The fabled sword of Indian ruler Tipu Sultan, who fought off British colonialism in the late 1700s. Measuring three and a half feet long, it was made with Wootz steel and adorned with gold calligraphy. [800×737]November 19, 2025
Dornröschen (Sleeping Beauty) sculpture by Louis Sussmann-Hellborn, circa 1878 [1200×900]November 19, 2025
Wooden brush pot in the shape of a tree trunk. China, 1641. Loaned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art [6032×6032] [OC]November 19, 2025
Hidden beneath a vineyard in Negrar di Valpolicella, lies one of northern Italy’s most impressive Roman mosaics. [1231×1641]November 19, 2025
Aerial view of Hodota Hachimanzuka Burial Mound. Gunma, Japan, Kofun period, 5th-6th century AD [1370×1680]November 19, 2025
Belt hook with monster face pendant, carved from a single piece of jade. China, Warring States period, 475–221 BC [1610×1300]November 19, 2025
Knife with animal head handle. Alaska, United States, Tlingit peoples, 1850-1860 [1550×1577]November 19, 2025
Augustus of Prima Porta, 20 BC. At over 6ft high, this statue was a complex statement of the ideas and merits he wanted to convey. It depicts the emperor addressing his soldiers, wearing a cuirass and a cloak. Augustus was both the first Roman Emperor and the one who ruled longest… [1280×720] [OC]November 19, 2025
Madonna and child sculpture of limestone, Holdhus church in Hordaland, Norway, c. 1450. [1200×926]November 19, 2025
