Female Musician, Tang dynasty (A.D. 618–907), late 7th/early 8th century, China, Earthenware with polychrome pigments, 20.6 × 13.3 × 12.8 cm (8 1/8 × 5 1/4 × 5 1/16 in.)

Paperweight, c. 1845/60, Clichy, France, 1837-1885, France, Glass, Diam. 7.7 cm (3 1/16 in.)

Breakfast, 1895, Jean François Raffaëlli, French, 1850-1924, France, Drypoint, etching and roulette, printed in blue, green, yellow ochre, red, and black, on buff wove paper, 467 × 218 mm…

Man’s Jifu (Semiformal Court Robe), T’ung Chih period (1862–1873), Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 19th century, Manchu, China, Embroidered in multicolor silk with gold thread couching, 147.3…

Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Alexander the Great, 336/323 BC, Greek, Roman Empire, Silver, Diam. 2.7 cm, 17.13 g

Chateau de Murol en Auvergne, 1852, printed 1978, Édouard Baldus, French, born Germany, 1813–1889, France, Salted paper print, edition 65, 33.8 × 45 cm (image/paper), 54 × 69.1 cm (mount)

Antilope cervicapra, Print, The blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra), also known as the Indian antelope, is an antelope found in India, Nepal, and Pakistan. The blackbuck is the sole extant member of…

Coverlet, 1825/35, United States, Pennsylvania, Bucks County, United States, Cotton and wool, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts (overshot), knotted main warp fringe, woven on loom…

Close No. 128 Saltmarket, 1868, Thomas Annan, Scottish, 1829–1887, Scotland, Photogravure, plate 30 from the book "The Old Closes & Streets of Glasgow" (1900), 22.5 x 17.3 cm (image), 38 x 27.6…

Alca cirrhata, Print, The tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata), also known as crested puffin, is a relatively abundant medium-sized pelagic seabird in the auk family (Alcidae) found throughout…

Arc-shaped pendant (huang), Eastern Zhou dynasty period, c. 4th century B.C., China, Jade, 26.9 × 4.4 × 0.6 cm (10 5/8 × 1 3/4 × 1/4 in.)

Chunda, Goddess of Wisdom, 9th/10th century, Indonesia, Central Java, Central Java, Bronze, 10.6 × 4.5 × 4.2 cm (4 3/16 × 1 3/4 × 1 5/8 in.)

Combination Primer-Spanner-Ramrod, 1600/20, German, Germany, Steel, L. 62.5 cm (24 5/8 in.)

James Parry, 1828, Achille Devéria, French, 1800-1857, France, Lithograph on light gray China paper, laid down on white wove paper, 249 × 207 mm (primary support), 445 × 342 mm (secondary support)

Pair of Tea Caddies, 1744/45, Eliza Godfrey, English, active 1731-58, London, England, London, Sterling silver, 14 x 8.6 x 6.4 cm (5 1/2 x 3 3/8 x 2 1/2 in.)

Center Table, c. 1820, Made by the Firm of Josef Danhauser (father and son, 1804-1838), Josef Danhauser, Sr. (Austrian, 1780-1829) and Josef Danhauser, Jr. (Austrian, 1805-1845), Vienna,…

The Phoenix or The Statue Overthrown, 1658, Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch, 1606-1669, Netherlands, Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper, 179 x 183 mm

Dish with Flaring, Lobed, and Barbed Rim, Five Dynasties period (907–960), China, Ding-type ware, glazed porcelain, 5.2 × 15.3 × 15.8 (2 1/16 × 6 × 6 1/4 in.)

Edging, 1875/1900, Eastern Mediterranean, probably Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean Region, Silk and horsehair, needle lace, 5.0 × 18.3 cm (2 × 7 1/4 in.)

Paperweight, c. 1848–55, Baccarat, France, founded 1764, Lunéville, Glass, Diam. 7.6 cm (3 in.)

Agama spinosa, Print, Lanza's Spiny Agama, 1700-1880

Boy’s Gun, third quarter of 17th century, German, Germany, Steel and brass, L. 31 cm (12 1/4 in.)

Impatiens, from Collection des plantes usuelles, curieuses, et étrangères, 1767, Jacques Fabien Gautier D’Agoty, French, 1710-1781, France, Engraving, with additions in brush and watercolor,…

Panel, c. 1890, France, Lyon, Lyon, Silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts and pile warps forming cut voided velvet, 185.1 x 59.8 cm (72 7/8 x 23 1/2 in.)

Saint Jerome in Penitence, in a Cave, 1500/38, Albrecht Altdorfer, German, c.1480-1538, Germany, Wood engraving in black on cream laid paper, 168 x 120 mm (image/block/sheet)

Banners (Set of Four), Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1750/75, Manchu, China, Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, slit tapestry weave with eccentric and interlaced…

The Impotent Wing Did Not Lift the Animal Into That Black Space, plate 7 of 8 from Les Origines, 1883, Odilon Redon, French, 1840-1916, France, Lithograph in black on light gray China paper, laid…

Ancient View of the Pontoon Bridge at Sano in Kozuke Province (Kozuke Sano funabashi no kozu), from the series Unusual Views of Famous Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyo kiran), c.…

Bowl with Relief Parrot, 15th century, Vietnam, Vietnam, Porcelain with blue underglaze, 3.6 x 9.3 x 8.9 cm (1 3/8 x 3 5/8 x 3 3/8 in.)

Kuruba Man, 1873, James Wilkinson Breeks, English, 1830–1872, England, Albumen silver print, 21.9 × 18.5 cm (image/paper)

Amulet of a Heart-Shaped Jug, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 (about 1350 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Glass, 1.6 × 1.9 × 0.3 cm (5/8 × 3/4 × 1/8 in.)

The Princess Style (Ohimesama-fu), c. 1735, Attributed to Okumura Toshinobu, Japanese, active c. 1717-50, Japan, Hand-colored woodblock print, hosoban, urushi-e, 13 1/4 x 6 3/8 in.

Cavalry and Footsoldiers, 1550/1572, Etienne Delaune, French, c. 1519-1583, France, Engraving on paper, 65 × 219 mm

Immortality, 1886, Henri Fantin-Latour, French, 1836-1904, France, Lithograph in black on ivory Japanese tissue, 228 × 150 mm (image), 398 × 277 mm (sheet)

The Actor Yoshizawa Ayame II as Hotoke Gozen in the play Onna Monji Heike Monogatari, performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1748, 1748, Torii Kiyonobu II, Japanese, active…

Alcides, Print, Alcides is a genus of uraniid moths from northern Australia, New Guinea, and other islands in the region. They are diurnal and strongly marked with iridescent colours.

Entry of His Highness on Foot, from The Combat at the Barrier, 1627, Jacques Callot, French, 1592-1635, France, Etching on paper, 153 × 244 mm (plate), 167 × 259 mm (sheet)

Agelasta, Print

Returning Sails at Gyotoku (Gyotoku no kihan), from the series Eight Views in the Environs of Edo (Edo kinko hakkei no uchi), c. 1837/38, Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重, Japanese, 1797-1858,…

Stater (Coin) Depicting the God Poseidon, 480/400 BC, Greek, Paestum, Silver, Diam. 1.8 cm, 6.72 g

Bathing Woman and Death, 1857, Rodolphe Bresdin, French, 1825-1885, France, Lithograph (etching transfer) on light gray chine, laid down on ivory card, 160 × 110 mm (image), 168 × 120 mm (sheet)

Parasol, 1866/70, France, Black silk maltese lace over white taffeta, lined with black silk, handle, Chinese carved wood

Khamseh Carpet, c. 1890, Southwest Iran, Iran, Wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Turkish (Ghiordes) knots

Satta Peak in Suruga Province (Suruga Satta mine), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji sanjurokkei), 1852, Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重, Japanese, 1797-1858, Japan, Color…

Decayed Fishermen, 1887, Peter Henry Emerson, English, born Cuba, 1856–1936, England, Photoetching, pl. XII from the album "Wild Life on a Tidal Water: The Adventures of a House-Boat and Her…

On a Journey to a Courtship in Wales, published June 16, 1795, Richard Newton, English, 1777-1798, England, Hand-colored etching on paper, 260 × 405 mm (image/plate), 278 × 427 mm (sheet)

Borders, 1850s/60s, Belgium, Belgium, Cotton, needle lace of a type known as "Point de Gaze

Bow Fibula (wire), Geometric Period (800–600 BC), Greek, Thessaly, Greece, Bronze, 3.3 × 4.4 × 0.8 cm (1 1/4 × 1 3/4 × 3/8 in.)

Mail Coach, 1818, Horace Vernet (French, 1789-1863), printed by Francois Seraphin Delpech (French, 1778-1825), France, Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper, 331 × 509 mm (image), 455 × 620…

Halberd, 1500/1600, German (Saxony), Saxony, Steel, wood, and velvet, L. 226.1 cm (89 in.)

Border, 1625/50, Italy, Linen, needle lace with raised details, 5.2 x 27.4 cm (2 x 10 3/4 in.)

Table Runner, 1875/1900, Russia, 165.2 x 30 cm (65 x 11 3/4 in.)

Armadillo pustulatus, Print, Armadillidium vulgare, the (common) pill-bug, potato bug, (common) pill woodlouse, roly-poly, doodle bug, or carpenter, is a widespread European species of woodlouse.…

Ely Cathedral: North Choir Aisle to West, 1891, Frederick H. Evans, English, 1853–1943, England, Lantern slide, 8.2 × 8.2 cm

Sestertius (Coin) Portraying Emperor Gordianus, AD 241, Roman, minted in Rome, Roman Empire, Bronze, DIam. 3.2 cm, 24.26 g

Tamba-Ware Jar, 15th century, Japanese, Japan, Stoneware with ash glaze, 59.5 × 52.9 cm

Patten (Overshoe), 17th century, England, Leather, 21.5 × 9 × 5.5 cm (8 7/16 × 3 1/2 × 2 1/8 in.)

Untitled, c. 1864, Charles Aubry, French, 1811–1877, France, Albumen print, 43.8 × 35.7 cm (image/paper), 68.3 × 52.8 cm (mount)

A Party in the Shinagawa Pleasure Quarters, c. 1790, Torii Kiyonaga, Japanese, 1752-1815, Japan, Color woodblock print, left sheet of oban triptych, 38.7 x 25.2 cm

Tauromachine (The Bull Fight) (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1840, France, England, Cotton, plain weave, copperplate printed, 242 × 249 cm (95 × 98 in.)

Coin Portraying an Emperor, late 4th century AD, Roman, Roman Empire, Silver, Diam. 1.5 cm, 1.30 g

Antilope scoparius, Print, Blackbuck, The blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra), also known as the Indian antelope, is an antelope found in India, Nepal, and Pakistan. The blackbuck is the sole…

Handkerchief, 1875/1900, Belgium, Belgium, Linen, plain weave, edged with cotton, needle lace of a type known as "Point de Gaze

Study in the Barbizon Forest, 1860/69, Constant Famin, French, active 1863–1874, France, Albumen print, 25.2 × 19.5 cm (image/paper), 43.7 × 32.6 cm (mount)

Saints Abdon and Sennen Bury the Remains of Christian Martyrs, 1656/57, Guillaume Courtois, French, 1628-1679, France, Etching on tan laid paper, verso graphite sketch of Saint's head traced…

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Hiranoya Tokubei (?) in the Play Waka Murasaki Edokko Soga (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Third Month, 1792 (?), c. 1792, Katsukawa…

Figures in Procession, n.d., Henry Stacy Marks, English, 1829-1898, England, Black chalk, with brush and gray wash and watercolor, heightened with white gouache, squared in graphite, on ivory…

Mrs. William Bonham (Ann Warford), March 6, 1825, William Bonnell, American, 1804–1865, United States, Oil on panel, 30.5 × 24.9 cm (12 × 9 13/16 in.)

Hay-Makers, 1791, George Stubbs, English, 1724-1806, England, Stipple engraving, with roulette, on ivory laid paper, 484 × 685 mm (image/plate), 537 × 713 mm (sheet)

St. Catherine of Alexandria Disputing with the Doctors, n.d., Unknown Artist, Italian, 1590-1599, Italy, Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash and gray wash, on tan laid paper, edge mounted…

Panel (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1830, England, Cotton, plain weave, roller printed, 238.7 × 63.5 cm (94 × 25 in.)

Study of the Head of a Lion, n.d., Baldassare Franceschini, called Volterrrano, Italian, 1611–1690, Italy, Red chalk on cream laid paper, 190 x 155 mm, Daoist Divinity (Jade Emperor?) with…

Hailing the Ferry, 1897, John E. Dumont, American, active 1880s–1890s, United States, Photogravure, No. 15 from the portfolio "American Pictorial Photography, Series II (1901), edition 34/150,…

Chess Piece: Pawn, 19th century, Wedgwood Manufactory, England, founded 1759, Burslem, Stoneware (jasperware), 13.5 × 3.2 cm (2 5/16 × 1 1/4 in.)

Lotus and Waterfowl, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1697, Zhu Da (in the style of), Chinese, 1626-c.1705, China, Hanging scroll, ink on paper, 37 5/8 × 14 3/4 in.

Green and Blue: The Dancer, c. 1893, James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834-1903, United States, Watercolor and opaque watercolor over traces of black chalk on brown wove paper laid down on card,…

The Château of Count Woronzoff, Aloupka, Crimea, August 12, 1837, 1840, Denis Auguste Marie Raffet (French, 1804-1860), printed by Auguste Bry (French, 19th century), published by Chez Gihaut…

Scene on the French Coast, plate 4 from Liber Studiorum, published 1807, Joseph Mallord William Turner (English, 1775-1851), Engraved by Charles Turner (English, 1773-1857), England, Etching…

Cream Bowl, 1780/1800, England, Staffordshire, Staffordshire, Lead-glazed earthenware (creamware), H. 28 cm (11 in.)

Scarab: Wish Formula, New Kingdom–Late Period, Dynasties 18–26 (about 1295–525 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Faience, 1.6 × 1.3 × 0.6 cm (5/8 × 1/2 × 1/4 in)

Kesa, late Edo period (1789–1868), 1800/50, Japan, Silk, gold-leaf-on-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip, plain weave with supplementary patterning…

Lot and his Daughters, 1530, Lucas van Leyden, Netherlandish, c. 1494-1533, Netherlands, Engraving in black on ivory laid paper, 189 x 243 mm (image/sheet, trimmed to plate mark)

Multitudes of Cranes, spring 1863, Bokushin, Japanese, active 19th century, Japan, Color woodblock print, surimono, 57.0 x 43.7 cm

Spear for the Bodyguard of Emperor Ferdinand I, 1558, Austrian, Austrian, Steel, iron, and wood, Blade L. 34.3 cm (13 1/2 in.)

Defeat of the Spanish Army Near the Canal at Bruges by the Troops of King Louis XIV 1667, 1680, Sébastien Le Clerc the elder (French, 1637-1714), after Charles Le Brun French, 1619-1690,…

Project for a Monument, c. 1695, Edward Pierce, the younger (English, c. 1630-1695), or Inigo Jones (English, 1573-1652), England, Pen and brown ink, with brush and gray and brownwash, over traces…

Blade, Erlitou period, 1st half of 2nd millennium B.C., China, Jade, 11.2 × 101.9 × 0.3 cm (4 7/16 × 40 1/8 × 1/10 in.)

Fox Hunt, n.d., Attributed to Henry Alken, English, 1785-1851, England, Graphite on pale blue wove paper, 119 × 186 mm

Shono—No. 46, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi), also known as the Reisho Tokaido, c. 1847/52, Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重, Japanese, 1797-1858,…

Altarpiece with Seated Buddha, Angkor period, late 12th/early 13th century, Cambodia or northeastern Thailand, Cambodia, Bronze, 27.1 × 14.3 × 4.3 cm (10 5/8 × 5 5/8 × 1 3/4 in.)

Child’s Shoe, 16th century, England, Leather, 18 × 7.5 × 3.5 cm (7 1/16 × 2 15/16 × 1 3/8 in.)

C. L. Drouet, Sculptor, 1859, James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834-1903, United States, Etching and drypoint in black ink on light green laid paper, 226 x 152 mm (plate), 277 x 194 mm (sheet)

Plaque with Triton and Nereids, Late 18th century, Wedgwood Manufactory, England, founded 1759, Burslem, Stoneware (jasperware), Plaque: 22.9 × 39.1 cm (9 × 15 3/8 in.)

Rapier, 1640/60, Spanish or south Italian, Italy, Steel, iron, and wood, Overall L. 123 cm (48 1/2 in.)

Let the pure soul groan…, 1854, Charles Meryon, French, 1821-1868, France, Etching on ivory laid paper, 70 × 36 mm (image), 70 × 36 mm (plate), 111 × 75 mm (sheet)

Lord Vaux, March 17, 1792, Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, 1727-1815), after Hans Holbein the younger (German, 1497-1543), Italy, Stipple engraving on ivory laid paper, 272 x 286 mm (image), 320 x…

Chimneys in the Italian Manner, c. 1665, Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618-1682, France, Etching on ivory laid paper, 215 × 149 mm (plate), 224 × 155 mm (sheet)

A Military Inspection, 1870/91, Attributed to Charles Keene, England, 1823-1891, England, Pen and brown ink, with touches of gouache, on tan wove paper, laid down on ivory wove card, 112 × 176 mm

Railway Arch, American Square, 1887, James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834-1903, United States, Etching with foul biting in black ink on off-white laid paper, 67 x 161 mm (image, trimmed within…

Paperweight, c. 1845–60, Saint-Louis, France, founded 1767, France, Glass, 12.1 × 5.4 cm (4 3/4 × 2 1/8 in.)