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

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

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Marble sarcophagus with flying erotes holding a clipeus portrait by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Marble sarcophagus with flying erotes holding a clipeus portrait

Unrecorded maker

ca. 190–200 CE · Marble, Proconnesian

Cleared · Public Domain

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Zhongli Quan Crossing the Ocean by Zhao Qi, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Zhongli Quan Crossing the Ocean

Zhao Qi

1368–1644 · Painting, Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

Cleared · CC0

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Stirrup-spout bottle with squash by Moche artist(s), The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Stirrup-spout bottle with squash

Moche artist(s)

200–500 CE · Ceramic

Cleared · Public Domain

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Vishnu on Ananta, the Endless Serpent by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Vishnu on Ananta, the Endless Serpent

Unrecorded maker

c. 1700 · Painting, Gum tempera and gold on paper

Cleared · CC0

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An Arrowhead Blue Butterfly and a Scotch Bonnet Sea Shell by Balthasar van der Ast, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

An Arrowhead Blue Butterfly and a Scotch Bonnet Sea Shell

Balthasar van der Ast (d. 1657)

17th century · Oil on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Brush Holder with Figures in Landscape and Poetic Inscription by Wang Meilin from Jiading by Wang Meilin, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Brush Holder with Figures in Landscape and Poetic Inscription by Wang Meilin from Jiading

Wang Meilin (d. 1825)

1800s · Wood, carved bamboo

Cleared · CC0

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Concise Illustrated Biography of Monk Nichiren: Calming the Stormy Sea at Tsunoda in Exile to Sado Island by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Concise Illustrated Biography of Monk Nichiren: Calming the Stormy Sea at Tsunoda in Exile to Sado Island

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (d. 1861)

1835–36 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Pendant with Matsya (fish incarnation of Vishnu) defeating Hayagriva by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Pendant with Matsya (fish incarnation of Vishnu) defeating Hayagriva

Unrecorded maker

1800s · Jewelry, gold, enamel, emeralds, and pearls

Cleared · CC0

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Terrific Engagement between the "Monitor" 2 guns, and "Merrimac" 10 guns, in Hampton Roads, March 9th, 1862 – The First Fight Between Ironclad Ships of War by Frances Flora Bond Palmer, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Terrific Engagement between the "Monitor" 2 guns, and "Merrimac" 10 guns, in Hampton Roads, March 9th, 1862 – The First Fight Between Ironclad Ships of War

Frances Flora Bond Palmer (d. 1876)

1862 · Hand-colored lithograph

Cleared · Public Domain

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Dish with Carp in Waves by Seifū Yohei III, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Dish with Carp in Waves

Seifū Yohei III (d. 1914)

1893–1914 · Ceramic, Porcelain with incised designs, iron oxide, and red glaze

Cleared · CC0

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Ocean Life by James M. Sommerville, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ocean Life

James M. Sommerville (d. 1899)

1864 · Watercolor, gouache, graphite, and gum arabic on off-white wove paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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The Sea by John Frederick Kensett, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Sea

John Frederick Kensett (d. 1872)

1872 · Oil on canvas

Cleared · Public Domain

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