Figure of a Mythical Lion

Metalwork, Chinese, Ming; L: 3 35/64 in.; gilt bronze inlaid with precious stones

Tomb Chapel of Nebamun, interior, #10, Nebamun hunting in the Marches

Thebes (deserted settlement), Egypt; 2 ft. 8 43/64 in. x 3 ft. 2 37/64 in.; pigment on plaster

Ship Burial, Mound 1, excavated artifact, opposite half of a Shoulder-Clasp with loop and chain

Sutton Hoo, England; 5 in.x 2 1/8 in. (without loop and chain); gold, glass, garnet

Ship Burial, Mound 1, excavated artifact, Group of Shoulder-Clasps

Sutton Hoo, England; gold, glass, garnet

Tomb Chapel of Nebamun, interior, The pool in Nebamun's estate garden: date-palms, sycomores and mandrakes hedge the pool which teems with fish and fowl; the goddess of the sycomore, surrounded by her produce, is shown in the top right-hand corner

Thebes (deserted settlement), Egypt; H: 2 ft. 1 13/64 in.; W: 2 ft. 4 47/64 in. (painting); painted plaster

Portrait of the Emperor Caracalla, left side

Sculpture, Roman, Late Imperial; H: 1 ft. 1 1/2 in.; copper alloy

The Virgin and Child,center, left wing, Visitation, the Annunciation and the Adoration of the Magi, right wing, Nativity, and the Presentation in the Temple

8 13/16 in.x 6 3/8 in.x 53/64 in.; elephang ivory

The Basilewsky Situla, top row, Christ washing the Disciples' Feet, and The Betrayal of Christ; bottom row, Christ appearing to the Women and Christ appearing to the Apostles

4 17/32 in.x 1 ft. 3 55/64 in.x 6 19/64 in.; carved ivory

The Basilewsky Situla, top row, Crucifixion, and Judas the money to the High Priest. bottom row, Christ appearing to the Apostles, and the Incredulity of St Thomas

4 17/32 in.x 1 ft. 3 55/64 in.x 6 19/64 in.; carved ivory

Wine Cup of Shah Jahan

7 23/64 in.x 5 33/64 in.; white nephrite jade

The Death and Coronation of the Virgin: Coronation

W: 4 11/64 in.; carved elephant ivory, painted and gilded

The Death and Coronation of the Virgin: Death of the Virgin

W: 4 11/64 in.; carved elephant ivory, painted and gilded

Capture of the Rebel Bahadur Khan by the Army of Akbar, with Nazr Bahadur, in 1567, from an Akbarnama

Kesav the Elder (outline and portraits), Chetar Muni (paintings); 1 ft. 3 in.x 8 13/16 in.x 35/64 in.; opaque watercolor and gold on paper

The War Elephants Citranand and Udiya Collide in Battle during the capture of Bahadur Khan in 1567, from an Akbarnama

Kesav the Elder (outline and portraits), Chetar Muni (paintings); 1 ft. 19/32 in.x 7 31/64 in.; opaque watercolor and gold on paper

The Opening of the Great Exhibition by Queen Victoria on 1 May 1851

Henry Courtney Selous; 5 ft. 6 47/64 in.x 7 ft. 11 15/64 in.; oil on canvas