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Esther scroll made 1647 by Salom Italia, who was active in Amsterdam. Copperplate print on parchment with wooden roller. Over sixteen feet long. Loaned to the Jewish Museum from the Jewish Museum, London

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Esther scroll made 1647 by Salom Italia, who was active in Amsterdam. Copperplate print on parchment with wooden roller. Over sixteen feet long. Loaned to the Jewish Museum from the Jewish Museum, London

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"Two Rabbits in Winter" by Lü Ji . China, Ming dynasty, late 15th or early 16th c. Hanging scroll with ink and color on silk. Loaned to the Cleveland Museum of Art

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"Two Rabbits in Winter" by Lü Ji . China, Ming dynasty, late 15th or early 16th c. Hanging scroll with ink and color on silk. Loaned to the Cleveland Museum of Art

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Book of Esther scroll inscribed and illustrated by Raphael Montalto, Amsterdam, 1686. This vellum scroll is ten feet long. New York Public Library collection

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Book of Esther scroll inscribed and illustrated by Raphael Montalto, Amsterdam, 1686. This vellum scroll is ten feet long. New York Public Library collection

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A wooden female figurative spear-rest from Hawaii. Donated to the British Museum by Lords of the Admiralty in 1855 CE

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A wooden female figurative spear-rest from Hawaii. Donated to the British Museum by Lords of the Admiralty in 1855 CE

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Dagger with double-edged watered steel blade and white nephrite jade pommel in the form of a horse's head. India, mid 17th c. Loaned to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, from the Al-Sahah Collection, Kuwait

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Dagger with double-edged watered steel blade and white nephrite jade pommel in the form of a horse's head. India, mid 17th c. Loaned to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, from the Al-Sahah Collection, Kuwait

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Fayum portrait of a man in a blue cloak. The painting was made with the encaustic method on a wooden panel. The object comes from the 1st-2nd century CE and is located as an exhibit at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow .

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Fayum portrait of a man in a blue cloak. The painting was made with the encaustic method on a wooden panel. The object comes from the 1st-2nd century CE and is located as an exhibit at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow .

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Fayum portrait of a man in a blue cloak. The painting was made with the encaustic method on a wooden panel. The object comes from the 1st-2nd century CE and is located as an exhibit at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow .

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Fayum portrait of a man in a blue cloak. The painting was made with the encaustic method on a wooden panel. The object comes from the 1st-2nd century CE and is located as an exhibit at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow .

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A Mughal pendant of white nephrite jade set with rubies and emeralds in gold, and with a pendent emerald bead. Made in India in c. 1610-1620 CE, now part of the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London

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A Mughal pendant of white nephrite jade set with rubies and emeralds in gold, and with a pendent emerald bead. Made in India in c. 1610-1620 CE, now part of the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London

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Sword Presented by the Prince of Wales albert,to Nawab Mukhtar-ul-Mulk Sir Salar Jung Bahadur,prime minister of hyderabad state in 1875. The blade was manufactured by Wilkinson in London. The pistol-shaped hilt is covered with two pieces of ivory.on display at salar jung museum, india

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Sword Presented by the Prince of Wales albert,to Nawab Mukhtar-ul-Mulk Sir Salar Jung Bahadur,prime minister of hyderabad state in 1875. The blade was manufactured by Wilkinson in London. The pistol-shaped hilt is covered with two pieces of ivory.on display at salar jung museum, india

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Vase with handles and lid. Painted to represent flower bunches on one side and floral and flower design on the other.19th century,made by Osler porcelain Calcutta india,salar jung museum india

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Vase with handles and lid. Painted to represent flower bunches on one side and floral and flower design on the other.19th century,made by Osler porcelain Calcutta india,salar jung museum india

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"Old plum" by Ike Gyokuran , who was a rare acclaimed female painter in Edo-era Japan. Folding screen with ink and light color on paper. National Museum of Asian Art collection

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"Old plum" by Ike Gyokuran , who was a rare acclaimed female painter in Edo-era Japan. Folding screen with ink and light color on paper. National Museum of Asian Art collection

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Cope of the red pontifical set of vestments of Genoa. Probably workshop of Domenico Piola, Genoa, ca. 1686-97. Satin ground, silk thread, and painting on silk. Loaned to The Frick Collection from Terra Sancta Museum, Jerusalem

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Cope of the red pontifical set of vestments of Genoa. Probably workshop of Domenico Piola, Genoa, ca. 1686-97. Satin ground, silk thread, and painting on silk. Loaned to The Frick Collection from Terra Sancta Museum, Jerusalem

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This extraordinary table from the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, Russia, is the greatest masterpiece to have been created using the “piqué” technique. It was made by Giuseppe Sarao in Naples, Italy, in circa 1730-1740 CE using tortoiseshell piqué with gold and mother-of-pearl

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This extraordinary table from the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, Russia, is the greatest masterpiece to have been created using the “piqué” technique. It was made by Giuseppe Sarao in Naples, Italy, in circa 1730-1740 CE using tortoiseshell piqué with gold and mother-of-pearl

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Pistol belonged to monarchs of hyderabad state,19 century ce,made in london,on display at salar jung museum, hyderabad india

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Pistol belonged to monarchs of hyderabad state,19 century ce,made in london,on display at salar jung museum, hyderabad india

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A bronze plaque from Perm, in Russia, depicting seven elk men, with two-fingered hands and small hooves for feet,walking in procession along the back of a long-horned, scaly anteater. 6th-8th century CE

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A bronze plaque from Perm, in Russia, depicting seven elk men, with two-fingered hands and small hooves for feet,walking in procession along the back of a long-horned, scaly anteater. 6th-8th century CE

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Reconstruction of the Achaemenid Persian 'Ganauka' or 'riding dress' in the British Museum, London. The Ganauka was a link to the Persians origin as nomads from the Eurasian steppes

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Reconstruction of the Achaemenid Persian 'Ganauka' or 'riding dress' in the British Museum, London. The Ganauka was a link to the Persians origin as nomads from the Eurasian steppes

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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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