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Miniature painting titled “A Group of Camels and the Camel Shepherd”, from a manuscript of the Maqamat The artwork dates to around 1240 CE.

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Miniature painting titled “A Group of Camels and the Camel Shepherd”, from a manuscript of the Maqamat The artwork dates to around 1240 CE.

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Portrait of a mummified Roman woman. The painting is made with wax on sycamore wood. The artifact dates to 2nd century CE and comes from Roman Egypt.

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Portrait of a mummified Roman woman. The painting is made with wax on sycamore wood. The artifact dates to 2nd century CE and comes from Roman Egypt.

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13th-century painting depicting a scene from Al Maqamat by Al-Hariri, specifically titled "Farewells of Abu-Zayd and Al-Harith before the return to Mecca".

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13th-century painting depicting a scene from Al Maqamat by Al-Hariri, specifically titled "Farewells of Abu-Zayd and Al-Harith before the return to Mecca".

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Ivory miniature painting,showing a group of people enjoying dance and musical party in the garden,fitted in a gilt frame.19th century,france salar jung museum,india

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Ivory miniature painting,showing a group of people enjoying dance and musical party in the garden,fitted in a gilt frame.19th century,france salar jung museum,india

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Roman marble sculpture showing the philosopher Socrates. The object is dated to the mid-1st century CE and is a copy of a Greek original from the 4th century BCE. The artifact is in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples.

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Roman marble sculpture showing the philosopher Socrates. The object is dated to the mid-1st century CE and is a copy of a Greek original from the 4th century BCE. The artifact is in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples.

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St Patrick sleeps on a hillock, flanked by a pair of fighting beasts and a figure holding a book, from an illustrated manuscript of Wauchier de Denain's Lives of the Saints; French, 13th century

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St Patrick sleeps on a hillock, flanked by a pair of fighting beasts and a figure holding a book, from an illustrated manuscript of Wauchier de Denain's Lives of the Saints; French, 13th century

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Painting of a Zouyu, aka a white tiger, dates back to the Ming dynasty, 1404, and is found at the National Palace Museum, Taipei

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Painting of a Zouyu, aka a white tiger, dates back to the Ming dynasty, 1404, and is found at the National Palace Museum, Taipei

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Goyozeiten’no Gyohitsu , or Emperor Go-Yōzei's Handwriting, dated 1587. A set of five brocade bound miniature painting albums, attributed to and inscribed by the 107th Emperor of Japan. There is also a bonus brocade wallet to hold all five albums

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Goyozeiten’no Gyohitsu , or Emperor Go-Yōzei's Handwriting, dated 1587. A set of five brocade bound miniature painting albums, attributed to and inscribed by the 107th Emperor of Japan. There is also a bonus brocade wallet to hold all five albums

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Woman with short hair in the Fayum portrait. The painting dates from the Hadrianic period, dating to approximately the 2nd century CE.

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Woman with short hair in the Fayum portrait. The painting dates from the Hadrianic period, dating to approximately the 2nd century CE.

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A postcard from the turn of the 20th century; cartoon artwork depicting a woman using a parasol to swat away the stork bringing her a new-born child. The caption reads, "And the villain still pursues her."

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A postcard from the turn of the 20th century; cartoon artwork depicting a woman using a parasol to swat away the stork bringing her a new-born child. The caption reads, "And the villain still pursues her."

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Venus against the background of the amphitheater in Pompeii. The sculpture is located in the Archaeological Park of Pompeii and dates back to the 1st century CE.

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Venus against the background of the amphitheater in Pompeii. The sculpture is located in the Archaeological Park of Pompeii and dates back to the 1st century CE.

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Fragment of a Roman wall painting with a Latin inscription from the 3rd century CE. The object was found on the remains of an amphitheater in ancient Viminacium in eastern Serbia.

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Fragment of a Roman wall painting with a Latin inscription from the 3rd century CE. The object was found on the remains of an amphitheater in ancient Viminacium in eastern Serbia.

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Painting of a Sikh Husband and Wife, circa 1840. Attributed to an unknown artist from Tanjore

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Painting of a Sikh Husband and Wife, circa 1840. Attributed to an unknown artist from Tanjore

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Bronze statue of a young man. The figure shown is in the middle of a prayer - hence its name "Praying Boy". The object was found in Rhodes, and is dated to the 3rd century BCE.

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Bronze statue of a young man. The figure shown is in the middle of a prayer - hence its name "Praying Boy". The object was found in Rhodes, and is dated to the 3rd century BCE.

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Tombstone from the Ambleside fort in England. There is an inscription saying that Flavius Romantus was killed in the camp. The object is dated to the turn of the second and third century CE.

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Tombstone from the Ambleside fort in England. There is an inscription saying that Flavius Romantus was killed in the camp. The object is dated to the turn of the second and third century CE.

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Painting of a jellyfish, from the Shurinzu. Anonymous artist. Japan, 18th century

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Painting of a jellyfish, from the Shurinzu. Anonymous artist. Japan, 18th century

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A miniature model of a Chinese garden, coloured with blue kingfisher feathers, called TianTsui - a style of Chinese art from the Qing dynasty, 19th century

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A miniature model of a Chinese garden, coloured with blue kingfisher feathers, called TianTsui - a style of Chinese art from the Qing dynasty, 19th century

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A gray schist figure of Buddha Shakyamuni from the ancient region of Gandhara, dating back to the 3rd-4th century CE

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A gray schist figure of Buddha Shakyamuni from the ancient region of Gandhara, dating back to the 3rd-4th century CE

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Two clam shells for Kai-awase, the shell matching game. Painted with scenes from the Tale of Genji. Japan, 18th-19th century

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Two clam shells for Kai-awase, the shell matching game. Painted with scenes from the Tale of Genji. Japan, 18th-19th century

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