Ikoku Ochiba Kago, 1854. Also known as Fallen Leaves from a Foreign Country. The rarest printed text regarding the Perry Expeditions and the opening of Japan to the international world, this one preserved in scroll format, printed a year after first contact. An exciting find. [2048×1536]February 26, 2025
Bronze suspension bell with masks (taotie) and birds. Hunan province or middle Yangzi River valley area, China, ca. 1100-1050 BC. National Museum of Asian Art collection [3850×5250]February 26, 2025
Imperial Orb, Sword and Scabbard of the Holy Roman Empire. The orb was made in Germany 1200 CE, the scabbard in Italy in the 2nd half of 11th Century CE, and the sword in Germany (1198-1218 CE) [697×900]February 26, 2025
Gusoku armour, 16th-17th century, Azuchi–Momoyama period, Suntory Museum of Art [1361×2048]February 26, 2025
A jaguar-shaped cuauhxicalli in the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City. This altar-like stone vessel was used to hold the hearts of sacrificial victims. [1666×1222]February 26, 2025
Perfume bottle made of cameo glass found in the Roman necropolis of Ostippo (Spain). On side B shown above, two males are on a bed in an erotic scene. Side A of the bottle, not shown, shows a female and a male in an erotic scene. 25 BCE – 14 CE [565×742]February 26, 2025
The Japanese Princess Mune’s 18th-century palanquin (norimono), with an arabesque design in maki-e lacquer. Tokyo Fuji Art Museum. [950×614]February 26, 2025
The so-called “Venus in a bikini”, from the House of the Bikini, Pompeii (terminal date 79 AD) depicts her Greek counterpart Aphrodite as she is about to untie her sandal, with a small Eros squatting beneath her left arm, Naples, National Archaeological Museum [1362×2048]February 26, 2025
Carved ivory sculpture of a suit of samurai armor, Japanese, c. 1800-1900. [1455×2100]February 26, 2025
