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Photograph of an ancient amphitheatre, viewed from above.
European
Inside the Amphitheatre, Nismes
1850 – 1870
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. W. Howard Bond
1980/2.223

Ladle
Gift of Ellen Johnston Laing in memory of her mother
1985/1.93
Conical-shaped building situated between two hills in a rocky, mostly barren landscape. 
Francis Frith (British (modern))
Absalom's Tomb, Jerusalem
1857
Gift of Frederick P. and Amy McCombs Currier
1988/1.98.1-2

Iranian (Iranian)
Star-shaped tile with phoenix among clouds
1267 – 1366
Museum purchase
1960/1.132

Iranian (Iranian)
Shallow bowl with stylized floral medallion
1000 – 1199
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1961/1.183
The vibrant coloring of this deep bowl consists dark brown, muddy brown, yellow-green and ivory. The design is organized around an inscription which appears above the base far down on the side. Above the inscription running horizontally is a separate enclosed design which looks like arcaded doorways with a string with a ball on it cutting each arcade in half for a total of seven. Opposite this is a series of four and one-half arcades in a vertical direction. Between these two areas there is a design repeated on opposite sides of the bowl with floral circular motifs on each side of a large, abstracted pear-shape form. The circles are brown and yellow-green and the pear form is orange and brown. Beneath each circle is a 'base' narrowing towards the center and directing the eye to the base. The base is covered with a shield-like design of orange and brown. The ivory background is not filled in but certain lines have been incised to add greater interest.  <br />  
Iranian (Iranian)
Deep bowl with vegetal and calligraphic designs
10th century
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1961/1.185

Syrian
Two-handled bowl
Transfer from the College of Architecture and Design
1972/2.137
A porcelain bottle vase of double gourd form on a flared footring with tall narrow neck and the reverse side flat with a slot for hanging. The vase is outlined in underglaze blue and has a six-character Wanli mark in a plaque framed by a polychrome overglaze lotus leaf on the top, and a lotus flower on the bottom. The front is decorated with underglaze blue and polychrome overglaze enamels to depict a pair of phoenixes flying among clouds on the upper bulb, and two phoenixes facing each other among an earthly flower garden on the lower bulb. These are confined between<em> lingzhi</em>-shaped clouds and lotus meander borders, with banana leaf lappets around the rim, all covered in a clear glaze. 
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Double-Gourd Wall Vase
1573 – 1620
Gift of Marian Doering in memory of Paul M. Doering
1979/2.12
Gold spoon with thin handle that widens at the end with egg-and-dart-like motif along edges
Tiffany & Company
Spoon
1900 – 1967
Gift of Colonel and Mrs. Thomas M. Spaulding
1967/2.17
Gold spoon with thin handle that widens at the end with a decorative element at the tip
Tiffany & Company
Spoon
1906 – 1956
Gift of Colonel and Mrs. Thomas M. Spaulding
1967/2.18
Buff stoneware jar rising up from a tall foot ring in an elongated globular body with lobes tapering towards the mouth. The jar has incised decoration and five tubes evenly spaced and protruding upwards from the shoulder. The mouth is covered with a high domed lid incised, and topped with a lotus bud finial. The jar is covered in an olive green celadon glaze.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Covered Five-tube Jar
10th century
Gift of Mrs. Henry Jewett Greene for The Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jewett Greene Memorial Collection
1971/2.74A

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Mirror, Huai Valley type
9229 BCE
Museum purchase for the James Marshall Plumer Memorial Collection
1961/2.61
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