENT OF WHITE ROMAN MOSAIC ROUGHLY A TRAP EZOID IN SHAPE-BASE ABOUT NINE INCHES-SIDES F IVE-TOP FOUR

Roman

Fragment of an Arciform Pendent Eaves-End Roof Tile with Decoration of Two Buddhist Flying Apsaras ("Pi-ch'ŏn"; Chinese, "Feitian") Facing a Censer

Fragment of an Arciform Pendent Eaves-End Roof Tile with Decoration of Two Buddhist Flying Apsaras ("Pi-ch'ŏn"; Chinese, "Feitian") Facing a Censer

Korean

Fragment of an Eaves-End Roof Tile with an Elliptical Medallion Featuring a Geometric Pattern or a Chinese Character, Possibly the Character 'Su' (Chinese, 'Shou'; "Longevity")

Fragment of an Eaves-End Roof Tile with an Elliptical Medallion Featuring a Geometric Pattern or a Chinese Character, Possibly the Character 'Su' (Chinese, 'Shou'; "Longevity")

Korean

Bowl with Masked Dancing Figure

Bowl with Masked Dancing Figure

Persian

Greek Lamp

Greek Lamp

Greek

Wide-mouthed jar with two strap handles

Wide-mouthed jar with two strap handles

Chinese

Two Bands with Coiling Vines

Two Bands with Coiling Vines

Byzantine

Tethered Camel and Rider (drawing, recto; calligraphy, verso), folio from an album

Tethered Camel and Rider (drawing, recto; calligraphy, verso), folio from an album, 16th century

Drawing attributed to Mir Sayyid ‘Ali

Pin Head in two parts

Pin Head in two parts

Near Eastern

Scallop-Rimmed Charger with Courtly Couple

Scallop-Rimmed Charger with Courtly Couple

Cream-colored bowl with black painted decoration

Bowl with Foliated and Plaited Inscription

Persian

Bowl with Enthroned Ruler and Courtiers

Bowl with Enthroned Ruler and Courtiers

White dish with blue botanical decoration

Dish with Peonies

Persian

Scenes from the Childhood of Christ

Scenes from the Childhood of Christ

Unidentified Artist

Band with Nereids and Animals in Medallions

Band with Nereids and Animals in Medallions

Byzantine

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