September 28, 2023 | Steven G. Alpert
 

Sun Disc | Lake Sentani
© Museum der Kulturen Basel | Switzerland

 
 
September 26, 2023 | Editorial Team
 

Ancestor Figure (Yene)
Leti Islands
Maluku Tenggara, Indonesia
19th–early 20th century
Wood
H. 12 3/4 in. × W. 4 in. × D. 3 1/4 in. (32.4 × 10.2 × 8.3 cm)
Gift of Fred and Rita Richman, 1987 (1987.453.5)   
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

 
 
September 25, 2023 | Editorial Team
 

Opium pipe, China, Qing dynasty to Republican period, inscribed with a cyclical date corresponding to 1868 or 1928. Water buffalo horn, metal, and ceramic. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop, 1943.55.6.Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

 
 
September 24, 2023 | Editorial Team
 

Owl Cup
Jakob Fröhlich (Germany, Nuremberg, Bernstadt, active 16th century)
Germany, Nuremberg, circa 1560
Furnishings; Serviceware
Silver gilt
Gift of Varya and Hans Cohn (AC1992.152.106)
© LACMA

 
 
September 23, 2023 | Editorial Team
 

Battle at Rokuhara (六波羅合戦), from Heiji monogatari emaki (平治物語絵巻)
Kamakura period, first quarter of 14th century
Handscroll fragment, mounted as hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
17.4 x 14.8 cm (6 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Donated to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015
Ex Coll.: Okamoto Ryōhei

 
 
September 22, 2023 | Editorial Team
 

Buddha
China, ca. 590
Wood with lacquer, gilding, and paint
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1920
© The Walters Art Museum

 
 
August 30, 2023 | Steven G. Alpert
 

Mask | Orang Ulu Peoples
© Borneo Cultures Museum | Malaysia

 
 
August 29, 2023 | Steven G. Alpert
 

Wooden Bowl in the Form of a Human Head
© The Trustees of the British Museum

 
 
August 28, 2023 | Gregory Forth
 

A cast of the tiny cranium of the Homo floresiensis holotype.
Image courtesy of subject.

 
 
August 23, 2023 | Editorial Team
 

Detail of Qasam al-Abbas Arrives from Mecca and Crushes Tahmasp with a Mace
Page from a dispersed manuscript of the Hamzanama (Adventures of Hamza)
Manuscript dated c. 1562-1577
Attributed to Mahesha (Indian, active c. 1570–1590)
Opaque watercolor and gold- and silver-colored metallic paint on cotton
Gift by exchange with the Brooklyn Museum, 1937
1937-4-1
Made in India, Asia, or made in Pakistan, Asia
Dynasty: Mughal Dynasty (1526-1858), Reign: Akbar (1556-1605)
© Philadelphia Museum of Art