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Service-set for Clemens-August of Wittelsbach,Elector  
and Archbishop of Cologne, Meissen,1741-42.All pieces  
show the Archbishop's initials under the elector's hat.
Floral design with insects and butterflies.            
Detail:intricate handle of the sauceboat.
#30030334

Service-set for Clemens-August of Wittelsbach,Elector and Archbishop of Cologn...

Table set with birds, most famous Frankenthal set,1771,
inspired by a Sevres set of 1760.                      
Detail:birds from the rim of a serving dish.           
See 30-03-02/29
#30030347

Table set with birds, most famous Frankenthal set,1771, inspired by a Sevres set...

Bowl with Chinoiserie-ornaments,gold and blue.         
Meissen, 1760-70
#30030368

Bowl with Chinoiserie-ornaments,gold and blue. Meissen, 1760-70

Parrot,Meissen porcelain,1770. Painting of a boy       
blowing a soap bubble.
#30030370

Parrot,Meissen porcelain,1770. Painting of a boy blowing a soap bubble.

Plaque, showing a donkey,                              
From Benin, 16th/17th                                  
H: 13 cm
#300401 5

Plaque, showing a donkey, From Benin, 16th/17th...

Ivory cup, covered,probably a salt cellar.African work,
Portuguese influence. From Sherbro,Sierra Leone.On the
cover a series of crocodiles eating the genitals of
male figures. One the base four males, four females,
the men Portuguese (hats!) H:23 cm Inv.67-3-25-1
#30040118

Ivory cup, covered,probably a salt cellar.African work, Portuguese influence. Fr...

Ivory cup, probably a salt cellar, from Sierra Leone.  
Detail: On the lid, crocodiles eat the genitals of     
male figures. See 30-04-01/18                          
H: 23 cm    Inv. 67-3-25-1
#30040120

Ivory cup, probably a salt cellar, from Sierra Leone. Detail: On the lid, croc...

Gamelan orchestra. "Demong" in form of a monstrous     
quadruped with twelve metal bars resting on pegs which 
pass through them. From Java, Indonesia.               
11 x 47 cm       Inv. 59-12-28-200
#30040122

Gamelan orchestra. "Demong" in form of a monstrous quadruped with twelve me...

Gamelan orchestra. "Demong" in form of a fish with     
monster's head. Seven metal bars. From Java.           
H: 8 cm             Inv. 59-12-28-203
#30040123

Gamelan orchestra. "Demong" in form of a fish with monster's head. Seven me...

Gamelan orchestra. "Gendor", composed of eleven        
metal plates suspended over pipes or tubes, in front   
a large bird with extended wings and dragons on either 
side. From Java.                                       
Inv. 59-12-28-207
#30040125

Gamelan orchestra. "Gendor", composed of eleven metal plates suspended o...

Wooden figure of a hornbill, carved  and painted       
in red, yellow and blue. The bird was fixed to         
a pole. From the Iban Dyaks, Sariba, Borneo.           
Inv. 94-4-14-1
#30040127

Wooden figure of a hornbill, carved and painted in red, yellow and blue....

Lunch box of a Mohawk steel worker from Caughawaga,    
Canada. Mohawk Indians, the artist says, work in New   
York, drink beer and, when drunk, see pink buffaloes   
instead of pink elephants.                             
Inv. AM 1983-N37/1
#30040139

Lunch box of a Mohawk steel worker from Caughawaga, Canada. Mohawk Indians,...