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A one-foot-wide bronze mask and bronze vessel containing cowrie shells dating to about 1100 B.C.E from excavations at Sanxingdui in China's Sichuan Province. Courtesy Sichuan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
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A one-foot-wide bronze mask and bronze vessel containing cowrie shells dating to about 1100 B.C.E from excavations at Sanxingdui in China's Sichuan Province. Courtesy Sichuan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
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Bronze deer ornament. Former Yan, Sixteen Kingdoms period, China, ca. 337-70 AD. Excavated in 1998 from a tomb in Liaoning province, where it was worn at the waist. Loaned to the China Institute from Liaoning Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
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Bronze deer ornament. Former Yan, Sixteen Kingdoms period, China, ca. 337-70 AD. Excavated in 1998 from a tomb in Liaoning province, where it was worn at the waist. Loaned to the China Institute from Liaoning Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
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Head of a man, most likely of non-Han Chinese ethnicity. China, Tang dynasty . Earthenware . Excavated at Chaoyang, Liaoning province, in 2003. Loaned to the China Institute from Liaoning Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
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Head of a man, most likely of non-Han Chinese ethnicity. China, Tang dynasty . Earthenware . Excavated at Chaoyang, Liaoning province, in 2003. Loaned to the China Institute from Liaoning Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
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Iron helmet. Xianbei people, Former Yan state, Sixteen Kingdoms period . Excavated 1998 at Lamadong near Beipiao, Liaoning Province, China. Loaned to the China Institute from Liaoning Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
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Iron helmet. Xianbei people, Former Yan state, Sixteen Kingdoms period . Excavated 1998 at Lamadong near Beipiao, Liaoning Province, China. Loaned to the China Institute from Liaoning Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
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An openwork phoenix-shaped jade pendant, found in Tomb No. 14 in Sunjiagang, China. Longshan Culture , now housed at the Hunan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
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An openwork phoenix-shaped jade pendant, found in Tomb No. 14 in Sunjiagang, China. Longshan Culture , now housed at the Hunan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
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A pagoda-shaped blue and white stoneware jar from a tomb in Zhengzhou, China. Tang dynasty , Zhengzhou Municipal Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
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A pagoda-shaped blue and white stoneware jar from a tomb in Zhengzhou, China. Tang dynasty , Zhengzhou Municipal Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
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Sanxingdui head with gold foil mask: they were a civilization in China contemporary, but culturally different from Shang, the bronze age Chinese. They're known for their very distinctive and "un-Chinese" art style.
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Sanxingdui head with gold foil mask: they were a civilization in China contemporary, but culturally different from Shang, the bronze age Chinese. They're known for their very distinctive and "un-Chinese" art style.
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This Pharaoh’s mask made of obsidian likely traveled to Khara Khorum all the way from Egypt, according to the curator of a traveling exhibit about Genghis Khan. Courtesy of Smithsonian Magazine and the Institute of Archaeology of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences.
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This Pharaoh’s mask made of obsidian likely traveled to Khara Khorum all the way from Egypt, according to the curator of a traveling exhibit about Genghis Khan. Courtesy of Smithsonian Magazine and the Institute of Archaeology of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences.
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Spouted vessel in the form of an elephant with masks , dragons, and snakes . China, late Shang dynasty, late Anyang period, ca. 1100 BC. Bronze. National Museum of Asian Art collection
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Spouted vessel in the form of an elephant with masks , dragons, and snakes . China, late Shang dynasty, late Anyang period, ca. 1100 BC. Bronze. National Museum of Asian Art collection
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The 3.96-meter-tall bronze sacred tree with a dragon curling up the trunk, and leaves, fruit and birds on the branches. Found in the Sanxingdui archaeological site, c. 1700-1150 BCE, now housed at the Sanxingdui Museum in China
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The 3.96-meter-tall bronze sacred tree with a dragon curling up the trunk, and leaves, fruit and birds on the branches. Found in the Sanxingdui archaeological site, c. 1700-1150 BCE, now housed at the Sanxingdui Museum in China
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This hybrid tiger-dragon bronze figure stands 75.5 cm tall, and was found in 2021 in pit 8 of Sanxingdui archaeological site in China. C. 1700-1150 BCE
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This hybrid tiger-dragon bronze figure stands 75.5 cm tall, and was found in 2021 in pit 8 of Sanxingdui archaeological site in China. C. 1700-1150 BCE
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Nephrite jade ceremonial axe with bronze handle decorated with turquoise inlay and mask and cicada motifs. China, Shang dynasty, ca. 1200 BC; reportedly excavated in Anyang, Henan province. National Museum of Asian Art collection
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Nephrite jade ceremonial axe with bronze handle decorated with turquoise inlay and mask and cicada motifs. China, Shang dynasty, ca. 1200 BC; reportedly excavated in Anyang, Henan province. National Museum of Asian Art collection
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A bronze helmet with animal mask pattern, and a bronze broadsword with cicada pattern, both unearthed in 1989 from the Dayangzhou Chengjia site. 1200 BCE, Wucheng culture, now housed at the Jiangxi Provincial Museum in China
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A bronze helmet with animal mask pattern, and a bronze broadsword with cicada pattern, both unearthed in 1989 from the Dayangzhou Chengjia site. 1200 BCE, Wucheng culture, now housed at the Jiangxi Provincial Museum in China
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Archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Olympos, in Turkey’s Antalya Province, have uncovered last month a monumental Roman tomb, containing an ornate marble sarcophagus believed to have belonged to a member of the city’s aristocratic elite
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Archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Olympos, in Turkey’s Antalya Province, have uncovered last month a monumental Roman tomb, containing an ornate marble sarcophagus believed to have belonged to a member of the city’s aristocratic elite
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Panel with loaf of bread from a large floor mosaic for a residence, 2nd c AD. Excavated in Rome in 1823. Stone and mortar. Art Institute of Chicago collection
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Panel with loaf of bread from a large floor mosaic for a residence, 2nd c AD. Excavated in Rome in 1823. Stone and mortar. Art Institute of Chicago collection
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Bronze vessels from the Tomb No. 1 at Wuwangdun in Huainan, China, which belonged to the King Kaolie of Chu
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Bronze vessels from the Tomb No. 1 at Wuwangdun in Huainan, China, which belonged to the King Kaolie of Chu
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Unique animal shaped stand. 771-221 B.C. Excavated at Li-chia-lou Tomb in Hsincheng of Honan Province. Museum of the Institute of History and Philology Taiwan
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Unique animal shaped stand. 771-221 B.C. Excavated at Li-chia-lou Tomb in Hsincheng of Honan Province. Museum of the Institute of History and Philology Taiwan
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A bronze vessel with animal-face patterns, Shang dynasty , found in Hunan Province in China
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A bronze vessel with animal-face patterns, Shang dynasty , found in Hunan Province in China
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The Treasure Foot of Basel Cathedral, dating to 1450, is an extraordinary reliquary crafted from silver, copper, gold, pearl, enamel, precious stones, and glass. It contains the bones of a child’s foot, traditionally associated with the massacre in Bethlehem ordered by King Herod.
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The Treasure Foot of Basel Cathedral, dating to 1450, is an extraordinary reliquary crafted from silver, copper, gold, pearl, enamel, precious stones, and glass. It contains the bones of a child’s foot, traditionally associated with the massacre in Bethlehem ordered by King Herod.
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Ritual wine vessel in the form of a ram. China, Shang dynasty, 1300s-1100s BC. Bronze. Loaned to the Cleveland Museum of Art
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Ritual wine vessel in the form of a ram. China, Shang dynasty, 1300s-1100s BC. Bronze. Loaned to the Cleveland Museum of Art
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