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Stamp Seal: Animal Design

Stamp Seal: Animal Design

Anatolian

Rooster and Grapevine

Rooster and Grapevine

Unknown Artist

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

Fan with painting of trees and mountains

Autumn Landscape, 1577 - c. 1652

Zhang Hong 張宏

A wide brimmed hat rests on right with leafy plants on and alongside it, with calligraphy across the lower half.

Traveling Hat with Spring Greens, 1760 - 1849

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

A Japanese woman sits with her legs stretched along the floor facing left with a stringed instrument in her lap.

Woman with Shamisen Reading, 1787 - 1832

Yanagawa Shigenobu

Gathering of objects including the corner of a Japanese screen on left, open book, and screened container on right.

The Dry-Shallows Shell (Minasegai), from the series The Poetry-Shell Matching Game of the Genroku Era (Genroku kasen kai awase), 1760 - 1849

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

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

A minimal landscape of hills and trees throughout, water in foreground, clouds and mist are rendered in shimmering gold.

View of Uji, 1796 - 1871

Nakajima Raishō 中島来章

Pope Urban VIII

Pope Urban VIII, died 1669

Gaspare Morone Mola

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

Geese Amidst Reeds

Geese Amidst Reeds, 1783 - 1839

Yi Su-min

Distant Peaks in Floating Mist (after a painting by Juran)

Distant Peaks in Floating Mist (after a painting by Juran), 1741 - 1794

Pan Gongshou 潘公壽

Hanging scroll painting of gnarled tree

The Guardian of the Valley, 1282 - 1328

Li Shixing 李士行

Seal in Scarab Form, with Youth Putting on a Sandal

Seal in Scarab Form, with Youth Putting on a Sandal

Etruscan

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