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Secretary with lacca povera decoration, 18th century, National Museum of Slovenia. The figural scenes originate from a series of copper engravings on the theme of pastoral lovers, within Rococo cartouches, ladies and cavaliers passing the time in social games and making music.

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Secretary with lacca povera decoration, 18th century, National Museum of Slovenia. The figural scenes originate from a series of copper engravings on the theme of pastoral lovers, within Rococo cartouches, ladies and cavaliers passing the time in social games and making music.

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The Oton Death Mask is a 14th-15th century CE gold funerary mask from the Philippines. Made of thin gold sheets, it covered the eyes and nose of a deceased elite individual and was decorated with repoussé dots and curvilinear patterns. National Museum of the Philippines

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The Oton Death Mask is a 14th-15th century CE gold funerary mask from the Philippines. Made of thin gold sheets, it covered the eyes and nose of a deceased elite individual and was decorated with repoussé dots and curvilinear patterns. National Museum of the Philippines

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This tombstone, made for a woman named Hyralia, bears a seven-line Coptic inscription within a frame of engraved vines: "Do not grieve, Hyralia; no one is immortal on earth! This is the path of every human being." 9th century AD

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This tombstone, made for a woman named Hyralia, bears a seven-line Coptic inscription within a frame of engraved vines: "Do not grieve, Hyralia; no one is immortal on earth! This is the path of every human being." 9th century AD

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Roman marble sculpture showing the philosopher Socrates. The object is dated to the mid-1st century CE and is a copy of a Greek original from the 4th century BCE. The artifact is in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples.

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Roman marble sculpture showing the philosopher Socrates. The object is dated to the mid-1st century CE and is a copy of a Greek original from the 4th century BCE. The artifact is in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples.

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Pennannular brooch with beast-shaped terminals, part of the St Ninian's Isle Treasure, discovered in the late 1950s on an island in the Shetlands. From the latter part of the 8th century. National Museum of Scotland.

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Pennannular brooch with beast-shaped terminals, part of the St Ninian's Isle Treasure, discovered in the late 1950s on an island in the Shetlands. From the latter part of the 8th century. National Museum of Scotland.

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A limestone Roman funerary stele depicting a seated woman with necklaces and earrings. From Athienou in Cyprus, end of 1st century CE, now housed at the Louvre museum in Paris

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A limestone Roman funerary stele depicting a seated woman with necklaces and earrings. From Athienou in Cyprus, end of 1st century CE, now housed at the Louvre museum in Paris

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Roman sculpture depicting Aphrodite . The object is a Roman copy of a Greek original from the 5th century BCE. The artifact is located in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples.

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Roman sculpture depicting Aphrodite . The object is a Roman copy of a Greek original from the 5th century BCE. The artifact is located in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples.

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A gilt copper round box with openwork decoration of leaf scrolls and dragon. From the reign of the Emperor Qianlong , now housed at the Palace Museum in Beijing China

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A gilt copper round box with openwork decoration of leaf scrolls and dragon. From the reign of the Emperor Qianlong , now housed at the Palace Museum in Beijing China

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Roman sculpture depicting Homer. The object is a Roman copy, from the reign of Emperor Hadrian , of a Greek original from the 4th century BCE. The artifact is located in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples.

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Roman sculpture depicting Homer. The object is a Roman copy, from the reign of Emperor Hadrian , of a Greek original from the 4th century BCE. The artifact is located in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples.

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Terracotta bell krater with Hermes and Hekate leading Persephone from the underworld to her mother Demeter. Greek, Attic, ca. 440 BC. Red-figure decoration attributed to the Persephone painter. See link in comments for reverse with libation scene. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Terracotta bell krater with Hermes and Hekate leading Persephone from the underworld to her mother Demeter. Greek, Attic, ca. 440 BC. Red-figure decoration attributed to the Persephone painter. See link in comments for reverse with libation scene. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Horse Armour, from Rajasthan. Late 18th Century CE. made of several small square iron plates interlinked with chain mail. On display at National Museum, New Delhi, India.

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Horse Armour, from Rajasthan. Late 18th Century CE. made of several small square iron plates interlinked with chain mail. On display at National Museum, New Delhi, India.

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A gold ornament with an image of Eros and Psyche. From Taxila in Pakistan, 1st century BCE-1st century CE, now housed at the National Museum of Pakistan

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A gold ornament with an image of Eros and Psyche. From Taxila in Pakistan, 1st century BCE-1st century CE, now housed at the National Museum of Pakistan

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Saint Anne, an 8th or 9th century wall painting, painted al secco with tempera on plaster, found at the Faras Cathedral in Nubia National Museum in Warsaw

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Saint Anne, an 8th or 9th century wall painting, painted al secco with tempera on plaster, found at the Faras Cathedral in Nubia National Museum in Warsaw

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An Urartian copper alloy shield decorated with incised figures of lions and bulls, and inscribed with the name of the king Rusa III. This was one of several fragmentary shields which may have decorated the façade of the temple of Khaldi in Rusahinili, Turkey. 650 BCE, British Museum

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An Urartian copper alloy shield decorated with incised figures of lions and bulls, and inscribed with the name of the king Rusa III. This was one of several fragmentary shields which may have decorated the façade of the temple of Khaldi in Rusahinili, Turkey. 650 BCE, British Museum

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Cradle of the King of Rome . 1811; wood, silver gilt, mother-of-pearl, sheets of copper covered with velvet, silk and tulle, decorated with silver and gold thread; Kunsthistorisches Museum

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Cradle of the King of Rome . 1811; wood, silver gilt, mother-of-pearl, sheets of copper covered with velvet, silk and tulle, decorated with silver and gold thread; Kunsthistorisches Museum

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Japanese ivory netsuke in the shape of a man heralding the New Year, Edo period, 18th-19th century, Bern History Museum. In Japanese art, netsuke are wooden or ivory figurines used as a fastener to secure pouches or other items on the belt.

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Japanese ivory netsuke in the shape of a man heralding the New Year, Edo period, 18th-19th century, Bern History Museum. In Japanese art, netsuke are wooden or ivory figurines used as a fastener to secure pouches or other items on the belt.

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Wooden traps from Ljubljana Marsh, now housed at the National Museum of Slovenia. They were a type of leg-hold trap mainly used for hunting large wild game, mainly red deer. Early Middle Ages

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Wooden traps from Ljubljana Marsh, now housed at the National Museum of Slovenia. They were a type of leg-hold trap mainly used for hunting large wild game, mainly red deer. Early Middle Ages

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A pair of Roman ivory dolls with articulated arms and legs found in a tomb of a little girl from a wealthy family in Emona, Slovenia. 250-300 CE, now housed at the National Museum of Slovenia

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A pair of Roman ivory dolls with articulated arms and legs found in a tomb of a little girl from a wealthy family in Emona, Slovenia. 250-300 CE, now housed at the National Museum of Slovenia

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A ceramic egg-shaped pyxis decorated with geometric patterns, excavated from a Bronze Age tomb in Cyprus. Late 21st Century BCE, now housed at the Teece Museum of Classical Antiquities in New Zealand

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A ceramic egg-shaped pyxis decorated with geometric patterns, excavated from a Bronze Age tomb in Cyprus. Late 21st Century BCE, now housed at the Teece Museum of Classical Antiquities in New Zealand

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