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Floor tile, late 16th century,Metropolitan Museum of Art: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Fletcher Fund, 1927
Size: 5 ¼ × 5 ¼ in. (13.3 × 13.3 cm)
Medium: Tin-glazed earthenware
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Double-Sided Teapot with Tree Peonies, late 17th–early 18th century,Metropolitan Museum of Art: Asian Art
Purchase by subscription, 1879
Size: H. 6 in. (15.2 cm); W. 5 ½ in. (14 cm)
Medium: Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under and colored enamels over transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware)
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Close Helmet, probably early 19th century in the 16th century style,Metropolitan Museum of Art: Arms and Armor
Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913
Size: H. 12 ¾ in. (32.4 cm); W. 9 5/8 in. (24.5 cm); D. 12 ½ in. (31.8 cm); Wt. 6 lb. 4 oz. (2835 g)
Medium: Steel
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Dish, last quarter 16th century,Metropolitan Museum of Art: Islamic Art
Gift of William B. Osgood Field, 1902
Size: H. 2 ¼ in. (5.7 cm) Diam. 11 ½ in. (29.2 cm) Wt.1.9lb. (0.9kg)
Medium: Stonepaste; painted and glazed
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Serpent, Leopoldo Franciolini, 18th century (?),Musical Instruments
The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Size: Length 822 mm., Diam. of bell 120 mm., Length of mouthpiece 60 mm., Length of crook, ca. 355 mm.
Medium: Wood, leather, brass, ivory
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Military Flail, possibly 16th century,Metropolitan Museum of Art: Arms and Armor
Rogers Fund, 1904
Size: L. 43 5/8 in. (110.8 cm); L. of head and chain 16 ½ in. (41.9 cm); W. 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm); Wt. 5 lb. 6 oz. (2438.1 g)
Medium: Steel, iron
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Weaving Sword, 10th–16th century (?),Metropolitan Museum of Art: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Bequest of Arthur M. Bullowa, 1993
Size: Length 9-¾ in.
Medium: Bone, shell, turquoise
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Two Men Contemplating the Moon, Caspar David Friedrich, ca. 1825–30,European Paintings
Wrightsman Fund, 2000
Size: 13 ¾ x 17 ¼ in. (34.9 x 43.8 cm)
Medium: Oil on canvas
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/438417
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The Calm Sea, Gustave Courbet, 1869,European Paintings
H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Size: 23 ½ x 28 ¾ in. (59.7 x 73 cm)
Medium: Oil on canvas
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Peonies, Edouard Manet, 1864–65,European Paintings
Bequest of Joan Whitney Payson, 1975
Size: 23 3/8 x 13 7/8 in. (59.4 x 35.2 cm)
Medium: Oil on canvas
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