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An intaglio black, hematite object in the shape of a cylinder. It is engraved with an image of a standing person wearing a long skirt and a headpiece and a small bird next to them. There are other engravings that wrap around the sides.

Cylinder Seal: Presentation Scene; Stags

Mitannian

An intaglio bright blue, frit object in the shape of a cylinder. It is engraved with lines that form the shapes of a standing, winged horse and a person pulling on a bow and arrow. They are surrounded by other small engravings.

Cylinder Seal: Archer Shooting Winged Bull

Mesopotamian

Lenticular Seal with Ring

Lenticular Seal with Ring

Minoan

Three-sided Seal

Three-sided Seal

Greek

Intaglio Gem in Scarab Form with Bull, set in a Hoop

Intaglio Gem in Scarab Form with Bull, set in a Hoop

Greek

Four-Sided Seal: Starfish, Warrior, Priest, and Woman

Four-Sided Seal: Starfish, Warrior, Priest, and Woman

Greek

Ring

Ring

Greek

Button Seal

Button Seal

Greek

Button Seal

Button Seal

Greek

Gorgoneion Cameo

Gorgoneion Cameo

Greek

Ring with Monkey's Head

Ring with Monkey's Head

Greek

La Medaille d'or de la Ville de Paris

La Medaille d'or de la Ville de Paris, 1885 - 1972

Maurice Delannoy

Seal with Animals

Seal with Animals

Anatolian

Vertical landscape of tall pine trees at the bottom cascading up into a mountainous landscape.　

River Landscape, 1697 - 1752

Sakaki Hyakusen 彭城百川

Lake, Maiori, Italy

Lake, Maiori, Italy, 1875 - 1943

Robert David Gauley

Fragment of Cuneiform Envelope

Fragment of Cuneiform Envelope

Assyrian

Vertical scene of groups of Chinese people wearing robes, doing various activities that meander from bottom towards the top.

Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup, 1790 - 1838

Maruyama Ōshin 円山応震

A long, narrow painted scroll of two large birds standing with flowers behind them, looking up at two large birds in flight and pointing down. There is a large white circle behind them and small Chinese writing on the middle-right of the scroll.

Wild Geese, Chrysanthemums, and Reeds, 1861 - 1919

An Chung-sik (also known as Sim-chŏn)

Mountain Retreat and Waterfall

Mountain Retreat and Waterfall, 1612 - ca. 1671

Traditional attribution to Kuncan 髡殘

Plum Blossoms and Bamboo

Plum Blossoms and Bamboo

Chinese

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