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Steel helmet with talismanic inscriptions, Iran, 18th century.

Steel helmet with talismanic inscriptions, Iran, 18th century.

Silk trousers, Iranian, 1800–1940.

Silk trousers, Iranian, 1800–1940.

Pendant in the form of a duck, Faience glaze, Iran, Hasanlu, Iron Age II, ca. 9th century B.C., 1.26 x 0.94 inches. 

Pendant in the form of a duck, Faience glaze, Iran, Hasanlu, Iron Age II, ca. 9th century B.C., 1.26 x 0.94 inches. 

Jar with bear figurine, gypsum alabaster, Iran, Proto-Elamite, ca. 3100–2900 B.C., 2 3/8 inches.

Jar with bear figurine, gypsum alabaster, Iran, Proto-Elamite, ca. 3100–2900 B.C., 2 3/8 inches.

Imitation Green-Splashed Samarra Ware, 9th–10th century, Iran, Nishapur, 2 1/2 x 8 1/16 inches.

Imitation Green-Splashed Samarra Ware, 9th–10th century, Iran, Nishapur, 2 1/2 x 8 1/16 inches.

Rhyton in the shape of an ibex, ceramic, Northwestern Iran, Iron Age, ca. 500 B.C., 27.8 cm x 28.3 cm.

Rhyton in the shape of an ibex, ceramic, Northwestern Iran, Iron Age, ca. 500 B.C., 27.8 cm x 28.3 cm.

Bone button or bead incised and inlaid with paint, 9th-10th century, Iran, Nishapur. 

Bone button or bead incised and inlaid with paint, 9th-10th century, Iran, Nishapur. 

George Stubbs, Spanish Pointer, oil in canvas, c. 1766.

George Stubbs, Spanish Pointer, oil in canvas, c. 1766.

Aubrey Beardsley, book cover, 1894.

Aubrey Beardsley, book cover, 1894.

Albrecht Dürer, Vitruvian Man from Vier Bücher von menschlicher Proportion [Four Books on Human Proportions], 1528.

Albrecht Dürer, Vitruvian Man from Vier Bücher von menschlicher Proportion [Four Books on Human Proportions], 1528.

Albrecht Dürer, Side and frontal view of the female head, woodcut, 1528.

Albrecht Dürer, Side and frontal view of the female head, woodcut, 1528.

Albrecht Dürer, Melencolia I (Melancholia), copperplate engraving, 1514.
 

Albrecht Dürer, Melencolia I (Melancholia), copperplate engraving, 1514.
 

Overstolzenhaus, Rheingasse 8, 1832.  Cross section, Prints.  Cologne, Kölnisches City Museum, Prints and Drawings.  Rhenish Bildarchiv Köln, Recording no. RBA 147 152; Photo Content: The so-called Templar House Cologne, 12 century.

Overstolzenhaus, Rheingasse 8, 1832.  Cross section, Prints.  Cologne, Kölnisches City Museum, Prints and Drawings.  Rhenish Bildarchiv Köln, Recording no. RBA 147 152; Photo Content: The so-called Templar House Cologne, 12 century.