Opening The Mouth Collection (page 5)

Ritual wine cup (gu) with taotie and dragons, Late Shang dynasty, ca. 12th-11th century BCE

Lidded ritual wine container (you) with taotie and dragons, Late Shang dynasty, ca. 1200-1100 BCE

Straight chisel (gui?) with face and bird, Late Neolithic period, ca. 3000-ca. 1700 BCE

Axe (fu ?), Late Neolithic period, ca. 2000-1700 BCE. Creator: Unknown
Axe (fu ?), Late Neolithic period, ca. 2000-1700 BCE

Ritual wine container (zun) with taotie and dragons, Late Shang dynasty, ca. 1100-1050 BCE

Ring, Late Neolithic period, ca. 3000-ca. 1700 BCE. Creator: Unknown
Ring, Late Neolithic period, ca. 3000-ca. 1700 BCE

Harvesting knife (hu ?), fragment, Late Neolithic period, ca. 2000-ca. 1700 BCE

Ritual wine container (pou), Late Shang dynasty, ca. 1200-1100 BCE. Creator: Unknown
Ritual wine container (pou), Late Shang dynasty, ca. 1200-1100 BCE

Lidded ritual vessel (hu) with birds and snake, Late Shang dynasty, ca. 1300-1200 BCE

Ritual wine cup (gu), Late Shang dynasty, ca. 1200-1100 BCE. Creator: Unknown
Ritual wine cup (gu), Late Shang dynasty, ca. 1200-1100 BCE

Ritual wine container (hu) with masks and dragons, Late Shang dynasty, ca. 12th century BCE

Harvesting knife (hu) with dragons, Eastern Zhou dynasty, 5th-4th century BCE

Disk (bi), Han dynasty, 206 BCE-220 CE. Creator: Unknown
Disk (bi), Han dynasty, 206 BCE-220 CE

Disk (bi) with knobs, Eastern Zhou dynasty, 475-221 BCE. Creator: Unknown
Disk (bi) with knobs, Eastern Zhou dynasty, 475-221 BCE

Disk (bi), Eastern Zhou dynasty, 3rd century BCE. Creator: Unknown
Disk (bi), Eastern Zhou dynasty, 3rd century BCE

Disk (bi) with knobs, feline and dragon, Eastern Han dynasty, 100-220. Creator: Unknown
Disk (bi) with knobs, feline and dragon, Eastern Han dynasty, 100-220

Square lidded ritual wine container with lid (fangyi), Late Shang dynasty, ca. 1200-1050 BCE

Harvesting knife (hu ?), Late Neolithic period, ca. 5000-ca. 1700 BCE. Creator: Unknown
Harvesting knife (hu ?), probably reworked from a forked blade (zhang ?), Late Neolithic period, ca. 5000-ca. 1700 BCE

Disk (bi), Eastern Zhou to Western Han dynasty, 3rd century BCE. Creator: Unknown
Disk (bi), Eastern Zhou to Western Han dynasty, 3rd century BCE

Straight chisel (gui), Eastern Zhou dynasty, 3rd century BCE. Creator: Unknown
Straight chisel (gui), Eastern Zhou dynasty, 3rd century BCE

Masonic apron from the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, late 18th century
African-American abolitionist Prince Hall (c. 1735-1807) founded Prince Hall Freemasonry and was a leader in the free black community in Boston

The Pitt Fall, January 1789. Creator: Frederick George Byron
The Pitt Fall, January 1789. Formerly attributed to Thomas Rowlandson

A Shinto ceremony, Edo period, late 17th-early 18th century. Creator: Ogata Kenzan
A Shinto ceremony, Edo period, late 17th-early 18th century. Attributed to Ogata Kenzan

Ceremony of Consecration. Creator: Unknown
Ceremony of Consecration

St. Gregory;Sts. Romanus & Barulla;Dedication of the Basilicas of SS
St. Gregory; Sts. Romanus & Barulla; Dedication of the Basilicas of SS. Peter & Paul

Coronation of King George V and Queen Mary in Westminster Abbey, 1911

Communion in the Church of Saint Medard (La communion dans l eglise St. -Medard)
Communion in the Church of Saint Medard (La communion dans l eglise St.-Medard)

Marriage of Margaret of Austria and Philip III [verso], 1612. Creator: Jacques Callot
Marriage of Margaret of Austria and Philip III [verso], 1612

Ball-play Dance, Choctaw, 1834-1835. Creator: George Catlin
Ball-play Dance, Choctaw, 1834-1835

Marriage of Margaret of Austria and Philip III, 1612. Creator: Jacques Callot
Marriage of Margaret of Austria and Philip III, 1612

The Last Race, Mandan O-kee-pa Ceremony, 1832. Creator: George Catlin
The Last Race, Mandan O-kee-pa Ceremony, 1832

Eagle Dance, 1845-1848. Creator: George Catlin
Eagle Dance, 1845-1848

Wedding Ceremony with Brahma in Attendance, ca. 1680. Creator: Unknown
Wedding Ceremony with Brahma in Attendance, ca. 1680

A Cliff Dwellers Ceremony, Colorado, 1924. Creator: William Henry Holmes
A Cliff Dwellers Ceremony, Colorado, 1924

The Opening of Calthorpe Park 1857, 1857. Creator: Samuel Lines
The Opening of Calthorpe Park 1857, 1857

The Duke of Cambridge Leaving the Town Hall, Birmingham, 1857. Creator: Samuel Lines
The Duke of Cambridge Leaving the Town Hall, Birmingham, 1857

Standing Figure with Feathered Headdress, Iran, 12th-early 13th century. Creator: Unknown
Standing Figure with Feathered Headdress, Iran, 12th-early 13th century

Standing Figure with Jeweled Headdress, Iran, 12th-early 13th century. Creator: Unknown
Standing Figure with Jeweled Headdress, Iran, 12th-early 13th century

Figure, Iran or Central Asia, 12th century. Creator: Unknown
Figure, Iran or Central Asia, 12th century. Cup-bearer associated with kingship and investiture

Ewer, Iran, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Ewer, Iran, 19th century

Unidentified Papal Ceremony, 1744-48. Creator: Joseph Siffred Duplessis
Unidentified Papal Ceremony, 1744-48. Attributed to Joseph Siffred Duplessis

Ceremony of Opening the Mouth of the Mummy before the Tomb, c1300BC. Detail from the Papyrus of Hunefer, Ancient Egypt, Early XIX Dynasty. At British Museum

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