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seated Buddha; gilt and red and blue paint — Seated Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva (Guanyin), late 11th-early 12th century
China

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standing horse with legs slightly splayed outward; wide eyes; open mouth with exposed teeth; upward-pointed ears; green patina with white, blue and red pigment traces — Celestial Horse, 25-220
China

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Library and Rock Garden — The Studio of Gratifying Discourse, 1797
China

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face-covering helmet with back and sides curled upward; vertical opening at center from eye holes through bottom; organic design on forehead; curving eyebrows, connected at center — Corinthian helmet, c. 540 BCE
Greece

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chased silver dish decorated with scene from the "Former Red Cliff Ode" by Su Shi (1037-1101); engraved in painterly baimiao style showing the poet in court robes with two companions relaxing in a boat drifting on tranquil water, with a winepot and cups on the table in front of them; one figure playing a flute and the other holding an open book; rocky banks with grasses and tall reeds, a willow and a cassia tree; small waterfall spilling down from high cliffs at the far shore; sky with pair of birds flying to the left towards a constellation of seven stars drawn as circles joined by thin lines to form the Big Dipper seen through drifting clouds surrounding a full moon engraved with the legendary yu tu dao yaou scene of the Moon Rabbit under the cassia tree pounding a pestle in a mortar; shallow plain sides of octafoil bracket-lobed outline rising to a barbed everted rim — Silver plate decorated with chased “Red Cliff” scene, 13th century
China

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Standing Screen with Marble Panel, gray brown and white marble slab reminiscent of a misty mountain, set into a wood frame; twelve carved panels within frame depict chi dragons and scrolls; frame set into larger stand — Screen, 17th century
China

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standing horse balancing on three legs; mouth open; short tail pointing up; leaning slightly to proper left — Prancing Horse, 1st-3rd century
China

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The Wu Family Reception Hall, China — The Wu Family Reception Hall, early 17th century
China

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Seated figure, resting PR elbow on raised PR knee, PL leg bent and on ground and PL arm behind, hand resting on ground; wearing bracelets, long necklaces and elaborate crown — Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva in the Water-Moon Form (Shuiyue Guanyin), 12th century
China

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white-skinned male figure and red-skinned female figure embracing in central circle with 20 figures surrounding them inside a circle and a square; 9 seated figures at top and bottom edge; multicolored pigments; leather hanging cord — Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi Mandala, 1400-1500
Tibet

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squat, round, red lacquer covered box with black interior and bottom; cover decorated with flowers, foliage and 2 birds with long tail feathers; sides of box with flowers and foliage — Box, 13th century
China

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Bamboo and Rocks, Zheng Xie — Bamboo and Rocks, c. 1760
Zheng Xie

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The Englishman at the Moulin Rouge, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec — The Englishman at the Moulin Rouge, 1892
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

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woman wearing flowered dress, seated on a red sofa at R; man, seated on a stool, cleaning art brushes, at center; woman dressing, with face partially hidden, at L — Studio-End of the Day II, 1974
John Koch

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red spongelike rock with white striations — Scholar's Rock, early 19th century
China

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crouching rabbit with small ears and brown eyes; rectangular base with squared-off corners — Figure of a Rabbit, 8th-9th century
China

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Relief-carved Fragment from Persepolis, 486-465 BCE

Persian

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base with iridescent light green glaze and 2 animals, one standing on the back of the other; long post topped with openwork bird finial; 4 long branches at top: 3 depict figures dancing and holding objects and a figure under a canopy on top of branch and figures and radiating coins below branch; one depicts same scene except an animal replaces the figure under canopy; 20 rectangular branches, 19 with figures, horses, deer and figure under canopy with coins sprouting from branches; one with same scene except animal and figure(?) replace figure under canopy; 40 small branches with 3 radiating coins; pendant of monkey with a coin — Money Tree, 1st-2nd century
China

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Head and shoulder of a pharaoh, wearing headgear; black and tan flecked marble; has own mount — Portrait of Pharaoh Amenhotep III, 1391-1353 BCE
Ancient Egyptian

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young Manchu woman seated by a lacquer table on a garden terrace with bamboo growing at L; woman wears blue robe with Shou characters and has stylish hairdo decorated with flowers and jewels; on the table are a snuff bottle, a fan, a ju-i scepter and a vase of peonies; blue and white vessel with plant LLC; butterfly-covered box on floor beside table — Birthday Portrait of a Young Manchu Lady, c. 1800-1850
China

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Ceremonial Gate, China — Ceremonial Gate, 1728
China

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standing figure with arms bent at elbows, PL forearm slightly lower than PR forearm; unfinished back; looping drapery folds — Standing Shakyamuni Buddha, late 6th century
China

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Still Life with Pascal’s "Pensées", Henri Matisse — Still Life with Pascal’s "Pensées", 1924
Henri Matisse

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folding chair with woven seat; inlaid iron decorations on arms and footrest; carved open-mouthed animals where arms attach to seat — Folding round-back armchair, late 16th century
China

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standing female figure holding an apple in her proper left hand — Eve with Apple, c. 1902
Aristide Maillol

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Figure, arrived with own plexi base — Standing Female Nude, 1908
Elie Nadelman

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crouching female figure with swags of a variety of flowers on an oblong octagonal base — Flora Kneeling, c. 1871
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux

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Triptych — Triptych: Prisoners of the Mountain Mist, c. 1910
Giovanni Battista Crema

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Barbizon landscape, northeastern France, Fontainebleau forest — The Crossroads of the Eagle’s Nest, Fontainebleau Forest, 1843-1844
Charles-François Daubigny

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pieces of wood painted with enamel in light blue, bright yellow and white in a geometric design; painted relief — Relief, New York, 1936, 1936
Charles Biederman

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Cosmetic Case and Mirror Stand, China — Cosmetic Case and Mirror Stand, early 17th century
China

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Woman in a Bathtub, 1889 modeled (cast 1920-21) no. 26/C
Edgar Degas

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woman seated at a table with another woman behind her, arranging the seated woman's hair; third woman making a bed at right — Lady at Dressing Table, 1657
Wang Qiao

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deep relief carving; Buddha at L seated on a throne with PL hand on head of kneeling Bodhisattva with clasped hands; 7 other figures stand behind and to R and L — Buddha Stroking the Head of a Follower, late 8th century
China

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small green glazed plate with incised molded decoration of 5 boys and 2 dogs playing among plants — Plate, c. 1150
China

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male figure seated on a chair placed on a small podium; man has PL hand on thigh and PR hand on belt; glazed in green, blue, brown and yellow; dragon on front of man's garment — Figure of Wenchang, Deity of Literature, 12th-13th century
China

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quadrilobed design; edges decorated with applied stamped scroll and floral designs; green and tan glaze — Brushwasher, 10th century
China

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deep bowl with low, slightly flaring ring foot; curved sides; blue-black glaze over brown on interior and exterior; brown slip on foot — Bowl, 12th century
China

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low box with straight sides, forming a cylinder; low flaring foot ring; slightly domed cover with bud-shaped finial; brown glazed exterior; olive green on interior of box — Covered Box, 10th century
China

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brown glaze; wide shoulder with short narrow neck; 4 bands of cut away (sgraffiato) decoration (from top) leafy scroll, key-fret, floral with twisting vines, stylized leaves and flowers; has fitted blue box — Ovoid Bottle, late 12th century
China

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standing woman wearing a long robe with very long sleeves; woman holds her hands up in front of her shoulders; straight hair pulled back into a low ponytail; cloth-covered mount — Female "Long Sleeve" Dancer, 2nd century BCE
China

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ceramic pillow shaped like a reclining tiger with tail against PR side of body; flat top section decorated with floral designs and insect; brown and orange glaze — Tiger Pillow, late 12th century
China

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rounded body on raised foot; slightly inward-curving lip; surface decorated with abstracted floral shapes in brown glaze 5 on interior, 4 at lip and outer edge, separated by brown ovals — Bowl, 9th century
China

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small round-bottomed bowl with short foot; sides slightly flaring inward; slightly domed lid with wide lip; small finial; brown glaze — Covered Bowl, 11th-12th century
China

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jug shaped with flat bottom; inward-flaring shoulder to narrow, short neck and flaring lip; white glaze with lightly incised pattern on body; 2 brown stripes and brown scrolling designs below a brown band with incised curves — Beehive-shaped Vase, 12th-13th century
China

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pear-shaped body with long flaring neck; carved floral pattern; knife-cut, slightly flared foot; light tan glaze with light grey stoneware — Bottle Vase, 13th century
China

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ovoid-shape with vertical incised lines; angled neck with persimmon glaze with streaks on bottom half; dark red glaze on body; unglazed foot — Bottle, 12th-13th century
China

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Armchair with Continuous Yoke Back, one of a pair, China — Armchair with Continuous Yoke Back, one of a pair, c. 1600
China

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Roundback Armchair, 17th century

China

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five pointed leaf motif with six leaved flower (in plain and twisted wire) within it; a multiple leaved blossom at center; pin extends down from center — Hair Ornament, one of a pair, 11th century
China

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thistle-shaped cup on slender, horizontally ribbed oviform stem pierced with 6 rows of short vertical slits above inverted cup-shaped foot — Ceremonial Stem Cup, 3000-2000 BCE
Longshan

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Shortback armchair carved to simulate bamboo, one of a pair, huanghuali hardwood, Ming Dynasty, China — Pair of Low Back Armchairs, late 17th century
China

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small ivory bowl, lotus blossom inside well with circular foot on bottom — Tea Bowl, 11th century
China

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shallow bowl fused to the rim of a deeper bowl with open foot; incised with a floral design in the center and a lotus leaf pattern around the outside — Brush Washer, 10th-11th century
China

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Ruyi Scepter, China — Ruyi Scepter, late 17th-early 18th century
China

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standing figure with right hand out in front and clenched, left hand down at hip; triangular heads with black features painted on pink ground; .1 wearing a breast plate over baggy trousers; .2 wearing a striped tunic over baggy trousers — Footsoldier, one of a pair, 2nd century BCE
China

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for Indonesian export market; white glaze; globular body surmounted by ringed neck tapering toward a flattened stylized phoenix head with applied details, below a trumpet-form mouth — Pheasant-Head Ewer, 10th-11th century
China

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Yokeback Armchair, China — Yokeback Armchair, c. 1550
China

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bowl, flared sides with finger groove below rim; interior design, prunus branch and crescent moon; dark brown glaze; knife cut foot with no glaze — Tea Bowl, 10th-11th century
China

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Hand Exerciser, China — Hand Exerciser, 18th century
China

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rectangular top frame divided by central stretcher, two cylindrical rollers set to either side, straight waist, beaded apron, short stout legs with hoof feet — Footstool (gundeng), c. 1600
China

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seven strings attached to jade feet on back, orange tassels attached to jade tuning pegs on back; 13 gilded circles to the right of strings; symmetrical carved design at bottom; two carved pegs on back near top; scattered blue and gold specks — Zither (Qin), 1634 (dated by inscription)
China

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upright rectangular shape with five shelves; center shelf has two drawers below; square drawer pulls mounted to chrysanthemum back plates — Bookshelf, late 17th century
China

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thin rectangular table; unadorned; feet emphasized; curved leg support reaches from under table top — Lute table, c. 1600
China

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Incense Boxes and Burners, China — Incense Boxes and Burners, late 16th-early 17th century
China

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Footstool, China — Footstool, 16th-17th century
China

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dark brown glaze splashed with pale blue on the vessel's shoulder; rare phosphatic glaze; unglazed foot — Jar, 8th century
China

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character 'shou' as written in grass script as one continuous stroke of a brush — Stylized Shou Character, c. 1800
China

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bamboo image inscribed; Sotheby's London, 6/12/95 Lot 516 — Archer’s thumb ring, 1662-1722
China

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conical bowl with blue glaze and splashes of purple glaze on interior and exterior; with storage box — Bowl, 12th-13th century
China

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flat circular ceramic seal paste box with celadon glaze; unadorned, tapered lower half to a 1-3/8 inch concave unglazed base — Seal Paste Box, 12th century
China

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Portable huang hua-li table; deconstructs into nine pieces; scroll ends at table top; open work panes in legs; cloud design sides at leg joint; apron completely around — Portable Long Table, 16th-17th century
China

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huang hua-li painting table; sides four-square with large leg to table top bracing; hoof feet; minimal key pattern band at underside of table to top third of legs — Corner-leg Painting Table, late 17th century
China

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huang hua-li yoke back arm chair; cane seat, s-shape arms and splat, round legs, apron at underside of seat — Yokeback Armchair, one of a pair, c. 1600
China

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pair of shears, the tapering blades joined through a figure-of-eight-shaped spring-handle and decorated on each side with a bird in flight and scrolling foliage, on a ground of ring-matting — Shears (scissors), 8th-9th century
China

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white pottery cup, unglazed foot with incised circle at underside of base, has own storage box — Cup, 7th-10th century
China

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man standing with proper right foot on head on sea serpent; proper left leg bent backward with square brushwasher resting on heel; man holds brush in proper right hand and small shell-shaped cap in proper left hand — Kui Xing (God of Literature), 16th century
China

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earthenware bean shaped headrest carved at center with ribbon tied spray of lotus and sagittarius blossoms against a dense ground of scrolling vines; green glaze — Pillow, 12th century
China

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conical shaped tea bowl; dark brown glaze with single leaf design at interior; foot unglazed; has own storage box — Teabowl with Leaf Decor, 12th-13th century
China

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chair with arms and straight back; seat of woven natural fibers; each arm and back decorated with straight spindles and two pairs of interlocked rings — Spindleback Rose Chair, one of a pair, c. 1600-1675
China

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reddish brown wood chair with protruding crest rail and arms — Yokeback Armchair, 16th-17th century
China

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octagonal-shaped box-like form; glazed white with central area of brown containing 14 Chinese characters in white slip on top; two flanking areas decorated with brown foliate designs — Octagonal Pillow, late 12th-early 13th century
China

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Round, straight legs; curving support from each leg to underside of tabletop; six scroll elements at corners of short apron — Small Occasional Table, late 17th century-early 18th century
China

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Shallow conical bowl with a very small foot; glazed light blue — Small Conical Bowl, 12th-13th century
China

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Egg-shaped bottle with brown teadust glaze; nearly flat shoulder; short neck with flaring, thick mouth; bottom section unglazed — Bottle, 12th-13th century
China

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Top shaped like an abstracted leaf; top carved with a blooming peony in brown-black glaze; brown-black stripe around edge; cream ground — Pillow, late 11th-early 12th century
China

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Pear-shaped body with narrow neck and flaring mouth; flared foot ring; 'oilspot' glaze in shiny black with russet sport and small metallic flecks — Pear-shaped Bottle, 12th century
China

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rounded body; short, straight neck with flaring lip; tapering handle; pair of square decorative handles; chicken head spout; black glaze — Chicken-Head Ewer, 4th century
China

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reddish brown wood chair with protruding crest rail and arms — Yokeback Armchair, 16th-17th century
China

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chair with arms and straight back; seat of woven natural fibers; each arm and back decorated with straight spindles and two pairs of interlocked rings — Spindleback Rose Chair, one of a pair, c. 1600-1675
China

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Rectangular in design with T-shaped supports which fold flat and top sections close on top of each other like a book — Folding Bookstand, 18th century
China

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round wood box with lid; lip at box bottom; convex circle on box top — Round Seal Box, 18th century
China

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ornately carved wood table mount for framed marble insert; inscription and seal at UL — Table screen, c. 1800
China

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dark wood rectangular stand with open sides topped with grey and white marble — Rectangular stand, 18th century
China

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robin's egg blue glaze; stand has scalloped edge on bottom with perforated repeated design at base; cup has scalloped edge — Wine Cup and Stand, 11th century
China

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small foot; wide flaring sides; rust brown glaze with splashed black drips on exterior and radiating stripes on interior; white rim — Bowl with White Rim, 11th-12th century
China

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Armchair with Continuous Yoke Back, One of a Pair, China — Armchair with Continuous Yoke Back, One of a Pair, c. 1600
China

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Square Corner Cabinet with Latticework Upper Doors, China — Square Corner Cabinet with Latticework Upper Doors, c. 1600
China

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Roundback Armchair, one of a pair, China — Roundback Armchair, one of a pair, 17th century
China

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shallow sides divided into six petal-shaped lobes separated by narrow raised ribs; metal edge bordering the lip — Dish, 960-1279
China

G204

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