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Title/Object Name: Figure of a falconer Culture: China Period: Tang dynasty (618–907) Date: ca. late 7th–first half of the 8th century Medium: Earthenware with three-color (sancai) glaze and pigments Dimensions: H. 13 3/4 in. (34.9 cm) Classification: Tomb Pottery Credit Line: Gift of Adele and Stanley Herzman, 1990 Accession Number: 1990.291.4 On View Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/asian_... and This foreign gentleman of the hunt, or falconer, wears a Western Asian-style long coat with wide lapels and Western Asian-style boots. His elaborate tall fitted hat is characteristic of Central Asian headgear. Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Title/Object Name: Handle in the Shape of a Dragon's Head Culture: China Period: Eastern Han dynasty (25–220) Date: 1st–2nd century Medium: Gilded bronze with traces of red pigment Dimensions: L. 6 in. (15.2 cm) Classification: Metalwork Credit Line: Charlotte C. and John C. Weber Collection, Gift of Charlotte C. and John C. Weber, 1992 Accession Number: 1992.165.25 On View Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/asian_...

Title/Object Name: Handle in the Shape of a Dragon's Head Culture: China Period: Eastern Han dynasty (25–220) Date: 1st–2nd century Medium: Gilded bronze with traces of red pigment Dimensions: L. 6 in. (15.2 cm) Classification: Metalwork Credit Line: Charlotte C. and John C. Weber Collection, Gift of Charlotte C. and John C. Weber, 1992 Accession Number: 1992.165.25 On View Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/asian_...

Title: Belt ornament in the form of a bird demon Period: Iron Age III Date: late 8th-7th Century BC Geography: Urartu Medium: Bronze Dimensions: 3.23 x 4.57 in. (8.2 x 11.61 cm) Classification: Metalwork-Ornament Credit Line: Gift of Norbert Schimmel Trust, 1989 Accession Number: 1989.281.19 On View Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/ancien... and Composite creatures are often represented in Urartian art. This example depicts a fish-tailed, winged griffin that is related to similar composite creatures seen in relief in Urartian belts. The object is a buckle that was originally attached over one end of a belt, the other holding the catch. Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Title: Amulet with a Lamashtu demon Period: Neo-Babylonian Date: 7th-6th Century BC Geography: Mesopotamia Medium: Limestone Dimensions: 1.97 x 2.44 x 0.55 in. (5 x 6.2 x 1.4 cm) Classification: Stone-Ornament, Inscribed Credit Line: Purchase, 1886 Accession Number: 86.11.2 On View Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/ancien... and Lamashtu, a female leonine demon with talons and blood-stained paws, was thought to usher in disease and death upon hot winds from the west. On the limestone amulet, she is shown suckling a pig and a dog and grasping double-headed snakes. While her malevolence was directed primarily against pregnant women and babies, the obsidian amulet bears a prayer that reads, "Do not approach the sick man." Each amulet depicts ceremonial objects and offerings to appease the demon: a lamp, legs of lamb, a shoe, a comb, and a spindle. Images of Pazuzu were used to counteract Lamashtu and drive her back into the underworld. Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Title: Amulet with a Lamashtu demon Date: early 1st Millennium BC Geography: Mesopotamia or Iran Medium: Obsidian Dimensions: 2.26 x 1.83 in. (5.74 x 4.65 cm) Classification: Stone-Ornament, Inscribed Credit Line: Purchase, James N. Spear Gift, 1984 Accession Number: 1984.348 On View Text from: www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/all/am... and Lamashtu, a female leonine demon with talons and blood-stained paws, was thought to usher in disease and death upon hot winds from the west. On the limestone amulet, she is shown suckling a pig and a dog and grasping double-headed snakes. While her malevolence was directed primarily against pregnant women and babies, the obsidian amulet bears a prayer that reads, "Do not approach the sick man." Each amulet depicts ceremonial objects and offerings to appease the demon: a lamp, legs of lamb, a shoe, a comb, and a spindle. Images of Pazuzu were used to counteract Lamashtu and drive her back into the underworld. Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Molded Plaque with an Eagle-Headed Apkallu Ceramic Mesopotamia, probably Assur Neo-Assyrian period, 8th-7th century BC Accession # 51.72.6 Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Left: Title: Vessel decorated with birds Date: A.D. 8th–9th century Geography: Western Central Asia Medium: Ceramic, paint Dimensions: 5.94 in. (15.09 cm) Classification: Ceramics-Vessel Credit Line: Gift of Kate Fitz Gibbon and Andrew Hale, 1992 Accession Number: 1992.232.2 On View Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/ancien... Right: Title: Vessel decorated with birds Date: A.D. 8th–9th century Geography: Western Central Asia Medium: Ceramic, paint Dimensions: 4.41 in. (11.2 cm) Classification: Ceramics-Vessel Credit Line: Gift of D. and M. Aaron, 1993 Accession Number: 1993.344 On View Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/ancien...

Title: Plaque with a nude female between two bearded males wearing kilts Period: Old Babylonian Date: 2000-1600 BC Geography: Mesopotamia Medium: Bronze Dimensions: 3 7/8 x 3 7/8 in. (9.7 x 9.7 cm) Classification: Metalwork-Relief Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of Inanna Gifts, 1998 Accession Number: 1998.31 On View Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/ancien...

Openwork Plaque with an Oryx Eating a Plant Next to a Tree Ivory Northern Mesopotamia, excavated at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Fort Shalmaneser, Room NW 15 Neo-Assyrian period, Phoenician style, 9th-8th century BC Accession Number: 58.31.3 This is one of a group of plaques depicting animals and stylized plants. They were made by master carvers in a delicate openwork technique. Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Cloisonne Furniture Plaque with Child Horus Seated on Lotus Ivory Northern Mesopotamia, excavated at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Fort Shalmaneser, East Corridor Neo-Assyrian period, Phoenician style, 8th century BC Accession Number: 59.107.16 Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Title: Fragmentary figure of a man and a lion in combat Period: Iron Age II Date: early 1st Millennium BC Geography: Iran Medium: Ceramic, paint Dimensions: 3.05 x 2.34 in. (7.75 x 5.94 cm) Classification: Ceramics-Sculpture Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1977 Accession Number: 1977.46 On View Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/ancien...

Title: Brooch with a lion Period: Iron Age Date: 6th–5th century B.C. Geography: Lydia Medium: Electrum Dimensions: 0.94 x 1.5 x 1.26 in. (2.39 x 3.81 x 3.2 cm) Classification: Metalwork-Ornament Credit Line: Gift of Norbert Schimmel Trust, 1989 Accession Number: 1989.281.22 On View Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/ancien...

Title: Plaque with two male figures supporting a roller Period: Old Babylonian Date: 2000-1600 BC Geography: Mesopotamia Medium: Bronze Dimensions: 4 x 4 1/8 in. (10.2 x 10.5 cm) Classification: Metalwork-Relief Credit Line: Purchase, Norbert Schimmel and Schimmel Foundation, Inc., Gifts and Rogers Fund, 1980 Accession Number: 1980.407.1 On View Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/ancien...

Brooch in the Form of a Stag Bronze Caucasus region 1st-2nd century AD Accession Number: 21.166.3 Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Molded Plaques with Couples Ceramic Southern Mesopotamia Isin-Larsa or Old Babylonian period, 2000-1700 BC Accession Numbers: 32.39.1 and 1974.347.1 Plaques depicting sexual acts were mass produced in Mesopotamia during the early second millennium BC and may have been used as amulets to promote potency and fertility. Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Title: Disc-shaped figure Period: Early Bronze III Date: 2300-2000 BC Geography: Central Anatolia Medium: Gypsum alabaster Dimensions: 4 3/4 x 3 1/2 x 3/4 in. (12 x 9 x 2 cm) Classification: Stone-Sculpture Credit Line: Purchase, Leon Levy and Shelby White Gift, 1984 Accession Number: 1984.20 On View Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/ancien... Disc figures have been found in cult buildings and graves at Kultepe in central Anatolia, as well as at the nearby sites of Zencidere and Acemhoyuk. Some are caved with "babies" and may have fertility significance. Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Fish-Shaped Vessel Alabaster (gypsum), shell Syria (?) 2nd millennium BC (?) Accession Number: 1984.453.2 Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.