Flanged bronze axe. Inscription: Handwritten label: A Roman Battle axe found in the Vale of the Clitumnis. (Wilson Collection)
ABDUA:50136
Bowl in red Samian ware.Inscription: old label on side, handwritten in ink: Roman bowl of red Samian Ware 3rd Century Lord Hastings Collection and printed label on opposite side: 622 2 and in pencil on base: 622 5 ?
Dates: Early: 200 Late: 300 Period: Roman
ABDUA:50168
ABDUA:50012
Rectangular stone panel with high relief erotic carving: 6 bays divided by 5 pillars with total of 8 figures. Figures grouped as 3 single (2 female, other indistinct) alternating with 3 pairs, each male and female. Frieze above or plantlike motifs, very broken and incomplete. Wilson's journals suggest that he picked up this piece (along with another ?) at an ancient Hindu temple at Cootub Minar, considered to be earlier than Islamic column erected at this place, but did not like to admit to it as he considered it obscene. 'After a ride of 2 miles we reached the famous Cootub Minar, a stupendous column erected by Shumsadeen, one of the Ghazi family, over his preceptor Khoaje Cuttubadeen, and also to perpetuate the triumph of Islam over Brahminical faith, as it is raised upon the ruins of a Hindoo temple whose sculptures are lying scattered about, and exhibiting some of the most indecent and unnatural scenes that can well be imagined. I possessed myself of two beastly relics of Hindoo worship from this place, which may add to my curiosities, but will form no part of my ornamental collection.' Quotation from the journals of Dr Robert Wilson (1787-1871). This small sandstone panel is part of a high-relief frieze that comes from a Hindu temple at Cootub Minar in India. Dr Robert Wilson, a traveller who was making a tour of Asia in the period between 1819-22, visited the sculpted column erected over the preceptor, Khoaje, by Shumasadeen, one of the Ghazi family. The column also commemorated the triumph of Islam over the Brahminical faith, as it was placed over the remains of a Hindu temple. Wilson picked up the sculptural panel from the ruins of the temple, but did not like to exhibit it subsequently because of the subject matter. He wrote that he considered it 'beastly'. The sculpture is an erotic carving. There are nine figures in total, in six niches flanked by pillars. The single female figures, face on, alternate with the pairs, each female and male in profile and in erotic poses, although the pair at the end are so damaged that it is difficult to make out the second figure. The carving of the figures is simple, with fine details of jewellery and hair. Often the figure's leg that is towards the wall is not shaped. 2ND VIEW: This is a detail from a panel of an erotic carving from a Hindu temple. It is one of the alternating niches, in which is a male and a female in an erotic pose. The carving of the figures is simple, but there is fine detailing of the hair and jewelley. The other niches with two figures show a great similarity in the positioning of the figures, so that the limbs make a repeating pattern, even though the detail is different. This type of carving is well known from Hindu temples. The panel appears to have a repeating pattern, suggesting that it is part of a frieze, and that the subject matter is part of a recognised iconography.
Dates: Early: Late: 1822 Period: pre.Islamic ?
ABDUA:64994
Oil painting, seated portrait of Robert Wilson wearing ' Turkish costume', and tucked into the waistband of this costume is a Persian dagger and sheath (ABDUA 63523). Scroll in L hand with the list of Alexander's Conquests. Background shows the Ruins of Athens? Painted in Rome in 1824. Inscription: Signed on back.
ABDUA:30553
Europe Scotland North.East.Scotland Aberdeen
miniature oinochoe. Red-figure in glazed red clay showing female figure with dish in hand.
Dates: Early: -430 Late: -400 Period: IA
ABDUA:64024
Jug for pouring out wine, lines round upper body and neck, upper part of the body slightly ribbed, in black glazed clay. bucchero
Dates: Early: -630 Late: -570 Period: IA
ABDUA:64026
Jug for pouring wine in black-glaze red clay.
ABDUA:64027
Narrow necked jug, black-figure in glazed red clay. Shows three female figures reclining on couch in symposion scene.
Dates: Early: -530 Late: -470 Period: IA
ABDUA:64033
Narrow necked jug in black-figure glazed red clay. Shows altar flanked by two male figures one presenting offering, other playing double flute.
Dates: Early: -500 Late: -470 Period: IA
ABDUA:64034