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Vase with Decoration of Dragons and Clouds

Vase with Decoration of Dragons and Clouds

Chinese

A slightly curved blade with a jade handle that has been carved into a flower at the base of the blade and the end. The blade is dark grey and the handle is off-white and grey.

Dagger with Jade Hilt in the Form of an Iris

Mughal

Study for "The Oath of the Tennis Court"

Study for "The Oath of the Tennis Court", 1748 - 1825

Jacques-Louis David

The corpulent Ali Baba wears a jeweled turban, necklace, black cloak, and a waist band draped over his bare frontside.

Cover Design for "Ali Baba", 1872 - 1898

Aubrey Vincent Beardsley

Two fair-skinned ballet dancers in tutus enter on stage from the right.

Two Dancers Entering the Stage, 1834 - 1917

Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas

King of the Lestrigens Seizing One of the Companions of Ulysses (Odyssey); verso: Study for the King of the Lestrigens

King of the Lestrigens Seizing One of the Companions of Ulysses (Odyssey); verso: Study for the King of the Lestrigens, 1755 - 1826

John Flaxman

Cylindrical Brush Holder with Openwork Peony Decor

Cylindrical Brush Holder with Openwork Peony Decor

Korean

A man faces off against several warriors while another man kneels below.

Amphora (storage jar): Herakles Fighting Geryon; Arming of a Warrior

Attributed to Group E

A crowd of figures struggling in a lake, as a three-headed creature looks on. A second image on the reverse side shows a figure floating upward among stars.

The Circle of Gluttons (from Dante's "Divine Comedy"); verso: a soaring figure amid stars, probably for "Enoch", 1757 - 1827

William Blake

War

War, 1757 - 1827

William Blake

Seated Sufi

Seated Sufi, c. 1560-70 - 1635

Attributed to Aqa Riza (Riza ‘Abbasi)

Daiitoku Myō-ō (The Great Majestic One, Yamantaka) Riding a Bull into the Sea: One of the Five Great Wisdom Kings or Godai Myō-ō (Vidyarajas)

Daiitoku Myō-ō (The Great Majestic One, Yamantaka) Riding a Bull into the Sea: One of the Five Great Wisdom Kings or Godai Myō-ō (Vidyarajas)

Japanese

Standing nude, male youth

Standing nude, male youth

Greek

Illustrated Manuscript of Yusuf va Zulaykha by Jami

Illustrated Manuscript of Yusuf va Zulaykha by Jami

Persian

Crouching Satyr

Crouching Satyr

Greek

Cathedral, Calcutta

Cathedral, Calcutta, 1834 - 1912

Samuel Bourne

X-radiograph(s) of "Benjamin Wadsworth"

X-radiograph(s) of "Benjamin Wadsworth"

A Game of Hot Cockles

A Game of Hot Cockles, 1686 - 1755

After Jean-Baptiste Oudry

Pen box with scenes from Nizami's tale of Bahram Gur and the Seven Princesses

Pen box with scenes from Nizami's tale of Bahram Gur and the Seven Princesses

Muhammad Kazim ibn Najaf `Ali

Palanquin or Sedan Chair

Palanquin or Sedan Chair

Indian

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