The Cleveland Museum of Art.
A gold-lit vellum miniature from a c. 1295 French Apocalypse manuscript brings the Woman upon the Scarlet Beast to vivid medieval life.
source →This hand-carved earthenware cooking vessel dates back roughly 4,500 years to Japan's ancient Jōmon period.
source →This ceremonial jade dagger-axe with animal masks dates back over 3,000 years to China's Shang dynasty.
source →Carved from horn, bone, and copper with abalone shell inlay, this Tlingit feast ladle showcases Northwest Coast Alaskan craftsmanship from the late 1800s to early 1900s.
source →Winslow Homer's 1889 watercolor "Leaping Trout" captures a fish mid-jump in delicate graphite and watercolor, part of the Drawings collection.
source →A rare Ming-dynasty ink and color album leaf by master painter Chen Hongshou reimagines a Daoist figure and crane amid an autumn landscape.
source →This Apulian red-figure ceramic rhyton, shaped like a cow's head and painted with a seated woman, dates back to around 340 BCE.
source →This ancient Chinese jade pendant, carved with an animal mask and interlaced bands, dates back over 2,000 years to the Warring States or Western Han period.
source →This 6th-century BCE Egyptian jar holds cosmetics in the whimsical shape of Bes, crafted from vivid Egyptian blue.
source →In Hendrik van Balen's early-1600s Flemish panel painting, the artist brings The Trinity to life in rich oil on wood.
source →Hans Leonhard Schäufelein's oil-on-wood "Adoration of the Shepherds," created in Germany around 1510, graces the Medieval Art collection.
source →Cast in bronze around 1000–900 BCE, this Western Zhou dynasty wine vessel lid reflects ancient China's ceremonial craftsmanship.
source →French artist Odilon Redon created this gentle pastel of a flower vase in 1916, now part of the museum's Drawings collection.
source →This Roman marble sculpture of Eros, the god of love, was crafted by an unknown artist in Italy between 1 and 100 CE.
source →Created in the 300s CE by an unknown artist of the Eastern Roman Empire, this stunning tesserae mosaic captures a powerful tigress alongside her cubs.
source →Woven from silk and wool in early 16th-century France, this stunning tapestry titled "Youth" brings centuries of Lyon's legendary textile artistry right into your living room.
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