Lira da braccio by Giovanni d’Andrea 1511 Verona. The curvature of the back reveals a male face. Kunsthistorisches Museum [2280×1716]May 7, 2025
(Left) An 18th century CE mask frontlet of the Wolf Dance, used by the Nuu-Chah-Nulth people in a ritual for high-ranking male initiates. From Canada, now housed at the British Museum. (Right) a photo of a wolf mask frontlet used during the ritual [2411×2208]May 7, 2025
A blue glaze plate with white dragon pattern, Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368 CE), now housed at the Palace Museum in Beijing, China [2472×3136]May 7, 2025
A Japanese ivory netsuke depicting a buaku mask. 18th-19th century CE, now housed at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art [1687×2100]May 7, 2025
A lamp with a shell, made by the Austrian sculptor Gustav Gurschner. 1895/1905 CE, now housed at the Moravian Gallery in Brno, in the Czech Republic [1678×2470]May 7, 2025
The bear as a hunter is one of the popular motifs of the “Inverted World”. The prey animal becomes a hunter itself with a rifle attached. A drinking cup is hidden in the removable head, and there is a miniature game board in the stand plate. Circa 1580 from Augsburg and Munich [1261×1684]May 7, 2025
Pocket sundial from 2nd century AD Rome. Inside, on an axis, was a pointer and 4 discs, each with 2 diagrams on the front and back, showing different polar altitudes. It had to be held so that the sunbeam shone through the slit in the side, and the time could then be read on a scale [1715×2278]May 7, 2025
Pendant in the form of a grape from the early 17th century Southern Germany. Made of “Monstrous pearl”, gold, enamel, rubies. Now housed in the Kunsthistorisches Museum [1125×1520]May 7, 2025
Large rock crystal ring bearing in high relief the image of an elderly woman with curls artfully piled in three rows, a hairstyle that was very fashionable around 100 AD [1075×1074]May 7, 2025
Cong, 3300–2200 B.C. Congs are straight, rectangular jade tubes with a circular bore. They were made all over ancient China, and no one knows why. [1000×1080]May 6, 2025
