Ceiling of Wontongbojeon Hall at Beopjusa Temple, with gilded statue of Avalokitesvara below. Korea, Joseon period, 1624 [945×948]March 26, 2026
The Bay Tree Fabergé Egg, decorated with nephrite and precious stones, with a little bird inside. Given to empress dowager Maria Feodorovna on Easter by her son, emperor Nicholas II. Saint Petersburg, Russia, 1911 [3180×2752]March 26, 2026
Architectural bracket in the form of a celestial dancer. Khajuraho, India, 1100 AD [922×1237]March 26, 2026
Rococo splendor. Rottenbuch Monastery in Germany. A huge 14th century church, newly decorated from 1737-1741. [1280×2777]March 25, 2026
Sarmatians. Fibula 1st century BC – 1st century AD From the Nogaichynsky mound near the village of Chervone, Crimea, Ukraine Excavations 1974 [1200×850]March 25, 2026
The only 4 surviving Aztec feather shields, dated to the 16th century CE. They are now housed at the Weltmuseum in Vienna (top left), at the National Museum of History in Mexico (top right), and the others at the Landesmuseum Württemberg in Stuttgart [7415×7785]March 25, 2026
A trompe l’oeil celadon-glazed ‘beetle’ leaf-form ink palette, from China, Qianlong period (1736-1795 CE), sold at Christie’s in 2025 [2400×3200]March 25, 2026
A colossal limestone sculpture of Meritamen, daughter and later Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Ramesses the Great (reign 1279–1213 BCE) born by his first queen Nefertari. Located at Akhmim in Egypt [1080×2400]March 25, 2026
[OC] Statue of Pharaoh Sety II wearing emblems marking his royal status, 19th Dynasty, 1200 -1194 BC, Egypt. Currently on loan from the British Museum to the Chimei Museum, Tainan City, Taiwan. [3060×4080]March 25, 2026
On the left: marble head of a Cycladic female figure with preserved red pigment remains, ca. 2500–2300 BCE, from Greece. On the right: Color reconstructions by Elizabeth Hendrix [2515×2084]March 25, 2026
19th century coal scuttle, sheet metal, cast iron, King John III Museum in Wilanów. [1307×1129]March 25, 2026
