Images at Librifly

Glass aryballos (perfume bottle), Classical, 5th century B.C., Greek, Eastern Mediterranean, Glass; core-formed, Group I, H.: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm), Glass, Opaque dark puple, appearing black, with lighter red brown streaks, with same color

Pomona, 1872, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Image: 36.4 x 26.3 cm (14 5/16 x 10 3/8 in.), Photographs, Julia Margaret Cameron (British (born India), Calcutta 1815–1879 Kalutara, Ceylon), Alice Liddell (1852–1934)—who, as a

Terracotta lamp, Imperial, late 1st–2nd century A.D., Roman, Terracotta; mold-made, lead-glazed ware, length 13.89 cm., Vases, The discus on the top of this lamp depicts Serapis seated on a throne, holding a long scepter. To his right is

Antiquarum Statuorum urbis Romae. . .Icones (Rome: Lorenzo Vaccari, 1584), 1575, 1584, 1600, Engraving, Overall: 10 5/8 x 8 3/8 x 1 1/4 in. (27 x 21.2 x 3.2 cm), Books

A Group of Three Women Accompanied by a Manservant, Edo period (1615–1868), 1780–1795, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 14 3/4 x 9 7/8 in. (37.5 x 25.1 cm), Prints, Katsukawa Shunchō (Japanese, active ca.

Miniature limestone amphora (jar), Late Cypriot IIIA, ca. 1200–1100 B.C., Cypriot, Limestone, Overall: 4 5/8 x 4 3/8 in. (11.8 cm), Miscellaneous-Stone Vases, Wide mouth, two handles and geometric ornament

Street Musicians, 1898–99, printed 1956, Gelatin silver print, Photographs, Eugène Atget (French, Libourne 1857–1927 Paris

Case with Cover, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 19th century, China, Silk and metallic-thread embroidery on silk satin and float-patterned plain-weave silk, Overall excluding tassels: 11 x 5 in. (27.9 x 12.7 cm), Costumes-Accessories, This flat

Mrs. Richard Bache (Sarah Franklin, 1743–1808), 1793, Oil on canvas, 30 1/8 x 24 7/8 in. (76.5 x 63.2 cm), Paintings, John Hoppner (British, London 1758–1810 London), In 1767 Benjamin Franklin's only daughter Sarah married Richard Bache

Vase, 1887–1905, Made in Trenton, New Jersey, United States, American, Porcelain, Approx. H. 11 in. (27.9 cm), Ceramics, Willets Manufacturing Company (1879–1908), The orchid blossoms on this luxurious vase, which was intended as an

Terracotta Nolan neck-amphora (jar), Classical, ca. 440–430 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 13 in. (33 cm); diameter of mouth 5 15/16 in. (15.1 cm); diameter of foot 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm), Vases, Obverse, Greek fighting an

Bandō Mitsugorō II as the Farmer Asakusa no Jirōsaku, Edo period (1615–1868), 1794–95, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Image: 12 3/4 × 5 15/16 in. (32.4 × 15.1 cm), Prints, Tōshūsai Sharaku (Japanese,

Bamboo, Song dynasty (960–1279), China, Hanging scroll mounted as a handscroll; ink on paper, Image: 21 3/8 in. × 13 in. (54.3 × 33 cm), Paintings, Unidentified Artist, After Su Shi (Chinese, 1037–1101

Furniture support: lion's leg, Middle Bronze Age–Old Assyrian Trading Colony, ca. 18th century B.C., Anatolia, probably from Acemhöyük, Old Assyrian Trading Colony, Ivory (hippopotamus), 5.59 x 2.32 in. (14.2 x 5.89 cm),

Sailors and Reapers (from Scrapbook), 1875, Graphite on off-white wove paper, 3 15/16 x 6 1/2 in. (10 x 16.5 cm), Drawings, John Singer Sargent (American, Florence 1856–1925 London

Mirror, Greek, Cypriot, Bronze, Other: 3 3/16in. (8.1cm), Bronzes

Vase fragment, Early Minoan III, Minoan, Terracotta, 2 7/8 × 2 7/8 × 2 7/16 in. (7.4 × 7.4 × 6.2 cm), Vases

Glass perfume bottle, Early to Mid Imperial, 1st–2nd century A.D., Roman, Glass; blown, Overall: 5 3/8 x 1 7/16 x 1 1/16 in. (13.7 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm), Glass, Translucent deep blue green. Rim folded out, over and in, with upper surface pressed

China Tables, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II, ca. 1753–54, Black ink, gray wash, sheet: 8 1/8 x 13 1/8 in. (20.7 x 33.4 cm), Thomas Chippendale (British, baptised Otley, West Yorkshire 1718–1779 London

Spearhead, Bronze, Other: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm), Bronzes

木曽海道六拾九次之内　大井, Ōi, Edo period (1615–1868), 1797–1858, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 10 x 14 7/8 in. (25.4 x 37.8 cm), Prints, Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1797–1858

Amoy Harbour, ca. 1869, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Image: 6 11/16 × 9 1/4 in. (17 × 23.5 cm), Photographs, Attributed to John Thomson (British, Edinburgh, Scotland 1837–1921 London

Limestone bouquet of flowers, Classical, probably 1st half of the 5th century B.C., Cypriot, Limestone, H.: 5 7/8 x 3 1/2 x 3 3/8 in. (14.9 x 8.9 x 8.6 cm), Stone Sculpture, The fragment is broken from a large figural sculpture, perhaps of a

Jérusalem, Enceinte du Temple, Face sud de l'angle Sud-Est, 1854, Salted paper print from paper negative, Image: 23.3 x 32.8 cm (9 3/16 x 12 15/16 in.), Photographs, Auguste Salzmann (French, 1824–1872

Print, Meiji period (1868–1912), ca. 1906, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 11 5/8 x 8 1/2 in. (29.5 x 21.6 cm), Prints, Kobori Tomoto (Japanese, 1864–1931

Tea bowl, ca. 1876, Made in Brooklyn, New York, United States, American, Porcelain, H. 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm); Diam. 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm), Ceramics, This tea bowl is part of a tea set (–.14) designed for the 1876 Centennial celebration in

Terracotta statuette of an actor, Late Classical, late 5th–early 4th century B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta, H. 4 3/16 in. (10.6 cm), Terracottas, Fourteen of these figures are said to have been found together in a burial in Attica. They

元 趙孟頫 雙松平遠圖 卷, Twin Pines, Level Distance, Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), ca. 1310, China, Handscroll; ink on paper, Image: 10 9/16 x 42 5/16 in. (26.8 x 107.5 cm), Paintings, Zhao Mengfu (Chinese, 1254–1322), This

Lyraflügel, ca. 1820–44, Berlin, Germany, German, Wood, silk, gilt, ivory, H. 7' 3'; W. 49 in., D. 2 ft., Chordophone-Zither-struck-piano, Johann Christian Schleip (1786–1848), This type of upright piano was made almost exclusively

Terracotta statuette of Eros on a boar, Hellenistic, 3rd century B.C., Greek, South Italian, Terracotta, H. 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm), Terracottas, The playful style of this statuette, with the child appearing mischievous and the boar with his

Bronze kyathos (ladle), Classical, 450–400 B.C., Etruscan, Bronze, H. 3 9/16 in. (9 cm), Bronzes, With handle, lip decorated with beading

Pronaos du Temple de Déboude (Parembole), April 10, 1850, Salted paper print from paper negative, Image: 6 5/16 × 8 9/16 in. (16 × 21.8 cm), Photographs, Maxime Du Camp (French, 1822–1894

La Frayeur, 1861–67, Salted paper print from glass negative with applied color, Image: 23.6 x 17 cm (9 5/16 x 6 11/16 in.), Photographs, Pierre-Louis Pierson (French, 1822–1913), Painted and retouched by Unknown (French

The Fall of Man, from The Small Passion, ca. 1510, Woodcut, sheet: 5 x 3 13/16 in. (12.7 x 9.7 cm), Prints, Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg

Engraved Lamp Stand with Chevron Pattern, dated A.H. 986/ A.D. 1578–79, Attributed to Iran, Brass; cast, engraved, and inlaid with black and red pigment, H. 13 1/4 in. (33.7 cm), Metal, The poetry inscribed around this lamp stand expresses

Young Woman with a Pearl Necklace, Oil on canvas, 33 1/8 x 24 1/2 in. (84.1 x 62.2 cm), Paintings, Copy after Willem Drost (Dutch, late 17th or early 18th century

'Bahram Gur Sees a Herd of Deer Mesmerized by Dilaram' s Music', Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi, 1597–98, Attributed to India, Main support: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, 9 5/8 x 5 15/16in. (24.5 x

遼 三彩羅漢像, Arhat (Luohan), Liao dynasty (907–1125), ca. 1000, China, Stoneware with three-color glaze, H. (figure) 50 in. (127 cm); H. (with base) 92 in. (233.7 cm); W. 41 in. (104.1 cm); D. 38 in. (96.5 cm); Wt. 450 lbs (204.1 kg),

Uguisu, 風流小鳥合　鶯, Japanese Bush Warbler, Edo period (1615–1868), 1754–1806, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 8 3/4 x 6 1/4 in. (22.2 x 15.9 cm), Prints, Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753?–1806

Folding Case with Characters for Longevity (Shou and Kao), Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 18th–19th century, China, Silk and metallic thread embroidery on silk gauze, Overall: 10 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. (27.3 x 8.9 cm), Textiles-Embroidered, This case

An Immortal on a Cloud with a Pair of Peaches, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 20th century, China, Leaf from an album; ink on paper, H. 9 11/16 in. (24.6 cm); W. 12 in. (30.5 cm), Paintings, Unidentified Artist

[The Countess Canning, Simla], 1861, Albumen silver print, Mount: 33 x 26.1 cm (13 x 10 1/4 in.), Photographs, Jean Baptiste Oscar Mallitte (French, 1829–1905

Glass ring stone, Hellenistic, 3rd–2nd century B.C., Italic, Glass, blue paste, Length: 9/16 in. (1.5 cm), Gems, Fisherman angling over a parapet (?). This scene may instead represent Diomedes on the walls of Troy

Two Courtesans, One Playing a Koto (Harp) and The Other Reading a Letter, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan, Polychrome woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper, 8 1/8 x 7 3/16 in. (20.6 x 18.3 cm), Prints, Kubo Shunman (Japanese,

Terracotta kylix (drinking cup), Classical, mid-5th century B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm); diameter 10 5/8 in. (27 cm), Vases, Interior, symposium (drinking party), Exterior, women and youths. Compared

[Wild Fennel], 1841–42, Salted paper print, Image: 18.7 x 22.7 cm (7 3/8 x 8 15/16 in.), corners clipped, Photographs, William Henry Fox Talbot (British, Dorset 1800–1877 Lacock), Talbot's earliest pictures 'impressed by the agency of

Shiva and Parvati, 19th century, India (Pahari Hills), Ink and translucent watercolor on paper, Image (sight): 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (13 x 12.1 cm), Paintings, The god Shiva is shown in the wilderness as an ascetic with snakes coiling around his

Limestone head with of a beardless male with a wreath of leaves, Late Archaic, early 5th century B.C., Cypriot, Limestone, Overall: 5 3/4 x 3 7/8 x 4 3/4 in. (14.6 x 9.8 x 12.1 cm), Stone Sculpture, Wearing fillet

Chest of Drawers, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II, ca. 1753–54, Black ink, gray wash, sheet: 8 5/8 x 13 3/8 in. (21.9 x 34.1 cm), Thomas Chippendale (British, baptised Otley, West Yorkshire 1718–1779 London

Vase, Terracotta; black-glaze, H. 14 cm., Vases, Black vase tapering toward top and bottom, with grooved horizontal bands

Print, Edo period (1615–1868), 19th century, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Image: 13 5/8 × 9 5/8 in. (34.6 × 24.4 cm), Prints, Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786–1865

諸国六玉河　武蔵　調布の玉川, Musashi: Chōfu no Tamagawa, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1833, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 9 3/4 x 14 3/4 in. (24.8 x 37.5 cm), Prints, Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese,

Ieyl. skjerneformet Motor Standard Type. 30HK., 1905–19, Gelatin silver prints from glass negatives, Image: 3 1/4 × 4 7/16 in. (8.3 × 11.3 cm), Photographs, Jacob Christian Hansen Ellehammer (Danish, 1871–1946), Vilhelm Ellehammer

Ladle, 1750–75, Made in New York, New York, United States, American, Silver, 13 11/16 x 3 15/16 in. (34.8 x 10 cm); 6 oz. 11 dwt. (203.8 g), Silver, John Burt Lyng (active ca. 1761–85

Lady Komachi, 19th century, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper, 8 3/16 x 7 1/8 in. (20.8 x 18.1 cm), Prints, Yashima Gakutei (Japanese, 1786?–1868

Cup and saucer, ca. 1735, German, Meissen, Hard-paste porcelain, Cup (.393): H. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm.), Ceramics-Porcelain

(15) [Gate of all Nations, Persepolis, Fars], 1840s–60s, Albumen silver print, Photographs, Luigi Pesce (Italian, 1818–1891

[Church Seen from the Path Leading To It], 1850s, Salted paper print from glass negative, Photographs, Unknown (British

Studies after the Antique: The Fall of Phaëthon, Horses, Reclining Women with Children (recto); Studies after the Antique: An Altar or Urn, Lion Attacking a Horse (verso), 1474–1552, Black chalk, pen and brown ink (recto); pen and brown ink

Glass bead, Late Imperial, 3rd–4th century A.D., Roman, Glass; cast, Overall: 1/2 x 7/16in. (1.3 x 1.1cm), Glass, Translucent bluish green Polyhedron, comprising 6 squares and 8 triangles; pierced longitudinally with hole. Intact; pinprick

Bronze bull's head, Archaic, early 7th century B.C., Possibly Cypriot, Bronze, H. to tip of horns 2 3/4 in. (7 cm), Bronzes, Bull's head attachment from a tripod with horizontal tubular socket. Painstaking scholarship over twenty years has

The Bund in Shanghai, ca. 1869, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Image: 9 9/16 × 13 1/16 in. (24.3 × 33.2 cm), Photographs, Attributed to John Thomson (British, Edinburgh, Scotland 1837–1921 London

Fragment, 16th century, Attributed to Iran, Silk, H. 29 in. (73.7 cm), Textiles-Woven

Quai d'Anjou, 6h du matin, 1924, Albumen silver print from glass negative, 17.7 x 22.8 cm (6 15/16 x 8 15/16 in.), Photographs, Eugène Atget (French, Libourne 1857–1927 Paris

Terracotta stemless kylix (drinking cup), Classical, ca. 340–320 B.C., Greek, South Italian, Apulian, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm); diameter 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm), Vases, Interior, seated nude youth holding a phiale and a

Glass cup, Mid Imperial, 2nd–3rd century A.D., Roman, Glass; blown, Height: 2 15/16in. (7.4 cm), Glass, Translucent pale blue green. Thickened, rounded, vertical rim with inner lip; straight sides expanding slightly downwards, then turned

Column Statue of an Apostle, second half 12th century, Made in vicinity of Verona, probably Po Valley, Italy, North Italian, Stone (Encrinite), Overall: 46 1/2 x 8 x 12 1/4 in. (118.1 x 20.3 x 31.1 cm), Sculpture-Stone, Column statues

Illustration of the Police Superintendent and his men Receiving Wine (Keishi kakutai e sake tamawaru mono no zu), Meiji period (1868–1912), September 1877, Japan, Triptych of polychrome woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, 14 3/16 x 29

Sard ring stone, Imperial, ca. 1st century A.D., Roman, Carnelian, Other: 1/2 x 3/8 x 1/8 in. (1.3 x 1 x 0.4 cm), Gems, portrait bust of a man wearing a fillet. This gem likely portrays a Julio-Claudian prince, possibly Nero Drusus, the

Bronze arrowhead, 6th–4th century B.C. or later, Greek or Achaemenid, Bronze, Other: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm), Bronzes, With midrib and socket

Scrapbook, ca. 1874–80, Pencil and gouache on paper, 12 7/8 × 19 3/8 × 1 7/8 in. (32.7 × 49.2 × 4.8 cm), Drawings, John Singer Sargent (American, Florence 1856–1925 London

Vasant Ragini, Page from a Ragamala Series (Garland of Musical Modes), early 17th century, India (Rajasthan, Amber), Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, 9 13/16 x 7 7/8 in. (24.9 x 20 cm), Paintings, Vasant (spring) is evoked here by

Vase fragment, Terracotta, Overall: 5 3/8 x 3 1/2in. (13.7 x 8.9cm), Vases

Palais et Village de Louxor, pris du Sud, Thèbes, 1849–50, Salted paper print from paper negative, Image: 6 5/16 × 8 3/8 in. (16 × 21.2 cm), Photographs, Maxime Du Camp (French, 1822–1894

Bronze statuette of Mercury, Imperial, ca. 1st–2nd century A.D., Roman, Bronze, H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm), Bronzes, Mercury wears a winged cap and once held a cadeucus in his left hand and probably a money bag in his right. Similar statuettes

Jug beak, Early Minoan II, Minoan, Terracotta, 1 × 1 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (2.5 × 3.8 × 3.2 cm), Vases

Insect Catcher and Potted Herbs, Edo period (1615–1868), 19th century, Japan, Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper, 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (14 x 19.1 cm), Prints, Ryūryūkyo Shinsai (Japanese, active ca.

Footed Salver, 1700–1715, Made in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, American, Silver, Overall: 2 5/16 x 9 1/8 in. (5.9 x 23.2 cm); 10 oz. 9 dwt. (325.6 g), Silver, John Coney (1655/56–1722

Glass oinochoe (perfume jug), Classical, late 6th–5th century B.C., Greek, Eastern Mediterranean, Glass; core-formed, Group I, H. 4 9/16 in. (11.5 cm), Glass, Opaque white, with handle and foot in same color but with some purple streaks;

琉球八景　粂村竹籬, Bamboo Hedge at Kumemura (Kumemura chikuri), from the series Eight Views of the Ryūkyū Islands (Ryūkyū hakkei), Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1832, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 9

Königin v. England, Kronprinzessin Victoria, Erbprinzessin v. S. Mein, Prinzessin Feodora v. S. M., 1860s, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Photographs, Unknown

A Daimyo Talking to One of His Retainers, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 15 1/4 x 10 1/8 in. (38.7 x 25.7 cm), Prints, Katsukawa Shunkō (Japanese, 1743–1812

Snaphaunce Lock, 17th century, Brescia, Italian, Iron, L. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 0.4 oz (464 g), Firearms Parts

Manuscript Leaf with King David in an Initial I, from a Psalter, early 15th century, North Italian, Tempera, gold, and ink on parchment, 18 1/8 x 13 13/16in. (46 x 35.1cm), Manuscripts and Illuminations, This intensely colored illumination,

Natural Trumpet in D, 1790, Jettingen, Germany, German, Brass, colored rock, Height (Perpendicular to bell): 26 7/16 in. (67.2 cm), Aerophone-Lip Vibrated-trumpet / trombone, Andreas Naeplaesnigg (Germany, active Jettingen ca. 1790), The

Mirror frame, ca. 1743–45, German, Augsburg, Silver gilt, Metalwork-Silver

Kabuki Actors Nakamura Gentaro and Ikushima Shingoro, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1710, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 20 3/4 x 12 5/8 in. (52.7 x 32.1 cm), Prints, Torii Kiyomasu I (Japanese, active

Glass perfume bottle, Early to Mid Imperial, 1st–2nd century A.D., Roman, Glass; blown, H.: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm), Glass, Translucent pale blue green. Rounded rim folded out and tooled around outer lip; flaring mouth; slightly convex

Teapot, ca. 1795, Made in Albany, New York, United States, American, Silver, Overall: 6 9/16 x 11 3/8 in. (16.7 x 28.9 cm); 15 oz. 10 dwt. (481.8 g), Silver, Isaac Hutton (American, New York 1766–1855 Albany, New York

In the New Forest, 1919, Platinum print, Photographs, Frederick H. Evans (British, London 1853–1943 London

Terracotta squat lekythos (oil jar), Classical, late 5th century B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, H.: 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm), Vases, Kneeling Eros

The Largest of the Cedars, Mount Lebannon, 1857, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Photographs, Francis Frith (British, Chesterfield, Derbyshire 1822–1898 Cannes, France

The Time of Promise, 1857, Albumen silver print, Photographs, George Shadbolt (British, 1830–1901

One of Thirty-Six Flowers, Edo period (1615–1868), 1723–1792, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 10 3/8 x 7 1/2 in. (26.4 x 19.1 cm), Prints, Ippitsusai Bunchō (Japanese, active 1760–1794

Mehmans, 1870s, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Photographs, Francis Frith (British, Chesterfield, Derbyshire 1822–1898 Cannes, France

Bronze handle of a hydria (water jar), Classical, 4th century B.C., Greek, Bronze, Overall: 7 1/8in. (18.1cm), Bronzes, Vertical handle from a hydria

Embroidered Mantle Fragment, 5th–2nd century B.C., Peru, Paracas, Camelid hair, Overall: 4 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (11.43 x 13.97 cm), Textiles-Woven

Statuette of a woman, Bronze, H.: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm), Bronzes

Ile de Fîleh (Philæ), Vu Générale Prise du Nord-Ouest au Point A, 1851–52, Salted paper print from paper negative, Image: 23.9 x 31.2 cm (9 7/16 x 12 5/16 in.), Photographs, Félix Teynard (French, 1817–1892

Fasting Buddha Shakyamuni, Kushan period, 3rd–5th century, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara), Schist, H. 10 15/16 in. (27.8 cm), Sculpture, After reaching enlightenment at Bodhgaya, Shakyamuni meditated and fasted for forty-nine days.