Ritual axe decorated with skulls and crown motifs. It’s made from gilded bronze and rock crystal. Kham region. Derge, Tibet or China. 16th to 17th century AD. [1642x2100]

𝔤𝔬𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔥𝔬𝔪𝔢

Venus, Evening Star

Strawberry Moon l seongmo.le

The Conservatory at Casa Loma in Toronto, Canada

Head of Mars Ultor (Mars the Avenger), modeled after sculptural representations from the Temple of Mars Ultor in the Forum of Augustus.  Artist unknown; 2nd cent. CE.  Now in the Palazzo Altemps, Rome.  Photo credit: Carole Raddato.

1st Century AD.

A Cross-strung chromatic harp, built in the 19th-century by harp maker, Henry Greenway.

Imperial Orb, Sword and Scabbard of the Holy Roman Empire. The orb was made in Germany c.1200, the scabbard in Italy in the 2nd half of the 11th century, and the sword in Germany c.1198-1218. The gold panels on the scabbard depict kings and emperors from Charlemagne to Henry III.

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Milton Greene on the backlot of 20th Century Fox, 1954

From John Keats’s poem "La Belle Dame sans Merci." Engraving after Edward Brewtnall, 1881.