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A jade cong that is shaped as a tall cylinder and stands upright. It is black in color. The outer part of the cong is square in shape with some simple engraved details along the edges. There is a hole at the center top of the piece.

Squared Cylinder "Cong" with Human-face Motifs on 5.5 Registers

Chinese

Mottled green jade object in conical form, with carved arcs design.

Large Ceremonial Jade Object, Perhaps a Headdress

Chinese

An implement made of polished stone with a crescent shaped tip on a tapered shaft

Jade Mace Head (?)

Chinese

A jade ring that is caramel colored. It has an average-sized band width. There are relief-cut shapes that create mask designs all around the piece.

Jade Ring with Mask Designs in Relief

Chinese

A jade ring that is green and off-white in color. The ring is tall and cut with many small horizontal ridges going down along the side of the piece.

Fluted Jade Ring

Chinese

Portrait of the Sculptor Friedrich

Portrait of the Sculptor Friedrich, 1858 - 1925

Lovis Corinth

Footed Dish

Footed Dish

Roman

Patra Lekhan Nayika on a Terrace with an Elderly Female Attendant

Patra Lekhan Nayika on a Terrace with an Elderly Female Attendant

Indian

Spouted tripod ewer (he)

Spouted tripod ewer (he)

Chinese

Stem cup

Stem cup

Chinese

Stem Cup

Stem Cup

Chinese

A dark green-grey cast bronze vessel that flares at the bottom and the top. The middle is long and narrow. The whole object is decorated with finely engraved lines that make a pattern except for triangle-shaped areas on the top.

'Gu' Ritual Wine Vessel with 'Taotie' Decor

Chinese

A blue-green flat object that is rectangle-shaped at the bottom with a smaller pentagon shape at the top. It is covered in inlaid turquoise pieces. The edges have a dark grey-green line with rough texture along them that swirl and curve into the middle of the middle. Two 3D pale orbs are near the bottom-center of the piece.

Turquoise-Inlaid Plaque with Stylized Animal-Mask Decoration and Elongated Extension

Chinese

Jug

Jug

Roman

Portrait of a Man

Portrait of a Man, 1472-1528

Pietro Torrigiano

Portrait of a Woman, possibly Mary Rose Tudor

Portrait of a Woman, possibly Mary Rose Tudor, 1472-1528

Pietro Torrigiano

Lid for a canopic jar in the shape of a human head

Lid for a canopic jar in the shape of a human head

Egyptian

A painted portrait of an extravagantly dressed woman seated at a table, applying pink powder blush to her cheeks.

Pompadour at Her Toilette, 1703 - 1770

François Boucher

Triptych of the Virgin, Christ, and Saint John the Baptist

Triptych of the Virgin, Christ, and Saint John the Baptist

Unidentified Artist

Tetradrachm of Leontinoi

Tetradrachm of Leontinoi

Greek

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