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Salon #1

Paleolithic

Paleolithic

Artist N/A, Charcoal on Rock, Lion Panel, Chauvet Cave in France, 30,000 BCE

Neolithic

Neolithic

Artist N/A, Stone, Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, 2600 BCE

Sumerian

Sumerian

Unknown, Gold, Reclining Doe, 2600-2500 BCE, Acquired by the Met Museum in 1954, purchased from Elias S. David, New York.

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Unknown, Limestone and Paint, Tomb Chapel of Raemkai, 2446 BCE, Credit Line Rogers Fund 1908, Accession Number 08.201.1

Akkadian

Akkadian

Unknown, Spicular Limestone, Victory Stele of Naram-Sin, 2250 BCE, J. de Morgan excavations 1898, now in Louvre

New Kingdom

New Kingdom

Unknown, Granite and Paint, Sphinx of Hatshepsut, 1479-1458 BCE, Credit Line Rogers Fund 1931, Accession Number 31.3.166

Middle Kingdom Egypt

Middle Kingdom Egypt

Unknown, Faience, Statuette of a Hippopotamus, 1961-1978 BCE, Credit Line Gift of Edward S. Harkness 1917, Accession Number 17.9.1

Mycenean

Mycenean

Unknown, Ivory, Pyxis(Jewelry Box), 1300-1200 BCE, from a Tomb in Thebes, Greece

New Kingdom

New Kingdom

Cycladic

Cycladic

Unknown, Marble, The Raised Proposin, 2800-2300 BCE, located in the Goulandris Museum of Cycladic Art

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