Dagger with jade horse head hilt, Mughal Empire, 17th-early 18th century
from Amir Mohtashemi
Mughal dagger with scabbard,
intricately engraved surfaces are set with gems and colored glass finely cut with floral forms.
Watered steel blade.
(1605–27)
The HMS Endurance trapped in the ice in Antarctica, 1915, during the legendary Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton. Photos by Australian adventurer Frank Hurley.
1609 Pieter Feddes Harlingensis - Twin brothers Homme and Julius (Juw) van Harinxma thoe Slooten
(Private collection)
1609 Attributed to Jacob van Doort - Prince Rudolph of Brunswick
(Royal Collection Trust)
13th Century Byzantine Icon
showing the sword-wielding spiritual warrior Archangel St Michael, in gold and enamel with semi-precious stones.
Apparently taken from Constantinople during the 4th century crusade.
ab. 1541 Jan van Scorel - Five Members of the Utrecht Brotherhood of Jerusalem Pilgrims
(Centraal Museum, Utrecht)
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