A Jackfield tea set that has been passed to the first girl of each generation in my family for over 300 years. Today I became its new keeper 🥰 [4080 x 3072]April 21, 2025
A Noh costume of a child actor, brown ground with standing waves and snow-covered pine tree pattern, made of silk, Edo Period, 17th century CE, now housed at the Nezu Museum in Japan [1200×1375]April 21, 2025
A funerary bronze situla from Thebes in Egypt. 30th dynasty (380–343 BCE), now housed at the British Museum [1528×2500]April 21, 2025
A 4000-year-old earthenware in the shape of a teapot. From Japan, JĹŤmon period [2048×2046]April 21, 2025
Pagaruyung Palace is the royal palace of the former Pagaruyung Kingdom, built in the 17th century CE and located in West Sumatra in Indonesia. The palace was built in the traditional Minangkabau Rumah Gadang vernacular architectural style [1440×2771]April 21, 2025
Silk map sampler featuring North America and South America, British, c. 1750-1800. [3542×4096]April 21, 2025
Chavin Cupisnique quartz mortar and pestle from Peru 1200 BC – 200 BC. Jaguar carved into pestle with cinnabr staining throughout. Bought this in auction years ago. Not not sure if its authentic. (2690×2358)April 21, 2025
A new acquisition. A 12 leaf gathering from a 15th century manuscript breviary containing prayers for the feasts of the saints during Easter time. [4032 × 3024]April 20, 2025
Libation Altar For Almaqah, Meqaber Ga’ewa (Tomb Of Ga’ewa) in Tigray, Ethiopia. DʿMT Period (800BC) [920 x 1379]April 20, 2025
Feejee Mermaid, 19th century sideshow exhibit. A taxidermy hoax made from the torso of a monkey and the tail of a fish, famously exhibited by P.T. Barnum in 1842. [5277×3150]April 20, 2025
Bathrub or Fountain Basin, Gardens of the Villa Borghese (Rome), 3rd century(Rome); MusĂ©e de Cluny. Intended for baths or a garden. [758×423]April 20, 2025
A foreign tourist stands beside the statue of Queen Hatshepsut (1505–1458 BC), one of ancient Egypt’s most powerful and influential pharaohs, at her mortuary temple complex in Deir el-Bahari. [895×668]April 20, 2025
