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Ring with an ivory ship inside and garnets around the bezel, late 18th Century

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Ring with an ivory ship inside and garnets around the bezel, late 18th Century

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Ivory carving of a shell with fishermen inside. Japan, around 1900

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Ivory carving of a shell with fishermen inside. Japan, around 1900

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Roman golden ring with garnet. Object dated to the 3rd century CE.

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Roman golden ring with garnet. Object dated to the 3rd century CE.

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An Anglo-Saxon agate finger-ring engraved with a runic inscription around the outside. 8th-10th century CE, now housed at the British Museum

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An Anglo-Saxon agate finger-ring engraved with a runic inscription around the outside. 8th-10th century CE, now housed at the British Museum

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Model of a Venetian palazzo made of ivory and wood, Italian, late 17th–18th century.

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Model of a Venetian palazzo made of ivory and wood, Italian, late 17th–18th century.

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The Vyne Ring , a 4th-century Roman gold ring inscribed with a Latin curse. Found in Hampshire, England in 1785.

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The Vyne Ring , a 4th-century Roman gold ring inscribed with a Latin curse. Found in Hampshire, England in 1785.

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17th century cannon made in the Netherlands found in a modern ship being scrapped

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17th century cannon made in the Netherlands found in a modern ship being scrapped

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Menuki in the form of a shishi, Japan late 18th–early 19th century.

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Menuki in the form of a shishi, Japan late 18th–early 19th century.

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The Good Shepherd, ivory carving, Indo-Portuguese, 18th century

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The Good Shepherd, ivory carving, Indo-Portuguese, 18th century

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Ring with Cupid Chasing a Butterfly, Venetian,18th century, Agate, Gold

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Ring with Cupid Chasing a Butterfly, Venetian,18th century, Agate, Gold

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Roman poison ring in the shape of an oil lamp, 4th century, gold

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Roman poison ring in the shape of an oil lamp, 4th century, gold

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Iron shin guard with padding. Japan, 18th century

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Iron shin guard with padding. Japan, 18th century

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Lords of the Charnel Ground, Smashana Adipati. Tibet, c. 18th Century

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Lords of the Charnel Ground, Smashana Adipati. Tibet, c. 18th Century

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Funerary building with 30 children's graves in and around the site. Oman, 1000 BC

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Funerary building with 30 children's graves in and around the site. Oman, 1000 BC

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Teak cabinet with ebony and ivory inlays. India, 16th century

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Teak cabinet with ebony and ivory inlays. India, 16th century

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Steel cuirass gilded with skull and bones. India, 18th-19th century

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Steel cuirass gilded with skull and bones. India, 18th-19th century

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Gold wedding ring set with an emerald and a garnet, Byzantine Empire, 10th century AD. Collection: The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg

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Gold wedding ring set with an emerald and a garnet, Byzantine Empire, 10th century AD. Collection: The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg

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Ivory telescope and writing set. Germany, 17th century

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Ivory telescope and writing set. Germany, 17th century

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Detail of the pavement, with reused elements and inscriptions, in the Basilica di San Clemente al Laterano, Roma, 13th century

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Detail of the pavement, with reused elements and inscriptions, in the Basilica di San Clemente al Laterano, Roma, 13th century

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Sword and sheath. Lahore, India, 18th century

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Sword and sheath. Lahore, India, 18th century

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