Images

This is part of a stucco wall decoration from Qasr al-Bint Temple at Raqmu-Petra. Nabataean, 1st century CE. (The Jordan Museum, Amman, Jordan).

Safaitic inscription with an image of a Bactrian camel carved on a desert rock. The detailed drawing indicates that the scribe has seen this type of Asian camel, probably along the trade route with China. First century BCE to fourth century...

Lare jar painted in red and black on beige. The paintings show animal scenes in two registers. In the lower register, two large snakes lie opposite each other. In the upper one, framed by horizontal lines and a zigzag motif on the jar's shoulder...

A painted silk scroll portrait of the Jianwen Emperor (r. 1398-1402 CE), the second ruler of the Chinese Ming dynasty (1368-1644 CE).

A detail of a marble statue of Cupid and Psyche from the Domus of Cupid and Psyche in Ostia Antica, Italy. The statue was made at the time the house was built, in the second quarter of the 4th century CE.

The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, part of the Temple of Heaven in the Forbidden City, Beijing. The temple and the Forbidden City were first built in the reign of Yongle Emperor of the Ming Dynasty (r. 1403-1424 CE)

A silk scroll portrait of the Yongle Emperor (aka Chengzu or Yung Lo, r. 1403-1424 CE) who was the third ruler of the Chinese Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 CE). (National Palace Museum, Taibei)

The Ming Dynasty Empire (1368-1644 CE) at the time of the Yongle Emperor (aka Chengzu r. 1403-1424 CE).

The Hongwu Emperor, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty (1368 to 1644 CE) who reigned from 1368 to 1398 CE. 14th century CE painted silk hanging.

A bronze coin of Zhu Yuanzhang, the future Hongwu Emperor (r. 1368-1398 CE) who was the founder of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 CE).