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Head (porphyritic diorite) of an ancient Egyptian cow goddess, perhaps Hathor or Mehetweret. Artist unknown; ca. 1390-1352 BCE (reign of Amenhotep III, 18th Dynasty, New Kingdom). Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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gets on one of those giant lily pads and just serenely floats into the horizon never to be seen again
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Gold coin from the reign of Sultan Ahmed III, Ottoman Empire, dated 1115 AH (1703 - 1704 AD)
from The Staatliche Kunstammlungen, Dresden
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Laton A. Huffman - Daughters of Dull Knife–Cheyennes, c.1879
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Viking silver pendant, 8th century AD
from Artemis Gallery
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Miniature Bowl with Interior Bird-Wing Motif, Ancestral Pueblo, 1250, Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas
Mrs Chauncey B. Bordland and the Alsdorf Foundation Size: 8.3 x 19.1 cm (3 ¼ x 7 ½ in.) Medium: Ceramic and pigment
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/51139/
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India, Kashmir, Harwan, 4th century, terracotta
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Jean-Michel Basquiat photographed by Benno Friedman at the Palladium in New York City, 1985.
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Maitreya from Bihar 12th cent. Pala Sena style
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