North Palace, Room C, Lion Hunt, King Ashurbanipal in a Chariot shooting Lions

Nineveh (deserted settlement), Iraq; gypsum

Water Flask, back view

Glass, Islamic, Ayyubid; 9 9/64 in.x 5 63/64 in.; glass,gold, gilt and enameled

The Snettisham Great Torc: detail

electrum, twisted, chased, embossed and cast

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

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; 8 35/64 in.x 1 ft. 7 27/32 in.x 4 9/16 in.; shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone; set in bitumen

Blacas Ewer

11 31/32 in.x 8 21/32 in.x 8 15/32 in.; engraved, engraved and inlaid with silver and copper

Haystacks (Effect of Snow and Sun)

Claude Monet; 2 ft. 1 3/4 in.x 3 ft. 17/64 in.; oil on canvas

The Four Trees

Claude Monet; 2 ft. 8 1/4 in.x 2 ft. 8 1/8 in.; oil on canvas

Water Lillies

Claude Monet; 3 ft. 3 49/64 in.x 6 ft. 6 47/64 in.; oil on canvas

The Parc Monceau

Claude Monet; oil on canvas

Mademoiselle V. . . in the Costume of an Espada

Claude Monet; 5 ft. 5 in.x 4 ft. 2 15/64 in.; oil on canvas

A candle clock, recto, folio from Kitab fi ma`arifat al-hiyal al-handisaya (The book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices) Automata by al-Jazari

1 ft. 1/8 in.x 8 5/8 in.; ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

A musical toy in the form of a boat folio from Kitab fi ma'arifat al-hiyal al-handisaya (the book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices) Automata by al-Jazari

11 57/64 in.x 8 35/64 in.; ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Automata by al-Jazari, The face of a water clock with Zodiac signs, folio from the Kitab fi ma'arifat al-hiyal al-handisaya (the book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices) Automata by al-Jazari

1 ft. 13/32 in.x 8 5/8 in.; ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Two drinking men, folio from the Kitab fi ma'arifat al-hiyal al-handisaya (the book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices) Automata by al-Jazari

1 ft. 11/64 in.x 8 1/32 in.; ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

The basin of the two scribes, folio from the Kitab fi ma'arifat al-hiyal al-handisaya (the book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices) Automata by al-Jazari

1 ft. 1/8 in.x 7 3/4 in.; ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper