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  • The Metlive

    107 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)

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    750 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API

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Results for "Butterfly"12 records

Institutions answered newest-first by record, interleaved

Butterfly amulet by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Butterfly amulet

Unrecorded maker

ca. 1981–1640 B.C. · Faience, paint

Cleared · Public Domain

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Cat and Butterfly by Min Zhen, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cat and Butterfly

Min Zhen (d. 1788)

1788 · Painting, album leaf, ink on paper

Cleared · CC0

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Stamp, Butterfly by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Stamp, Butterfly

Unrecorded maker

14th–early 16th century · Ceramic

Cleared · Public Domain

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Box with Butterfly by Seifū Yohei I, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Box with Butterfly

Seifū Yohei I (d. 1861)

1855–57 · Ceramic, Porcelain with underglaze blue

Cleared · CC0

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Butterfly by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Butterfly

Unrecorded maker

17th century · Jade (nephrite)

Cleared · Public Domain

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Vessel with Butterfly Headdress by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Vessel with Butterfly Headdress

Unrecorded maker

1–550 CE · Ceramic, ceramic, stucco, pigment

Cleared · CC0

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Butterfly by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Butterfly

Unrecorded maker

18th century · Jade (nephrite)

Cleared · Public Domain

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The MetSimilar
Box with Butterfly by Seifū Yohei I, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Box with Butterfly

Seifū Yohei I (d. 1861)

1855–57 · Ceramic, Porcelain with underglaze blue

Cleared · CC0

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Cleveland Museum of ArtSimilar
Butterfly by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Butterfly

Unrecorded maker

18th century · Jadeite, pearl, gold filigree

Cleared · Public Domain

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Butterfly by Emil Fuchs, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Butterfly

Emil Fuchs (d. 1929)

c. 1919 · Sculpture, bronze

Cleared · CC0

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

Butterfly Badge

Pickford Robert Waller (d. 1930)

1875–1930 · Pen and ink and watercolor

In copyright

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Lid for a Box with Butterfly by Seifū Yohei I, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Lid for a Box with Butterfly

Seifū Yohei I (d. 1861)

1855–57 · Ceramic, Porcelain with underglaze blue

Cleared · CC0

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Cleveland Museum of ArtSimilar

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