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ca. 1550–1295 B.C.

Iran
ca. 9th century BCE

Iran
ca. 9th century BCE

ca. 1504–1447 B.C.

second half 15th century

9th–12th century

British
1672

Nomura Chōkei (dates unknown)
18th–19th century
ca. 1550–1295 B.C.
ca. 1961–1917 B.C.
ca. 1900–1550 B.C.
ca. 1295–1070 B.C.

Bamum kingdom
before 1880

French
ca. 1185–1200

Probably Lakota or Cheyenne
1800–1825

Italian, Naples
second half 18th century

Mochizuki Hanzan
18th century

French
ca. 1200

French
ca. 1220–40

North French or South Netherlandish
ca. 1500–1525

Juanita Growing Thunder Fogarty
2008

Koma Yasutada
19th century

Kenyah or Kayan people
late 19th–early 20th century
Koma Sadahide
second half of the 18th century

Koma Yasutada
late 18th century

9th–12th century

Netherlandish
early 16th century

Greek
2nd century BCE

Greek
2nd century BCE

ca. 1390–1352 B.C.

ca. 1390–1352 B.C.

Roman
1st–2nd century CE

Roman
1st–2nd century CE

Kongo artist and nganga
late19th–mid-20th century

Roman
late 1st century BCE–2nd century CE

Flemish
ca. 1525–50

Eastern Plains or Western Great Lakes
1800–1825

Roman
late 1st century BCE–2nd century CE
Japan
mid-19th–early 20th century

Nomura Choheisai
second half of the 18th century