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Small Jade Seal

Small Jade Seal

Chinese

Square Jade Seal

Square Jade Seal

Chinese

Ritual Stamp Seal

Ritual Stamp Seal

Indian

Seal with Nastaliq Inscription

Seal with Nastaliq Inscription

Islamic

Hanging scroll painting of gnarled tree

The Guardian of the Valley, 1282 - 1328

Li Shixing 李士行

Scarab Stamp Seal with Head of Bes

Scarab Stamp Seal with Head of Bes

Phoenician

Cylinder Seal: Deities and Worshipper

Cylinder Seal: Deities and Worshipper

Mesopotamian

An intaglio object made of black limestone in the shape of a cylinder. There is an engraved figure of a standing, thin bearded man. On the left are more engraved lines that wrap around the back. The right has straight, engraved lines that are close together.

Cylinder Seal: Combat Scenes

Mesopotamian

Cuneiform Tablet: Ur III Administrative Text

Cuneiform Tablet: Ur III Administrative Text

Neo-Sumerian

Pope Urban VIII

Pope Urban VIII, died 1669

Gaspare Morone Mola

A mountainous landscape an either side with trees. Deep blue at the top and in the center with a white crescent.

Bow-shaped Crescent Moon (Yumiharizuki), from the series Twenty-eight Views of the Moon (Tsuki nijū hakkei no uchi), 1797 - 1858

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Squirrels and Grapevine

Squirrels and Grapevine, late 19th - early 20th century

Bai Haonian

Sutra of Radiant Light (Hōkō-kyō) from the Greater Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom (Daihannya-kyō) Vol. 3

Sutra of Radiant Light (Hōkō-kyō) from the Greater Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom (Daihannya-kyō) Vol. 3

Japanese

Stamp Seal: Man Attacking Lion

Stamp Seal: Man Attacking Lion

Achaemenid

Cuneiform Tablet: Ur III Administrative Text

Cuneiform Tablet: Ur III Administrative Text

Neo-Sumerian

Zen Saying

Zen Saying, 1685 - 1768

Hakuin Ekaku 白隠慧鶴

Two single-handled black vessels with figures holding the spouts.

"Sacred to Neptune" Water Ewer with a Triton Handle, founded 1759

Wedgwood

Two single-handled black vessels with figures holding the spouts.

"Sacred to Bacchus" Wine Ewer with a Satyr Handle, founded 1759

Wedgwood

Portrait of a bearded man with a frown and furrowed brow, simple lines define his seated body.　　

Daruma, 1568 - c. 1654

Fūgai Ekun 風外慧薫

Delicate rendering of bamboo on right with small birds flying around at various angles, some perched in the branches.

Bamboo and Sparrows, 1868 - 1923

Kunii Oyo 国井応陽

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