四季の花, New Year's Games, from the printed book Flowers of the Four Seasons (Shiki no hana), Edo period (1615–1868), 1801, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 6 7/8 x…

Gauntlet Sword (Pata), hilt, dated A.H. 1126 / A.D. 1714–15; blade, probably 16th century, hilt, Indian; blade, European, Steel, gold, textile, L. 52 1/2 in. (133.4 cm); L. of blade 40 3/4…

Bird on a Plum Tree, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan, Album leaf; ink and color on paper, 10 x 13 5/8 in. (25.4 x 34.6 cm), Paintings, Kano Naonobu (Japanese, 1607–1650)

The Father of the Forest 450 Ft Long, C. Grove, ca. 1878, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Image: 12.5 x 12.5 cm (4 15/16 x 4 15/16 in.), circular, Photographs, Carleton E. Watkins…

Camp Grove, Near Sentinel, 1861, Yosemite, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Image: 15 1/2 × 19 5/8 in. (39.3 × 49.9 cm), Photographs, Carleton E. Watkins (American, 1829–1916)

The Hundred Horses, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), China, Handscroll; ink and color on silk, 16 3/8 x 74 1/4 in. (41.6 x 188.6 cm), Paintings, Unidentified Artist

Glass bottle, Early to Mid Imperial, 1st–early 2nd century A.D., Roman, Glass; blown and cut, 8 1/8 in. (20.7 cm), Glass, Translucent pale blue green. Collared rim, with vertical, rounded…

Calligraphy, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), late 17th century, China, Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on paper, 6 5/8 x 19 5/8 in. (16.8 x 49.8 cm), Calligraphy, Yu Dongru (Chinese, active…

Varieties of Lychee Fruit, Song dynasty (?) (960–1279), China, Handscroll; ink and color on silk, 10 7/8 x 83 1/8 in. (27.6 x 211.1 cm), Paintings, Unidentified Artist, In the style of…

Vase, 1898, Made in New York, New York, United States, American, Porcelaneous earthenware, H. 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm), Ceramics, Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company (American, 1892–1902)

Rue du Chat-qui-Pêche (from the Rue de la Huchette), ca. 1868, Albumen silver print from glass negative, 35.9 x 27.2 cm (14 1/8 x 10 11/16 in. ), Photographs, Charles Marville (French, Paris…

Chlorite pestle, Late Bronze Age, ca. 1600–1100 B.C., Cypriot, Chlorite, H. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm), Miscellaneous-Stone, Grinder.

Close-Helmet of Vicenzo I Gonzaga (1562–1612), Duke of Mantua, ca. 1587, Milan, Italian, Milan, Steel, gold, silver, Helmet (a); H. 13 in. (33 cm); W. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm); D. 9 1/2 in. (24.1…

Sugar Bowl, 1750–70, Made in New York, New York, United States, American, Silver, Overall: H. 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm); 11 oz. 3 dwt. (346.3 g), Silver, John Brevoort (1715–1775)

View of Tivoli, early 17th century, Pen and brown ink, brown wash over traces of black chalk., 12 15/16 x 17 1/16 in. (32.8 x 43.3 cm), Drawings, Bartholomeus Breenbergh (Dutch, Deventer…

Lady Mary Berkeley, Wife of Thomas Chambers, ca. 1700, Oil on canvas, 29 x 25 in. (73.7 x 63.5 cm), Paintings, Sir Godfrey Kneller (German, Lübeck 1646–1723 London)

Catania and Mount Etna, 1847, Oil on board, 12 1/4 x 19 in. (31.1 x 48.3 cm), Drawings, Edward Lear (British, London 1812–1888 San Remo), Lear inscribed this sketch with the date, June 16, 1847,…

Chalcedony scaraboid seal, Classical, ca. 450–400 B.C., Greek, Ionian, Chalcedony, white, L. 2.5 cm, Gems, Gazelle, perhaps in the act of rising.

Terracotta head, Archaic, 7th century B.C., Greek, Cretan, Terracotta, H. 2 3/16 in. (5.5 cm), Terracottas, It is difficult to determine whether the figure is a woman or a youth. The rendering of…

The Burial of Saint Wenceslas, ca. 1490–1500, Oil and gold on spruce, Painted surface, including black border, 27 1/8 x 17 in. (68.9 x 43.2 cm), Paintings, Master of Eggenburg (Austrian,…

Glass finger ring, Early Imperial, 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass; drawn, tooled, and trailed, H.: 1/4 in. (0.7 cm), Glass, Translucent honey yellow, with opaque white trails and opaque green…

Band Fragment, 6th–7th century, Attributed to Egypt, Linen, wool; tapestry weave, H. 7 in. (17.8 cm), Textiles

One of Six Impressions from Worn Old Blocks, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan, Monochrome woodblock print; ink on paper, Overall: 9 13/16 x 13 7/16 in. (24.9 x 34.1 cm), Prints, Unidentified…

Vase fragment, Neolithic, second period, ca. 4000–3000 B.C., Neolithic, Thessaly, Terracotta, length 1 5/8in. (4.2cm), Vases

Plate, 1846, Made in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States, American, Earthenware; Redware with sgrafitto decoration, Diam. 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm), Ceramics, Samuel Troxel (1803–1870),…

Peace Conference at Breda, n.d., Etching, sheet: 16 5/16 x 20 3/16 in. (41.5 x 51.2 cm), Prints, Romeyn de Hooghe (Dutch, 1645–1708)

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

名所江戸百景　馬喰町初音の馬場, Hatsune no Baba; Bakurocho, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1857, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm); W.…

Terracotta kylix (drinking cup), Classical, ca. 460–450 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, Other: 3 1/16 x 8 3/4 in. (7.8 x 22.2 cm), Vases, Interior, youth with javelin Exterior,…

商 青銅鼎, Tripod Cauldron (Ding), Shang dynasty (ca. 1600–1046 B.C.), 13th–12th century B.C., China, Bronze, H. (to handles) 8 in. (20.3 cm); Diam. of rim 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm), Metalwork

Glass bracelet, Imperial, ca. 2nd–4th century A.D., Roman, Glass; drawn and tooled, H.: 1/2 in. (1.3 cm), Glass, Translucent very dark green, appearing black. Circular band; round in section…

Jérusalem, Forteresse de Soin, 1854, Salted paper print from paper negative, Image: 23.5 x 33.3 cm (9 1/4 x 13 1/8 in.), Photographs, Auguste Salzmann (French, 1824–1872)

Bronze head of a bearded man or god, Late Hellenistic or Early Imperial, ca. 100 B.C.–A.D. 100, Greek or Roman, Bronze, H. 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm), Bronzes, Bearded.

唐 傳鍾紹京 楷書靈飛經 冊, Spiritual Flight Sutra, Tang dynasty (618–907), ca. 738, China, Album of nine leaves; ink on paper, Each leaf: 8 3/16 x 3 1/2 in. (20.8 x 8.9 cm),…

諸國名橋奇覧　すほうの国きんたいはし, Kintai Bridge in Suō Province (Suō no kuni Kintaibashi), from the series Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku…

Gold earring with winged figure, Hellenistic, 3rd?2nd century B.C., Greek, Gold, Diam.: 13/16 in. (2 cm), Gold and Silver, Circlet of twisted gold wire, which tapers from the human figure's head…

The Trinity Adored by All Saints, Tempera and gold on wood, Central panel, overall 67 1/2 x 22 in. (171.5 x 55.9 cm); left panel, overall 67 3/4 x 20 1/8 in. (172.1 x 51.1 cm); right panel, overall…

Bronze pendant in the form of a paired couple, Geometric, 8th century B.C., Villanovan, Bronze, H.: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm), Bronzes, Solid-cast bronze figure of a nude couple. They may represent a…

Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase), Late Corinthian I, 575–550 B.C., Greek, Corinthian, Terracotta; black-figure, H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm), Vases, The blinding of Polyphemos The blinding of…

Cour des bubastites et entrée de la Salle Hypostyle du palais de Karnac, Thèbes, 1849–50, Salted paper print from paper negative, Image: 8 7/16 × 6 9/16 in. (21.5 × 16.6 cm), Photographs,…

Terracotta vessel fragment with grass motif, Late Minoan I, ca. 1600–1450 B.C., Minoan, Terracotta; Dark-on-light ware, Overall: 1 7/16 x 1 5/8in. (3.7 x 4.1cm), Vases, From Knossos, Crete.…

Bronze statuette of a horseman, Roman Period, 30 B.C.–A.D. 364, Egyptian, Bronze, 3 9/16 in. (9.1 cm), Bronzes, Cast in two pieces. Legs and tail of horse broken off.

The Actor Arashi Otohachi as a Young Samurai in Woman's Clothes, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1756, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 12 1/8 in. (30.8 cm); W. 5 3/4…

東都芝浦之風景, View of Shibaura, from the series Eastern Capital (Tōto, Shibaura no fūkei), Edo period (1615–1868), 6th month, 1863, Japan, Sheet from a triptych of polychrome…

Oboe in C, before 1727, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Dutch, Ebony, ivory, silver, Height: 22 1/2 in. (57.2 cm), Aerophone-Reed Vibrated-double reed, Hendrik Richters (Dutch, Amsterdam 1683–1727…

Shinyoshiwara Emonzaka Nihonzutsumi (Harimaya), 江戸高名会亭尽　新吉原衣紋坂日本堤　播磨屋, The Harimaya at Shinyoshiwara Emonzaka Nihonzutsumi, Edo period (1615–1868),…

Glass perfume bottle, Late Imperial, 3rd–4th century A.D., Roman, Glass; blown and tooled, 1 3/8 x 5/8in. (3.5 x 1.6cm), Glass, Small perfume bottle Translucent blue. Rim folded out, over, and…

Ancienne Nécropole de Lycopolis, à Syout, 1849–50, Salted paper print from paper negative, Image: 6 5/16 × 8 9/16 in. (16 × 21.7 cm), Photographs, Maxime Du Camp (French, 1822–1894)

Limestone statuette of a horse, Classical, 1st half of the 5th century B.C., Cypriot, Limestone, H.: 4 x 5 3/4 x 2 in. (10.2 x 14.6 x 5.1 cm), Stone Sculpture, The horse has a saddle and bridle but…

Two Ladies Walking on the Water, Edo period (1615–1868), 19th century, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper, 8 3/16 x 7 5/16 in. (20.8 x 18.6 cm), Prints,…

'Irudree', 1922, French, metallic, silk, Paul Poiret's technical and commercial innovations were fundamental to the emergence and development of modernism. Yet despite ushering in the new…

Close Helmet for the Field, ca. 1525–30, Milan, Italian, Milan, Steel, H. 14 in. (35.6 cm); W. 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm); D. 13 1/4 in. (33.7 cm); Wt. 8 lb. 11 oz. (3940 g), Helmets

Glass square bottle, Early to Mid Imperial, 1st century–2nd century A.D., Roman, Glass; mold-blown, H.: 4 9/16 in. (11.6 cm), Glass, Translucent light blue, with same color handle. Rim folded…

Glass ribbed bowl fragment, Early Imperial, 1st–3rd quarter of 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass; blown, trailed, and tooled, Other: 2 x 2 1/8 in. (5.1 x 5.4 cm), Glass, Translucent purple; trail…

Four Hermits of Shozan, Edo period (1615–1868), 19th century, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper, 8 3/16 x 7 1/4 in. (20.8 x 18.4 cm), Prints, Yashima…

Ashinoyu Spring in Hakone, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1779, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 10 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. (26.7 x 19.7 cm), Prints, Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese,…

Landscape with Man Crossing Bridge, Ming (1368–1644) or Qing (1644–1911) dynasty, China, Album leaf; ink and color on paper, 9 5/8 x 14 13/16 in. (24.4 x 37.6 cm), Paintings, Attributed to…

Decoration de la salle de spectacle construite a Versailles pour la representation de la Princesse de Navarre, ca. 1745, Etching, sheet: 33 15/16 x 24 13/16 in. (86.2 x 63 cm), Prints, Charles…

Terracotta mold for a relief applique, Late Republican–Early Imperial, 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D., Roman, Gallic, Terracotta, h. 15.19 cm., Vases, The Roman pottery of the Rhone Valley…

Copy of a Lithographic Print, before May 1844, Salted paper print from paper negative, Photographs, William Henry Fox Talbot (British, Dorset 1800–1877 Lacock)

Vase fragment, Early Minoan III, Minoan, Terracotta, 1 3/8 × 2 5/16 × 3/8 in. (3.5 × 5.9 × 1 cm), Vases

Gold ring, Archaic, 1st half of 6th century B.C., Cypriot, Gold, Length: 9/16 in. (1.5 cm), Gems, Two lions, two sphinxes.

南宋 佚名 倣夏珪 觀瀑圖 團扇, Men Watching a Waterfall, Song dynasty (960–1279), 13th century, China, Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on silk, 11 7/16 x 10 7/8 in. (29.1…

Mallard and Snow-covered Reeds, 歌川広重画　雪中芦に鴨, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1843, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 9 7/8 x 14 5/8 in. (25.1 x 37.1…

Saint John the Baptist, ca. 1450–75, Made in Burgundy, France, French, Limestone with traces of paint, Overall: 59 1/2 x 24 x 17 in. (151.1 x 61 x 43.2 cm), Sculpture-Stone, Claus Sluter…

Vesicular basalt bowl, Late Bronze Age, ca. 1600–1200 B.C., Cypriot, Vesicular basalt, H. 1 3/8 x Diam. 5 7/16 in. (3.5 x 13.8 cm), Miscellaneous-Stone Vases, The small bowl has a ring-shaped…

Mountain Scene with Pine, Cranes, and an Immortal, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 18th–19th century, China, Jade (nephrite), H. 9 1/16 in. (23 cm); W. 6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm); D. 2 in. (5.1 cm), Jade

Vase fragment, East Greek/Sardis, Lydian, Terracotta, Overall: 4 3/4 x 2 15/16in. (12 x 7.5cm), Vases

[Comtesse Walewska and Princesse Jaochim Murat], before 1865, Albumen silver prints from glass negatives, Image: 3 3/8 in. × 2 in. (8.6 × 5.1 cm) (each), Photographs, Pierre-Louis Pierson…

Coat, ca. 1925, French, silk, fur

Courtesan, Edo period (1615–1868), 19th century, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper, 8 1/16 x 7 5/16 in. (20.5 x 18.6 cm), Prints, Yashima Gakutei…

Saint Catherine, late 15th–mid-16th century, Silverpoint, brush and brown ink, and indigo wash on vellum, pricked for transfer along brush lines, 6 9/16 x 5 1/16 in. (16.7 x 12.8 cm),…

Yosemite Falls, 2,634 feet, ca. 1872, printed ca. 1876, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Photographs, Attributed to Carleton E. Watkins (American, 1829–1916)

Terracotta mold for a relief, Late Classical, ca. 4th century B.C., Greek, South Italian, Terracotta, H.: 4 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (10.5 x 12.1 cm), Terracottas, The mold would have been used to produce…

東海道五十三次　沼津, Numazu, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1838, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (21.6 x 16.5 cm), Prints, Utagawa…

Serpon En Metallo, 19th century, Florence, Italy, Italian, metal (lead-tin alloy?), Length (from head to U-bend): ca. 560 mm, Aerophone-Lip Vibrated-horn, Attributed to Leopoldo Franciolini…

Bracelet, Bronze, diameter 10.11 cm., Bronzes

Fragment, 15th century, Attributed to Spain, Silk; lampas, Textile: L. 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm), Textiles-Woven, This silk textile shows pairs of confronting lions on either side of a stylized…

Standing Female Figure, 1st century B.C.–A.D. 3rd century, Mexico, Mesoamerica, Jalisco, Tala-Tonalá, Ceramic, H. 20 1/8 x W. 9 3/8 in. (51 x 23.8 cm), Ceramics-Sculpture

Pendant: hare, Classical, 5th century B.C., Italic, Amber, Other: 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm), Miscellaneous-Amber, Pendant of a hare or a cowrie shell which illustrates the Etruscan predilection for…

Jérusalem, Minaret de l'ancienne mosquée d'Abd-es-Samed, 1854, Salted paper print from paper negative, Image: 32.8 x 23.3 cm (12 15/16 x 9 3/16 in.), Photographs, Auguste Salzmann (French,…

Glass mosaic bottle, Early Imperial, Julio-Claudian, 1st half of 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass; cast and blown, and tooled, H.: 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm), Glass, Translucent honey brown and opaque…

L'Armoire, September 1, 1893, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Image: 14.8 x 9.8 cm (5 13/16 x 3 7/8 in.), Photographs, Pierre-Louis Pierson (French, 1822–1913)

天拜山, Sugawara Michizane at the Mountain Top Praying, Meiji period (1868–1912), dated March 1896, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 14 1/2 x 10 in. (36.8 x 25.4…

Limestone finial of a funerary stele, Classical, late 5th or early 4th century B.C., Cypriot, Limestone, Overall: 12 3/4 x 15 1/2 x 4 7/8 in. (32.4 x 39.4 x 12.4 cm), Stone Sculpture, Seated…

Bronze statuette of a satyr with a torch and wineskin, Hellenistic, 3rd–2nd century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. 9 15/16 in. (25.3 cm), Bronzes, Thiasoi were jubilant celebrations in honor of…

Fragment, 13th century, Attributed to Spain, Silk; tapestry-woven, Textile: H. 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm), Textiles-Woven, This rectangular silk textile fragment is decorated with offset and…

Eye idol, Middle Uruk, ca. 3700–3500 B.C., Syria, Tell Brak, Gypsum alabaster, 3 in. (7.6 cm), Stone-Sculpture,

William Scott Moncrieff, 1843–47, Salted paper print from paper negative, Photographs, David Octavius Hill (British, Perth, Scotland 1802–1870 Edinburgh, Scotland), Robert Adamson (British,…

Two Young Ladies at the Shore, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1768, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 11 in. (27.9 cm); W. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm), Prints, Suzuki…

The Actor Bando Hikosaburo II in the Role of the Oiran Hatsuito of Yamashiro-ya, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1770, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 12 7/32 x 5 3/4…

Jérusalem, Enceinte du Temple, Porte Dorée, 1854, Salted paper print from paper negative, Image: 32 x 22.4 cm (12 5/8 x 8 13/16 in.), Photographs, Auguste Salzmann (French, 1824–1872)

Pointed Morion, ca. 1590, Brescia, Italian, Brescia, Steel, brass, H. 11 in. (27.9 cm); W. 9 in. (22.9 cm); D. 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm); Wt. 3 lb. 2 oz. (1407 g), Helmets

Glass oinochoe (perfume jug), Hellenistic, late 4th–early 3rd century B.C., Eastern Mediterranean or South Italian, Glass; core-formed, Group II, H.: 5 7/8 in. (14.8 cm), Glass, Translucent…

Terracotta squat lekythos (oil flask), Classical, 2nd half of 5th century B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 2 3/16 in. (5.5 cm), Vases, Head of a youth wearing a petasos (traveler's hat).

Gravures de Boucher pour les Oeuvres de Molière [Figures de Boucher pour Molière], mid-18th century, Drawing in graphite; etching; engraving; mezzotint, Overall: 16 7/16 x 11 1/16 x 7/8 in. (41.7…

Paperweight, 1850–75, Made in East Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, American, Glass, H. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); Diam. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm), Glass, New England Glass Company (American, East…

Terracotta stemmed dish, Hellenistic, ca. 330–300 B.C., Greek, South Italian, Campanian, Teano, Terracotta; applied color, diameter 5 1/4in. (13.3cm), Vases, Dish with tall foot, decorated with…

Sheet Folded into a Mattress, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, ca. 1981–1975 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Southern Asasif, Tomb of Wah, inside coffin, 1920, Linen, l. 19.70 m. (775 9/16 in);…

Pot with Pine and Character for Longevity (Shou), Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Wanli period (1573–1620), China, Porcelain painted in underglaze blue, H. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm); W. 5 1/2 in. (14…