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miniature solar system, a piece of space that has settled temporarily on the Iris and B.
Christine Giuntini, Conservator, 2016 References Bird, Junius B. 1958.
Signature: [original mat, recto, lower right, in graphite]: approved — / Louis C. TiffanyInscription: Component a- [recto left photograph collage, center, in gouache]: MUSIC; [recto, center photograph collage, center, in gouache]: LITERATURE; [recto, right photograph collage, center, in gouache]: ART; [artist’s board, recto, lower left, in graphite]: Knowles [underlined] / 31 [loss, possibly 43]; [artist’s board, recto, center, in graphite]: 3’ 5 ½; [artist’s board, recto, lower right, in graphite]: Scale 3 inches = 1 ft
Weld Gifts and Dodge Fund, 1967 Object Number: 67.654.313a, b Signature: [original
BottleA different type of cut-glass object is represented by a rather sizable number of globular bottles with a slighly tapering neck that ends in a large splayed mouth, and standing on a tapering foot
Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin vol. 23 (February 1965). p. 202, ill. fig. 7 (b/
[By 1918, R.D. Messayeh, New York]; [1919, purchased by Joseph Brummer from Messayeh, New York (Brummer inv. no. N315)]; acquired by the Museum in 1947, purchased from the estate of Joseph Brummer, New York
Louchheim, Aline B. 1949. “Near-Eastern Art Placed on Display: Metropolitan Shows
1840s, excavated under the direction of Austen Henry Layard; 1849, presented by Layard to Lady Charlotte Guest for Canford Manor, Dorsetshire (Dorset), England; 1919, purchased by Dikran Kelekian from Ivor Churchill Guest; 1927, purchased by J
Louchheim, Aline B. 1949. “Near-Eastern Art Placed on Display: Metropolitan Shows
Inscription: (Across the top): + COM[ES] MAG[ISTER] EQQ[UITUM] [EQUITUM] ET P[EDITUM] PRAES[ENTALIS] ET C[ONSUL] ORD[INARIUS] ([image of cross] Official, Chief of the Cavalry and of the infantry and Consul normally elected in present times)(In the central medallion): + / PATRIBVS
Beeson, Nora B., ed. Guide to The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
× 27 ft. 8 in. (919.5 × 749.3 × 843.3 cm) b: (lion capital): 14 1/8 × 20 1/4
Five case studies for select recent acquisitions demonstrate the varied and complex nature of provenance research at The Met.
Left: Terracotta funnel-jar. 19 1/8 in. (48.4 cm). (06.1021.248a, b).
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Avery, Katharine B. Baetjer, Carmen C.
