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Rhodian “wild goat” style oinochoe Greek, Orientalizing Period, c. 625-600 B.C. terracottaMuseum of

飛天像ApsaraJapan, Heian period (794–1185), late 11th to early 12th centuryLacquered and gilded Japanes

Rock paintings in the Chauvet Cave (France), some of the oldest cavepaintings in the world.They date

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Incense box with Chinese children playing with snowballsPeriod: Edo period (1615–1868)Date: 18th cen

Bust of Lucius Verus (co-emperor with Marcus Aurelius, 161-169 CE).  Artist unknown; after 160 CE. 

Butterfly and Peonies by Utagawa Hiroshige (Edo Period)

Venus Anadyomene (Roman 1st Century)

Shimosuwa: Yaegaki-hime, from the series Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidô Road by Utagawa Kuniyo

Sisyphus, Edward Burne-Jones, ca. 1870

Bowl with Heron in Reeds Period: Momoyama period (1573–1615)Date: late 16th centuryMedium: Stoneware

The Legend of the Jorogumo,In Medieval Japanese folklore there were once tales of a particularly ter

Marble bust of the Greco-Egyptian deity Serapis.  Roman copy after a Greek original (4th cent. BCE)

Amulet (faience with blue-green glaze) depicting the falcon god Horus.  Artist unknown; 664-332 BCE

hellenismo:Figurine of a girl holding a tambourine (tympanon) Greek, Early Hellenistic Period, about

eccellenze-italiane:Villa Poppaea, Oplontis da dave tonkinTramite Flickr:The Villa Poppaea is a R

ancientpeoples:Head of a kingIran, Sasanian period, ca. 4th centurySilver with mercury gilding, 15 ¾

Didrachm with head of Hercules (obverse) and she-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus (reverse)Roman, Rep

Female head with rosette diadems Period: Neo-Assyrian Date: ca. 8th–7th century B.C.Geography: Mesop

Crete, Archaeological Museum of Chania:Triclinium from the House of DionysosIn the large panel Diony

Ichikawa Danjuro I in the Role of Takenuki Goro, Torii Kiyomasu, 1697

Canopic jar lid (limestone) in the shape of a falcon head, representing the deity Qebehsenuef, one o

Askos (oil-jar) in the shape of a sandal-wearing foot.  Greek (thought to have been made in Athens),

Luster Wall Tile with a Couple, 1266. Iran, Kashan, Ilkhanid period, 13th century. Fritware with lus

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