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Model of a grain storage house,with scribe noting entries. Four men carrying sacks of grain. Middle Kingdom,11th-12th dynasty,around 2040-1650 BCE Wood, painted stucco from Assiut, 32 x 44,5 x 41,5 cm E 11938
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Model of a grain storage house,with scribe noting entries. Four men carryi...

Model of a farmer ploughing with two oxen, ca.2000-1900 BCE Woodcarving,painted,16,5 x 23, x 37 cm Middle Kingdom E 27069
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Model of a farmer ploughing with two oxen, ca.2000-1900 BCE Wood...

Detail from an illustration of shawl-weavers weaving shawls on a loom. Inscribed in Persian characters with titles and names of implements and equipment. Opaque watercolour. Title of Work: Album Of Kashmiri Trades. Kashmir, 1850-1860. Shelfmark: Add.Or.1729
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Detail from an illustration of shawl-weavers weaving shawls on a loom. Inscribed...

Baluchi snipers observing passing sepoys (Indian soldiers working in the British Army) in the Siri-Kajur Pass. Watercolour, 1839. High up in the mountains on a rocky ledge are a group of snipers. They spy on a large group of soldiers passing below. Inscribed on the mount "The wild pass of Siri-Kajoor", Baluchistan. Shelfmark: WD 2394
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Baluchi snipers observing passing sepoys (Indian soldiers working in the British...

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...

Meeting in a garden, 1595. A man,probably of royal or noble descent, sits on a throne in a garden, while other men offer him refreshments and provide entertainment. In the foreground, a gardener is working, while a horse browses on the grass. From one of 39 folios, Moghul, probably from Lahore. ID: Or 12208 fol. f 40 verso.
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Meeting in a garden, 1595. A man,probably of royal or noble descent, sits on a t...

Workers entering a factory. Colour woodblock print; Japan, 19th century.
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Workers entering a factory. Colour woodblock print; Japan, 19th century.

Rice planting during a summer shower. Sheet from the series "60 Famous Places in Japan" (Rokujyuyosho Meisho Zue) Woodblock Print, in Colour Japan, 1857
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Rice planting during a summer shower. Sheet from the series "60 Famous Places i...

Emperor Kangxi (K'ang Hsi) inspecting the dams of the Yellow River. From the scroll of Emperor Kangxi's tour of inspection in the South. China; Qing dynasty, 1689. Wang Hui (1632-1717), Yang Jin (ca.1644-1726) and Gu Fang (active ca. 1700). Painted on silk, height: 68.5 cm. Inv. MA2460.
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Emperor Kangxi (K'ang Hsi) inspecting the dams of the Yellow River. From the scr...

View of the harbour at Canton with foreign factories. China; 1767.
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View of the harbour at Canton with foreign factories. China; 1767.

View of the harbour at Canton with foreign factories. China; 1767.
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View of the harbour at Canton with foreign factories. China; 1767.

Moneylenders and their borrowers. From the Treatise of the Seven Vices. Illuminated manuscript, Italy; late 14th century.
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Moneylenders and their borrowers. From the Treatise of the Seven Vices. Illumina...