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Pink silk faille shoes, late 19th century. Made by Gartrell / Rue St. Honoré No. 359 / Paris, these stylish boots are trimmed with lace and have embossed pewter buttons. From the collections of the Charleston Museum,South Carolina.

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Pink silk faille shoes, late 19th century. Made by Gartrell / Rue St. Honoré No. 359 / Paris, these stylish boots are trimmed with lace and have embossed pewter buttons. From the collections of the Charleston Museum,South Carolina.

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Snuff dish in the form of a peach made using a sherd of ancient jun-glazed stoneware, with pewter rim. China, Qing dynasty, 19th c. Philadelphia Museum of Art collection

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Snuff dish in the form of a peach made using a sherd of ancient jun-glazed stoneware, with pewter rim. China, Qing dynasty, 19th c. Philadelphia Museum of Art collection

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A wooden staff or club with bone inlay, from Easter Island, late 19th-early 20th century CE, now housed at the Honolulu Museum of Art in Hawaiʻi

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A wooden staff or club with bone inlay, from Easter Island, late 19th-early 20th century CE, now housed at the Honolulu Museum of Art in Hawaiʻi

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A pietra dura table top from Rome. Made of hardstones, alabaster, and marble. Late 16th or early 17th century CE, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum

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A pietra dura table top from Rome. Made of hardstones, alabaster, and marble. Late 16th or early 17th century CE, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum

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Buddhist Jewel of Wisdom Carved with the Isle of the Immortals. , made of ivory, from Japan, mid- to late 19th century CE, now housed at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

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Buddhist Jewel of Wisdom Carved with the Isle of the Immortals. , made of ivory, from Japan, mid- to late 19th century CE, now housed at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

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An ancient Chinese incense burner. Stoneware, with clear glaze and modeled dragons and lotus petals. Sui to early Tang dynasty, late 6th–7th century CE. Now housed at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston

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An ancient Chinese incense burner. Stoneware, with clear glaze and modeled dragons and lotus petals. Sui to early Tang dynasty, late 6th–7th century CE. Now housed at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston

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The 17th century CE Safavid Wagner Garden Carpet made in Kirman, Iran. The garden design on this carpet is crammed with shrubs and trees, animals and birds intersected by water channels and a pool full of fish and ducks. Now part of the The Burrell Collection in Glasgow, Scotland

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The 17th century CE Safavid Wagner Garden Carpet made in Kirman, Iran. The garden design on this carpet is crammed with shrubs and trees, animals and birds intersected by water channels and a pool full of fish and ducks. Now part of the The Burrell Collection in Glasgow, Scotland

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A late 19th century CE netsuke of a meditating skeleton, made of silver set in stag antler. Meiji period, from Japan, now housed at the British Museum

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A late 19th century CE netsuke of a meditating skeleton, made of silver set in stag antler. Meiji period, from Japan, now housed at the British Museum

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Polish eagle with a garnet body. Poland, 2nd quarter of the 17th century, enamel on gold, garnet, rubies, emeralds and pearls. Commissioned by King Władysław IV of Poland. In the collection of Louvre Museum.

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Polish eagle with a garnet body. Poland, 2nd quarter of the 17th century, enamel on gold, garnet, rubies, emeralds and pearls. Commissioned by King Władysław IV of Poland. In the collection of Louvre Museum.

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A large limestone panel from South Arabia, 3rd-2nd century BCE, 45cm x 74cm. Now part of the collection of Oliver Hoare Ltd

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A large limestone panel from South Arabia, 3rd-2nd century BCE, 45cm x 74cm. Now part of the collection of Oliver Hoare Ltd

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A limestone Roman funerary stele depicting a seated woman with necklaces and earrings. From Athienou in Cyprus, end of 1st century CE, now housed at the Louvre museum in Paris

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A limestone Roman funerary stele depicting a seated woman with necklaces and earrings. From Athienou in Cyprus, end of 1st century CE, now housed at the Louvre museum in Paris

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The Mildenhall Treasure is a large hoard of 34 masterpieces of Roman silver tableware from the 4th century CE, and by far the most valuable Roman objects artistically and by weight of bullion in Britain. It was found at West Row in 1942, and is now housed at the British Museum

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The Mildenhall Treasure is a large hoard of 34 masterpieces of Roman silver tableware from the 4th century CE, and by far the most valuable Roman objects artistically and by weight of bullion in Britain. It was found at West Row in 1942, and is now housed at the British Museum

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A Maya trumpet made from conch shell and incised with hematite. From Peten in Guatemala, 4th–6th century CE, now housed at the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia

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A Maya trumpet made from conch shell and incised with hematite. From Peten in Guatemala, 4th–6th century CE, now housed at the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia

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Hanukkah menorah. Manufactured by La Maison Desny, Paris, ca. 1930. Silver-plate and brass. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, collection

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Hanukkah menorah. Manufactured by La Maison Desny, Paris, ca. 1930. Silver-plate and brass. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, collection

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A red fancy striped plush stole lined with strawberry pink silk, made in 1812 CE. Now housed at the Fashion Museum in Bath, England

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A red fancy striped plush stole lined with strawberry pink silk, made in 1812 CE. Now housed at the Fashion Museum in Bath, England

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Pennannular brooch with beast-shaped terminals, part of the St Ninian's Isle Treasure, discovered in the late 1950s on an island in the Shetlands. From the latter part of the 8th century. National Museum of Scotland.

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Pennannular brooch with beast-shaped terminals, part of the St Ninian's Isle Treasure, discovered in the late 1950s on an island in the Shetlands. From the latter part of the 8th century. National Museum of Scotland.

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VIETNAM. The Five Tigers, traditional woodblock painting from the HangTrong and Hang Non streets of Old Hanoi's 36 Streets. Late 19th or early 20th century. Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts - Hanoi, Vietnam

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VIETNAM. The Five Tigers, traditional woodblock painting from the HangTrong and Hang Non streets of Old Hanoi's 36 Streets. Late 19th or early 20th century. Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts - Hanoi, Vietnam

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Carved Olive-Pit Miniature Boat , Qing dynasty , Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei

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Carved Olive-Pit Miniature Boat , Qing dynasty , Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei

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A mid 18th century CE desk and bookcase from Mexico, made of inlaid woods and incised and painted bone, maque, gold and polychrome paint, and metal hardware. Now housed at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston

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A mid 18th century CE desk and bookcase from Mexico, made of inlaid woods and incised and painted bone, maque, gold and polychrome paint, and metal hardware. Now housed at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston

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“Oxus Lady” with bird body. From Eastern Iran or Central Asia, Oxus Culture . Made of chlorite, limestone and lapis lazuli. Now part of a Private Collection in the UK

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“Oxus Lady” with bird body. From Eastern Iran or Central Asia, Oxus Culture . Made of chlorite, limestone and lapis lazuli. Now part of a Private Collection in the UK

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