ancient Cyprus
ancient Cyprus, plate, 950-850 BC
ancient Cyprus, amphora, 850-700 BC
ancient Cyprus, jug, 1250-1200 BC
ancient Cyprus, votary, limestone, 5th century BC
ancient Cyprus, seated temple boy, limestone, Hellenistic, 3rd century BC
ancient Cyprus, barrel-jug, 850-700 BC
aryballos, 800-750 BC, & bull rhyton (jug), 1400-1200 BC
ancient Cyprus, juglet, 1400-1225 BC, & plate, 7th century BC
ancient Cyprus, female figure, 1400-1300 BC
ancient Cyprus, axe heads, green stone, 4th Millennium BC
Birth of Greek Art
votive figurines, Greek neolithic, 4th Millennium BC
kandila, storage jar, early Cycladic, 3000-2800 BC
female "idol," early Cycladic, 2500-2400 BC
gold earrings, 2500 BC
Greek heads & body from female idols, NW Anatolia, 2700-2400 BC, marble
Bronze Age Crete & Mycenae
chalice, Mycenean, LHIII, 13th century BC
oinochoe (wine jug), Minoan, LMI, 1300 BC
spouted jar & cup, MMII, 1900-1700 BC
#4 "teacup" LHIII; #6 stirrup jar LHIII; #8 mug, sub-Mycenean, 1000 BC; #9 storage jar LHIII
double axe, MMIII, 1400 BC
tripod, Minoan, 1300 BC
necklace parts, LHIII
#14 "Psi" figurine, LHIII; #15 male orant, LMI; #23-25 intaglio seals, MMII
Bronze Age Crete or Mycenae vessel
"duck askos" LHIII; bronze votive bull, Minoan, MM-LM; gold earrings, Danube basin, 16-15th century BC
pithos (amphora), 650-600 BC
Geometric Greece
bronze Kyathos, N. Greece or Hallstatt, 750 BC
Krater, Corinthian, 9th century BC
bowl, Attic, 735-720 BC
skyphos, Greek, 8th century BC
gold necklace or earrings, Greek, 800 BC
bronze fibula, 8th-7th century BC
bronze belt pendant, N. Greece, 700 BC
fibula, N. Greece or Hallstatt, 8th century BC
bronze pendants, N. Greece, 8th century BC
bronze male orant, Greek, 7th century BC
bronze bird pendant, N. Greece, 8th century BC
bronze horses, probably votive dedications (one from Olympia), 750-700 BC
Orientalizing Period
bronze cuirase, Cretan, spoil of war dedicated in temple of Athena, 2nd half of 7th century BC
amphora, Attic, 600-590 BC
jar, Cretan, 7th century BC
oinochoe, Corinthian, 620 BC
bronze bowl, Phoenician, 7th century BC
cup, Attic, 540-530 BC
alabastron, Corinthian, 600-590 BC
alabastron, Corinthian, 610-600 BC
bronze winged bull, probably from cauldron, Urartian, 7th century BC
kneeling ram perfume vessel, Corinthian, early 6th century BC
monkey perfume vessel, Corinthian, early 6th century BC
griffin protomes, from shoulder of votive cauldron, Greek, mid 7th century BC
bronze bowl, Syrian, 7th century BC
bronze scepter finial, Luristan, 8th century BC
Etruria
bronze foot-basin handles, Hippocampe, 4th century BC
Antefix, Latium, 5th century BC
Olpe, 7th century BC
ash urn with lid, Villanovan, 8th century BC
jug, 6th century BC
chalice, 7th century BC
cup, Ionian type, late 7th century BC
Stamnos, 700-650 BC
phalara, armor disc, central Italy, 7th-early 6th century BC
bronze mirror, 4-3rd century BC
bronze belt buckle, 8th century BC
Kouros, bronze votive statue, 5th century BC
bronze hoplite, 5th century BC, or imitation
perfume vessels, Etrusco-Corinthian, 600-550 BC
bronze kouros from candelabrum, Vulci?, 5th century BC
bronze Kore votive statue, Etruscan, 6th century BC
fibula, Villanovan, amber, bone & bronze, 8th century BC
Greek Mythology
Hector's body carried away, Apulian volute-krater fragment, later 4th century BC
Leto with Artemis & Apollo escaping from Python, Greek, 4-3rd century BC
Apollo & Artemis offering libation, Attic calyx-krater, 480-470 BC
Odysseus escaping from Polyphemos, Attic column-krater, 510-500 BC
Maenad with baby satyr, Attic chous, 440-430 BC
Maenad whipping satyr, Attic kylix, 500-490 BC
Ajax & Achilles playing dice at Troy, Attic hydria, late 6th century BC
Dionysos, Attic skyphos, c. 500 BC
bronze Herakles, Greek, 4-3rd century BC
Athena, Herakles' patron, Athenian tetradrachma, silver, 470 BC
Kerykeion (herald's staff), W. Greece, bronze, 4th century BC
Greek Warfare
funerary lekythos, Greek, marble, 4th century BC
warships, Attic cup, 530 BC
battle of Greeks & Amazons, Attic amphora, 440 BC
departing warrior, Attic amphora, 460-450 BC
chalcidizing cup, Attic, 530-520 BC
rider, Boeotian, 6th century BC
bronze snake protome from shield device, Greek, 480 BC
helmeted head perfume bottle, Rhodian, late 7th century BC, & Gorgon bronze shield band, Greek, 6th century BC
Private Life
banquet relief, Greek, marble, 400-350 BC
Apulian dish; Attic Owl skyphos; Apulian baby feeder, all 5th or 4th century BC
Attic kylix, symposium scene, 480 BC
Attic kylix depicting women, late 5th century BC
Attic kylix, woman washing, 480 BC
Attic lekythos, courting scene, 470 BC; bronze calyx-krater handle, Greek, 4th century BC
strainer, Greek, 4th century BC; bronze bull, applique from volute-krater, mid 6th century BC
gold necklace, Greek, 4th century BC
Attic lekythos, visit to grave, 450 BC
exaleiptron, Cretan, 4-3rd century BC
lamp, female head, W. Greece, late 6th century BC
Iliupersis (sack of Troy), Apulian volute-krater, 340-330 BC
Local Styles: coins & vases
Corinthian black-figure alabastron, boar hunt, 590-570 BC
Carian black-figure jar, bird, 530 BC
Sardian lekythos, 6th century BC
Attic black-figure Siana cup fragment, boxers, 560 BC
Lucanian red-figure chous, women dancing, late 5th century BC
Apulian red-figure oinochoe, Pegasos, late 4th century BC
Boeotian black-figure Kothon, sphinxes & animals, 570 BC
back: litra, electrum, Syracuse, 345-339; ? ; middle: Sikyon silver drachma, 400-323; Rhodes, silver, 400; front: Lesbos billon stater, 500; Aspendos silver drachma, 450-420; Istros silver drachma; Aegina silver stater, 600-550; Samos silver drachma, 494-439 BC
Greek Sanctuary
Greek gold wreath, 4-3rd century Bc
Greek bronze discus, 5th century BC
votive plaque, W. Greece, 460 BC
Siren Kalpis, inscribed as prize awarded at games sacred to the Dioskouroi at Phokaia, mid 5th century BC
musical festival, Laconian cup, 570 BC
Attic band cup, 540-530 BC
Carian phiale, bronze, 6th century BC, inscription in dialect not yet understood
bronze strigil, 4-3rd century BC
phiale, Tarentine, 4th century BC
Athena, Attic, late 6th century BC
Greek Theater
gutter spout, slave's mask, Campanian, 2nd-1st century BC
theatrical mask, father of comedy, Greco-Roman, 2nd-1st century BC
bell krater, Apulian, 4th century BC
red-figure calyx krater, Sicilian, 380-360 BC
oil lamps & theater-related items
garland sarcophagus fragment, actor's tragic mask, Roman, marble, mid-2nd century AD
bathtub, Late Minoan, mid 14th century BC
calyx-krater depicting abduction of Europa, Greek, Paeston, 380 BC
volute-krater depicting story of Melanippe, Apulian, 330-320 BC
calyx-krater depicting death of Aktaion, Attic, 430 BC
Neck-amphora depicting Herakles playing kithara, Attic, 510-500 BC
Little Master Cup depicting a siren, Attic, 540-530 BC
Hydria depicting scenes from life of Herakles, Attic, 520-510 BC
Horse-head amphora, Attic, 580-570 BC
Hellenistic Art
Apulian fish plate, 4th century BC
two mules' heads from a couch, bronze with silver inlay, 2nd century BC
hydria with appliques, Campania, 3rd century BC
pyxis, Sicily, 3rd century BC
apis bull, Egypt, Ptolemaic, 3rd-1st century BC
woman, Tanagra type, 3rd century BC
woman playing dice, Greek, 4th century BC
ivory inlay strips from casket, Greek, 4th century BC
Greek bronze Hydria, mid 4th century BC
Roman Debt to Greece
draped woman, Neo-Attic relief, 1st century BC, marble
weary Herakles, Roman, 1st-2nd century AD
head of weary Herakles, Roman, 1st century AD, after Greek original of 4th century BC by Lysippas
jug with gods, Roman, N. Africa, 3rd century AD
gilded bronze mirror, Roman, 2nd century AD
chalice, Roman, Tarsus or Smyrna, 50 AD
Alexander the Great, Roman, 1st-2nd century AD, bronze with silver & copper inlay
gold jewelry: Greek, Etruscan, & Lydian, 6th century BC
Religion & the Imperial Cult
Somnus, personification of sleep, from sarcophagus, Roman, 2-3rd cent AD, & Hermanubis, Roman, bronze, late 2nd cent AD
Arula, small altar or statue base, bronze, Roman, 1st century BC
Isis-Aphrodite, Roman, bronze, late 2nd century
marble fountain satyr, Roman, 1-2nd century AD
Thymiaterion, bronze incense burner, Roman, 1-2nd century AD
Roman standard fitting with busts of Sol & Luna, gilt silver, 2-3rd century AD
Decorative Arts in Ancient Rome
Marsyas, table leg, 1st century AD
lion-headed table leg, Roman, 1st century AD
bronze sarcophagus handle, Roman, 3rd century AD
head vase, N. Africa, 3rd century AD
bottle, El Aouja, 200-300 AD
fragments
cinerary urn, Roman, marble, 1st century AD
cinerary urn, Flavian, 70-90 AD
cinerary urn, freedman of Emperor Claudius, 1st century AD
Acanthus relief, Roman, early 1st century AD
Roman marble altar, Julio-Claudian, 1st half of 1st century AD
marble sarcophagus panel, Roman, 3rd century AD
Sarcophagus, marble, Roman, mid-2nd century AD
Mosaic, Roman, Antioch, early 3rd century AD
Emperor Tiberius, 14-37 AD, Parian marble
banquet relief, Greek, marble, 4th century BC
marble stela of Glaukotas, Greek, 470-460 BC
plowing relief, marble, Roman, mid-3rd century AD
Togatus, marble, Roman, 2nd century AD
Roman mosaic later used as a table top
Roman marble statue of Venus, 1st century AD, after a Greek original of 4th century BC
Leda & the Swan, marble, Roman, from Greek original, 1st-2nd century AD
Mercury-Hermes, marble, Roman, 1st-2nd century AD
Portrait of a woman, Roman, 2nd half of 1st century BC
Portrait of Ptolemaic queen, Hellenistic, probably 3rd century BC, marble
Roman marble portrait of woman
Portrait of a bearded man, Roman, late 2nd century AD
Aphrodite, Greco-Roman, marble, 1st century BC to 1st century AD
Head of Diodounemos, Roman, mid-2nd century AD, copied from a bronze original of mid-5th century BC
Muse (Terpsichore), marble, Greek, late 4th to mid-2nd century BC
Head of a goddess, perhaps Demeter, marble, Greek, 2nd century BC
Head of Nike, Roman from Greek original, 440-430 BC
Lion, marble, Greek, 4th century BC
Seated figure from grave relief, marble, Greek, 3rd quarter of 4th century BC
Apollo, marble, Roman, 1st-2nd century AD, from Greek original
Akroterion, Etruscan, painted terracotta, late 6th century BC
