Ceremonial Dress of the Dowager Tsarina Maria Fyodorovna, Widow of Paul I, circa 1820-1830 [1200×900]February 8, 2026
Painted hat made of spruce root. Vancouver, Canada, Kwakwaka’wakw peoples, late 1800s [3600×3300]February 8, 2026
Two daggers with jade handles decorated with gold, rubies, and emeralds. India, 18th century [1009×1900]February 8, 2026
Lacquered tomb guardian figure with antlers. Hubei, China, Warring States period, State of Chu, 300 BC [1900×1960]February 8, 2026
The crown of Empress Eugénie, commissioned by Napoleon III for his wife in 1855, was damaged in the spectacular robbery of the Louvre Museum, which occurred on October 19, 2025.(1920×1280)February 8, 2026
A witch whistle or ‘heksenfluit’ made from a rat’s paw and carved bone. Made in 19th century Belgium, and purchased by the Museum aan de Stroom in Antwerp in 1964. (848×729)February 8, 2026
Three-Headed Protome from Georgia (South Caucasus) c.800-650 BCE: this sculpture originally depicted multiple heads on opposite ends of a four-legged body, and several other sculptures with this design have been found at the same site [3985×4832]February 8, 2026
Ceiling of Saint Nicholas cathedral in Ljubljana, Slovenia, painted by Giulio Quaglio in 1703-1706, then 1721-1723 [4598 x 2678]February 8, 2026
Jade tri-ring symbolizing heaven, earth and human. Late Ming to Early Qing Dynasty 1567-1735 CE, now housed at the National Palace Museum in Taiwan [1332×2365]February 8, 2026
The Pilling Figurines are a set of eleven clay figurines made by the Fremont culture around 1000 years ago. They were discovered in 1950 under a rock overhang in a side canyon of Range Creek, Utah, and are now housed at the USU Eastern Prehistoric Museum [949×760]February 8, 2026
Four Germanic gold necklaces made around 400 CE from melted down late Roman gold coins. They were found in 1952 near Olst in the Netherlands, and are now housed at the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden [1062×1595]February 8, 2026
