Courtier holding the Livre d’ Heuris(book of hours),by artist Léon Noel Delagrange,french,late 19th century,Sir D. J. Tata Collection, bronze, ivory and alabaster,on display at csmvs museum Mumbai India (1080x192

The Dering Roll is the oldest English roll of arms surviving in its original form. It was made between 1270 and 1280 and contains the coat of arms of 324 knights, starting with two illegitimate children of King John. Now housed at the British Library in London [655x993]

Reconstruction of a polychrome decoration from a frieze at the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi, from the Siphnian Treasury building, depicting the combat between Memnon and the Achaean heroes (Aeneas on the left) over the corpse of Antilochus, 525 BC c.a. Delphi Archaeological Museum. [2816x1659]

彩绘士兵俑/Painted Head of Warrior, China. Early Western Han Dynasty, ca. 141 BCE [361x600]

Lantern clock. British, ca. 1660 [4000 x 4000][OS]

Champagne Cooler - Present from the Russian Imperial Couple Alexander III and Maria Feodorovna on the occasion of Christian IX and Queen Louise’s golden wedding anniversary in 1892. It is one of Faberge’s largest and most spectacular items of silverware. [3490x3162]

Silver strainer made by Paul Revere, American, c. 1760. The strainer was used to remove lemon seeds, cloves, and other debris from punch. [3400x1940]

Close up of the Flora Farnese – National Archeological Museum of Naples, II century A.D. [682x637]

Recently discovered nose ornament made of human bone, Palenque. INAH archeologists excavated the complex built by king Pakal the Great. Made with a human distal tibia, engraved with a scene of communication with deities and ancestors. July 27, 615 - August 26, 683 A.D.[1000x810].

Loaves of bread from the Great Tomb (approximately 2400 BCE), 5th Dynasty Egypt [800×595]

Little jade cup. China, Song-Ming dynasties 960-1644 AD [1750x1950]