Book of the Dead of Hunefer (Hw-nfr) sheet 3, Hunefer's judgement

Papyrus, Egypt, New Kingdom; H: 1 ft. 5 23/32 in.; painted papyrus

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

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; 8 1/2 in. x 1 ft. 7 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

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; 8 1/2 in. x 1 ft. 7 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 half

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

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

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

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

Okita of the Naniwa-ya Tea-house

Kitagawa Utamaro; 1 ft. 2 21/64 in.x 9 31/64 in.; woodcut, oban, ink and color on paper

Icon of the Triumph of the Orthodoxy

Painting, Crusader, 13th century; 1 ft. 3 23/64 in.x 1 ft. 13/64 in.x 1 31/32 in.; tempera and gold leaf on wooden panel surfaced with gesso and linen

Splendor of the Procession of General Grant from America (Beikoku Guranto-shi go tsuko no han'ei)

Toyohara Kunichika and Utagawa Kunisada III; 1 ft. 2 49/64 in.x 2 ft. 5 49/64 in.; woodcut (triptych), ink and color on paper

69 Stations of the Kisokaido, #26, Mochizuki, Travellers in the Moonlight

Ando Hiroshige; 9 1/4 in.x 1 ft. 2 49/64 in.; woodcut, oban, ink and color on paper

Shichiri ferry, Atsuta Temple, Yama-ai village (Miya Shichiri-no-watashi Atsutadera-ori Yama-ai no sato), #42, 53 Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido Gojusan-tsugi no uchi)

Ando Hiroshige; 9 19/64 in. x 1 ft. 2 9/64 in.; woodcut (Oban)

Morning View (Nihonbashi asa no kei), #1, 53 Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido Gojusan-tsugi no uchi)

Ando Hiroshige; 10 in. x 1 ft. 2 61/64 in.; woodcut (oban; nishiki-e)

Okabe, Mount Utsu (Okabe Utsu-no-yama), #22, from 53 Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido Gojusan-tsugi no uchi)

Ando Hiroshige; 10 in. x 1 ft. 2 61/64 in.; woodcut (oban; nishiki-e)

The Rehearsal of the Ballet Onstage

Edgar Degas; 1 ft. 9 3/8 in.x 2 ft. 4 47/64 in.; oil colors freely mixed with turpentine, with traces of watercolor and pastel over pen-and-ink drawing on cream-colored wove paper, laid down on bristol board and mounted on canvas

Portland Vase, diagram of the frieze

Glass, Roman; 9 29/64 in. x 6 31/32 in.