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A black-and-white photograph portrays a New York city street at night after a rainstorm.

The Glow of Night, New York, 1864 - 1946

Alfred Stieglitz

A hazy landscape where buildings with steeples and crosses line the horizon. On the left, a perched owl stands above a body of water. A long line of figures stretches from the center foreground toward the right. In the sky, faint robed figures are suspended above the landscape.

The Spirits of Dead Cities, 1847 - 1898

Félix Hilaire Buhot

Beehive Cover

Beehive Cover

Jar with lotus petal decor (lianhua zun)

Jar with lotus petal decor (lianhua zun)

Chinese

Vessel in the form of a mythical beast

Vessel in the form of a mythical beast

Chinese

Carpet, Main carpet, unusually small

Carpet, Main carpet, unusually small

Central Asian

Prayer Carpet

Prayer Carpet

Turkish

Carpet

Carpet

Turkish

Fragment with Two Vines

Fragment with Two Vines

Byzantine

Portrait of a Youth in Green Garment

Portrait of a Youth in Green Garment

Ottoman

Sketches of a Falcon Attacking a Bird, a Seated Man, and a Noblewoman on a Bed, Accompanied by an Attendant

Sketches of a Falcon Attacking a Bird, a Seated Man, and a Noblewoman on a Bed, Accompanied by an Attendant

Attributed to The Kota Master

Crouching Satyr

Crouching Satyr

Greek

Ushabti of Nesbanebdjed

Ushabti of Nesbanebdjed

Egyptian

Group of Four Human Figures

Group of Four Human Figures

Syro-Hittite

A long flat chisel blade of orange and green jade

Heavy, Long Jade Chisel

Chinese

Print of body of water with windmills in background

Zaandam, 1834 - 1903

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

An ink drawing of three figures in the center of an overgrown forest, surrounded by animals in the trees and grass.

The Wizard's Spell, 1750 - 1829

Johann Jakob Hoch

A black and white photograph of a woman wearing a head scarf and apron.

East Side Merchant (New York City), 1898 - 1969

Ben Shahn

Fragment of a Solid, Rectangular Brick with Decoration of Two Animals (possibly two rabbits pounding the elixir of immortality in a mortar)

Fragment of a Solid, Rectangular Brick with Decoration of Two Animals (possibly two rabbits pounding the elixir of immortality in a mortar)

Chinese

Cover or Dish with Rope-Curtain and Stylized Floral Decor and with Four Rondels Inscribed with Five Chinese Characters Reading "Sŏng Ju Chang Hŭng Go"

Cover or Dish with Rope-Curtain and Stylized Floral Decor and with Four Rondels Inscribed with Five Chinese Characters Reading "Sŏng Ju Chang Hŭng Go"

Korean

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