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Paper God: Barn God with Two Attendants

Paper God: Barn God with Two Attendants

Chinese

Paper God: God of Wealth in His Shrine with Two Attendants

Paper God: God of Wealth in His Shrine with Two Attendants

Chinese

Votive Terracotta Scrotum

Votive Terracotta Scrotum

Etruscan

A terracotta sculpture that is made of three round forms, the top being longer. It is colored red with pale grey mottling all over.

Votive Terracotta Penis and Scrotum

Etruscan

Malasri Ragini (painting, recto), from the Chunar Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) Series

Malasri Ragini (painting, recto), from the Chunar Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) Series

Indian

Pear-shaped Ewer with Rooster-Head Spout

Pear-shaped Ewer with Rooster-Head Spout

Dharani Sutra (Informally called the "Leifengta Sutra")

Dharani Sutra (Informally called the "Leifengta Sutra")

Chinese

Adam Elsheimer

Adam Elsheimer, 1607 - 1677

Wenceslaus Hollar

A winged female nude figure is elevated high above a village, balancing on a blank sphere.

Nemesis, 1471 - 1528

Albrecht Dürer

Votive Terracotta Uterus

Votive Terracotta Uterus

Etruscan

Votive Terracotta Uterus

Votive Terracotta Uterus

Etruscan

A terracotta sculpture in a shape with a long, round bottom and a straight, three-pointed top. There are carved horizontal waving lines along the middle of the piece. There is a round, teardrop shape just above the center. It is yellow with red specks.

Votive Terracotta Uterus

Etruscan

Epigraphic Textile

Epigraphic Textile

Persian

Pen Box with Nasir al-Din Shah and His Court; and Rulers from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) by Firdawsi

Pen Box with Nasir al-Din Shah and His Court; and Rulers from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) by Firdawsi

Muhammad Kazim ibn Najaf `Ali

Manuscript of the Qur’an, with lacquer binding

Manuscript of the Qur’an, with lacquer binding

Persian

Figures march single file and play musical instruments

Calyx Krater (mixing bowl for wine and water): Return of Hephaistos to Olympos

Attributed to The Kleophrades Painter

Tale of the Rat (Nezumi zōshi emaki)

Tale of the Rat (Nezumi zōshi emaki), active c. 1469-1522

Attributed to Tosa Mitsunobu

Opera-Scene Print: The Capture of Fang La, a Scene from Outlaws of the Marsh

Opera-Scene Print: The Capture of Fang La, a Scene from Outlaws of the Marsh

Chinese

The Arch of Janus (Janus Quadrifrons) with the Arch of the Moneychangers

The Arch of Janus (Janus Quadrifrons) with the Arch of the Moneychangers, 1720 - 1778

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Portrait of a Youth

Portrait of a Youth

Persian