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.
Europe
A collection of artifacts from across Europe, spanning its diverse histories and cultures. This category reflects the continent’s role as a cradle of art, innovation, and conflict through the ages.
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.
Ibis Eating a Lizard (100 BCE – 100 CE)
This Ibis, dating to around 100 BC to AD 100, blends exotic Egyptian symbolism with Roman artistic flair, offering a glimpse into the cultural exchanges of the ancient world.
Fata Morgana (c. 1572 CE)
The Fata Morgana masterfully captures the illusion of soft flesh and fluid movement in unyielding stone, inviting viewers to circle it and appreciate its dynamic form from every perspective.
The Age of Bronze (1875–76 CE)
The Age of bronze depicts a nude male figure in a moment of awakening, with one arm raised toward his head and the other slightly extended, evoking a sense of emerging consciousness and inner transformation.
Apollo and Daphne (c. 1700 CE)
Soldani captures the dramatic instant when the nymph Daphne transforms into a laurel tree to escape the pursuing god Apollo, offering viewers an immediate insight into Baroque art's obsession with movement, metamorphosis, and fleeting moments.
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.
Wild Boar Vessel (700–500 BCE)
The wild boar vessel is traditionally dated to between 700 and 500 BC and attributed to the Etruscan culture of ancient Italy. However, recent scientific analyses have complicated this attribution.
Fallen Caryatid Carrying Her Stone (1881 CE)
This work depicts a female figure, known as a fallen caryatid—a term from classical Greek architecture referring to a sculpted woman serving as a supporting column—collapsed under the immense weight of a stone she bears on her shoulder.
Horn of Saint Blaise (1100–1200 CE)
This exquisite horn, dating back to the 12th century, showcases intricate carvings that blend cultural influences from across the Mediterranean, inviting us to explore a world of historical fusion where Arab craftsmanship met Christian relic veneration.