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
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
13,000-year-old Clovis stone points from the Drake Cache of Colorado. Now part of the Smithsonian Institution collection in Washington, D.C. [4800×5114]March 11, 2026
An ornately carved lacquered wooden dou-bowl, found in the Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng. 433 BCE, now housed at the Hubei Provincial Museum in China [1402×1200]March 11, 2026
The large gold vulture collar of Tutankhamun (1323 BCE), with elongated wings composed of 250 segments and inlaid with polychrome glass. The collar was placed on the thorax of the king’s mummy so that it covered the whole of the chest and extended upwards to the shoulders [1145×1138]March 11, 2026
A silver and gold perfume holder or attardan in the form of a lotus bud, Chennai, India (1870-75) [3300×2460]March 11, 2026
Marble funerary monument of the Dossi Rampinelli Spalenza family, made by Giovanni Battista Lombardi in 1856 CE, and located in the Monumental cemetery in Brescia, Italy [8861×8272]March 11, 2026
Wooden book cover with Prajnaparamita and bodhisattvas. Tibet, 13th century [2360×1965]March 11, 2026
39,000-year-old cave painting of an anoa, with hand stencils underneath. Sumpang Bita Cave, Indonesia [1900X1700]March 11, 2026
Bronze incense burner shaped like a mythical animal. China, 17th-18th century [1332×1747]March 11, 2026
