Emperor Xiaowen and his entourage worshipping the Buddha
ca. 522-23 · Limestone with traces of pigment
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gallery 206
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Artworks
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276 artworks
Helmet all'Antica
ca. 1532-35 · Steel
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gallery 374
Transverse Flute
1828-1832 · Ebony
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Most Lamentable Romaine Tragedie of Titus Andronicus (the Folger quarto, 1594)
1594 · Letterpress printing on laid paper
Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C
Pair of Commodes
Paris, c. 1750 · White oak carcase veneered with bloodwood
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
The Euphronios Krater
c. 515 BC · Terracotta
Museo Archeologico Nazionale Cerite
Painted Glass Goblet from the Begram Hoard
1st century CE · Colourless blown glass
National Museum of Afghanistan, Kabul
The Behaim Globe (Erdapfel)
1492-1494 · Two clay-moulded hemispheres laminated in...
Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, Germany
South Wind, Clear Sky (Gaifu kaisei), also known as Red Fuji, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji
c. 1830-32 · Woodblock print
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Hunt-Lenox Globe
c. 1504-1510 · Copper
New York Public Library, Rare Book Division, New York
The Mainz Psalter
14 August 1457 · Letterpress printing in black
Royal Collection, Royal Library, Windsor Castle
Minister Kibi's Adventures in China (Kibi daijin nitto emaki)
12th century · Set of four handscrolls
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston