1476
A crouching Aphrodite in a shell. H. 17.2 cm. Terracotta. Roman, 1st century B.C- 1st cent. A.D.
1478
Mould Plaque for a Heron. Period: Greco-Roman Egypt, 2nd-1st Century BC. This mold depicts a heron, a bird associated with the sun, the annual flooding of the Nile, and the afterlife. Collection: The Walters Art Museum.
1480
An Indigenous Woman and Owl, Blind River, Ontario, Canada. c. 1910. Postcard published by The Photogelatine Engraving Co., LTD, Toronto, Canada and edited by PECO c.1930-1940.
1481
Swedish wedding crown, early 18th century. Collection: The Walters Art Museum
1482
Lion Bowl. Place of origin: Northern Syria Date: 9th-8th century B.C. Medium: Steatite, carved. Now on display at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
1483
Eva Green as Isabelle in ‘The Dreamers’, 2003, and the ‘Venus de Milo’ by Alexandros of Antioch 130 BC.
1484
Elamite Dog Amulet of the goddess Gula, Circa 3rd Millennium BC. Private Collection.
1485
Pendant in the Form of a Spider. Culture: Possibly Chiriquí. Place of origin: Costa Rica. Date: c. A.D. 1000-1500. Medium: Gold. Now on display at the Brooklyn Museum. On View: American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, The Americas’ First Peoples.
1486
The Three Graces Dancing with a Faun by Jules Scalbert (1851–1928).
1487
Pectoral from the tomb of Tutankhamun, made of gold, lapis lazuli and semi-precious stones depicting scarab (Kheperu), solar disk (Ra) and crescent (Neb) form Tutankhamun’s prenomen Nebkheperura. Collection: Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
1488
Floor mosaic fragment depicting Bacchus. Culture: Roman Date: A.D. 325-330 Medium: Limestone tesserae. Collection: Risd Museum, Denmark.
1489
Parade burgonet of Emperor Charles V by Filippo and Francesco Negroli, Milan, 1545. Medium: steel, gold 25 x 23 x 35.7 cm.
1491
A collection of various rings, ca. 1295-1070 B.C, 19th Dynasty (Ramesside period), New Kingdom. Collection & Credit: The Met, NYC.
1493
Ceremonial Dagger Dated: mid-19th century. Culture: French. Measurements: overall length 43 cm. The bronze hilt is depicting Death wrapped in a mantle and a snake on the quillon. Copyright © Czerny’s International Auction House S.R.L.
1494
Armlet of Queen Ahhotep I. Second Intermediate Period, 17th Dynasty, ca. 1560-1530 BC. From Dra’ Abu el-Naga’, West Thebes. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
1495
Native American Painted Buffalo Robe, c. 1890-1900. Private Collection (??).
1496
Doodle by medieval school boy. Credit & Collection: Carpentras, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 368.
1497
Flask. Culture: Roman. Place of origin: Eastern Mediterranean. Date: A.D. 1st century. Medium: Glass. Source: getty.edu
1498
Adam, Eve and the Serpent. Detail from the Commentary on the Apocalypse (The 'Silos Apocalypse') by Beatus of Liébana, c. 1091–1109, Spain. Collection: British Library.
1499
Relief from Arch of Titus, Triumphal procession celebrating the crushing of the Jewish revolt in 70 AD. By Titus. Prominent among the spoils is the menorah, seven branched lamp-holder from the temple of Jerusalem. Rome, Italy.
1500
Panorama of Pompeii from the city walls, 1800s.
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