Kylix of Douris (c.470 BCE)
This Attic red-figure kylix, attributed to Douris and dated to about 470 BCE, turns a drinking vessel into a carefully staged image of human encounter.
Europe
European antiquities represent the long and varied cultural history of the continent. These objects reflect artistic traditions, technological developments, and social practices that shaped everyday life and cultural expression across different periods.
Canosa Askos (270-200 BCE)
Rather than relying on a single image or a painted scene, this large Canosa askos builds its meaning through a combination of vessel form, colour, and applied figures.
Bull’s Head Rhyton (340–320 BCE)
Made in Apulia around 340–320 BCE, this bull’s head rhyton shows how inventive South Italian pottery could be in the late Classical period. The vessel combines an animal-shaped form with red-figure decoration and added paint.
Regilla Votive Marble Bull (160–170 CE)
Carved in Pentelic marble around AD 160–170, this powerful life-size bull once formed part of the great nymphaeum dedicated by Appia Annia Regilla in the sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia.
Inscribed Colonette (2nd–3rd century BCE)
Carved in marble and still preserving its inscription in full, this small inscribed colonette records a personal act of thanks in the Roman city of Tomis. The text tells us that a man from Sidon, dedicated the object to the Syrian Goddess.
Grave Stele of Mnesarete (400 BCE)
Few grave monuments from classical Athens are as quietly affecting as the Grave Stele of Mnesarete. Carved in Attica around 380 BCE, the relief shows a young woman seated in composed sorrow.
Female Headed Jug (c. 650 BCE)
This female headed jug, shaped as a richly adorned, is one of those vessels that immediately blurs the boundary between useful object and sculpture. Made around 350 BCE in Attica and later found at Tarquinia in Etruria.
Votive Club of Eukrateia (c. 0-199 BCE)
Small in scale but unusually rich in meaning, this bronze votive club brings together myth, religion, and a named human presence. Cast as a miniature version of the weapon most closely associated with Herakles.
Dove-Bearer from Callatis (c.200-400 BCE)
This Tanagra-type terracotta statuette from ancient Callatis offers a refined image of female presence in the Hellenistic world. The figure stands quietly yet elegantly, wrapped in abundant drapery, with a small dove perched on her right shoulder.
Nike Figurine (c. 300-200 BCE)
This Nike figurine presents the Greek goddess of victory in a form that is both graceful and slightly unusual. She appears as a winged nude figure with the body of an ephebe.
Bronze Poppy Capsule (c.100-300 BCE)
A small bronze poppy capsule becomes unexpectedly vivid through its inscription, which preserves the name of the woman who dedicated it: Nikasimacha.
Nemesis Marble Statue (c.100-225 CE)
This statue represents Nemesis, one of the most compelling goddesses of the Greek and Roman world. Rather than embodying vengeance in a narrow sense, Nemesis was the divine force that restored balance..