Irises and Peonies with Finches

Katsushika Hokusai, style of; woodcut, surimono

Casket

Enamel, French, 12C; 3 ft. 9 43/64 in.x 7 ft. 1 7/16 in.x 5 ft. 4 61/64 in.; gilt copper, vermiculé gilt ground, enamel

Icon with St. John the Baptist

Painting, Byzantine, 12C; 9 7/8 in.x 7 61/64 in.; tempera and gold leaf on wood panel surfaced with gesso and linen

Wilton Cross

1 27/32 in.x 1 49/64 in.; garnet cloisonné, inlaid filigree gold, set with a solidus

The Witham Shield

3 ft. 7 in.x 1 ft. 1 37/64 in.; repoussé, inlaid, engraved, coral, copper alloy

The Snettisham Great Torc

D: 7 53/64 in.; electrum, twisted, chased, embossed and cast

The Battersea Shield

2 ft. 6 19/32 in.x 1 ft. 2 1/16 in.; repoussé, bronze and glass

The Desborough Mirror, back

1 ft. 1 25/32 in.x 10 5/32 in.; engraved bronze

Lindow Moss Bog, unearthed object, Lindow Man II

Mobberley, Cheshire, England; 2 ft. 1 13/64 in.x 1 ft. 8 55/64 in.

Bell of St. Cuileáin

Metalwork, Irish, 7C; 11 13/16 in.x 9 29/64 in.; iron, silver & gold inlaid with copper and silver wire, black niello and enamels

Kylix with Pandora, interior

Tarquinia Painter, attributed to; 5 in.x 1 ft. 1/4 in.; white ground, red figure

Fikellura Cemetery, Tomb 172, excavated artifact, Relief with Peleus and Thetis

Kamiros (deserted settlement), Rhodes, Greece; 6 11/16 in.x 6 27/64 in.x 5/8 in.; moulded terracotta

The Siren Vase, Side A, The Ship of Odysseus passing the Sirens

Siren Painter, attributed to; H: 1 ft. 2 in.; stamnos, red figure, paintied pottery

The Battlefield Palette, lower half

Sculpture, Egyptian, Naqada III; H: 7 23/32 in.; grey mudstone

Plate with Senmurv enclosed in a roundel

Metalwork, India, Islamic; 1 1/2 in. x 7 13/32 in.; punched, hammered, chased, gilt silver