Jacob Abbott, 1843–47, Salted paper print from paper negative, Photographs, David Octavius Hill (British, Perth, Scotland 1802–1870 Edinburgh, Scotland), Robert Adamson (British, St.…

Limestone statuette of Herakles as an archer, Archaic, middle or 3rd quarter of the 6th century B.C., Cypriot, Limestone, Overall: 20 3/4 x 7 in. (52.7 x 17.8 cm), Stone Sculpture, Figure holding bow.

Gold spiral, Late Bronze Age, ca. 1600–1100 B.C., Cypriot, Gold, Length: 1 1/4 in. (3.1 cm), Gold and Silver, Of plain wire with one turn.

Soprano Dulcian, late 16th–early 17th century, Spain?, Spanish?, Boxwood, brass, Height: 14 1/8 in. (35.8 cm), Aerophone-Reed Vibrated-double reed, The bajoncillo is the smallest form of the…

Wreaths, 11, Greek, Laconian, Lead, 3/4 × 11/16 in. (2 × 1.7 cm), Miscellaneous-Lead

Actor, Nakamura Shikan plays as Ootomo no Kuronushi, Onoe Taganojō plays as Kurosome no rei, from Tsumoru koiyuki no sekinoto, Meiji period (1868–1912), dated 1882, Japan, Two panels of a…

Plaque fragment, Iron Age II, ca. 9th century B.C., Iran, Hasanlu, Iran, Ivory, 1.65 x 0.98 x 0.2 in. (4.19 x 2.49 x 0.51 cm), Ivory/Bone-Reliefs,

The Domes, Yosemite, ca. 1872, printed ca. 1876, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Photographs, Attributed to Carleton E. Watkins (American, 1829–1916)

La robe écossaise, 1860s, Albumen silver print from glass negative, 5.1 x 8.6 cm. (2 x 3 3/8 in.), Photographs, André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri (French, Paris 1819–1889 Paris)

Designs of Writing-Paper with Flowers, Edo period (1615–1868), 19th century, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper, 5 5/8 x 7 7/16 in. (14.3 x 18.9 cm),…

Marble head of Athena: The so-called Athena Medici, Mid-Imperial, Antonine period, ca. A.D. 138–92, Roman, Marble, H.: 7 7/8 in. (20 cm), Stone Sculpture, Copy of a Greek statue of ca. 430…

Saint-Cloud, July 1921, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Image: 17.5 x 21.5 cm (6 7/8 x 8 7/16 in.), Photographs, Eugène Atget (French, Libourne 1857–1927 Paris)

Hester Middleton, ca. 1752–58, Watercolor on ivory, 1 1/2 x 1 in. (3.8 x 2.5 cm), Paintings, Mary Roberts (died 1761 Charleston, South Carolina), The English émigré Mary Roberts was the…

Three Women at the Base of a Pine Tree, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1790, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 15 1/8 × 10 1/8 in. (38.4 × 25.7 cm), Prints, Katsukawa…

Glass cinerary urn with lid, Imperial, Flavian or Trajanic, 1st–early 2nd century A.D., Roman, Glass; blown, H.: 12 1/8 in. (30.8 cm), Glass, Jar (A):, Translucent blue green., Broad, tubular…

Horse and Rider, Japan, Triptych of polychrome woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, 14 1/4 x 29 5/8 in. (36.2 x 75.2 cm), Prints, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839–1892)

Knife Coin, Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 220), China, Bronze, L. 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm), Metalwork

'Zal Slays Khazarvan and Puts Shamasas to Flight', Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings), ca. 1430–40, Attributed to India, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, Image: H. 10 3/4 in. (27.3…

南宋 傳閻次于 松壑隱棲圖 團扇, Hermitage by a Pine-covered Bluff, Song dynasty (960–1279), second half of the 12th century, China, Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on…

Whistle, mid-19th century, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kuba, Wood, L. 19.6cm (7 11/16in.), Aerophone-Whistle Flute-whistle

Shahnama (Book of Kings), 1475–1675, Attributed to Iran, Tabriz, Leather; tooled and gilded; ink on paper, H. 18 3/8 in. (46.7 cm_, Codices

Glass perfume bottle, Early Imperial, 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass; blown and trailed, 3 1/16 in. (7.7 cm), Glass, Translucent blue green, with trail in same color. Rim folded out, round, and…

Gold pendant in the form of a bull's head, Late Bronze Age, ca. 1400–1050 B.C., Cypriot, Gold, L. 1. 1/8 in. (2.9 cm), Gold and Silver, Most of the raw materials for Cypriot jewelry came from…

St. Cloud, 1915–19, printed 1956, Gelatin silver print, Photographs, Eugène Atget (French, Libourne 1857–1927 Paris)

(Untitled), Edo period (1615–1868), 1797–1858, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Image: 14 3/8 in. × 10 in. (36.5 × 25.4 cm), Prints, Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese,…

Limestone statuette of a bearded male votary in Greek dress, Archaic, second half of the 6th century B.C., Cypriot, Limestone, Overall: 11 7/8 x 5 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (30.2 x 14 x 6.4 cm), Stone…

Mirror View of Sentinel Rock, Yosemite, ca. 1872, printed ca. 1876, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Image: 13 1/4 × 10 1/2 in. (33.7 × 26.6 cm), Photographs, Attributed to Carleton…

Apollo Lyre, 1848–53, New York?, United States?, American, various materials, H. 82.8 cm (32-3/4 in.), Greatest W. 39.2 cm (15-1/2 in.), D. 11.7 cm (4-3/4 in.), Aerophone-Free Reed-harmonium,…

『閨の雛形』　正月, Plate from the Erotic Book Mounds of Dyed Colors: A Pattern Book for the Boudoir (Someiro no yama neya no hinagata), First Month, Edo period (1615–1868), ca.…

[Wilton House, Detail of Main Facade], 1850s, Salted paper print from paper negative, Photographs, Unknown (British)

Terracotta stemmed dish, Archaic, 6th century B.C., Lydian, Terracotta, H. 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm), Vases, Shallow bowl on high foot, decorated with concentric circles in black.

Bedside table (table de nuit), Attributed to Bernard II van Risenburgh (ca. 1696–ca. 1767), ca. 1750–56, French, Paris, Oak veneered with tulipwood and kingwood; gilt-bronze mounts;…

清 趙之謙 芍藥 扇面, Peony, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), dated 1862, China, Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on gold-flecked paper, 7 x 20 3/4 in. (17.8 x 52.7 cm),…

Demi-Mail Phaeton No. 4009, 1888, Graphite, sheet: 13 1/2 x 21 3/4 in. (34.3 x 55.2 cm), Drawings, Brewster & Company History Established in 1810 by James Brewster (1788–1866) in New Haven,…

Faience aryballos (oil flask) in the form of a hedgehog, Archaic, 6th century B.C., East Greek, Faience, 1 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 2 3/16 in. (3.8 × 3.8 × 5.5 cm), Miscellaneous-Faience, Hedgehogs are…

The Actor, Ichikawa Danjuro I, 1660–1704 as a Woman in Unidentified Role, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm); W. 5 3/4…

Bronze statuette of a pantheress, Imperial, 1st–2nd century A.D., Roman, Bronze, H. 3 7/8 in. (9.9 cm); L. 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm), Bronzes, This bronze likely served as an attachment for a chariot.

Porringer, ca. 1735, Possibly made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; Possibly made in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, American, Silver, Overall: 1 13/16 x 8 1/8 in. (4.6 x 20.6…

The Bōtan Show, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1790, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 15 1/8 × 10 1/16 in. (38.4 × 25.6 cm), Prints, Katsukawa Shunchō (Japanese,…

Terracotta amphora with Phoenician inscription, Cypro-Archaic I, second half of 7th century B.C., Cypriot, Clay, H.: 18 15/16 in. (48.1 cm), Cesnola Inscriptions, The painted inscription below the…

Limestone statuette of a boy holding a pyxis, Hellenistic, late 4th century–late 1st century B.C., Cypriot, Limestone, Overall: 25 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (64.8 x 21.6 x 8.9 cm), Stone…

A Woman Playing the Theorbo-Lute and a Cavalier, ca. 1658, Oil on wood, 14 1/2 x 12 3/4 in. (36.8 x 32.4 cm), Paintings, Gerard ter Borch the Younger (Dutch, Zwolle 1617–1681 Deventer), Ter…

Couch and footstool with bone carvings and glass inlays, Imperial, 1st–2nd century A.D., Roman, Wood, bone, glass, 41 1/2 × 30 × 84 1/2 in. (105.4 × 76.2 × 214.6 cm), These pieces of…

Altar Shrine with Madonna and Child with Donor, last quarter 15th century, Made in Strasbourg, Alsace, Germany, South German, Tempera and oil on wood, Overall: 26 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. (67.9 x 40…

Bird, late Eastern Zhou dynasty (770–256 B.C.), China, Bronze, H. 6 1/16 in. (15.4 cm), Metalwork

Three Courtesans and a Kamuro Strolling in the Street, Meiji period (1868–1912), Japan, Monochrome woodblock print; ink on paper, 10 1/4 x 14 11/16 in. (26 x 37.3 cm), Prints, After Okumura…

Femme du Canton, 1870s, Albumen silver print from glass negative, 23.7 x 19.2 cm (9 5/16 x 7 9/16 in.), Photographs, Unknown

Silver bracelet in the form of a snake, Late Imperial, 3rd century A.D., Roman, Silver, Diameter: 1 7/8 in., 0.9oz. (4.8 cm, 26.7g), Gold and Silver, Bracelet terminating in snakes' heads.

Terracotta plate, Archaic, ca. 520–510 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, Diam.: 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm), Vases, Youth riding rooster. Plates were favored by some of the major…

Spectacles and Telescope with Cases, Edo period (1615–1868), 19th century, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper, 5 7/16 x 7 5/16 in. (13.8 x 18.6 cm), Prints,…

Saiko Hajime, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1790, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 8 7/16 in. (21.4 cm); W. 14 7 /16 in. (36.7 cm), Prints, Kubo Shunman (Japanese,…

Landscape, Meiji period (1868–1912), 1800, Japan, Album leaf; ink and color on silk, 14 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. (36.8 x 29.2 cm), Paintings, Kawabata Gyokushō (Japanese, 1842–1913)

Dried Sardines, Tablet of Sea-Weed and Nuts, Edo period (1615–1868), 19th century, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper, 5 3/16 x 7 1/16 in. (13.2 x 17.9 cm),…

Avignon, Pont St. Bénezet, ca. 1864, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Image: 21.1 x 28.5 cm (8 5/16 x 11 1/4 in.), Photographs, Édouard Baldus (French, born Prussia, 1813–1889)

Gemellion (Hand Basin) with a Knight on Horseback, ca. 1250–75, Made in Limoges, France, French, Copper, wrought and gilt, and champlevé enamel: medium blue, red and white, Overall: 10 5/8 x 1…

Yosemite Fall. Down the Valley. 2637 Ft., 1861, Yosemite, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Image: 44 × 50.9 cm (17 5/16 × 20 1/16 in.), Photographs, Carleton E. Watkins (American,…

Mynah on Reed, Ming dynasty (?) (1368–1644), China, Album leaf; ink and color on silk, 11 x 14 1/2 in. (27.9 x 36.8 cm), Paintings, Attributed to Fulan Taorên

Sard scarab, Hellenistic, 3rd century B.C., Etruscan, Sard, H.: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm), Gems, Seated Herakles with Hypnos (or Thanatos)

Cage of Fireflies at Dawn in Summer, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1800, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper, 5 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (14 x 26.7 cm), Prints,…

Sharpened Sticks from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1336–1327 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Embalming Cache of Tutankhamun (KV…

Terracotta stamnos (jar), Classical, ca. 440 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 15 11/16 in. (39.9 cm); diameter of mouth 9 5/16 in. (23.6 cm); diameter of foot 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm),…

Portrait of a Woman, 1635, Oil on wood, 26 7/8 x 22 7/8 in. (68.3 x 58.1 cm), Paintings, Jan van Ravesteyn (Dutch, Culemborg (?) ca. 1572–1657 The Hague)

Terracotta jug in the shape of a head of an African, Imperial, 3rd century A.D., Roman, Terracotta, 7 1/8in. (18.1cm), Vases, Red-glazed jug in the form of an African's head.

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX in the Role of the Warrior Nitta Yoshisada (1301–1338), Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1759, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 14 3/8 x 6…

Pin, ca. 1905, Made in Chicago, Illinois, United States, American, Gold, sapphire, pearls, emeralds, enamel, 2 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (6.4 x 7 cm), Jewelry, Florence Koehler (1861–1944), Embodying…

Textile for a handscroll, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Kangxi period (1662–1722), dated March 18, 1714, China, Handscroll; ink and color on silk and paper backed, 12 1/8 x 158 1/2 in. (30.8 x…

Jérusalem, Saint-Sépulcre, Détails de la façade, 1854, Salted paper print from paper negative, Image: 22.7 × 33.1 cm (8 15/16 × 13 1/16 in.), Photographs, Auguste Salzmann (French, 1824–1872)

Coin, Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 220), China, Bronze, W. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); L. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm), Metalwork

Ritual Wine Beaker (Gu), Shang dynasty (ca. 1600–1046 B.C.), 13th–11th century B.C., China, Bronze, H. 12 1/4 in. (31.1 cm); Diam. 6 11/16 in. (17 cm), Metalwork

Oboe, 1837–38, Paris, France, French, Boxwood, ivory, brass, Overall height: 22 5/16 in. (56.6 cm), Aerophone-Reed Vibrated-double reed, Henri Brod (French, Paris 1799–1839 Paris)

Mandora, 1726, Augsburg, Germany, German, Maple, spruce, ebony, L. to nut77.1cm (30.35 in.);String L.: Minimum 67.5 cm (26.58 in.); L. of top 48.5 cm. (19.09 in.),…

Vase fragment, Helladic, Greek, Laconian, Terracotta, 15/16 × 1 1/2 × 1/4 in. (2.4 × 3.8 × 0.7 cm), Vases

Bowl, late 11th–early 12th century, Made in Egypt or Syria, Stonepaste; luster-painted on opaque white glaze, H. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm), Ceramics, Luster ceramics developed in the medieval period,…

Piece, first half 15th century, Italian, Silk, 10 x 22 1/2 inches (25.4 x 57.2 cm), Textiles-Velvets

Louisa Blaney, 1870s, Albumen silver print from glass negative, 9.3 x 5.5 cm (3 11/16 x 2 3/16 in. ), Photographs, Unknown (British), A sobering foil to the cartes-de-visite of the celebrated…

Terracotta tankard, Late Minoan III, ca. 1400–1200 B.C., Minoan, Terracotta; Plain fine ware, H. 5 9/16 in. (14.1 cm.), Vases, One-handled, no decoration.

Limestone statuette of Pan, Hellenistic or Roman, Cypriot, Limestone, Overall: 21 1/2 x 6 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. (54.6 x 17.1 x 8.9 cm), Stone Sculpture, A nebris knotted around the neck covers the…

Openwork furniture plaque with a grazing stag, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 9th–8th century B.C., Syria, probably from Arslan Tash (ancient Hadatu), Assyrian, Ivory, 1.75 x 4.75 in. (4.45 x 12.07 cm),…

Terracotta shallow angular bowl, Late Helladic IIIB, ca. 1300–1090 B.C., Mycenaean, Terracotta, H. 13/16 in. (2 cm.), Vases, Shallow bowl with angled rim.

Design for the Decoration of the Semi-Dome of a Church Apse., ca. 1545–55, Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over black chalk and ruling in black chalk, sheet: 19 13/16 x 13 1/4 in. (50.4…

Amoy Fishing Boats, ca. 1869, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Image: 6 3/4 × 9 3/16 in. (17.2 × 23.3 cm), Photographs, Attributed to John Thomson (British, Edinburgh, Scotland…

Courtesan, Shinohara and Kamuro of Tsuruya, Edo period (1615–1868), late 18th century, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Image: 15 1/8 × 10 1/8 in. (38.4 × 25.7…

The Coronation of Louis XIV, 1655, Etching, sheet: 24 13/16 x 18 7/8 in. (63.1 x 47.9 cm), Jean Le Pautre (French, Paris 1618–1682 Paris)

Bronze oinochoe (jug), Classical, early 5th century B.C., Etruscan, Bronze, H.: 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm), Bronzes, The shape, known archaeologically as an oinochoe shape 6, is characterized by the…

Print, Edo period (1615–1868), 19th century, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Image: 13 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (34.3 × 24.1 cm), Prints, Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese,…

Fragment, 12th century, Attributed to Egypt, Fustat, Linen and silk, H. 6 in. (15.2 cm), Textiles-Woven

Bronze statuette of a hound gnawing a bone, Hellenistic, 3rd–2nd century B.C., Greek, Bronze, length 3in. (7.6cm), Bronzes, Hound crouching and gnawing an object held in his paws.

Ikushima Shingoro as a Bushi (Samurai) and Ogino Yaegiri as a Woman with A girl Attendant, Edo period (1615–1868), probably 1709, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 10 7/32…

Drunk with Flowers, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1781, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 9 13/16 in. (24.9 cm); W. 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm), Prints, Torii Kiyonaga…

Saigo Ryusei Kubi jitsu ken, Presentation of the Head of Saigo to the Prince Arisogawa, Meiji period (1868–1912), Oct. 16, 1877 (Meiji 10), Japan, One sheet of a triptych of polychrome…

婦女人相十品　相観, “Woman Holding Up a Parasol” from the series Ten Classes of Women’s Physiognomy (Fujo ninsō juppen: Higasa o sasu onna), Edo period (1615–1868), ca.…

The Genoese Castle, Balaklava, 1855, Salted paper print from glass negative, Image: 27.4 x 34.8 cm (10 13/16 x 13 11/16 in.), Photographs, Roger Fenton (British, 1819–1869)

The Hills of Kuaiji, Ming (1368–1644) or Qing dynasty (1644–1911), China, Handscroll; ink and color on silk, 19 3/8 in. × 23 ft. 4 3/8 in. (49.2 × 712.2 cm), Paintings, Unidentified Artist

Montmajour, ca. 1862, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Image: 19.6 x 28.1 cm (7 11/16 x 11 1/16 in.), Photographs, Édouard Baldus (French, born Prussia, 1813–1889)

Bell, 1879, Shwebo, Sagaing District, Myanmar (formerly Burma), Burmese, Bronze, Height: 27 in. (68.6 cm), Idiophone-Struck-bell-without clapper, Cast in Shwebo, a town north of Mandalay, this…

Hare amulet, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 B.C., From Egypt, Faience, L. 3.5 × W. 1.3 × H. 2.1 cm (1 3/8 × 1/2 × 13/16 in.), The amulets have a uniformity of size and detailing…

唐 青銅鎏金觀音菩薩像, Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin), Tang dynasty (618–907), late 7th–early 8th century, China, Gilt leaded bronze, piece-mold cast, H. 9 1/16 in. (23…

Landscape with a Village in the Distance, 1646, Oil on wood, 30 x 43 in. (76.2 x 109.2 cm), Paintings, Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, Haarlem 1628/29–1682 Amsterdam), This ambitious picture is one…

Terracotta lagynos (oil flask), Late Hellenistic, 150–50 B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta; Painted White Ware, h. 9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm), Vases, The late Hellenistic date of this lagynos is suggested by…

The Actor Nakamura Riko as an Oiran Tying Her Obi, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1779, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 12 7/32 x 5 5/8 in. (31.1 x 14.3 cm), Prints,…