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A yogini bearing a jar. One of 19 known sculptures from a set originating in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India. — Yogini with a jar, early 10th century
India

G210

pendant suspended from a garland of twin rudraksha berries; central gold piece depicting two figures on a bull; one emerald pendant at bottom split during installation, two pieces stored in envelope in A12.3 MS — Rudrakshamala Necklace, early 19th century
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Nkisi Nkonde (nail fetish); a fetish figure in wood; the surface is covered with a variety of accoutrements: nails, reed, shells, bone, wood, string and clay; the 'magic' receptacle in the abdominal area bears a mirror — Power figure, early 20th century
Kongo

G250

St. Jerome, Adam Lenckhardt — St. Jerome, c. 1635
Adam Lenckhardt

G341

four horizontal panels with multiple figures in various poses: standing, riding bicycles, riding animals, seated; incised horizontal bars divide panels — Palace door, early 20th century
Dada Areogun, a.k.a Areogun of Osi-Ilorin

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Mende Society Mask, wood and raffia, Mende Tribe, Sierra Leone, Africa, XIX c. Msmt.s of helmet only. *Med.Raffia ?- Poss. Human Hair! — Sande mask, second quarter of 20th century
Mende

G254

vessel with handle, surmounted by female head; opening of vessel is through top of figure's headdress; surface has glossy appearance; dark clay body — Vessel, 1930
Mangbetu

G236

Worship and devotion non-Christian religions — Young Greeks in the Mosque, 1865
Jean-Léon Gérôme

G357

False door in the name of Iry-en-Akhet whose "beautiful name" is Iry. — False door, about 2400 BCE
Ancient Egyptian

G250

Marilyn Monroe, Actress, Richard Avedon; Publisher: Richard Avedon — Marilyn Monroe, Actress, May 6, 1957
Richard Avedon; Publisher: Richard Avedon

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large oblong plate — The Three Crosses, 1655
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

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Adam and Eve, Albrecht Dürer — Adam and Eve, 1504
Albrecht Dürer

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Ptolemaic Ruler in the Guise of Hercules, Graeco-Egyptian — Ptolemaic Ruler in the Guise of Hercules, 2nd century BCE
Graeco-Egyptian

G242

Kapkap tortoise shell, giant clam — Kapkap, 19th century
Solomon Islands

G256

Elephant Mask, Bamileke — Elephant Mask, c. 1900
Bamileke

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large bowl with 2 scrolling handles with openwork triangles; 4 circular feet; geometric band carved at lip — Prestige Bowl (purukei), c. 1900
Admiralty Islands

G256

Madonna Enthroned with the Christ Child, marble. — Madonna Enthroned in Majesty with the Christ Child, late 12th century
France

G340

Ear Hangers coins, amber, and shells, green and yellow enamel — Ear pendants (tiboukaria), 1880-1900
Amazigh (Berber)

G254

pitcher, ceramic-porcelain; 'Grecian' type with enamel-painted floral sprays and gilded decoration — Pitcher, 1827–1832
Andrew Craig Walker; Manufacturer: Tucker China Manufactory

G333

Bust of the Greek Slave, after 1845-1846

Hiram Powers

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Judith presented to Holofernes — Judith Presenting Herself to Holofernes, 1720s
Antonio Gionima

G340

Portrait of Cleméntine Karr — Portrait of Clémentine (Mrs. Alphonse) Karr, 1845
Henri Lehmann

G357

Light golden brown patination. After the monument in Dijon, France, commissioned 1852. — Hebe and the Eagle of Jupiter, model c. 1853-55 (casting history and edition size unknown)
François Rude; Caster: Thièbaut Frères

G354

Modello for Neoclassical design, wax on wood panel, French/Italian, XVIIIc no painted number, frame loose — Modello for a neoclassical design for boiserie decoration, 18th century
Francesco Bolgiè

G314

Light yellow interior; short, bulbous body resting on a splaying foot with a flaring wide neck; neck decorated with 3 circular cartouches surrounding horses with crowns on their backs and dark blue pseudo-Islamic text against a light blue ground; white 'text' and foliage on body; floral designs on foot — Vase in the form of a mosque lamp, c. 1870
Joseph-Théodore Deck

G243

carved frame around blank canvas, displayed with back of frame facing out, resting on two blocks covered with blue carpet; back of canvas is covered with cork; two large twill straps screwed into frame at bottom; tension springs and rods at corners and center of stretcher; handing loops at left and right sides; "E8290" in white on right side of frame; MIA's permanent collection label for Rembrandt's "Lucretia" at top; small MIA loan tag in ULC Scotch taped to stretcher; scallop-edged sticker at top center on stretcher; white tape on shims between stretcher and frame edges — Verso (Rembrandt, Lucretia), 2012
Vik Muniz

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Stoup (holy water basin), Giovanni Giardini da Forli — Stoup (holy water basin), c. 1715
Giovanni Giardini da Forli

G308

standing woman dressed in green and turquoise robes, holding a badminton racket in her PR hand and a shuttlecock at her PL shoulder — Battledore, 1868-1870
Albert Joseph Moore

G357

General Brune, 1763-1815, was commander-in-chief of the army of Italy and of the French forces in Switzerland; in this portrait he wears 'petit uniforme' of a general of an artillery division — Bust of General Guillaume Brune, c. 1800
Joseph Chinard

G310

Oceanus, god of the river. Frontal bearded head with silver inlaid eyes against a formalized background of the scales of his body, within a modelled rim. Small cheeks, nose and forehead. Two dolphins rampant above act as a crown; two fish peer from the locks of his hair; two more dive out of his beard. top of roundel broken and missing — Boss with Head of Oceanus, 1st-2nd century
Roman

G242

Plate, England — Plate, c. 1885
England

G334

wide cylindrical body tapering toward top, flares out to upper rim; shallow bowl with central hole forms seat; overall patterning of triangles and cross hatch lines within banding — Stool, 1900-1950
Bozo

G250

metal spring with incised decoration; flat circle of metal at end of each coil, with incised lines — Currency, 20th century
Igbo

G236

in silver frame; central section the Marriage at Cana; below the Raising of Lazarus; the lozenge the Baptism of Christ; the borders are filled with foliage and representations of angel musicians; the coat of arms of Cardinal Balue, for whom the book cover was made, appear at the mid points — Book cover with scenes from the life of Christ, c. 1467-1469
Italy

G350

Hispano-Moresque Deep Basin with coat-of-arms of Aragon and Sicily. — Deep basin, after 1450
Spain

G243

Head from an image of a diefied king carved in sandstone wearing a very elaborate crown and a diadem tied with a knot at the back of his head. Crisply delineated facial features carved in high and low relief. Original encrusted patina. First Angkor style, style of Koh Ker, Cambodia. — Head from an Image of Vishnu or a Deified King, early 9th century
Cambodia

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Mask, Guro — Mask, 19th century
Guro

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Slit Drum (garamut), Papua New Guinea — Slit Drum (garamut), 20th century
Papua New Guinea

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two figures; larger human figure carved in the round; hand with four fingers held at chest and stomach; eyes and mouth inlaid with mother-of-pearl; arms, legs and face carved with geometric patterns of circles and bands; larger figure stands on top of a much smaller, more representative figure with three fingers and tongue hanging out, overall rectangular in shape — Tekoteko, 18th century
Māori

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Water, England — Water, 19th century
England

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Multi strand black leather necklace with three tassels. Has a silver pyramidal shaped pendant with a flat back. Looks like a step pyramid with a diamond shape in center with engraving design around it. Silver ball on the center of the diamond shape. — Amulet (tcherot), 20th century
Tuareg

G254

Charger, Rembrandt Pottery Factory, Gouda, The Netherlands, 1925–1955 — Charger, c. 1927
Rembrandt Pottery Factory, Gouda, The Netherlands, 1925–1955

G334

Hand Amulet; Hand of Fatima metal, red glass cabuchon, enamel — Hand pendant, about 1850
Morocco

G254

standing female figure with proper left arm bent, hand at side; flat mask like face, adorned by earrings and necklace; ridged dress extends to floor covering legs and feet — Haniwa of a Female Shrine Attendant, 6th century
Japan

G205

Charger, Max Laeuger — Charger, c. 1900-1905
Max Laeuger

G334

hand-wrought; flat center with small hammered circles; walls of vertical waved lines all facing the same direction — Bowl, c. 1948
Serge Nekrassoff

G334

Storage box for this object is in D10 MS — Long-stemmed goblet, c. 1900
Friedrich Zitzmann

G379

Child Baptist in the Wilderness, accompanied by a lamb. — The Child Baptist in the Wilderness, c. 1776
Sir Joshua Reynolds

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One of the twelve generals of Yakushi Buddha, with strong remains of original pigments. Original wood stand — Divine General, late 12th century-early 13th century
Joga

G200

Madonna and Child, Attributed to Carlo Maratti — Madonna and Child, 1711
Attributed to Carlo Maratti

G330

Study for the Assumption of the Virgin, Jean-Baptiste Deshays — Study for the Assumption of the Virgin, 1758
Jean-Baptiste Deshays

G314

drinking cup carved in the form of a nautilus shell — Drinking cup, c. 1600
Joerg Ruel

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Love Dies in Time, Edouard Bernard Debat-Ponsan — Love Dies in Time, 1878
Edouard Bernard Debat-Ponsan

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Portrait of Ruggiero Leoncavallo — Portrait of Ruggiero Leoncavallo, 1906
Giovanni Boldini

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a bronze reduction fabricated by an unknown craftsman after a larger marble begun by Marsys and completed by Flamen — Boreas Abducting Orithyia, c. 1700
after Gaspard Marsy; Sculptor: after Anselme Flamen

G310

cross with male head; two birds above upper arms; to each side one bowing person; Christ figure over cross; black painted cut sheet metal — Crucifix, c. 1983
Serge Jolimeau

G375

hand-wrought; base wavy lines pointed out from center and waving in one direction; twisted center column; plain cup; drip cup has wavy edges — Candlestick, one of a pair, c. 1948
Serge Nekrassoff

G334

Modelled by Kandler for Count Bruhl. — Armorial plate from the "Swan service", one of a pair, 1737-1741
Johann Joachim Kändler

G319

Marriage ceremony — The Marriage of the Duke and Duchess of York, 1791
Sir Henry Singleton

G324

two phoenixes at center, perched on a gnarled tree branch; waves at L; greens, blues, pink and white; seal and inscription, LRC — Phoenixes and Paulownia [right of a pair], early 18th century
Kano Tanshin

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black ground with white and brownish lines scratched in circular design; white wood frame with glass — Throw (C-918), 2009
Marco Breuer

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abstracted, simplified heads and torsos of two figures; figure at left has blue skin with blue, yellow, and red nose; blue cage-like element over white and dark blue mouth; eye covered with blue lenses in red goggle-like elements; orange helmet with black stripes and red and blue star; garment on figure at left is blue and white striped on left and lighter blue on right with green and red target on chest with looping bands of orange and pale green; figure on right has orange skin with gold nose; round red mouth with blue and green elements around it; red and white striped lenses in black glasses; blue and red helmet; left side of garment is blue and gold striped; right side of garment has red and blue target with looping red and blue bands on field of purple; red border; blue border element around figures with yellow and red radiating lines; blue diamond with yellow circle at center in center of image; black strip frame — Astronaut Targets, 1965
Errol Ortiz

G280

Winter Horse Raiding Episode, Old Bull — Winter Horse Raiding Episode, c. 1910
Old Bull

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Tipi Cover, No Two Horns — Tipi Cover, c. 1915
No Two Horns

G261

Red and bright blue feathers, each with small black and white, blue, red and yellow feathers attached to quill end; quills wrapped in red and green ribbon and connected to leather tubes; tubes bundled into multicolored beaded handle with white fringe — Feather Fan, 1999
Barry Belindo

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Feast Ladle with Bird Effigy, carved wood, with metal stand, North America, Seneca — Ladle, 20th century
Seneca Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)

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Feast Spoon with Bird Effigy, carved wood, with metal stand, North America, Chippewa — Ladle, c. 1860
Anishinaabe (Ojibwe)

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pipe bowl with elk image, about 1860, carved stone — Pipe Bowl, c. 1860
Lakȟóta

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Chief's rattle; depicts the raven lengend a raven is shown with a human figure reclining on his back; the man holds a frog's tongue in his mouth in the act of sucking out a person which was believed to be helpful to shamans in their mystical rituals; the frog's body emerges from a hawk; the rounded underside of the raven's body is carved to represent a sparrow hawk; polychromed cedarwood sewn together with leather, inlaid abalone eyes in the raven — Rattle, c. 1850-1910
probably Haida

G261

Sources of Strength, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith — Sources of Strength, 1990
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith

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alley/ pedestrian street with vending machine and flowering cherry blossom tree on R; black metal frame on light box — Tokyo Story 7: Nightfall (after Hiroshige), 2011
Emily Allchurch

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Breast Plaque of beaten gold. Three breast motifs. From Sona region of Veraguas Province, Panama. — Breast Plaque, c. 800 - 1400 CE
Veraguas

G260

silver gilt, separates into five parts; fluted foot and bowl with four panels embossed with scenes of the life of the emperor Caligula and capped with a cast and chased figure of Emperor Augustus — Tazza, c. 1575–1599
Italy

G350

lidded tureen with bulbous body with melon reeding which is repeated on the cover; band of cast and chased flowers and leaf motifs at rim of tureen and base of foot; leaf motifs chased and in repoussé at base; lid has flowers and leaf design in repoussé within melon reeding; cast finial of basket of fruit; scroll handles with cast and chased leafage — Tureen, c. 1830
William Gale; Silversmith: Joseph Moseley working in partnership, New York City, 1828-1833

G350

Arms of Pope Paul III (reigned 1534–49), c. 1540

Italy

G235

Shangalti, 1971 (printed later)

J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere

G374

central seated figure (Ksitigarbha) holding a clear sphere between cupped hands, circles about body and head; figure surrounded by people with two smaller figures below. — Ksitigarbha and the Ten Kings of Hell, 18th century
Korea

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Shield, Attributed to Humped-Wolf; Artist: Full-Mouth Buffalo — Shield, c. 1870
Attributed to Humped-Wolf; Artist: Full-Mouth Buffalo

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Dutch and English battle at sea — The Four Days’ Battle, 1666
Abraham Storck

G309

Buddhist Altar Bell, Indonesia — Buddhist Altar Bell, 10th century
Indonesia

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Vasudeva carries the Infant Krishna across the Yamuna River, India — Vasudeva carries the Infant Krishna across the Yamuna River, c. 1720
India

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Polyphemus, France — Polyphemus, c. 1700
France

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imitation of Greek Klismos design; having 2 pieces laminated over extending crest rail upon continuing molded stiles which curve down to a raised volute at the front of the seat, there being a stylized rosette and leaf carved horizontal back splat, the rosette turning being somewhat similar to the handles of the accompanying commode; base with corresponding molded front legs and is of the curule pattern; at its tops on the sides are incised carved fans; stepped up rosettes are at the tops of these bases, both having been replaced on one chair — Side chair, one of a pair, c. 1825
United States

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Corpus, Italy — Corpus, late 12th century
Italy

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Fabric panel with multicolored stripes; sleeve sewn at back along one long side; 4 lines of Arabic text in gold embroidery bordered with red surrounded by gold embroidered decorative borders — Invocation Panel, Date Unknown
Indonesia

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Plaque depicting fight between monster and horse. — Plaque, 400 BCE
Mongolia

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Arm Bracelet, Dong Song — Arm Bracelet, 7th-6th century BCE
Dong Song

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Axe Head, Dong Song — Axe Head, 7th-6th century BCE
Dong Song

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warp face plain weave; some warp ikat patterning; added end bands with supplimentary weft patterning — Ragidup (Ceremonial Cloth), 20th century
Indonesia

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three panels joined; fringe on both ends; silk brocade with supplementary weft patterning; blue field with bands of geometric design; side stripes red, blue, green and yellow — Woman's Dress (kira; ngoshem), c. 1920
Bhutan

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light brown bamboo vest style undergarment — Sleeveless undergarment, late 19th century
China

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dark bamboo sleeved undergarment with leather tie in front — Sleeved undergarment, late 19th century
China

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Bizarre brocade work in ivory satin with green and red floral decoration; silk, gold, and silver threads — Panel, c. 1703
Spain

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Bizarre brocade work, pink ground with red, gold, silver, and green floral decoration; silk, gold, and silver threads — Panel, c. 1700-1705
France

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Chasuble, Rococo. Embroidered with gold metallic threads, lined with purple silk. — Chasuble, 18th century
France

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Staffordshire Plate (Birds and Butterflies), England — Staffordshire Plate (Birds and Butterflies), 19th century
England

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Chiné piece of velour sabré; pink, blue and green floral motif on a gold background — Chiné piece, late 19th-early 20th century
France

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multi-colored design of blues and purples on green — Panel, 20th century
France

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with supplementary weft pattern; fine leaf pattern in light green and pink with interspersed purple and pink splotches — Chiné piece, late 19th century
France

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multi-colored floral designs with brown, green and reds predominating — Chiné piece, late 19th century
France

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