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Ewer, China, Tang dynasty, 8th-9th century AD, stoneware - John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art - Sarasota, FL - DSC00733
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Electric water kettle, designed by Peter Behrens, AEG, Berlin, c. 1909, brass - Museum Künstlerkolonie Darmstadt - Mathildenhöhe - Darmstadt, Germany - DSC06390
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Church festivals folding icon, Russian, 1700s to 1800s, brass, enamel - Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon - Eugene, Oregon - DSC09287
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Cruet set, c. 1892-1908, faience - Fábrica de Carvalhinho - Museu Nacional de Soares dos Reis - Porto, Portugal - DSC00432
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Column capital, Historic Syria, late 7th to early 8th century AD, marble, 1 of 2 - Aga Khan Museum - Toronto, Canada - DSC06312
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Combined clock and cabinet, by Bon Durand, 1761-1765 - Waddesdon Manor - Buckinghamshire, England - DSC07657
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Commemorative head of an oba (king), Edo people, Benin Kingdom, Nigeria, 1700s, copper alloy - National Museum of Natural History, United States - DSC00421
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Colossal statue of a Dacian prisoner, S 779, Roman, 2nd century AD, bigio morato marble - Musei Capitolini - Rome, Italy - DSC06246
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Colosseum, attributed to Canaletto, 1742-1745, oil on canvas - Galleria Borghese - Rome, Italy - DSC04672
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Commode, France, 1750-1800, oak, Brazilian ebony, rosewood, gilt bronze, marble - Museu Nacional de Soares dos Reis - Porto, Portugal - DSC00544
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Couple kissing, Johann Joachim Kaendler, Meissen Porcelain Factory, c. 1745, hard-paste porcelain - Wadsworth Atheneum - Hartford, CT - DSC05336
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Descent from the Trayastrimsa Heaven at Sankasya, Pakistan, Kushan period, 200s AD, stone - Hakone Museum of Art - Hakone, Kanagawa, Japan - DSC08331
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Ceres and Bacchus, Real Fabrica del Buen Retiro, Madrid, 1790-1795 AD - Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas - Madrid, Spain - DSC08396
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Caged perfume flask in animal form, Syria, Umayyad, 7th-8th century AD, glass - Princeton University Art Museum - DSC06839
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Deities and worshipper, cylinder seal inscribed 'belonging to Ubashi... eunuch of Piqitti-ilima', Neo-Assyrian, c. 883-612 BC, smoky chalcedony - Sackler Museum - Harvard University - DSC01723
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Castine Harbor by Fitz Henry Lane, 1852, oil on canvas - Portland Museum of Art - Portland, Maine - DSC04208
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Cauldron with geometric designs and inscribed cartouches, Egypt or Syria, Mamluk, 15th century AD, copper and tin - Princeton University Art Museum - DSC06848
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Chakoska by Amedeo Modigliani, 1917, oil on canvas - Museu de Arte de São Paulo - DSC07299
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Chairs and settee, Paris, c. 1710-1715 AD - Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas - Madrid, Spain - DSC08352
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Charger, Berlin Porcelain Factory, probably decorated by Max Henklein, c. 1900, soft-paste porcelain - Wadsworth Atheneum - Hartford, CT - DSC05544
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Charger with Okeover family coat of arms, Jingdezhen, China, 1749 or 1750 AD, porcelain - Peabody Essex Museum - Salem, MA - DSC05196
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Diana sled by Giorgio Ferretti for the Herzog Eberhard Ludwig von Wurttemberg, Stuttgart, c. 1720 - Landesmuseum Württemberg - Stuttgart, Germany - DSC03184
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Drop-front desk, attrib. to Martin Carlin, Sevres porcelain with decoration by Edme-Francois Bouillat pere, France, c. 1776, oak, veneers, 1976.155.110 - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07707
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Tiraz textile, Egypt, 11th to 12th century AD, linen tabby with silk tapestry and gilt file - Aga Khan Museum - Toronto, Canada - DSC06475
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Coffee pot, Whieldon type, Stanfordshire, England, c. 1750, lead-glazed earthenware and polychrome running glazes - Krannert Art Museum, UIUC - DSC06666
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Antonio Jose da Costa by Julio Costa, 1921, oil on canvas - Museu Nacional de Soares dos Reis - Porto, Portugal - DSC00673
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Plate with tiger lily, Chelsea porcelain, c. 1755, soft-paste porcelain - California Palace of the Legion of Honor - San Francisco, CA - DSC02964
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Geranium pratense, East Bohemia, Europe Kakost luční Date=July 2007 Author=Karelj
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Schautaler, Ferdinand II and his wife Eleonora, Holy Roman Empire, St. Veit, 1622 - Bode-Museum - DSC02694
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Jinbaori (surcoat) with feather design, view 1, Japan, Momoyama to early Edo period, 1500s-1600s AD, pheasant feathers, silk, hemp, leather - The Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum - DSC05511
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Gregorian telescope with accessories by Benjamin Martin, London, 1760, used by John Winthrop to observe the Transit of Venus, 1761 - Putnam Gallery - Harvard University - DSC08054
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Grave marker, female, Kongo people, Boma, Congo, late 1800s, wood, natural pigment - National Museum of Natural History, United States - DSC00449
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Graf Ulrich V. der Vielgeliebte von Wurttemberg and his three wives (Graf), from the Stuttgarter Stiftskirche, Stuttgart, c. 1470-1480 - Landesmuseum Württemberg - Stuttgart, Germany - DSC03142
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Grave cone of Schep-en-Mut, Egypt, Thebes, c. 650 BC, ceramic, H 5283 - Martin von Wagner Museum - Würzburg, Germany - DSC05336
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Guanyin holding a bottle and fly whisk, China, Five Dynasties or Song Dynasty, 907-1279 AD, bronze with traces of gilding - Wadsworth Atheneum - Hartford, CT - DSC05082
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Hair Ornament for an Amushirare (Ritual officer), Amami Oshima Island, Second Sho Dynasty, Ryukyu Kingdom, 18th century, silver and gilt bronze - Tokyo National Museum - DSC05397
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High chest, Barrett's Mill Shop, Concord, c. 1770, cherry, pine - Concord Museum - Concord, MA - DSC05859
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Hanuman, rod puppet (wayang golek), West Java, Indonesia, early to mid 1900s, wood, cloth - Fowler Museum - University of California, Los Angeles - DSC02430
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Ibex head-shaped rhyton, excavated in Gilan, Iran, Achaemenid period, 6th-5th century BC, earthenware - Tokyo National Museum - Tokyo, Japan - DSC08560
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Hymns for Infant Minds, Ann and Jane Taylor, England, 1808 - Concord Museum - Concord, MA - DSC05845
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Hurdy-gurdy, made by Mellino, Paris, France, early 1800s, maple, walnut, ebony, ivory - Casadesus Collection of Historic Musical Instruments - Boston Symphony Orchestra - 20190927 110655
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Kettle with heater, designed by William Arthur Smith Benson, made by W.A.S. Benson & Co., London, c. 1885, copper, brass - Bröhan Museum, Berlin - DSC03923
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Henry David Thoreau by Walton Ricketson (1839-1923), sculpted 1898 - Concord Museum - Concord, MA - DSC05610
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Gravestone fragments of the Reverend John White, removed from the Bridge Street Cemetery by poet Charles Olson, 1760, slate - Cape Ann Museum - Gloucester, MA - DSC01079
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Heracles, excavated at Hatra, Iraq, Parthian period, 1st-2nd century AD, limestone - Tokyo National Museum - Tokyo, Japan - DSC08548
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Hecate statuette in triple form, S 2173, Roman, 1st century AD, gilt bronze - Musei Capitolini - Rome, Italy - DSC06175
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Head of an archer of the royal guard, 1 of 2, from the Palace of Xerxes, Achaemenid Persia, 486-465 BC, limestone - Sackler Museum - Harvard University - DSC01728
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Head of an Apostle, Andrea della Robbia and workshop, 1470s, glazed terracotta - John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art - Sarasota, FL - DSC00595
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Illustrated Catalogue of the Museum, Animals No. 1, selected by Tanaka Yoshio (1838-1916), text by Mogami Kokichi (dates unknown), 1877, polychrome print on paper - Tokyo National Museum - DSC05485
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Illustrated Guide to Seashells 9, compiled by Musashi Sekiju (1766-1860), painting by Hattori Sessai (1807-unknown), dated 1845, color on paper - Tokyo National Museum - DSC05481
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Mandala of the Two Realms (Ryokai Mandara), No. 1, made for Seirakuji temple, Chikugo province, Kamakura period, dated 1194 (Kenkyu 5), gilt bronze - Tokyo National Museum - DSC05199
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Mandala of the Two Realms (Ryokai Mandara), No. 2, made for Seirakuji temple, Chikugo province, Kamakura period, dated 1194 (Kenkyu 5), gilt bronze - Tokyo National Museum - DSC05202
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Lippincott's, January, by Joseph J. Gould, Jr., 1896, lithograph - Currier Museum of Art - Manchester, NH - DSC07918
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Lion, China, Five Dynasties period to Liao dynasty, 900s AD, gilt bronze - Tokyo National Museum - Tokyo, Japan - DSC08757
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Light Prop for an Electric Stage (Light-Space Modulator) by Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, 1930 with later alterations, aluminum, steel, nickel-plated brass, etc, plastic, wood - Busch-Reisinger Museum - DSC01641
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Library cupboard, designer Joseph Maria Olbrich, maker Hofmobelfabrik Julius Gluckert, Darmstadt, 1902, oak - Museum Künstlerkolonie Darmstadt - Mathildenhöhe - Darmstadt, Germany - DSC06278
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Maid holding a spindle, probably by Johann Joachim Kaendler, Meissen Porcelain Factory, c. 1750, hard-paste porcelain - Wadsworth Atheneum - Hartford, CT - DSC05231
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Magic lantern zappler clock, by Matthias Gaill, Germany, Friedberg, 1650-1700, pine, pearwood, tin, steel, brass, glass - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07078
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Mandolin, made by Antonio Vinaccia I, Naples, Italy, 1772, maple, spruce, tortoiseshell, ivory - Casadesus Collection of Historic Musical Instruments - Boston Symphony Orchestra - 20190927 110625
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Letter written by S. T. Coleridge to his brother, Rev. George Coleridge, on March 10, 1798 - Coleridge Cottage - Nether Stowey - Somerset, England - DSC01190
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Meiping bottle with decoration of a Daoist immortal and his youthful attendant in a windswept landscape, view 1, Chinese, Ming dynasty, perhaps 1400s - Sackler Museum - Harvard University - DSC01925
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Meiping bottle with decoration of a Daoist immortal and his youthful attendant in a windswept landscape, view 2, Chinese, Ming dynasty, perhaps 1400s - Sackler Museum - Harvard University - DSC01926
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Meleager torso, Roman adaptation of 4th century BC original attributed to Skopas, Smyrna, marble - Cinquantenaire Museum - Brussels, Belgium - DSC08996
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Laws of Hammurabi, copy of original in the Louvre, Susa, Iran, Babylonian, mid 18th century BC, painted plaster cast - Harvard Semitic Museum - Cambridge, MA - DSC06331
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Le crocodile aux phantasmes, by Alfred Jarry, c. 1894, oil on board - The Carnival of Being (Alfred Jarry at the Morgan) - Morgan Library & Museum - New York City - DSC06821
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Launching of the Ship Fame, by George Ropes Jr., Salem Harbor in Salem MA, 1802, oil on canvas - Peabody Essex Museum - DSC07202
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Large bowl with bird design, Spain, Manises, 16th century AD, Hispano-Moresque lusterware pottery - Matsuoka Museum of Art - Tokyo, Japan - DSC07351
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Mercury and Cupid, perhaps by Caius Gabriel Cibber, based on Giambologna's bronze of Mercury of 1588, late 1600s - Wrest Park - Bedfordshire, England - DSC08259
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Mercury 2, treasure hoard of Munderkingen, Alb-Donau-Kreis, 3rd century AD, bronze - Landesmuseum Württemberg - Stuttgart, Germany - DSC02879
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Meroitic bowl, largely restored, 500-400 BCE, thin metallic ware with cream slip and stamped design - Redpath Museum - McGill University - Montreal, Canada - DSC08124
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Marriage necklace, Tamil Nadu, India, Nattukottai Chettiar caste, late 1800s, gold - Dallas Museum of Art - DSC05069
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Martele dressing table and stool, designed by William C. Codman, Gorham Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, silver, glass, fabric, ivory - Dallas Museum of Art - DSC04877
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Medal for the Darmstadt Artists Colony Exhibition, designer Rudolf Bosselt, maker Prageanstalt Carl Poellath, 1901, bronze - Museum Künstlerkolonie Darmstadt - Mathildenhöhe - Darmstadt, Germany - DSC06368
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Mask, Colima state, Late Formative period, c. 100 BC to 200 AD, greenstone, shell - Dallas Museum of Art - DSC04606
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Mask depicting the Bad Spirit of the Mountain, Yupik Eskimo, Yukon River area, probably St. Michael, late 1800s, wood, paint, feathers - Dallas Museum of Art - DSC04535
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Lady with servant, Johann Joachim Kaendler, Meissen Porcelain Factory, c. 1737, hard-paste porcelain - Wadsworth Atheneum - Hartford, CT - DSC05214
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Mother of God standing, probably from St. Jakobus in Rudesheim, Middle Rhine, 1360-1370, sandstone - Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt - Darmstadt, Germany - DSC00152
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Mother of God in aureole, Upper Rhine, 1475-1480 AD, stained and painted glass - Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt - Darmstadt, Germany - DSC00415
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Madonna and Child by Perugino, detail, c. 1498, oil on panel - Galleria Borghese - Rome, Italy - DSC04631
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Madonna and Child and Saint Anne, by the Master of the Tibertine Sibyl, Netherlandish, detail, c. 1470-1490, oil on wood panel - Princeton University Art Museum - DSC06604
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Lekanis with rabbits as aphrodisiac animals, Corinth, c. 380 BC, L 865 - Martin von Wagner Museum - Würzburg, Germany - DSC05793
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La Pointe de la Heve at Low Tide, by Claude Monet, 1865, oil on canvas - Currier Museum of Art - Manchester, NH - DSC07914
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Kyodai mirror stand, Edo period, 17th century, after conservation, scattered fan design in maki-e lacquer - Tokyo National Museum - DSC05541
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Linen chest, Gustav Stickley, John Seidemann, United Crafts, Eastwood, New York, designed c. 1903, oak, iron - Dallas Museum of Art - DSC05192
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Otter Creek, Middlebury, Vermont, by Frederic Edwin Church, 1854, oil on canvas - Middlebury College Museum of Art - Middlebury, VT - DSC08168
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Nature spirits (asie usu), 1 of 2, Baule peoples, Cote d'Ivoire, 1800s, wood - Fowler Museum - University of California, Los Angeles - DSC02451
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Near the Grand Canal, Venice, by Martin Rico y Ortega, 1908, oil on canvas - Currier Museum of Art - Manchester, NH - DSC07254
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Mirror with triangular rim and dragon and tiger design, 1 of 12, Japan, Kofun period, 200s-300s AD, bronze - Tokyo National Museum - Tokyo, Japan - DSC09164
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Mirror with triangular rim and dragon and tiger design, 2 of 12, Japan, Kofun period, 200s-300s AD, bronze - Tokyo National Museum - Tokyo, Japan - DSC09167
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Mirror box with paulownia, bamboo, and phoenix design, Muromachi period, 1400s AD, maki-e lacquer, with mirror - Tokyo National Museum - Ueno Park, Tokyo, Japan - DSC08735
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Mug with enamel Mandarin decoration and gilding, type frequently found in Providence, Rhode Island, Chinese export, c. 1770, porcelain - Krannert Art Museum, UIUC - DSC06599
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Natural History Albums of Plants 21, Grasses, by Iwasaki Kan'en (1786-1842), illustrated by Baba Daisuke (1785-1868) et al - Tokyo National Museum - DSC05471
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Mining compass owned by Elector August of Saxony, German, 1561 - Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon, Dresden - DSC08009
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Mirror, 1 of 5, excavated at Nishiuchi, Ueda-shi, Nagano-ken, Muromachi period, 1400s-1500s AD, bronze - Tokyo National Museum - Ueno Park, Tokyo, Japan - DSC09217
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Mirror, China, Tang dynasty, 618-907 AD, bronze with silver overlay - Middlebury College Museum of Art - Middlebury, VT - DSC08224
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