Attic red figure terracotta kylix depicting an athlete with halteres (jumping weights) and trainer. Attributed to the Euaion Painter, ca. 460-450 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection [4000x3000]

Honeycomb quilt by Elizabeth Van Horne Clarkson. American, ca. 1830 [3434 x 3787][OS]

The upper valance, cornice and corbels of a state bed for King James II, by royal joiner, Thomas Roberts in 1688. Upholstered in Genoese velvet with extensive contrasting tufted passementerie, the bed bears his cypher overgilt. The finials are the lion and the unicorn from the royal arms. [1439x630]

Relief of a Roman legionnaire, probably from an honorary arch of Emperor Trajan, early 2nd century CE [2936 x 4000]

Detail of a marble head of the goddess Hygeia, Goddess of Health. Dated 5th - 4th century BCE. Hygeia was the daughter of Asklepios (God of Medicine and healing) and this sculpture was found at a healing sanctuary dedicated to him in Feneos, Peloponnese, Greece. [1080x1349]

Roman glass jug with a smaller glass jug inside ~ a so called joke jar that shows the skill of the glassmaker. Probably made in workshop in Cologne, found in burial in Stein am Rhein, #Switzerland, 4th c. AD. [800x1028]

Exquisite Mughal salver (tray) in a cloverleaf design. Carved from a single piece of rock crystal. c. 1700 CE. Rock crystals of the size needed to produce such an item are quite rare, as were artisans with the skill to do it. In collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. [2440X2037]

Dragon belt hook from the fifth to third centuries BC. Excavated from palace No.1 in Xianyang, China. [492 × 600]

Altar Q records a dynastic lineage for the Copán-based polity in the Maya script. It was created during the rule of Yax Pasaj Chan Yoaat in 776 CE. Copan, Honduras [2357x2969]

Olmec style pendant excavated from a 2,700 year old tomb located in Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas. The site is believed to have been settled by a group of Mixe-Zoquean speakers [691x500]

19th Century “Seat of Love”. The British King Edward VII had one made to order. [2000x1334]