Browse Items (802 total)

  • Collection: Collecting the world

figure lion.jpg
Figure of a lion, couchant, ring for suspension, in green glazed ware.

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Carved male figure, seated on a stool, in wood and decorated with zigzag, wavy and spiral carvings filled with lime. Hunt, 1981, p11, 'Free-standing sculpture from South-East New Guinea is rare and its function unknown. This figure and 59 closely…

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Human figure, in wood and painted black, eyes made of white beads, male - hand on penis.

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Egyptian mummy cover in wood. This would have been placed directly over the mummy and both then placed in a wooden coffin. The cover has very clear, painted hieroglyphs (Osiris, Mistress of the House, Singing Woman of Amon, Mut-Im -?-Ha ...) which…

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Figure of Osiris, in bronze, ring for suspension, wearing atef-crown and holding the crook and flail.

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Figure of seated Osiris in calcite (alabaster), originally gilded.

figure pries.jpg
Figure of Pastopherus, a priest carrying shrine containing image of Anher (Asher).

figure statue.jpg
Figure of a male, seated, in marble (imperfect).

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One of a collection (44) of terra cotta casts. Originals were also in terra cotta, Reid 1912: 'found in tombs in Tanagra, Boeotia, placed around bodies or packing in large earthenware jars. The subjects range from gods and incidents of daily life to…

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Tiny bronze figure, half of one leg and both feet missing. Thomson's MS Catalogue: 'Ancient Bronze Lar - Etruscan?'
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