Georg von Békésy's collection of art was bequeathed to the Nobel Foundation in 1972. It is currently divided among several museums in Sweden. The Nobel Foundation published a catalog of selected works from von Békésy's collection -- The Georg von Békésy Collection: Selected Objects from the Collection of George von Békésy Bequeathed to the Nobel Foundation. Edited by Jan Wirgin. Malmo: Allhem, 1974. ISBN 91-7004-0486.
Height 18 cm; weight 435 grs.
2300-2100 B.C.
Central Anatolia, probably Alaca Hüyük.
Height 24.4; wideth 17.8; thickness 8.1 cm.
4th century A.D. Sasanian.
Iran?
Diameter 25.5 cm
Late 16th or early 17th century
Anatolia
Length 1072 cm; width 41.5 cm.
Ming dynasty. Signed Chu Yun-ming (1460-1526).
China.
Height 12 cm.
17th-18th century.
Tibet.
Height 37.5 cm.
Momoyama period. Late 16th century.
Japan.
Width 17 cm; height 19 cm.
By Shibata ZESHIN (1807-1891).
Japan.
Height 8.9 cm.
Peru.
Height 52.0 cm.
Eastern Bapende tribe, western Zaire.