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Chinese

Poem in Cursive Script

Poem in Cursive Script, 1705 - 1777

Yi Kwang-sa (also known as To-po-in; Wŏn-kyo)

Scarab with a stag, set in a gold hoop

Scarab with a stag, set in a gold hoop

Italic

Signet Seal with Gold Leaf

Signet Seal with Gold Leaf

Greek

An intaglio hematite object in the shape of a cylinder. It is engraved with an image of a seated man with an arm bent up in front of him. He has a beard and is wearing a long skirt. There is an engraved circle with a star in it next to him.

Cylinder Seal: Presentation Scene

Mesopotamian

Landscape

Landscape, 1908 - 2002

Chapming Pang (Peng Ximing) 彭襲明

Dragon and Tiger

Dragon and Tiger, 1784 - 1837

Yokoyama Kazan

Cylinder Seal: Figures Flanking a Tree

Cylinder Seal: Figures Flanking a Tree

Hurrian

Tablet Case with Inscription and Multiple Seal Impressions

Tablet Case with Inscription and Multiple Seal Impressions

Mesopotamian

Crossing the Bridge

Crossing the Bridge

Chinese

Oval hemispheroid stamp seal with cross design

Oval hemispheroid stamp seal with cross design

Anatolian

Scaraboid Stamp Seal: Lioness Carrying Prey

Scaraboid Stamp Seal: Lioness Carrying Prey

Achaemenid

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

Paper Nautilus

Japanese

Seal Engraving

Seal Engraving, ca. 1735 - 1804

Benoît Louis Prévost

Seal Engraving

Seal Engraving, 1723 - 1774

A. J. de Fehrt

Scaraboid Stamp Seal: Recumbent Bull with Bird Perched on Back

Scaraboid Stamp Seal: Recumbent Bull with Bird Perched on Back

Achaemenid

Pyramidal stamp seal with rectangular seal face with cross design

Pyramidal stamp seal with rectangular seal face with cross design

Anatolian

Unfinished tabloidal stamp seal with smaller seal face on back

Unfinished tabloidal stamp seal with smaller seal face on back

Anatolian

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

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

Tiberius

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

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