Images at Librifly

Album of Sketches for Lacquer Decoration, Edo period (1615–1868), 1839, Japan, Ink and color on paper, 9 7/8 x 6 1/2 in. (25.1 x 16.5 cm), Illustrated Books, Unidentified Artist

Fibula, bow-shaped, Italic, Gold, Other: 1/2 × 1/4 × 1 13/16 in. (1.3 × 0.6 × 4.6 cm), Gold and Silver

Buckle, 6th–7th century, Frankish, Copper alloy, Overall: 13/16 x 11/16 x 1/8 in. (2 x 1.7 x 0.3 cm), Metalwork-Copper alloy

Ostrakon, 7th century, Made in Byzantine Egypt, Coptic, Pottery fragment with ink inscription, 2 15/16 x 3 7/16 in. (7.5 x 8.8 cm), Ceramics

Stone Pulidor, before 16th century, Mexico, Mesoamerica, Mexican, Stone, Length 1-1/2 in., Stone-Implements

Bit Boss, late 16th century, Limoges, French, Limoges, Copper, enamel, Diam. 3 5/16 in. (10 cm), Equestrian Equipment-Bits

The Style of Woman's Fashion, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan, Black and white illustrations with captions; ink on paper, 8 3/4 x 6 in. (22.2 x 15.2 cm), Illustrated Books, Unidentified Artist

Jar, Second Intermediate Period–Early New Kingdom, Dynasty 17–18, ca. 1640–1504 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, 1915–16, Pottery, H. 44 cm (17 5/16 in

Story of Michizane Sugawara, known as Tenjin, Edo period (1615–1868), 19th century, Japan, Ink and color on paper, 11 × 7 3/4 × 1 3/8 in. (27.9 × 19.7 × 3.5 cm), Illustrated Books, Reizen Saburo Tametaka (died 1864

Virgin of the Annunciation, ca. 1450, Made in Franconia ?, South German, Oak, polychromy & gilding, Overall (including base): 14 1/2 x 14 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (36.8 x 36.8 x 11.5 cm), Sculpture-Wood

Head of an Oba, ca. 1550, Nigeria, Court of Benin, Edo peoples, Bronze, H x W x D: 8 3/8 x 7 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (21.3 x 18.4 x 21 cm), Metal-Sculpture

Stone Temple Model, 1st–8th century, Mexico, Mesoamerica, Guerrero, Balsas River region, Mezcala, Stone, H. 4 3/8 x W. 3 1/2 in. (11.1 x 8.9 cm), Stone-Sculpture

Ostrakon, 7th century, Made in Byzantine Egypt, Coptic, Pottery fragment with ink inscription, Overall: 4 3/8 x 4 1/8 in. (11.1 x 10.5 cm), Ceramics

Leaf from a Diptych with two scenes from the Life of a Saint, 14th century style – modern copy, British, Ivory, Overall: 5 15/16 x 3 3/8 x 5/16 in. (15.1 x 8.5 x 0.8 cm), Ivories

Dish (piatto), ca. 1530, Italian, probably Faenza, Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware), Diameter: 11 1/8 in. (28.3cm), Ceramics-Pottery

Mourning Isis, Ptolemaic Period, 332–30 BC, From Egypt, Wood, gesso, paint, H. 24.6 cm (9 11/16 in.); W. 8 cm (3 1/8 in.); D. 10.2 cm (4 in.), The goddess Isis, identifiable by her hieroglyph on her head, kneels and raises a hand before

Furniture element, Middle Bronze Age–Old Assyrian Trading Colony, ca. 18th century B.C., Anatolia, probably from Acemhöyük, Old Assyrian Trading Colony, Ivory, 7/8 x 1 1/8 x 3/16 in. (2.3 x 2.8 x 0.5 cm), Ivory/Bone-Ornaments

Earring, baule type, 7th–5th Century B.C., Etruscan, Gold, Other: 5/8 x 3/4 x 11/16 in. (1.5 x 2 x 1.7 cm), Gold and Silver

Small pot with remnants of green glaze, Sasanian, ca. 3rd–7th century A.D., Mesopotamia, Ctesiphon, Sasanian, Ceramic, 3 1/16 x 3 3/16 in. (7.7 x 8.1 cm), Ceramics-Vessels

Frontlet of gold leaf, Gold, Other: 9/16 × 8 7/8 in. (1.4 × 22.5 cm), Gold and Silver

Hunting Knife with Sheath, 18th century, Swiss, Steel, wood, silver, leather, L. with sheath 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm); L. without sheath 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm); W. 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm); Wt. 7.1 oz. (201.3 g); Wt. of sheath 1.1 oz. (31.2 g), Knives

Earring-hook type with sphere ends, Gold, Other: 11/16 × 1/8 × 11/16 in. (1.7 × 0.3 × 1.7 cm), Gold and Silver

Drain pipe, Sasanian, ca. 3rd–7th century A.D., Iran, Qasr-i Abu Nasr, Sasanian, Ceramic, Diam. 7.9 cm max. x L. 9-1/4 in., Ceramics

Miniature Stone Vase, 1st–8th century, Mexico, Mesoamerica, Guerrero, Balsas River region, Mezcala, Stone, Height 1-3/8 in., Stone-Containers

An Old Chapel in a Valley, ca. 1835, Oil on wood, 10 1/2 x 13 7/8 in. (26.7 x 35.2 cm), Paintings, Théodore Rousseau (French, Paris 1812–1867 Barbizon), Perhaps painted about 1835, when the young artist had already begun to establish his

Glass pendant in the form of a demonic mask, Classical, mid-5th–4th century B.C., Phoenician, Glass; rod-formed and trailed, Other: 13/16 x 1/2 x 9/16 in. (2.1 x 1.2 x 1.4 cm), Glass, Uncertain color, appearing opaque black, with additions

Fibula, Hellenistic, 3rd century B.C., Gold, Other: 1/2 × 9/16 × 1 1/8 in. (1.2 × 1.4 × 2.9 cm), Gold and Silver

Foliate-rim plate, Jun ware, ca. 13th century, Chinese, Stoneware with blue glaze., Diameter: 7 1/4 in. (18.4cm.), Ceramics, Chinese , Jin/Yuan Dynasty

Mademoiselle Lucie Delabigne (1859–1910), Called Valtesse de la Bigne, 1879, Pastel on canvas, 21 3/4 x 14 in. (55.2 x 35.6 cm), Drawings, Édouard Manet (French, Paris 1832–1883 Paris), This pastel depicts Lucie Delabigne, a fashionable

Fragment, probably 8th–12th century, Excavated in Iran, Nishapur, Stucco; carved, painted, L 5.5 x W 3.5 x H 2, Stucco

Four Ascetic Brahmans, ca. 2nd century, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara), Stone, 6 1/4 x 8 1/8 in. (15.9 x 20.6 cm), Sculpture

Vase fragment, Cypriot, Clay, H.: 4 1/2 x 7 x 1/4 in. (11.4 x 17.8 x 0.6 cm), Cesnola Inscriptions, Dedicated to the Lady of Paphos

Gold earring with head of a bull, Classical or Hellenistic, 4th–3rd century B.C., Greek, Gold, Other: 13/16 x 5/16 x 7/8 in. (2 x 0.9 x 2.2 cm), Gold and Silver

Soup plate (part of a set of three), Produced by Eugêne Rousseau (1827–1891), 1866–75, French, Creil, Creamware, Diameter: 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm), Ceramics-Pottery, Produced by Eugêne Rousseau (1827–1891), The so-called 'Rousseau'

Armchair, ca. 1855, Probably made in New York, New York, United States, American, Walnut, 64 1/2 x 25 3/8 x 22 1/4 in. (163.8 x 64.5 x 56.5 cm), Furniture, Possibly Gustave Herter (1830–1898), This imposing armchair is from Belvoir, a

Horseman's Shield (Targe), early 15th century, probably Austrian, Wood, leather, gesso, silver, paint, H. 26 11/16 in. (67.9 cm); W. 21 3/16 in. (53.9 cm), Shields, The notch at the upper left served to support the lance of a charging

Necklace with bulla and gold beads, 7th–5th Century B.C., Etruscan, Gold, Other: 18 1/2 in. (47 cm), Gold and Silver

The Annunciation with Kneeling Angel, ca. 1540–41, Engraving, sheet: 4 5/8 x 10 3/4 in. (11.8 x 27.3 cm) trimmed within platemark, Prints, Attributed to Enea Vico (Italian, Parma 1523–1567 Ferrara), Design attributed to Raphael (Raffaello

Medallion of St. Nicholas, 11th century, Byzantine, Cloisonné enamel, gold, Overall: 1 5/16 x 3/4 x 1/16 in. (3.4 x 1.9 x 0.1 cm), Enamels-Cloisonn

Caricature of a Man in a Long Cloak, Standing in Profile to the Left, 1760 (?), Pen and black ink, gray wash, 9 3/4 x 7 1/8 in. (24.8 x 18.1 cm), Drawings, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1696–1770 Madrid

Ostrakon with a Letter from Joseph to—, 580–640, Made in Byzantine Egypt, Coptic, Pottery fragment with ink inscription, 6 3/16 × 3 7/8 × 1/2 in. (15.7 × 9.9 × 1.2 cm), Ceramics, Ostraca Ostraca are texts written on broken pottery,

Mirror Handle with a Woman Playing the Lute, 6th–7th century, India (Jammu and Kashmir, ancient kingdom of Kashmir), Chlorite schist, H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm), Sculpture, This figurine belongs to a group of objects depicting ladies at leisure;

Vinaigrette box, Samuel Pemberton, ca. 1800, British, Birmingham, Silver, Length: 1 in. (2.5 cm), Metalwork-Silver, Samuel Pemberton

Armlet, 400–100 B.C., Celtic, Copper alloy, Overall: 2 13/16 x 2 3/4 x 3/16 in. (7.1 x 7 x 0.4 cm), Metalwork-Copper alloy

Prophet King from a Tree of Jesse Window, ca. 1260–70, Made in possibly Wurzen, Saxony or Thuringia, Germany, German, Pot-metal glass, white glass, vitreous paint, silver stain, 9 1/16 x 9 1/16 in. (23 x 23 cm), Glass-Stained, This

Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses, ca. 1890, Oil on canvas, 28 3/4 x 36 3/8 in. (73 x 92.4 cm), Paintings, Paul Cézanne (French, Aix-en-Provence 1839–1906 Aix-en-Provence), Cézanne rarely painted flowering plants or fresh-cut

Earrings, ca. 1836–50, Made in New York, New York, United States, American, Gold, pearls, diamonds, and enamel, Earrings: 1 1/16 x 5/8 x 1 1/2 in. (2.7 x 1.6 x 3.8 cm), Jewelry, Edward Burr (active 1838–68), By the mid-nineteenth

Ostrakon with a Letter, 580–640, Made in Thebes, Byzantine Egypt, Coptic, Pottery fragment with ink inscription, 3 3/16 x 1 3/4 in. (8.1 x 4.4 cm), Ceramics

Pendant in the form of Hathor's head, Gold, Other (pendant): 7/16 x 5/16 x 1/8 in. (1.1 x 0.9 x 0.3 cm), Gold and Silver

Finger Ring, 500–700, Made in Northern France, Frankish, Gold, Overall: 13/16 x 3/4 x 1/2 in. (2.1 x 1.9 x 1.2 cm), Metalwork-Gold

Padlock, 16th century, French (?), Iron, Overall: 1 7/8 x 1 3/4 x 1 1/4 in. (4.7 x 4.4 x 3.1 cm), Metalwork-Iron

Ragonda, ca. 1754, German, Fürstenberg, Hard-paste porcelain, Height: 7 11/16 in. (19.5 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain

Saint Mary Magdalene, 15th century, French, Limestone, Overall: 16 5/16 x 6 11/16 x 5 1/16 in. (41.4 x 17 x 12.8 cm), Sculpture-Stone

Saucer (1 of 6) (part of a service), ca. 1720, German, Meissen, Hard-paste porcelain, Diameter: 5 in. (12.7 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain

Plate (tondino), ca. 1520, Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware), Diameter: 10 1/4 in. (26.1 cm), Ceramics-Pottery, probably Maestro Giorgio Andreoli (Italian (Gubbio), active first half of 16th century

Arrowhead (Yanonē), 18th century, Japanese, Steel, L. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm); L. of head 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); W. 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm); Wt. 1.2 oz. (34 g), Archery Equipment-Arrowheads

Earring-loop type, plain, Gold, Other: 11/16 x 1/8 x 3/4 in. (1.8 x 0.4 x 1.9 cm), Gold and Silver

Falconer's Horn, 17th century, Italy, Italian, Horn, silver, Height: 14 1/8 in. (35.8 cm), Aerophone-Lip Vibrated-horn

View from the Quai d'Orsay, 1854, Oil on canvas, mounted on wood, 17 1/4 x 26 in. (43.8 x 66 cm), Paintings, Johan Barthold Jongkind (Dutch, Latrop 1819–1891 La-Côte-Saint-André), This view from the left bank of the Seine River

Peg, Bone, Other: 1 1/4 x 1/4 in. (3.2 x 0.7 cm

Pen Box, late 11th–early 12th century, From Italy, Amalfi, Ivory; carved; copper alloy mounts, L. 9 3/4 in. (24 cm), Ivories and Bone, Islam, Christianity, and Judaism exalted the written word, and this elegant box, created to house

Ferret, 6th–7th century, Frankish, Copper alloy, silvered, Overall: 1 15/16 x 1/2 x 3/8 in. (4.9 x 1.3 x 1 cm), Metalwork-Copper alloy

Earflare Frontal, 1st century B.C.–A.D. 7th century, Peru, Lambayeque (?), Gold, silver, H. 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm), Metal-Ornaments

Plaque, Christ and Disciples at Gethsemane, ca. 1480, Made in Nuremberg, German, Earthenware, glazed & polychrome (Hafner ware), Overall: 7 9/16 x 4 13/16 x 5/8in. (19.2 x 12.2 x 1.6cm), Ceramics

Bead, Glass, Height: 5/16 x 1/2 in. (0.7 x 1.2 cm), Glass

Key, 16th century, Made in Catalonia, Spain, Catalan, Iron, Overall: 4 x 1 7/16 x 7/16 in. (10.2 x 3.6 x 1.1 cm), Metalwork-Iron, The decoration of Gothic iron locks and keys was often elaborate and of the highest standard of workmanship. The

Silver comb and pin, Late Republican, mid-1st century B.C., Roman, Silver, length 6 15/16in. (17.7cm), Gold and Silver, Trasimene silver. On either side of the comb, a lion hunt. Amor and a hound, a lion charging

Bronze sestertius of Trajan, Mid Imperial, Trajanic, A.D. 103–111, Roman, Bronze, 0.8oz. (22.1g), Coins, IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, bust of Trajan/S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI|S C, view of Trajan's column , Rome

Figured woven silk textile fragment with birds, 5th–6th century, Byzantine, Silk, weft-faced compound twill (Samit) weave, Overall: 3 3/4 x 22 3/4in. (9.5 x 57.8cm), Textiles-Woven

Plaque of St. Bartholomew, mid-12th century, Lower Rhenish or Saxon, Champlevé enamel, copper-gilt, Overall: 5 1/8 x 2 13/16 x 1/16 in. (13 x 7.1 x 0.2 cm), Enamels-Champlev

Cartridge Box, ca. 1575, German, Iron, leather, textile, H. 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm); Wt. 11.5 oz. (326 g), Firearms Accessories

Badge, 14th century, Spanish, Copper, gold, enamel, H. 4 in. (10.2 cm); W. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); Wt. 1.5 oz. (42.5 g), Miscellaneous-Badges

Ostrakon, 4th–7th century, Made in Kharga Oasis, Byzantine Egypt, Coptic, Pottery fragment with ink inscription, Overall: 3 1/2 x 3 x 3/8 in. (8.9 x 7.6 x 1 cm), Ceramics

Handle or hollow cylinder, Ivory, Diameter: 1 3/4 x 4 1/8 in. (4.4 x 10.6 cm

Brooch, ca. 1850, Made in United States, American, Gold, jet, pearls, crystal, and hair, Overall: 1 1/8 x 1 5/8 in. (2.9 x 4.1 cm), Jewelry

Lamentation, probably late 19th or early 20th century, probably French (Paris?), Painted enamel, partly gilt, on copper., Diam. 8.4 cm., Enamels

Crucifix, ca. 1125–50, Made in vicinity of Salzburg, Austria, Austrian, Limewood and birch with traces of paint (corpus); spruce with traces of paint (cross), Overall (Cross with base): 37 3/8 x 23 1/4 x 9 in. (95 x 59 x 22.9 cm),

Jug, Sasanian, ca. 3rd–7th century A.D., Iran, Qasr-i Abu Nasr, Sasanian, Ceramic, 20.87 in. (53.01 cm), Ceramics-Vessels

Model for an altar, ca. 1700–1730, Italian or French, Terracotta, Overall: 8 1/4 x 13 5/8 x 4 1/2 in. (21 x 34.6 x 11.4 cm), Sculpture, A different design at each end of the altar gives the patron alternatives from which to choose

Netsuke, 19th century, Japan, Ivory, H. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm), Netsuke

Comb, 15th–16th century, French (?), Boxwood inlaid with bone, and decorated with red and green silk, Overall: 3 7/8 x 6 1/2 x 3/8 in. (9.8 x 16.5 x 1 cm), Woodwork

Ostrakon, 580–640, Made in Thebes, Byzantine Egypt, Coptic, Pottery fragment with ink inscription, 4 7/16 x 2 5/8 in. (11.2 x 6.7 cm), Ceramics

Menit amulet, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 B.C., From Egypt, Blue faience, L. 4.5 × W. 2 × D. 1.6 cm (1 3/4 × 13/16 × 5/8 in.), The menat is a term for the counterweight of a menat necklace, a heavy set of beads with

Earring with head of bull, Etruscan, Gold, Other: 5/8 × 3/16 × 7/8 in. (1.7 × 0.6 × 2.2 cm), Gold and Silver, Ring form of twisted wire ending in a bull's head

Fragment of Inscription, Pyramid Temple of Amenemhat I, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, ca. 1981–1952 B.C., From Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht North, Tempera on paper, h. 25.4 cm (10 in); w. 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in), Unknown Copyist

Terracotta mold fragment, ca. 2nd century A.D., Roman, Terracotta, 2 1/8 × 1 5/8 × 1/2 in. (5.3 × 4.2 × 1.3 cm), Vases, This fragment has all the salient characteristics of a mold used to manufacture a relief bowl: faint horizontal

Pair of firedogs, ca. 1760–70, French, Gilt bronze, Height (each): 16 1/2 in. (41.9 cm), Metalwork-Gilt Bronze, Firedogs with paired figures of a Chinese man and woman enjoyed a certain popularity in the mid-eighteenth century. The present

Pendant, Roman, Glass, Other: 11/16 x 7/16 x 11/16 in. (1.7 x 1.1 x 1.7 cm), Glass

Fork, 15th century, Italian, Iron, copper alloy, partially gilt, niello, Overall: 11 9/16 x 1 1/8 x 9/16 in. (29.4 x 2.9 x 1.4 cm), Metalwork-Iron, An eleventh-century manuscript now in the Biblioteca dell’Abbazia, Montecassino, depicts

Pas de Deux, ca. 1760–63, German, Ludwigsburg, Hard-paste porcelain, Height: 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain

Pinhead, Glass, Height: 5/16 x 1 in. (0.7 x 2.6 cm), Glass

Frontlet of gold leaf, Gold, Other: 1 1/4 × 4 1/16 in. (3.2 × 10.4 cm), Gold and Silver

Ostrakon, 600, Made in Thebes, Byzantine Egypt, Coptic, Limestone fragment with ink inscription, 3 7/16 x 3 9/16 in. (8.8 x 9 cm), Miscellaneous-Stone

絵本和歌夷 「龢謌夷」, Picture Book with Playful Poems for the Young God Ebisu, Edo period (1615–1868), 1792, Japan, Polychrome woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper, Overall: 10 1/16 × 7 1/2 in. (25.5 × 19 cm),

Fragment, 13th century, Crusader, Stained Glass, 2 5/8 × 1 1/2 × 1/8 in. (6.6 × 3.8 × 0.3 cm), Glass-Stained

Standing man, Parthian, ca. A.D. 2nd century, Southwestern Iran, Parthian, Basalt, H. 76.8 cm, W. 40.1 cm, Stone-Reliefs, This fragmentary stone relief of a standing man is a product of the resurgence of an Eastern aesthetic in Parthian art.

Plate Eight from Plusieurs Models des plus nouuelles manieres qui sont en usage en l'Art de Arquebuzerie, ca. 1660, Paris, French, Paris, Engraving, sheet: 7 1/16 x 5 1/8 in. (17.9 x 13 cm), Works on Paper-Engravings, Little is known about

Pin (tupu), 15th–mid-16th century, Peru, Inca, Silver (hammered), gilt, H x W: 2 3/8 x 6 3/4in. (6.1 x 17.1cm), Metal-Ornaments

Manuscript Illumination with Joseph Sold by His Brothers in an Initial V, from an Antiphonary, ca. 1490, Made in Brescia, Italy, Italian, Tempera, ink and gold on parchment; leather binding, Overall: 6 3/4 x 7 1/16 in. (17.1 x 17.9 cm),

The Pathos of Fertility, 1921, Watercolor and transferred printing ink on paper, bordered with ink, mounted on the verso of a lithograph by Paul Rohrbach, 20 1/8 × 15 7/8 in. (51.1 × 40.3 cm), Drawings, Paul Klee (German (born Switzerland),