Flora

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
London, 1873 

Cylindrical jar

China, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong period (1736–95)

Inrō

Japan,18th–19th centuries

Writing box

Japan, 19th century

Stem cup

China, Yuan Dynasty, early 14th century

Dish

China, Ming Dynasty, early 15th century

Deep plate

China, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period (1662–1722)

Inrō

Japan, late 18th century, early 19th century 

Greek vase

Attica, c. 440 BC

Aboukir ‘Medallion’

East of the Roman Empire, Beroia (provincial capital of Macedonia), 3rd century AD

Roman gem

Rome, 1st century

Roman glass

Syria, 3rd–4th centuries (or later) 

Greek coin

Naxos, Sicily, c. 460 BC 

Greek coin

Taras, c. 342–33 BC

Cat with kittens

Egypt, Saite period (664–525 BC)

Head of King Senwosret III

Egypt, Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty (c. 1860 BC)

Statuette of the official Bes

Egypt, Late period, 26th Dynasty (660–610 BC)

Low-relief of a pharaoh

Egypt, early Ptolomaic period (c. 300–250 BC)