Tile with Image of Phoenix: detail

Tiles, Iran, Ilkhanid; 1 ft. 2 49/64 in. x 1 ft. 2 1/4 in.; stonepaste; modeled, underglaze painted in blue and turquoise, luster-painted on opaque white ground

Figure of Lu Dongbin

Metalwork, Chinese, Ming; H: 10 3/64 in.; cast bronze

Figure of a Mythical Lion

Metalwork, Chinese, Ming; L: 3 35/64 in.; gilt bronze inlaid with precious stones

Bahram Gur and the Indian Princess in the Dark Palace on Saturday", Folio 23v from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizam

Manuscript, Islamic, Timurid; 8 1/2 in.x 4 39/64 in. (image); ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Khusrau Seated on his Throne", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizam

Shaikh Zada; 1 ft. 41/64 in.x 8 21/32 in.; opaque watercolor, gold and ink on paper

The Triumph of Fame (reverse)

Giovanni di ser Giovanni Guidi; D: 3 ft. 1/2 in. (painted surface); tempera, silver, and gold on wood

The Royal Acquantainces of Memi and Sabu

Sculpture, Egyptian, Old Kingdom; 2 ft. 13/32 in.x 9 41/64 in.x 5 63/64 in.; painted limestone

Group of Two Women and a Child

Sculpture, Egyptian, Middle Kingdom to early New Kingdom; 2 51/64 in.x 1 11/16 in.x 3 15/64 in.; painted limestone

Tomb of Amenhotep, excavated artifact, Yuni and His Wife Renenutet, front view

Asyut, Egypt; 2 ft. 9 17/64 in.x 1 ft. 9 29/64 in.x 2 ft. 4 47/64 in.; painted limestone

Tomb of Amenhotep, excavated artifact, Yuni and His Wife Renenutet, rear view, two scenes illustrating the ancient Egyptian ideal of affection and remembrance among family generations

Asyut, Egypt; painted limestone

Statue of Kedamun and His Family

Sculpture, Egyptian, New Kingdom; 11 13/16 in.x 7 9/32 in.x 8 5/64 in.; painted limestone

Basin of Sultan Qaytbay

Metalwork, Islamic, Mamluk; 5 in.x 1 ft. 2 31/64 in.; brass, inlaid with silver

Face of Senwosret III

Sculpture, Egyptian, Middle Kingdom; 6 1/2 in.x 4 61/64 in.x 4 31/64 in.; red quartzite

Tomb Chapel of Nebamun, interior, #10, Nebamun hunting in the Marches

Thebes (deserted settlement), Egypt; 2 ft. 8 43/64 in. x 3 ft. 2 37/64 in.; pigment on plaster

The Triumph of Death: living pushed into a trap

Pieter Bruegel the Elder; tempera and oil on panel