Perfume House created in India which was gifted to President Ulysses S. Grant by the Maharaja of Travancore around 1877. Crafted from silver It was designed to hold scented oils or perfumes.[1220×1907]March 12, 2026
A Magnificent and Highly Important Yangcai Reticulated Vase Seal Mark and Period of Qianlong Matching Record Dated to the 12th Day of The 8th Month in the 7th Year of The Qianlong Period (Corresponding to 1742) [2880 x 4190]March 12, 2026
Part of a recently acquired collection of 20 original Papal Bulls from Italy, dating from the 16th to 18th century, and 10 with original bulla (lead seals) and cords. The oldest example is one issued by Pope Pius V [4000×3265]March 12, 2026
Ketubbah (Jewish wedding contract) for the marriage of Grazia Archivolti and Mosè Orsin, Modena, Italy, 1752. New York Public Library collection [2790×3530] [OC]March 12, 2026
The Sunset Glory bannerstone, largest and finest ferruginous quartz butterfly form known, was found in 1874 on a Missouri farm. Named in the 1930s, it joined Earl Townsend Jr.’s famed collection before setting an auction record in 2011. 6000–1000 BCE [889×1095]March 12, 2026
Ahu Huri A Urenga. A unique inland Moai on the road to Pia Taro, Rapa Nui. 1250-1500 AD. It is know as The Astronomer because it faces the sunrise during the winter solstice. Its is also the only Moai known to have four hands. OC [1121×1500]March 12, 2026
Ring with bust figure holding a wine cup, 1st century CE. Gold inset with a semi-precious stone. From Gandhara (in present-day northwestern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan), now housed at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford [1080×2290]March 12, 2026
A terracotta rattle in the form of a pig or boar. From Cyprus, 300-50 BCE, now housed at the British Museum [2500×2110]March 12, 2026
The Topplerschlösschen is a small late medieval residential tower in the Tauber valley, in Germany, built in 1388 CE by Heinrich Toppler, the mayor of Rothenburg, as a summer residence. The fully preserved building is furnished with furniture from the 16th to the 19th centuries [895×1024]March 12, 2026
In the late 1800s, explorers photographing the jungles of Guatemala captured this image of Stela K at Quiriguá, an ancient Maya city near the Motagua River. By that time, the monument had already been standing for more than 1,200 years.[1080 × 1414]March 12, 2026
Bronze Cowrie Container. A currency vessel decorated with a crowded scene of 127 miniature figures performing a human sacrifice. China, Western Han – Dian Kingdom, 202 BCE-8 CE [2860×1900]March 12, 2026
