Dating to the 4th century, the Lycurgus cup is an ancient Roman cage cup that depicts the mythical King Lycurgus. The color of the cup changes depending on the light passing through it and it’s the only surviving Roman artifact made of this type of glass. [900×695]May 12, 2025
A porcelain monk’s cap ewer with ruby red glaze. Xuande reign (1426-1435 CE), with the base inscribed with a poem written by the Qianlong Emperor (r. 1736-1795 CE). Now housed at the National Palace Museum in Taiwan [1262×1834]May 12, 2025
A Tlingit house partition with Shakes Family crest. From Alaska, 1840 CE, now housed at the Denver Art Museum [940×1500]May 12, 2025
“Flowering Cherry and Autumn Maple with Poem Slips”, a six-panel folding screen made of ink, color, gold, and silver on paper. From Japan, mid- 17th century CE [3000×1362]May 12, 2025
A gold signet ring from Crete, Late Minoan Period, c. 1700-1450 BCE, now housed at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford [2016×2864]May 12, 2025
Diamond-shaped platter, piece of the famous Swan Service, porcelain, 1737-1741, Johann Friedrich Eberlein, Königliche Porcellain Fabrique, Meissen, Saxony. In collection of National Museum in Warsaw. [6000×3918]May 12, 2025
Valdivian – Chorrera Feline Stone Mortar. Ecuador. ca. 2000 B.C. – 300 B.C. – Galeria Contici [2160×1795]May 12, 2025
