Terracotta Mask, Mohenjo daro, Indus valley civilization Pakistan | Located at National Museum. [2600×1732]March 5, 2025
Roman portrait of the baker Terentius Neo and his wife. The object was found in their villa (the so-called “house of Terentius”) in Pompeii and dates back to the 1st century CE. The artefact is in the collection of the Museo Archeologico di Napoli. [800×600]March 5, 2025
Marble bust of a woman holding a scroll. Constantinople, Byzantine Empire, 4th-5th century AD [2900×3400]March 4, 2025
Kneeling prophet, a fragment from the reliquary chasse of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, destroyed in the French Revolution. Made in Paris, 1409, by goldsmiths Jean de Clichy, Gautier du Four and Guillaume Boey. Gilt bronze. Cleveland Museum of Art collection [3000×4000] [OC]March 4, 2025
Chinese Tomb guardian; early 700s; glazed earthenware, three-color ware; Cleveland Museum of Art [1457×2048]March 4, 2025
Crown of the Andes, a votive crown originally made for a larger than life-size statue of the Virgin Mary in the Cathedral of Popayán, Colombia. It contains 450 emeralds, including some that were purportedly taken from the captured Inca Emperor Atahualpa (1497–1533). Met [1751×2048]March 4, 2025
Ram’s head bucket (situla), found inside the Great Tumulus at Gordion, Phrygian period, end of 8th century BC, Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara [1356×2048]March 4, 2025
