Nearly rectangular in form, this plaque features a mythological figure in relief in the form of a bearded man with bulls horns and ears, his head rendered frontally, wearing  More »

Nearly rectangular in form, this plaque features a mythological figure in relief in the form of a bearded man with bulls horns and ears, his head rendered frontally, wearing Persian trousers and cloak, with a cylindrial object in his left hand, a crescent moon and incised star above. The plaque perhaps served as a matrix for the fabrication of sheet-metalfigures.Provenance:Royal-Athena Galleries,New York,1988-(LA.555Achaemenid Bronze Plaque - LA.555Origin: Persia Circa: 500 BCto400BCimensions:3.875" (9.8cm) high Collection: Near Eastern Antiquities Style:Achaemenid   « Less

This striking anthropomorphic vessel was made in the early days of the 1st millennium AD by a potter of the Kushan Empire. It is essentially a globular flask, with a rounded  More »

This striking anthropomorphic vessel was made in the early days of the 1st millennium AD by a potter of the Kushan Empire. It is essentially a globular flask, with a rounded body, a tapering central neck and a loop handle posteriorly. The flask is painted reddish-orange, and is decorated with a dark horizontal panel of geometrically reductivist faces in profile, demarcated by a line of waves inferiorly and a band of foliate design above. The neck of the vessel is similarly decorated, giving way to the jawline of the head which forms the very top of the pouring spout. The face is comparatively long, with oversized, rimmed, almond-shaped eyes, an angular nose and a nugatory mouth. It has a single lock of dark hair running from each ear and curling anteriorly. The handle – which is decorated in a similar manner–iscomparatively low,andreachesthenapeofthehead’sneck Black Painted Earthenware Jarwith Anthropomorphic Spout - LO.664 (LSO)Origin: Central Asia Circa: 200 AD to 400ADDimensions: 8.50" (21.6cm) high Collection: Near Eastern Art Style: Kushan Medium: Terracotta   « Less

The figurine, depicting a truncated torso, the face with accentuated eyecontours,small lips and nose, the front outlined by a decorative band, holding the hair back.  More »

The figurine, depicting a truncated torso, the face with accentuated eyecontours,small lips and nose, the front outlined by a decorative band, holding the hair back. -LO.667) Alabaster Anthropomorphic Figurine - LO.667Origin: Central Asia Circa:3000BCto2000 BCDimensions: 6.75" (17.1cm) high x 3.50" (8.9cm) wide Collection: Nearastern Style: Elamite   « Less

Spouted Jug - PF.7009Origin: Central Asia Circa: 1600 BC to 600 BCDimensions: 5" (12.7cm) high Collection: Near Eastern Medium: Terracotta

Spouted Jug - PF.7009Origin: Central Asia Circa: 1600 BC to 600 BCDimensions: 5" (12.7cm) high Collection: Near Eastern Medium: Terracotta   « Less

This beautifully decorated bowl was made by a master potter of the Kushan Empire. It is comparatively shallow, and was probably used for the serving of food. The piece has a  More »

This beautifully decorated bowl was made by a master potter of the Kushan Empire. It is comparatively shallow, and was probably used for the serving of food. The piece has a light brownish ground, and is decorated with exuberant dark brown scrollwork that extends up the sides of the vessel from the central cavetto, terminating at the rim. The centre of the dish is taken up with what appears at first sight to b ea horse, but is in fact some form of deer with extravagantly curling antlers. The presence of what appears to be a bridle bit on the muzzle is thus puzzling. It is depicted running at full speed, looking over its right shoulder as it runs, its tongue protruding with exhaustion. Its flanks are decorated with geometrical motifs, and a large circular decoration on the rump Monochrome Terracotta Bowl - LO.844 (LSO)Origin: Central Asia Circa: 200AD to300ADDimensions:2.50"(6.4cm)highx7.30"(18.5cm)wide Collection:Near Eastern Style: Kushan Medium: Buff Earthenware   « Less

Terracotta figurines such as these ones have been unearthed at Mohenjo-daro and Harappa, suggesting a commonality of style and purpose throughout the Indus Valley during the  More »

Terracotta figurines such as these ones have been unearthed at Mohenjo-daro and Harappa, suggesting a commonality of style and purpose throughout the Indus Valley during the mature Harappan period (ca. 2600-2450 BCE). Like many figurines datable to this period, the front and back legs are joined together. In one excavated example from Chanu-daro a hole was poked in the belly, indicating that it would have been attached to a stick for use as a puppet or a small standard of the kind carried in the processions depicted on some seals. In others a hole is visible on the back rather than the belly, thus suggesting a different use, perhaps as musical instruments of some sort.Terracotta figurines such as these ones have been unearthed at Mohenjo-daro and Harappa, suggesting a commonality of style and purpose throughout the Indus Valley during the mature Harappan period (ca. 2600-2450 BCE). Like many figurines datable to this period, the front and back legs are joined together. In one excavated example from Chanu-daro a hole was poked in the belly, indicating that it would have been attached to a stick for use as a puppet or a small standard of the kind carried in the processions depicted on some seals. In others a hole is visible on the back rather than the belly, thus suggesting a different use, perhaps as musical instruments of some sort.   « Less

Pottery Figurine of a Recumbent Lion - LO.874Origin: Mesopotamia Circa: 900 BC to 700 BCDimensions: 5.9" (15.0cm) high x 9.50" (24.1cm) wide Collection:Near Eastern Art  More »

Pottery Figurine of a Recumbent Lion - LO.874Origin: Mesopotamia Circa: 900 BC to 700 BCDimensions: 5.9" (15.0cm) high x 9.50" (24.1cm) wide Collection:Near Eastern Art Style: Assyrian Medium: Earthenware   « Less

Rather large red earthenware aquamanile in the shape of a curiousanimalesembling a piglet. The spout shaped as his round flattened snout, the head with double circled  More »

Rather large red earthenware aquamanile in the shape of a curiousanimalesembling a piglet. The spout shaped as his round flattened snout, the head with double circled appliquedeyesandpointedears.Theovoidbodysurmountedbyatallevertedneckeadingtoalargeopeningtowhichacordonedbenthandleisattached.Fouregscarefully sculpted support the vessel, where a small curly tail is attached Aquamanilewithmorphic Spout-LO.923Origin:Central Asia Circa:1200BCto800BCDimensions:8.1"(20.6cm)highx12.5" (31.8cm)   « Less

Terracotta jug with a large watering mouth with bulging rim, the spout shaped as the protome of a ram, the handle attached to the Jug with Zoomorphic  More »

Terracotta jug with a large watering mouth with bulging rim, the spout shaped as the protome of a ram, the handle attached to the Jug with Zoomorphic Spout-LO.924Origin:Central Asia Circa: 1000 BC to 650 BC Dimensions: 5.5" (14.0cm) high Near stern Art Medium: earthenware   « Less

The area from which the bronzes are believed to come of Luristan in the western part of Iran.Thisregionismountainous,intersectedbymanyrangesrunninginanorth-west/south-east  More »

The area from which the bronzes are believed to come of Luristan in the western part of Iran.Thisregionismountainous,intersectedbymanyrangesrunninginanorth-west/south-east direction; between them, arewell-wateredplains,idealforbreedinghorses.Inntiquity accesstotheregionwasdifficult;suchremotednessmusthaveencourageditsculturalisolation and idiosynchratic artistic production.From the archaeological exacavations undertaken in the area, the prevalence of horse-related objectssuchastrappingsandhorse-bitswould strongly indicate a society basedonhorsemanship,andpossiblysemi-sedentaryinnature:a characteristic still present amongthe Lursoftoday.(LO.932)Luristan Bronze Spike-Butted Axehead - LO.932Origin: Central Asia Circa: 1000 BC to 650 BCDimensions: 3.75" (9.5cm) highx7.25"(18.4cm)wide Collection:Central Asia Style:Luristan Medium:Bronz   « Less