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Chinese, Tikshna-Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Gilt bronze
Suzuki Kiitsu, Morning Glories (detail), 19th C., Japanese, Six-panel folding screen; ink, color, & gold on gilded paper
Lorenzo Lotto, Venus and Cupid (detail), 16th C., Italian, Oil on canvas
Robert Smithson, Spiral Jetty, 1970, American, Utah, mud, salt crystals, basalt rocks, earth, and water
Greek, Carnelian scaraboid, early 5th century B.C., Carnelian, gold
French Medieval from Limoges, Chasse of Champagnat, ca. 1150, Copper, engraved and gilt; champlevé enamel
Jacques-Louis David, The Death of Socrates (detail), 1787, French, Oil on canvas
Chinese, Tikshna-Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Gilt bronze
Suzuki Kiitsu, Morning Glories (detail), 19th C., Japanese, Six-panel folding screen; ink, color, & gold on gilded paper
Lorenzo Lotto, Venus and Cupid (detail), 16th C., Italian, Oil on canvas
Robert Smithson, Spiral Jetty, 1970, American, Utah, mud, salt crystals, basalt rocks, earth, and water
Greek, Carnelian scaraboid, early 5th century B.C., Carnelian, gold
French Medieval from Limoges, Chasse of Champagnat, ca. 1150, Copper, engraved and gilt; champlevé enamel
Jacques-Louis David, The Death of Socrates (detail), 1787, French, Oil on canvas
