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.
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.
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.
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.
A small bronze poppy capsule becomes unexpectedly vivid through its inscription, which preserves the name of the woman who dedicated it: Nikasimacha.
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..
This East Greek kore still conveys a striking sense of poise and ritual presence. Carved around 525–500 BCE, the figure represents a young woman standing frontally, her weight balanced on both legs, with the right leg slightly advanced.
The Head of a Ptolemaic Queen is one of those fragments that still carries enormous presence despite its incomplete state. Carved in marble in the 3rd century BCE, this larger-than-life female head was found in the theatre of Ephesus.
Although only part of the original grave monument survives, the sculpture still conveys the dignity and quiet presence that characterize some of the finest Attic funerary reliefs. Nikarete is shown seated, wrapped in carefully carved drapery..