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Small, Forward-Curving Sculpture Representing a Standing or Bowing Female Figure

Small, Forward-Curving Sculpture Representing a Standing or Bowing Female Figure

Chinese

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

A jade bracelet that is pale yellow in color with some white and brown discoloration. It is a wide band and has engraved lines along its side. The top of the bracelet slopes down a bit.

Ornate Jade Bracelet

Chinese

Ornamental Plaque

Ornamental Plaque

Unidentified Artist

Portable Cross; obverse: Crucified Christ with Virgin, Saints John the Evangelist and Francis; reverse: Crucified Christ with Saints Michael, Paul, Peter, and Louis of Toulouse

Portable Cross; obverse: Crucified Christ with Virgin, Saints John the Evangelist and Francis; reverse: Crucified Christ with Saints Michael, Paul, Peter, and Louis of Toulouse, 1356 - 1389

Luca di Tommè

The neck and head of a screaming beaked creature.

Griffin Protome from a Cauldron

Greek

Album Page with Painting of a Seated Woman and Calligraphy

Album Page with Painting of a Seated Woman and Calligraphy, 1570 - 1605

Keshav Das

Head of an Eastern Woman ("The Ponsonby Head")

Head of an Eastern Woman ("The Ponsonby Head")

Roman

A stucco sculpture of a head with their hair up.

Head of a Buddhist Figure

Gandharan

Marcus Aurelius

Marcus Aurelius

Unidentified Artist

Books and Scholars' Accoutrements (Ch’aekkŏri)

Books and Scholars' Accoutrements (Ch’aekkŏri)

Korean

Hexagonal Tile with Birds amid Palmette Blossoms and Serrated Leaves

Hexagonal Tile with Birds amid Palmette Blossoms and Serrated Leaves

Ottoman

Head of an Oba

Head of an Oba

Unidentified Artist

A realistic boar which seems to run forward.

Wild Boar

Greek

Devonport and Dockyard, Devonshire

Devonport and Dockyard, Devonshire, 1775 - 1851

Joseph Mallord William Turner

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