Child’s armor ordered by Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I for his 12-year-old grandson, the future Emperor Charles V [1125×1383]February 6, 2025
Late-12th Century font from Lyngsjö, Sweden, depicting the murder of St Thomas Becket [1536×2048]February 6, 2025
A Seima-Turbino bronze figurine, ca. 2200-1900 BCE, now housed at the State Historical Museum in Moscow, Russia [1633×3456]February 6, 2025
A Byzantine ivory triptych with Dèesis and Saint. From Constantinople, late 10th-early 11th century CE, now housed at the Vatican Museum [1300×1083]February 6, 2025
An Etruscan imitation of an oriental-type patera, in bronze, from the Barberini tomb in Palestrina, Italy. Ca. 700-650 BCE, now housed at the Villa Giulia museum in Rome [3150×3072]February 5, 2025
Carved ivory sculpture of a woman breast-feeding her mother-in-law, Chinese, c. 1700-1900. [1864×2824]February 5, 2025
The “La Pasiega Inscription”, a remarkable series of signs strung together, is a rarity in Ice Age art. It was described by the archaeologist Henri Breuil as ‘a genuine inscription interpreted as containing a code to initiated’. 22000-18000 years old, Cave of La Pasiega, Spain [1024×683]February 5, 2025
Earthenware tomb tile with a fighting scene, which includes a dragon & a swordsman; from Luoyang Jincun, Henan, China, dated to 2nd – 1st c. BCE [Western Han dynasty]. Now in the Royal Ontario museum, nr. 931.13.186 [2560 x 1707]February 5, 2025
Vase with plum blossoms. China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign (1662–1722). Porcelain with cobalt blue under clear glaze. Yale University Art Gallery collection [2191×3000]February 5, 2025
A Byzantine ivory panel depicting the last judgement. From Constantinople, 11th century CE, now housed at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London [2416×3382]February 5, 2025
