Evening Glow at Ryogoku Bridge (Ryogoku-bashi no sekisho) from Edo hakke

Torii Kiyonaga; 9 31/64 in.x 7 1/64 in.; woodcut, chuban

Street Scene in the Yoshiwara

Hishikawa Moronobu; 10 1/8 in.x 1 ft. 3 13/64 in.; woodcut, ink on paper

Interior Scene in the Yoshiwara\

Hishikawa Moronobu; 10 1/8 in.x 1 ft. 3 13/64 in.; woodcut, ink on paper

The Writer Santo Kyoden (a.k.a. Kitao Masoanobu)

Rekisentei Eiri; 1 ft. 3 25/64 in.x 10 15/64 in.; woodcut, ink and color on paper

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

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 and lower register: detail of center

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, top register: detail of right side with entertainers

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

The Witches' Sabbath

Hans Baldung; 1 ft. 2 39/64 in.x 10 in.; woodcut

Mummy of a Greek youth named Artemidorus

L: 5 ft. 7 21/64 in.; leaf-gilded, encaustic, plaster, linen(?), gold on lime wood

Danjuro in the play of Tora no Koizuka, grasping an axe

Katsushika Hokusai; 1 15/64 in. x 9/16 in.; woodcut , hosoban, nishiki-e, ink and color on paper

Mausoleum, excavated artifact, so-called "Maussollos"

Halicarnassus, Turkey; 9 ft. 10 7/64 in. x 3 ft. 8 3/32 in. x 2 ft. 2 49/64 in.; marble

Landscapes with the Chinese Literati Su Shi and Tao Qian, right screen

Nagasawa Rosetsu; 5 ft. 7 41/64 in.x 12 ft. 2 47/64 in.; one of a pair of six-fold screens, ink on gold leaf paper

Landscapes with the Chinese Literati Su Shi and Tao Qian, left screen

Nagasawa Rosetsu; 5 ft. 7 41/64 in.x 12 ft. 2 47/64 in.; one of a pair of six-fold screens, ink on gold leaf paper

Plate with King Hunting Lions

Metalwork, Iran, Sasanian; 1 49/64 in.x 10 55/64 in.; hammered, engraved, chased, gilt silver