
The Assumption of the Virgin (The Marquand Altarpiece)
c. 1485 · Glazed terracotta
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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c. 1485 · Glazed terracotta
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1732 · Carved spruce top
University of California, Los Angeles

250-300 CE · Glass
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Early 12th century · Stoneware with mold-impressed design under...
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1770 · Silver
Science Museum, London

c. 1695 · Wood case and soundboard
Musical Instruments Museum

c. 1773 · Chased and repousse silver over an iron and...
The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle

First half of the 12th century · Cloisonne
Kunstgewerbemuseum

c. 150-50 BC · Cartonnage
Arab Republic of Egypt

c. 1600 BC · Clay
Iraq Museum, Baghdad

dated 1549 · Steel
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1579 · Case
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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