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

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; 1 ft. 7 1/2 in. x 8 1/2 in.; shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone; set in bitumen

Study of a reclining male nude: Adam, from the Creation of Adam

Michelangelo Buonarrati; 7 19/32 in.x 10 13/64 in.; red chalk over stylus underdrawing on paper

North Palace, Room C, Lion Hunt, King Ashurbanipal in Chariot shooting Lions: Dying Lioness

Nineveh (deserted settlement), Iraq; gypsum

North Palace, Room C, panel 16, Lion Hunt: A lion released from a cage

Nineveh (deserted settlement), Iraq; 5 ft. 5 in.x 4 ft.; gypsum

Buckle

Metalwork, Anglo-Saxon, 6C; 3 55/64 in.x 1 27/32 in.; repoussé, cloisonné; gold, glass and garnet

Ten Examples of Female Physiognomy, The Flirt

Kitagawa Utamaro; 1 ft. 1 31/32 in.x 9 7/8 in. (image); woodcut with mica ground, oban

Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, #2, South Wind, Clear Sky (Red Fuji) (Gaifu kaisei)

Katsushika Hokusai; 10 9/32 in.x 1 ft. 3 3/64 in.; woodcut, oban on paper

Stupa 2, excavated artifact, The Bimaran Reliquary

Bimaran, Darunta, Afghanistan; 2 9/16 in.x 2 19/32 in.; gold with garnets

Meisho Edo Hyakkei, title page

Ando Hiroshige; woodcut (Oban)

Lovers, from a Picture-book Models of Couples (Ehon tsuhi no hinagata)

Katsushika Hokusai; 10 7/16 in.x 1 ft. 3 23/64 in.; woodcut on paper

Li

Metalwork, Chinese, Shang; H: 10 13/64 in; D:(lip): 6 39/64 in.; bronze

Fang yi

Metalwork, Chinese, Shang; 10 53/64 in.x 6 11/16 in.x 5 33/64 in.; bronze

Double-ram Zun

Metalwork, Chinese, Shang; 1 ft. 5 3/4 in.x 1 ft. 4 9/64 in.x 7 7/8 in.; bronze

Gui

Metalwork, Chinese, Western Zhou; H: 8 1/2 in.; bronze

Hu

Metalwork, Chinese, Western Zhou; 1 ft. 5 29/32 in.x 1 ft. 63/64 in.; bronze