Medicine cabinet containing 80 rotating drawers, decorated with dragons and butterflies in gold lacquer. China, Ming dynasty, 1572-1620 [3350×3100]April 23, 2025
View from the Palatine Hill over the Roman Forum all the way to the Colosseum [6000×4000], (OC)April 22, 2025
Archeologists in central France have just announced the discovery of a vast ancient necropolis where at least 100 people were buried 2,300 years ago alongside a trove of artifacts, including this stunningly intact Celtic sword that was found in its scabbard [1080×889]April 22, 2025
An 18th–20th Dynasty duck-shaped cosmetic box, Egyptian or Levantine. Ivory, c. 1550–1196 BCE. [640×530]April 22, 2025
Bespoke tobacco case designed by Josef Hoffmann and executed by the Wiener Werkstätte for the Viennese industrialist Otto Primavesi, 1912. Gold, lapis lazuli, pearl, turquoise, coral, opal, carnelian and other semi-precious stones. Loaned to the Neue Galerie [1400×1742]April 22, 2025
Creature from Bosco Sacro di Bomarzo, AKA the Park of the Monsters. Conceived by Francesco Orsini (1523-1585), the lord of Bomarzo, the garden is full of dozens of sculptures depicting animals from a fantasy world and mythological creatures [1600×1000]April 22, 2025
