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Classical Landscape by Pierre Henri de Valenciennes, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Classical Landscape

Pierre Henri de Valenciennes (d. 1819)

1779 · Drawing, black gouache and brush and gray wash, over black chalk and graphite, heightened with white gouache

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The lion returns to his territory and sees the monkey conversing with the lynx, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-ninth Night by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The lion returns to his territory and sees the monkey conversing with the lynx, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-ninth Night

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c. 1560 · Painting, gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

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The Departure of Jacob by François Boucher, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Departure of Jacob

François Boucher (d. 1770)

c. 1755 · Drawing, Pen and brown-black ink, brown ink wash, and red chalk wash, with black chalk on cream laid paper

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Octafoil Mirror with Lunar Palace by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Octafoil Mirror with Lunar Palace

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early 1100s–mid-1200s · Metalwork, bronze

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Female Mask (Gambanda or Kambanda) by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Female Mask (Gambanda or Kambanda)

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early 1900s · Mask, Wood, plant fiber, and colorant

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Drinking in the Moonlight by Ma Yuan, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Drinking in the Moonlight

Ma Yuan (d. 1255)

late 1100s–early 1200s · Painting, Album leaf; ink on silk

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The Griffin by Martin Schongauer, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Griffin

Martin Schongauer (d. 1491)

c. 1480–90 · Print, engraving

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Baby Krishna Asking for Butter from Yashoda, from a Kalighat album by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Baby Krishna Asking for Butter from Yashoda, from a Kalighat album

Unrecorded maker

c. 1890 · Painting, Gum tempera, graphite, ink, and tin on paper

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Bifolio from a Book of Hours: Initial V with Floral Border (recto); Text (verso) by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Bifolio from a Book of Hours: Initial V with Floral Border (recto); Text (verso)

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c. 1460–1500 · Manuscript, ink, tempera and gold on vellum

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Bifolio from a Book of Hours: Initial V with Floral Border (recto) by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Bifolio from a Book of Hours: Initial V with Floral Border (recto)

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c. 1460–1500 · Manuscript, ink, tempera and gold on vellum

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Dish with Laozi Riding a Water Buffalo (interior); Pavilion and Immortals in Rocky Landscape (exterior) by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Dish with Laozi Riding a Water Buffalo (interior); Pavilion and Immortals in Rocky Landscape (exterior)

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1723–35 · Ceramic, porcelain with underglaze blue decoration

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