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  • The Metlive

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

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

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Results for "Three Crabs"12 records

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Crab from "Cleopatra's Needle" by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Crab from "Cleopatra's Needle"

Unrecorded maker

13 BCE · Bronze

Cleared · Public Domain

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Bathers Playing with a Crab by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Bathers Playing with a Crab

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (d. 1919)

c. 1897 · Painting, oil on canvas

Cleared · CC0

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Shield with crab and fish figures by Moche artist(s), The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Shield with crab and fish figures

Moche artist(s)

500–800 CE · Gilded copper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Leaf from a Book of Hours: Calendar Page for June (verso) by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Leaf from a Book of Hours: Calendar Page for June (verso)

Unrecorded maker

c. 1510 · Manuscript, ink, tempera, and liquid gold on vellum

Cleared · CC0

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Folio from a Mu'nis al-ahrar fi daqa'iq al-ash'ar (The Free Man's Companion to the Subtleties of Poems) of Jajarmi by Muhammad ibn Badr al-Din Jajarmi, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Folio from a Mu'nis al-ahrar fi daqa'iq al-ash'ar (The Free Man's Companion to the Subtleties of Poems) of Jajarmi

Muhammad ibn Badr al-Din Jajarmi (d. 1365)

dated 741 AH/1340–41 CE · Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Set of Sword Fittings (Mitokoromono) by Gotō Sōjō, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Set of Sword Fittings (Mitokoromono)

Gotō Sōjō (d. 1538)

late 15th–early 16th century · Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold

Cleared · Public Domain

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Tray for incense burner and utensils by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tray for incense burner and utensils

Unrecorded maker

early 17th century · Gold hiramaki-e, inlaid mother-of-pearl, and tinfoil on black lacquer

Cleared · Public Domain

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Crabs and Peonies by Itō Jakuchū 伊藤若冲, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Crabs and Peonies

Itō Jakuchū 伊藤若冲 (d. 1800)

mid-18th century, before 1766 · Double-sided freestanding screen (tsuitate); ink and gold on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Snuff Bottle with Three Crabs by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Snuff Bottle with Three Crabs

Unrecorded maker

late 18th century · Nephrite (jade) with coral stopper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Crabs Near the Water's Edge by Yashima Gakutei, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Crabs Near the Water's Edge

Yashima Gakutei (d. 1868)

ca. 1830 · Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

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.

Panel with Three Intact Vases and a Broken One, with Ruins in the Background, from a Series with Vases and Candlesticks in Landscapes

Henri II Bonnart (d. 1711)

18th century · Engraving, etching in red-brown ink

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.

Dish

Rookwood Pottery Company (d. 1967)

1880–81 · Earthenware

In copyright

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