In 2014, a CT scan of a Buddha statue, believed to date back to the 11th or 12th century, revealed the preserved remains of a Buddhist master named Liuquan, a figure from the Chinese Meditation School.Thought to be hands of an unknown Chinese businessman. [1284×1596]August 22, 2025
Traveling leather necessaire with picnic/silver coffee set inside, French, 1866–1868. [3828×4096]August 22, 2025
Golden sarira pots excavated from the west pagoda of Mireuksa temple in South Korea. The sarira pots comprise an inner gold sarira pot, an outer gilt-bronze sarira pot, along with glass beads. 639 CE, now housed at the Iksan National Museum [2313×4939]August 22, 2025
Portrait of a Beauty by the Korean painter and scholar Yun Tusŏ (1668-1715 CE) [1317×3000]August 22, 2025
The gilt bronze hilt of the ring-pommelled sword found at the Tomb of King Muryeong, who ruled the Baekje kingdom from 501 to 523 CE. Now housed at the National Museum of Korea [402×957]August 22, 2025
“Strongman” Acrobat, found in the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang (210-209 BCE) near Xi’an [960×1637]August 22, 2025
A late Roman blue glass cup excavated from an ancient Silla Royal tomb at Cheonmachong, Gyeongju in South Korea. Early AD 500s, probably produced in Egypt, now housed at the Gyeongju National Museum [1022×1024]August 22, 2025
