Black-Figure Vessel for Incense (c.600-400 BCE)
This small black-figure incense vessel opens onto a world in which religion was experienced through smoke, fragrance, and image as much as through words or gesture.
Greece
Objects from the cradle of Western civilization, featuring pottery, sculptures, and other creations from Ancient Greece. These artifacts highlight the Greeks’ contributions to art, philosophy, and democracy during their golden age.
The Omphalos of Delphi (19th-20th century CE)
This Omphalos stands at the center of the earth, the point where Zeus marked the world’s navel and where Apollo’s oracle gave voice to divine knowledge.
Woman Seated on a Bench (c.400-201 BCE)
Woman Seated on a Bench was created around the fourth to third century BCE, in the period between the late Classical and Hellenistic ages. This was a moment when small terracotta figures became especially popular across the Greek world.
Female Figure Arms Folded (2700-2400 BCE)
One of the most interesting things about Cycladic female figures is the gap between how they were seen then and how they are often seen now. Modern viewers frequently view them as if they were almost modern sculptures.
Grave Stele (c. 50 BCE)
This marble grave stele from southern Anatolia stands as an example of Hellenistic funerary art, combining architectural form, figural narrative, inscription, and symbolic imagery into a single, highly sophisticated monument.
Fragment of a Goat’s Head (c. 500–475 BCE)
What at first glance appears to be a simple fragment of a goat opens the door to questions about myth, movement, and meaning in early Greek art.
Black-Figure Amphora (c.540 BCE)
Produced in the workshops of Attica (the region around Athens), this black-figure amphora features nearly identical scenes on both sides: a central horseman flanked by pairs of standing figures, all framed within reserved red-clay panels beneath a decorative lotus-palmette frieze.
Corinthian Helmet 2 (500–475 BCE)
At first glance, the Corinthian helmet appears to be a classic example of Greek martial craftsmanship from the early 5th century BCE, yet its unusual weight and rich decoration invite closer scrutiny and raise intriguing questions about its true origin.
Red-Figure Kylix (c. 480 BCE)
When lifting the kylix to drink, its painted interior reveals a lively encounter between the god and a dancing satyr, turning an everyday act of drinking into a moment of myth, humor, and reflection on excess and control.