Openwork furniture plaque with ram-headed sphinx
Neo-Assyrian
ca. 9th–8th century BCE
Assyrian
Ivory
Fletcher Fund, 1957
57.80.2
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Patiala Necklace, Cartier Paris, special order, 1928 (restored 1999–2002).
Commissioned by Bhupinder Singh, Maharajah of Patiala.
Diamonds, yellow and white zirconia, topaz, synthetic rubies, smoky quartz, citrine set in platinum.
Vincent Wulveryck, Collection Cartier
© Cartier
Spinning Wheel | Gasieng
© University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Altar Figure | Iene
South Maluku, Leti
H. 41 cm
Photographer: Hughes Dubois
© Ana & Antonio Casanovas
Octagonal cup with dragon handles
Late Ming (1368–1644)– early Qing (1644–1911) dynasty
17th century
China
Gilt copper alloy
Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 2017
2017.20
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Buddhist Priest’s Mantle | Jiasha
China
Silk; Metallic-Wrapped Thread; Paint
Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1949
51.66
Courtesy of the George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum
IKONOKLASME
© 2024 Ana Cecilia González
Waistcoat with Calligraphy of an inner Kiswah curtain from Mecca
© Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia
Kepong Mask
© Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Reclining tiger
Eastern Zhou dynasty (770–256 BCE)
4th–3rd century BCE
China
Bronze
Gift of Ernest Erickson Foundation, 1985
1985.214.10
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art