Leaf from an Arabic translation of the Materia Medica of Dioscorides (“Preparation of Medicine from Honey”). Iraq Year 1224. Metropolitan Museum of Art [1786×2387]March 13, 2025
These socks are the earliest knitted items in the Victoria and Albert Museum’s collection. Made in 300-499 AD, they were excavated in Egypt at the end of the 19th century. They have a divided toe and are designed to be worn with sandals. [2560×1920]March 13, 2025
Kapala bowl. 18th century, skull, gold, painted with gilt, inlaid with gemstones, Tibet Museum [1482×2048]March 13, 2025
A Golden Dinar Coin of Chandragupta II ‘Vikramaditya’ (376-415 CE ), the Emperor who presided over the zenith of the Indian ‘Golden Age’. [2100×2099]March 13, 2025
Alabaster vase shaped like a monkey with young. Egypt, Old Kingdom, 2278-2184 BC [2200×2520]March 13, 2025
Carved ivory sculpture of Shōki, the Demon Queller, Japanese, c. 1700-1800. [1214×2100]March 12, 2025
Body Armour (called a Chaaraina, lit. meaning Four Mirrors) with a portrait of Guru Nanak Sahib (the 1st Sikh Guru) in the centre (spelt ਗੋਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ, likely a transliteration from Farsi, گورو) from the times of Maharaja Ranjeet Singh’s Sarkar-e-Khalsa (1799-1849 CE) [613×720]March 12, 2025
The triumph of the arts through the patronage of Francesco Maria Febei. Etching by P. Aquila, 1670. [2048×1594]March 12, 2025
Amethyst carved as a head covered with a gold keffiyeh, believed to be Arsinoë II, Queen of Ptolemaic Egypt and King (no mistype) of upper and lower Egypt, effectively making her a Pharaoh; 300 BCE [3000×2998]March 12, 2025
