Fragment, 18th century, late Edo period (1789–1868)/ Meiji period (1868–1912), Japan, Plain compound twill, silk & gilt paper, 2 strips to m.m., 12.4 x 11.3 cm (4 7/8 x 4 7/16 in) (per old card)

Towel, 1875/1900, Turkey, Turkey, Embroidered in silk and metal thread, 108.8 x 51.1 cm (42 7/8 x 20 1/8 in.)

Mitsuke: Ferryboats on the Tenryu River (Mitsuke, Tenryugawa no funawatashi)—No. 29, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi), also known as the Reisho Tokaido,…

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II in a pre-performance celebration of the play Soga Monogatari, performed at the Morita Theater in the second month, 1773, 1773, Ippitsusai Buncho, Japanese, active…

Fragment, Ayyubid period (1171–1250)/Mamluk period (1250–1517), 13th/14th century, Egypt, Egypt, Linen, slit tapestry weave, Warp: 20.5 × 48.9 cm (8 × 19 1/4 in.)

Kesa, late Edo period (1789–1868), mid–19th century, Japan, Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in…

Architectural Brick with Ogre Mask, Tang dynasty (A.D. 618–907), probably second half of 8th century, China, from the pagoda at Xiuding Si (Xiuding Temple) at Mount Qingliang, near Anyang,…

Standing Woman with a Fur, 1879, Félicien Rops, Belgian, 1833-1898, Belgium, Heliogravure, with drypoint, on cream laid paper, 133 × 87 mm (image), 141 × 89 mm (plate), 371 × 276 mm (sheet)

May Belfort, from Treize Lithographies, 1898, published before 1906, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French, 1864-1901, France, Color lithograph on cream wove paper, 294 × 240 mm (image/sheet)

Emblem of the God Shiva (Linga), Angkor period, 10th–13th century, Cambodia, Cambodia, Sandstone, 46.7 × 14.6 × 14.6 cm (18 3/8 × 5 3/4 × 5 3/4 in.)

Vessel, Predynastic Period, Naqada II (about 3800–3300 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Ceramic and pigment, H. 15.9 cm (6 1/4 in.), diam. 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.)

Paperweight, 19th century, Clichy, France, 1837-1885, Clichy, Glass, Diam. 7.4 cm (2 15/16 in.)

Rinaldo and Armida in Her Garden, 1742/45, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian, 1696–1770, Italy, Oil on canvas, 186.7 × 259.4 cm (73 1/2 × 102 1/8 in.)

Fragment, Arab period (641–969)/Fatimid period (969–1171)/Ayyubid period (1171–1250)/ Mamluk period (1250–1517), 9th/13th century, Egypt, Egypt, silk on linen plain compound cloth, 22 × 17…

Denarius (Coin) Portraying Emperor Domitian, AD 91, Roman, minted in Rome, Roman Empire, Silver, Diam. 1.8 cm, 2.80 g

Early Morning, Richmond Park, 1859, Francis Seymour Haden, English, 1818-1910, England, Etching and drypoint on ivory Japanese paper, 112 × 275 mm (image/plate), 146 × 310 mm (sheet)

Plate, c. 1620, Italy, Montelupo, Montelupo Fiorentino, Tin-glazed earthenware, Diam. 32.5 cm (12 13/16 in.)

Woman and Child at the Well, 1882, Camille Pissarro, French, 1830-1903, France, Oil on canvas, 81.5 × 66.4 cm (32 1/8 × 26 1/8 in.)

The actor Matsumoto Yonesaburo as Shinobu in the guise of the courtesan Kewaizaka no Shosho, 1794, Toshusai Sharaku 東洲斎 写楽, Japanese, active 1794-95, Japan, Color woodblock print, oban,…

Bottle, 2nd/4th century AD, Roman, Levant or Syria, Syria, Glass, blown technique, H. 14.9 cm (5 7/8 in.), diam. 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.)

Frontispiece for the Revue Fantaisiste, 1861, Rodolphe Bresdin, French, 1825-1885, France, Etching on ivory China paper laid down on white wove paper, 211 × 136 mm (plate), 297 × 215 mm (sheet)

Matrimonial Harmonics (Recto), published October 25, 1805, James Gillray (English, 1756-1815), published by Hannah Humphrey (English, c. 1745-1818), England, Hand-colored etching on paper, 254 ×…

Ball, Choson dynasty (1392–1910), 19th century, Korea, Korea, Silk, shaped in twelve pentagonal, six hexagonal, and two circular motifs of satin, satin damask, twill, and plain weaves, some…

Sketch for Frontispiece to Figure Originali, c. 1790, Carlo Labruzzi, Italian, 1748-1818, Italy, Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over graphite, on ivory laid paper, laid down on…

Coverlet, 1830/40, United States, Cotton and wool, plain weave double cloth, two loom widths joined, fringed, 174.6 x 188.6 cm (68 3/4 x 74 1/2 in.)

A Poem from the Shin Kokinshu with Design of Shinobugusa Grasses, 1605/10, Hon’ami Koetsu, Japanese, 1558-1637, Fragment of a handscroll mounted as a hanging scroll, ink, gold,…

The Shrine Dancers (Miko) Ohatsu and Onami, 1769, Ippitsusai Buncho, Japanese, active c. 1755-90, Japan, Color woodblock print, hosoban, 32.7 x 15.5 cm (12 7/8 x 6 1/8 in.)

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo as a Courtesan in Summer Attire, early 1780s, Katsukawa Shunjo, Japanese, died 1787, Japan, Color woodblock print, hosoban, 31 x 12.8 cm (12 3/16 x 5 1/16 in.)

Hemidrachm (Coin) Depicting a Chimaera, 400/300 BC, Greek, minted in Sikyon, Ancient Greece, Silver, Diam. 1.6 cm, 2.63 g

The Deposition, 1460–65, Bavarian, 15th century, Germany, Metalcut in black hand colored with brush and watercolor in yellow, red-brown lake, and green, on ivory laid paper, with manuscript text…

Fragment, 1601/35, Italy, Silk, warp-float faced broken twill weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut, solid velvet, stamped, 35.6 x 56.7 cm (14 x 22 1/4 in.)

Coverlet, 1850/1900, United States, Pennsylvania, Beaver County, Ambridge (possibly Old Economy), Germany, or Netherlands, United States, Wool, plain weave double cloth with main warp bottom…

Rug, 19th century, United States, Variety of fibers, plain weave with variety of fibers, yarns, felted, knitted, oblique interlaced and/or woven strips, forming "hooked" pile, 135.9 x 81.9 cm (53…

Jason, plate 6 from Liber Studiorum, published 1807, Joseph Mallord William Turner (English, 1775-1851), Engraved by Charles Turner (English, 1773-1857), England, Etching and engraving in brown…

At the Fountain, 1887, Cesare Agostino Detti, Italian, 1847-1914, Italy, Oil on canvas on board, 47 3/4 x 34 1/8 in. (121.5 x 86.8 cm)

Point Breeze, the Estate of Joseph Napoleon Bonaparte at Bordentown, New Jersey, 1817/20, Attributed to Charles Lawrence, American, active 1813–1837, Philadelphia, Oil on canvas, 68.6 × 92.7 cm…

Courtesans beneath Wisteria Arbor, c. 1795, Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿, Japanese, 1753 (?)-1806, Japan, Color woodblock print, left sheet of oban triptych

Fishermen Drying Nets before Castle, c. 1855, Elizabeth Murray, English, c. 1815-1882, England, Charcoal and stumping with brush and black ink on ivory wove paper, 122 mm × 171 mm

Untitled Valentine (Country Couples), 1860/69, Berlin and Jones, American, 19th century, United States, Collaged elements and gold paint on cut and embossed (designed) ivory wove paper, 79 x 124…

A Cloaked Figure Passing Through the Street (at the Time of the Plague in London), published December 1, 1861, Charles Keene, English, 1823-1891, England, Etching on paper, 137 × 184 mm (image),…

St. Jerome Kneeling in Prayer, Looking Down, 1635, Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch, 1606-1669, Holland, Etching on paper, 115 x 82 mm (image/plate), 117 x 83 mm (sheet)

A Shepherd and Bull Crossing a River, 1772, Jean Jacques de Boissieu (French, 1736-1810), after Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, 1628/29-1682), France, Etching on cream laid paper, 166 × 190 mm…

Powder Flask and Leather Carrier with Bullet Bag for the Bodyguard of the Elector of Saxony, 1600/10, German, Dresden, Saxony, Steel, cherrywood, and leather, H. 21.5 cm (8 1/2 in.)

Changing Seasons (Furnishing Fabric), 1789/90, England, Cotton, plain weave, copperplate printed, 77.8 × 58.1 cm (30 5/8 × 22 7/8 in.)

Sekiya, E-awase, and Matsukaze, from the series The Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari), c. 1819/20, Ryuryukyo Shinsai, Japanese, c. 1764-1820, Japan, Color woodblock print, shikishiban, surimono, 19.5…

Sestertius (Coin) Portraying Empress Faustina, AD 141 or later, Roman, minted in Rome, Roman Empire, Bronze, DIam. 3.3 cm, 23.13 g

Collar, 1880s/90s, Belgium, Belgium, Cotton, needle lace of a type known as "Point de Gaze

Coverlet, 1850, United States, Ohio, Ohio, Cotton and wool, plain weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and patterning wefts (Beiderwand), woven on loom with Jacquard…

Rue Pirouette aux Halles, Paris, 1860, Charles Meryon (French, 1821-1868), printed by Auguste Delâtre (French, 1822-1907), after Louis-Marie Laurence (French, 1811-1886), France, Etching and…

Two Fragments, 16th century, Italy, Silk, warp-float faced satin weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut, uncut and voided velvet, a: 16.4 × 12.6 cm (6 1/2 × 5 in.)

The Actor Hayakawa Hatsuse as a Flower Vendor, mid–1720s, Okumura Toshinobu, Japanese, active c. 1717-50, Japan, Hand-colored woodblock print, hosoban, urushi-e, 31.7 x 14.4 cm (12 1/2 x 5 3/4 in.)

Yvette Guilbert on Stage, from Yvette Guilbert, 1898, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French, 1864-1901, France, Lithograph on light blue wove paper, 306 × 166 mm (image, without te×t), 374 × 305…

Coca or Ceremonial Cloth (Inkuña), 1850/1900, Aymara, Bolivia, La Paz, Aroma, Bolivia, Wool, stripes of plain weave and two-color complementary warp weave, 62.5 × 67.6 cm (24 5/8 × 26 5/8 in.)

Argonauta tuberculosa, Print, Argonauta nodosa, also known as the knobby or knobbed argonaut, is a species of pelagic octopus. The female of the species, like all argonauts, creates a…

Enjoying the Evening Cool on the Riverbed at Shijo (Shijogawara yusuzumi), from the series Famous Places in Kyoto (Kyoto meisho no uchi), c. 1834, Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重, Japanese,…

Joseph Explaining his Dreams, 1541, Nicolas Beatrizet (French, 1515-1565), after Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520), France, Engraving on paper, 234 × 375 mm

Spanish Muleteer Raising his Mule, 1817, Carle Vernet (French, 1758-1836), printed by Comte Charles Philibert de Lasteyrie (French, 1759-1849), France, Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper, 183…

Windmill of Sologne, 1835, Jules Dupré, French, 1811-1889, France, Lithograph on paper, 197 × 140 mm (image), 294 × 224 mm (sheet)

Paperweight, 19th century, Clichy, France, 1837-1885, Clichy, Glass, 3 1/2 in.

At the Concert, 1896, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French, 1864-1901, France, Color zincograph on cream wove paper, 317 × 249 mm (image), 553 × 435 mm (sheet)

And Can You Think (valentine), c. 1850, George Kershaw, English, 19th century, England, Lithograph wth hand-coloring on cut and embossed ivory laid paper, 193 × 122 mm (folded sheet)

Ampullaria rugosa, Print, Ampullaria is an extinct genus of freshwater snails with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Ampullariidae.

The Ingrate, 1832, Denis Auguste Marie Raffet (French, 1804-1860), printed by Chez Gihaut Frères (French, 19th century), France, Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper, 163 × 155 mm (image), 286…

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku I as a peddler of tooth-blackening dye, c. 1727, Hanekawa Wagen, Japanese, active c. 1716-36, Japan, Hand-colored woodblock print, hosoban, urushi-e, 29.5 x 15.0 cm

Vase (part of a Garniture of 5 Vases), c. 1820, England, Leeds, With Transfer Decoration after Adam Buck, Irish, 1759-1833, Leeds, Earthenware with silver lustre decoration, monochrome brown,…

Benten Shrine and Inokashira Pond (Inokashira no ike Benten no yashiro), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei), 1856, Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重, Japanese,…

The Actor Sakata Hangoro III as Kosodate Kannonbo (Sandai-me Sakata Hangoro no Kosodate no Kannonbo), 1794, Toshusai Sharaku 東洲斎 写楽, Japanese, active 1794-95, Japan, Color woodblock…

Ammonites gervillei, Print, Ammonoidea, Ammonoids are a group of extinct marine mollusc animals in the subclass Ammonoidea of the class Cephalopoda. These molluscs, commonly referred to as…

The Raising of Lazarus: The Larger Plate, c. 1632, Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch, 1606-1669, Holland, Etching on paper, 343 x 235 mm (sheet trimmed within plate mark)

Plate, c. 1790, English for the American market, Leeds, England, Creamware, Diam. 24.3 cm (9 9/16 in.)

Loading Boat in Port, n.d., Elizabeth Murray, English, c. 1815-1882, England, Brush and brown ink and wash, over graphite, on cream wove paper, 194 mm × 265 mm

Denarius (Coin) Portraying the Emperor Maximus, AD late 235/early 236, Roman, Rome, Silver, Diam. 2.1 cm, 2.14 g

Soup Plate, 1771, Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, founded 1740, Painted by Nicolas Bulidon (French, active 1763-1792), Sèvres, Soft-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, and gilding, Diam.…

Mascarade, 1857, Jan Jozeph Jaquet, Belgian, 1822—1898, Belgium, Bronze, thin brown patina, H. 21.8 cm (8 9/16 in.)

Viewing Cherry Blossoms at Goten Hill, c. 1787, Chobunsai Eishi, Japanese, 1756-1829, Japan, Woodblock print, right sheet of oban triptych, keyblock proof impression (color sheet: 1925.3091,…

Young Girl Carrying a Flower Arrangement, first half of 18th century, Nishikawa Sukenobu, Japanese, 1671–1750, Japan, Hand-colored woodblock print, page from an illustrated album, 12 1/4 x 6 3/8 in.

Copy of Carleton Watkins’ Galen Clark Before the Grizzly Giant, c. 1863, after Carleton Watkins (American, 1829–1916), United States, Print on paper from woodcut engraving, 23 x 17.3 cm…

J. Ellis Bonham, March 5, 1825, William Bonnell, American, 1804–1865, United States, Oil on panel, 30.5 × 24.9 cm (12 × 9 13/16 in.)

Clay filter with geometric design, Fatimid dynasty (969–1171), 11th–12th century, Egypt, Fustat, Masr al-`Atiqah, Earthenware, carved and punched, 875 × 6.4 cm (7/8 × 2 1/2 in.)

Goblet (jia), Late Shang dynasty, 13th century–1046 B.C., China, Bronze, 51.5 × 23.5 cm (20 1/4 × 9 1/4 in.)

Motif, Roman period (30 B.C.– 641 A.D.), 4th/5th century, Coptic, Egypt, Egypt, Linen and wool, tapestry weave, 14.5 × 8 cm (5 11/16 × 3 3/16 in.)

View of the Palazzo di Montecitorio, from Views of Rome, 1750/59, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720-1778, Italy, Etching on heavy ivory laid paper, 379 x 610 mm (image), 404 x 616 mm…

Sketch from the Escurial, n.d., Sir David Wilkie, Scottish, 1785–1841, Scotland, Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, on cream card, laid down on cream wove paper, 218 x 166 mm

Panel, 19th century, England, England

Burgonet, c. 1570/80, Northern Italian, Northern Italy, Steel, H. 24.5 cm (10 5/8 in.)

Ceremonial Skirt, 1875/1900, Kuba, Bushong, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kasia, Mushenge, Democratic Republic of Congo, Raffia, plain weaves, pieced, appliqúed with plain weaves in pearl…

Matchlock Petronel, 1570/80, French, Germany, Steel, iron, fruitwood, staghorn, and horn, L. 122 cm (48 1/2 in.)

Claude Regnauldin, 1658, Robert Nanteuil, French, 1623-1678, France, Engraving on paper, 323 × 249 mm (plate), 339 × 262 mm (sheet)

Servant throwing bundles of branches into waterfall, c. 1810, Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾 北斎, Japanese, 1760-1849, Japan, Color woodblock print, ebangire, surimono, 7 3/4 x 21 in.

Bacchante, 1642/44, After Pietro Testa, Italian, 1611/12-1650, Italy, Graphite on tan laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper, 323 x 598 mm

Ring: Menmaatre (Seti), New Kingdom, Dynasty 19, reign of Seti I (about 1294–1279 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Faience, H. 1 cm (3/8 in.), diam. 2.2 cm (7/8 in.)

Untitled, 1857, Gustave Le Gray, French, 1820–1884, France, Albumen print, from the album "Souvenirs du Camp de Châlons

The Pyramids of Dahshoor, 1857, Francis Frith, English, 1822–1898, England, Albumen print, 16 × 22.7 cm (image/paper), 31.7 × 43.5 cm (mount)

Awakening, plate eight from A Love, 1887, signed and dated in 1903, Max Klinger, German, 1857-1920, Germany, Etching and engraving on cream wove paper, 459 x 318 mm (plate), 803 x 572 mm (sheet)

Burning of Savannah, plate four of the second number of Picturesque Views of American Scenery, 1819/21, John Hill (American, 1770-1850), after Joshua Shaw (American, born England, c.…

Miss May Belfort with Long Hair, 1895, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French, 1864-1901, France, Color lithograph on cream wove paper, 325 × 244 mm (image), 391 × 284 mm (sheet)

Auguste Degas, c. 1859, Edgar Degas, French, 1834–1917, France, Graphite, with touches of stumping, on buff laid paper with red and brown inclusions, 339 × 259 mm

The Birth of the Virgin in a Historiated Initial G from an Antiphonal, c. 1500, French (Paris), circle of the Master of Jacques de Besançon or the Master of Morgan 85, France, Manuscript cutting…

Ammonites parkinsoni, Print, Ammonoidea, Ammonoids are a group of extinct marine mollusc animals in the subclass Ammonoidea of the class Cephalopoda. These molluscs, commonly referred to as…

Aramides flaviventer, Print, Aramides is a genus of birds in the family Rallidae.