Tax form signed by the Indonesian freedom fighter Dr. Ernest Douwes Dekker aka Dr. Danudirja Setiabudi, the form signed one month before his death in August 28, 1950 [2675x3343]

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Roman mosaic showing a tigress with young tigers. Object dated to the 4th century CE. It is now at The Cleveland Museum of Art in the USA. [1200x1312]

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Female Devotee c. early 100s. India, Mathura, Kushan period (c. 80 - 375). Sandstone [3959x5837]

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An Etruscan ceramic plate with a scene of a war elephant with mahout followed by a calf. Found in Capena, ca. 275–270 BCE, now housed at the National Etruscan Museum in Italy [2048x2048]

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Kali fighting demons and offering their head to Durga,1781,pahari school of painting, Himachal Pradesh,on display at csmvs museum Mumbai India (1080x192

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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

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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]

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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]

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

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

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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]

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