Images at Librifly

Jug, second half 16th century, probably Italian, Squillache, Lead-glazed earthenware, Overall (confirmed): 8 1/4 × 6 1/2 × 6 1/2 in. (21 × 16.5 × 16.5 cm), Ceramics-Pottery

Relief Fragment with Floral Design, 6th–7th century, Made in Byzantine Egypt, Coptic, Ivory, Overall: 2 1/2 x 7/8 x 3/8 in. (6.4 x 2.3 x 0.9 cm), Ivories

The Virgin and Child, Saint Anne, and Saint Emerentia, 1515–30, Made in possibly Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany, German, Limewood, paint and gilding, Overall: 33 1/4 x 22 5/8 x 11 in. (84.5 x 57.5 x 27.9 cm), Sculpture-Wood, The

Inlay, square, floral design, Roman Period, 1st–3rd Century A.D., From Egypt, Mosaic glass, H. 1.5 × W. 1.5 cm (9/16 × 9/16 in.), A mosaic glass technique allowed multiples of an image to be created: a figural or design composition was

'She Never Told Her Love', 1857, Albumen silver print from glass negative, 18 x 23.2cm (7 1/16 x 9 1/8in.), Photographs, Henry Peach Robinson (British, Ludlow, Shropshire 1830–1901 Tunbridge Wells, Kent), Consumed by the passion of

Badge (Probably from Horse Harness), ca. 1400, Spanish, Copper, gold, enamel, Diam. 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm); Wt. 0.5 oz. (14.2 g), Miscellaneous-Badges

Earring, Cypriot, Gold, bronze, Diameter: 9/16 x 1/16 in. (1.4 x 0.2 cm), Gold and Silver

Spoon, ca. 1750–60, German, Meissen, Hard-paste porcelain, silver gilt, Length: 6 11/16 in. (17 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain

[Boy and Girl Holding Hands], ca. 1850, Daguerreotype, Image: 12 x 8.7 cm (4 3/4 x 3 7/16 in.), Photographs, Bennet (American, active 1840s

Pilgrim's Badge, 14th century, Made in Italy?, European, Lead, wax, Overall: 3 7/16 x 2 5/8 x 3/8 in. (8.7 x 6.6 x 0.9 cm), Metalwork-Lead

Fragment, probably 8th–12th century, Excavated in Iran, Nishapur, Stucco; carved; painted, L 9 cm x W 6 x H 2.5, Stucco

Mary (from a nativity), 18th century, Formerly considered made in Quito (?), Ecuador; Made in Ecuador, Ecuadoran, Wood, polychromed and gilded; glass eyes; metal halo, H. 5 in. (12.7 cm.), Sculpture

Plate, ca. 1800, Belgian, Tournai, Hard-paste porcelain, Diameter: 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain

Lamp, ca. 1912–15, Made in San Francisco, California, United States, American, Copper base, mica and copper shade, H. 26 in. (66 cm); Diam. 23 in. (58.4 cm), Metal, Dirk Van Erp (1862–1933), Dirk Van Erp was one of the most important

Panel from a Cover for an Icon of the Virgin, ca. 1100, Made in Constantinople, Byzantine, Cloisonné enamel, gold, copper, Overall: 5 1/4 x 1 1/2in. (13.3 x 3.8cm), Enamels-Cloisonné, These panels were once part of a cover for an icon of

Ostrakon, 7th century, Made in Byzantine Egypt, Coptic, Pottery fragment with ink inscription, 6 x 7 5/16 in. (15.3 x 18.6 cm), Ceramics

Skyphos, Pistian, Late Archaic, 1st quarter of 5th century B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, Overall: 2 9/16 x 4 9/16in. (6.5 x 11.5cm), Vases, A and B, women dancing with krotala between palmettes

Arrowhead (Yanonē), 18th century, Japanese, Steel, L. 18 in. (45.7 cm); L. of head 4 in. (10.2 cm); W. 1 in. (2.5 cm); Wt. 1.8 oz. (51 g), Archery Equipment-Arrowheads

Commode, Roger Vandercruse, called Lacroix (French, 1727–1799), ca. 1755–60, French, Paris, Oak veneered with tulip-, rose-, and end cut kingwood, gilt bronze, rouge griotte marble, 32 1/4 x 28 1/4 x 16 3/4 in. (81.9 x 71.8 x 42.5cm),

'Interior Reception', Folio 36r from a Bustan of Sa`di, ca. 1525–35, Attributed to present-day Uzbekistan, probably Bukhara, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, Painting: H. 8 3/4 in. (22.3 cm), Codices, Painted by Shaikh Zada,

Earring of simple form, Cypriot, Gold, Diameter: 1 x 3/16 in. (2.6 x 0.4 cm), Gold and Silver

Fragment, 5th century, Attributed to Egypt, Wool, linen; plain weave, tapestry weave, 7 5/16 in. high 4 3/8 in. wide (18.5 cm high 11.1 cm wide), Textiles

Silver handle, Early Imperial, 1st century A.D., Roman, Silver, Other: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm), Gold and Silver, This handle belongs to a small vessel—a cup or possibly a lamp—and is said to have been found near Rome

Earring, 7th century, Frankish, Silver(?), Overall: 11/16 x 5/8 x 3/16 in. (1.7 x 1.6 x 0.4 cm), Metalwork-Silver

Stamp seal, early Islamic, ca. A.D. 787–8, Arabia (?), Islamic, Sandstone or siltstone ?, Diam. 3 cm x Th. .9 cm, Stone-Stamp Seals-Inscribed

Side chair (Sgabello), late 16th century (partly), Italian, Rome or Florence, Walnut, carved., H. 100.8 cm, W. 40 cm, D. 34.4 cm, Woodwork-Furniture

Clasp with an eagle and its prey, Parthian, ca. A.D. 1st–2nd century, Iran, Parthian, Gold, turquoise inlay, H. 6 cm, W. 8.4 cm, Metalwork-Ornaments, This solid gold ornament is in the form of a roundel with two projecting elements that

Parts of an Inner Thigh Defense (Hoguine) for a Boy's Armor, ca. 1520, probably German, Steel, H. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm); W. 8 in. (20.3 cm), Armor Parts-Groin Plates

Gorget, 16th century, German, Steel, H. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm); W. 12 in. (30.5 cm), Armor Parts-Colletins

Glass pendant in the shape of Harpokrates, Hellenistic, 1st century B.C.–1st half of 1st century A.D., Greek, Eastern Mediterranean, Glass; cast in a two-part mold, 1 1/8 × 1/4 × 3/8 in. (2.8 × 0.7 × 0.9 cm), Glass, Translucent cobalt

Creation of Eve, from The Dance of Death, ca. 1526, published 1538, Woodcut, Sheet: 2 5/8 x 1 15/16 in. (6.6 x 4.9 cm), Prints, Designed by Hans Holbein the Younger (German, Augsburg 1497/98–1543 London

Coffin of Hekaib-Hapy, Second Intermediate Period, Dynasty 13, ca. 1640–1550 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, East of Pabasa and north of Padiamenemopet, 1919–20, Sycomore wood, a) Coffin l. 186 cm (73 1/4 in); w. 45 cm

Commode, ca. 1780, British, Carcass of pine and mahogany, veneered with satinwood, harewood, tulip and other woods, mother of pearl, gilt bronze, 32 × 80 1/2 × 24 in. (81.3 × 204.5 × 61 cm), Woodwork-Furniture

Arrowhead (Yanonē), 18th century, Japanese, Steel, L. 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm); L. of head 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm); W. 3 9/16 in. (9 cm); Wt. 3 oz. (85 g), Archery Equipment-Arrowheads

Medal, 1776–30, Bronze, Diam. 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm), Metal

Terracotta loutrophoros (ceremonial vase for water), Archaic, late 6th century B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, H. 27 3/4 in. (70.5 cm), Vases, Prothesis (laying out of the dead); below, horsemen, On the neck, mourners.

Key, 15th century, German, Iron, Overall: 5 11/16 x 1 7/8 x 13/16 in. (14.5 x 4.8 x 2.1 cm), Metalwork-Iron

Earring-loop type, plain, Gold, Other: 3/4 x 1/16 x 11/16 in. (1.8 x 0.2 x 1.7 cm), Gold and Silver

Gold earring with head of a lion, Classical or Hellenistic, 4th–3rd century B.C., Greek, Gold, Other: 5/8 x 1/4 x 5/8 in. (1.6 x 0.6 x 1.5 cm), Gold and Silver

酒井抱一筆　柿図屏風, The Persimmon Tree, Edo period (1615–1868), 1816, Japan, Two-panel folding screen; ink and color on paper, Image: 56 9/16 x 56 5/8 in. (143.7 x 143.8 cm), Screens, Sakai Hōitsu (Japanese, 1761–1828),

Pointed Stone Blade, before 16th century, United States (?), United States (?), Stone, H. 6 1/4 x W. 3 1/8 in. (15.9 x 7.9 cm), Stone-Implements

Double-Sided Comb, 7th century, Made in Niederbreisig, Germany, Frankish, Bone, iron pins, Overall: 5 1/2 x 2 1/16 x 1/2 in. (14 x 5.2 x 1.2 cm), Ivories-Bone

Man in a Fur-Lined Coat, ca. 1600, Attributed to Iran, Isfahan, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, H. 5 3/8 in. (13.6 cm), Codices, Painting by Riza-yi `Abbasi (Persian, ca. 1565–1635), The style and subject of this work are

Copper Armour Back, 2nd–8th century, Peru, Moche, Copper, H x W: 8 1/4 x 8 3/4in. (21 x 22.2cm), Metal-Ornaments

Nose and lips of Akhenaten, New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, ca. 1353–1336 B.C., From Egypt, Middle Egypt, Amarna (Akhetaten), Great Temple of the Aten, pit outside southern wall, Petrie/Carter excavations, 1891–92, Indurated

Sugar bowl and spoons, 1804, Danish, Copenhagen, Silver, partly gilt, Overall: 13 3/8 x 4 5/8in. (34 x 11.7cm); Length (spoons): 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm), Metalwork-Silver, This sugar bowl is notable for its striking originality. The globe-shaped

明 陳子和 古木酒仙圖 軸, Drunken Immortal beneath an old tree, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), early 16th century, China, Hanging scroll; ink on silk, Image: 69 in. × 40 1/4 in. (175.3 × 102.2 cm), Paintings, Chen Zihe (Chinese,

The Crucifixion, Oil on canvas, 85 x 53 1/4 in. (215.9 x 135.3 cm), Paintings, Jacopo Palma the Younger (Italian, Venice ca. 1548–1628 Venice

Ring with scarab, Silver, plasma, Other: 1 × 1/8 × 15/16 in. (2.5 × 0.3 × 2.4 cm), Gold and Silver

Copper Animal Plaque, 3rd century B.C.–A.D. 2nd century, Peru, Vicús, Copper (hammered), Height 3-1/4 in. (8.3 cm), Metal-Ornaments

Tea chest with tea caddies, ca. 1790, British, Cedar and oak veneered with maple, harewood, tulipwood, kingwood, satinwood, amaranth, holly, and stained holly; foil lining, Overall (tea chest only): 8 1/4 × 12 3/4 × 7 1/2 in. (21 × 32.4

Medal of the Marquis de Lafayette, 1789, Made in France, Gilt bronze, Diam. 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm), Metal, Pierre Simon Benj. Duvivier (1728–1819

Wheellock Rifle Made for Emperor Leopold I, ca. 1685, Schwäbisch Gmünd, German, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Steel, pearwood, ivory, mother-of-pearl, L. 43 1/2 in. (110.5 cm); L. of barrel 30 1/4 in. (76.8 cm); Cal. .50 in. (12.7 mm); L. of lock 8

Relief from the North Wall of the Chapel of Ramesses I, New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19, ca. 1295–1294 B.C., From Egypt, Northern Upper Egypt, Abydos, Temple of Sety I, north of NE corner, Chapel of Ramesses I, Limestone, H. 96 × W.

Fragment, probably 8th–12th century, Excavated in Iran, Nishapur, Stucco; carved, L 4.5 cm x W 3.5 x H 2, Stucco

Belt Buckle Fragment, 4th–7th century, Frankish, Iron, silver inlay, Overall (attached with x.12, .13): 4 1/8 x 2 1/4 x 9/16 in. (10.5 x 5.7 x 1.5 cm), Metalwork-Iron

清 龔賢 冬景山水圖 軸 紙本, Wintry Mountains, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), datable ca. 1679–89, China, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Image: 65 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. (165.7 x 48.9 cm), Paintings, Gong Xian (Chinese, 1619–1689), Gong

Miniature box with cover, 1690–1710, German, probably Augsburg, Silver, H. 7/16 in. (1.1 cm); L. 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm.), Metalwork-Silver-Miniature

Tuhfat al-Ahrar (The Gift to the Noble), 1485–90, Attributed to present-day Afghanistan, probably Herat, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, 9 9/16 x 6 1/16in. (24.3 x 15.4cm), Codices

Censer, 15th century, Italian, Copper-gilt, champlevé enamel, Overall: 8 3/4 x 4 7/16 in. (22.2 x 11.3 cm), Metalwork-Copper alloy

Chain with Birds and Geometric Motifs, 1000–1200, Made in Kiev (probably), Kievan Rus', Cloisonné enamel, gold, Overall: 4 9/16 x 15/16 x 3/16 in. (11.6 x 2.4 x 0.5 cm), Enamels-Cloisonné, Chains, called riazni, were created from small

Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821), Oil on wood, 18 1/4 x 15 in. (46.4 x 38.1 cm), Paintings, French Painter (mid-19th century

Joséphine-Éléonore-Marie-Pauline de Galard de Brassac de Béarn (1825–1860), Princesse de Broglie, 1851–53, Oil on canvas, 47 3/4 x 35 3/4 in. (121.3 x 90.8 cm), Paintings, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (French, Montauban 1780–1867

Bowl with wheel-cut facets, Sasanian, ca. 6th–7th century A.D., Iran, Sasanian, Glass; yellow-green, H. 7.9 cm, Glass-Vessels, This hemispherical bowl may have been made by blowing molten glass into an open mold (though possibly it was

Sampler, first half 17th century, British, Silk and metal thread on linen, 18 × 8 1/2 in. (45.7 × 21.6 cm), Textiles-Embroidered

Terracotta thymiaterion (incense burner), Hellenistic, 3rd century B.C., Native Italic, Daunian, Canosan, Terracotta, H. 16 3/4 in. (42.5 cm), Vases, Thymiateria are a frequent shape in the late Daunian pottery from Canosa. Noteworthy among

Teapot (a) and saucer (b), ca. 1740 (teapot); late 18th century (saucer), Chinese, Porcelain with full relief decoration, painted in overglaze enamels., Height of pot: 8.2 cm., Ceramics, Chinese , Qing Dynasty

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

Fragment with a Leaf Motif, 10th century, Byzantine, Cloisonné enamel, gold, Overall: 7/16 x 1/2 x 1/8 in. (1.1 x 1.2 x 0.3 cm), Enamels-Cloisonn

Plaque, ca. 1890–1900, Probably made in Trenton, New Jersey, United States, American, Earthenware, enamel, and gold, Diam. 18 in. (45.7 cm), Ceramics, James Callowhill (1838–1917), Callowhill, renowned for his decorative

Vase, 12th century, Made in probably Egypt, Earthenware; glazed and luster-painted, H. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm), Ceramics

Squat lekythos, Classical, 5th century B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-glaze, Diameter: 1 7/16 × 7/8 × 1 5/16 in. (3.7 × 2.2 × 3.4 cm), Vases, Black with offset band around belly

Earring or spiral, Classical, 5th century B.C., Cypriot, Gold, bronze, Diameter: 11/16 x 3/16 x 9/16 in. (1.8 x 0.4 x 1.4 cm), Gold and Silver, Worn in the upper lobe of the ear

Fragment, probably 8th–12th century, Excavated in Iran, Nishapur, Stucco; carved, painted, L 8 x W 6 x H 2.5, Stucco

Dish, 1660–70, Japanese, for European market, Hard-paste porcelain, Diameter: 12 5/16 in. (31.3 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain-Export, Chinese ceramics were traded on a vast scale across South and Southeast Asia as well as Korea and Japan. With the

A Group of Punchinelli Seated, ca. 1760, Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over black chalk, 7 11/16 x 11 1/4 in. (19.5 x 28.5 cm), Drawings, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1696–1770 Madrid

Tall Clock, 1730–40, Made in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, American, Japanned white pine, 84 3/4 x 20 x 10 in. (215.3 x 50.8 x 25.4 cm), Furniture, Joseph Ward (active ca. 1740–60), The door of this rare japanned tall-case clock

Terracotta lebes gamikos (jar associated with weddings) with lid, Hellenistic, 3rd century B.C., Greek, Sicilian, Centuripe, Terracotta, H. 7 1/16 in. (17.9 cm), Vases, High handles, polychrome decoration with portrait head of a woman

Glass pendant in the form of a jar, Late Imperial, 3rd–4th century A.D., Roman, Glass; rod-formed and applied, Height: 3/4 x 1/2 in. (1.9 x 1.3 cm), Glass, Uncertain color, appearing opaque black; loop and base in same color; chips in

Vase, late 18th century, Chinese, for European market, Hard-paste porcelain, Height: 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain-Export

Landscape with a Sunlit Stream, ca. 1877, Oil on canvas, 25 1/8 x 18 7/8 in. (63.8 x 47.9 cm), Paintings, Charles-François Daubigny (French, Paris 1817–1878 Paris), Daubigny began exhibiting his work regularly at the Salon in 1838, and by

Ostrakon with a Letter, 600, Made in Thebes, Byzantine Egypt, Coptic, Pottery fragment with ink inscription, 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. (9.5 x 9.6 cm), Ceramics

Plaque, 4th–7th century, Made in Kharga Oasis, Byzantine Egypt, Coptic, Wood, Overall: 4 3/8 x 3 5/16 x 13/16 in. (11.1 x 8.4 x 2.1 cm), Woodwork

Cast Copper Tray, A.D. 1–1500, Peru, Peruvian, Copper (cast), H x W: 2 1/2 x 2 13/16in. (6.4 x 7.1cm), Metal-Containers

Belt Plate Fragment, 4th–7th century, Frankish, Iron, silver inlay, Overall: 3 3/4 x 2 1/4 x 1/4 in. (9.5 x 5.7 x 0.7 cm), Metalwork-Iron

The Conquest of Naples by Charles of Durazzo, 1381–82, Tempera on wood, embossed and gilt ornament, Overall 19 3/8 x 50 3/4 in. (49.2 x 128.9 cm); each painted surface 15 3/4 x 15 in. (40 x 38.1 cm), Paintings, Master of Charles of Durazzo

Netsuke of Mouse in a Basket of Mushrooms, 19th century, Japan, H. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); W. 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm); D. 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm), Netsuke

Alliance Banner and Shaft for a Wedding Procession for the Families Bessere von Thalfingen and Seutter von Lötzen, ca. 1730, German, Silk, wood, metal, silver, gilding, banner: 22 x 19 in. (55.9 x 48.3 cm); shaft: 9 ft. 11 in. (327.7 cm),

Netsuke of Noh Mask; Face of Usume, 18th century, Japan, Wood, H. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); W. 2 in. (5.1 cm); D. 1 in. (2.5 cm), Netsuke

Bead, of double cone, Silver, Diameter: 1 1/16 × 7/8 in. (2.7 × 2.3 cm), Gold and Silver

Earring, 7th century, Made in Niederbreisig, Germany, Frankish, Silver, Overall: 15/16 x 13/16 x 1/16 in. (2.4 x 2 x 0.2 cm), Metalwork-Silver

Almanach impérial, pour l'année M. DCCC. XIII présente a S. M. l'Empereur et Roi, par Testu, 1813, Paris, France, 778 [i.e. 978] pages ; Height: 8 1/4 in. (21 cm), Un volume grand in-8, velin blanc. Aus armes peintes de Pierre Antoine

Textile with Foliated Design, 14th century, Made in Venice, Italy, Italian, Silk, gold thread, linen, Overall: 2 3/16 × 3 3/8 in. (5.6 × 8.6 cm), Textiles-Woven

Madonna and Child, ca. 1470, Tempera on wood, gold ground, Overall 27 3/4 x 18 1/8 in. (70.5 x 46 cm); painted surface 24 1/4 x 14 3/4 in. (61.6 x 37.5 cm), Paintings, Benvenuto di Giovanni (Italian, Siena 1436–after 1518 Siena), This

The Last Communion of Saint Jerome, early 1490s, Tempera and gold on wood, 13 1/2 x 10 in. (34.3 x 25.4 cm), Paintings, Botticelli (Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi) (Italian, Florence 1444/45–1510 Florence), The great fourth-century scholar

Medallion, 1867, Probably silver, Diam. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm), Metal, F. N. Mitchell

Element from a Stalactite Squinch (Muqarnas), 10th century, Excavated in Iran, Nishapur, Stucco; painted, H. 13 7/8 in. (35.2 cm), Stucco, Probably originally part of a muqarnas, or stalactite squinch, this and other muqarnas elements would

The Philosophers, ca. 1514–36, Engraving, 4 1/4 x 2 13/16 in. (10.8 x 7.1 cm), Prints, Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi) (Italian, Venice ca. 1490–after 1536 Rome), Designed(?) by Baccio Bandinelli (Italian, Gaiole in Chianti

Sword Pommel, 16th century, Italian, Bronze, gold, H. 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm); Wt. 10 oz. (295 g), Swords-Accessories

Spoon, Archaic, 2nd half of the 6th century, Etruscan, Terracotta; bucchero, Other: 1 × 5 in. (2.5 × 12.8 cm), Vases, Without decoration