Images at Librifly

Statuette, New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19–20, ca. 1295–1070 B.C., From Egypt, Pottery, red and black paint, h. 25.5 cm (10 1/16 in

Papyrus Fragment of a Letter, 7th century, Made in Thebes, Byzantine Egypt, Coptic, Papyrus with ink, Overall: 1 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. (3.2 x 19.1 cm), Papyrus

Textile with Foliated Ornament and Eagle's Head, 14th century, Italian, Silk, metal thread, Overall: 3 3/8 × 6 3/4 in. (8.5 × 17.2 cm), Textiles-Woven-Brocade

Ehecatl Vessel, 10th–13th century, Mexico, Mesoamerica, Mixtec, Onyx marble (tecali), H. 9 1/4 x W. 5 7/16 x D. 9 in. (23.5 x 13.8 x 22.9cm), Stone-Containers

Cocoon-Shaped Vessel, Western Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 9), 2nd–early 1st century B.C., China, Earthenware with incised decoration and burnishing, H. 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm); W. 11 1/2 in. (29.3 cm), Ceramics, Vessels in the whimsical cocoon

Pars Secunda from Topographia Variarum Regionum, 17th century, Etching, Sheet: 4 13/16 × 7 3/16 in. (12.3 × 18.3 cm), Prints, After Hans Bol (Netherlandish, Mechelen 1534–1593 Amsterdam

Fragment, probably 8th–12th century, Excavated in Iran, Nishapur, stucco; carved; painted, L 6.5cm x W 5 x H 2 , Stucco

Saucer, 1800–1830, Possibly made in Staffordshire, England, British, Earthenware, spatterware, Diam. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm), Ceramics

Terracotta bowl fragment, Early Imperial, Augustan, ca. 25–10 B.C., Roman, Terracotta; red slip ware (Arretine Ware), 3 3/16 × 4 7/16 × 3/8 in. (8.1 × 11.2 × 0.9 cm), Vases, Man and woman

Miter Band, early 20th century (original dated late 14th century), British, Silver gilt, Overall: 9 7/8 x 3/4 x 3/16 in. (25.1 x 1.9 x 0.5 cm), Reproductions-Metalwork

Right Wing of a Triptych with Saints Nicholas and Theodore, 11th century, Made in probably Constantinople, Byzantine, Ivory, Overall: 4 3/4 x 1 15/16 x 3/16 in. (12 x 4.9 x 0.5 cm), Ivories, The two saints on this triptych door would have

Fragment of a marble relief with a Nike, Classical, late 5th century B.C., Greek, Marble, Island, H. 18 1/16 in. (45.9 cm), Stone Sculpture, This figure must represent a Nike (the personification of victory) for a few feathers of her right

Dalmatic, early 18th century, French or Italian, Composite of 22 fragments of silk and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk., From center back neck: 45 x 46 in. (sleeve hem to sleeve hem) (114.3 x 116.8 cm), Textiles-Ecclesiastical

Phantom Perspective, 1920, Watercolor and transferred printing ink on paper mounted on cardboard, 12 1/8 × 16 3/4 in. (30.8 × 42.5 cm), Drawings, Paul Klee (German (born Switzerland), Münchenbuchsee 1879–1940 Muralto-Locarno

Portrait of a Woman, Called Héloïse Abélard, Oil on canvas, 25 3/8 x 21 1/8 in. (64.5 x 53.7 cm), Paintings, Style of Gustave Courbet (French, second half 19th century

Portable Reliquary Case, ca. 1400, French, leather (cuir bouilli), boiled and tooled, traces of gilding, Overall: 4 15/16 x 1 5/16 x 13/16 in. (12.6 x 3.3 x 2 cm), Leatherwork, The small size of the reliquary and its fitted case indicated

Brahma, Angkor period, first quarter of the 10th century, Cambodia, Sandstone, H. 47 1/2 in. (120.7 cm); W. 21 in. (53.3 cm); D. 9 in. (22.9 cm), Sculpture, This representation of Brahma, the Brahmanical god of creation and ancestor of all

Ring with intaglio of a bird, 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D., Roman, Gold, garnet, Other: 9/16 × 5/8 × 1/4 in. (1.4 × 1.6 × 0.6 cm), Gold and Silver

Padlock, 16th–18th century, German (?), Iron, copper alloy, Overall: 3 15/16 x 2 3/8 x 13/16 in. (10 x 6 x 2.1 cm), Metalwork-Iron

Fragment, probably 8th–12th century, Excavated in Iran, Nishapur, stucco; carved; painted , L 4.5 cm x W 4 x H 2, Stucco

Headdress Ornament, 390–450, Peru, Moche (Loma Negra), Gold, H. 4 5/8 x W. 6 3/8 in. (11.7 x 16.2 cm), Metal-Ornaments

Bottle, ca. 1730, Japanese with Dutch decoration, Hard-paste porcelain, Height: 9 in. (22.9 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain-Export

Top Half of a Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense), ca. 1550–60, German, Steel, brass, H. 5 in. (12.7 cm); W. 7 9/16 in. (19.2 cm); D. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); Wt. 8 oz. (226.8 g), Equestrian Equipment-Shaffrons

St. James the Less, ca. 1500, North Netherlandish, Oak with traces of polychromy and gilding, Overall: 25 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 5 1/4in. (64.8 x 21.6 x 13.3cm), Sculpture-Wood

Earring, baule type, 7th–5th Century B.C., Etruscan, Gold, Other: 1/2 × 3/8 × 13/16 in. (1.3 × 0.9 × 2.1 cm), Gold and Silver

Ostrakon, 7th century, Made in Byzantine Egypt, Coptic, Pottery fragment with ink inscription, 3 1/8 x 4 in. (8 x 10.1 cm), Ceramics

Fragment, 10th–11th century, Attributed to Egypt, Linen, silk; plain weave, tapestry weave, Textile: L. 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm), Textiles-Woven

Necklace of gold and carnelian beads, with gold-capped carnelian pendant, Classical, 5th–4th century B.C., Cypriot, Gold, sard, Length (73 elements): 15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm) (37 gold, 35 carnelian elements, 1 pendant), Gold and Silver

Pendant with chains and balls, Etruscan, Gold, Other: 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm), Gold and Silver, Three pendants from one ring, each a small ball from which hangs a chain ending in four balls

Adoration of the Magi, ca. 1753 (?), Etching, 16 15/16 x 11 3/8 in. (43.1 x 28.9 cm), Prints, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1696–1770 Madrid

Medal of the Marquis de Lafayette, 1824, Made in France, Iron, Diam. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm), Metal, François Augustin Caunois (French, 1787–1859

Glass pendant in the form of a jug, Late Imperial, 4th–early 5th century A.D., Roman, Glass; rod-formed, Other: 1 x 11/16 x 7/16 in. (2.6 x 1.7 x 1.1 cm), Glass, Uncertain color, appearing opaque black; handle in same color., Ovoid body,

Arrowhead (Yanonē), 18th century, Japanese, Steel, L. 10 in. (25.4 cm); L. of head 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); W. 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm); Wt. 1.3 oz. (36.9 g), Archery Equipment-Arrowheads

Brooch in the Form of a Dog, 2nd century, Roman, Champlevé enamel, bronze, Overall: 3/4 x 1 11/16 x 1/4 in. (1.9 x 4.3 x 0.7 cm), Enamels-Champlevé, Small brooches, often in whimsical animal forms, were worn both by Roman soldiers

Netsuke, 19th century, Japan, Ivory, carved and stained, H. 3/4 in. (1.9 cm); Diam. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm), Netsuke

Grave stele with Hoplite Battle Scene, Classical, ca. 390 B.C., Greek, Attic, Marble, Pentelic, Overall: 21 x 16in. (53.4 x 40.6cm), Stone Sculpture, The ashes of every Athenian who fell in battle were returned to the city and buried in the

Ostrakon, 7th century, Made in Byzantine Egypt, Coptic, Pottery fragment with ink inscription, 5 1/4 x 3 5/8 in. (13.3 x 9.2 cm), Ceramics

Textile with Eagle, Rayed Sun, and Flowers, 14th century, Italo-Arabic, Silk, gold thread, Overall: 3 3/8 × 4 1/2 in. (8.5 × 11.4 cm), Textiles-Woven

Earring, 3rd century, Pontic, Gold, garnet or glass paste cabochon, Overall: 1/2 x 7/16 x 1/8 in. (1.3 x 1.1 x 0.3 cm), Metalwork-Gold

The Adoration of the Shepherds, ca. 1612–14, Oil on canvas, 43 1/2 x 25 5/8 in. (110.5 x 65.1 cm), Paintings, El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) and Workshop (Greek, Iráklion (Candia) 1540/41–1614 Toledo), This is a smaller version of an

Glass pendant with dolphins, Roman, Glass, Other: 5/16 x 9/16 x 9/16 in. (0.8 x 1.5 x 1.4 cm), Glass

Window Armature, 15th century style, French or German, Wrought iron, Overall: 35 1/8 x 35 3/4 x 1 in. (89.2 x 90.8 x 2.5 cm), Metalwork-Iron

Grand Piano, ca. 1815–20, Vienna, Austria, Austrian, Wood, various materials, L. 223.4 cm (88 in.); W. 126.4 cm (49 3/4 in.); Diam. 32 cm (12 1/2 in.); H. 93.7 cm (37 in.); 3-octave span 47.7 cm (18 3/4 in.); Sounding L. (1) f4, 5.5

Two tureens in the form of woodcocks, ca. 1750, German, Höchst, Tin-glazed earthenware, each: 10 × 10 in. (25.4 × 25.4 cm), Ceramics-Pottery

A Woman Cleaning, Plate 5 from Five Feminine Occupations, ca. 1648–50, Engraving, Plate: 8 7/16 × 6 11/16 in. (21.5 × 17 cm), Prints, Geertruydt Roghman (Dutch, Amsterdam 1625–1651/57 Amsterdam (?)), Roghman, from an Amsterdam family

Figure of a standing Chinese man, ca. 1740, French, Villeroy, Soft-paste porcelain, Height: 6 1/16 in. (15.4 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain

Key, 14th century, German, Iron, Overall: 1 7/8 x 13/16 x 1/4 in. (4.7 x 2 x 0.7 cm), Metalwork-Iron

Pedal Harp, ca. 1800, France, French, Wood, various materials, Height:extreme 154.2 cm., Chordophone-Harp

Satyrs Carrying Baskets of Provision for Their Families, ca. 1771–91, Pen and brown and gray-brown ink, gray-brown wash, 7 5/8 x 10 7/8 in. (19.4 x 27.6 cm), Drawings, Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1727–1804 Venice

Inlay, ankh with was scepters, Ptolemaic Period–Roman Period, 100 BC–100 AD, From Egypt, Glass, H. 1.1 × W. 1.4 cm (7/16 × 9/16 in.), A mosaic glass technique allowed multiples of an image to be created: a figural or design composition

Joan of Arc, first quarter 19th century, French, Cotton, Overall: 71 x 45 in. (180.3 x 114.3 cm), Textiles-Printed

Corner Block from a Frieze with a Meander Pattern of Lines and Rosettes, 6th century, Said to be from Egypt, Bawit, Limestone; carved in relief, H. 5 7/8 in. (15 cm), Sculpture, The monastic community of Bawit, founded in the 300s by Apa

Mourners and Soldiers from a Crucifixion, late 15th century, South Netherlandish, Alabaster, traces of paint, Overall: 18 3/4 x 24 1/2 x 6 in. (47.6 x 62.2 x 15.2 cm), Sculpture-Stone

Woman in a Riding Habit (L'Amazone), 1856, Oil on canvas, 45 1/2 x 35 1/8 in. (115.6 x 89.2 cm), Paintings, Gustave Courbet (French, Ornans 1819–1877 La Tour-de-Peilz), This painting of a horsewoman (in French, amazone) was long thought to

Ostrakon with Lists of the Days of the Week, 580–640, Made in Thebes, Byzantine Egypt, Coptic, Limestone with ink inscription, 2 1/2 x 4 3/8 in. (6.3 x 11.1 cm), Miscellaneous-Stone

Ostrakon, 7th century, Made in Byzantine Egypt, Coptic, Pottery fragment with ink inscription, (a) 1 3/4 x 2 3/16 in. (4.5 x 5.6 cm), Ceramics

Triangular Plaque, 500–700, Made in Niederbreisig, Germany, Frankish, Copper alloy, Overall: 2 x 1 1/2 x 1/2 in. (5.1 x 3.8 x 1.2 cm), Metalwork-Copper alloy

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

Gold ring with chalcedony scaraboid, Classical, ca. 5th century B.C., Cypriot, Gold, chalcedony, 1/2 × 1/2 × 5/8 in. (1.3 × 1.3 × 1.6 cm), Gems, Two hawk-headed deities support a sacred tree. These rings, like the pendant rings, all

Putto as Saturn, ca. 1755–56, German, Neudeck-Nymphenburg, Hard-paste porcelain, Height: 4 1/16 in. (10.3 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain

Apothecary jar (albarello), 1480–1500, Italian, Naples, Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware), Height: 11 7/16 in. (29.1 cm), Ceramics-Pottery

Saint Cecilia, Oil on canvas, 47 7/8 x 40 3/4 in. (121.6 x 103.5 cm), Paintings, Abraham van Diepenbeeck (Flemish, 's Hertogenbosch 1596–1675 Antwerp

Design for the Decoration of Firearms, ca. 1797–1805, Versailles, French, Versailles, Pencil, ink, gray wash on paper, 2 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (6.4 x 16.5 cm), Works on Paper-Drawings

The Resurrection, Oil and silver on wood, gold ground, 31 x 24 7/8 in. (78.7 x 63.2 cm), Paintings, Spanish (Aragonese) Painter (mid-15th century

Textile fragment, 18th century, Country of Origin India, Silk and metallic thread; brocaded, L: 3.25 in (8.3 cm) x W: 8 in (20.3 cm), Textiles-Brocades

Cover, early 18th century, French, Silk; metal; linen, 53 x 23 1/4 in. (134.6 x 59 cm) with trim, Textiles-Ecclesiastical

Tray, ca. 1770–75, German, Frankenthal, Hard-paste porcelain, 11 3/8 × 9 3/4 in. (28.9 × 24.8 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain, Georg Funcke (German, active Dresden and Meissen, ca. 1713–26

Frontlet of gold leaf, Gold, Other: 1 13/16 × 4 in. (4.6 × 10.1 cm), Gold and Silver

Rapier of Ambrogio Spinola (1569–1630), ca. 1600, Northern European, possibly France, Steel, L. 46 1/8 in. (117.1 cm); L. of blade 39 3/4 in. (101 cm), Swords, The hilt is finely decorated with small yet amazingly detailed scenes from the

Torso of a Striding Draped Male Figure, Ptolemaic or Roman Period, 304 B.C.–A.D. 364, From Egypt, Diorite or gabbro, H. 85 cm (33 7/16 in), This statue wears a costume especially popular in the Ptolemaic and early Roman Period: a sleeved

西周石虎, Tiger, Western Zhou dynasty (1046–771 B.C.), 11th–9th century B.C., China, Marble, H. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); W. 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm); L. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm), Sculpture

Millefiori bead, Roman, Glass, Other: 11/16 x 5/16 in. (1.8 x 0.7 cm), Glass

The Entombment, first half 15th century, Made in Nottingham, England, British, Alabaster with paint and gilding, Overall (with backing): 15 7/8 x 10 3/8 x 2 3/16 in. (40.3 x 26.3 x 5.5 cm), Sculpture-Stone

Bracelet, 12th–13th century, Found Iran, probably Gurgan, Gold sheet with granulation, Jewelry

Medallion with Saint Paul from an Icon Frame, ca. 1100, Made in Constantinople, Byzantine, Gold, silver, and enamel worked in cloisonné, Diam: 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm), Enamels-Cloisonné, These nine medallions are from a group of twelve that

Designs for the Decoration of Firearms, ca. 1797–1805, Versailles, French, Versailles, Pencil, ink, gray wash on paper, 1 7/8 x 6 1/8 in. (4.8 x 15.6 cm), Works on Paper-Drawings

Spouted jug, ca. 1500, Façon de venise, probably Barcelona, Transparent dark blue and opaque white nonlead glass. Blown, pattern molded, trailed., H. 25.1 cm, Glass

Key, 15th century, German, Iron, Overall: 6 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 13/16 in. (16.5 x 6.3 x 2.1 cm), Metalwork-Iron, The decoration of Gothic iron locks and keys was often elaborate and of the highest standard of workmanship. The motifs were frequently

Design for the Decoration of Firearms, ca. 1797–1805, Versailles, French, Versailles, Pencil, ink, gray wash on paper, 5 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. (14.6 x 5.7 cm), Works on Paper-Drawings

Fragment of a Hanging with a Tree, 400–600, Byzantine, Linen, wool, Overall: 10 1/4 x 8 1/4in. (26 x 21cm), Textiles-Woven

Key, 15th century, German, Iron, Overall: 3 1/4 x 1 x 7/16 in. (8.3 x 2.5 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 motifs were frequently drawn

Oon, Archaic, ca. 500 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta, Other: 2 3/16in. (5.5cm), Vases

Right Leaf of a Diptych, 14th century, French, Ivory, Overall: 6 11/16 x 4 5/16 x 3/8 in. (17 x 11 x 1 cm), Ivories

Gold earring with head of a goat, Classical or Hellenistic, 4th–3rd century B.C., Greek, Gold, Other: 5/8 x 1/8 x 11/16 in. (1.6 x 0.2 x 1.8 cm), Gold and Silver

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

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

Stand for écuelle, ca. 1743–45, German, Augsburg, Silver gilt, Overall: H. 1 x Diam. 8 9/16 in. (2.5 x 21.7 cm), Metalwork-Silver

Mirror decorated with figures in a landscape, 동제 사람 전각 무늬 거울 고려, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), Korea, Bronze, Diam. 7 in. (17.8 cm), Mirrors

Walking Tiger (Un tigre qui marche), modeled 1836, executed after 1848, French, Bronze, wood base, Overall: 8 1/4 × 16 1/2 in. (21 × 41.9 cm), Sculpture-Bronze, Antoine-Louis Barye (French, Paris 1796–1875 Paris), While the primal

Fragment, probably 8th–12th century, Excavated in Iran, Nishapur, Stucco; carved, L 9 x W 4.5 x H 2, Stucco

Pendant, 4th–10th century, Colombia, Capulí, Gold, H. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm), Metal-Ornaments, The most abstract Precolumbian works in gold come from the deep shaft tombs of the Capulí era in the Colombian/Ecuadorian highlands. The richest

Large Boston Public Garden Sketchbook: Two young girls and a woman with a parasol, 1895–97, Recto: watercolor over pencil, bordered in pencil and watercolor; Verso: pen and red ink and pencil, 14 1/8 x 11 3/16 in. (35.8 x 28.4 cm), Drawings,

Fragment of a rhyton in the shape of a ram's head, ca. mid- to late 1st millennium B.C., Anatolia, Ceramic, H. 3.54 in. (8.99 cm), Ceramics-Vessels

Pierre Bourquelot de Cervignieres, 1858, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Image: 17.4 x 13.7 cm. (6 7/8 x 5 3/8 in.), Photographs, Édouard Baldus (French, born Prussia, 1813–1889

La Revue Blanche, 1895, Lithograph printed in four colors on machine wove paper, 49-3/16 x 35-7/16 in. (124.9 x 90.0 cm), Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, Albi 1864–1901 Saint-André-du-Bois

Gold Sheet Ornament, A.D. 200–900 , Peru, Peruvian, Gold (hammered), H x W: 7 1/8 x 2 3/8 in. (18.2 x 6.1 cm), Metal-Ornaments

Focolare bowl, Archaic, second half of 6th century B.C., Etruscan, Terracotta; bucchero, Overall: 3 3/4in. (9.5cm), Vases, Undecorated

Gold Coin of the Veneti or Namneti, mid-2nd century B.C., Celtic, Gold, 3/4 × 13/16 × 1/8 in., 0.3oz. (1.9 × 2.1 × 0.3 cm, 7.9g), Coins, The Celts probably began striking coins in the 200s b.c. after receiving gold and silver pieces from

Gold diadem, Classical, 4th century B.C., Greek, Gold, 7/8in. (2.2cm), Gold and Silver, Pediment-shaped gold diadem with palmettes in low relief. Many such diadems, made from thin gold sheets with impressed decoration, have been found in

Fragment, probably 8th–12th century, Excavated in Iran, Nishapur, Stucco; carved; painted, L 4cm x W 4x H 1.6, Stucco