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Grotesque figurines by Walter Bosse: Man with gazelle, "the Speaker", boy with rubber ball, girl with grapes. 1925
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Grotesque figurines by Walter Bosse: Man with gazelle, "the S...

Bowl for broth,Meissen around 1730. This is one of the earliest examples of the famous Meissen "onion-pattern" the pomegranate on the lid was wrongly dubbed "onion"; the chrysanthemum is still used in this Meissen china. Collection Schloss Favorite,Karlsruhe.
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Bowl for broth,Meissen around 1730. This is one of the earliest examples of the...

Plate with onion-pattern, Meissen, around 1740-50. The pomegranate used in this Chinese pattern was mistaken for an onion in Europe.In 1739 the classic Meissen onion pattern was first used for an entire service set.
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Plate with onion-pattern, Meissen, around 1740-50. The pomegranate used in...

Plate and fruit-basket from the "Sanssouci" service set, KPM (Royal Prussian Manufacture)1769-70. King Friedrich II ordered it for his palace Sanssouci in Potsdam near Berlin, to be used in the "Chinese Tea-house".
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Plate and fruit-basket from the "Sanssouci" service set, KPM (Royal...

Malanggan effigy from New Ireland (Bismarck Archipelago) used for funeral ceremonies and other important events.From the Andre Breton collection. Wood,red ochre,charcoal,cocnut fibre,resin,H:122 cm Musee du quai Branly, Inv.70.1999.6.1
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Malanggan effigy from New Ireland (Bismarck Archipelago) used for fu...

Plate for Tu Bishevat, the festival celebrating the planting of trees, when the fruits of trees were eaten. From Austria. Glazed pottery, 27,5 cm diameter.
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Plate for Tu Bishevat, the festival celebrating the planting of trees, when...

Pillowcase for the Passover Seder, used by the reader of the Hagaddah to lean against. Lions rampant, the spies and the cluster of grapes, stags and a double- headed eagle. From Germany. Embroidered linen, 75 x 75 cm
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Pillowcase for the Passover Seder, used by the reader of the Hagaddah to lean...

Tapestry: funerary cushion with fringes (fragment), linen and wool, centaurs surrounded by putti and baskets of fruit. Coptic Period
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Tapestry: funerary cushion with fringes (fragment), linen and wool, centaurs...

The strawberry thief (flower and bird pattern). Chintz (1884) Design by William Morris
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The strawberry thief (flower and bird pattern). Chintz (1884) Design by William...

A lion devouring a monkey. From a series of tapestries woven in Brussels, after cartons by William Tons.
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A lion devouring a monkey. From a series of tapestr...

Monkeys playing with a panther. From a series of tapestries woven in Brussels from cartons by William Tons.
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Monkeys playing with a panther. From a series of tapestr...

The Unicorn-Tapestry Tapestry woven in Brussels after cartons by William Tons.
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The Unicorn-Tapestry Tapestry woven in Brusse...