Images at Librifly

Bottle, Monkeys, 2nd century B.C.–A.D. 1st century, Peru, Topará, Ceramic, H. 4 7/16 x W. 4 5/8 in. (11.3 x 11.8 cm), Ceramics-Containers

Earring or spiral, Archaic- Classical, 6th–4th century B.C., Cypriot, Gold, bronze, Diameter: 11/16 x 3/16 x 5/8 in. (1.8 x 0.5 x 1.6 cm), Gold and Silver, Gold plated bronze

Glass compound eye bead, Classical, ca. 4th century B.C., Greek, Eastern Mediterranean, Glass, Height: 3/8 x 1/2 in. (1 x 1.3 cm), Glass, Semi-opaque pale turquoise green ground; additions in opaque white, translucent cobalt blue and honey

Meleager, Turning to the Right, mid-18th–early 19th century, Pen and brown ink, gray wash, over black chalk, 10 7/8 x 6 3/4 in. (27.6 x 17.2 cm), Drawings, Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1727–1804 Venice

Dish (coppa), ca. 1530–35, Italian, Gubbio, Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware), Diam. 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm), Ceramics-Pottery

Buckle, middle of 6th century, Made in Niderbreisig, Germany, Frankish, Copper alloy, silvered, Overall: 1 3/16 x 13/16 x 1/4 in. (3 x 2 x 0.6 cm), Metalwork-Copper alloy

Going to Market, 1860, Oil on canvas, 16 1/8 x 12 7/8 in. (41 x 32.7 cm), Paintings, Constant Troyon (French, Sèvres 1810–1865 Paris

Column Base with Shaft, 12th–13th century, South French, Stone, Overall: 16 x 8 3/4 x 10 in. (40.6 x 22.2 x 25.4 cm), Sculpture-Architectural

Pair of mirrored double doors, ca. 1743–44, Italian, Genoa, Lindenwood, carved and gilded; mirrored glass panels, walnut, pine, Overall (each): 8 ft. 11 1/16 × 25 × 2 1/2 in. (272 × 63.5 × 6.4 cm), Woodwork, These are part of a set of

Door Hinge, 15th century, German, Iron, Overall: 19 1/2 x 3 9/16 x 1/2 in. (49.6 x 9 x 1.2 cm), Metalwork-Iron

Medal Awarded to Captains Low, Crighton, and Stougger, 1854, Bronze, Diam. 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm), Metal

Plaque with the Symbol of the Evangelist Luke, ca. 1100, Made in Conques, France, French, Copper: cut and gilt; champlevé and cloisonné enamel: black, lapis and lavender blue, turquoise, green, red, white, pinkish white,

Pansies, 1903, Oil on canvas, 9 x 11 1/8 in. (22.9 x 28.3 cm), Paintings, Henri Fantin-Latour (French, Grenoble 1836–1904 Buré), This study of pansies in a basket was painted the year before the artist's death. Although the motif is

Medal of the Constituency of Meaux in Honor of Its Deputy, 1830, Made in France, Iron, Diam. 1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm), Metal, Jacques Édouard Gatteaux (French, Paris 1788–1881 Paris

Saint Charles Borromeo Venerating the Crucifix, ca. 1770, Etching, sheet: 16 1/8 x 10 3/4 in. (41 x 27.3 cm), Prints, Lorenzo Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1736–1776 Madrid), Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1696–1770 Madrid

The Triumph of Henry IV, ca. 1630, Oil on wood, 19 1/2 x 32 7/8 in. (49.5 x 83.5 cm), Paintings, Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, Siegen 1577–1640 Antwerp), This energetic sketch shows Henry IV (1553–1610), King of France, entering Paris 'in

Axe Blade Pendant, 1200–900 B.C., European, Copper alloy, Overall: 8 1/2 x 1 9/16 x 7/16in. (21.6 x 4 x 1.1cm), Metalwork-Bronze

Ostrakon, 7th century, Made in Byzantine Egypt, Coptic, Limestone with ink inscription, 3 3/4 x 5 11/16 in. (9.5 x 14.5 cm), Miscellaneous-Stone

Tweezers, 7th century, Made in Niederbreisig, Germany, Frankish, Copper alloy, Overall (with ring): 3 3/8 x 1/2 x 3/8 in. (8.6 x 1.3 x 1 cm), Metalwork-Copper alloy

Candelabrum with hoof feet and nude female, late 6th century B.C., Cypriot, Bronze, 47 3/16in. (119.8cm), Bronzes

Spearhead, ca. 1200–900 B.C., Made in Carpathian Basin region, Bronze Age, Copper alloy, Overall: 14 1/4 x 1 1/4 x 15/16 in. (36.2 x 3.2 x 2.4 cm), Metalwork-Bronze

Fragment, probably 8th–12th century, Excavated in Iran, Nishapur, Stucco; carved, painted, L 3.5 x W 2 x H 2, Stucco

Knife Handle (Kozuka), 18th century, Japanese, Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, silver, copper, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), L. 3 13/16 in. (9.7 cm); W. 9/16 in. (1.4 cm); thickness 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 1.5 oz. (42.5 g), Sword

Arrowhead (Yanonē), 18th century, Japanese, Steel, L. 14 3/4 in. (37.5 cm); L. of head 8 1/4 in. (21 cm); W. 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm); Wt. 4.8 oz. (136.1 g), Archery Equipment-Arrowheads

Design for Small Gothic Cottage, Design IV from The Architecture of Country Houses, ca. 1850, Graphite, sheet: 7 7/8 x 4 1/8 in. (20 x 10.4 cm), Alexander Jackson Davis (American, New York 1803–1892 West Orange, New Jersey

Frame, Unknown, Wood, 301/4 x 41 inches (outside); 20 3/4 x 31 3/8 inches (sight edge), Frames

A Small Piece of Turf, 1584, Brush with gouache and watercolor over traces of charcoal underdrawing, 8 7/16 x 12 13/16 in. (21.5 x 32.6 cm), Drawings, Hans Hoffmann (German, Nuremberg ca. 1545/1550–1591/1592 Prague

Hamlet and Horatio in the Graveyard, 1827–28, Brush and brown wash with watercolor over graphite on heavy watercolor paper, 13 9/16 x 7 15/16 in. (34.4 x 20.1 cm), Drawings, Eugène Delacroix (French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798–1863

Horse Trapping, 250–500, Late Roman, Copper alloy, Overall: 1 7/16 x 9/16 in. (3.7 x 1.4 cm), Metalwork-Bronze

New York from Governor's Island (No. 20 of The Hudson River Portfolio), 1823–24, Aquatint printed in color with hand-coloring; first state of three (Koke), Image: 14 1/16 x 20 3/16 in. (35.7 x 51.3 cm), Prints, after William Guy Wall (Irish,

Case for Enamel Diptych, 14th century, British, Cuir bouilli (tooled leather), Overall: 2 3/16 x 1 5/8 x 11/16in. (5.5 x 4.2 x 1.7cm), Leatherwork

Block, ca. 1130–40, Made in present-day France, Catalan, Marble, Overall: 18 x 7 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. (45.7 x 19.1 x 18.4 cm), Sculpture-Architectural

Vase fragment, Archaic, 570–550 B.C., Etruscan, Terracotta; bucchero pesante, Overall: 5 3/16 x 5 11/16in. (13.2 x 14.4cm), Vases, Two human figures with raised hands, in relief

Fragment, ca. 908–32, Attributed to Egypt, Linen, silk; plain weave, embroidered, Textile: L. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm), Textiles-Embroidered

Vase, late 15th century, Italian, Faenza, Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware), Overall (confirmed): 12 3/8 x 10 1/8 x 8 1/8 in. (31.4 x 25.7 x 20.6 cm), Ceramics-Pottery

Profile Warrior Ornament, 390–450, Peru, Moche (Loma Negra), Silvered copper, Height 10-1/16 in. (25.5. cm), Metal-Ornaments

Kalki Avatar, the Future Incarnation of Vishnu, ca. 1700–1710, India (Basohli, Jammu), Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, Image: 6 3/4 x 10 1/2 in. (17.1 x 26.7 cm), Paintings, Sets of the avatars of Vishnu often precede

Hammered Copper Half Dome, 8th–mid-16th century, Peru, Peru; north coast (?), Copper (hammered), gilt, Height: 2 3/4in. (7cm), Metal-Containers

Tile, 13th century, Made in Iran, Stonepaste; luster-painted, H. 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm), Ceramics-Tiles

Cuneiform tablet: fragment, Ebabbar archive, Neo-Babylonian, ca. 633 B.C., Mesopotamia, probably from Sippar (modern Tell Abu Habba), Babylonian, Clay, 0.83 x 1.42 x 2.17 in. (2.11 x 3.61 x 5.51 cm), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Mirror, probably Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), 10th–14th century, Korea, Bronze, Diam. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm), Mirrors

Rectangular Plaque, Middle of the 6th century, Made in France, Frankish, Copper alloy, gold foil inlay, glass paste, Overall: 2 3/16 x 1 3/16 x 1/4 in. (5.5 x 3 x 0.6 cm), Metalwork-Copper alloy

Badge, 14th–15th century, Spanish, Copper, gold, enamel, H. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); W. 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm); Wt. 1 oz. (28.3 g), Miscellaneous-Badges

Bronze statuette of a boy in Eastern dress, Late Hellenistic or Early Imperial, mid-late 1st century B.C., Greek, Ptolemaic or Roman, Bronze, H. 25 1/8 in. (63.8 cm), Bronzes, Parallels for this boy's unusual and unclassical costume,

Tile from a Frieze, first half 13th century, Attributed to Iran, Stonepaste; overglaze painted, (so-called mina'i), H. 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm), Ceramics-Tiles

Animal Hunt, ca. 1450–1500, Made in Hesse or Thuringia, North Swiss, Linen warp, wool wefts, Overall: 10 x 62in. (25.4 x 157.5cm), Textiles-Tapestries

Ostrakon, 7th century, Made in Byzantine Egypt, Coptic, Pottery fragment with ink inscription, 3 11/16 x 3 13/16 in. (9.3 x 9.7 cm), Ceramics

Ostrakon, 600, Made in Thebes, Byzantine Egypt, Coptic, Pottery fragment with ink inscription, 2 3/8 x 2 7/16 in. (6 x 6.2 cm), Ceramics

Saint Sebastian, Tempera and oil on wood, Overall, with arched top and engaged frame, 56 3/4 x 26 1/4 in. (144.1 x 66.7 cm); painted surface 53 3/4 x 23 in. (136.5 x 58.4 cm), Paintings, Francesco Botticini (Francesco di Giovanni) (Italian,

Fragment of a Band, 6th–8th century, Attributed to Egypt, Wool, 6 1/8 in. high 5 1/8 in. wide (15.5 cm high 13 cm wide), Textiles

Clasp Knife, 19th century, Spanish, Steel, horn, brass, L. extended 18 in. (45.7 cm); L. unextended 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm); W. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); Wt. 7.5 oz. (212.6 g), Knives

'Bizhan Slaughters the Wild Boars of Irman', Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings), dated A.H. 741/A.D. 1341, Made in Iran, Shiraz, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, Painting: H. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm), Codices, The colophon folio,

Candlestick, first half 14th century, Attributed to Egypt or Syria, Brass, inlaid with silver, H. 8 in. (20.3 cm), Metal

Millefiori bead, Roman, Glass, Other: 13/16 x 5/16 in. (2 x 0.7 cm), Glass

Handkerchief, 1840–80, French or Swiss, silk on linen, Overall: 17 x 17 1/2 in. (43.2 x 44.5 cm), Textiles

Bead, control, Greek or Roman, Gold, .23: 9/16 × 1/2 in. (1.5 × 1.3 cm), Gold and Silver

Mortar, 1551–80, (model), (possibly cast in France, first half of the 19th century), Italian, Venice, Copper alloy with a high content of tin, some lead, and no trace of zinc; the usual trace elements of iron, nickel, silver, and

Portable Harp, 1819, Dublin, Ireland, Irish, Wood, various materials, Height: extreme 91.0 cm., Length of pillar 87.0 cm., Soundboard: resonating length 82.6 cm., greatest width 21.2 cm.; , Chordophone-Harp, John Egan (active ca.

Finger Ring, 6th–7th century, Frankish, Gold, carnelian intaglio, Overall: 3/4 x 11/16 x 1/2 in. (1.9 x 1.8 x 1.2 cm), Metalwork-Gold

Terracotta oinochoe (jug), Archaic, ca. 520 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, white-ground, H. 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm), Vases, Peleus treed by a lion and a boar. A succession of misadventures brought Peleus, the future father of the

Sherds, Sasanian, ca. 3rd–7th century A.D., Iran, Qasr-i Abu Nasr, Sasanian, Ceramic, red slip, a) 6.8 cm x 7.1 cm x Th. 1.1cm, Ceramics-Vessels

Nymph of the Spring, ca. 1545–50, Oil on beech panel, 6 x 8 in. (15.2 x 20.3 cm), Paintings, Lucas Cranach the Younger (German, Wittenberg 1515–1586 Wittenberg), This small, astonishingly well preserved painting shows a nude woman

Beaker with birds on the rim, Bronze Age, ca. late 3rd–early 2nd millennium B.C., Bactria-Margiana, Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex, Electrum, H. 12 cm, W. 13.3 cm, D. 4.5 cm, Metalwork-Vessels, During antiquity, vessels of

Qur'an Manuscript, probably 14th century, Made in Iran, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm), Codices

Small octagonal table, early 20th century (?), Italian or American, Walnut, H. 80 cm, W. 81.5 cm, D. 81.5 cm, Woodwork-Furniture

Orphrey section made into cushion, second half 16th century, Italian or Spanish, silk, linen, metal, 47 x 46.5 cm (18 1/2 x 18 3/8 in), Textiles-Embroidered

Carved Bowl, 6th century, Guatemala or Mexico, Mesoamerica, Maya, Ceramic, H. 6 3/4 x Diam. 9 1/4 in., Ceramics-Containers, This magnificent high-gloss blackware bowl is decorated with carved and incised feathered serpents. Profile human

Chandelier, mid-15th century, South Netherlandish, Brass, Dinanderie, 15 3/4 × 16 5/16 in. (40 × 41.5 cm), Metalwork-Brass

Two Tritons at the Feast of Acheloüs, Oil on canvas, 62 3/4 x 45 7/8 in. (159.4 x 116.5 cm), Paintings, Attributed to Cornelis de Vos (Flemish, Hulst 1584/85–1651 Antwerp), and Attributed to Frans Snyders (Flemish, Antwerp 1579–1657

Plaque from a Reliquary Shrine, ca. 1185, Made in Cologne, Germany, German, Champlevé enamel, copper alloy, gilt, Overall: 3 3/8 x 1 1/8 x 1/8 in. (8.6 x 2.9 x 0.3 cm), Enamels-Champlevé, Among the most splendid objects in the great

Lamp, 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D., Terracotta, Overall: 1 x 4 in. (2.5 x 10.2 cm), Terracottas

Fragment of a Frieze, 11th century, Made in Iran, Nishapur, Terracotta; carved, painted, H. 18 7/8 in. (48 cm), Sculpture

Krishna and Radha with Their Confidantes: Page from a Dispersed Gita Govinda, ca. 1655–60, India (Rajasthan, Mewar), Ink and opaque watercolor on paper, Image: 9 1/8 x 7 1/4 in. (23.2 x 18.4 cm); Page: 10 1/4 x 8 3/8 in. (26 x 21.3 cm),

Totem Pole Model, 1820–40, United States, Alaska, Tlingit, Wood, H. 30 x W. 4 in. (76.2 x 10.2 cm), Wood-Sculpture

Kero, 16th–18th century, Peru, Colonial, Wood, Height 5-3/4 in., Wood-Implements

Ostrakon, 600, Made in Thebes, Byzantine Egypt, Coptic, Pottery fragment with ink inscription, 3 7/16 x 3 1/4 in. (8.7 x 8.3 cm), Ceramics

Signet Ring of John, Imperial Spatharios, 10th century, Byzantine, Gold, niello, Overall: 11/16 × 7/8 × 15/16 in., 1.2oz. (1.7 × 2.2 × 2.4 cm, 34g), Metalwork-Gold, The title spatharios, Sword-Bearer, was originally an honor reserved

Cuneiform tablet: fragment, Neo-Babylonian or Achaemenid, ca. 7th–4th century B.C., Mesopotamia, probably from Kish or Babylon, Babylonian or Achaemenid, Clay, 0.87 x 1.89 x 2.24 in. (2.21 x 4.8 x 5.69 cm), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Edo meisho, Famous Sites of Edo, Edo period (1615–1868), 1800, Japan, Two volumes; polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Each: 10 1/16 × 6 5/8 × 1/4 in. (25.6 × 16.8 × 0.6 cm), Illustrated Books, Katsushika Hokusai

Textile Fragment with Recumbent Harts, Eagles, Clouds, and Sunrays, 1390s, Made in possibly Venice, Italy, Italian, Silk, metal thread, Overall (a): 24 1/2 x 27 1/2 in. (62.2 x 69.8 cm), Textiles-Woven, Italian textiles such as this

Evening: Landscape with an Aqueduct, 1818, Oil on canvas, 98 1/2 x 86 1/2 in. (250.2 x 219.7 cm), Paintings, Théodore Gericault (French, Rouen 1791–1824 Paris), This work is one of a projected set of four monumental landscapes representing

Grooved axe, ca. 6000–4000 B.C., United States, Illinois, Archaic, Stone, Overall: 5 3/4 x 8 in. (14.61 x 20.32 cm), Stone-Implements

Marble anthropoid sarcophagus, Classical, last quarter of the 5th century B.C., Graeco-Phoenician, Parian marble, L. 83 1/4in. (211.5cm), Stone Sculpture, The sarcophagus consists of a hollowed lower box covered by a lid that slightly conveys

Detachable mirror, 1874–75, British, London, Silver, glass, 9 7/8 x 14 1/4 in. (25.1 x 36.2 cm), Metalwork-Silver

A Hare and Birds, Oil on canvas, 23 7/8 x 31 in. (60.6 x 78.7 cm), Paintings, Jan Fyt (Flemish, 1611–1661

Susanna and the Elders, 18th century, reassembled last half 19th century, probably French (Nevers), Figures and flowers of lampworked glass (opaque whitwe, pink, dark blue, bright blue, brown, reddish brown, red, green, black, yellow and

Disk Brooch, 8th–9th century, Merovingian, Copper alloy, champlevé enamel, Overall: 7/8 x 3/16 in. (2.3 x 0.5 cm), Metalwork-Copper alloy

Circular Bead, 500–600, Frankish, Glass, Overall: 1 9/16 x 3/4 in. (4 x 1.9 cm), Glass-Beads, Beads from Frankish necklaces exhibit a stunning variety of patterns, colors, and forms. Though the beads seen here were made in the seventh

Messenger Badge, 15th century, South German, Copper alloy, silver, enamel, H. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm); W. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); D. 11/16 in. (1.7 cm), Miscellaneous-Badges

Badge (probably from Horse Harness), ca. 1400, Spanish, Copper, gold, enamel, H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); W. 1 9/16 in. (4 cm); Wt. 1 oz. (28.3 g), Miscellaneous-Badges

Stone Celt, before 16th century, Mexico, Mesoamerica, Mexican, Stone, Length 9-3/4 in., Stone-Implements

Callithea Sapphira from The Butterflies and Moths of America Part 1, 1860, Color lithograph, sheet: 4 1/8 x 2 1/2 in. (10.5 x 6.4 cm

Cameo with Triumphal Procession, Chalcedony, 2 1/16 × 1/4 × 3 5/8 in. (5.3 × 0.6 × 9.3 cm), Gems, Triumphal procession

Grisaille Panel, ca. 1265, Made in Rouen, Normandy, France, French, White glass, pot-metal glass, and vitreous paint, Overall: 23 1/4 x 20 1/2 in. (59 x 52.1 cm), Glass-Stained, These grisaille panels are part of a set of eight from a

Pendant with the Coronation of the Virgin, 1450–1500, North Netherlandish, Ivory, silver gilt mount, 1 3/4 x 3/8 in. (4.4 x 0.9 cm), Ivories, The iconography of this roundel pendant of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child while being

The Arab Falconer, 1864, Oil on canvas, 42 3/4 x 28 1/2 in. (108.6 x 72.4 cm), Paintings, Eugène Fromentin (French, La Rochelle 1820–1876 Saint-Maurice

Figure Fragment: Leopard Head, early 17th century (?), Nigeria, Court of Benin, Edo peoples, Brass, pigment (?), H. 8 5/8 x W. 7 3/8 x D. 4 1/2 in. (21.9 x 18.8 x 11.4 cm), Metal-Sculpture

Peddler, ca. 1750, Italian, Naples, Soft-paste porcelain, Height: 6 9/16 in. (16.7 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain

Cape for a Statue, 18th century, Italian or French, Silk, 65 x 105 1/2 in. (165.1 x 268 cm), Textiles-Ecclesiastical

Durga and Kali Approach the Gathered Armies of Chanda and Munda: Scene from the Devi Mahatmya, ca. 1780, India (Himachal Pradesh, Guler), Ink and opaque watercolor on paper, 7 3/4 x 11 5/8 in. (19.7 x 29.5 cm), Paintings, The second great