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Copy of the Roman glass Portland Vase (now in the British Museum) in solid black jasper with white jasper relief decoration, the two-handled vase in the shape of an amphora, one side shows on the left the image of a nude male emerging from an architectural structure and grasping the arm of a recumbent, draped female figure holding a sea serpent, above her is a flying cupid holding his bow and arrows, to the right is a tree and a nude male figure resting his right leg on the stump, his chin in his right hand, which is resting on his knee; on the other side left is a draped male figure seated on a rocky structure next to a column, he looks over his shoulder to his left at a central figure, a draped, recumbent female, lying on the rocky base, looking slightly left and with her right arm reaching over her head, behind her and to the right is the figure of a draped seated male looking over his right shoulder at the central figure; underneath each handle is a bearded mask; the base with the image of a cloaked figure, head lowered, wearing a wrapped headdress, with right arm raised to face, in the background foliage; the white relief has been selectively shaded using a black jasper slip to give the impression of enhanced translucency.

Portland Vase copy

Interior scene with a middle-aged bearded man seated to the left with a hat in one hand and his green umbrella leaning against his arm. A Scottish terrier is at his side, to the right. A young woman is seated at right with her right arm resting on a table with red tablecloth. Her knitting is on the table and the ball of yarn is on the floor. A cabinet with dishes is on the wall between the couple. A door is at far right and a straw bonnet and plaid shawl hang from a peg to the left of the door.

Barking Up the Wrong Tree

End of the Trail

  • James Earle Fraser, Gorham Company Founders
  • bronze
In this painting, Jesus has returned to earth and divided a sea of humanity into the righteous on the left and the damned, who are being tortured by devils, on the right.

Last Judgment

Grand Canyon, Yellowstone River, Wyoming, William Louis Sonntag, Sr., oil on canvas

Grand Canyon, Yellowstone River, Wyoming

Two gods stand on either side of Perseus. Mercury, on the left, places a helmet on the hero's head while Minerva, on the right, hoists a shield onto his shoulder.

Perseus Armed by Mercury and Minerva

Large "Gunboat Quilt" of brown silk taffeta, at its center an embroidered basket overflowing with appliqued flowers and two tiny strawberries and a small butterfly, surrounded by an embroidered wreath of similar flowers, like flowers adorn each of the four corners, the quilt front is divided by a geometric pattern of two vertical and two horizontal bands of small dark-blue taffeta squares, the back a medium brown polished cotton, the edges bound with blue taffeta.

Gunboat Quilt

Tripod grinding stone with curved, slightly concave surface, and bird head; tripod legs pierced through with carved motifs of upside-down birds. Geometric carving on edges of grinding surface, and on bird's head.

Ceremonial Bird Effigy Grinding Stone (metate)

A large standing jar from Kamigaoka

Jar

Portrait of the van der Graeff Family, Jan Mijtens, oil on canvas

Portrait of the van der Graeff Family

Horse

Society Emblem (drung mgbe), Ejagham people, Republic of Cameroon, and Nigeria, African, fiber, skulls, wood, horns, gourds, leather, and patina

Society Emblem (drung mgbe)