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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

Stone capital with carved leaves and pinecones

Capital from Moutiers-Saint-Jean

Unidentified Artist

Stone capital carved with leaves, pinecone, and human faces

Capital from Moutiers-Saint-Jean

Unidentified Artist

The Departure

The Departure, 1836 - 1902

James Tissot

be patient

be patient, 1918 - 1986

Corita Kent (Sister Mary Corita)

Saint Ann and the Virgin and Child

Saint Ann and the Virgin and Child, 1577 - 1658

Christoffel van Sichem II

Thasian Amphora Handle with Stamped Inscription

Thasian Amphora Handle with Stamped Inscription

Greek

Manuscript of Khwaja ‘Abd Allah Ansari’s Advise

Manuscript of Khwaja ‘Abd Allah Ansari’s Advise

Persian

Head of an Old Man Turned Three-Quarters Right

Head of an Old Man Turned Three-Quarters Right, 1486 - 1551

Domenico Beccafumi

Lithographic printing matrix for “Lion Devouring a Horse”

Lithographic printing matrix for “Lion Devouring a Horse”, 1791 - 1824

Théodore Géricault

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