Small bronze bird with turquoise inlays. Zhaigou, China, Shang dynasty, 1300-1200 BC [1880×2300]June 30, 2025
This 724-year-old letter written in a form of Latin shorthand, is from the King of France to his agents at the papal court in Rome, in which he instructs them to support the Scottish knight Sir William Wallace in “those things which he has to transact”. National Archives in Kew, England [1388×1113]June 30, 2025
In the late 1200s, people of the Mogollon culture made the caves above Cliff Dweller Creek, in New Mexico, their home. They built rooms, crafted pottery and raised children in the cliff dwellings for 1 or 2 generations. By 1300, the Mogollon had moved on, leaving the walls behind [1037×1368]June 30, 2025
An ivory erotic gambling dice produced in Germany, dating to the early 18th century CE. Sold at Christies in 2016 [556×529]June 30, 2025
Ceremonial bag. Andes, Nasca-Wari culture (Chakipampa style), ca. 650-800 AD. Camelid wool; tapestry weave. Yale University Art Gallery collection [2992×2992] [OC]June 30, 2025
[3000×3000] Japanese ivory netsuke in the shape of a man heralding the New Year, Edo period, 18th-19th century, Bern History Museum. In Japanese art, netsuke are wooden or ivory figurines used as a fastener to secure pouches or other items on the belt.June 30, 2025
Capitals of the Salle du Manege. Louvre Museum, Paris. The Manege room in the Louvre is a large space built under Napoleon III for equestrian events. After the fall of the Second Empire, the room was granted to the museum. In 1928 the Salle became the entrance to the museum… [1280×960] [OC]June 30, 2025
1860 Notice in Charleston, SC Newspaper of Vote to secede from the Union and Prescient handwritten note beneath: reading “You’ll regret the day you ever done it. I preserve this to see how it ends. Dec 21 / [18]60 [signed] JW Harrisson.”[1096×2099] Courtesy Charleston Museum.June 30, 2025
Carved wooden sculpture of a demon washing a temple guardian sitting in a bathtub, Japanese, c. 1825-1875. [2100×1898]June 29, 2025
Detail of a miniature from the Morgan Bible, depicting the slaughter of the Amalekites. Fol. 34v, 13th century CE, from France, now housed at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York City [1920×1920]June 29, 2025
A personal changing tent, designed to provide privacy for women changing into and out of swimwear at the beach or seaside. From France, 1900 CE [2000×2500]June 29, 2025
