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X-radiograph(s) of "An American Cutter Chasing a British Vessel"

X-radiograph(s) of "An American Cutter Chasing a British Vessel", died 1790

Artist of original: Francis Holman

A decorated bowl.

Fluted Bowl

Graeco-Persian

Eight-sided box with eight-sided pyramidal lid and gold hardware paneled in ivory

Tower Shaped Casket

Unidentified Artist

Tripod cooking vessel (li)

Tripod cooking vessel (li)

Chinese

A mottled grey cast bronze cup with a thick, cube-shaped bottom and two decorated large, semi-circle handles. The handles have a protruding form on top and bottom of them. The outside of the cup is decorated with a swirling pattern of thick and fine lines.

'Gui' Ritual Food Vessel with Attached Stand, Bovine-Head Handles, and with Confronting-Dragon Decor

Chinese

A mottled black and green cast bronze vessel that stands on a wide foot, has a slightly round body, and a tall, flared out neck. The body is decorated with two horizontal bands of engraved patterns.

'Zun' Ritual Wine Vessel with Decorative Bands of Birds and Dragons

Chinese

Jug

Jug

Roman

Body Sherd Of Stirrup Jar With Painted Decoration

Body Sherd Of Stirrup Jar With Painted Decoration

Mycenaean

Double prutot of Herod I, the Great

Double prutot of Herod I, the Great, r. 37-4 BCE

Herod the Great

Two figures work over a cauldron with a ram in it.

Neck Amphora (storage jar): Medea Boiling a Ram, active 530-520 BCE

Attributed to The Leagros Group

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

Fragment of Arretine Ware with Stamp

Fragment of Arretine Ware with Stamp

Roman

A round vessel with three figures on it.

Black-figure Aryballos: Two heraldic bearded sirens with woman

The Otterlo Painter

Figures march single file and play musical instruments

Calyx Krater (mixing bowl for wine and water): Return of Hephaistos to Olympos

Attributed to The Kleophrades Painter

Beaker ("Sports Cup")

Beaker ("Sports Cup")

Roman

Beaker

Beaker

Roman

Translucent pale blue-green glass beaker with cylindrical body, slightly flaring rim, and patchy white areas covering the outside surface

Beaker

Roman

Beaker

Beaker

Graeco-Roman

A green-grey cast bronze vessel that stands on three tall, pointed legs, has a side handle, and two protruding forms standing up on the front and back of the lip. The vessel is short and stout. It is decorated with a horizontal band of finely engraved lines.

'Jia' Ritual Wine Vessel with a Decorative Band of Dragons against a Leiwen Background

Chinese

Body Sherd Of Stirrup Jar With Painted Decoation

Body Sherd Of Stirrup Jar With Painted Decoation

Mycenaean

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