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Incense burner

Date: ca. mid-1st millennium B.C.
Accession Number: 49.71.2

Belt clasp

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

Astrolabe of ‘Umar ibn Yusuf ibn ‘Umar ibn ‘Ali ibn Rasul al-Muzaffari

‘Umar ibn Yusuf ibn ‘Umar ibn ‘Ali ibn Rasul al-Muzaffari

Date: dated A.H. 690/ A.D. 1291
Accession Number: 91.1.535a–h

Sofa

Attributed to Duncan Phyfe (1770–1854)

Date: ca. 1810–20
Accession Number: 60.4.1

Bronze hydria (water jar)

Date: mid-5th century B.C.
Accession Number: 26.50

Antigraceful

Umberto Boccioni (Italian, Reggio 1882–1916 Sorte)

Date: 1913, cast 1950–51
Accession Number: 1990.38.1

Tanggu

Elevated Tone Workshop, Guangzhou (Canton)

Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 89.4.28 a, b

Pier table

Joseph B. Barry and Son (1757–1838)

Date: 1810–15
Accession Number: 1976.324

Kushite priest wearing garment with leopard's head and tassels, subsequently adapted for a king

Date: ca. 712–664 B.C.
Accession Number: 2010.259

Walking-Stick Flute/Oboe

Georg Henrich Scherer (German, 1703 - 1778)

Date: ca. 1750–57
Accession Number: 2006.86a–c

Jagdhorn in G

Jacob Schmidt

Date: ca. 1710–20
Accession Number: 14.25.1623

Altarpiece Dedicated to Buddha Maitreya

Date: dated 524
Accession Number: 38.158.1a–n

Standing Shiva (?)

Date: 11th century
Accession Number: 1988.355

Tombak

Date: late 19th century
Accession Number: 89.4.1310

Clarinet in D

Date: 1750–70
Accession Number: 2010.185

Flintlock Rifle

Jacob Kuntz (American, Allentown, Pennsylvania 1780–1876 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Date: ca. 1810–15
Accession Number: 42.22

Tournament Helm (Stechhelm)

Date: ca. 1500
Accession Number: 29.156.67a

English Horn

H. Grenser

Date: before 1807
Accession Number: 1980.111a,b

The Backgammon Players

Philip Webb (1831–1915)

Date: 1861
Accession Number: 26.54

Secretary

Attributed to Martin Carlin (French, near Freiburg im Breisgau ca. 1730–1785 Paris)

Date: ca. 1781–85
Accession Number: 1975.1.2026

Bronze Herakles

Date: last quarter of the 6th century B.C.
Accession Number: 28.77

Crossbow of Count Ulrich V of Württemberg

Attributed to Heinrich Heid von Winterthur (probably Swiss, active Stuttgart, recorded 1453–1460)

Date: dated 1460
Accession Number: 04.3.36

Head of Ptolemy II or III

Date: 246–222 B.C.
Accession Number: 66.99.134

Damascus Room

Date: dated A.H. 1119/A.D. 1707
Accession Number: 1970.170

Vessel with six animal friezes

Date: ca. 10th–8th century B.C.
Accession Number: 64.257.1a, b

A Young Mother

Bessie Potter Vonnoh (American, St. Louis, Missouri 1872–1955 New York)

Date: 1896, cast ca. 1906
Accession Number: 06.306

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

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

Natural Trumpet

Johann Wilhelm Haas

Date: late 17th century
Accession Number: 89.4.2375

Cat Statuette

Date: 332–30 B.C.
Accession Number: 56.16.1

The Freedman

John Quincy Adams Ward (American, Urbana, Ohio 1830–1910 New York)

Date: 1863, cast 1891
Accession Number: 1979.394

Dragon-handled Jug with Inscription

Date: late 15th– first quarter 16th century
Accession Number: 91.1.607

Densho

Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 89.4.1803

Helmet with divine figures beneath a bird with outstretched wings

Date: ca. 1500–1100 B.C.
Accession Number: 63.74

Sickle sword

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

Aquamanile in the Form of a Mounted Knight

Date: ca. 1250
Accession Number: 64.101.1492

Sutra Box with Dragon

Accession Number: 2001.584a–c

Transverse Flute in D-flat

Date: 1760–90
Accession Number: 43.34 a-g

Saber with Scabbard

Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 23.232.2a, b

Brazier of Sultan al-Malik al-Muzaffar Shams al-Din Yusuf ibn 'Umar

Date: second half 13th century
Accession Number: 91.1.540

Linen Press

Byrdcliffe Arts and Crafts Colony (American, 1902–1915)

Date: ca. 1904
Accession Number: 1991.311.1

Two bronze helmets

Date: late 7th century B.C.
Accession Number: 1989.281.49, .50

Victory

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American, Dublin 1848–1907 Cornish, New Hampshire)

Date: 1892–1903; this cast, 1914 or after (by 1916)
Accession Number: 17.90.1

The Sun Vow

Hermon Atkins MacNeil (American, Everett, Massachusetts 1866–1947 Queens, New York)

Date: 1899, cast 1919
Accession Number: 19.126

Bassoon

Dominique Antony Porthaux

Date: 1790–1800
Accession Number: 1999.307 a,b

Aquamanile in the Form of Aristotle and Phyllis

Southern Netherlands

Date: late 14th or early 15th century
Accession Number: 1975.1.1416

Rapier of Prince-Elector Christian II of Saxony

Israel Schuech (German, Dresden, active 1590–1610)

Date: dated 1606
Accession Number: 1970.77

Natural Trumpet in D

Andreas Naeplaesnigg

Date: 1790
Accession Number: 89.4.1097

Armor

Date: ca. 1400–1450 and later
Accession Number: 29.154.3

Rolltop desk

David Roentgen (German, Herrnhag 1743–1807 Wiesbaden, master 1780)

Date: ca. 1776–79
Accession Number: 41.82

Helmet (Spangenhelm)

Date: 6th–7th century
Accession Number: 42.50.1