
Crab from "Cleopatra's Needle"
Unrecorded maker
13 BCE · Bronze
Cleared · Public Domain
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Crab from "Cleopatra's Needle"
Unrecorded maker
13 BCE · Bronze
Cleared · Public Domain
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Silver Sculptural Project for a Large Centerpiece and Two Tureens Which Have Been Executed for His Lordship the Duke of Kingston, plate 115 from Works of Juste-Aurèle Meissonier (Oeuvre de Juste-Aurèle Meissonier)
Gabriel Huquier (d. 1772)
c. 1735–37 · Print, etching
Cleared · CC0
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Crab from "Cleopatra's Needle"
Unrecorded maker
13 BCE · Bronze
Cleared · Public Domain
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A satyr discovering a sleeping woman; two crabs hanging from a rope which is strung between a term and a tree
Marco Dente (d. 1527)
ca. 1515–27 · Engraving
Cleared · Public Domain
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A satyr discovering a sleeping woman; two crabs hanging from a rope which is strung between a term and a tree
Marco Dente (d. 1527)
ca. 1515–27 · Engraving
Cleared · Public Domain
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Vase with a Mask, Garlands and Two Crabs
René Boyvin (d. 1598)
17th century (late) · Engraving
Cleared · Public Domain
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Plate with two crabs and flowers
Unrecorded maker
late 18th century · Porcelain painted in overglaze polychrome enamels (Jingdezhen ware)
Cleared · Public Domain
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Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Prawn (海老図鐔)
Unrecorded maker
ca. 1615–1868 · Iron, copper, gold, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi)
Cleared · Public Domain
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Pear-shaped ornament design with a female satyr and grotesque motifs on a black ground
Etienne Delaune (d. 1583)
1573 · Engraving: first state
In copyright
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Vase with a Mask, Garlands and Two Crabs
René Boyvin (d. 1598)
ca. 1670–90 · Engravings: third state
In copyright
liveNo open reproduction
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Inkstone with two crabs under a leaf
Unrecorded maker
1795 · Duanstone
In copyright
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Two Crabs
Benjamin Henry Day Jr. (d. 1916)
19th–20th century · Watercolor, black ink, crayon, highlighted with white gouache
In copyright
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