Tuc dAudoubert Bison, ca.

13,500 BC France: Magdalenian Period unfired clay, L: 64 cm / 25 in (left)

Figurine, ca. 23,000 BC (above) Limestone, H: 10.2 cm / 4 in Hall of the Bulls (right) ca. 17,000 BC, Lascaux, France

Cucuteni Figurine, ca. 4300 BC Romania: Cucuteni Culture Terracotta, H: 15 cm / 6 in

Cucuteni Village, Pottery Megalith, 3200 BC Ireland : New Grange

Trundholm Sun Car, ca. 1200 BC Denmark, Bronze Age Copper alloy & gold, L: 59.2 cm / 1 f 11 1/4 in

Dipper Cup, ca. 800 BC Denmark: Bronze Age Gold, H: 10.3 cm / 4 in Bronze Age clothing in Denmark Bronze Age shield

Battersea Shield, ca. 350-50 BC Britain: La Tene, Iron Age Period Bronze, enamel, L: 77.7 cm / 2 ft 6 in

Desborough Mirror ca. 50 AD Britain, Iron Age, La Tene Period Bronze H: 35 cm / 1 f 1 3/4 in

Purse Lid, ca. 615 AD Britain, Anglo-Saxon, Sutton Hoo Burial Site Gold, garnets on ivory L: 19 cm / 7.5 in

Book of Kells (detail), ca. 800 AD Ireland: Hiberno-Saxon/Insular

Pigments on velum, H: 33 cm / 12.9 in

Tara Brooch, ca. 750 AD (right) Ireland: Hiberno-Saxon Silver gilt, amber, polychrome enamel, glass, pearls Diameter: 8.7 cm / 3.5 in

Pitney Brooch, 11th century AD Britain: Anglo-Scandinavian Bronze, Dia: 39 mm / 1.5 in

Stave Church Doors, ca. 1130 Norway: Urnes Style Wood

Animal Head Post ca. 820 AD Norway: Viking Oseberg Style Wood, H: 51 cm / 1 f 8 in

Weather Vane, ca. 1150 AD, Norway, Viking Romanesque Bronze & gilt copper, L: 29 cm / 11.5 in

Storage Jar, ca. 3500 BC

Kneeling Bull w/Vessel, ca. 3000 BC Iran: Proto-Elamite Silver, H: 16.3 cm / 6.5 in

Humped-back Bull Vase, ca. 1200 BC Iran: Marlik Culture Ceramic, H: L 25 cm / 9 3/4 in

Winged Bull Beaker, ca. 1200 BC Iran: Marlik Culture Gold, H: 17.5 cm / 6.9 in

Governors Palace & Temple at Tell Asmar (Eshnunna)

Mesopotamian House

Worshipper, ca. 2750-2600 BC Iraq/Mesopotamia: Sumerian; Gypsum, shell, black limestone H: 29.5 cm / 11 5/8 in

Mesopotamia: Ziggurat of Ur, ca. 2050 BC Hanging Gardens of Babylon, ca. 500 BC

Ram in the Thicket, ca. 2600-2400 BC, Iraq/Mesopotamia, from Ur Gold leaf, copper, lapis lazuli, shell, limestone; H: 45. cm / 1 ft 6 in

A King of Akkad, ca. 2250 BC Iraq/Mesopotamia: Akkadian Copper alloy, H: 30 cm / 11.75 in

Queen of the Night, ca. 1775 BC Iraq: Old Babylonian Painted terracotta, H: 49.5 cm / 1f 7.5 in

Cylinder Seal (left) of Winged Horse, ca. 1200 BC, Iraq: Assyrian Chalcedony, H: 3.6 cm / 1 3/8 in

Dying Lion, ca. 645 BC Iraq/Mesopotamia: Assyrian Alabastar, 16.5 cm / 6.5 in

Lamassu, ca.883-859 BC Iraq/Mesopotamia: Assyrian Alabastar, 313.7 cm / 10 ft 3.5 in

Stag Rhyton, ca. 1350 BC Turkey: Hittite Empire Silver w/gold inlay; H: 18cm / 7 in

Winged-Ibex Handle, ca. 350 BC Iran: Achaemenid Persian Gilded sheet, H: 27 cm / 10.5 in

Griffin-headed Armlet, ca. 400 BC Tadjikistan: Achaemenid Persian Gold, 12.8 x 11.6 cm / 5 x 4.5 in

Persepolis, 518 BC Iran: Achaemenid Persian

Winged Sphinx, 522-486 BC Iran: Achaemenid Persian Glazed brick, H 1.2 m

Altyn Tepe Figurine, ca. 1800 BC Russia: Turkmenistan (Namazga Period) Terracotta, H: 16.5 cm / 6.5 in

Bronze Standard Filial, 1000-700 BC Iran: Luristan Bronze, H: 17.7 cm / 6.96 in

Horse Bit, 1000-700 BC Iran: Luristan Bronze, H: 18 cm / 7 in

Panther Plaque, ca. 600 BC Russia: Scythian Gold, W: 10.9 cm / 4.25 in Belt Plaque, ca. 400-300 BC Russia: Scythian

Gold Stag Shield Plaque, ca. 600 BC Russia: Scythian, from Kostromskya Gold, 31.7 x 19 cm / 12.5 x 7.5 in

Gilded Stag, ca. 375 BC Russia: Filippovka Style Wood, gold, silver, bronze H: 51 cm / 1 ft 7.25 in

Griffin Staff Head, ca. 315 BC Russia: Altai Animal Style Wood & leather H: 35 cm / 1 ft 1.75 in

Zamora Pyxis, ca. 965 AD Spain: Umayyad Dynasty Ivory & silver gilt H: 10.5 cm / 4 in (right) H: 7 cm / 2.75 in (above)

Bowl, ca. 950 AD Syriva/Egypt: Fatimid Dynasty Glass, 11 x 15.3 cm / 4 x 6 in

Beaker, ca. 1350 AD Syria/Egypt Glass, gilded and enamelled H: 15.8 cm /

Junayd, Humay and Humayun, 1396 Iraq: Baghdad; Watercolour, ink, gold pm paper; H: 32 cm / 12.5 in

Conference of the Birds, ca. 1600; Iran: Safavid; Watercolour, ink, silver, gold; H: 25.4 cm / 10 in

Conference of the Birds, from Mantiq al-Tayr of Farid al-Din Attar, ca. 1600; Iran: Safavid Dynasty; Watercolour, ink, silver, gold; H: 25.4 cm / 10 in

Tughra for Sultan Suleyman, ca. 1550 AD Turkey: Ottoman Empire, pigments, gold on paper 52.1 x 64.5 cm / 20 x 25 in