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Bronze krater handle with figures of Etruscan Gods (Tinia - god of the skies, Aita and Turms); 4th century BCE.
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Bronze krater handle with figures of Etruscan Gods (Tinia - god of the skies, Ai...

Animal merchant. Detail of the middle zone of the embossed and engraved sheet-bronze Benvenuti Situla from Este, Italy. Height of the frieze: 5.5cm Inv. 4667
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Animal merchant. Detail of the middle zone of the embossed and engraved sheet-b...

Bronze-mounted wooden bucket. Celtic; from Aylesbury, Great Britain; 1st century BCE.
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Bronze-mounted wooden bucket. Celtic; from Aylesbury, Great Britain; 1st centur...

Bottoms of jars in the warehouse of the Dolia (amphorae), used for oil and wine. Ostia Antica.
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Bottoms of jars in the warehouse of the Dolia (amphorae), used for oil and wine...

Bronze ritual tripod and ewer, Deccan, India, 12th. Most Indian shrines, Hindu or Jain, use vessels to store water which is used to pour over an image during ritual.Vessels that contain sacred water are not set directly on the ground, considered to be polluting, but on a stand, such as this tripod. OA 1936.12-19.3
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Bronze ritual tripod and ewer, Deccan, India, 12th. Most Indian shrines, Hindu o...

Pottery jar with dragon handles, chinese, 4th-3rd BCE. This funerary jar of the late Zhou or early Han dynasty is made of grey earthenware. It was clearly intended to imitate a bronze vessel, more expensive and carrying greater status. Pottery placed in burials that imitated bronze and laquer came into use during the Easter Zhou period (771-221 BCE). The handles of the jar are in the shape of dragons. OA 1933.10-25.1
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Pottery jar with dragon handles, chinese, 4th-3rd BCE. This funerary jar of the...

Painted wooden panel showing riders with bowls into which birds dive, from Dandan-oilik, Khotan oasis, Xinjiang province, China, 6th CE.Before the advent of Islam in the 8th century, Khotan was a thriving kingdom along the Southern Silk Route. Dandan-oilik was a Buddhist sanctuary there and became Sir Aurel Stein's first excavation site in the Desert of Taklamakan. The panels are the best surviving evidence of the legendary Khotanese school of painting. OA 1907.11-11.70
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Painted wooden panel showing riders with bowls into which birds dive, from Danda...

Qunigbai wine ewer
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Qunigbai wine ewer

Celadon wine bottle, Koryo dynasty, 13th century. Classic shape of the Koryo dynasty (918-1392). This bottle has an inlay of chrysanthemums, a popular decoration during the Koryo period in celadon and in lacquerware. Such bottles were often placed in the tomb of their owners on their death. OA 1911.6-7.11
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Celadon wine bottle, Koryo dynasty, 13th century. Classic shape of the Koryo dyn...

Young woman seated at a window dressed in highly ornate robes and jewellery. She holds a small bottle with Arabic script and in the other hand a tiny cup. Her fingertips are painted with henna. Above her is a red, green and gold brocade hanging. ID: Add Or 945
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Young woman seated at a window dressed in highly ornate robes and jewellery. She...

A pair of lovers, 1760. A lover is departing from his sleeping mistress at dawn. From a "Ragamala" series. ID: Add Or 5
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A pair of lovers, 1760. A lover is departing from his sleeping mistress at dawn....

Vase with grapevines, Late Sasanian, 6th century. Gilded silver vase with grapevines and a naked boy carrying a basket of grapes. The base is pierced like a strainer and the vessel was presumably used for wine. From Mazanderan, noerthern Iran. ANE 124094
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Vase with grapevines, Late Sasanian, 6th century. Gilded silver vase with grapev...