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A jade sculpture of a short, round cicada. The top is curved with carved lines to detail the head and antennas. The middle and bottom have carved lines that make downward facing points. The bottom comes to a point. It is light brown in color with some lighter spots.

Jade Cicada in the Round

Chinese

A jade plaque that is oval in shape and brown and black in color. There is an engraved symmetrical, swirling pattern at the center of the plaque. There are small holes at the top and bottom corners and sides of the plaque.

Ornate Oval Jade Plaque

Chinese

A monochrome, pale terracotta rendering of a young woman carrying a baby on her left shoulder

Young Woman Carrying a Child on Her Left Shoulder, 1738 - 1814

Claude Michel, called Clodion

A monochrome, pale terracotta rendering of a young woman carrying a baby on her right shoulder

Young Woman Carrying a Child on Her Right Shoulder, 1738 - 1814

Claude Michel, called Clodion

Head of a Parthian Ruler

Head of a Parthian Ruler

Parthian

Crossbow Fibula

Crossbow Fibula

Roman

Quadruped, Possibly a Horse

Quadruped, Possibly a Horse

Iranian

This a a cross shaped piece of metal that has greened over time. There are decorative spheres on the top three points of the cross shape.

Crossbow Fibula

Roman

Flat-Tanged Razor or Arrowhead

Flat-Tanged Razor or Arrowhead

Unidentified culture

Sacrificing Woman

Sacrificing Woman

Etruscan

A flat object with a woman's head, a lounging figure, and a horse’s head.

Fulcrum (Couch Attachment) with Bust of a Maenad and Sleeping Ariadne

Roman

Health, General: United States. U.S. Department of Agriculture. Composition of Food Materials: Chart 10. Legumes and Corn.: Shelled Bean Fresh. Navy Bean, Dry. String Bean, Green. Corn, Green

Health, General: United States. U.S. Department of Agriculture. Composition of Food Materials: Chart 10. Legumes and Corn.: Shelled Bean Fresh. Navy Bean, Dry. String Bean, Green. Corn, Green, active c.1900

Andrew B. Graham Co.

Neue Versuche und Muster das Pflanzenreich zum Papiermachen und andern Sachen wirthschaftsnützlich zu gebrauchen (New Experiments and Samples of Paper Made without Rags or at Least a Small Addition of Those Materials) (5 vols.)

Neue Versuche und Muster das Pflanzenreich zum Papiermachen und andern Sachen wirthschaftsnützlich zu gebrauchen (New Experiments and Samples of Paper Made without Rags or at Least a Small Addition of Those Materials) (5 vols.), 1718 - 1790

Jacob Christian Schäffer

Small Rectangular Weight

Small Rectangular Weight

Roman

One-Half of a Bivalve Bulloterion (Seal)

One-Half of a Bivalve Bulloterion (Seal)

Byzantine

Draped Arm from a Statuette

Draped Arm from a Statuette

Roman

Standing Osiris

Standing Osiris

Egyptian

X-radiograph(s) of "George Washington at Yorktown"

X-radiograph(s) of "George Washington at Yorktown", 1741 - 1827

Artist of original: Charles Willson Peale

Spool

Spool

Roman

Loom Weight

Loom Weight

Roman

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