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Bronze fugu-censer, Japan, Meiji period, second half of the 19th century

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Bronze fugu-censer, Japan, Meiji period, second half of the 19th century

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"Cabinet for Toys" Austria, second half of the 19th century. Materials: ebony, bronze, enamel, bone, bronze

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"Cabinet for Toys" Austria, second half of the 19th century. Materials: ebony, bronze, enamel, bone, bronze

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Cloisonné vase with crayfish. Japan, Meiji period, 19th century

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Cloisonné vase with crayfish. Japan, Meiji period, 19th century

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Articulated praying mantis. Japan, Meiji period, 19th century

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Articulated praying mantis. Japan, Meiji period, 19th century

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Ivory figurines of four skeletons playing dominoes. Japan, Meiji period, 19th century

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Ivory figurines of four skeletons playing dominoes. Japan, Meiji period, 19th century

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Japan 19th century Bronze Inlay Vessel

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Japan 19th century Bronze Inlay Vessel

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Fireman's helmet with mother-of-pearl inlays. Japan, Edo period, 18th-19th century

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Fireman's helmet with mother-of-pearl inlays. Japan, Edo period, 18th-19th century

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Enthroned Vishnu, Pandya Empire.

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Enthroned Vishnu, Pandya Empire.

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Bronze heads of Buddha. Thailand, Ayutthaya period, 15th-17th century

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Bronze heads of Buddha. Thailand, Ayutthaya period, 15th-17th century

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Set of ritual bells. Japan, Heian period, 11th-12th century

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Set of ritual bells. Japan, Heian period, 11th-12th century

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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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Doll of a mother and baby. Japan, Meiji period, 1883

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Doll of a mother and baby. Japan, Meiji period, 1883

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Haniwa figure of a man. Japan, Kofun period, 5th-6th century AD

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Haniwa figure of a man. Japan, Kofun period, 5th-6th century AD

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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 Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire , second half of the 10th century.

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The Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire , second half of the 10th century.

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Statue of a man in armor, from Sekijinsan Mound. Fukuoka, Japan, Kofun period, 6th century AD

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Statue of a man in armor, from Sekijinsan Mound. Fukuoka, Japan, Kofun period, 6th century AD

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Haniwa model of a horse's head. Japan, Kofun period, 6th century AD

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Haniwa model of a horse's head. Japan, Kofun period, 6th century AD

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A fine Silver-Inlaid Qajar Armour Set, Persia, second half 19th Century,

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A fine Silver-Inlaid Qajar Armour Set, Persia, second half 19th Century,

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Gong Held by Oni in Wood and Lacquer, Japan,19th Century, the Met Museum

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Gong Held by Oni in Wood and Lacquer, Japan,19th Century, the Met Museum

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Pair of iron stirrups. Japan, Kofun period, 6th century AD

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Pair of iron stirrups. Japan, Kofun period, 6th century AD

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