Portico with a Lantern, 1697 - 1768
Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto
Feeding the Hungry, c. 1685 - 1758
François Hutin
Dinar of al-Muqtadir, Misr, r. 908-932
Al-Muqtadir
Dinar of al-Muqtadir, Misr, r. 908-932
Al-Muqtadir
Saturn Presiding Over Agriculture, 1565 - 1607
Jan Saenredam
Christ on the Mount of Olives, 1471 - 1528
Albrecht Dürer
Illustrated Manuscript of the Divan of Shah Qasim Anvar
Persian
Illuminated frontispiece (illuminated text, recto; text, verso), left-hand side of a bifolio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Qasim
Miniature Volute Lamp
Roman
Denarius of Augustus, Rome, r. 27 BCE - 14 CE
Augustus
Coin of Basil II, r. 976 - 1025
Basil II
New Year Print: Rooster Brings "Gong Ming" ("Honors") and an Auspicious Pendant Couplet Reading "Tian Zi Wan Nian" ("To the Emperor, Ten Thousand Years")
Chinese
New Year Print: Nine Phoenixes Flying to the Sun
Chinese
Door God: Heavenly Official with Five Sons
Chinese
Paper God: God of Wealth Who Increases Fortune Holding a Ruyi Scepter with Four Attendants
Chinese
Paper God: God of Happiness
Chinese
Greater Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom (Daihannya-haramitta-kyō) Vol. 244
Japanese
Imaginary View of Padua, 1697 - 1768
Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto
Ralph Venning, 1607 - 1677
Wenceslaus Hollar
Stefano della Bella, 1607 - 1677
Wenceslaus Hollar