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    1570 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)

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Results for "Washer in the shape of a butterfly"12 records

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Vessel in the Shape of a Fish by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Vessel in the Shape of a Fish

Unrecorded maker

4th–6th century · Copper alloy, cast

Cleared · Public Domain

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Brush washer in the shape of lotus leaf with chi dragons by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Brush washer in the shape of lotus leaf with chi dragons

Unrecorded maker

12th–14th century · Jade (nephrite)

Cleared · Public Domain

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Stamp, Butterfly by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Stamp, Butterfly

Unrecorded maker

14th–early 16th century · Ceramic

Cleared · Public Domain

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Brush washer in the shape of peach by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Brush washer in the shape of peach

Unrecorded maker

late 18th century · Porcelain with flambé glaze (Jingdezhen ware)

Cleared · Public Domain

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Brush washer by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Brush washer

Unrecorded maker

18th century · Jade (nephrite)

Cleared · Public Domain

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Brush washer in the shape of a peach by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Brush washer in the shape of a peach

Unrecorded maker

18th century · Overlay glass

Cleared · Public Domain

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Brush washer in the shape of a plum blossom by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Brush washer in the shape of a plum blossom

Unrecorded maker

late 18th–early 19th century · Jade (nephrite)

Cleared · Public Domain

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Watch in the form of a butterfly by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Watch in the form of a butterfly

Unrecorded maker

ca. 1840–50 · Case of gold, enamel, and pearls

Cleared · Public Domain

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Inkstand in the shape of a butterfly by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Inkstand in the shape of a butterfly

Unrecorded maker

19th century · Painted enamel on copper alloy

Cleared · Public Domain

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Snuff bottle in the shape of a butterfly by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Snuff bottle in the shape of a butterfly

Unrecorded maker

19th century · Metal covered with lacquer, inlaid with mother-of-pearl and gold

Cleared · Public Domain

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Washer in the shape of a butterfly by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Washer in the shape of a butterfly

Unrecorded maker

19th century · Porcelain with robbin's egg glaze (Jingdezhen ware)

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.

"Butterfly"

Charles James (d. 1978)

ca. 1955 · silk, synthetic, metal

In copyright

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