Royal Cemetery, PG779, excavated artifact, #U.11164, Standard of Ur, rear, Aftermath of the Victorius Battle, left half

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone; set in bitumen

Royal Cemetery, PG789, excavated artifact, #U.10412, Queen's Lyre, left angle view: sound box

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; lapis lazuli, shell, red limestone, gold on wood

Finches and Bamboo: bird at left

Emperor Huizong; handscroll, ink and color on silk

Flowers and Birds of the Four Seasons, left scroll

Ikeda Koson; 3 ft. 6 13/32 in.x 1 ft. 2 11/64 in.; one of a pair of hanging scrolls, ink, color and gold on silk

Scenes in and around the Capital (Rakuchu-rajugai zu), left screen

Painting, Japanese, Edo; 5 ft. 1 29/64 in.x 11 ft. 6 21/32 in.; one of a pair of six-fold screens, ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper

Irises at Yatsuhashi (Eight Bridges), left screen

Ogata Korin; 5 ft. 10 33/64 in.x 12 ft. 2 17/64 in.; one of a pair of six-fold screens, ink and color on gold leaf on paper

Portland Vase, left side

Glass, Roman; 9 41/64 in.x 6 31/32 in.; carved and blown, cameo glass

Royal Cemetery, PG779, excavated artifact, #U.11164, Standard of Ur, front, Scenes of War: left portion

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; H: 8 1/2 in; shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone; set in bitumen

Royal Cemetery, PG779, excavated artifact, #U.11164, Standard of Ur, rear, Aftermath of the Victorius Battle: left and center

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; H: 8 1/2 in.; shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone; set in bitumen

The St. Eustace Head Reliquary, left side

1 ft. 1 25/32 in.x 6 17/32 in.x 7 1/4 in.; repoussé, silver, rock crystal, gold, glass,cornelian, chalcedony, amethyst, pearl, and obsidian on wood

Royal Cemetery, PG779, excavated artifact, #U.11164, Standard of Ur, rear, Aftermath of the Victorius Battle, top register: detail of left side

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone; set in bitumen

Landscapes with the Chinese Literati Su Shi and Tao Qian, left screen

Nagasawa Rosetsu; 5 ft. 7 41/64 in.x 12 ft. 2 47/64 in.; one of a pair of six-fold screens, ink on gold leaf paper

Royal Cemetery, PG779, excavated artifact, #U.11164, Standard of Ur, War Side, upper left: first register

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone; set in bitumen

Royal Cemetery, PG779, excavated artifact, #U.11164, Standard of Ur, War Side, upper left: detail of 1st to 3rd registers: detail

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone; set in bitumen

Royal Cemetery, PG779, excavated artifact, #U.11164, Standard of Ur, left end

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