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Floor mosaic fragment with partridge. Roman, 2nd-3rd c AD. From Sousse, Tunisia, but possibly imported there from Italy. Marble tesserae. Walters Art Museum collection

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Floor mosaic fragment with partridge. Roman, 2nd-3rd c AD. From Sousse, Tunisia, but possibly imported there from Italy. Marble tesserae. Walters Art Museum collection

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Satyr with child Dionysus. Greek or Hellenistic, possibly Alexandria, Egypt, 2nd c BC. Marble. More pics in museum link in comments. Walters Art Museum collection

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Satyr with child Dionysus. Greek or Hellenistic, possibly Alexandria, Egypt, 2nd c BC. Marble. More pics in museum link in comments. 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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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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Fragment with engraved decoration, possibly from a handle. Old Bering Sea II culture, Alaska, ca. 100-300 AD. Walrus ivory. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Fragment with engraved decoration, possibly from a handle. Old Bering Sea II culture, Alaska, ca. 100-300 AD. Walrus ivory. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Marble fragment with the head of Medea from a 1st or 2nd c AD Roman copy of a Greek original relief, thought to have been decoration from the parapet surrounding the Altar of the Twelve Gods in the Athenian Agora, ca. 420–410 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Marble fragment with the head of Medea from a 1st or 2nd c AD Roman copy of a Greek original relief, thought to have been decoration from the parapet surrounding the Altar of the Twelve Gods in the Athenian Agora, ca. 420–410 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Neck fragment of a red figure volute krater . Apulia, Italy, ca. 340 BC. Fordham Museum of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Art collection

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Neck fragment of a red figure volute krater . Apulia, Italy, ca. 340 BC. Fordham Museum of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Art 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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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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17th century Italian, possibly Venetian, bronze statuette of a musketeer with a mix of contemporaneous and vaguely Roman attributes. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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17th century Italian, possibly Venetian, bronze statuette of a musketeer with a mix of contemporaneous and vaguely Roman attributes. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Fragment from a calyx-krater . Gnathian ware, Apulia, ca. 360-340 BC. Terracotta with added color. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Fragment from a calyx-krater . Gnathian ware, Apulia, ca. 360-340 BC. Terracotta with added color. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Grave stele fragment with hoplite battle scene. Greek, Attic, ca. 390 BC. Marble. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Grave stele fragment with hoplite battle scene. Greek, Attic, ca. 390 BC. Marble. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Fragment of a horse's breast band with inscription and bust of Carian Zeus. Roman empire, likely Asia Minor, 2nd c AD. Silver gilt. Princeton University Art Gallery collection

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Fragment of a horse's breast band with inscription and bust of Carian Zeus. Roman empire, likely Asia Minor, 2nd c AD. Silver gilt. Princeton University Art Gallery collection

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Bird with human head, possibly Hermes. Pakistan, Gandhara, Kushan period, ca. 3rd-4th c AD. Bronze. Cleveland Museum of Art collection

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Bird with human head, possibly Hermes. Pakistan, Gandhara, Kushan period, ca. 3rd-4th c AD. Bronze. Cleveland Museum of Art collection

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Dog. Alexandria, Egypt, ca. 1st c BC - 4th c AD. Marble. Walters Art Museum collection

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Dog. Alexandria, Egypt, ca. 1st c BC - 4th c AD. Marble. Walters Art Museum collection

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Dish with peony. Late 17th or early 18th c. Possibly from the Deccan region, India. Opalescent green glass ; blown, shaped with mold, enameled, and gilded. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Dish with peony. Late 17th or early 18th c. Possibly from the Deccan region, India. Opalescent green glass ; blown, shaped with mold, enameled, and gilded. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Head vase signed by the potter Navigius, modern Tunisia, ca. 270-320 AD. African red-slip ware ceramic. Princeton University Art Museum collection

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Head vase signed by the potter Navigius, modern Tunisia, ca. 270-320 AD. African red-slip ware ceramic. Princeton University Art Museum collection

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Four earthenware pigs with remains of slip and pigment, possibly burial offerings. China, Northern Wei dynasty, ca. 386-534 AD. Godwin-Ternbach Museum collection

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Four earthenware pigs with remains of slip and pigment, possibly burial offerings. China, Northern Wei dynasty, ca. 386-534 AD. Godwin-Ternbach Museum collection

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Street Musicians mosaic, Villa of Cicero, Pompeii, ca 2nd century BC. This "emblema pavimentale" executed in opus vermiculatum from polychrome tesserae, is considered a masterpiece of ancient Roman art .

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Street Musicians mosaic, Villa of Cicero, Pompeii, ca 2nd century BC. This "emblema pavimentale" executed in opus vermiculatum from polychrome tesserae, is considered a masterpiece of ancient Roman art .

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Roman floor mosaic in the House of Amphitrite depicting the goddess Venus, located in Bulla Regia, an archaeological site in northwestern Tunisia. The mosaic dates back to the 3rd century AD.

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Roman floor mosaic in the House of Amphitrite depicting the goddess Venus, located in Bulla Regia, an archaeological site in northwestern Tunisia. The mosaic dates back to the 3rd century AD.

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The Roman mosaic shows a cobra. It is a fragment of a scene from the House of the Faun in Pompeii. The object is dated to 2nd BCE - 1st century CE.

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The Roman mosaic shows a cobra. It is a fragment of a scene from the House of the Faun in Pompeii. The object is dated to 2nd BCE - 1st century CE.

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Roman Floor Mosaic - Ammaedara Haidra Tunisia

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Roman Floor Mosaic - Ammaedara Haidra Tunisia

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