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A stunning and modern-looking pair of 2,300 year old earrings from Ptolemaic Egypt.
Made of gold, coloured stones and glass, the top half represents the crown of Egypt which is set above an ornately detailed heart.
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Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner, Crucifixion, early to mid-18th century
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This articulated clay doll was mass produced in Corinth throughout the 5th-4th century BC.
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See more than 70 new garments in the latest rotation of “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion.”
This re-installation expands on the modern vocabulary of American fashion and reflects the concept of fashion as a living art form.
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Robe (Kosode)
2nd half of the 17th century
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Precious garments donated to Buddhist Temples were often transformed into altar cloths (uchishiki) and vestments (kesa). This kosode’s slightly incomplete form suggests that it may once have been an altar cloth.
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Apollon plays a kithara between Leto and Artemis. Attic black-figure amphora, 520-510 BC. Attributer to the Pasikles Painter. MET Museum.
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Bust of Athena and olive branch. Attic red-figure aryballic lekythos, attributed to the Achilles Painter, 450-425 BC. MET Museum.
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