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Archaistic Jade 'Cong' Cylinder
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Department of Asian Art
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Grenville L. Winthrop Class of 1886
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Vase in the Shape of an Archaic Jade 'Cong' Ritual Implement
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Gold bracelet with applied decoration representing Ashurbanipal, King of Assyria, after a relief in the British Museum, by John Brogden, England, about 1860. Gold bracelet with applied decoration representing Ashurbanipal (668-627 BC), King of Assyria, sa
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Silver watch signed 'Ellicott, London, 4859', the movement with cylinder escapement, with London hallmarks for 1761-2, the inner case by 'GB', the pair case later. Silver watch signed 'Ellicott, London, 4859', the movement with cylinder escapement, with L
Silver watch signed 'Ellicott, London, 4859', the movement with cylinder escapement, with London hallmarks for 1761-2, the inner case by 'GB', the pair case later. Silver watch signed 'Ellicott, London, 4859', the movement with cylinder escapement, with L
Silver watch signed 'Ellicott, London, 4859', the movement with cylinder escapement, with London hallmarks for 1761-2, the inner case by 'GB', the pair case later. Silver watch sig...