
The Royal Gold Cup
c. 1370-1391 · Solid gold
British Museum, London
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c. 1370-1391 · Solid gold
British Museum, London

1991 · Wool weft in soumak technique
Jamtli

AD 170-192 · Marble
Antalya Museum, Antalya

c. 1565-73 · Marble of different colours
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1297-1300 · Oak
Westminster Abbey, London

c. 1530 · Oil on panel
Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California

1909 · Oil on canvas
Private collection

1837 · Daguerreotype
Societe francaise de photographie, Paris

1404-1438 · Iron gall ink
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

c. 1436-38 · Oil on canvas
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1650 · Oil on canvas
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

c. 1692 · Faience
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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