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Clock, Jean-Antoine Lepine; Painter: Joseph Coteau — Clock, c. 1789
Jean-Antoine Lepine; Painter: Joseph Coteau

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Udhyana Buddha, China — Udhyana Buddha, 14th century
China

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openwork design at top with dragon, looking up, surmounting 2 fighting tigers with scrolling bands between; bar on bottom for bristles — Brush Handle, 2nd-1st century BCE
China

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Buddha seated on pedestal; hands rest in lap — Buddha subduing Mara, late 19th century
Thailand

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seal with turtle standing on top of plain, undecorated platform; turtle looking straight up — Official Seal, 2nd century BCE- 2nd century CE
China

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Silk Worm, China — Silk Worm, 3rd century BCE- 3rd century CE
China

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

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seated bird with head turned toward tail and rested on back; long, curling feathers on wings and tail; details etched into surface; gold color with green and red (malachite and cuprite) encrustations — Phoenix weight, one of a pair, 2nd century BCE
China

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gilt bronze group of a warrior in full armour seated astride a walking and armoured horse — Warrior Prince (Guan Yu), 16th century
China

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seated bird with head turned toward tail and rested on back; long, curling feathers on wings and tail; details etched into surface; polished gold color with some blue, green and red (azurite, malachite and cuprite) encrustations — Phoenix weight, one of a pair, 2nd century BCE
China

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stem in form of a swagged tripod gueridon surmounted by heads of putti; supported on a base reserved with garland trophies and with nozzles overlaid with swags — Candlestick, one of a pair, c. 1780
France

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prancing bird with wings outstretched; long tailfeathers; facing L — Phoenix Bird Form Plaque, one of a pair, 1st century BCE -1st century CE
China

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prancing bird with wings outstretched; long tailfeathers; facing R — Phoenix Bird Form Plaque, one of a pair, 2nd century BCE- 2nd century CE
China

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walking bird with wings and tail-feathers outstretched; large claws; pierced with round, crescent and tri-lobed holes; mounted on black cloth-covered board — Phoenix Plaque, 2nd century
China

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small standing figure wearing a robe and leaning on a staff; incised details; mounted on black cloth-covered board with L2003.116.5.1-4, .6, .7 — Figural Plaque, 2nd-3rd century
China

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walking bird with wings outstretched; rooster-like tail-feathers; facing L; mounted on black cloth-covered board with L2003.116.8.1, .3 — Bird Plaque, 2nd-3rd century
China

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arc terminating in dragon heads; mounted on black cloth-covered board with L2003.116.4.2 — Dragon-head Huang Plaque, 2nd-3rd century
China

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broad-shouldered figure with what appears to be an arrow through his head; curling moustache and round cap; incised details; mounted on black cloth-covered board with L2003.116.5.1-3, .5-7 — Figural Plaque, 2nd-3rd century
China

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standing figure holding a flower-like object; facing R; incised details; mounted on black cloth-covered board with L2003.116.9.2 — Figural Plaque, 2nd-3rd century
China

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walking bird with wings outstretched; inward-curving tail-feathers; facing R; mounted on black cloth-covered board with L2003.116.7.1, 3 — Bird Plaque, 2nd-3rd century
China

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walking bird with wings outstretched; inward-curving tail-feathers; facing R; mounted on black cloth-covered board with L2003.116.8.1, .2 — Bird Plaque, 2nd-3rd century
China

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walking bird with wings outstretched; rooster-like tail-feathers; facing L; mounted on black cloth-covered board with L2003.116.7.1, .2 — Bird Plaque, 2nd-3rd century
China

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arc terminating in dragon heads; mounted on black cloth-covered board with L2003.116.2.2 — Dragon-head Huang Plaque, 2nd-3rd century
China

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openwork plaque with bell-shaped bottom; human head at top center; upper bodies of fantastic animals at R and L; incised details; mounted on black cloth-covered board — Plaque in the Form of Hsi Wang Mu, Queen Mother of the West, late 2nd century
China

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flat, round disc with domed protrusion at center; incised with figures, birds, animals and designs; mounted on black cloth-covered board with L2003.116.2.1 — Bi Disc Plaque, 2nd-3rd century
China

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flying bird with outstretched wings, facing L; mounted on black cloth-covered board with L2003.116.8.2-3 — Bird Plaque, 2nd-3rd century
China

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bar with four triple-pronged protruding elements; incised designs overall; mounted on black cloth-covered board with L2003.116.5.1-6 — Quatrefoil Plaque of the Four Directions, late 2nd century
China

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flat, round disc with domed protrusion at center; incised with figures, birds, animals and designs; mounted on black cloth-covered board with L2003.116.3.1 — Bi Disc Plaque, 2nd-3rd century
China

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tower with triangular base topped with two graduated outward-flaring elements and a spire on top; mounted on black cloth-covered board with L2003.116.5.1, .3-7 — Plaque in the Form of a Tower, 2nd-3rd century
China

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standing figure holding a flower-like object; facing R; incised details; mounted on black cloth-covered board with L2003.116.9.1 — Figural Plaque, 2nd-3rd century
China

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standing figure wearing robe and holding an L-shaped object; incised details; mounted on black cloth-covered board with L2003.116.5.1-2, .4-7 — Figural Plaque, 2nd-3rd century
China

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large bird with outstretched wings on openwork background; applied insect at each corner; incised details; mounted on black cloth-covered board — Pictorial Plaque with Bird, 2nd-3rd century
China

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standing figure holding a flower-like object; facing L; incised details; mounted on black cloth-covered board with L2003.116.10.2 — Figural Plaque, 2nd-3rd century
China

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arc terminating in dragon heads; mounted on black cloth-covered board with L2003.116.3.2 — Dragon-head Huang Plaque, 2nd-3rd century
China

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flat, round disc with domed protrusion at center; incised with figures, birds, animals and designs; mounted on black cloth-covered board with L2003.116.4.1 — Bi Disc Plaque, 2nd-3rd century
China

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flying bird with outstretched wings, facing R; mounted on black cloth-covered board with L2003.116.7.2, .3 — Bird Plaque, 2nd-3rd century
China

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tower with triangular base topped with two graduated outward-flaring elements and a spire on top; mounted on black cloth-covered board with L2003.116.5.2-.7 — Plaque in the Form of a Tower, 2nd-3rd century
China

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standing figure holding a flower-like object; facing L; incised details; mounted on black cloth-covered board with L2003.116.10.1 — Figural Plaque, 2nd-3rd century
China

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architectural crossbeam incised with dragon; five downward-extending elements; wave-like pattern on top; mounted on black cloth-covered board with L2003.116.5.1-5, .7 — Crossbeam Plaque, 2nd-3rd century
China

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gilt-bronze Buddha; one hands holds holy water bottle, other is damaged; meant to be seen from front, back has three open rectangles (gilt chipped at lower half) — Standing Buddha, 8th century
Korea

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small, double pointed object with five prongs converging to form each point; center decorated with petal and concentric circle motif — Five-pronged vajra, late 14th century
Japan

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Incense burner, 13th century

Japan

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Wheel of the Law, Buddhist (shingon sect.) gilded bronze — Chakra, 13th century
Japan

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gilt bronze female figure seated on cushion holding small male figure in lap; mounted on black stand — Child-Giving Guanyin (Sung-tzu Guanyin), 16th century
China

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face mask of person with closed eyes; pierced ears; delineated hairline; bronze, with bib attached to neck area in green-blue and brown patina — Funerary Mask of a Young Woman, 916-1125
China

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unembellished cup with lid and saucer; small finial on top of lid — Container for rubbing incense, 14th century
Japan

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flying dragon with curving body; long, straight tail; black mount; incised scales and details — Flying Dragon, one of a pair, 7th-10th century
China

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flying dragon with curving body; long, straight tail; black mount; incised scales and details — Flying Dragon, one of a pair, 8th century
China

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figure seated on lotus, proper right leg hanging off and supported by smaller lotus; lotus growing from both palms and flowering at shoulders; elaborate headdress and oversize earrings — The Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, 1403-1424
China

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

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lacquered and giltwood, gilt bronze mounts; writing desk and chest-of-drawers which opens — Writing desk, c. 1760
Italy

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covered vase, cat. card does not list 'a-b' for vase and lid; white ground, painted with turquoise and gold circle-and-dot pattern (oeil-de-perdrix); the wide decorative bands are adorned with exotic birds and chinoisirie. The subjects and decorative grounds link them to a pair in the collection of Queen Elizabeth thought to have been bought by Marie Antoinette in 1779. The similar oeil-de-perdix of both pairs may be attributed to Vincent Taillandier, who specialized in this type of patterned ground — Covered vase, one of a pair, 1780
Sèvres Porcelain Factory; Decorator: Fallot (birds); Decorator: Charles-Eloi Asselin (figures); Decorator: Vincent Taillandier (ground pattern); Maker: Jean-Claude-Thomas Duplessis (gilt-bronze mounts)

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Dims of vase(a) only, 'b' stored in D12.10 MS — Vase, c. 1758
Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory

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Clock with vestals, Pierre-Philippe Thomire; Manufacturer: Clockworks by Sauvageot — Clock with vestals, c. 1790
Pierre-Philippe Thomire; Manufacturer: Clockworks by Sauvageot

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Louis XV style ormolu-mounted parquetry commode; marble top, in bois satiné with purpleheart borders; the front has two drawers with shallow cupboards at the sides, the mounts with crowned C marks — Commode, c. 1745
attributed to Charles Cressent

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prancing horse, facing right, with feathery webbed feet in place of hooves; horse has a tasseled blanket on its back; feathery cresting decorative scrolling waves — "Chevaux Marin" (seahorse) chenet, one of a pair, c. 1745-1750
France

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prancing horse, facing left, with feathery webbed feet in place of hooves; horse has a tasseled blanket on its back; feathery cresting decorative scrolling waves — "Chevaux Marin" (seahorse) chenet, one of a pair, c. 1745-1750
France

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base made up of parts of gilt metal sculptures attached together in a surreal fashion: human, animal and bird feet, dolphins, horse head, human figures and body parts, key, scrolls, bird's head, tiny grate section; top wishbone-shaped element made of white marble with grey veins, with two candle cups — Aleijadinho Candlestick, 2011
Fernando Campana; Designer: Humberto Campana

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octagonal stepped base with lotus flower at top of base; clear glass globe at top with three vertical metal "flames" around it; glass globe filled with multicolored pebbles — Buddhist Reliquary in the Shape of a Wish-Granting Jewel, 16th-17th century
Japan

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standing male angel at right with a thin wire halo and carrying a thin staff with a curved thin element on front; angel wears robe with a shell motif on each side of chest and a sash with incised flowers over his PL shoulder; angel points downward with his PR hand; young man seated on rock at left, with bare feet, wearing a short robe with zigzag design at hem, looking up at angel; fantastic fish with many teeth, tongue and snout emerging from water at center; spaniel-type dog between two man figures, looking down at fish; figures are silver, base/rocks are gilded — Saint Raphael with Tobias, His Dog, and the Fish, c. 1780
Giuseppe Sanmartino

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angel wearing a breastplate and a helmet with a lion at the top and three feathers, holding a sword aloft in his PR hand; angel also wears a shield on his PL arm, printed with, "QUIS UT DEUS"; angel wears a short skirt and a flowered sash over his PR shoulder; angel stands on a fantastic animal with a fierce dog-like head with open mouth with many teeth, lion-like body, thick tail and bat-like wings; silver figures, gilt base — The Archangel Saint Michael in Triumph, c. 1780
Giuseppe Sanmartino

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Commode, Antione (Pierre-Antoine) Foullet — Commode, c. 1775-1800
Antione (Pierre-Antoine) Foullet

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male figure wearing a robe carved from brown-veined rock, seated on a red and cream stone plinth; head, hands and feet of gilt bronze; curly hair and beard; wearing cap; man holds scroll in PL hand and two keys in PR hand — The Ludovisi Saint Peter, 2nd century (marble body); c. 1590 (gilt bronze head, hands and feet; throne)
Attributed to Bastiano Torrigiani (head, hands and feet)

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Ritual urn, Tou form; two ring handles attached to body of vessel with an elephant head (?) motif. Trumpet base, truncated trumpet finial. The bronze was lightly covered with silver before being washed with gold. Gold has worn off in spots revealing silver green iridescence; corrosion advanced to such a stage that handles have become attached to body of urn. Tou belong to the yi class, and were used to contain grain offered to the dead. Excavated, with other objects, rom a tomb in Honan, 1929. N.B.similar piece in Grenville Winthrop Collection, New York — Dou ritual vessel, 4th century BCE
China

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wall bracket for candles (applique); two branches springing from slender rod entwined with ivy and leaf motifs; fine quality modeling and gilt — Wall sconce, one of a pair, 19th century
France

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one of pair of Bodhisattvas crowned, seated in Dhyana (meditation) mudra on thrones with flame halo; gilt bronze — Pair of bodhisattvas, 1770
China

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three-sided dagger with snake on each side of blade; three heads surrounded by skulls at end of handle; split at center; three dragon heads below center — Ritual Dagger (Phurba), 1403-1424
China

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small fantastic animal standing on pedestal with stamp carved on bottom; animal has flat bony head, small ears, long whiskers, large feet; carved with incised lines to indicate fur(?) — Personal Seal, 2nd century
China

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PR arm raised, holding object; PR leg bent in front of figure, PL hand rests on PR knee; circle behind figure's head attached by a bronze pin; mounted on a black base; has its own box — The Bodhisattva Kuan-yin, 7th-8th century
China

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one of pair of Bodhisattvas crowned, seated in Dhyana (meditation) mudra on thrones with flame halo; gilt bronze; Tibetan — Bodhisattva, one of a pair, 1770
China

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Pair of Lo-hans — Lohan, one of a pair, 18th century
Tibet

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bird with long, drooping tailfeathers and legs drawn up toward body; ball in bird's slightly open beak; scroll design on bird's back with rectangular opening; rectangular opening at center of body — Harness Trapping, one of a pair, 11th-12th century
China

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bird with long, drooping tailfeathers and legs drawn up toward body; ball in bird's slightly open beak; scroll design on bird's back with rectangular opening; rectangular opening at center of body — Harness Trapping, one of a pair, 11th-12th century
China

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wall bracket for candles (applique); two branches springing from slender rod entwined with ivy and leaf motifs; fine quality modeling and gilt — Wall sconce, one of a pair, 18th century
France

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standing bird with thick legs and narrow, curving wings; wide head; has mount — Phoenix, 2nd-1st century BCE
China

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standing gilt bronze figure in contraposto position, proper left hand in front of body with fingers together pointing upward, right hand down at side holding draped fabric — Figure of Bodhisattvas, one of a pair, 18th century
China

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standing gilt bronze figure in contraposto position, proper left hand open at side, right hand held in front, hanging jewelry highlighted by inlaid stones — Figure of Bodhisattvas, one of a pair, 18th century
China

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Bodhisattvas in gilt bronze mounted as bookends — Book End (one of a pair), c. 1800
Tibet

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Vestal figure with Chalice, Italy — Vestal figure with Chalice, c. 1600
Italy

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Vestal Figure, Italy — Vestal Figure, c. 1600
Italy

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Lohan, one of a pair, Tibet — Lohan, one of a pair, 18th century
Tibet

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figure of bear lying on its PL side in a twisted position, being bitten on the stomach by a tiger with its body twisted into a C shape — Mat weight in the form of a leopard attacking a bear, 3rd century BCE - 3rd century CE
China

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gold patina; four branching arms of organic design; flower motif on base — Cup stand, 2nd-1st century BCE
China

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lotus shaped; front and back are identical and include 9 seeds each; hole at top of each end — Ritual Chime, second half 14th century
Japan

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each ornament represents two trout; traces of gilt post on back of each; other #'s J148 — (Fish ornament, one of a pair), c. 1800
Japan

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each ornament represents two trout; traces of gilt post on back of each; other #'s J148 — (Fish ornament, one of a pair), c. 1800
Japan

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low, wide foot with flaring body and slightly inverted wide mouth; pair of dragon-shaped handles; dragons and fantastic animals carved on body; chased floral design on foot; gilt highlights on carving — Censer, c. 1600-1610
Zhu Zhenming

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Single bulb lamp depicting American dancer Löie Fuller; bulb concealed in the billowing folds of the robe — Table lamp, c. 1900
Raoul-Francois Larche

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crane standing on tortoise with fringed tail; crane's neck bent down, holding frond of lotus in its mouth; stem extends upward with two flat leaves, a small bud, and open blossom with spike for candle — Candlestand of a crane on a long-tailed tortoise, 18th century
Japan

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round metal medallion with circular motifs of two cranes with outstretched wings facing one another; circular form of seated four-armed figure just above center; raised center in form of turtle with short brown cord; raised lip — Mirror with Aizen Myōō, turtle, and cranes, late 13th - early 14th century
Japan

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angled piece of gilt bronze, tapering at top, with decorative cutout pattern creating branches/body of tree; twisted wire loops attached to branches and body of tree, with small circular disks hanging from loops; trunk piece has reinforcement piece attached to backside — Tree-shaped Fragment of a Royal Crown, 7th-8th century
Korea

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Paramasukha-Chakrasamvara (four-faced, twelve-armed god) and Vajravarahi embracing, symbolizing the union of wisdom and compassion; gilt bronze figures intertwined; Chakrasamvara tramples on the Hindu demons Bharava and Kalaratri who represent ignorance and evil; highly detailed deities are adorned with crowns and garlands of skulls and severed human heads; Chakrasamvara holds a 'vajra' and 'ghanta' in his crossed hands — Chakrasamvara Embracing Vajravarahi, 1403-1424
Tibet

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Standing Boddhisattva, Japan — Standing Boddhisattva, 7th century
Japan

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small square pavilion with lotus flower at center; openwork "railing" with L-shaped openings; pedals around outer edge of base; canopy edged in triangular pattern with round hanging pendants at bottom of each; chains with chevron and round pendants at corners; petals around top edge and central element on canopy; shipped with dark colored wooden base — Sarira reliquary in the shape of a pavillion, 8th century
Korea

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Corner cabinet (Encoignure), Jean-Chrysotome Stumpff — Corner cabinet (Encoignure), 18th century
Jean-Chrysotome Stumpff

G314

covered vase, cat. card does not list 'a-b' for vase and lid; white ground, painted with turquoise and gold circle-and-dot pattern (oeil-de-perdrix); the wide decorative bands are adorned with exotic birds and chinoisirie. The subjects and decorative grounds link them to a pair in the collection of Queen Elizabeth throught to have been bought by Marie Antoinette in 1779. The similar oeil-de-perdix of both pairs may be attributed to Vincent Taillandier, who specialized in this type of patterned ground — Covered vase, one of a pair, 1780
Sèvres Porcelain Factory

G310

Corner cabinet (Encoignure), Jean-Chrysotome Stumpff — Corner cabinet (Encoignure), c. 1770–80
Jean-Chrysotome Stumpff

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Louis XVI Cabinet (Meuble D'Entre Deux) — Cabinet, c. 1765
Claude Charles Saunier

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a. clock; b. wood piece to cover clock bell; c. cupid which surmounts bell; d. wall bracket — Wall clock with bracket, c. 1725
attributed to Charles Cressent; Maker: Abraham Gudin; Maker: Jacques Gudin; Designer: André Charles Boulle

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Bureau Plat, wood, ormulo mounts, leather top, French XVIIIc Cat. card dims H 32-1/4' x W 76' x 42', Charles Chevalier - furniture maker — Desk, c. 1750
Charles Chevallier

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