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Endpaper; verso: Inscription with Sketches

Endpaper; verso: Inscription with Sketches, 1830 - 1896

Frederic Leighton

Inscription; verso: Blank page

Inscription; verso: Blank page, 1830 - 1896

Frederic Leighton

Inscription; verso: Studies of Ceramics

Inscription; verso: Studies of Ceramics, 1830 - 1896

Frederic Leighton

A black cast bronze vessel with a lid and a middle handle on top of it. It is smaller at the top and wider at the bottom with a thick foot. It is inscribed with detailed, swirling designs all over. The ends of the handle have animal-like heads coming out.

'You' Covered Ritual Wine Vessel with Decoration of Confronting Birds

Chinese

A textile fragment in black, white, yellow, blue and red threads with floral and geometric patterns and an inscription in Greek.

Fragments of a Hanging: St. Theodore and Inscription

Coptic

Bowl with Concentric Bands of Inscriptions, Palmettes, and Braided Strapwork

Bowl with Concentric Bands of Inscriptions, Palmettes, and Braided Strapwork

Gloucester, Massachusetts; verso: Portrait Sketch and Landscape

Gloucester, Massachusetts; verso: Portrait Sketch and Landscape, 1848 - 1900

Raymond Dabb Yelland

Pectoral Cross-Shaped Reliquary with Saints

Pectoral Cross-Shaped Reliquary with Saints

Byzantine

Mrs. Leopold Hirsch; verso: Inscription

Mrs. Leopold Hirsch; verso: Inscription, 1856 - 1925

John Singer Sargent

Bean-Shaped Pillow with Poetic Inscription

Bean-Shaped Pillow with Poetic Inscription

Chinese

Sword with Inscription in Bird-Script Characters

Sword with Inscription in Bird-Script Characters

Chinese

Ewer with inscription in relief around the shoulder

Ewer with inscription in relief around the shoulder

Persian

A flat, lusterware tile that is in the shape of an eight pointed star. It is colored a dark brown/grey with a white, patterned band framing the inside of the star shape. White lines make a symmetrical, swirling floral pattern in the center of the piece.

Star Tile with Vegetal Motifs and Inscription

Persian

Small Bowl with inscription around the interior

Small Bowl with inscription around the interior

Persian

Square tile from an inscription frieze

Square tile from an inscription frieze

Turkish

Star Tile with Two Birds and Inscription

Star Tile with Two Birds and Inscription

Persian

A flat, lusterware tile that is in the shape of an eight pointed star. It is colored a dark brown/grey with a white, patterned band framing the inside of the star shape. White lines make a symmetrical, swirling floral pattern in the center of the piece.

Star Tile with Vegetal Motifs and Inscription

Persian

Large Footed Bowl with Inscription and Decoration

Large Footed Bowl with Inscription and Decoration

Persian

Silver Phylactery with Greek Magical Inscription

Silver Phylactery with Greek Magical Inscription

Byzantine

Tang Mirror with Modern Engraving and Inscription

Tang Mirror with Modern Engraving and Inscription

Etruscan

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