Royal Cemetery, PG779, excavated artifact, #U.11164, Standard of Ur, War Side

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; 8 35/64 in.x 1 ft. 7 27/32 in.x 4 9/16 in.; shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone; set in bitumen

Haystacks (Effect of Snow and Sun)

Claude Monet; 2 ft. 1 3/4 in.x 3 ft. 17/64 in.; oil on canvas

Mademoiselle V. . . in the Costume of an Espada

Claude Monet; 5 ft. 5 in.x 4 ft. 2 15/64 in.; oil on canvas

A candle clock, recto, folio from Kitab fi ma`arifat al-hiyal al-handisaya (The book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices) Automata by al-Jazari

1 ft. 1/8 in.x 8 5/8 in.; ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

A musical toy in the form of a boat folio from Kitab fi ma'arifat al-hiyal al-handisaya (the book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices) Automata by al-Jazari

11 57/64 in.x 8 35/64 in.; ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Automata by al-Jazari, The face of a water clock with Zodiac signs, folio from the Kitab fi ma'arifat al-hiyal al-handisaya (the book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices) Automata by al-Jazari

1 ft. 13/32 in.x 8 5/8 in.; ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Two drinking men, folio from the Kitab fi ma'arifat al-hiyal al-handisaya (the book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices) Automata by al-Jazari

1 ft. 11/64 in.x 8 1/32 in.; ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

The basin of the two scribes, folio from the Kitab fi ma'arifat al-hiyal al-handisaya (the book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices) Automata by al-Jazari

1 ft. 1/8 in.x 7 3/4 in.; ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Saint Catherine of Alexandria

4 27/32 in.x 2 11/64 in.x 1 1/32 in. (with base); gold, ronde-basse enamel, jewels

Head of a Crozier with Saint Michael Slaying the Dragon

1 ft. 51/64 in.x 4 59/64 in.x 2 3/4 in.; champlevé enamel, copper-gilt, glass paste

Aquamanile in the Form of a Falconer on Horseback

1 ft. 1 21/32 in.x 11 7/32 in.x 4 23/32 in.; copper alloy

Jubako (food boxes) with Taro Plants and Chrysanthemums: detail of chrysanthemums

Shibata Zeshin; gold and silver hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, and colored togidashimaki-e on lacquered wood

Sake Vessel (Heishi) with design of butterflies, side B

Lacquer, Japanese, Muromachi; H: 1 ft. 3/4 in.; Negoro ware, black and red lacquer with gold leaf

Improvisation 27 (Garden of Love II)

Vassily Kandinsky; 3 ft. 11 23/64 in.x 4 ft. 7 15/64 in.; oil on canvas

Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjUrokkei), #2, South Wind, Clear Sky (GaifU kaisei)

Katsushika Hokusai; 9 39/64 in.x 1 ft. 2 1/64 in.; woodcut, oban; ink and color on paper