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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

Mountainous Landscape with a Scholar Riding a Donkey and Approaching a Village Nestled in a Grove of Trees

Mountainous Landscape with a Scholar Riding a Donkey and Approaching a Village Nestled in a Grove of Trees, active late 19th cent. - 20th cent.

Chŏng Sul-wŏn (also known as Tu-san)

Bone Seal Lock

Bone Seal Lock

Roman

Seal Engraving

Seal Engraving, ca. 1735 - 1804

Benoît Louis Prévost

Seal Engraving

Seal Engraving, 1723 - 1774

A. J. de Fehrt

Scaraboid Stamp Seal: Head of Bes

Scaraboid Stamp Seal: Head of Bes

Phoenician

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

The Kiss of Death

The Kiss of Death, 1944 - 2024

Rebecca Horn

End-leaf from an Album with Two Seals of Isshi reading (upper) Bunshu and (lower)

End-leaf from an Album with Two Seals of Isshi reading (upper) Bunshu and (lower), 1608 - 1646

Isshi Bunshu

Chrysanthemum and Grasses

Chrysanthemum and Grasses, active 1806

Matsudaira Setsuen

Cuneiform Tablet: Ur III Administrative Text

Cuneiform Tablet: Ur III Administrative Text

Neo-Sumerian

Cylinder Seal: Deities and Worshipper

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

Hammer-Handled Stamp Seal of Running Spiral Enclosing an Ornamental Circle

Hammer-Handled Stamp Seal of Running Spiral Enclosing an Ornamental Circle

Syro-Hittite

Hanging scroll painting of gnarled tree

The Guardian of the Valley, 1282 - 1328

Li Shixing 李士行

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

Pope Urban VIII

Pope Urban VIII, died 1669

Gaspare Morone Mola

Seal Engraved with Animals

Seal Engraved with Animals

Mesopotamian

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