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Decorated ceramic jug, Italy, 16th-17th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD) Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Qing-era saber ('dao') and sheathe, China, mid-19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Brass bucket, Flanders, ~1500 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Doorknocker in the shape of a dog, wrought iron, Spain, 17th century AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Bronze Celtic mounting in the shape of a horse, Slovenia, 1st century AD Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD)

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Ornate axe with decorated iron shaft, Qing-Dynasty China, 18th-19th century AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD) Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Engraved iron lathe, France, 18th century AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Throwing clubs for war or hunting, Egypt, 14th century BCE Bronze Age or earlier (Before 800 BCE)

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Ornate iron door knockers, Germany, late 16th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Tortoiseshell tray, Italy, 1750 Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Gilded half-armor, Italy, ~1540 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Bronze household items, Pompeii, Roman Empire, 1st century AD Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD)

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Jade figurine of one cat atop another, China, 19th century AD? Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD)

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Roman bronze wine sieve, found in modern-day Belgium, dated 150 AD - 300 AD Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD)

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Bronze oil lamp, Pompeii, Roman Empire, 1st century AD Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD)

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Ornate brass pitcher, Venice, Italy, ~1550 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Kurdish shield, Turkiye, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Hanyang 88 rifle used in the Chinese Revolution of 1911 Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Silver-hilted Tulwar sword, India, 18th-19th century AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD) Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Skillet with a folding handle, Roman Empire, ~4th century AD Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD)

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Lighter made to resemble an ornate pistol, France, mid-late 18th century AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Close-up of an ornate iron chest lock, Spain, ~1500 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Bronze candle tripod, Etruria, Italy, mid-4th century BCE Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD)

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Casting mold for coins, China, 1st century AD? Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD)

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Bronze idol of the goddess Bastet in the form of a cat, bronze, Egypt, 664-332 BCE Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD)

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Bronze mortar, Italy, 1505 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Shamshir (sword) with an ornate enameled hilt, India, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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'Spade Currency', China, 475 - 221 BCE Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD)

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Necklace of semiprecious stones and red glass, Egypt, 7th-6th century BCE? Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD)

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Clay figurine of a rooster, Greece, 5th century BCE Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD)

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Ornate knife with a hilt of walrus ivory, Iran, 1842 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Powder flask inlaid with bone, Ottoman Empire, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Miniature bust of the god Hermes/Mercury, red marble, Roman Empire, 1st or 2nd century AD Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD)

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The power of salamanders. Double-barrelled, pistol blunderbuss from Saint-Étienne, ~1850.

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Perfect if you happen to have a relative named Kevin McCallister, intent on repulsing the likes of Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern, whilst the family is away!

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Sardonyx cameo depicting a partridge, Roman Empire, 1st century AD Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD)

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Armor-piercing dagger with a jade hilt, India, 18th century AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Shield from the tomb of Tutankhamun, gilding and wood, Egypt, ~1325 BCE Bronze Age or earlier (Before 800 BCE)

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Weapons of the Boxer Rebellion, China, ~1900 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Pottery dogs, China, 1st-3rd century AD Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD)

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Tibetan armor, 18th-19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Anglo Saxon Oak Door - 1050s CE

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This oak door belonging to Westminster Abbey, London; England. It is the oldest and only Anglo-Saxon door in Great Britain. The door has been standing for over 950 years, dating back to the reign of Edward the Confessor during the 1050s CE.

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Viking Comb, Ipswich, late 9th Century Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Context: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-68685682

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Turkish style helmet made in Germany, 1560 AD - 1580 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Dagger with an incredibly ornate hilt, India, 17th-18th century AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Sacrificial blade, India, 17th century AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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John T. Wilder's Spencer rifle

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John T. Wilder commanded the Union’s ‘Lightning Brigade’ - a mounted infantry brigade from the American Civil War in the Union Army of the Cumberland.

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Alabaster boat statuette, Egypt, ~2nd Millennium BCE? Bronze Age or earlier (Before 800 BCE)

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Roman offering bowl, 2nd-3rd century AD Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD)

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Ancient Greek cup, ~540 BCE Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD)

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Steel cuirass, India, 17th-18th century AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Basalt Pyramidion (Pyramid capstone) of Amenemhat III, Egypt, ~1850 BCE Bronze Age or earlier (Before 800 BCE)

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Bronze mirror and cover, Greece, 4th-3rd century BCE Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD)

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Silver drinking cup, Iran, 8th-6th century BCE Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD)

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Babylonian hematite cylinder seals, Iraq, 2100 BCE-1600 BCE Bronze Age or earlier (Before 800 BCE)

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Allegedly, the only surviving war elephant armour in the world, made in India in the late 16th century, currently at Leeds Armouries.

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https://royalarmouries.org/collection/object/object-1761

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Matchlock pistol, India, 17th or 18th century AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Ceremonial flail, Iran, 18th-19th century AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD) Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Ceramic camel, China, 7th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Two Byzantine gold rings, Greece or Anatolia?, ~6th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Limestone sculpture of a man, Iraq, 2400 BCE Bronze Age or earlier (Before 800 BCE)

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Dagger made of a single piece of iron, India, 16th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Ornate katar, India, ~1850 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Gilded copper plaques depicting a battle from mythology, Thailand, ~1900 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Alabaster sculpture of a man, Syria, 2400 BCE Bronze Age or earlier (Before 800 BCE)

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'Theta' mail armor, India, 16th-17th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD) Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Norse tortoise brooch, Northern Europe?, 10th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Sumerian necklace beads, Iraq, 2900-2340 BCE Bronze Age or earlier (Before 800 BCE)

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Diorite statue of an official in Umma, what-is-now Iraq, 2400 BCE Bronze Age or earlier (Before 800 BCE)

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Roman sword and socketed javelinhead, Israel, 1st century AD Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD)

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Traditional-style harpoons made by the Yahgan people; wood, bone, and seal hide; Argentina, specific examples made ~1920 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Copper coins from Masada, rebel-held fortress in Iudea, Roman Empire, 66-73 AD Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD)

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Bow associated with Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, Arabian peninsula, 7th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Ornate leather powder flask, India, 17th-18th century AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Full set of Moro armor, The Philippines, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Earthenware vessel depicting an owl as a hoplite with a shield and spear, Greece, 5th century BCE Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD)

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Ornate blunderbuss, Kashmir, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Gilded copper ritual mask, Tibet, 18th century AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Clay figurines, Korea, 1st millennium AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Birthday party invitation on a wooden tablet, Roman Britain, 97 AD - 105 AD Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD)

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Greek earrings, gold, semiprecious stone, and enamel, 3rd-1st century BCE Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD)

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Carthaginian glass head pendant, North Africa, 5th or 4th century BCE Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD)

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Steel bow, Pakistan, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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18th century AD illustrations of arms and armor, India Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Gold Etruscan necklace, Italy, 3rd century BCE Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD)

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Steel expanding shot for cannon, India, 18th or 19th century AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD) Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Ornate keris (shortsword/dagger), Indonesia, 18th century AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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'War Panel' of the Standard of Ur, Iraq, ~2550 BCE Bronze Age or earlier (Before 800 BCE)

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Bronze archer figurine, Sardinia, 8th-7th century BCE Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD)

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Bronze statuette of the god Horus in the form of a falcon, Egypt, 664-30 BCE Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD)

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Gaya pottery, Korea, ~5th century AD Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD)

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Jade serpent statuette, China, between 1644 AD - 1911 AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD) Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Bronze cuirass and sword, Greece, 4th century BCE Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD)

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Terracotta elephant statuette with riders, India, 1st century BCE Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD)

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Marble bust of an African man, made in Venice, Italy, ~1700 AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Golden helmet of Meskalamdug, a ruler of Ur, Iraq, ~2550 BCE Bronze Age or earlier (Before 800 BCE)

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Roman wooden writing tablet, with some text still visible, Germany, 186 AD Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD)

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Water vessel in the shape of a mythical creature, porcelain, China, 17th century AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Ship-shaped drinking cup, gilded silver, German, ~1610 AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Lynx earrings from the medieval Armenian settlement of Ani, now part of Turkiye, ~1000 AD? Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Bronze horse, Greek, Corinthian ? 8th century BCE

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The clarity and elegance of form in Greek Geometric art is as effective in three-dimensional sculpture as it is in vase painting. Small-scale bronzes, such as this horse, were produced in workshops throughout the Greek mainland and represent the most innovative sculptural achievements of the period.

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