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Conoidal stamp seal

Conoidal stamp seal

Anatolian

Stamp Seal with Zebu

Stamp Seal with Zebu

Sasanian

Lion Head Seal

Lion Head Seal

Unidentified culture

Seal Engraved with Animals

Seal Engraved with Animals

Mesopotamian

Cylinder Seal with Figures

Cylinder Seal with Figures

Neo-Assyrian

Crossing the Bridge

Crossing the Bridge

Chinese

Solomon Enthroned with Angels, Beasts, and Demons (painting, verso; Shi'a seals, recto), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Solomon Enthroned with Angels, Beasts, and Demons (painting, verso; Shi'a seals, recto), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

An octopus creature is wrapped around a large white spere floating on the water.

Paper Nautilus

Japanese

Both sides of an irregularly shaped gold coin with relief decoration on each side.　

Aureus of Tiberius, Lugdunum, r. 14-37 CE

Tiberius

Chrysanthemum and Grasses

Chrysanthemum and Grasses, active 1806

Matsudaira Setsuen

The Kiss of Death

The Kiss of Death, 1944 - 2024

Rebecca Horn

X-radiograph(s) of "Chinese Scroll"

X-radiograph(s) of "Chinese Scroll"

A variety of large and small seashells rest on sand with a small wave in the background.

Flower Shells (Hanagai), Ark Shells (Akagai) and Squirting Shells (Shiofukigai), from the series A Set of Shells (Kaizukushi), 1780-1850

Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓

Hammer-Handled Stamp Seal of Running Spiral Enclosing an Ornamental Circle

Hammer-Handled Stamp Seal of Running Spiral Enclosing an Ornamental Circle

Syro-Hittite

An intaglio object made of orange-brown quartz in the shape of a narrow cylinder. It is engraved with the image of a person standing upright on a crouched four-legged animal. The person is wearing a long skirt and a head piece. Stars are shown behind and around their head.

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

Hanging scroll painting of gnarled tree

The Guardian of the Valley, 1282 - 1328

Li Shixing 李士行

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

Squirrels and Grapevine

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

Bai Haonian

Mountainous Landscape with a Scholar Riding a Donkey and Approaching a Village Nestled in a Grove of Trees

Mountainous Landscape with a Scholar Riding a Donkey and Approaching a Village Nestled in a Grove of Trees, active late 19th cent. - 20th cent.

Chŏng Sul-wŏn (also known as Tu-san)

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