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Box attributed to Pietro Piffetti, Italian, ca. 1748-1751. Exterior: walnut veneered with tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl, ivory, bone, wood, possibly horn; gilt bronze; green velvet bottom. Interior altered by Baradel, Paris, ca. 1780. Getty Museum. More pics in link in comments

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Box attributed to Pietro Piffetti, Italian, ca. 1748-1751. Exterior: walnut veneered with tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl, ivory, bone, wood, possibly horn; gilt bronze; green velvet bottom. Interior altered by Baradel, Paris, ca. 1780. Getty Museum. More pics in link in comments

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A writing cabinet made by Pietro Piffetti in 1738 CE, and now housed at the Quirinale Palace in Rome. Made of gilded bronze, walnut wood paved with rosewood and boxwood, and inlaid with ivory and tortoiseshell

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A writing cabinet made by Pietro Piffetti in 1738 CE, and now housed at the Quirinale Palace in Rome. Made of gilded bronze, walnut wood paved with rosewood and boxwood, and inlaid with ivory and tortoiseshell

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Terracotta red-figure kylix . Greek, Attic, decoration attributed to the vase painter Douris, ca. 470 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection. See exterior with women and youths in museum link in comments

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Terracotta red-figure kylix . Greek, Attic, decoration attributed to the vase painter Douris, ca. 470 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection. See exterior with women and youths in museum link in comments

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White-ground ceramic lekythos with the virgin huntress Atalanta pursued by Eros and Erotes. Greek, Attic, ca. 500-490 BC; decoration attributed to the vase painter Douris. More pics in museum link in comments. Cleveland Museum of Art collection

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White-ground ceramic lekythos with the virgin huntress Atalanta pursued by Eros and Erotes. Greek, Attic, ca. 500-490 BC; decoration attributed to the vase painter Douris. More pics in museum link in comments. Cleveland Museum of Art collection

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Terracotta bell krater with Hermes and Hekate leading Persephone from the underworld to her mother Demeter. Greek, Attic, ca. 440 BC. Red-figure decoration attributed to the Persephone painter. See link in comments for reverse with libation scene. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Terracotta bell krater with Hermes and Hekate leading Persephone from the underworld to her mother Demeter. Greek, Attic, ca. 440 BC. Red-figure decoration attributed to the Persephone painter. See link in comments for reverse with libation scene. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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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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Antependium completed in 1749 by Pietro Piffetti for the Church of San Filippo Neri, Turin. Made of mother-of-pearl, ivory, turtle shell, ebony, rosewood, jasper, lapis lazuli and various other pietre dure.

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Antependium completed in 1749 by Pietro Piffetti for the Church of San Filippo Neri, Turin. Made of mother-of-pearl, ivory, turtle shell, ebony, rosewood, jasper, lapis lazuli and various other pietre dure.

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A tea table made by Carlo Bugatti in c. 1907. Inlaid wood , cast and gilded bronze mounts, inlays of ivory or bone, metal, and mother-of-pearl . Now housed at the Cleveland Museum of Art

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A tea table made by Carlo Bugatti in c. 1907. Inlaid wood , cast and gilded bronze mounts, inlays of ivory or bone, metal, and mother-of-pearl . Now housed at the Cleveland Museum of Art

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Terracotta kylix with boy carrying a writing tablet. Greek, Attic, ca. 460 BC. Red figure decoration attributed to the Painter of Munich 2660. See museum link in comments for cup exterior showing boys holding papyrus scrolls. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Terracotta kylix with boy carrying a writing tablet. Greek, Attic, ca. 460 BC. Red figure decoration attributed to the Painter of Munich 2660. See museum link in comments for cup exterior showing boys holding papyrus scrolls. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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A lectern made in 1570 CE in Nuremberg. Body: softwood, veneered and inlaid with walnut, boxwood, fruitwoods, ivory and mother-of-pearl; fittings: gilded and etched. Now housed at the Museum Angewandte Kunst in Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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A lectern made in 1570 CE in Nuremberg. Body: softwood, veneered and inlaid with walnut, boxwood, fruitwoods, ivory and mother-of-pearl; fittings: gilded and etched. Now housed at the Museum Angewandte Kunst in Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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Satyr with child Dionysus. Greek or Hellenistic, possibly Alexandria, Egypt, 2nd c BC. Marble. More pics in museum link in comments. Walters Art Museum collection

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Satyr with child Dionysus. Greek or Hellenistic, possibly Alexandria, Egypt, 2nd c BC. Marble. More pics in museum link in comments. Walters Art Museum collection

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Tianhuang seal depicting the legendary 11th-c poet Su Shi in a boat at the base of the Red Cliff with a waterfall. Carved by Qian Song . More pics in museum link in comments. Brooklyn Museum collection

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Tianhuang seal depicting the legendary 11th-c poet Su Shi in a boat at the base of the Red Cliff with a waterfall. Carved by Qian Song . More pics in museum link in comments. Brooklyn Museum collection

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17th century Italian, possibly Venetian, bronze statuette of a musketeer with a mix of contemporaneous and vaguely Roman attributes. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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17th century Italian, possibly Venetian, bronze statuette of a musketeer with a mix of contemporaneous and vaguely Roman attributes. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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An ewer with double nautilus, mounted in silver gilt, and adorned with mother-of-pearl, rubies, and turquoises. Circa 1590 CE, now housed in the Silver Museum at the Palazzo Pitti in Florence, Italy

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An ewer with double nautilus, mounted in silver gilt, and adorned with mother-of-pearl, rubies, and turquoises. Circa 1590 CE, now housed in the Silver Museum at the Palazzo Pitti in Florence, Italy

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Red figure calyx krater with a young warrior likely about to leave to war, and a woman passing his helmet to him over an altar. Decoration attributed to the Altamura Painter, Greek, Attic, ca. 470-460 BC. Terracotta. Walters Art Museum collection

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Red figure calyx krater with a young warrior likely about to leave to war, and a woman passing his helmet to him over an altar. Decoration attributed to the Altamura Painter, Greek, Attic, ca. 470-460 BC. Terracotta. Walters Art Museum collection

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