Pilgrim bottle (one of a pair), 1823/24, British, London, Gilt silver, cork, Overall (confirmed): 17 5/16 × 10 1/8 × 9 1/8 in., 140oz. (44 × 25.7 × 23.2 cm, 3997g), Metalwork-Silver,…

Arrowhead (Yanonē), 18th century, Japanese, Steel, L. 10 in. (25.4 cm); L. of head 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm); W. 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm); Wt. 2.2 oz. (62.4 g), Archery Equipment-Arrowheads

Bowl, 18th century, Made in Iran, Stonepaste; painted and glazed, H. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm), Ceramics

Disk with rosette, 7th–5th Century B.C., Etruscan, Gold, Diameter: 5/8 × 1/8 in. (1.5 × 0.4 cm), Gold and Silver

Panel, 15th–17th century, French, Blue flash over colorless glass, silver stain, vitreous paint, and lead, Overall: 9 7/8 x 7 x 3/16 in. (25.1 x 17.8 x 0.5 cm), Glass-Stained

Snuffbox, ca. 1760, German, Meissen, Hard-paste porcelain, silver-gilt mounts., H. 4.3 cm, L. 8.4 cm, D. 6.7 cm, Snuffboxes, The box is closely related in both exterior and interior decoration to…

Relief Depicting the Purification of Queen Kiya (?), New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, ca. 1353–1336 B.C., From Egypt; Probably from Middle Egypt, Hermopolis (Ashmunein; Khemenu);…

Part of a dress and twenty-five fragments, 18th century, French, Silk, Textiles-Woven

Glass mosaic face bead, Early Imperial, 1st century A.D., Roman, Egyptian, Glass, Diam.: 9/16 in. (1.5 cm), Glass, Uncertain color, appearing black, and opaque white; details in opaque white and…

Pair of Sword-Grip Ornaments (Menuki), 18th century, Japanese, Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), silver, gold, L. of each 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm); Wt. of each 0.2 oz. (5.7 g), Sword Furniture-Menuki

Covered Cup and Saucer, ca. 1795–1818 and later, Austrian (Vienna) and probably Bohemian, Hard-paste porcelain, Cup: h. 9.7 cm; saucer: diam. 13 cm, Ceramics

The Last Judgment; The Virgin and Child with a Bishop-Saint and Saint Peter Martyr; The Crucifixion; The Glorification of Saint Thomas Aquinas; The Nativity, ca. 1325, Tempera on wood, gold…

Fragment of the marble stele (grave marker) of a youth, Archaic, ca. 530 B.C., Greek, Attic, Marble, Hymettian, H. preserved 48 in. (121.9 cm), Stone Sculpture, A nude image of the deceased…

Figure Vessel, 12th–9th century B.C., Mexico, Mesoamerica, Tlatilco (?), Ceramic, H. 13 3/4 x W. 6 1/2 x D. 8 in. (34.9 x 16.5 x 20.3 cm), Ceramics-Containers

Shiva Embracing His Consort, Uma (Alinganamurti), Chola period (880–1279), late 11th century, India (Tamil Nadu), Copper alloy, H. 15 in. (38.1 cm); W. 8 in. (20.3 cm); D. of base: 5 in. (12.7…

Netsuke of Omori Hikoshichi, 18th century, Japan, Ivory, H. 6 in. (15.2 cm), Netsuke

Various Plates of Grotesques from Three Series, 1554–57, Etching, 14 7/16 x 11 7/16 x 5/16 in. (36.6 x 29 x 0.8 cm), Books, Cornelis Floris II (Netherlandish, Antwerp before 1514–1575 Antwerp)

Jug (boccale), late 14th or early 15th century, Italian, probably Tuscany or Umbria, Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware), Height: 9 5/8 in. (24.4cm), Ceramics-Pottery

Pair of candlesticks, ca. 1675, British, Silver-gilt filigree, Height (each): 5 13/16 in. (14.8 cm), Metalwork-Silver, The decoration includes a cipher of IMS or JWS, the owner's initials. Thin…

Textile with Flower Motif, 15th century, German, Silk, Overall: 4 1/2 x 4in. (11.4 x 10.2cm), Textiles-Woven

Chessmen (32), 1853, British, Ivory, King: each, H. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm); Pawn: each, H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm.); Only the tallest and shortest examples of chessmen measured for basic record., Chess Sets

Fragment, probably 8th–12th century, Excavated in Iran, Nishapur, Stucco; carved; painted, L 3 cm x W 3 x H 2, Stucco

Ring, Post, 16th century, Spanish, Iron, Overall (as if installed a-c): 6 7/8 x 5 7/16 x 2 3/4 in. (17.5 x 13.8 x 7 cm), Metalwork-Iron

Plate from Belt Buckle, middle of the 6th century, Frankish, Copper alloy, Overall: 13/16 x 11/16 x 1/4 in. (2 x 1.8 x 0.7 cm), Metalwork-Copper alloy

Jar, 13th–14th century, French, Earthenware with slip decoration and partial glaze, Overall: 5 7/8 x 7 5/16 x 6 1/4 in. (15 x 18.6 x 15.9 cm), Ceramics

The Grand Canal with the Rialto Bridge, from the North, ca. 1736–37, Pen and brown ink, gray wash, 10 1/16 x 16 15/16 in. (25.5 x 43 cm), Drawings, Bernardo Bellotto (Italian, Venice…

Pendant, 16th century, Spanish, Gold, rock crystal, enamel, verre églomisé, Overall: 2 7/8 × 2 1/8 in. (7.3 × 5.4 cm), Metalwork-Gold and Platinum, One of the hinged sides of the unusually…

Side chair (sgabello), possibly 19th or early 20th century (with reused footborads, possibly 16th or 17th century), Italian, Walnut, carved., H. 101.6 cm, W. 34.3 cm, D. 35.6 cm, Woodwork-Furniture

Glass astragal (knucklebone), Hellenistic, 3rd–2nd century B.C., Greek, Glass; cast in a two-part mold, Overall: 13/16 x 3/8 x 3/8 in. (2.1 x 1 x 1 cm), Glass, Colorless., Shaped like the…

Ewer, 4th–5th century, Byzantine, Silver, Overall: 14 15/16 x 4 x 5 3/8 in. (38 x 10.1 x 13.7 cm), Metalwork-Silver, Household items such as this ewer combined function and elegance. This piece…

Shoulder Band Fragment, 5th century, Attributed to Egypt, Linen, wool; tapestry weave, H. 26 1/4 in. (66.7cm), Textiles

Dish (coppa), ca. 1535–40, Italian, Castel Durante and Gubbio, Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware), Diameter: 10 5/8 in. (27cm), Ceramics-Pottery

Tile with Niche Design and Inscription, early 14th century, Made in Iran, Kashan, Stonepaste; inglaze painted in blue, luster-painted on opaque white glaze, modeled decoration, H. 19 3/4 in.…

Ostrakon, 7th century, Made in Byzantine Egypt, Coptic, Pottery fragment with ink inscription, 4 5/16 x 4 in. (11 x 10.1 cm), Ceramics

Eugène F.-M.-J. Devéria (1805–1865), painter, 1828–38, French, Bronze, Diameter: 5 1/16 in. (12.9 cm), Medals and Plaquettes, Pierre-Jean David d’Angers was the most prolific and one of…

Textile with Animals, Birds, and Flowers, late 12th–14th century, Eastern Central Asia, Silk embroidery on plain-weave silk, Overall: 14 5/8 x 14 7/8 in. (37.1 x 37.8 cm), Textiles-Embroidered,…

Bowl (part of a set), second quarter 18th century, German, Bayreuth, Earthenware, silver, 2 5/8 × 6 1/4 in. (6.7 × 15.9 cm), Ceramics-Pottery

Charles, Earl Cornwallis, March 15, 1781, Stipple engraving and etching, oval image: 3 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. (8.3 x 6.4 cm), Prints, Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, Florence 1728–1815 Lisbon), After…

Cherub, second half 18th century, Italian, Naples, Polychromed wood, H. 6 in. (15.2 cm.), Crèche

Earring with chain pendants, Gold, Other: 15/16 x 1/8 x 1 5/16 in. (2.3 x 0.3 x 3.4 cm), Gold and Silver

Arrowhead (Yanonē), 18th century, Japanese, Steel, L. 14 in. (35.6 cm); L. of head 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm); W. 3/4 in. (1.9 cm); Wt. 1.6 oz. (45.4 g), Archery Equipment-Arrowheads

Harness Pendant, 13th–early 15th century, possibly Spanish, Copper, gold, enamel, H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); W. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); D.1/16 in. (0.2 cm), Miscellaneous-Badges

Ewer: Neptune and Amphitrite, ca. 1859–1907, probably German (Aachen) or French (Paris), Rock crystal, cut on the wheel, enameled gold., H. 18 cm, w. 16.5 cm, w. of foot 7.4 cm.

唐 鑲嵌玉飾（五件）, Set of Five Plaques, Tang dynasty (618–907), early 8th century, China, Jade (nephrite) with bronze and turquoise, (a, b arc-shaped pendants): W. 5/8 in. (1.6 cm);…

Plaque, 1789, Made in France, Gilt bronze, Diam. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm), Metal, Rambert Dumarest (French, 1760–1806)

Bead ornaments, 10, Early Hellenistic, late 4th–3rd century B.C., Greek, South Italian, Gold, Diameter (average diameter ): 1/2 in. (1.2 cm), Gold and Silver

Final Study for the Monument to Balzac, modeled 1897, cast 1972, French, Bronze, Overall: 41 3/4 × 17 1/2 × 16 1/2 in. (106 × 44.5 × 41.9 cm), Sculpture-Bronze, Auguste Rodin (French,…

Netsuke of Fukurokujin with Tall Head and Two Children Climbing on It, 19th century, Japan, Ivory, H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); W. 5/8 in. (1.6 cm); D. 1 in.(2.5 cm), Netsuke

Dharmapala Standing on a Lion, ca. 16th century, Tibet, Stone with traces of gold paint, inlaid with turquoise, H. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm); W. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm); D. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); Wt. 6 lbs…

The Nymph of Fontainebleau, Oil on wood, 26 x 47 3/4 in. (66 x 121.3 cm), Paintings, French (Fontainebleau) Painter (third quarter 16th century)

Papyrus Fragment of a Letter from Victor to Psan, 580–640, Made in Thebes, Byzantine Egypt, Coptic, Papyrus with ink, Overall: 3 1/8 x 7 1/16 in. (8 x 17.9 cm), Papyrus

Madonna and Child with Two Angels, ca. 1481–82, Tempera and gold on wood, 21 7/8 x 16 in. (55.6 x 40.6 cm), Paintings, Vittore Crivelli (Italian, Venice, active by 1465–died 1501/2 Fermo),…

Manuscript Illumination with Tobit, Tobias, and the Archangel Raphael in an Initial O, from an Antiphonary, mid-14th century, Made in Bologna, Italy, Italian, Tempera, ink, and gold on…

Plate from the 'Service Des Départements', Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present), 1827, French, Sèvres, Hard-paste porcelain, Diameter: 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain,…

Standing Woman, Turned to the Left, ca. 1742–57, Pen and brown ink, brown wash, 7 11/16 x 5 9/16 in. (19.6 x 14.1 cm), Drawings, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1696–1770 Madrid)

Terracotta kylix (drinking cup), Archaic, ca. 540 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, H. 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm), Vases, Obverse, Poseidon, the god of the seas, among Greek warriors,…

Chess Piece in the Form of a Knight, ca. 1500, Netherlandish, Elephant ivory, Overall: 2 13/16 x 1 7/8 x 15/16 in. (7.2 x 4.8 x 2.4 cm), Ivories, The knight is represented as a falconer.

The Royal Allied Oak and Self-Created Mushroom Kings, May 29, 1815, Hand-colored etching, sheet: 14 15/16 x 10 13/16 in. (38 x 27.4 cm), Prints, William Heath ('Paul Pry') (British, London…

Key, 15th century, German, Iron, Overall: 5 1/16 x 1 5/8 x 1/2 in. (12.9 x 4.2 x 1.2 cm), Metalwork-Iron, The decoration of Gothic iron locks and keys was often elaborate and of the highest…

Paris Sketchbook, 1891–94, Conté crayon, pencil, and watercolor sketches, 6 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. (17.2 x 11.5 cm), Drawings, Maurice Brazil Prendergast (American, St. John’s, Newfoundland…

The Preaching of Saint John the Baptist, ca. 1601, Pen and brown ink, brush and blue and brown ink, blue and brown washes, heightened with white (partly oxidized), 9 13/16 x 15 3/4 in. (24.9 x 40…

The Children of Martin Anton Heckscher: Johann Gustav Wilhelm Moritz (1797–1865), Carl Martin Adolph (1796–1850), and Leopold (born 1792), 1805, Oil on canvas, 58 x 45 in. (147.3 x 114.3…

Bead, Roman, Glass, Height: 1/4 x 1/4 in. (0.6 x 0.6 cm), Glass

Fragment of a Bowl, 9th–10th century, Excavated in Iran, Nishapur, Earthenware; white slip with black slip decoration under transparent glaze, H. 3 15/16 in. (10 cm), Ceramics

Table, ca. 1860, Probably made in New York, New York, United States, American, Walnut, marble, 30 1/2 x 30 1/2 x 44 in. (77.5 x 77.5 x 111.8 cm), Furniture, Although the maker of this table is…

Fragment, 14th–15th century, Attributed to Egypt, Earthenware; incised decoration through white slip and coloring under transparent glaze, Ceramics

Stem Vase with Incised and Painted Design, Middle period, 1000–300 B.C., Thailand (Ban Chiang culture), Earthenware with buff slip and red oxide decoration, H. 9 1/2 (24.1 cm); W. 6 7/8 in.…

Jacket, ca. 1785, French, silk, linen, Differentiated from the full-fledged Pierrot costume, the Pierrot as a shaped bodice flourished in that gasp of Rococo sensibility and extreme silhouette…

Osirid Figure of Iry, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1479–1458 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb of Senenmut (TT 71), below, radim, 1935–36, Wood, paint, H. 18 cm…

Chamber candlestick, 1714–15, British, London, Silver, H. 2 1/4 x W. 5 1/4 in. (5.7 x 13.3 cm), Metalwork-Silver

Design for Cabriolet or Victoria, no. 4148, 1891, Pen and black ink, watercolor and gouache with gum arabic and metallic ink, sheet: 6 x 9 7/16 in. (15.2 x 24 cm), Drawings, Herman Stahmer…

Console, 16th century, French, Oak, Overall: 15 1/2 x 24 1/2 in. (39.4 x 62.2 cm), Woodwork-Architectural

Christ, 15th–16th century, Italian, Wood, paint, Overall: 35 1/2 x 27 1/2 in. (90.2 x 69.9 cm), Sculpture-Wood

Autumn, from the series The Seasons, n.d., Engraving, Prints, Jan (Pietersz.) Saenredam (Netherlandish, Zaandam ca. 1565–1607 Assendelft), Designed by Hendrick Goltzius (Netherlandish,…

Club (skullcracker), 1870–75, United States, North Dakota or South Dakota, Central Plains Sioux, Stone, wood, rawhide, sinew, H. 26 1/2 x W. 5 in. (67.3 x 12.7 cm), Stone-Implements

Ring with inscription, 1st century B.C.–3rd century A.D., Roman, Gold, Diameter: 11/16 × 3/16 in. (1.7 × 0.6 cm), Gold and Silver

Glass beads, Late Imperial, 4th century A.D., Roman, Glass, Other: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm), Glass

Pin, Silver, Other: 2 5/16 × 7/8 in. (5.9 × 2.2 cm), Gold and Silver

Olearium, first half 16th century, Made in Eger, Bohemia, Bohemian, Silver, Overall: 7 1/8 x 3 7/16 in. (18.1 x 8.8 cm), Metalwork-Silver

Devotional Diptych with the Annunciation, the Virgin and Child, and the Crucifixion, 1400–1425, Made in Padua (?), Italy, Italian, Verre églomisé, wood, gesso, tempera, H. 3 11/16 in. (9.3…

Medal of James Knox Polk, 1849, Bronze, Diam. 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm), Metal, Franklin Peale (1795–1870)

Mortar with Animal Frieze, 1603, German, Innsbruck, Bronze, Overall (confirmed): 7 1/4 × 7 7/8 × 6 3/4 in. (18.4 × 20 × 17.1 cm), Sculpture-Bronze, Caspar Gras (Austrian, Bad Mergentheim,…

Fragment, 10th century, Attributed to Egypt, Linen, silk; plain weave, tapestry weave, Textile: L. 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm), Textiles-Woven

Head of the Virgin, Tempera on wood, gold ground, 8 3/8 x 7 1/8 in. (21.3 x 18.1 cm), Paintings, Emmanuel Tzanès (Greek, active by 1636–died 1690), These exquisitely detailed images of the…

'Rows of Animals Alternating with Cut-off Heads', Folio from a Manuscript, 11th–12th century, Found Egypt, Fustat, Opaque watercolor on paper, H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm), Codices

Ichneumon on a base with small cats, inscribed beneath base, Late Period or Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 B.C., From Egypt, Cupreous metal, H. 2.9 cm (1 1/8 in.); W. 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.); L. 12.3 cm…

They Are Getting Drunk, 1796–97, Brush and gray wash (indian ink) on laid Netherlandish paper, 9-1/4 x 5-3/4 in. (23.5 x 14.6 cm), Drawings, Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) (Spanish,…

Glass Jar, New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, ca. 1353–1323 B.C., From Egypt, Glass, H. 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in)

Mirror, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), Korea, Bronze, H. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm); W. 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm), Mirrors

Earring, trumpet-shaped, 5th–3rd century B.C., Etruscan, Gold, Other (): 1 × 3/8 × 1 1/4 in. (2.6 × 1 × 3.2 cm), Gold and Silver

Abraham and Isaac before the Sacrifice, ca. 1644–45, Dutch, Pen and brush and brown ink., 6 1/8 x 5 11/16 in. (15.6 x 14.4 cm), Drawings, School of Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669)

Canoe, 16th–17th century, United States, California, Chumash, Stone, shell inlay, H. 1 7/8 x W. 5 in. (4.8 x 12.7 cm), Stone-Sculpture

Ivory Panel with Saint Peter, 5th–6th century, Frankish, Ivory, Overall: 11 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 3/16 in. (29.2 x 11.4 x 0.5 cm), Ivories, Saint Peter appears with his symbol, the keys to heaven.

Penannular Earring, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1550–1295 B.C., From Egypt; Probably from Northern Upper Egypt, Deir el-Ballas, Shell, Diam. 1.2 cm (1/2 in.)

Vase, ca. 1900, Made in Queens, New York, New York, United States, American, Free-blown Favrile glass, H. 22 in. (55.9 cm), Glass, Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company (American, 1892–1902),…

Relief from casket, Roman, Ivory, Other: 5 11/16 x 2 5/16 x 1/8 in. (14.4 x 5.9 x 0.3 cm), Relief from a casket with Eros walking to left; below, a basket of fruit.

Vase in the Shape of Mother Monkey with Her Young, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6, ca. 2255–2246 B.C., From Egypt, Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), paint, resin and pigment, h. 18.6 cm (7 5/16 in); w.…

Three Figures Walking, ca. 1902–4, Black chalk, 6 5/8 x 4 5/16 in. (16.8 x 11 cm), Drawings, George Luks (American, Williamsport, Pennsylvania 1866–1933 New York)

Illustrated Single Work, 16th century or later, Attributed to Egypt, Ink and opaque watercolor on paper, H. 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm), Codices

Drawing of a Ramesside King and Two Standing Figures, New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19–20, ca. 1295–1070 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Davis excavations,…