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Stamp Seal: Walking Lion

Stamp Seal: Walking Lion

Achaemenid

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

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

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

Tiberius

A Gathering of Scholars in a Garden ('Touhu tu')

A Gathering of Scholars in a Garden ('Touhu tu'), active c. 1540 - 1590

You Qiu 尤裘

An off-white intaglio sintered quartz object in the shape of a cylinder. It is engraved with lines that form the shape of an animal with large antlers. Along the top edge are carved lines that make a swirling, circular pattern. Along the bottom edge are carved lines that make a geometric band.

Cylinder Seal: Figures Flanking a Tree

Hurrian

A clay object that is rectangular in shape and has been impressed in images of standing men and inscripted symbols. It is light red in color.

Tablet Case with Inscription and Multiple Seal Impressions

Mesopotamian

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

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

X-radiograph(s) of "Chinese Scroll"

X-radiograph(s) of "Chinese Scroll"

Mountain Lake Landscape

Mountain Lake Landscape, 1427 - 1509

Traditional Attribution to Shen Zhou 沈周

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

Seal with Deity and Winged Animals

Seal with Deity and Winged Animals

Assyrian

Cylinder Seal with Archer and Animal

Cylinder Seal with Archer and Animal

Neo-Assyrian

Cylinder Seal with Animals and Figure

Cylinder Seal with Animals and Figure

Neo-Assyrian

Cylinder Seal with Worshipper at Altar

Cylinder Seal with Worshipper at Altar

Neo-Babylonian

Cylinder Seal with Figures and Tree

Cylinder Seal with Figures and Tree

Neo-Assyrian

Cylinder Seal with Goats and Orb

Cylinder Seal with Goats and Orb

Neo-Assyrian

Cylinder Seal with Goat and Bull

Cylinder Seal with Goat and Bull

Neo-Assyrian

Seal with Standing and Seated Figures

Seal with Standing and Seated Figures

Mesopotamian

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