A selection of amazing art objects from the past (16 photos)
Much thought and speculation surrounds the lives of early generations of people, but the ancient objects that have survived to this day are special keys to understanding the distant past. Their value lies not only in their antiquity, but also in the significant contribution they have made to the history of human civilization.
A Bronze Age amber bowl was discovered in a burial mound in Hove, East Sussex, England, 13th century BC. 
This ceramic vessel was made before 600 AD. 
Formal attire worn by boys from a samurai clan. Japan, Edo period, 1800-1850s 
A night light in the shape of a bat, approximately 1930s. Today it can be seen by everyone in the Museum of Les Secs de Tournelles, France 
French pendant known as Memento Mori, 16th century 
Unusual glasses called the gates of paradise, from the time of the Great Mughal Empire, circa 1630-1660 CE. A 300-carat emerald was used to make the lenses, and it was mined in a mine in Colombia 
Earplugs that are unusual for a modern person, but the functions are the same, Thailand, Ban Chang culture, 200 BC - 200 AD. 
The finest work - the Virgin Mary under the veil. The statue is made from a single piece of Carrara marble in Rome by the sculptor Giovanni Strazza, 1818–1875 
The figurine of the God of the Wind is made in the ancient technique of repoussé, Japan, circa 1915 
A mechanical doll that can crawl, 1871 
Portrait of an ancient woman. She was found in a cemetery in the Fayoum oasis. It was not the only one found in this place 
A pair of boots that belonged to the Swedish king Charles XI, 1655–1697 
A steam elevator used in the apartment building of the staff captain of the guard S. Muyaki, St. Petersburg, approximately 1902-1903 
A golden ball was used to store tobacco or lime, 19th century CE. 
Wooden netsuke by Ohara Mitsuhiro, 1810–1875 CE. 
A gold and enamel piece decorated with an oval citrine (a yellow variety of quartz). 16th century AD. You can see it in the Imperial Treasury in Vienna, Austria 
