Villa Agrippa Posthumus, cubiculum nocturnum, north wall, center panel, Aedicula with a small landscape

Boscotrecase, Italy; fresco on black ground

Vessel in the form of a horse's head

Metalwork, Iran, Achaemenid; L: 8 1/32 in.; silver, silver gilding

Villa Agrippa Postumus, Mythological Room (19), Perseus and Andromeda in Landscape

Boscotrecase, Italy; 6 ft. 1 3/4 in.x 3 ft. 11 in.; fresco on lime plaster

Albastron

4 59/64 in.x 1 59/64 in.; core-formed glass

Villa Agrippa Posthumus, cubiculum nocturnum, north wall, Aedicula with a small landscape

Boscotrecase, Italy; fresco on black ground

Villa Agrippa Posthumus, cubiculum nocturnum, north wall, center panel, Aedicula with a small landscape: detail of the landscape

Boscotrecase, Italy; fresco on black ground

Villa Agrippa Posthumus, reconstruction, cubiculum nocturnum, north wall

Boscotrecase, Italy; fresco on black ground

Applique in the shape of a lion's head

Albert Bierstadt; 2 1/64 in.x 2 23/64 in.; gold

Villa of Agrippa Postumus, Mythological Room (19), Perseus and Andromeda in Landscape: detail

Boscotrecase, Italy; fresco on lime plaster

Villa of Agrippa Postumus, Mythological Room (19), Polyphemus and Galatea in a landscape

Boscotrecase, Italy; 5 ft. 2 61/64 in.x 3 ft. 10 3/4 in.; fresco on lime plaster

Villa of Agrippa Postumus, Mythological Room (19), Polyphemus and Galatea in a landscape: detail

Boscotrecase, Italy; fresco on lime plaster

Villa of Agrippa Postumus, Egyptianizing scene and a pair of swans: detail

Boscotrecase, Italy; fresco on lime plaster

Fang yi

Metalwork, Chinese, Shang; 10 53/64 in.x 6 11/16 in.x 5 33/64 in.; bronze

Gui

Metalwork, Chinese, Western Zhou; H: 8 1/2 in.; bronze

Hu

Metalwork, Chinese, Western Zhou; 1 ft. 5 29/32 in.x 1 ft. 63/64 in.; bronze