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A dark round stone rests in a pierced silver case on three slender feet, with its domed lid placed beside it.

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Featured story · Nature & imagination17th century

An elaborate case for a supposed remedy

Attributed to India

Teabowls with Peony and Crabapple, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Objects & craft1893–1914

Teabowls with Peony and Crabapple

Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)

Octafoil Mirror with Hunters and Prey, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Everyday wonderslate 600s–early 700s

Octafoil Mirror with Hunters and Prey

China, Tang dynasty (618-907)

Sections of a Coffin Platform, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Objects & craft550–577

Sections of a Coffin Platform

China, Northern Qi dynasty (550–577)

A brass disk engraved with concentric scales and dense lettering, with a pierced rotating element and a decorative suspension ring.

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Featured story · Time & mechanics1291 CE (690 AH)

A crowded disk that helped read the sky

Yemen

Dragons Chasing Flaming Pearls, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Dress & textiles1200s or earlier

Dragons Chasing Flaming Pearls

Central China

Elements from an Armor, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Objects & craftc. 1540–70

Elements from an Armor

Germany

Belt for a Lady's Dress, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Dress & textilesc. 1375–1400

Belt for a Lady's Dress

Italy, Siena(?)

A dark brass leopard stands on four legs with its muzzle extended and a long tail curving over its back as a handle.

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Featured story · Everyday wonders16th–19th century

Why were this leopard’s nostrils pierced?

Present-day Nigeria · Kingdom of Benin · Edo people

Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane and The Kiss of Judas (pair), in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Objects & craft1522–1526

Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane and The Kiss of Judas (pair)

Germany, Cologne

Overmantel Mirror, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Everyday wondersc. 1740

Overmantel Mirror

England, 18th century

Cartonnage Mummy Case, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Objects & craftc. 50 BCE–50 CE

Cartonnage Mummy Case

Egypt, Greco-Roman period (332 BCE–395 CE), Ptolemaic dynasty (305–30 BCE)–Roman empire (30 BCE–395 CE)

A copper-alloy rooster with an open beak, layered tail feathers, small feet, and a curved handle over its back.

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Featured story · Everyday wonders13th century

This proud rooster is a water pitcher

Germany · Lower Saxony

Plaque from a Portable Altar Showing the Crucifixion, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Belief & ritual1050–1100

Plaque from a Portable Altar Showing the Crucifixion

Germany, Lower Rhine Valley, Romanesque period, 11th century

Chasse, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Objects & craftc. 1225–50

Chasse

France, Limousin, Limoges, Gothic period, 13th century

Trophy Cup and Cover, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Everyday wonders1792–1793

Trophy Cup and Cover

England, 18th century

An opened brown wooden bead with small side wings in its upper half, densely carved figures and buildings, and a round narrative scene below.

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Featured story · Small worldsEarly 16th century

A whole world unfolds inside a wooden bead

Netherlandish region

Noble: Henry IV Standing in Ship with Shield of Arms (obverse); Ornamental Cross with Lis Terminals (reverse), in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Small worlds1399–1412

Noble: Henry IV Standing in Ship with Shield of Arms (obverse); Ornamental Cross with Lis Termina…

England, Henry IV, 1399-1413

Prestige Cap (mpu ngola), in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Objects & craftlate 1800s–early 1900s

Prestige Cap (mpu ngola)

Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, or Cabinda (Angola), Kongo-style maker, possibly Yombe subgroup

Sweets Bowl with Chrysanthemums, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Everyday wonders1914–46

Sweets Bowl with Chrysanthemums

Japan, Taishō period (1912–26) or Shōwa period (1926–89)

A pale bluish-white porcelain pillow with a long curved upper surface supported by a reclining woman, her clothing marked with incised folds.

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Featured story · Everyday wonders12th–13th century · Southern Song dynasty

Could this hard porcelain platform really be a pillow?

China · Jingdezhen kilns

Table Fountain, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Everyday wondersc. 1320–40

Table Fountain

France, Paris

Hevajra, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Objects & craftc. 1200

Hevajra

Northeastern Thailand, former kingdom of Angkor

Hanging with Christian Images, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Dress & textiles500s

Hanging with Christian Images

Egypt, Byzantine period