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White-ground ceramic lekythos with the virgin huntress Atalanta pursued by Eros and Erotes. Greek, Attic, ca. 500-490 BC; decoration attributed to the vase painter Douris. More pics in museum link in comments. Cleveland Museum of Art collection

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White-ground ceramic lekythos with the virgin huntress Atalanta pursued by Eros and Erotes. Greek, Attic, ca. 500-490 BC; decoration attributed to the vase painter Douris. More pics in museum link in comments. Cleveland Museum of Art collection

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Terracotta red-figure kylix . Greek, Attic, decoration attributed to the vase painter Douris, ca. 470 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection. See exterior with women and youths in museum link in comments

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Terracotta red-figure kylix . Greek, Attic, decoration attributed to the vase painter Douris, ca. 470 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection. See exterior with women and youths in museum link in comments

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Terracotta bell krater with Hermes and Hekate leading Persephone from the underworld to her mother Demeter. Greek, Attic, ca. 440 BC. Red-figure decoration attributed to the Persephone painter. See link in comments for reverse with libation scene. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Terracotta bell krater with Hermes and Hekate leading Persephone from the underworld to her mother Demeter. Greek, Attic, ca. 440 BC. Red-figure decoration attributed to the Persephone painter. See link in comments for reverse with libation scene. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Panathenaic prize amphora. Greek, Attic, ca 470 BC. Terracotta with black figure decoration attributed to the Niobid Painter. Baltimore Museum of Art collection

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Panathenaic prize amphora. Greek, Attic, ca 470 BC. Terracotta with black figure decoration attributed to the Niobid Painter. Baltimore Museum of Art collection

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Trefoil oinochoe with black figure decoration depicting Europa and the bull. Greek, Attic, ca. 530 BC. Ceramic. Cleveland Museum of Art collection

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Trefoil oinochoe with black figure decoration depicting Europa and the bull. Greek, Attic, ca. 530 BC. Ceramic. Cleveland Museum of Art collection

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Terracotta kylix with boy carrying a writing tablet. Greek, Attic, ca. 460 BC. Red figure decoration attributed to the Painter of Munich 2660. See museum link in comments for cup exterior showing boys holding papyrus scrolls. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Terracotta kylix with boy carrying a writing tablet. Greek, Attic, ca. 460 BC. Red figure decoration attributed to the Painter of Munich 2660. See museum link in comments for cup exterior showing boys holding papyrus scrolls. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Red figure calyx krater with a young warrior likely about to leave to war, and a woman passing his helmet to him over an altar. Decoration attributed to the Altamura Painter, Greek, Attic, ca. 470-460 BC. Terracotta. Walters Art Museum collection

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Red figure calyx krater with a young warrior likely about to leave to war, and a woman passing his helmet to him over an altar. Decoration attributed to the Altamura Painter, Greek, Attic, ca. 470-460 BC. Terracotta. Walters Art Museum collection

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Aryballos in the form of a monkey. East Greek, probably Milesian, ca. 580 BC. Ceramic. Cleveland Museum of Art collection

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Aryballos in the form of a monkey. East Greek, probably Milesian, ca. 580 BC. Ceramic. Cleveland Museum of Art collection

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Satyr with child Dionysus. Greek or Hellenistic, possibly Alexandria, Egypt, 2nd c BC. Marble. More pics in museum link in comments. Walters Art Museum collection

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Satyr with child Dionysus. Greek or Hellenistic, possibly Alexandria, Egypt, 2nd c BC. Marble. More pics in museum link in comments. Walters Art Museum collection

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Painting of Shakyamuni emerging from the mountains by an unidentified Southern Song dynasty artist, dated 1244. Hanging scroll; ink on paper. See inscription translation in comments. Cleveland Museum of Art collection

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Painting of Shakyamuni emerging from the mountains by an unidentified Southern Song dynasty artist, dated 1244. Hanging scroll; ink on paper. See inscription translation in comments. Cleveland Museum of Art collection

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Ceramic paint box with sliding lid, with grip in the form of a genet , containing seven pigment cakes. Egypt, New Kingdom, dynasty 19-20, ca. 1302-1070 BC. RISD Museum collection

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Ceramic paint box with sliding lid, with grip in the form of a genet , containing seven pigment cakes. Egypt, New Kingdom, dynasty 19-20, ca. 1302-1070 BC. RISD Museum collection

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Mirror back with goddess wearing butterfly headdress and attendants. Thought to be from Escuintla, Guatemala, but in Teotihuacán style, Classic period, ca. 400-550 AD. Slate with pigment. Cleveland Museum of Art collection

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Mirror back with goddess wearing butterfly headdress and attendants. Thought to be from Escuintla, Guatemala, but in Teotihuacán style, Classic period, ca. 400-550 AD. Slate with pigment. Cleveland Museum of Art collection

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Box attributed to Pietro Piffetti, Italian, ca. 1748-1751. Exterior: walnut veneered with tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl, ivory, bone, wood, possibly horn; gilt bronze; green velvet bottom. Interior altered by Baradel, Paris, ca. 1780. Getty Museum. More pics in link in comments

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Box attributed to Pietro Piffetti, Italian, ca. 1748-1751. Exterior: walnut veneered with tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl, ivory, bone, wood, possibly horn; gilt bronze; green velvet bottom. Interior altered by Baradel, Paris, ca. 1780. Getty Museum. More pics in link in comments

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Dinos with the abduction of Thetis. Apulia, ca. 340 BC. Clay with red figure decoration attributed to the Painter of the Louvre MNB 1148. Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid, collection

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Dinos with the abduction of Thetis. Apulia, ca. 340 BC. Clay with red figure decoration attributed to the Painter of the Louvre MNB 1148. Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid, collection

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A Roman mosaic from Antioch, now housed at the Louvre Museum, 475-500 CE. The center of the mosaic panel, surrounded by a border decorated with winged mountain goats, depicts a phoenix on a bed of rosebuds

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A Roman mosaic from Antioch, now housed at the Louvre Museum, 475-500 CE. The center of the mosaic panel, surrounded by a border decorated with winged mountain goats, depicts a phoenix on a bed of rosebuds

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Bottle with chrysanthemum design. Korea, Goryeo dynasty, 13th or 14th c. Celadon ware with inlaid white and black slip decoration and repair with gold lacquer. Cleveland Museum of Art collection

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Bottle with chrysanthemum design. Korea, Goryeo dynasty, 13th or 14th c. Celadon ware with inlaid white and black slip decoration and repair with gold lacquer. Cleveland Museum of Art collection

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Vessel. Recuay culture, north highlands, Peru, ca 1-700 AD. Ceramic with slip and pigment. Cleveland Museum of Art collection

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Vessel. Recuay culture, north highlands, Peru, ca 1-700 AD. Ceramic with slip and pigment. Cleveland Museum of Art collection

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Tianhuang seal depicting the legendary 11th-c poet Su Shi in a boat at the base of the Red Cliff with a waterfall. Carved by Qian Song . More pics in museum link in comments. Brooklyn Museum collection

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Tianhuang seal depicting the legendary 11th-c poet Su Shi in a boat at the base of the Red Cliff with a waterfall. Carved by Qian Song . More pics in museum link in comments. Brooklyn Museum collection

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Marble fragment with the head of Medea from a 1st or 2nd c AD Roman copy of a Greek original relief, thought to have been decoration from the parapet surrounding the Altar of the Twelve Gods in the Athenian Agora, ca. 420–410 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Marble fragment with the head of Medea from a 1st or 2nd c AD Roman copy of a Greek original relief, thought to have been decoration from the parapet surrounding the Altar of the Twelve Gods in the Athenian Agora, ca. 420–410 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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