Images at Librifly

Metate Fragment, 12th–14th century, Honduras, Maya-Cocal, Stone, H.10 1/16 x W. 6in. (25.6 x 15.2cm), Stone-Sculpture

Belt Ornament, Middle of the 6th century, Frankish, Copper alloy, Overall: 1 13/16 x 1 x 3/8 in. (4.6 x 2.6 x 1 cm), Metalwork-Copper alloy

Francesco Niconizio, late 15th–mid-16th century, Italian, Bronze, Diameter: 4 1/2 in. (114 mm), Medals and Plaquettes

Folios from a Non-Illustrated Manuscript, 16th century, Attributed to Iran, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, Codices

The Crucifixion, Oil on wood, gold ground, 13 7/8 x 8 3/8 in. (35.2 x 21.3 cm), Paintings, Copy after Luca di Tommè di Nuto (Italian, shortly before 1925

Stamp seal: lion and horned animal, Late Cypriot, ca. late 2nd millennium B.C., Cyprus, Cypriot, Hematite, H. 13/16 in. (2.1 cm); Diam. 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm), Stone-Stamp Seals

Madame la Comtesse de Boufflers and Thérèse, mid-1760s, Pencil, black and red chalk, watercolor with white chalk highlights, 12 x 8 in. (30.5 x 20.3 cm), Drawings, Louis de Carmontelle (French, Paris 1717–1806 Paris

Papyrus Fragments of a Letter, 7th century, Made in Thebes, Byzantine Egypt, Coptic, Papyrus with ink, Overall: 2 15/16 x 6 7/8 in. (7.4 x 17.5 cm), Papyrus

Saucer, 1822–23, French, Sèvres, Hard-paste porcelain, Diameter: 5 15/16 in. (15.1 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain, After a painting by Jean-François Robert (French, recorded 1806–34 and 1836–43), The portrait is of Louis, Dauphin of France

Bowl with a Man Holding a Sword and Shield, 10th century, Attributed to Iran, Nishapur, Earthenware; white slip with black slip and polychrome pigments under transparent colorless glaze, H. 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm), Ceramics

Sheet Fragment, 4th century, Made in Kharga Oasis, Byzantine Egypt, Coptic, Linen, wool, Overall: 13 × 18 7/8 in. (33 × 48 cm), Textiles-Woven

Earring-hook type with leaf form, Gold, Other: 5/16 × 3/16 × 1 in. (0.8 × 0.4 × 2.6 cm), Gold and Silver

Earring-loop type, plain, Gold, Other: 9/16 x 1/16 x 11/16 in. (1.4 x 0.2 x 1.8 cm), Gold and Silver

Vase with lid, Late Orientalizing, late 7th century–early 6th century B.C., Etruscan, Terracotta; impasto (?), Height (w/ lid): 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm), Vases, Twisted handles and cover; incised decorations

Ardhanarishvara (Composite of Shiva and Parvati), pre-Angkor period, 7th–8th century, Cambodia, Bronze, H. 29 1/2 in. (74.9 cm), Sculpture, Shiva can be depicted as half male and half female to indicate the shakta-shakti relationship of the

Bead ornaments, circular, 10, Late Imperial, 3rd century A.D., Roman, Gold, Diameter (average diameter): 3/8 in. (1 cm), Gold and Silver

Covered Jar, polychrome floral decoration, handle on cover in shape of squirrel., 18th century, Dutch, Tin-glazed earthenware, Height, 10 3/8 in. (26.4cm), Ceramics-Porcelain

Two Women, early 16th century, Made in Antwerp (?), Netherlands, Netherlandish, Oak, Overall: 14 3/4 x 11 1/8 x 2 1/2 in. (37.5 x 28.3 x 6.3 cm), Sculpture-Wood

View of Les Sables d'Olonne, 1929 (?), Black crayon and watercolor, 10 15/16 x 17 1/16 in. (27.8 x 43.4 cm), Drawings, Paul Signac (French, Paris 1863–1935 Paris

Late ware jar with wavy painted decoration, Predynastic, Naqada III, ca. 3300–3100 B.C., From Egypt, Southern Upper Egypt, Hierakonpolis (Nekhen), Fort Cemetery (Hk 27), Tomb 19, 1934–35, Pottery, paint, H: 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in

Ars Moriendi La Historia del iudicio del figliolo de dio Iesu Christo, ca. 1495, Books

Monstrance, about 1450, Made in Cologne, Germany, German, Silver-gilt, Overall: 24 13/16 x 8 3/8 x 6 7/16 in. (63 x 21.2 x 16.4 cm), Metalwork-Silver, Monstrances were vessels created to display the consecrated Host, the body of Christ. They

Stone Tripod Vessel, before 16th century, Mexico, Mesoamerica, Guerrero, Balsas River region, Mexican, Stone, Height 1-1/8 in., Stone-Containers

Key, 1st–7th century, Roman, Copper alloy, iron, Overall: 3 7/8 x 1 3/8 x 15/16 in. (9.9 x 3.5 x 2.4 cm), Metalwork-Bronze

Medal of Thomas Jefferson, 1801, Bronze, Diam. 3 in. (7.6 cm), Metal, Attributed to Johann Christian Reich (German, Eisenberg 1740–1814 Fürth

Violin, 1737, Milan, Italy, Italian, Wood, Height (Total): 23 in. (58.4 cm), Chordophone-Lute-bowed-unfretted, Carlo Antonio Testore

Plate, ca. 1480, Made in Lower Rhine, Germany, German or South Netherlandish, Brass, diam. 16 7/8 × 2 15/16 in., 4.6 lb. (diam. 42.9 × 7.5 cm, 2083g), Metalwork-Brass, According to some scholars, Dinant was the only French-speaking town

Stone Female Figure, 1st–8th century, Mexico, Mesoamerica, Guerrero, Balsas River region, Mezcala, Stone (metadiorite), H. 8 15/16 x W. 3 x D. 3 in. (22.7 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm), Stone-Sculpture

Dish, early 16th century, German, Brass, Overall: 10 1/8 x 2 13/16 in. (25.7 x 7.2 cm), Metalwork-Brass

Manuscript Illumination with Saint Trudo (Trond) in an Initial O, from a Choir Book, 15th century, Made in Rhineland (?), Germany, German, Tempera, ink, and gold on parchment, Overall: 4 x 3 7/8 in. (10.1 x 9.9 cm), Manuscripts and

Key Handle, 1st–7th century, Roman, Copper alloy, Overall: 2 1/2 x 2 1/16 x 9/16 in. (6.4 x 5.3 x 1.4 cm), Metalwork-Copper alloy

Portrait of a Man, ca. 1810, Ivory set into card, Oval, 7 1/8 x 5 7/8 in. (181 x 149 mm), Miniatures, Joseph Bordes (French, 1773–after 1835

Bead, Silver, Diameter: 9/16 × 1/2 in. (1.4 × 1.3 cm), Gold and Silver

Crozier Head with the Lamb of God, 13th century, North Italian, Ivory, with traces of paint and gilding, silver pins, Overall: 5 3/8 x 4 9/16 x 15/16 in. (13.6 x 11.6 x 2.4 cm), Ivories

Tabernacle frame, second quarter 14th century, Italian, Siena, Pine. Gold-orange bole., Overall, 62.9 x 27.3; sight, 50.8 x 21.9 cm; engaged., Frames, The shallow molding profile of this engaged frame provides a gentle transition to the

Death of the Virgin, ca. 1450–1500, Made in France, North French, Alabaster, Overall: 12 15/16 x 16 x 4 9/16 in. (32.9 x 40.6 x 11.6 cm), Sculpture-Stone, This fragment, possibly part of a sculptural retable recounting events from the life

Saint Barbara, 15th–16th century, Made in Franconia, German, Limewood with paint and gilding, Overall: 44 3/4 x 11 9/16 x 7 1/16in. (113.7 x 29.4 x 18cm), Sculpture-Wood

清 改琦 插花圖 軸, Girl Arranging Flowers, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), China, Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, 40 7/8 x 13 1/8 in. (103.8 x 33.3 cm), Paintings, Gai Qi (Chinese, 1773–1828

Arrowhead (Yanonē), 18th century, Japanese, Steel, L. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm); L. of head 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); W. 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm); Wt. 1.1 oz. (31.2 g), Archery Equipment-Arrowheads

Vase fragment, 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D., Roman, Terracotta, 1 9/16 × 2 1/16 × 1/4 in. (4 × 5.3 × 0.6 cm), Vases, Parts of two figures

Taweret amulet, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 B.C., From Egypt, Faience, H. 6.4 × W. 1.6 × D. 2.1 cm (2 1/2 × 5/8 × 13/16 in.), The amulets have a uniformity of size and detailing that constitutes a stylistic relationship.

Medal of the Marquis de Lafayette, 1834 (?), Made in France, Bronze, Diam. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm), Metal

Scarab with the name Wahibre, either Psamtik I or Apries, Late Period, Dynasty 26, 664–570 B.C., From Egypt, onyx or hematite, L. 1.2 cm (1/2 in

Pair of Wheellock Pistols, ca. 1655–65, Maastricht, Dutch, Maastricht, Steel, brass, gold, ivory, L. of 14.252a: 22 1/2 in. (57.2 cm); L. of 14.252b: 22 3/4 in. (57.8 cm); L. of each barrel 14 7/8 in. (37.8 cm); Cal. of each barrel .53 in.

Brother Gregorio Belo of Vicenza, 1547, Oil on canvas, 34 3/8 x 28 in. (87.3 x 71.1 cm), Paintings, Lorenzo Lotto (Italian, Venice ca. 1480–1556 Loreto), Fra Gregorio, a member of the order of the Hieronymites, or Poor Hermits of Saint

Wheellock Gun, 17th century, German, Steel, wood, ivory, gold, silver, L. 37 1/4 in. (94.6 cm); Cal. .62 in. (15.7 mm), Firearms-Guns-Wheellock

Pin, 15th–16th century, Peru, Chimú or Inca, Silver (hammered), Length 9-7/8 in. (25.1 cm), Metal-Ornaments

Vase fragment, 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D., Roman, Terracotta, 1 × 3/4 × 3/16 in. (2.5 × 1.9 × 0.5 cm), Vases, Priestess of Isis

Cross-Shaped Tile, 13th century, Attributed to Iran, Kashan, Stonepaste; overglaze luster-painted, 12.5 in. high (31.8 cm high), Ceramics-Tiles

Vase, ca. 1890, British, Swadlincote, Glazed earthenware, Height: 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm), Ceramics-Pottery

Hexagonal vase, ca. 1650–1700, Silesian-Bohemian, Red earthenware, 21 3/4 × 7 3/4 in. (55.2 × 19.7 cm), Ceramics-Pottery

Netsuke of Woman Bathing, 19th century, Japan, Ivory, H. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); W. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); D. 7/8 in. (2.2 cm), Netsuke

At Table, 1893, Oil on cardboard, 12 × 10 1/2 in. (30.5 × 26.7 cm), Paintings, Édouard Vuillard (French, Cuiseaux 1868–1940 La Baule

Angel, second half 18th century, Italian, Naples, Polychromed terracotta head; wooden limbs and wings; body of wire wrapped in tow; various fabrics, H. 13 3/4 in. (34.9 cm.), Crèche

Stand for ice-cream cup (plateau Bouret) (one of four) (part of a service), 1771, French, Sèvres, Soft-paste porcelain, W. 8 1/4 in. (21.0 cm.), Ceramics-Porcelain, The table services produced at Sèvres in the eighteenth century were highly

Covered Punch Bowl, 1745–55, Made in China, Chinese, for Swedish market, Porcelain, H. with cover 12 1/2 (31.8 cm); Diam. 16 in. (40.6 cm), Ceramics, This monumental punchbowl, with its original cover and platter, must have been one of

Knife Handle (Kozuka), mid-19th century, Japanese, Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, L. 3 13/16 in. (9.7 cm); W. 9/16 in. (1.4 cm); thickness 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 1.3 oz. (36.9 g), Sword Furniture-Kozuka

Armoir, early 16th century, North French or South Netherlandish, Oak, iron mounts, Overall: 72 1/2 x 65 5/8 x 27 in. (184.2 x 166.7 x 68.6 cm), Woodwork-Furniture, Armoires, decorated with linen fold panels, elaborately carved moldings, and

The Singer of Amun Nany's Funerary Papyrus (Amduat), Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21, ca. 1050 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb of Meritamun (TT 358, ), Mummy of Meritamun, 1928–29, Papyrus, paint, L.

Orange strainer, James Goodwin (entered 1706), 1713–14, British, London, Silver, Width (across handles): 5 15/16 in. (15.1 cm), Metalwork-Silver, James Goodwin (entered 1706

Bowl with Lioness, 1100–1300, Byzantine, Earthenware, Overall: 2 1/4 x 10 3/8 in. (5.7 x 26.3 cm), Ceramics, Images of lions were popular throughout the medieval world. Although lions were rare in Byzantium, they appear frequently in

Vinaigrette box, ca. 1800, British, Birmingham, Silver, Length: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm), Metalwork-Silver

The Dead Christ with Angels, 1864, Oil on canvas, 70 5/8 x 59 in. (179.4 x 149.9 cm), Paintings, Édouard Manet (French, Paris 1832–1883 Paris), Manet identified the source for this painting, the first of several religious scenes, in the

Tooth of an ox, Cypriot, Bone, Other: 1 3/16 x 3 7/16 x 15/16 in. (3.1 x 8.8 x 2.4 cm

Jug with lid, Archaic, ca. 550–520 B.C., Etruscan, Terracotta; bucchero pesante, 8 × 5 × 4 5/16 in. (20.3 × 12.7 × 11 cm), Vases, No ornamentation

Door handle, 15th century, German, Iron, Overall (as if installed): 5 3/16 x 4 1/8 x 1 1/4 in. (13.2 x 10.4 x 3.1 cm), Metalwork-Iron

Ball Player, 7th–10th century, Mexico, Mesoamerica, Veracruz, Nopiloa, Ceramic, H. 10-1/2 in. (26.7 cm), Ceramics-Sculpture, This mold-made ceramic figure depicts a bearded, mustachioed male wearing a ballgame yoke around his waist to

Ostrakon, 7th century, Made in Byzantine Egypt, Coptic, Limestone with ink inscription, 5 5/16 x 2 1/8 in. (13.5 x 5.4 cm), Miscellaneous-Stone

Boss, 500–700, Frankish, Copper alloy, Overall: 13/16 x 3/4 x 7/16 in. (2 x 1.9 x 1.1 cm), Metalwork-Copper alloy

Disk Brooch, 6th century, Frankish, Silver-gilt, paste or garnet, iron core, metal foil, Overall: 7/8 x 1/4 in. (2.2 x 0.7 cm), Metalwork-Silver

Cuneiform tablet: fragment, Ebabbar archive, Neo-Babylonian or Achaemenid, ca. 7th–4th century B.C., Mesopotamia, probably from Sippar (modern Tell Abu Habba), Babylonian or Achaemenid, Clay, 0.67 x 0.79 x 1.57 in. (1.7 x 2.01 x 3.99 cm),

Rod or Bobbin, 5th–8th century, From Palestine, Sbaita, Bone; carved, H. 1 15/16 in. (5 cm), Ivories and Bone

Bowl, ca. 1885, Made in West Midlands, England, British, Blown satin white and cranberry opaque and colorless glass, Glass, Probably Stevens and Williams

'Akbar Hunting', Folio from an Akbarnama (History of Akbar), late 16th century, Made in present-day Pakistan, probably Lahore, Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper, Painting: 7 1/2 x 4 7/8 in. (19.1 x 12.4 cm), Codices

Medal, 1791, Bronze, Diam. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm), Metal

Thread, Early Imperial, 1st century A.D., Greek or Roman, Gold, container: 3/8 × 2 × 1/16 in. (1 × 5.1 × 0.1 cm), Gold and Silver

Fish hook, New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19–20, ca. 1295–1070 B.C., From Egypt; Probably from Northern Upper Egypt, Deir el-Ballas, Bronze or copper Alloy, L. 2.8 (1 1/8 in.); W. 1.6 cm (5/8 in

The Proposal, 1872, Oil on canvas, 64 3/8 x 44 in. (163.5 x 111.8 cm), Paintings, William Bouguereau (French, La Rochelle 1825–1905 La Rochelle), In the first catalogue of Bouguereau's work, published in 1885, this work is entitled

Panel (part of a set), Nicolas Castille (active 1503–21), ca. 1510, French, Carved oak, 23 x 9 1/4 in. (58.4 x 23.5 cm), Woodwork, Nicolas Castille (active 1503–21), The panels’ decorations, which include putti holding heraldic shields

Fantastic Landscape, ca. 1765, Oil on canvas, Irregular, 61 1/4 x 74 1/2 in. (155.6 x 189.2 cm), Paintings, Francesco Guardi (Italian, Venice 1712–1793 Venice), These three large fantastic landscapes (capricci) were in the late nineteenth

Clothes brush, ca. 1743–45, German, Augsburg, Silver gilt, Overall: H. 7/8 x W. 6 1/4 in. (2.2 x 15.9 cm), Metalwork-Silver

Two Scenes from 'Der Busant' (The Buzzard), 1480–90, Made in Strasbourg, Alsace, present-day France, Upper Rhenish, Linen warp; wool, silk, linen, cotton, and metallic wefts, 31 1/8 x 44 1/2 in. (79 x 113 cm), Textiles-Tapestries,

Plaque: Snake, 16th–17th century, Nigeria, Court of Benin, Edo peoples, Bronze, H. 18 5/8 x W. 12 3/16 x D. 2 in. (47.3 x 31 x 5.1 cm), Metal-Sculpture

Allegory of Avarice, Oil on canvas, 54 7/8 x 33 1/4 in. (139.4 x 84.5 cm), Paintings, Jacopo Ligozzi (Italian, Verona 1547–1627 Florence), In 1590 Ligozzi created a series of elaborate, allegorical drawings of the Seven Deadly Sins (six

Coffer, 15th century, French, Iron, wood and leather core, Overall: 5 7/8 x 13 x 8 1/4 in. (14.9 x 33 x 21 cm), Metalwork-Iron

Terracotta chariot krater, Late Helladic IIIA:1, ca. 1375–1350 B.C., Helladic, Mycenaean, Terracotta, H. 14 7/16 in. (36.7 cm), Vases, During the fourteenth century B.C. broad and deep-bodied kraters, often decorated with complex pictorial

Plaque, 13th century, Made in Limoges, France, French, Champlevé enamel, copper, Overall: 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 x 1/16 in. (13 x 13 x 0.2 cm), Enamels-Champlev

Box, inscribed, Cypriot, Limestone, Other: 2 3/4 x 3 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. (7 x 8.9 x 4.4 cm), Cesnola Inscriptions, Fragment of a stone box with Cypriot inscription, dedicated to the Lady of Paphos

Beads, 9, Roman, Glass, Other: 11 in. (27.9 cm), Glass, These nine beads are mostly cylindrical, with a feather pattern

Netsuke of Demon, 19th century, Japan, Ivory, H. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); W. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); D. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm), Netsuke

Medal: Self-portrait, model ca. 1566 or 1571 (cast 18th or 19th century), Bronze (Copper alloy with chocolate, Diam. 7.8 cm, wt. 119.31 g., Medals, Alfonso Ruspagiari (Italian, Reggio Emilia 1521–1576 Reggio Emilia), The obverse shows a

Earflare, 3rd–9th century, El Salvador, Mesoamerica, El Salvador; Maya (?), Jade, Height 1-7/8 in., Stone-Ornaments, Set into a wide perforation in the wearer’s earlobe (as earspools are today), this earflare frontal (a paired set with

Manuscript Leaf with the Betrayal, from a Book of Hours, ca. 1500, Made in Ghent-Bruges, Netherlands, Netherlandish, Tempera, ink, and shell gold on parchment, 6 7/16 x 4 11/16 in. (16.4 x 11.9 cm), Manuscripts and Illuminations

The Man Under the Pear Tree, 1921, Watercolor and transferred printing ink on paper, bordered with metallic foil, mounted on cardboard, 17 3/4 × 13 3/4 in. (45.1 × 34.9 cm), Drawings, Paul Klee (German (born Switzerland), Münchenbuchsee

Cup and saucer, ca. 1785, Danish, Copenhagen, Hard-paste porcelain, Height (Cup): 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain

Silver ring with beryl, Late Imperial, 3rd century A.D., Roman, Silver, beryl, Other: 7/8 × 7/8 × 3/8 in. (2.3 × 2.3 × 1 cm), Gold and Silver

Panel with striding lion, Neo-Babylonian, ca. 604–562 B.C., Mesopotamia, Babylon (modern Hillah), Babylonian, Ceramic, glaze, H. 38 1/4 in. (97.2 cm), Ceramics, The Assyrian Empire fell before the combined onslaughts of Babylonians and

Shawl, ca. 1850–60, Attributed to India, Kashmir, Wool; double interlocking twill tapestry weave, embroidered, pieced, Textile: L. 81in. (205.7 cm), Textiles-Costumes

Large Boston Public Garden Sketchbook: A man and two women sitting in the park, 1895–97, Recto: watercolor and pencil, bordered in pencil; Verso: pencil, bordered, 14 1/8 x 11 3/16 in. (35.8 x 28.4 cm), Drawings, Maurice Brazil Prendergast

Furniture element, Middle Bronze Age–Old Assyrian Trading Colony, ca. 18th century B.C., Anatolia, probably from Acemhöyük, Old Assyrian Trading Colony, Ivory, Ivory/Bone-Ornaments