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Bronze Musical Elephant Automaton decorated with mother of pearl and glass over an oak base 1768

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Bronze Musical Elephant Automaton decorated with mother of pearl and glass over an oak base 1768

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Ostrich Egg Decorated with Bitumen and mother-of-pearl, from a grave in the Royal Cemetery of Ur, Sumer. 2600 BCE.

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Ostrich Egg Decorated with Bitumen and mother-of-pearl, from a grave in the Royal Cemetery of Ur, Sumer. 2600 BCE.

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"Pitcher plant" vase by Union Porcelain Works, Brooklyn, 1877. Porcelain with overglaze enamel and gilt decoration. Philadelphia Museum of Art collection

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"Pitcher plant" vase by Union Porcelain Works, Brooklyn, 1877. Porcelain with overglaze enamel and gilt decoration. Philadelphia Museum of Art collection

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Bacchantes Vase, by René Lalique. Opalescent Glass with leaded patina over a bronze base — France. Early 20th century

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Bacchantes Vase, by René Lalique. Opalescent Glass with leaded patina over a bronze base — France. Early 20th century

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Foot reliquary from the Basel Minster treasury, 1450, silver, copper, gold-plated, mother of pearl, enamel, pearls, gemstones and glass.

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Foot reliquary from the Basel Minster treasury, 1450, silver, copper, gold-plated, mother of pearl, enamel, pearls, gemstones and glass.

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Musical automaton rhinoceros clock by James Cox, British, ca. 1765-72. Case: gilt bronze, silver enamel, and paste jewels; pedestal: white marble and agate. The Frick Collection

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Musical automaton rhinoceros clock by James Cox, British, ca. 1765-72. Case: gilt bronze, silver enamel, and paste jewels; pedestal: white marble and agate. The Frick Collection

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Life like Japanese Fantail Doves, 1880. This life-size pair of fantailed doves are created by placing intricately carved individual mother of pearl feathers onto a carved wooden base, with bronze legs.

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Life like Japanese Fantail Doves, 1880. This life-size pair of fantailed doves are created by placing intricately carved individual mother of pearl feathers onto a carved wooden base, with bronze legs.

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A bronze tripod with a handle and coiled dragon pattern, Spring and Autumn period , now housed at the Zhejiang Museum in China. The lid is decorated with 11 dragons and 16 other animals, including rhinoceroses, elephants, tigers, bears, and deer

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A bronze tripod with a handle and coiled dragon pattern, Spring and Autumn period , now housed at the Zhejiang Museum in China. The lid is decorated with 11 dragons and 16 other animals, including rhinoceroses, elephants, tigers, bears, and deer

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Cradle of the King of Rome . 1811; wood, silver gilt, mother-of-pearl, sheets of copper covered with velvet, silk and tulle, decorated with silver and gold thread; Kunsthistorisches Museum

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Cradle of the King of Rome . 1811; wood, silver gilt, mother-of-pearl, sheets of copper covered with velvet, silk and tulle, decorated with silver and gold thread; Kunsthistorisches Museum

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A ceramic egg-shaped pyxis decorated with geometric patterns, excavated from a Bronze Age tomb in Cyprus. Late 21st Century BCE, now housed at the Teece Museum of Classical Antiquities in New Zealand

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A ceramic egg-shaped pyxis decorated with geometric patterns, excavated from a Bronze Age tomb in Cyprus. Late 21st Century BCE, now housed at the Teece Museum of Classical Antiquities in New Zealand

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