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Chinese

A long, tan painted scroll depicts a woman dressed in a layered robe at the bottom-center. She holds a small white flower close to her face. There are two, long vertical lines of Chinese writing to the top right.

Farewell to Spring Briar Roses, 1774 - 1829

Gai Qi 改琦

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

Oval hemispheroid stamp seal with cross design

Oval hemispheroid stamp seal with cross design

Anatolian

Crossing the Bridge

Crossing the Bridge

Chinese

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

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

Tiberius

Scaraboid Stamp Seal: Lioness Carrying Prey

Scaraboid Stamp Seal: Lioness Carrying Prey

Achaemenid

Seal Engraving

Seal Engraving, ca. 1735 - 1804

Benoît Louis Prévost

Seal Engraving

Seal Engraving, 1723 - 1774

A. J. de Fehrt

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

Paper Nautilus

Japanese

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

Scaraboid Stamp Seal: Recumbent Bull with Bird Perched on Back

Scaraboid Stamp Seal: Recumbent Bull with Bird Perched on Back

Achaemenid

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