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Drinking glass of a type known as roemer or rummer, traditionally used for white wine. Dutch or German , second half 17th c. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston collection

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Drinking glass of a type known as roemer or rummer, traditionally used for white wine. Dutch or German , second half 17th c. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston collection

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Bowl with galleon. Iznik, Turkey, first half 17th c. Stonepaste; polychrome-painted under transparent glaze. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, collection

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Bowl with galleon. Iznik, Turkey, first half 17th c. Stonepaste; polychrome-painted under transparent glaze. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, collection

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Dagger with double-edged watered steel blade and white nephrite jade pommel in the form of a horse's head. India, mid 17th c. Loaned to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, from the Al-Sahah Collection, Kuwait

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Dagger with double-edged watered steel blade and white nephrite jade pommel in the form of a horse's head. India, mid 17th c. Loaned to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, from the Al-Sahah Collection, Kuwait

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Day dress and capelet. United States, 1860s. Silk taffeta. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston collection

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Day dress and capelet. United States, 1860s. Silk taffeta. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston collection

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Porcelain vase with langyao red glaze. China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign . Museum of Fine Arts, Houston collection

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Porcelain vase with langyao red glaze. China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign . Museum of Fine Arts, Houston collection

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Hanukkah menorah. Manufactured by La Maison Desny, Paris, ca. 1930. Silver-plate and brass. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, collection

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Hanukkah menorah. Manufactured by La Maison Desny, Paris, ca. 1930. Silver-plate and brass. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, collection

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Ornament with human figure. Jama-Coaque culture, central coast, Ecuador, ca. 300 BC-800 AD. Gold alloy and stone. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston collection

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Ornament with human figure. Jama-Coaque culture, central coast, Ecuador, ca. 300 BC-800 AD. Gold alloy and stone. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston collection

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Mummy portrait of a young girl. Egypt, Roman period, ca. 30 BC - 150 AD. Encaustic wax on wood panel. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, collection

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Mummy portrait of a young girl. Egypt, Roman period, ca. 30 BC - 150 AD. Encaustic wax on wood panel. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, collection

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Headdress ornament with double-headed serpent. Jama-Coaque culture, central coast, Ecuador, ca. 300 BC-AD 400. Gold alloy. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, collection

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Headdress ornament with double-headed serpent. Jama-Coaque culture, central coast, Ecuador, ca. 300 BC-AD 400. Gold alloy. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, collection

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Some of the collection of gold ornaments and vessels, made during the Ming Dynasty , and now housed at the Qujiang Museum of Fine Arts in Xi'an, China

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Some of the collection of gold ornaments and vessels, made during the Ming Dynasty , and now housed at the Qujiang Museum of Fine Arts in Xi'an, China

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Painted wooden paddle for hanetsuki, a game traditionally considered auspicious for New Year's in Japan, depicting three of Japan's seven lucky gods. 19th c. Brooklyn Museum collection

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Painted wooden paddle for hanetsuki, a game traditionally considered auspicious for New Year's in Japan, depicting three of Japan's seven lucky gods. 19th c. Brooklyn Museum collection

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Bronze sword. Minoan civilization, ca. 1425-1350 BC. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston collection

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Bronze sword. Minoan civilization, ca. 1425-1350 BC. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston collection

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Mosaic medallion with abduction of Ganymede from his attendants by Zeus in eagle form. Previously interpreted as Mithras emerging from cave. Roman Egypt, 1st c AD. Stone, glass tesserae. Walters Art Museum collection

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Mosaic medallion with abduction of Ganymede from his attendants by Zeus in eagle form. Previously interpreted as Mithras emerging from cave. Roman Egypt, 1st c AD. Stone, glass tesserae. Walters Art Museum collection

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Mortar in the form of a monkey. Valdivia culture, Ecuador, ca. 3300-1500 BC. Stone. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, collection

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Mortar in the form of a monkey. Valdivia culture, Ecuador, ca. 3300-1500 BC. Stone. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, collection

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"Ice-glass" beaker. Netherlandish, late 16th or early 17th c. Free-blown colorless glass with gilding and applied decoration. Getty Museum collection

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"Ice-glass" beaker. Netherlandish, late 16th or early 17th c. Free-blown colorless glass with gilding and applied decoration. Getty Museum collection

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Pair of Tlaloc eyepieces. Maya, ca. 900-1200 AD. Mother-of-pearl. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston collection

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Pair of Tlaloc eyepieces. Maya, ca. 900-1200 AD. Mother-of-pearl. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston collection

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Terracotta kylix with stylized flower. Myceanean, ca. 1300-1225 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Terracotta kylix with stylized flower. Myceanean, ca. 1300-1225 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Pear. Iran, 19th c. Steel inlaid with gold. Loaned to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

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Pear. Iran, 19th c. Steel inlaid with gold. Loaned to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

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Wine jug with scenes of Canaan from the Old Testament. Southern Germany, ca. 1700. Gold-ruby glass, blown, applied, copper-wheel engraved. Chased silver-gilt mounts by Tobias Baur, Augsburg. Toledo Museum of Art collection

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Wine jug with scenes of Canaan from the Old Testament. Southern Germany, ca. 1700. Gold-ruby glass, blown, applied, copper-wheel engraved. Chased silver-gilt mounts by Tobias Baur, Augsburg. Toledo Museum of Art collection

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While preparing for construction of a housing development in Stuttgart, Germany, an ancient horse cemetery with more than 100 burials was discovered that was used by the Roman cavalry unit stationed nearby in the second century C.E.

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While preparing for construction of a housing development in Stuttgart, Germany, an ancient horse cemetery with more than 100 burials was discovered that was used by the Roman cavalry unit stationed nearby in the second century C.E.

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