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Quadruple orb vase
Worcester factory
1876
Miniature orb vase in blue and white
Worcester factory
1870s
Knife with a Hand Holding an Orb
Late Roman
probably 3rd century
Orb 2006
Sakurai Yasuko
2006
Orb Vase
Henry van de Velde
ca. 1903
The Christ Child with an Orb
Martin Schongauer
1469–1482
Orb vase with gold fern motif
Grainger
ca. 1870
Terracotta bowl fragment
Roman
late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
The Christ Child Holding the Orb
Spanish or Portuguese
early 17th century
Orb bottom vase with white and gold crane motif
Worcester factory
1879
Virgin and Child, with the Christ child leaning against an orb
Lucas Vorsterman I
1628
Christ with the Orb of the World in His Left Hand
Hans Baldung (called Hans Baldung Grien)
1519
Diana
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
1893–94, cast 1894 or after
Winged putto holding a dedicatory plaque standing on an orb in an architectural detail
Alexander Mair
1680
Crown of the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception, known as the Crown of the Andes
Colombian; Popayán
Ca. 1660 (diadem) and ca. 1770 (arches)
Pensive bodhisattva
Korea
mid-7th century
Charles V (1500–1558)
Hans Reinhart the Elder
1544
Holy Family
Niclaus Weckmann
ca. 1500
Reliquary Statuette of Saint Christopher
French
ca. 1375–1425
Enthroned Virgin and Child
North French
ca. 1210–20
The Triumph of Fame
Netherlandish, probably Brussels
ca. 1502–4
Enthroned Virgin and Child
Spanish
ca. 1200–1250
The Judgment of Paris
Lucas Cranach the Elder
ca. 1528
Virgin and Child on a Crescent Moon
German
ca. 1480
Christ Blessing, Surrounded by a Donor Family
German Painter
ca. 1573–82
Apollo; statue of the nude god standing on a socle, wearing a crown and holding a scepter in his right hand and an orb in his left, plate 4 from "Statues of Roman Gods"
Philips Galle
1586
Charlemagne with Imperial crown, orb and sword
Peter Flötner
16th century
Salvator Mundi
Albrecht Dürer
ca. 1505
The Wisdom King Aizen (Aizen Myōō)
Japan
14th century
Victory Alighting on Earth
Gilles-Lambert Godecharle
1809
Teapot
William G. Forbes
1800–1810
Creamer
William G. Forbes
1800–1810
The Entombment of Christ
Andrea Briosco, called Riccio
probably early 16th century
Head of a Peasant (Tête de paysan)
Aimé-Jules Dalou
cast after a model of 1894
Sugar Bowl
William G. Forbes
1800–1810
Rapier
Italian
ca. 1540
Wilton album, folio 99: Salvator Mundi, Christ, half-length and facing right, holding an orb
Girolamo Scarsello
ca. 1600–40
Capital with Bust of the Archangel Michael
Byzantine
1250–1300
Violin
Antonio Gragnani
1783
"On Liberty"
Vivienne Westwood
fall/winter 1994–95