Statue of a female deity, possibly Durga. Cambodia or Vietnam, 7th-8th century AD [1600×2450]February 23, 2025
Statue of a man in armor, from Sekijinsan Mound. Fukuoka, Japan, Kofun period, 6th century AD [1977×1500]February 23, 2025
Carved ivory sculpture of a rat on a coiled rope, Japanese, c. 1825-1875. [2100×2072]February 22, 2025
Lidded effigy ceramic container in the form of a god with it’s originals colors still on it, Maya Lowlands, Late Postclassic, ca. 1500 AD, Image courtesy of the Princeton University Art Museum [562×650]February 22, 2025
Tomb Effigies of Henry II of France and Catherine de’ Medici. Germain Pilon, c. 1561–1573. Basilica of Saint-Denis, France. [2688×1944]February 22, 2025
Silver axe head with gold foil of the Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex which existed in Central Asia c. 2250–1700 BCE. A double-headed, human-eagle hybrid combats with a Bactrian dragon and a boar representing dominance over hostile forces, a common theme in art of urban cultures. [1928×1888]February 22, 2025
Aztec warriors as shown in the 16th-century Florentine Codex(Vol. IX). Each warrior is brandishing a macuahuitl, a wooden sword embedded with pieces of obsidian capable of decapitating a horse. The last authentic macuahuitl was destroyed in 1884 in a fire in the Real Armería in Madrid [2308×1020]February 22, 2025
“William the Hippo”, an Egyptian faience hippopotamus statuette from a tomb of the Middle Kingdom with 3 legs originally purposefully broken to prevent harming the deceased in the afterlife, now a mascot of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC [2560×1938]February 22, 2025
Four Funerary Figurines and their box, New Kingdom, painted limestone; Metropolitan Museum of Art[2560×2048]February 22, 2025
A lioness devouring a man in a thicket of stylized lotus and papyrus plants. Phoenician 900-700BC. Lapis lazuli, ivory, gold, cornelian [2048×2048]February 22, 2025
