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Tale of the Rat (Nezumi zōshi emaki)

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

Attributed to Tosa Mitsunobu

Nine Pieces of Early Etruscan Money, Aes Rude

Nine Pieces of Early Etruscan Money, Aes Rude

Etruscan

A bright purple, low basin with vertical lines widely spaced out on the side. The flat, thin top rim protrudes out. The rim curves to mimic large petals. The inside is aqua colored. The four feet on the bottom curl out like leaves.

Lobed Basin with Bracketed Foliate Rim and Three Cloud Scroll Feet

Chinese

Lotuses and Birds

Lotuses and Birds

Korean

A black-and-white photograph portrays a man with hands on hips facing a bank’s storefront window.

Untitled (Washington Court House, Ohio), 1898 - 1969

Ben Shahn

Scaraboid Stamp Seal: Man in Persian Dress Facing a Woman

Scaraboid Stamp Seal: Man in Persian Dress Facing a Woman

Achaemenid

Three figures attend a seated figure while a winged person flies above.

Pelike depicting Helen and Paris

Attributed to The Painter of Louvre G 539

Latin Funerary Inscription of Q. Caecilius Hilarus and Caecilia Eleutheris

Latin Funerary Inscription of Q. Caecilius Hilarus and Caecilia Eleutheris

Roman

Portrait of a seated man in eighteenth century dress.

Nicholas Boylston (1716-1771), 1738 - 1815

John Singleton Copley

Untitled (group photograph)

Untitled (group photograph), 1838-1903

Mary Georgiana Caroline Cecil Filmer

Lamp: human figure crouching over phallus

Lamp: human figure crouching over phallus

Roman?

Lamp: Black African crouching over phallus

Lamp: Black African crouching over phallus

Roman?

A woman holds a bouquet of lilies. Below her are three young girls and a smaller, separate image of a reclining man.

The Blessed Damozel, 1828 - 1882

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

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