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Results for "Tomb with Sphinxes and an Owl"12 records

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Limestone funerary stele with antithetical sphinxes by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Limestone funerary stele with antithetical sphinxes

Unrecorded maker

ca. 475–450 BCE · Limestone

Cleared · Public Domain

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Tomb with Sphinxes and an Owl by Louis Jean Desprez, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Tomb with Sphinxes and an Owl

Louis Jean Desprez (d. 1804)

c. 1779–84 · Print, aquatint with etching

Cleared · CC0

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Relief plaque with face of an owl hieroglyph by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Relief plaque with face of an owl hieroglyph

Unrecorded maker

400–30 BCE · Limestone

Cleared · Public Domain

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Figure of an Owl by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Figure of an Owl

Unrecorded maker

3rd–6th century · Bone, cinnabar

Cleared · Public Domain

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Miniature headdress with owl by Moche artist(s), The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Miniature headdress with owl

Moche artist(s)

500–800 CE · Gold

Cleared · Public Domain

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Pierced Jug with Harpies and Sphinxes by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pierced Jug with Harpies and Sphinxes

Unrecorded maker

dated 612 AH/1215–16 CE · Stonepaste; openwork, underglaze-painted, glazed in transparent turquoise

Cleared · Public Domain

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Ornament with Owl Mocked by Day Birds by Martin Schongauer, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ornament with Owl Mocked by Day Birds

Martin Schongauer (d. 1491)

1470–1491 · Engraving

Cleared · Public Domain

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Reverse Copy of a Design for a Buckle with an Owl by Theodor de Bry, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Reverse Copy of a Design for a Buckle with an Owl

Theodor de Bry (d. 1598)

1580–1600 · Engraving and blackwork

Cleared · Public Domain

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Eagle owl by Meissen Manufactory, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Eagle owl

Meissen Manufactory (d. 9999)

ca. 1735 · Hard-paste porcelain

Cleared · Public Domain

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Owl jug by Thomas Webb & Sons, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Owl jug

Thomas Webb & Sons (d. 9999)

ca. 1879 · Glass, blown, enameled and gilded

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.

Owl Figure

Unrecorded maker

700–1200 CE · Stone

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.

Bacchanal with an Owl

Pablo Picasso (d. 1973)

1959 · Linoleum cut

In copyright

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