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Double-Eagle Pendant

Date: 1st–5th century
Accession Number: 1979.206.538

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Date: late 9th–early 10th century
Accession Number: 30.45

Rolltop desk

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

Date: ca. 1776–79
Accession Number: 41.82

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints

Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Urbino 1483–1520 Rome)

Date: ca. 1504
Accession Number: 16.30ab

Blades and Mountings for a Pair of Swords (Daisho)

Long sword (katana) blade inscribed by Sukemitsu of Bizen (Japanese, Bizen, Muromachi period, active ca. 1440)

Date: long sword blade, dated 1440; short sword blade, 15th century; mountings, late 18th century
Accession Number: 36.120.417a, b, .418a–c

"Rosette Bearing the Names and Titles of Shah Jahan", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

Date: recto: ca. 1645; verso: ca. 1630–40
Accession Number: 55.121.10.39

"The Funeral of Isfandiyar", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (935–1020)

Date: 1330s
Accession Number: 33.70

Saint James the Greater

Gil de Siloe (Spanish, active 1475–1505)

Date: ca. 1489–93
Accession Number: 69.88

Tip of a Pointer

Date: 1080–1150
Accession Number: 1997.235

Necklace

René-Jules Lalique (French, Aÿ 1860–1945 Paris)

Date: ca. 1897–99
Accession Number: 1985.114

Pair of Flintlock Pistols of Empress Catherine the Great (1729–1796)

Johan Adolph Grecke (Russian, Saint Petersburg, recorded 1755–90)

Date: 1786
Accession Number: 1986.265.1, .2

Crib of the Infant Jesus

Date: 15th century
Accession Number: 1974.121a–d

Vessel terminating in the forepart of a fantastic leonine creature

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

"The Concourse of the Birds", Folio from a Mantiq al-tair (Language of the Birds)

Painting by Habiballah of Sava (active ca. 1590–1610)

Date: ca. 1600
Accession Number: 63.210.11

Tughra (Official Signature) of Sultan Süleiman the Magnificent (r. 1520–66)

Date: ca. 1555–60
Accession Number: 38.149.1

"Preparing Medicine from Honey", Folio from a Dispersed Manuscript of an Arabic Translation of the Materia Medica of Dioscorides

'Abdullah ibn al-Fadl

Date: dated A.H. 621/ A.D. 1224
Accession Number: 57.51.21

Plaque: winged creatures approaching stylized trees

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

Statue of Seated Imhotep

Date: 332–30 B.C.
Accession Number: 26.7.852a, b

"Tahmuras Defeats the Divs", Folio from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (935–1020)

Date: ca. 1525
Accession Number: 1970.301.3

The Old Plum

Attributed to Kano Sansetsu (Japanese, 1589–1651)

Date: ca. 1645
Accession Number: 1975.268.48a–d

Colt Third Model Dragoon Percussion Revolver, Serial Number 12406

Samuel Colt (American, 1814–1862)

Date: ca. 1853
Accession Number: 1995.336

Dagger and Sheath

Date: ca. 1605–27
Accession Number: 1984.332

Holy Face

Gerard David (Netherlandish, Oudewater ca. 1455–1523 Bruges)

Date: ca. 1485–90
Accession Number: 1975.1.2486

Earflare, Winger Messenger

Date: 3rd–7th century
Accession Number: 66.196.41

Wine Ewer with Design of Chrysanthemums and Paulownia Crests in Alternating Fields

Date: ca. 1596
Accession Number: 1980.6

Kosode with Design of Shells and Sea Grasses

Date: early 17th century
Accession Number: 1992.253

The Annunciation to Zacharias; (verso) The Angel of the Annunciation

Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia) (Italian, Siena 1398–1482 Siena)

Date: ca. 1455–60
Accession Number: 1975.1.37

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

The Lovers

Painting by Riza-yi `Abbasi (ca. 1565–1635)

Date: dated A.H. 1039/ A.D. 1630
Accession Number: 50.164

Medallion with a seated deity and a male worshiper

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

Openwork plaque with sphinxes

Date: ca. 9th–8th century B.C.
Accession Number: 57.80.4a, b

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

Rough Waves

Ogata Kōrin (Japanese, 1658–1716)

Date: ca. 1704–9
Accession Number: 26.117

Handle Depicting a Lion Subduing a Nubian

Date: ca. 1279–1213 B.C.
Accession Number: 1989.281.92

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Date: ca. 1180
Accession Number: 29.160.23

"The Eavesdropper", Folio from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami

Maulana Azhar (d. 1475/76)

Date: ca. 1430
Accession Number: 13.228.13.6

Pectoral and Necklace of Sithathoryunet with the Name of Senwosret II

Date: ca. 1887–1878 B.C.
Accession Number: 16.1.3a, b

"A Muslim Pilgrim Learns a Lesson in Piety from a Brahman", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

Amir Khusrau Dihlavi (1253–1325)

Date: 1597–98
Accession Number: 13.228.29

Helmet

Date: ca. 1525–1550
Accession Number: 04.3.456a

Bes-image of the god Hor-Asha-Khet

Date: 4th–2nd century B.C.
Accession Number: 29.2.3

The Fieschi Morgan Staurotheke

Date: early 9th century
Accession Number: 17.190.715a, b

Saber

Date: mid-16th century
Accession Number: 36.25.1297

The Adoration of the Magi

Giotto di Bondone (Italian, Florentine, 1266/76–1337)

Date: possibly ca. 1320
Accession Number: 11.126.1

Damascus Room

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

Kitab suwar al-kawakib al-thabita (Book of the Images of the Fixed Stars) of al-Sufi

`Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (903–86)

Date: late 15th century
Accession Number: 13.160.10

Set of jewelry

Date: early 5th century B.C.
Accession Number: 40.11.7–.18

Saltcellar

Date: mid-13th century
Accession Number: 1983.434

Pectoral with Coins and Pseudo-Medallion

Date: ca. 539–50
Accession Number: 17.190.1664