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Lead Seal: Bust of Virgin Orans/Greek Inscription

Lead Seal: Bust of Virgin Orans/Greek Inscription

Byzantine

Napoleon Raising the Crown with Both Hands; verso: Inscription

Napoleon Raising the Crown with Both Hands; verso: Inscription, 1748 - 1825

Jacques-Louis David

Alms Bowl with Inscription Reading "Bao Hua Shan"

Alms Bowl with Inscription Reading "Bao Hua Shan"

Chinese

Votive Plaque with Image of a Seated Bodhisattva Surrounded by an Inscription

Votive Plaque with Image of a Seated Bodhisattva Surrounded by an Inscription

Malaysian

Panel of Three Tiles with Inscription in a cartouche and floral motifs

Panel of Three Tiles with Inscription in a cartouche and floral motifs

Syrian

Ring with Intaglio Design: Woman with Wreath and Flutes, Inscription

Ring with Intaglio Design: Woman with Wreath and Flutes, Inscription

Greek

Intaglio Gem with Cross and Crown, and Inscription (Christian, modern)

Intaglio Gem with Cross and Crown, and Inscription (Christian, modern)

European

Apse Inscription in Latin from Cefalù Cathedral, Sicily

Apse Inscription in Latin from Cefalù Cathedral, Sicily, 1856 - 1925

John Singer Sargent

Panel of Three Tiles with Inscription in a cartouche and floral motifs

Panel of Three Tiles with Inscription in a cartouche and floral motifs

Syrian

Panel of Three Tiles with Inscription in a cartouche and floral motifs

Panel of Three Tiles with Inscription in a cartouche and floral motifs

Syrian

Kylix (drinking cup): Crouching Satyr

Kylix (drinking cup): Crouching Satyr, active early 6th century BCE

Ascribed to The Pioneer Group

Studies from Gropius' Berlin Office: Comparison of buildings with different heights and spacings in between, 1:2000

Studies from Gropius' Berlin Office: Comparison of buildings with different heights and spacings in between, 1:2000, 1883 - 1969

Walter Gropius

Untitled (watercolor drawing, loose in album, once glued over an albumen silver print of Lady Mary Filmer (P1982.359.7B) mounted to page with metallic paint decoration with inscription)

Untitled (watercolor drawing, loose in album, once glued over an albumen silver print of Lady Mary Filmer (P1982.359.7B) mounted to page with metallic paint decoration with inscription), 1838-1903

Mary Georgiana Caroline Cecil Filmer

Untitled (inscribed in ink: Frederica Louisa Bayly/from/CEB/Portsmo. 20th March)

Untitled (inscribed in ink: Frederica Louisa Bayly/from/CEB/Portsmo. 20th March), born 1846

Frederica Louisa Bayly

Untitled (album page w/ ink inscription "I. G. Lloyd/Exeter College/Oxford/December 1864; verso: album page w/ ink inscription "Iorwerth Grey Lloyd. B.A/Exeter College/Oxford/December 1867", small photomechanical print inscribed "Happy New Year")

Untitled (album page w/ ink inscription "I. G. Lloyd/Exeter College/Oxford/December 1864; verso: album page w/ ink inscription "Iorwerth Grey Lloyd. B.A/Exeter College/Oxford/December 1867", small photomechanical print inscribed "Happy New Year"), 1845-1903

Iorwerth Grey Lloyd

Seal of Sergios chartoularios and kommerkiarios of Presthlavitza (XI c.)

Seal of Sergios chartoularios and kommerkiarios of Presthlavitza (XI c.)

Byzantine

A black and white photograph of a rock wall with a five lined carved inscription on its face.

Historic Spanish Record of the Conquest. South Side of Inscription Rock, N.M. No. 3, 1840 - 1882

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

Bowl with Inscription in Center and Geometric Decoration Around the Interior Rim

Bowl with Inscription in Center and Geometric Decoration Around the Interior Rim

Persian

Octagonal Tile with intertwining split-leaf decoration and inscription in center

Octagonal Tile with intertwining split-leaf decoration and inscription in center

Syrian

A square lusterware tile that is colored brown and has white details. It’s painted details and 3D surface depicts a floral pattern, two birds, and a blue arch with more flowers underneath.

Square tile from an inscriptional frieze with birds and flowers in relief

Persian

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