The Year One: Art of the Ancient World East and West

The Emperor Augustus

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The Emperor Augustus, Tiberian period, A.D. 14–37
Roman
Marble; H. 12 in. (30.5 cm)
Rogers Fund, 1907 (07.286.115)

Landscape with Polyphemus and Galatea from the Villa at Boscotrecase

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Landscape with Polyphemus and Galatea from the Villa at Boscotrecase, Augustan period, last decade of the 1st century B.C.
Roman
Fresco; H. 6 ft. 2 in. (1.88 m)
Rogers Fund, 1920 (20.192.17)

Portrait Statue of a Boy

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Portrait Statue of a Boy, Augustan period, late 1st century B.C.–early 1st century A.D.
Roman
Bronze; H. 48 1/2 in. (123.2 cm)
Rogers Fund, 1914 (14.130.1)

Wing Fibula

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Wing Fibula, Pannonia (present-day Hungary), 2nd century A.D.
Provincial Roman
Silver, gold, and carnelians; L. 7 3/4 in. (19.6 cm)
Purchase, Alistair B. Martin, William Kelly Simpson, Scher Chemicals Inc., Levy Hermanos Foundation Inc., Shelby White, and Max Falk Gifts, in honor of Katharine R. Brown, 1998 (1998.76)

Sword

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Sword, 1st century B.C.
Celtic, France(?)
Iron (blade) and copper alloy (hilt and scabbard); L. 19 3/4 in. (50.2 cm)
Rogers Fund, 1999 (1999.94)

Torso of a Ptolemaic King Inscribed with the Cartouches of a Late Ptolemy

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Torso of a Ptolemaic King Inscribed with the Cartouches of a Late Ptolemy, 80–30 B.C.
Egypt
Dark basalt; H. 36 5/8 in. (93 cm)
Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift and Rogers Fund, 1981 (1981.224.1)

Isis-Aphrodite

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Isis-Aphrodite, 2nd century A.D.
Egypt
Terracotta, white engobe, and paint; H. 19 1/2 in. (49.5 cm)
Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1991 (1991.76)

Rhyton with Forepart of a Wild Cat

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Rhyton with Forepart of a Wild Cat, Parthian, 1st century B.C.
Iran
Gilded silver; H. 10 7/8 in. (27.5 cm)
Purchase, Rogers Fund; Enid A. Haupt, Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, Mrs. Muriel Palitz and Geert C.E. Prins Gifts; Pauline V. Fullerton Bequest; and Bequests of Mary Cushing Fosburgh, Edward V. Moore, and Stephen Whitney Phoenix, by exchange, 1979 (1979.447)

Incense Burner

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Incense Burner, 1st century B.C.
South Arabia
Bronze; H. 10 7/8 in. (27.6 cm)
Gift of Dr. Sidney A. Charlat, in memory of his parents, Newman and Adele Charlat, 1949 (49.71.2)

Torso of a Bodhisattva

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Torso of a Bodhisattva, Kushan dynasty, late 1st–2nd century A.D.
Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)
Schist; H. 64 1/2 in. (163.8 cm)
Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1995 (1995.419)

Female Dancer

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Female Dancer, Western Han dynasty, 2nd-1st century B.C.
China
Earthenware with pigments; H. 21 in. (53.3 cm)
Charlotte C. and John C. Weber Collection, Gift of Charlotte C. and John C. Weber, 1992 (1992.165.19)

Bell (Dotaku)

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Bell (Dotaku), late Yayoi period, 1st–2nd century A.D.
Japan
Bronze; H. 43 1/2 in. (110.5 cm)
Rogers Fund, 1918 (18.68)

Ceremonial Object in the Form of an Ax Head

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Ceremonial Object in the Form of an Ax Head, 500 B.C.–A.D. 300
Indonesia (Sulawesi)
Bronze; H. 41 3/8 in. (105.1 cm)
Purchase, George McFadden Gift and Edith Perry Chapman Fund, 1993 (1993.525)

Seated Figure

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Seated Figure, 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.
Tolita-Tumaco, Ecuador
Ceramic; H. 25 in. (63.5 cm)
Gift of Gertrud A. Mellon, 1982 (1982.231)

Drum

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Drum, 1st century A.D.
Nasca, Peru
Ceramic; H. 17 3/4 in. (45.1 cm)
The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wielgus, 1964 (1978.412.111)