Collection

Our collection currently contains more than 100,000 works of art and design dating from ancient times to today. 2,137 of these objects are on view in the museum now. 85,605 of them are available online. There are 2,180 recent acquisitions. All of our collection records are living documents. These records are frequently revised and enhanced.

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showing 20 works out of 1861

Unknown Maker, Greek

Horseman, Ancient

Rirkrit Tiravanija

Untitled (Social Pudding Corner)

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Man with Offering Netsuke, Edo (Japanese period)

Bob Rizzo

Original Sculpture Ceremonial Shovels

Shari Mendelson

Round Blue/Green Vessel

The Hindu god Shiva dancing within a flaming circle. His raised foot and flowing hair suggest movement, while multiple hands gesture and hold objects. He stands on a small figure.

Unknown Maker, Indian

Shiva Nataraja the King of Dance, Vijayanagar Period

Pepón Osorio

T.K.O.

Two tall rectangular stone pillars, one with a snake coiled around a hanging pot sculpted onto it, and the other a tree with a bow and quiver hanging from a branch.

Unknown Maker, Roman

Fragments from a Funerary Altar, Imperial Roman period

Unknown Maker, Chinese

Duck, Qing Dynasty

Circular object with a hole in the middle. The object has a highly textured surface, which appears as vein-like black dots against grays, browns, and greens.

Unknown Maker, Chinese

Bi Disc, Han Dynasty

A long, rectangular stone blade with two holes punched below its top edge. The bottom edge is slightly rounded. The blade is a smooth, marbled green and brown texture.

Unknown Maker, Chinese

Knife Blade, Han Dynasty

Side view of a standing bull with its characteristic tail and dewlaps against a Styrofoam white background. Above it is a white tag that reads “09 .005”.

Unknown Maker, Roman

Bull, 27th Dynasty

Side-view of a bronze horse figurine with a green patina, and an exaggeratedly thin torso, thick neck, long legs and tail and long narrow snout.

Unknown Maker, Greek

Horse, Late Geometric

Front-view of a marbled green stone sculpture of a standing figure with long hair, ornamental beard and arms crossed against their chest, holding a crook and a flail.

Unknown Maker, Egyptian

Shabti, Third Intermediate period

Front-view of a terracotta sculpted hand, cropped at the wrist, holding a dove. The cross-section face where the hand has been cropped is connected to a transparent tube.

Unknown Maker, Etruscan

Hand Holding a Dove, Hellenistic

Unknown Maker, Tibetan

Phurbu Dagger with Head of Hayagriva, Qing Dynasty

Angled side view of a black metal handle of a leaping panther pouncing and biting a cowering deer. The curve of the jaguar's body as it leaps forms a handle.

Unknown Maker, Roman

Panther Devouring Prey, Imperial Roman period

Metal figurine of a bird. A hole goes through the bird’s stomach, and the top of the bird’s back connects to a metal hoop.

Unknown Maker, Greek

Bird, Late Geometric

Dark brown sculpture of the head of a jackal. The ears are large and pointed and the snout is long and rather narrow. The worn surface shows hints of terracotta.

Unknown Maker, Egyptian

Head of Anubis, Ancient

Unknown Maker, Indian

Mary Magdalene