Vase with crickets, Republic period (1912–49), Hongxian mark and period (1915–16), China, Porcelain painted with colored enamels over a transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware), H. 4 in. (10.2…

Landscape with cottages and a figure by a cart, 17th century, Black chalk, sheet: 6 1/4 x 8 7/8 in. (15.8 x 22.6 cm), Drawings, Attributed to Pieter de Molijn (Dutch, London 1595–1661 Haarlem)

Achilles and the Shade of Patroclus, 1793, Pen and black ink over graphite, Sheet: 8 3/8 x 11 3/8 in. (21.3 x 28.9 cm), Drawings, John Flaxman (British, York 1755–1826 London)

Bowl, 1430–1460, Made in probably Manises, Valencia, Spain, Spanish, Tin-glazed earthenware, Diameter: 9', Ceramics, The technique of lusterware involves the use of a copper oxide which,…

Landscape, 17th century, Pen, brown ink, brush and gray wash on beige paper. Framing line in pen & black ink., sheet: 7 x 9 5/8 in. (17.8 x 24.4 cm), Drawings, Roelant Roghman (Dutch,…

Bead ornament, Late Imperial, 3rd century A.D., Roman, Gold, 13/16 × 1/2 × 1/16 in. (2.1 × 1.3 × 0.2 cm), Gold and Silver

Design for the Interior of the East End of a Church, 1600–1697, Graphite, pen and brown ink. Laid down, sheet: 14 x 8 1/4 in. (35.6 x 21 cm), Attributed to Melchor de Aguirre (Spanish, died 1697)

White Poppies on Gold Ground, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan, Six-panel folding screen; color on paper, 67 x 12 ft. 7 in. (170.2 x 383.5 cm), Screens, School of Ogata Kōrin (Japanese, 1658–1716)

至誠心, Profound Sincerity, Edo period (1615–1868), ca0–90, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, Image: 44 × 17 7/8 in. (111.8 × 45.4 cm), Calligraphy, Jiun Sonja (Japanese,…

Johann (1498–1537), Duke of Saxony, ca. 1534–37, Oil on beech, 25 5/8 x 17 3/8 in. (65.1 x 44.1 cm), Paintings, Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, Kronach 1472–1553 Weimar), In 1505 Lucas…

Design for a Cartouche, 18th century, Brush and pink, yellow, and mauve wash, over graphite, on cream laid paper, 16-5/8 x 12-3/8 in. (42.3 x 31.4 cm), Drawings, Anonymous, Italian, first half of…

Virgin and Child with Saint Elizabeth, the Infant Baptist, Saint Anthony of Padua, and a Female Martyr, 1514–22, Red chalk, brush and red wash, 10 13/16 x 11in. (27.5 x 27.9cm), Drawings, Jacopo…

Carpet with vine scroll and palmette pattern, late 19th century, Indian, probably Poona, Wool pile on cotton foundation., Length: 4.7 m., Textiles-Rugs

[Florence Anne Claxton], 1860s, Albumen silver print, Approx. 10.2 x 6.3 cm (4 x 2 1/2 in.), Photographs

The Prophetess Deborah Ordering Barak to Take Arms against Sisera, 1728–33, Brush and black ink, brush and gray wash, over black chalk (recto); small black chalk sketch of a nude male figure…

Falstaff with Mrs. Ford and Mrs. Page (Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 5, Scene 5), 1790, Pen and brown ink over faint graphite, 10 1/16 x 7 13/16 in. (25.6 x 19.9 cm), Drawings,…

Design for a Candelabra, 1877, Graphite, sheet: 19 1/16 x 13 7/8 in. (48.4 x 35.2 cm), Drawings, Heinrich Jauner (Austrian, 1842–1912)

Aurora and Cephalus: Engraver's study after decoration in the Galleria Farnese, Rome., 17th century, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, on light brown paper. Framing outline in brown ink…

Autumn Ivy, 蔦紅葉図, Edo period (1615–1868), after 1732, Japan, Album leaf mounted as a hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on paper, Image: 8 3/8 x 10 7/8 in. (21.3 x 27.6 cm),…

Platter, ca. 1860–66, Made in China, Chinese, for American market, Porcelain, 13 7/8 x 16 7/8 in. (35.2 x 42.9 cm), Ceramics

Crouching Flora, ca. 1863, French, Paris, Terracotta, Overall: 8 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 4 1/4 in. (21.6 x 9.5 x 10.8 cm), Sculpture, Carpeaux’s first important public commission was to embellish the…

Sculptor's model/votive of a fist, Late Period or Ptolemaic Period, 400–30 B.C., From Egypt, Limestone, L. 12.6 × W. 10.1 × D. 7 cm (4 15/16 × 4 × 2 3/4 in.), Small Late Period and…

Head of Addorsed Maheshvara, ca. 6th century, Northern Pakistan (Brahmanical post-Gupta), Stone, probably chlorite, H. 5 1/8 in. (13 cm); W. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm); D. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm), Sculpture

Drawing for a Mantelpiece, 1780–90, Ink and watercolor, 9-1/2 x 11-3/16 in; sheet: 10 x 11-3/4 in, Anonymous, Italian, 18th century

Design drawing, ca. 1883, based on earlier design, Graphite, ink, and gouache, sheet: 15 15/16 x 11 in. (40.5 x 27.9 cm), Drawings, Christopher Dresser (British, Glasgow, Scotland 1834–1904…

Young Woman Leaning against a Low Cabinet in Artist's Studio, late 19th–early 20th century, Graphite, sheet: 6 9/16 x 10 5/8 in. (16.6 x 27 cm), Drawings, William Douglas Almond (British,…

Tintern Abbey by Moonlight, ca. 1789, Graphite and watercolor with scratching out, sheet: 5 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (13.3 x 20.9 cm), Drawings, John 'Warwick' Smith (British, Irthington, Cumberland…

Viola da Gamba, ca. 1680, London, England, United Kingdom, British, Spruce, ebony, maple, Height: 46 1/16 in. (117 cm), Chordophone-Lute-bowed-fretted, labeled Richard Meares (British, London…

Drawings and Prints, Books Prints Ornament & Architecture, Ein new getruckt model Büchli...Page 4, verso, Publisher, Johann Schönsperger the Younger, German, active 1510–30, Schönsperger,…

Drawings and Prints, Books Prints Ornament & Architecture, Newes Modelbuch in Kupffer (Page 47r), Artist, Johann Sibmacher, German, active 1590–1611, Sibmacher, Johann, German, 1590, 1611, 1604,…

Feathered Panel, A.D. 600–900, Peru, Churunga Valley, Wari, Feathers, cotton, camelid hair, H. 27 x W. 83 1/4 x D. 7/8 in. (68.6 x 211.5 x 2.2 cm), Textiles-Featherwork, The discovery of an…

Tile, ca. 1882–84, Made in Chelsea, Massachusetts, United States, American, Earthenware, 6 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. (15.6 x 7.9 cm), Ceramics, J. and J. G. Low Art Tile Works (1877–1907)

Covered Vase, ca. 1800, Made in China, Chinese, Porcelain, H. 13 in. (33 cm), Ceramics

Drawings and Prints, Books Prints Ornament & Architecture, Modelbuch new, aller Art, Nehens und Stickens (page 31v), Publisher, Binder, Hermann Gülfferich, Riviere & Son(s), 1542–1554,…

Snuff Bottle, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 19th century, China, Metal covered with lacquer and inlaid with mother-of-pearl and gold, wood stand, H. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm), Snuff Bottles

Letter written in hieratic script on papyrus, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1479–1458 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Temple of Hatshepsut, In rubbish near foundation deposit…

F. Ambrose Clark, 1904, Oil on canvas, 77 5/8 x 38 1/4 in. (197.2 x 97.2 cm), Paintings, Robert Henri (American, Cincinnati, Ohio 1865–1929 New York), This elegant portrait was commissioned by…

'They Heard Six Voices Calling Them Back': Two Wee Pogeys, Topsy-Turvy Tales, ca. 1923, Pen and ink and wash, sheet: 13 1/2 x 9 5/8 in. (34.3 x 24.4 cm), Drawings, William Heath Robinson…

Allegorical Scene, 1685, Pen and brown ink, brush and blue wash., 4 15/16 x 7 5/16 in. (12.5 x 18.5 cm), Drawings, Theodoor van Thulden (Flemish, 's-Hertogenbosch 1601–1609 's-Hertogenbosch)

A Reconstruction of the Arch of Septimius Severus, before 1704, Red chalk, pen and black ink, brush and grey wash. On two sheets of paper joined at center., 14 1/2 x 17 15/16 in. (36.8 x 45.6…

Marble head of a baby, Early Imperial, Augustan, 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D., Roman, Marble, 3 7/8 × 2 3/4 × 3 3/4 in. (9.8 × 7 × 9.5 cm), Stone Sculpture, Portraits of small children…

Lion Devouring Prey, 1810–75, Watercolor, Sheet: 10 3/8 x 14 9/16 in. (26.4 x 37cm), Drawings, Antoine-Louis Barye (French, Paris 1796–1875 Paris)

Drawings and Prints, Album Print Ornament & Architecture, Page from Album of Ornament Prints from the Fund of Martin Engelbrecht, Artist, Artist, Publisher, Carl Pier, Franz Xavier Habermann,…

Drawings and Prints, Books Prints Ornament & Architecture, Neu künstlich Modelbuch (page 44r), Publisher, Bernhard Jobin, Swiss, Porrentruy (Jura) before 1545–1593/1597 Strasbourg, Jobin,…

Hexagonal dish (part of a set), second half 17th century, Hungarian, Brassó, Gilded silver, Overall: 10 1/2 x 9 5/16 in. (26.6 x 23.6 cm), Metalwork-Silver, These five dishes would appear…

Pitcher, 1847–48, Made in Bennington, Vermont, United States, American, Parian porcelain, 8 1/8 x 7 7/8 x 5 1/2 in. (20.6 x 20 x 14 cm), Ceramics, Fenton's Works (1847–1848)

Caster, ca. 1900, Made in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, American, Silver, 4 5/16 x 2 3/4 in. (11 x 7 cm), Silver, Goodnow & Jenks (1893–ca. 1905)

Carpet, late 16th century, Attributed to Iran, Cotton (warp and weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile, H. 288 3/4 in. (733.4 cm), Textiles-Rugs

Quiver, 14th–16th century, Tibetan or Mongolian, Leather, shellac, pigment, 31 1/4 x 8 3/4 in. (80.6 x 22.2 cm), Archery Equipment-Arrows & Quivers, Made to hold arrows, a quiver of this type…

[Colosseum, Rome], 1850s, Salted paper print from paper negative, Photographs, Unknown (British)

Judgment of Paris, 17th century, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash., 6 1/4 x 7 15/16 in. (15.9 x 20.2 cm), Drawings, Anonymous, Dutch, 17th century ?, After Adrien van der Bogaerts…

Design for a Neoclassical Building, Thought to be a School of Arts for the City of Stockholm, ca. 1770–94, Pen and gray ink, brush and brown, gray, and colored wash, heightened with white,…

Lustenberger. Louis, Joseph. 38 ans, le 16/3/56 à Paris XXe. Ciseleur. Anarchiste. 17/7/94. , 1894, Albumen silver print from glass negative, 10.5 x 7 x 0.5 cm (4 1/8 x 2 3/4 x 3/16 in.)…

Side chair, 1879, Made in New York, New York, United States, American, Rosewood, brass, mother-of-pearl, and reproduction upholstery, 14 1/2 x 19 1/2 x 44 in. (36.8 x 49.5 x 111.8 cm),…

Illustration for 'Little Peter: A Christmas Morality for Children of Any Age', 1908, Watercolor over graphite with touches of gouache, sheet: 11 5/8 x 7 1/4 in. (29.5 x 18.4 cm), Drawings,…

Tea Spoon, 1775–1800, Made in New York, New York, United States, American, Silver, L. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm), Silver, Daniel Van Voorhis (1751–1824)

The Fire at San Marcuola (recto); Roman Ruins (verso), 1712–93, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk (recto). Framing lines in pen and brown ink., 12-5/16 x 17-13/16 in. (31.2…

Auto-da-fé in a Courtyard, 1619–71, Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash over black chalk underdrawing. Framing lines in pen and brown ink with brush and gray wash, 6-5/16 x 7-1/4 in.…

Cream Pitcher, 1830–70, Probably made in Bennington, Vermont, United States, American, Parian porcelain, 4 3/8 x 5 x 3 1/4 in. (11.1 x 12.7 x 8.3 cm), Ceramics

Design for Bed Alcove (recto); Studies for Statues and Carvings on Bed (verso), 1805–40, Pen and brown ink, sheet: 8 x 13 1/2 in. (20.3 x 34.3 cm), William Pitts (British, London 1790–1840 London)

Apotropaic rod, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, ca. 1878–1640 B.C., From Egypt, Glazed steatite, L. 27.5 cm (10 7/8 in.); W. 2.3 cm (7/8 in.); d-e) crocodiles: L. 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.); f-g) lions: L. 3…

Design for the left half of a chimneypiece, 17th century, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over leadpoint., 11 9/16 x 3 7/8 in. (29.4 x 9.8 cm), Drawings, Anonymous, Italian, 17th century,…

Landscape With Shepherds, 1600–1650, Pen and brown ink on light brown laid paper. Faint ruled line along upper edge in black chalk and brown ink, 6- 5/8 x 11-1/8 in. (16.8 x 28.3 cm),…

Design for Curtains, 1841–84, Graphite and watercolor, sheet: 13 3/4 x 9 5/8 in. (35 x 24.5 cm), Charles Hindley and Sons (British, London 1841–1917 London)

Scene from the parable of the marriage feast (Matthew 22:11-14; The king denouncing the man who was not wearing a wedding robe), 16th century, Pen and brush and gray ink, gray wash, sheet: 10 1/4 x…

Les Singuliers et Nouveaux Portraicts... page 52 (verso), 1588, Woodcut, Overall: 8 1/16 x 6 5/16 in. (20.5 x 16 cm), Designed by Federic de Vinciolo, published by Jean Le Clerc, Paris, bound…

Wine Glass, ca. 1886, Made in White Mills, Pennsylvania, United States, American, Blown and cut glass, Body diameter: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm), Glass, C. Dorflinger and Sons (American, White Mills,…

Two Boys with a Puppy, mid-17th century, Black chalk and graphite on parchment, sheet: 6 9/16 x 4 15/16 in. (16.7 x 12.6 cm), Drawings, Cornelis Visscher (Dutch, Haarlem (?) 1629–1658 Amsterdam)

Ce est ung tractat de la noble art de leguille ascavoir ouvraiges de spaigne... page 20 (recto), after 1527, Woodcut, Overall: 6 7/8 x 5 11/16 in. (17.5 x 14.5 cm), Printed by Willem Vosterman.…

Drawings and Prints, Books Prints Ornament & Architecture, Modelbuch new, aller Art, Nehens und Stickens (page 12v), Publisher, Binder, Hermann Gülfferich, Riviere & Son(s), 1542–1554,…

Miss Lilian C. Wiver with Her Angora, 1900s, Platinum print, Image: 16.7 × 12 cm (6 9/16 × 4 3/4 in.), Photographs, Frank Eugene (American, New York 1865–1936 Munich)

Esemplario di Lauori..., page 8 (recto), August 1, 1532, Woodcut, Overall: 8 7/16 x 6 5/16 in. (21.5 x 16 cm), Originally published by Giovanni Andrea Vavassore, Italian, active 16th century,…

Design for a Cartouche, 17th–18th century, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, sheet: 6 1/8 x 5 1/4 in. (15.5 x 13.4 cm), Drawings, Anonymous, Italian, 17th or 18th century

An Allée in the Woods, 1859, Watercolor, sheet: 8 3/8 x 6 11/16 in. (21.3 x 17 cm), Drawings, Sir Edward John Poynter (British (born France), Paris 1836–1919 London), In this woodland…

Drawings and Prints, Album Print Ornament & Architecture, Targhe ed altri ornati di varie e capricciose invenzioni (Cartouches and other ornaments of various and capricious invention, page…

Drawings and Prints, Books Prints Ornament & Architecture, Eyn new kunstlichboich, page 5r, Designer, Publisher, Woodcut border designed by, Anton Woensam von Worms, Peter Quentel, German,…

Bell with head of a bovine wearing a yoke ending in uraei, Ptolemaic Period, 332–30 B.C., From Egypt, Leaded bronze, H. 4.4 × W. 3.2 × D. 4.5 cm (1 11/16 × 1 1/4 × 1 3/4 in.), Bells began…

Design for a Vertical Panel, 17th century, Black chalk on blue paper, Sheet: 16 3/8 × 6 13/16 in. (41.6 × 17.3 cm), Drawings, Attributed to Anonymous, Italian, 17th century, Countess…

A Farm Building; verso: Head of a Woman and Slight Sketch of Woman Holding a Child, late 16th–mid-17th century, Pen and brown ink, and watercolour over black chalk; framing line in pen and…

Terracotta lamp with gladiators, Early Imperial, late 1st century B.C.–early 1st century A.D., Roman, Terracotta, Overall: 1 x 4 1/4 in. (2.5 x 10.8 cm), Terracottas

A Brook in a Clearing (possibly 'Brook, Valley of Fontcouverte; Study'), probably 1862, Oil on canvas, 20 3/4 x 25 1/2 in. (52.7 x 64.8 cm), Paintings, Gustave Courbet (French, Ornans 1819–1877…

Portions of a Field Armor, dated 1524, probably Augsburg, German, probably Augsburg, Steel, leather, H. as mounted 29 3/4 in. (75.57 cm); Wt. 28 lb. (12.7 kg); breastplate (c): 14 3/4 × 14 3/4 ×…

Adoration of the Virgin, 16th century, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on rose prepared paper, 7 x 9-1/8 in. (17.8 x 23.2 cm), Drawings, Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian,…

Designs for Two Chairs, 1841–84, Watercolor over graphite, sheet: 9 15/16 x 14 1/4 in. (25.2 x 36.2 cm), Charles Hindley and Sons (British, London 1841–1917 London)

Ceremonial ewer, ca. 1520–50, Portuguese, Silver, gilt; embossed, chased and engraved, H. 17 7/8 × W. 11 1/2 in., Wt. 112.7oz. (45.4 × 29.2 cm, 3194g); Diam. of foot: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm),…

Drawings and Prints, Books Prints Ornament & Architecture, Corona delle Nobili et Virtuose Donne: Libro IV, page 48 (recto), Publisher, Cesare Vecellio, Italian, Pieve di Cadore 1521–1601…

Cylinder seal and modern impression: male worshiper, dog surmounted by a standard, Kassite, ca. mid-2nd millennium B.C., Mesopotamia, Kassite, Carnelian, 0.97 in. (2.46 cm), Stone-Cylinder…

Design for a Frontispiece with an Allegory of Brazil, late 17th–mid-18th century, Pen and gray and black ink, brush and gray wash, sheet: 10 5/8 x 8 in. (27 x 20.3 cm), Drawings, Ottmar Elliger…

Candlestick, ca. 1800, Made in Mexico, Mexican, Tin-glazed earthenware, H. 15 1/2 in. (39.4 cm), Ceramics

Face from a Large Bag (Chuval), ca. 1860–70, Country of Origin probably Western Iran, Wool (warp, weft, and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile, tapestry weave, H. 43 in. (109.2 cm), Textiles-Woven

Recueil de divers Monumens Anciens répandus en plusieurs endroits de L'Italie, 1770, Etching and engraving, Overall: 20 1/16 x 15 1/8 x 2 1/16 in. (51 x 38.4 x 5.3 cm), Books

Funerary Mask, Roman Period, A.D. 1st–4th century, From Egypt, Plaster, paint, h. 18.3 cm (7 3/16 in); w. 14 cm (5 1/2 in)

Door Knockers and Mounts from Rouen Cathedral, Goodwich Court, etc. (recto and verso), 19th century, Recto: Pen and black ink and graphite; Verso: Graphite, sheet: 9 3/8 x 15 3/4 in. (23.8 x 40…

Drawings and Prints, Books Prints Ornament & Architecture, Giardineto novo di punti tagliati et gropposi per exercitio & ornamento delle donne (Venice 1554), page 21 (verso), Binder, Publisher,…

Candelabra Grotesque and Various Figure Studies (recto); Two Griffins and Female Heads (verso), ca. 1545–60, Pen and dark brown ink (recto). On off-white paper. Pen and dark brown ink…

Design for Entablature, mid-18th–early 19th century, Pen and black ink, graphite, sheet: 21 1/4 x 13 7/16 in. (54 x 34.2 cm), Attributed to Robert Mylne the younger (British, Edinburgh,…

Manuscript album of designs for lace and embroidery, ca. 1596, Woodcut, ms, Overall: 7 7/8 x 5 1/2 in. (20 x 14 cm), Anonymous, German, 16th century, Manuscript book of designs for lace and…

Prenant un Ris à Bord de L'Astrée, 1871, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Image: 25 × 18.7 cm (9 13/16 × 7 3/8 in.), Photographs, Félix Auguste Leclerc (French, 1838–1896)

Return from the Hunt, from the series Hunting Scenes, 1829, Lithograph; first state of two, Image: 5 15/16 x 9 7/8 in. (15.1 x 25.1 cm), Prints, Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps (French, Paris…

A Winter Landscape, 1854, Watercolor, sheet: 9 1/8 x 12 5/8 in. (23.2 x 32.1 cm), Drawings, Johannes Franciscus Hoppenbrouwers (Dutch, 1819–1866)