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Head of a ruler

Date: ca. 2300–2000 B.C.
Accession Number: 47.100.80

Aquamanile in the Form of a Mounted Knight

Date: ca. 1250
Accession Number: 64.101.1492

Vessel terminating in the forepart of a fantastic leonine creature

Date: ca. 5th century B.C.
Accession Number: 54.3.3

Belt clasp

Date: ca. A.D. 1st–2nd century
Accession Number: 21.166.5

Plaque: winged creatures approaching stylized trees

Date: ca. 8th–7th century B.C.
Accession Number: 54.3.5 and 62.78.1a, b

Man carrying a box, possibly for offerings

Date: ca. 2900–2600 B.C.
Accession Number: 55.142

Ceremonial Objectl in the Shape of an Ax

Date: ca. 100 B.C.–A.D. 300
Accession Number: 1993.525

Rhyton terminating in the forepart of a wild cat

Date: ca. 1st century B.C.
Accession Number: 1979.447

Aquamanile in the form of a Lion

Date: ca. 1400
Accession Number: 1994.244

Kneeling bull holding a spouted vessel

Date: ca. 3100–2900 B.C.
Accession Number: 66.173

Royal or divine figure with high conical headdress

Date: ca. 18th–17th century B.C.
Accession Number: 1985.262.2

Gold Neck Ring

Date: 6th–4th century B.C.
Accession Number: 2005.366

Koto

Metalwork by Goto Teijo, 9th generation Goto master, Japan (1603 - 1673)

Date: early 17th century
Accession Number: 2007.194a–f

Medallion with a seated deity and a male worshiper

Date: ca. 8th–7th century B.C.
Accession Number: 1989.281.20

Headdress

Date: ca. 2600–2500 B.C.
Accession Number: 33.35.3

Necklace pendants and beads

Date: ca. 18th–17th century B.C.
Accession Number: 47.1a-h

Plate with the Battle of David and Goliath

Date: 629–30
Accession Number: 17.190.396

Sickle sword

Date: ca. 1307–1275 B.C.
Accession Number: 11.166.1

Coffeepot

François Thomas Germain (French, Paris 1726–1791 Paris, master 1748)

Date: 1757
Accession Number: 33.165.1

Armorial Plate (tondino): The story of King Midas

Nicola da Urbino (Italian, active by 1520–died ?1537/38 Urbino)

Date: ca. 1520–1525
Accession Number: 1975.1.1019

Saltcellar

Date: mid-13th century
Accession Number: 1983.434

Pectoral with Coins and Pseudo-Medallion

Date: ca. 539–50
Accession Number: 17.190.1664

Vessel stand with ibex support

Date: ca. 2600–2350 B.C.
Accession Number: 1974.190

Processional Cross

Date: ca. 1000–1050
Accession Number: 1993.163

Ewer

Date: Porcelain 1573–1620; mounts ca. 1585
Accession Number: 44.14.2

Teakettle, lamp, and table

Simon Pantin I (British, ca. 1672–1728)

Date: 1724–25
Accession Number: 68.141.81a–f

Striding figure with ibex horns, a raptor skin draped around the shoulders, and upturned boots

Date: ca. 3000 B.C.
Accession Number: 2007.280

Shrine

Matthias Walbaum (Kiel, Germany 1554–1632 Augsburg, active Augsburg 1579–1632)

Date: 1598–1600
Accession Number: 17.190.823

Shaft-hole axe head with bird-headed demon, boar, and dragon

Date: ca. late 3rd–early 2nd millennium B.C.
Accession Number: 1982.5

The Antioch "Chalice"

Date: 500–550
Accession Number: 50.4