An ancient Chinese bronze ritual vessel decorated with an inland hunting scene. Spring and Autumn period (c. 770-481 BCE). Now housed at the Palace Museum In Beijing, China [1440×2833]July 23, 2025
A painted pottery jar from the Banshan period (2600-2300 BCE) of the Chinese Neolithic Majiayao culture. Now housed at the Gansu Provincial Museum in China [700×467]July 23, 2025
A 48 cm long pendant carved out of 5 pieces of raw jade. It consists of 16 parts connected by 3 jade rings and 1 jade pin, and it’s adorned with 37 dragons, 7 phoenixes and 10 snakes. Found in the Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng, 433 BCE, China [1078×5688]July 23, 2025
Al-‘Aziz ewer, rock crystal, Cairo, 1001-10, with 16th century gold and enamel mounts (Treasury of San Marco)[779×1306]July 23, 2025
This dragon shaped artifact is made up of over 2,000 tiny pieces of turquoise, and measures over 70 cm in length. It was found in an aristocratic tomb at the Erlitou site, which is believed by many scholars to be the capital of China’s first dynasty, the Xia Dynasty (c. 2070-1600 BCE) [593×1278]July 23, 2025
Base slab for a huge statue, discovered at Aksum, Ethiopia by a German Expedition in 1906. It bore two depressions, 5 cm deep and 92 cm long in the shape of human feet. It is estimated it was about 5.5-6 meters tall. [1114×726]July 23, 2025
Carved painted wooded head of samurai lord Nitta Yoshisada, Japanese, c. 1800-1900. He was said to have cut off his own head during the 1338 Siege of Kuromaru. [1731×2100]July 23, 2025
Merovingian crystal ball; discovered at the tomb of the Frankish king Childeric I, at Tournai, Belgium. Dated before 482 CE. Housed at the BNF Cabinet des médailles, Paris, inv.nr. 56.456 [1380 x 1400]July 22, 2025
Depiction of the werewolves of Ossory, from Topographia Hibernica by Gerald of Wales, c. 1200.[666×552]July 22, 2025
Celestial dancer, known as Apsara, from Madhya Pradesh, India, mid-11th century. Metropolitan Museum of Art[1242×1662]July 22, 2025
