A fan-parasol (closed and open) made in the United States of America in c. 1854 CE. Now housed at the FIDM Museum in Los Angeles [1490×943]September 24, 2025
Henrik Immanuel Wigström for Fabergé, Vase, 1908. Nephrite, guilloché enamel, silver-gilt, gold, cabochon moonstones and chalcedony. This vase was presented to King Edward VII by his nephew by marriage Tsar Nicholas II when the King visited Reval (now Tallin) in June 1908 [2000 x 1566]September 23, 2025
An Old Copper Culture II-A dagger (or sword?) recovered several years ago by Harold Alanen from Ontario’s Thunder Bay District. It’s almost 23″ (58cm) long and about 1.4 lbs (635g). It’s currently the largest II-A known. ca. 4000-1000 B.C.E. [616 x 724]September 23, 2025
The Hurmuzaki Psalter ca. 1500 AD; An Example of Old Romanian Written Before the Re-Latinization of the Language in the 18th & 19th Centuries [1024×1510]September 23, 2025
A tablet from Iraq, which tells the story of a man who was caught stealing a duck from the sacred meal of Ishtar, and waiting for his trial in the jail of the temple, kills the prison warden in order to escape, but then breaks his hip in an attempt to scale the temple walls. 626-539 BC [3298×2398]September 23, 2025
A rectangular bronze cauldron decorated with birds. China, Shang Dynasty, 1600-1000 BCE. [843 x 663] [OS]September 23, 2025
The bracelet of Pharaoh Amenemope has been stolen by a restoration specialist at the Egyptian Museum and melted down. Dated back to 1000 BC, it contained spherical lapis lazuli beads and was sold for only $4,000 at a gold workshop in Cairo. [1120×1120]September 23, 2025
Two saru-ishi, or monkey stones, sit at the tomb of 6th Century CE Japanese Princess KibiHime, in Asuka.[1235×956]September 23, 2025
