1701
Panel from a mosaic floor: edible fish from the Mediterranean area. It probably decorated a dining-room. Excavated/Findspot: Populonia, Livorno, Italy. C. 100 AD. Collection: British Museum.
1702
The Alexander Mosaic, Roman floor mosaic originally from the House of the Faun in Pompeii (an alleged imitation of a Philoxenus of Eretria or Apelles' painting). Date: circa 100 BC.
1703
Vyaghra Gumpha - Udayagiri and Khandagiri Caves, India, c. 1st century BC. The word vyaghra means "tiger". The inscription found here tells that this cave belongs to the city judge Sabhuti. Photographer: Balajijagadesh via Wikimedia Commons.
1704
Decoding Anglo-Saxon art. Work by Rosie Weetch, curator and Craig Williams, illustrator, British Museum.
1705
Statuette of a centaur, ca. 530 B.C, Greek, possibly Athenian. Medium: Cast bronze. Now on display at the Princeton University Art Museum.
1706
Wreath. Culture: Greek Date: 4th century B.C. Medium: Gold. Collection: Dallas Museum of Art.
1707
Bronze hand used in the worship of Sabazios. Date: Roman 1st–2nd century AD. Hands decorated with religious symbols were designed to stand in sanctuaries or, like this one, were attached to poles for processional use. Collection: British Museum.
1708
“The Fanatiques” by René Magritte, 1955.
1709
Mercury Attaching His Wings by Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (1744). Collection: The Louvre.
1710
Roman bracelet, made of gold, glass, and emerald. Date: c. AD 300-400. Collection: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California.
1711
"Lord, have mercy on London" - English woodcut on the Great Plague of 1665, London.
1712
The Imperial Crown. Place of origin: West Germany.Date: 2nd half of the 10th century; Crown cross addition of the early 11th century.Medium: Gold, enamel, gemstones, pearls. It is now kept in the Imperial Treasury at the Hofburg in Vienna, Austria.
1713
Sutton Hoo Anglo-Saxon Great Gold Buckle. A masterpiece of early medieval craftwork, the buckle is made from over 400 grams of gold and black niello. Date: Early 7th century. Collection: The British Museum, London.
1714
An egyptian blue chalcedony horus-behdet amulet. Date: Late period to Ptolemaic period, circa 664-30 BC. Collection & Credit: Christies.
1715
Handle Spout Vessel in Form of a Toucan. Date: 100 B.C.-A.D. 500. Culture: Moche. Place of origin: North coast, Perú. Medium: Ceramic and pigment.
1716
Pompeii, view of the Forum and the Street of the Tombs. Color photo lithograph, taken c. 1900.
1717
Relief of Eagle-Headed Winged Figure Standing Between Two Sacred Trees. Neo-Assyrian, from Nimrud (Iraq), dated to ca. 883-859 BC. Detailed post: instagram.com/archaeologyart
1718
The flight of a Maenad and a Satyr, ca. 62/79 AD, fresco from Pompeii (House of Dioscuri VI, 9, 6) National Archaeological Museum, Naples. Photograph: Alamy.
1719
Amber, yellow-brown, carved and polished in the form of a skull, containing several small inclusions, from La Pimienta Mine, near Simojovel, Chiapas, Southern Mexico. Date: (?). Collection: National Museums Scotland, UK.
1720
Detail, Roman mosaic from Pompeii. Collection: National Archeological Museum of Naples.
1721
The Fishermen Frescoes from Akrotiri on the Aegean island of Thera (modern-day Santorini). c. 17th century BC. Now on display at the National Archaeological Museum, Athens. The males may actually be youths offering fishes as part of a religious ceremony rather than a fisherman.
1722
Door knocker. Place of origin: Southern Italy. Date: 11th century AD. Medium: Cast and engraved bronze, inlaid with niello. The David Collection.
1724
“The Beloved“ (detail), by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1865.
1725
Detail, "Louise Vernet, the artist’s wife, on her Deathbed" by Paul Delaroche (1845-46). Collection: © Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes.
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