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

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

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

High-Ranking Courtesan” (Oiran), 1, from the series Five Shades of Ink in the Northern Quarter (Hokkoku goshiki-zumi)

Kitagawa Utamaro; 1 ft. 2 49/64 in.x 9 49/64 in.; woodcut, ink and color on paper

Under the Wave at Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura),; #1, Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjUrokkei)

Katsushika Hokusai; 10 in.x 1 ft. 3 in.; woodcut, oban; ink and color on paper

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