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the Middle Ages The Metropolitan Museum of Art, with contributions by Timothy B.
Fantuzzi seems to have begun etching with little training—his early works are marked
Two Zoomorphic Bottles (69.153 and 1999.145)Like the blue bottle decorated with applied threads of blue glass (X.21.210), the playful utilitarian objects 69.153 and 1999.145 testify to the transition between two glassmaking traditions, the Roman and the Islamic, along the coastal zone of the Mediterranean region
the ground, but when viewed through transmitted light the object is revealed to have
Ramesses IV seems to have sought to reemphasize the Theban ritual landscape, and
Macret stopped making furniture in 1771; however, he may have repaired or sold this
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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).
Royal pendants and masquettes, openwork bracelets, and altar sculpture are some of the art forms that found broad dissemination and usage within this region.
Edo concepts of leadership accompanied the motifs themselves: local leaders may have
1967, excavated under the direction of David Stronach and John Hansman, representing the British Institute of Persian Studies and the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago; acquired by the Museum in 1969, as a result of its financial contribution to the excavations
Yet the bones appear to have been wrapped in leather and wool, which would be unusual
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Corey (working with a large, cross-departmental team), have achieved an exquisite
