2401
Stirrup Spout Bottle: Frog. Date: 2nd–5th century AD. Culture: Moche. Geography: Peru. Medium: Ceramic. Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.
2402
Pair of gauntlets of Maximilian I, ca. 1490. Attributed to Lorenz Helmschmid. Photographer: George Etheredge for The New York Times.
2404
Fall of Icarus by Geoffrey Whitney, from Choice of Emblemes, c. 1586.
2405
A theatrical mask in marble dust, recovered from the Horti Lamiani, the pleasure garden of the Roman emperor Caligula. Photographer: Nadia Shira Cohen for The New York Times.
2406
'Memento mori' gold pendant in the form of a coffin enamelled in black and white with a hinged rock-crystal cover and a skeleton in high relief. The reverse and insides are enamelled with tongues of fire. Made in France, 16th c. Length: 2.8 c . Collection: British Museum.
2407
Vincent van Gogh, Almond Blossom, 1890.
2408
Gold and carnelian frog ring. Culture: Egypt, c. 1550-1295 BC. Collection: The Walters Art Museum.
2409
One of the great events of the year for a Greek was a visit to the theatre. Plays were only put on for ten days in the year. Each play was only performed once and naturally everyone wanted to see it, so the theatre had to be huge.
2410
Carved animal head from a Viking ship discovered in a large burial mound at the Oseberg farm near Tonsberg in Vestfold county, Norway ~ ca.800 AD. Collection: Museum of Cultural History.
2412
Aquamanile in the Form of a Dragon. Date: ca. 1200 Culture: North German. Medium: Copper. alloy. Collection: The Met, NYC.
2413
A Secret Best Kept, detail, by Mike Davis, 2011. Medium: Oil on canvas.
2414
"Lion hugger" (Peleus and shape-shifting Thetis). Detail from the Ovide Moralisé, Paris ca. 1330 Paris, BnF. Image via discardingimages.
2415
Ring with horses. Medium: gold and carnelian. Culture: Egypt, c. 1150-1069 BC. Collection: Louvre Museum, Room 641. Photographer: Aoineko via Wikimedia Commons.
2416
Souls in purgatory, looking up at the wounds of Christ and at the Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart. Medium: Watercolour. Date: between 1700 and 1799 (?). Collection & Credit: Wellcome Collection.
2417
Alabaster relief of an Eagle-Headed Winged Figure from the Northwest Palace of king Ashurnasirpal II in Nimrud (883-859 BC). Now on display at the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY. Photo by Babylon Chronicle.
2418
Roman carnelian intaglio of a bee, dating to the 1st to 3rd centuries AD. Place of origin: Syria.Collection: Yale University Art Gallery.
2419
Detail, Mariamne Leaving the Judgement Seat of Herod by John William Waterhouse, 1887.
2420
Diadem of King Tutankhamun. This gold diadem was designed to secure the wig of the king during ceremonies and to protect his forehead in the hereafter. Collection: Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
2421
"Lord, have mercy on London" - English woodcut on the Great Plague of 1665, London.
2422
Crown of Louis XV of France♕ Collection: Louvre Museum. The crown was created for King Louis XV in 1722. It was used at his coronation and was embellished with diamonds from the Royal Collection.
2423
Ring set with a Mouse Design Amulet from the reign of Thutmose III. This ring is inscribed with the cartouche of Thutmose III. Date: ca. 1479–1425 B.C, 18th dynasty. Medium: Gold and glazed steatite. Collection: Met.
2424
Marble portrait of Cleopatra. Date: ca 50-30 BC. Photographer: Christoph Gerigk, at Altes Museum, Berlin.
2425
A Mesopotamian leopard. Date: Late Uruk, Jemdet Nasr period, circa 3300-2900 B.C. Medium: inlaid limestone. Dimensions: 2 ¼ in. (5.8 cm.) high. Photo Credit & Collection: © Christie’s Images Ltd.
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