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Images / art

Two archives, queried live.

Every record below comes from The Met or Smithsonian Open Access and was filtered on that archive’s own rights field before it reached this page. 24 shown for “Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase) in the form of a man” — 64 records examined, 21 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-26 20:48 UTC · fetched live for this request

Object
Public domainThe Met’s isPublicDomain field is true for this object.
CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian’s metadata_usage.access reads CC0 — a waiver, not an expired term.
Not shownAnything failing its archive’s rights field is dropped server-side and never appears here.
Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase) in the form of a man

Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase) in the form of a man

Artist not stated in the record · mid-6th century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Ornamental Vase Design, by François Boucher, French, 1703–1770

Ornamental Vase Design

François Boucher, French, 1703–1770 · ca. 1738

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase) in the form of a woman holding a dove

Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase) in the form of a woman holding a dove

Artist not stated in the record · mid-6th century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Alabastron (Oil or Perfume Flask), by Unidentified (ancient Mediterranean)

Alabastron (Oil or Perfume Flask)

Unidentified (ancient Mediterranean) · 6th-5th century BC

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase), by Group of the Paidikos Alabastra

Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase)

Group of the Paidikos Alabastra · ca. 510–500 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Ornamental Vase Design, by François Boucher, French, 1703–1770

Ornamental Vase Design

François Boucher, French, 1703–1770 · 1742-1750

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase) in the shape of a hare

Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase) in the shape of a hare

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 600–550 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Perfume Burner (Cassolette), by Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory, French, active 1735 – 1773

Perfume Burner (Cassolette)

Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory, French, active 1735 – 1773 · 1750–1765

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase), by Painter of Palermo 1162

Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase)

Painter of Palermo 1162 · ca. 480 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Perfume Burner Designs, by Charles Normand, French, 1765 – 1840

Perfume Burner Designs

Charles Normand, French, 1765 – 1840 · 1787–95

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta Columbus alabastron (perfume vase), by Beldam Painter

Terracotta Columbus alabastron (perfume vase)

Beldam Painter · ca. 470 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Three Designs: Perfume Burner, Vase, Plinth, by Charles Normand, French, 1765 – 1840

Three Designs: Perfume Burner, Vase, Plinth

Charles Normand, French, 1765 – 1840 · 1787–95

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase), by Painter of New York 21.131

Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase)

Painter of New York 21.131 · ca. 510–500 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Ornamental Vase Design, by Joseph Marie Vien, French, 1716–1809

Ornamental Vase Design

Joseph Marie Vien, French, 1716–1809 · 1760

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase), by Laurion Painter

Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase)

Laurion Painter · ca. 575–550 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Title Page, by Pierre Moreau, French, 1722 – 1798

Title Page

Pierre Moreau, French, 1722 – 1798 · 1771

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase), by Persephone Painter

Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase)

Persephone Painter · ca. 440 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Ornamental Vase Design, by Edme Bouchardon, French, 1698–1762

Ornamental Vase Design

Edme Bouchardon, French, 1698–1762 · 1737

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase), by Beth Pelet Painter

Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase)

Beth Pelet Painter · ca. 460 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Title Page, by Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune, French, 1741–1814

Title Page

Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune, French, 1741–1814 · 1788

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase), by Beth Pelet Painter

Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase)

Beth Pelet Painter · ca. 460 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Vase, by The Gates Potteries, 1890 – 1930

Vase

The Gates Potteries, 1890 – 1930 · 1905–20

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase)

Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 620–590 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Man with a Perfume Burner, by Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808

Man with a Perfume Burner

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808 · 1758

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
What was queried

Where these records came from.

Two archives are wired, and only two. Each one is filtered on its own rights field — never on a title match, and never on the presence of an image file.

  • The Met Collection API (Open Access)Rights field: isPublicDomain. 936 matched · 24 examined · 0 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where isPublicDomain === true and a file URL was published.12 shown
  • Smithsonian Open Access API (api.si.edu)Rights field: content.descriptiveNonRepeating.metadata_usage.access. 7483527 matched · 40 examined · 21 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where metadata_usage.access === "CC0" and an image resource was published.12 shown

These figures describe the pass run at 2026-08-26 20:48 UTC, during this request. A completed pass is kept for 24 hours and replayed for an identical search, which is what keeps repeated queries inside Smithsonian’s 30-requests-per-hour allowance. A pass in which either archive failed to answer is never kept — an outage must not be replayed as though it were a finding about the catalogue.

Wikimedia Commons and the Library of Congress are deliberately not wired. Wikimedia was confirmed, on a live query, to return CC-BY material inside the same result set as genuine public domain works, and filtering it safely has not been designed yet. loc.gov was blocked by bot detection during the source evaluation, so its rights vocabulary has never been observed — and nothing here is built on a field nobody has read.

An image file is a rights claim. It never travels without its field.