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A blue-green cast bronze four-legged container with an upright dragon neck and head. The four corners of the object are in the shape of narrow cups and the center is a solid square. It is inscribed with a pattern throughout.

Pigment Container

Chinese

A pale yellow-green cast bronze vessel that stands on four stout feet. The body of the vessel is round and wide. The lid is curved and flat with two upturned points on the sides. The handle reaches over the lid and is shaped like a coil. The entire piece is covered in fine inscribed swirling and animalistic lines.

'You' Covered Ritual Wine Vessel in the Form of Two Addorsed Owls

Chinese

A cast bronze bowl with a thick, wide foot. The bowl has tall walls and the outside is decorated with a detailed swirling pattern with very thick and very fine lines. The pattern is mirrored down the center.

'Yu' Ritual Food Vessel with 'Taotie' and Striding 'Kui'-Dragon Decor

Chinese

'Ge' Dagger-Axe with Decorative Extensions

'Ge' Dagger-Axe with Decorative Extensions

Chinese

Knife with Pronged Attachment (perhaps for punching leather), Ordos Type

Knife with Pronged Attachment (perhaps for punching leather), Ordos Type

Chinese

Ceremonial Axe

Ceremonial Axe

Chinese

This gray marble scoop is adorned with openwork lateral flanges. Etched t’ao-t’ieh faces are visible on the scoop handle.

Ceremonial Jade Scoop

Chinese

A blue-green bronze blade that is flat and curves with a narrow handle that has two thin lines of inlaid turquoise.

Knife with Dragon-Headed Handle, Ordos Type

Chinese

Brownish cube-shaped vessel with four holes at the top and a neck-like handle, terminating in a water buffalo head.

Small Jade Container for Pigments (Tulu)

Chinese

A blue-green bronze blade that is narrow with a straight, narrow handle with a sculpted form at the end. A thin line runs through the center of the blade. The entire piece is flat with some texture from wear along the tip and handle end.

Dagger, Ordos Type

Chinese

A blue-green bronze rectangle-shaped blade that points down and flares at the bottom. At the center-top is a thick handle that has a geometric engraving in the middle and inlaid turquoise pieces at the top.

Socketed Ceremonial Axe with Inlaid Haft

Chinese

Socketed Pick-Axe with Bovine Haft

Socketed Pick-Axe with Bovine Haft

Chinese

A 3D jade sculpture of a buffalo head that faces the left. The head has carved lines to show horns, ears, eyes, and the snout. The sculpture is pale green in color with spots of dark brown and orange.

Large Jade Buffalo Head in the Round

Chinese

A cast bronze buffalo-shaped vessel that stands on four legs. It has an olive-green patina and its head has a sloped, flat snout, wide eyes, teardrop shaped ears, and horns that have an engraved pattern. There is a curved handle on its back behind its head and an indented line around its back that shows where the lid separates.

Ritual Vessel in the Form of a Water Buffalo

Chinese

A drawing of a well-dressed couple with their dogs in the outsides of the city

Spring, 1589 - 1662

Adriaen van de Venne

Qur'an or Amulet Box

Qur'an or Amulet Box

Bottle

Bottle

Graeco-Roman

X-radiograph(s) of "Bartolomeo di Niccolo"

X-radiograph(s) of "Bartolomeo di Niccolo"

Seal of Athanasius I, Oecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople

Seal of Athanasius I, Oecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople

Byzantine

The Falcon

The Falcon, 1802 - 1873

Edwin Henry Landseer

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