826
Mask - Guatemalan (Mayan style) Period: AD 250-850 (?). Medium: Jadeite. Geography: Guatemala (Place of Origin). Collection: The Walters Art Museum.
827
The Hyrcanian Golden cup. Dated first half of first millennium. Excavated at Kalardasht in Mazandaran, Iran. Collection: National Museum of Iran.
828
A jade burial suit from the Han dynasty (202 BC – 220 AD) in China. Collection: National Museum of China, Beijing. Photo: Shutterstock/Stock Image.
829
Egyptian stele of the lady Taperet and Atoum, 10th or 9th cent BC, 22nd Dynasty. Collection: The Louvre Museum. Taperet prays to the god Atoum. Above them, the sky is represented in the form of the goddess Nut.
830
Mycenaean kylix from Dendra in the Argolis. Medium: Gold. Date:c 15th century BC Collection: Benaki Museum, Athens.
831
Wall-painting of an amorous scene. The woman is holding a kithara. (a type of lyre). From Pompeii, Roman period, 50-79 AD. Collection: The British Museum, London).
832
Terracotta oil-lamp depicting the fearsome sea monster Scylla. Period: Roman, c. 2nd century AD. Collection:Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich. Photographer: Marcus Cyron.
833
Scarab and intaglio swivel ring depicting "Bellerophon, king of Corinth, mounted on the winged horse Pegasus, slaying the Chimera", circa 500 BC. Culture: Etruscan. Private Collection.
834
The Essen Crown, 10th century AD. Collection: Essen Cathedral Treasury, Essen, Germany.
835
"Allegoria Della Primavera / Allegory Of Spring" by Cesar Philipp (German, b.1859).
836
The Guardian of Paradise by Franz Von Stuck, 1889.
837
Ra Horakhty by Sarah Marie, 2016. Ra was the ancient Egyptian deity of the sun. Ra was believed to rule in all parts of the created world: the sky, the Earth, and the underworld.
838
Octopus Mosaic, c. 4th century BC, Ancient Amvrakia in Arta, Epirus, Greece. Photo Credit: Ephorate of Antiquities of Arta.
839
Ba amulet from the tomb of Prince Hornakht, son of Osorkon II. The Ba amulet, found on the body of the prince assured the deceased of reunion with his soul. Gold, lapis lazuli, width: 8 cm. Date: 22nd Dynasty, ca. 874-850 BC. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
840
Gold pedant with sphinx. Place of origin: Cyprus. Date: 5th-4th century BC. Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
841
Hercules Strangling the Nemean Lion by Peter Paul Rubens, 1639.
842
Chalcedony bust of Emperor Trajan. Date: Roman, 2nd century AD. Collection & Credit: Phoenix Ancient Art.
843
Two-headed snake, with glass eyes, holding a medallion with the image of Diana. c. 1st c. AD. Place of origin: Pompeii, The House of the Gold Bracelet.
844
Sculpture Fragment: Hand Holding a Snake's Head. Period: Tangut Xia. Date: ca. 12th century AD. Place of origin: Mongolia. Collection: Harvard Art Museums.
845
Gold and carnelian swivel ring. Culture: Etruscan. Date: c.400-300 BC. Credit & Collection: Apollo Art Auctions.
846
Andromeda by Auguste Rodin. Modeled in 1885; carved 1886. Medium: marble, 29.8x29.2x22.9 cm. Collection: Philadelphia Museum of Art.
847
A pair of gold and garnet peacock head appliques. Culture: Hunnish, 3rd-4th century AD. Collection: Dumbarton Oaks.
848
"A dog carrying a corncob". Culture: Western Mexico/ Tumbas de tiro. Style: Comala. Place of origin: Colima. Date: 300 B.C.- A.D. 600. Medium: Modeled, incised and burnished clay. Now on display at the Museo Amparo, Mexico.
849
Rest in peace HM Queen Elizabeth II. 🖤
850
Silver coin: Athena and Pegasus, Greek, Syracuse and Corinth, 4th century BC.
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