1876
Ancient Egyptian vase in the shape of a duck, made from polychrome faience. Date: c. 3rd cent. BC (Ptolemaic period). Collection: Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
1877
Pool in a private bath of Sbeitla (Tunisia) decorated with mosaics of fish and sealife, from 4th-5th century AD. Late Roman/Early Byzantine, 4th-5th century AD. Photographer: Dennis Jarvis via Wikimedia Commons.
1878
Bowl of Stars by Tim Storrier (b.1949), 1994, Lithograph.
1879
Photograph of Stupa 3, Sanchi from the Archaeological Survey of India Collections taken by Deen Dayal in 1883. The Great Stupa at Sanchi is one of the oldest stone structures in India. It was originally commissioned by the emperor Ashoka in the 3rd century BC.
1880
The Plain of Auvers ~ Vincent van Gogh, 1890.
1881
Tea bowl with design of spiny lobster (19th century) by Kashu Mimpei (Japanese, 1796–1871). Medium: awaji ware; stoneware. Now on display at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
1882
Altar of the Twelve Gods. use unknown: maybe the brink of a well or a Zodiac altar. The object represents the twelve gods of the Roman Pantheon. Collection: Musée du Louvre, Paris. © RMN-Grand Palais / Hervé Lewandowski / Art Resource, NY
1883
Temple of Aphaea in Aegina, Greece, Harry John Johnson.
1884
Table with carved lion legs. Pazyryk, Altai, Barrow no. 2, 300-290 BC. The "Treasures of the Pazyryk Culture" of the Early Scythian Epoch includes the unique and world famous burial mounds (kurgans) and petroglyphs of the Pazyryk Culture.
1885
A pair of gold and garnet peacock head appliques. Culture: Hunnish, 3rd-4th century AD. Collection: Dumbarton Oaks.
1887
Apulian Askos in the Shape of a Dog, 320–290 BC. Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
1888
Anatolian Marble Two-headed Idol, Circa Late 3rd Millennium BC. Private Collection. Detailed post: instagram.com/archaeologyart
1889
Apulian mouse vessel, c. 400–300 BC. Culture: Greek. Medium: Terracotta. Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
1890
Griffin mosaic from the Acropolis at Rhodes. Date: c. 1st half of 2nd century BC. Collection: Archaeological Museum of Rhodes. Photo Credit: Jebulon via Wikimedia Commons.
1891
Lesbia and her sparrow by Johann Heinrich von Dannecker, 1836. Medium: marble, on a later painted wood base, 91x71x31.5 cm. Collection: Private Collection (Sotheby’s)
1892
6 little ceramic pigs. 1 male, 1 female, and 4 piglets. Geography & Culture: China, Han Dynasty, c. 200 BC - 200 AD. Private Collection.
1893
Face Mug. Culture: Etruscan. Date: 575–550 B.C. Medium: Terracotta. Place of origin: Etruria. Collection: Getty Museum.
1894
Breastplate. Date: A.D. 1000/1470. Culture: Chimú. Place of origin: North coast, Peru. #precolumbian
1895
Nubians with a Giraffe and a Monkey, Tomb of Rekhmire ca. 1504–1425 B.C. Artist: Nina de Garis Davies (1881–1965). Original from Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb of Rekhmire. Collection: The Met.
1896
Hercules Slays the Centaur Eurytion by Antonio Sasini (Italian 1558-1624). Medium: bronze.
1897
Gold box bezel ring with the hero Bellerophon riding Pegasus, attributed to the Santa Eufemia master Greek (from Southern Italy), c. 340-320 B.C. Now on display at the Getty Museum.
1898
Pendant in the shape of a ram-headed falcon (gold, lapis-lazuli, turquoise and carnelian), found on the mummy of an Apis bull in the Serapeum of Memphis at Saqqara. Date: Reign of Ramesses II. New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, ca. 1279-1213 BC. Now in the Louvre Museum.
1899
Bronze Cauldron, from Regolini-Galassi Tomb, Caere, appr. 50–60 kilometres north-northwest of Rome. Date: (c. 650–625 BC) . Culture: Etruscan.
1900
Cat on a handle. Date: 664–30 B.C, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period. Medium: Cupreous metal. Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY.
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