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  • The Metlive

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

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

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Results for "Four Pears"12 records

Institutions answered newest-first by record, interleaved

Terracotta oil lamp by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Terracotta oil lamp

Unrecorded maker

7th century CE · Terracotta

Cleared · Public Domain

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String of 4 pear-shaped beads by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

String of 4 pear-shaped beads

Unrecorded maker

6th–7th century · Translucent green glass

Cleared · Public Domain

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La Pratique de l'Aiguille, page 57 (recto) by Matthias Mignerak, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

La Pratique de l'Aiguille, page 57 (recto)

Matthias Mignerak

1605 · Woodcut

Cleared · Public Domain

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Sack bottle by Lambeth Factories, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sack bottle

Lambeth Factories (d. 9999)

ca. 1644 · Tin-enameled earthenware

Cleared · Public Domain

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Writing Table (Bundai) with Melons and Squirrels by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Writing Table (Bundai) with Melons and Squirrels

Unrecorded maker

first half 17th century · Lacquered wood with gold hiramaki-e and e-nashiji (“pear-skin picture”) on black lacquer ground

Cleared · Public Domain

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Pochette by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pochette

Unrecorded maker

17th century · Wood, mother-of-pearl, ivory

Cleared · Public Domain

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Bentside Spinet by Thomas Hitchcock, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bentside Spinet

Thomas Hitchcock (d. 1733)

ca. 1700 · Wood, various materials

Cleared · Public Domain

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Small covered wine pot or teapot by Chinese, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Small covered wine pot or teapot

Chinese

1662–1722 · "Soft-paste" porcelain painted in underglaze blue

Cleared · Public Domain

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Mortar by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mortar

Unrecorded maker

19th century, after a 16th century Iberian model · Copper alloy, pale olive color.

Cleared · Public Domain

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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.

Pear-shaped ornament design with Diana in a small temple and grotesque motifs on a black ground

Etienne Delaune (d. 1583)

1573 · Engraving: first state

In copyright

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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.

Untitled

Ardeshir Mohassess (d. 2008)

1983 · Pen and black ink and crayon on paper

In copyright

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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.

Four Pears

Donald Sultan (d. 9999)

1989 · Screenprint

In copyright

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