1926
Two Hands by Auguste Rodin, 1909. Collection: Musée Rodin.
1927
Achaemenid Winged Lion Rhyton, 5th-4th Century BC. Medium: Gold.
1928
Pan and Venus by Adolphe-Alexandre Lesrel (1865).
1929
Ink tablet in the form of a turtle (China, Han dynasty, 206 BC - 220 AD) Earthenware with modelled and incised decor including the Eight Trigrams of the I-Ching (The Book of Changes). Image and text information: Minneapolis Institute of Art.
1930
Marriage ring. Culture: Greek / Byzantine, c. 6th-7th century AD. Medium: Gold. Collection: Royal Ontario Museum, Canada.
1931
Scarabeoid Intaglio - Griffin and Astragal. Place of origin: Ionia. Date: 5th century B.C. Medium: Rock crystal, gold. Private Collection (?)
1932
La Nature se devoilant devant La Science (Nature revealing herself before Science) by Louis-Ernest Barrias (1841-1905). Medium: Gilt bronze, marble, and lapis lazuli. Executed c.1905. Private Collection.
1933
Achaemenid Gold and Cloisonné Duck Bracelet, c. 5th-4th Century BC. Private Collection. The ribbed, solid gold bangle has overlapping terminals, one in the form of a duck with it’s head and beak inlaid with carnelian.
1935
Stained Glass Window, Spring. Place of origin: Paris. Date: 1894. Designes/Makers: Eugène Grasset and Felix Gaudin. Medium: Glass, lead. Collection: Musée des Arts Décoratifs.
1936
Vintage photo of the Temple of Apollon Epicurius (= “Apollo the Helper”) at Bassae, Greece. The temple was constructed in mid-5th century BC. Photo by Dimitris Harisiadis.
1937
Male Head, c. 1st millenium BC, Neolithic period Place of origin: Thailand, Ban Chiang culture. Medium: bronze. Overall: 8.70 x 7.00 x 8.10 cm Source: Cleveland Museum of Art.
1938
Crowd of the damned. Pamplona Bible, Navarre, c. 1197 AD. Source: Amiens, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 108, fol. 254r.
1939
From Khorsabad - Ancient Mesopotamia. Detail of hands from relief sculptures that once lined the throne room façade in the palace of the Assyrian king Sargon II, who ruled from 721-705 B.C.
1940
Detail, The rock carvings at Litsleby (Tanum World Heritage Site, Vitlycke Museum, Sweden): the Spear God. The panel is dominated by a warrior 2.3 metres tall, known as the Spear God.
Photo via World Nomas, photograph date and photographer unknown (please dm).
1941
Briton Rivière - A Roman Holiday (1881).
1942
Pendant in the shape of a dolphin. Place of manufacture: Germany (possibly) Dating: ca. 1600. Technique: enameling. Dimensions: h 10,2 cm × w 7,8 cm Collection: Rijksmuseum.
1943
The Owl, detail from the apse mosaic, San Clemente, Rome.
1944
Ram’s head pendant. Culture & Origin: Punic (present-day Tunisia). Date: c. 5th-4th century BC. Collection: The Walters Art Museum
1945
"Cheers!". Detail from the Hours of Saint-Omer, France ca. 1320 BL. Collection:, Add 36684, fol. 100r.
1946
Hacha (hatchet or axe) in the Form of a Skull. Culture: Classic Veracruz. Place of origin: Mexico, Gulf Coast. Date: c. A.D. 600–900 Medium: Greenstone. Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
1947
The Kiss by Constantin Brâncuși (1908).
1948
Roman square piece of glass: white, green, brown and black. The small object shows the figure of a bearded man with a wreath on his head. Dimensions: 3.6x1, 1x1 cm. Private Collection.
1949
The Priestess of Bacchus by John Collier, c.1885-1889. Medium: oil on canvas. Private collection.
1950
Gypsum bas-relief head of King Ashurnasirpal II from the Northwest Palace (room B, panel 4) in the Assyrian city of Nimrud. The relief dates back to 875-860 BC. Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME.
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