Northern Europe, AD 1427–1618 Size: 2 m, 7 cm longDownload PDF Before the mid-16th century, everyone knew that horns such as this […]

Probably Morocco, 350 million years agoSize of stone panel: 52 × 32 cm, Ormolu frameDownload PDF It is curious how the […]

Northern Europe, AD 1526–1698 Size: 42 cm longDownload PDF It is probable that at one time this section of a horn was […]

Indus Valley, second half 3rd millennium BCSize: 4.5 cm longDownload PDF The model for this unicorn is a type familiar from […]

Greece, early 5th century BCSize: 7 cm longDownload PDF The Earl of Gloucester in King Lear said about his bastard son […]

Indus Valley, 3rd millennium BCSize: 3 × 3 cm; 4.5 × 4.7 cm; 3.6 × 3.8 cmSteatite and terracottaDownload PDF

Probably Song dynasty, 11th–12th century ADSize: 7 × 6.5 cmDownload PDF While European unicorns had horses’ bodies and Middle and South-East […]

(1485–1570)The Unicorn Purifies the Water with his HornPlate: 22.6 × 40.2 cmSheet: 23.5 × 40.9 cmDownload PDF A very rare […]

Sleeping Groom and Sorceress Woodcut, 1544, Size: 34 × 20.1 cm With thread margins as trimmed on the black border […]

Cornwall, 1920sSize: 70 cm highDownload PDF This Elephant came from the overgrown garden of an old Cornish estate, and its […]

Africa, 19th centurySize: 40 cm acrossOld collection label: ‘Hippo’s Teeth’Download PDF This tusk has nothing to do with unicorns, obviously, […]

Africa, 16th–17th centurySize: 96.5 cm longDownload PDF This large elephant femur is apparently the one shown in Charles Wilson Peale’s […]

Mesopotamia, late Uruk/Jemdet Nasr period, 3,400–3000 BCSize: 15 cm high, 20 cm longVeined limestoneDownload PDF The rear of this Elephant is […]

Hongshan culture, North-East China, 3,500–3000 BCSize: 19.5 cm highLimestoneDownload PDF Zhulong means ‘pig-dragon’. It is a mysterious emblem of the neolithic […]

Tang Dynasty, China, AD 618–907Size: 22 × 22 cmBronzeDownload PDF In 139 BC the Han Emperor of China Wudi (r. 141–87 […]

Attributed to Aert Schouman (1710–1792)Oil on canvasSize: 38 × 38 cmDownload PDF This arresting image of a hoopoe in flight […]

Unicorn 2016Size: 35 cm high; 58 cm long, White onyxDownload PDF For the exhibition in 2015, Michael sculpted a Dodo in […]

Indus Valley, c. 5000 BCSize: 15.7 cm, and 12 cmDownload PDF The larger of the two is clearer about what it […]

Mehrgarh, Indus Valley, c. 3000 BCSize: 4.2 cm high, 5.9 cm diameterDownload PDF Along the upper rim of this beguiling object […]

Indus Valley, first half 3rd millennium BC Size: 11.5 cm, and 11 cm longDownload PDF Such highly polished beads were the […]

Mehrgarh, circa 3000 –2500 BC Size: 13 cm; 13.2 cm; 14.2 cm; 13.5 cm; 12.5 cm Terracotta, with pigmentsDownload PDF Andrew […]

Mehrgarh, Indus Valley, c. 3000 BC Size: 9 cm; 14 cm; 9.5 cmDownload PDF It’s the hairstyles that are the giveaway. […]

Mehrgarh, c. 3000–2500 BC Size: 10.5 cm highDownload PDF The great majority of the figurines from Mehrgarh are female, so this […]

Indus Valley, 3rd millennium BC Size: 15 cm highBronze, lost-wax castingDownload PDF She has had her hair extravagantly done up for […]

Mehrgarh area, 5th–4th millennium BCSize: 8 cm highDownload PDF

Mehrgarh, Indus Valley, 4th millennium BC or earlierSize: 6 cm highDownload PDF

Indus Valley or Balouchistan, late 4th millennium BCSize: 9 cm highDownload PDF

Indus Valley, 3rd millennium BCSize: 8.4 cm highDownload PDF This figure is related to Indus Valley terracottas, with some unusual features. […]

Indus Valley, 3rd millennium BCSize: 4 cm highDownload PDF Although small in size, this remarkable head has a powerful glowering presence. […]

Mehrgarh area, circa 3500 BCSize: 6 cm longDownload PDF The eyes are inlaid with shell. The base bears a seal now […]

Download PDF It is assumed that the seals were used for trade, particularly long-distance trade, that the different animals are […]

Indus Valley, 3rd millennium BCSize: 2.5 cm highDownload PDF

Indus Valley, 5th millennium BC Size: 3.5 × 3.8 cmWeight: 125 gDownload PDF Cubical weights conform to the standard Harappan binary […]

Indus Valley, 3rd millennium BCSize: 5.3 cm high, 6.7 cm longDownload PDF The nature of the mouflon, so perfectly expressed with […]

Mundigak, Balouchistan, circa 4000 BCSize: 14.5 cm longDownload PDF The most intriguing aspect of this rare flask is that it probably […]

Indus Valley, circa 4000 BCSize: 5.3 cm diameterDownload PDF Finely carved around the outside are three long-legged water birds, each devouring […]

Indus Valley, 3rd millennium BCSize: 2.5 cm longDownload PDF

Indus Valley, 3rd millennium BCSize: 3 cm longDownload PDF

Indus Valley, circa 3000 BCSize: 11 cm longDownload PDF The horns, ears and clover leaf inlays are of lapis lazuli, the […]

Mehrgarh, 3rd millennium BCSize: 7.5 × 8.5 cmDownload PDF The gold sheet is wrapped around a core of bitumen.

Mehrgarh, Indus Valley, 3500–3000 BCSize: 7 cm diameterDownload PDF The three bracelets are cut from the same conch shell; the middle […]

Mesopotamia, 3rd millennium BCSize: 6.5 cm acrossDownload PDF

Quetta Valley, 3rd millennium BCSize: 32 cm longDownload PDF The traders of the Indus Valley established an outpost at Shortugai in […]

Indus Valley, 3rd millennium BCSize: 2.5 cmDownload PDF The flat side is drilled with a walking human figure with possible traces […]

Indus Valley, 3rd millennium BCSize: 5 cm highDownload PDF She stands on a square pedestal, elegantly coiffed and with her right […]

Indus Valley, 4th millennium BCSize: 2 cm diameterDownload PDF Both surfaces of the seal are drilled, with a bird motif on […]

Mehrgarh, Indus Valley, 5th millennium BCSize: 7 cm and 6.5 cm highDownload PDF If the non-conformist Anglican archbishop James Ussher (d. […]

Mehrgarh, Indus Valley, circa 4000 BCDownload PDF The appealing characteristic of the alabaster from which these vessels are made is the […]

Mehrgarh, Indus Valley, 3500–3000 BCSize: 16 cm diameter × 9 cm highDownload PDF Three yellow lions with manes of brown, pink […]

Mehrgarh, Indus Valley, 3500 BCSize: 19.5 cm diameterDownload PDF It has been suggested that the mysterious designs in black on the […]

Indus Valley, 3rd millennium BCSize: 19 cm highDownload PDF This strikingly simple representation of a long-horned bull’s head is as effective […]

Mehrgarh, Indus Valley, 3500–3000 BCSize: 21.5 cm diameter, 17.5 cm highDownload PDF The entire outer wall of the vessel is […]

Mehrgarh, Indus Valley, 3500–3000 BCSize: 26 cm diameterDownload PDF Decorated in red on a whitened ground with linked eight-pointed stars […]

Mehrgarh, Indus Valley, 3500–3000 BCSize: 14.5 × 11 cmDownload PDF Painted on the inside with a human figure, goats, a […]

Mehrgarh, Indus Valley, 3rd millennium BCSize: 37 cm highDownload PDF Decorated in black with a wealth of images showing farming, […]

Mehrgarh, Indus Valley, 3500–3000 BCSize: 43 cm high, 35 cm diameterDownload PDF  The decoration around this jar is a rare […]

Mehrgarh, Indus Valley, early 3rd millennium BCSize: 36 cm high, 30 cm base diameterDownload PDF The stand has polychrome decoration […]

Mehrgarh, Indus Valley, 3500–3000 BCSize: 18 cm diameterDownload PDF Decorated in dark brown with three elongated zebu bulls, each with […]

Mehrgarh, Indus Valley, 3rd millennium BCSize: 26 cm highDownload PDF Painted in black, with three enormous lions stalking the sides, […]

Ancient Bactria, mid-3rd millennium BCSize: 13 × 13 cmCopper alloy overlaid with goldDownload PDF These three horned heads are identical […]

Ancient Bactria, 3000 BC, or earlierSize: 12 × 20 cmDownload PDF This rare and unusually large animal figure is carved […]

Ancient Bactria, 3rd millennium BCSize: 23 cm highDownload PDF The comparison between this Owl and the carved-stone Bear (previous pages) […]

Ancient Bactria, 3rd millennium BCSize: 10.5 × 8 cmDownload PDF Ancient heroes are shown wrestling with giant anacondas on many […]

Ancient Bactria, 3rd millennium BCSize: 2 cm diameterDownload PDF The intaglio is carved with a running antelope. Pierced for suspension.

Ancient Bactria, late 3rd millennium BCSize: 6 cm high, 9 cm longDownload PDF It is the naturalism of the sculpture […]

Size: 9.2 cm highDownload PDF 65–71 COLLECTION OF SEVEN BACTRIAN SILVER VESSELSAncient Bactria, late 3rd–early 2nd millennium BCPublished: O. Bopearachchi, C. Landes, […]

Size: 4.2 cm high, 4.8 cm diameterDownload PDF 65–71 COLLECTION OF SEVEN BACTRIAN SILVER VESSELSAncient Bactria, late 3rd–early 2nd millennium BCPublished: O. […]

Size: 6 cm highDownload PDF 65–71 COLLECTION OF SEVEN BACTRIAN SILVER VESSELSAncient Bactria, late 3rd–early 2nd millennium BCPublished: O. Bopearachchi, C. Landes, […]

Size: 13.5 cm highDownload PDF 65–71 COLLECTION OF SEVEN BACTRIAN SILVER VESSELSAncient Bactria, late 3rd–early 2nd millennium BCPublished: O. Bopearachchi, C. Landes, […]

Size: 7.8 cm highDownload PDF 65–71 COLLECTION OF SEVEN BACTRIAN SILVER VESSELSAncient Bactria, late 3rd–early 2nd millennium BCPublished: O. Bopearachchi, C. Landes, […]

Size: 6.7cm high, 7.5cm diameterDownload PDF This scene of celebration with drinking and music is a fundamental reminder of what […]

Size: 17.5cm highDownload PDF This goblet presents a particularly rich iconography, but one which remains difficult to interpret unless one […]

Ancient Bactria, 3rd millennium BCSize: 10.5 cm highDownload PDF

Ancient Bactria, circa 2000 BCSize: 7.7 cm longDownload PDF The exterior is engraved with spirals. The feline handle provides an […]

Ancient Bactria, 3rd millennium BCSize: 12 cm highDownload PDF

Ancient Bactria, 3rd millennium BCSize: 4 cm highDownload PDF This vessel is an example of extreme technical wizardry. It was beaten […]

Ancient Bactria, 3rd millennium BCSize: 8.5 cm highDownload PDF It is rare to find such a typically Bronze Age shape of […]

Ancient Bactria, 3rd millennium BCSize: 6.5 cm high, 7 cm wideDownload PDF This unusual box and cover is carved to look […]

Ancient Bactria, 2nd millennium BC Size: 2.5 cm longDownload PDF

Ancient Bactria, 3rd millennium BC Size: 4 cm high, 6 cm wideDownload PDF The body and wings of the eagle are cloisonné […]

Ancient Bactria, 3rd millennium BCSize: 6.3 cm acrossDownload PDF

Ancient Bactria, circa 2500 BCSize: 13.5 cm diameterDownload PDF Carved with an all-over design of sheep’s fleece.

Ancient Bactria, 2nd millennium BC Size: 25 cm longDownload PDF

Ancient Bactria, 700 BC Size: 19.5 cm longDownload PDF The wonderful quality and colour of the lapis lazuli, and its superb carving, […]

Ancient Bactria, 3rd millennium BCSize: 8 cm longDownload PDF

Ancient Bactria, 3rd millennium BCSize: 7 cm diameterDownload PDF

Central Asia, circa 3500 BCSize: 17 cm high × 17 cm longDownload PDF This is an interesting symbol of the earliest […]

Bactria, 4th–3rd millennium BCSize: 26.5 cm longDownload PDF Incised down one side is a tall, elongated male figure, naked and standing […]

Ancient Bactria, circa 3000 BC4.5 cm highDownload PDF  A monkey cult seems to have existed in Bactria in the 3rd millennium […]

Ancient Bactria, 3rd millennium BCSize: 6 cm highDownload PDF

Ancient Bactria, 2nd millennium BCSize: 5 cm highDownload PDF

Ancient Bactria, 3rd millennium BCSize: 2 cm highDownload PDF

Ancient Bactria, 3rd millennium BCSize: 2.5 cm highDownload PDF

Ancient Bactria, 3rd millennium BCSize: 2 cm longDownload PDF

Altai region, early 19th centurySize: 9 cm high, 10 cm wideDownload PDF The great interest of this hood is the […]

Ancient Bactria and Indus Valley, 3rd millennium BC Download PDF a. Circular with a figure of a monkey, bronze. Size: 6.5 […]

Ancient Bactria, mid-3rd century BCSize: 9 cm high, 11 cm longDownload PDF It is not easy to identify the particular goat […]

Not illustratedAncient Bactria, circa 3500 BCSize: 4 cm long

Ancient Bactria, 3rd millennium BCSize: 17–19 cm longDownload PDF

Iran, 3rd–2nd millennium BCSize: 4–7 cm highHaematite, granite, limestone, alabasterDownload PDF

Ancient Bactria, 3rd millennium BCSize: 13 cm diameter; spout 10 cm longDownload PDF It is made in three pieces, and […]

Ancient Bactria, 3rd millennium BCSize: 1.7 cm highDownload PDF

Eastern Iran, late 3rd millennium BCSize: 11.8 cm highDownload PDF The big question that the group of figures to which this […]

Eastern Iran or Central Asia, circa 2000 BCSize: 35 cm longDownload PDF A similar pin from the Louvre was exhibited in […]

Bactria, 3rd–2nd millennium BCSize: 9.5 cm and 7.5 cm highDownload PDF They are both cast with a human head half way […]

Ancient Bactria, 3rd millennium BCSize: 10 cmDownload PDF A similar head made from red chlorite is recorded in Uzbekistan, dated to […]

Central Asia, 3rd millennium BCSize: 24 cm diameterDownload PDF The entire wall of the bowl is repoussé-worked, with a vivid scene […]

Ancient Bactria, 6th century BC Size: 5 cm longDownload PDF The sculpture is finely cast, defining the musculature, facial features and […]

Central Asia, 4th century BCSize: 6 cm highDownload PDF

Central Asia, 5th century BCSize: 4 cm highDownload PDF The intaglio is cut with a figure of a horse; the back […]

Central Asia, 1st millennium BCSize: 9 cm, 7.5 cm and 7.5 cm highDownload PDF Amulets like these have been found in […]

Central Asia, 4th–3rd century BCSize: 14 cm longDownload PDF

Central Asia, 3rd century BCSize: 4.5 cm diameterDownload PDF

Central Asia, 2nd century BCSize: 5 cm acrossDownload PDF

Greco-Bactria, 2nd–1st century BCSize: 3.5 cmDownload PDF

Central Asia, 4th century BCSize: 9.2 cm wide

Indo-Bactria, 1st century ADSize: 6.5 cm diameter The disc is pierced and carved with an amorous couple (maithuna).It appears to be […]

Southern Siberia, 5th–3rd century BCSize: 30 cm highBronze and goldDownload PDF This is one of the most important surviving relics of […]

Gandhara, 2nd century ADSize: 12 cm longDownload PDF A female deity is seated between two attendants in the central panel, […]

Central Asia, 7th–6th century BCSize: 8 × 6 × 8 cmDownload PDF The saiga antelope, with its characteristic long droopy muzzle, […]

Central Asia, 4th–3rd century BC Size: 7 cm diameterDownload PDF

Ordos, 5th century BCSize: 14.5 cm highDownload PDF This unique pair of chariot fittings each have three boars copulating in a […]

Greco-Scythian, 2nd century BCSize: 13 cm highDownload PDF She stands holding a large lotus flower in her right hand. Lakshmi is […]

Indo-Bactria, 1st century ADSize: 11 cm highDownload PDF The woman, decked out in all her jewels, lifts a finger to her […]

Gandhara, 2nd century AD Size: 8.5 × 12.5 cmDownload PDF Although usually described as a cosmetic dish, the obvious impracticality involved, […]

Gandhara, 2nd–1st century BCSize: 8.5 × 9 cmDownload PDF When Alexander the Great arrived in the Taxila valley in 326 BC, […]

Greater Gandhara, 5th–7th century ADSize: 8.5 × 13.5 cm Download PDF This remarkable plaque shows a scene of a princely figure drinking […]

Gandhara, 1st–4th century ADSize: 15 cm diameterDownload PDF Hercules performed twelve Labours, of which this was one. His method of doing […]

A Hellenistic Cosmetic DishGreek Bactria, 2nd–1st century BCSize: 11.5 cm diameterYellow chloriteDownload PDF The remarkable feature of this finely carved dish […]

Central India, 8th–9th centurySize: 2.7 cm highDownload PDF This ring is different from all the known bird rings of Java […]

Indo-Bactria, 3rd–2nd century BCSize: 10 cm highDownload PDF At the top of the pin is a young woman, probably Venus, standing […]

Central Asia, 5th–6th century ADSize: 10 cm longDownload PDF The motif of a garlanded mouflon is frequently seen on Soghdian textiles, […]

Central Asia, 5th century BCSize: 17.5 cm hig

Ancient Bactria, 2nd millennium BCSize: 4 cm

Indo-Greek Bactria, 1st–2nd century BCSize: 18.5 cm diameterDownload PDF This sublime representation of bejewelled and confident naked female beauty has nothing […]

Rome, 2nd–3rd century ADSize: 32.5 cm highDownload PDF The exact circumstances of this cult statue’s discovery remain unknown. It is the […]

Indo-Greek Bactria, 1st century ADSize: 6.2 cm highDownload PDF This exquisite figure of a lithe and lissom beauty, naked except for […]

Greco-Bactria, 1st century BCSize: 11.8 × 8.3 cmDownload PDF Ah, the elegance of those beauties from Bactria! We glimpse their magnificence […]

Bactria, 1st–2nd century BCSize: 5 cm highDownload PDF Loosely draped and largely naked, with a high chignon, she leans against a […]

Indo-Greek Gandhara, 2nd century BCSize: 7 cm diameterDownload PDF Nana was the Zoroastrian goddess of royalty and power. When one considers […]

Gandhara, 3rd–4th century ADSize: 12 × 7.2 cmDownload PDF A comfortable cow lies on the underside amid swirling vegetation and huge […]

Gandhara, 2nd–3rd century ADSize: 11 × 7 cmDownload PDF The back is carved with a lion attacking an elephant.

Bactria, 2nd century BCSize: 3 cmDownload PDF The seal shows a royal couple celebrating Nowruz, holding poppies, that look so beautiful […]

Bactria, 2nd century BCSize: 3.2 cm highDownload PDF This pod-shaped pendant is engraved with the figure of a kneeling sculptor […]

Gandhara, 2nd century BCSize: 3.5 cmDownload PDF This is one of the first known representations of Gajalakshmi, who was a […]

Black Sea area, mid-4th century BCSize: 2.8 × 1.8 cmDownload PDF The carving of this layered agate is of extraordinary […]

Central Asia, 5th–4th century BCSize: 6 × 4.5 cmDownload PDF

Imperial Rome, late 1st century BCSize: 11.5 cm highBronze, silver, copperDownload PDF An old friend and much-esteemed colleague bought this […]

Greco-Bactria, 3rd–2nd century BCSize: 3 cm highDownload PDF This miniature masterpiece of winged Eros playing a ‘guitar’, originally the head […]

Greco-Bactria, 2nd–1st century BCSize: 9.5 cm highCast bronzeDownload PDF This delightful depiction of tipsy Bacchus is also a work of […]

Roman, late 1st century BCSize: 6 cm longDownload PDF The marvellous quality of carving indicates that it was once part […]

Britain, 1st–2nd century ADSize: 4 cm highDownload PDF There are sixteen other recorded bronze figurines of bound prisoners, ten from […]

Italy, early 5th century BCSize: 10 cm highDownload PDF She wears a pointed bonnet over her long tresses, a robe […]

Alexandria, circa 300 BCSize: 3.2 × 1.2 cmDownload PDF The bezel is cast in high relief with a fine and […]

Inscribed with the title and name of Menander I SoterSigned by the Greek lapidary AndroklesIndo-Greek Bactria, 165–135 BCSize: Bowl 6.8 […]

Iran, 309–379 ADSize: 4.7 × 3.4 cmDownload PDF Shapur II is known as ‘the Great’, because during his long reign […]

Central Asia, 271–356 ADSize: 4 × 3.3 cm; 3 cm highDownload PDF The large dome-shaped seal engraving depicts a bust […]

Greater Gandhara, 3rd–4th century ADSize: 48 × 42 cmStoneDownload PDF Coins provide the evidence for the transformation of Hercules into Shiva, […]

Arachosie, 3rd century BCSize: 8.7 cm diameterDownload PDF It is astonishing how much can be clearly carved into a small space: […]

Arachosie, 3rd century BCSize: 10 cm diameterDownload PDF This mould is closely related to the bronze goblet that follows (no. […]

Indo-Bactria, 3rd century BCSize: 3.2 cm highDownload PDF The figure represents Prince Kunala after he had been blinded by his […]

Arachosie, late 2nd-early 1st century BCSize: 7.2 cm diameter; 4.5 cm highDownload PDF In a remarkable article, Jarrige has deciphered […]

Gandhara, 3rd–4th century ADSize: 63 cm highDownload PDF There are four known sculptures of Siddhartha from the same workshop, including […]

Swat Valley, mid-2nd century ADSize: 10.5 cm highDownload PDF The first Buddha images were made in the Swat Valley and […]

Swat Valley or Bajaur, 1st–2nd century ADSize: 15 cm highDownload PDF Bronze masks of Shiva and Bodhisattvas are known from […]

Gandhara, 2nd–3rd centurySize: 9 cm highDownload PDF The first serious missionary efforts on behalf of Buddhism were made by the […]

Gandhara, 2nd century ADSize: 7 cm highDownload PDF This small image of Buddha can be dated to the latter part […]

Gandhara, 2nd–4th century ADSize: 9.5 cm highBronzeDownload PDF Published: O. Bopearachchi, C. Landes, C. Sachs, De l’Indus à l’Oxus. Archéologie […]

Indo-Greek Bactria, 5th century ADSize: 16.5 cm highDownload PDF The lower half of this figure would have been in a […]

Greater Gandhara, 5th–6th century ADSize: 5 cm highDownload PDF

Greater Gandhara, 5th–6th century ADSize: 5.3 × 8.6 cmDownload PDF The mounted king is shooting a lion. He is dressed […]

Gandhara, 1st–2nd century ADSize: 15 cm highDownload PDF Skanda was the son of Shiva and Parvati, but unlike their other […]

Swat Valley, 7th century ADSize: 7.5 cm highSilverDownload PDF The lotus base, with leaves like artichokes, is typical of the […]

Swat Valley, 5th–6th century ADSize: 5 cm highDownload PDF Seated on a rectangular lotus base, she holds a sutra in […]

Greater Gandhara, 6th century ADSize: 7.5 cm highDownload PDF This figure is closely related to others in the Eilenberg Collection […]

Indo-Bactria, 3rd century BCSize: 4 cm highDownload PDF

Kham Zargar, Afghanistan, 1st century ADSize: 19.5 cm high, 34.5 cm diameter Download PDF The sieve is pierced with holes between […]

Gandhara, 5th century ADSize: 7.5 cm highDownload PDF Four long-necked geese hold up a lotus throne capital with their beaks. […]

Afghanistan, 8th–9th century ADSize: 3.1 cm highDownload PDF Hinduism was prevalent in the Kabul Valley, from where this bronze comes, […]

Probably from Loulan, Xinjiang, 3rd century ADSize: 37 × 25 cmDownload PDF Guardian kings, bearing swords and wearing crowns, are […]

Northern Afghanistan, 6th–7th century ADSize: 5.2 × 6 cmDownload PDF The only known comparable stamp is in the British Museum, […]

Northern Afghanistan, 6th–7th century ADSize: 2 cm diameterDownload PDF There are six lines of Brahmi script, and beading around the […]

Northern Afghanistan, 6th–7th century ADSize: 5.7 cm diameterDownload PDF Engraved with six lines of Brahmi script, and petals on the […]

Kashmir, 7th century ADSize: 20 cm longDownload PDF The Sanskrit inscription is drilled in dots around the upper part of […]

Marind-anim people, New Guinea, 19th centurySize: 28 cm longDownload PDF The Marind-anim people were much-feared cannibals of the Papuan Gulf […]

Central America, 1st half 1st millennium BCSize: 32 cm longDownload PDF

Greco-Bactria, 3rd–2nd century BCSize: 7 cm longDownload PDF

Probably medievalSize: 13.5 cm longDownload PDF The stone is marcasite (iron sulphide), and the phallus had a dual purpose: as […]

Tibet, ancient Size: 25 cm long Download PDF This phallus, with its marvellous molasses-like patina, is made of mammoth ivory from southern […]

Kashmir, 7th century ADSize: 7 cm highDownload PDF

Greater Gandhara, 5th century AD Size: 5 cm squareDownload PDF

Khmer, Angkor period, 12th–13th centurySize: 46 cm highDownload PDF

Nepal, 19th centurySize: 4 cm high, 6.5 cm diameterWoodDownload PDF For obvious reasons the female sex, unlike the male phallus, […]

Carthage, Tunisia, 2nd–4th centurySize: 11.5 cm long These three lamps, all from what is now Tunisia and then part of […]

Roman, 1st–2nd century AD3 cm long In the form of a lamp with a phallus in relief on its lid.

Roman from Central Asia, 4th century ADSize: 6.5 cm wide At the top is the shell of Aphrodite.

Argentina, 20th centurySize: 325 cm high, 50 cm wideDownload PDF

Constantinople, 5th–6th century ADSize: 4.5 cm highDownload PDF It is easy to assume that the two birds inside the cage […]

Constantinople, 12th centurySize: 3.5 cm highDownload PDF The ring has a cross on a stepped bezel, with finely chased decoration.

Bactria, 1st century BCSize: 4.5 × 3 cm bezelDownload PDF

Constantinople, 6th century ADSize: 14.5 cm diameterWeight: 312 gramsDownload PDF This weight appears to be the largest Byzantine example known, […]

Rome, 4th–5th century ADSize: 36 cm diameterDownload PDF The banded agate has swirling maculae, a quality much appreciated in the ancient […]

Yemen, 3rd–2nd century BCSize: 30.5 × 20 cmDownload PDF

South Arabia, 3rd–2nd century BCSize: 45 × 75 cmDownload PDF Made a long time ago, and yet the way the […]

Copied by ‘Ali bin Ahmad al-WarraqQairouan, Tunisia, dated Ramadan AH 410 / AD 1020 Size: 44.6 × 30.6 cm Download PDF Arabic manuscript on […]

Egypt, second half 14th centurySize: 34 × 24 cmDownload PDF These elegant pages, written in super-fluid muhaqqaq calligraphy, delicately vocalized […]

Signed by Isma’il ZuhdiIstanbul, Turkey, dated AH 1198 / AD 1783 Size: 21.5 × 33.5 cmDownload PDF The interest of this panel of […]

Supposedly Mesopotamia, circa 1220Probably Turkey, early 20th centurySize: 28 × 19.5 cm Watercolour and ink on paperAnd Noah he often […]

Bearing the Tamgha of Möngke Khan (1209–1259)Mongol Empire, 1251–1259Size: 26.5 cm long with spoutDownload PDF Möngke Khan’s tamgha was a […]

Central Asia, 13th centurySize: 3 cm Download PDF The hemispherical boss is repoussé-worked with the figures of four running hares, with […]

Anatolia, 11th centurySize: 12.5 cm diameterDownload PDF The iconography of this outstanding plaque is fascinating and extraordinary. A man in […]

Syria, circa 1300Size: 30.5 cm length with tail; 11.5 cm maximum widthKufic inscriptions: May God prolong its life…Download PDF The […]

Cairo, Egypt, circa AD 1290 Size: 20 cm longCarved wood with boneDownload PDF Each of the plaques was nailed to a pine […]

Egypt, 10th–11th century ADSize: jar 56 cm high; stand 32 cm highDownload PDF The jar is fluted, with two handles, […]

Probably Nishapur, Iran, 11th centurySize: 6.2 cm highDownload PDF This two-horned gaming piece is the equivalent of our mitre-coiffed Bishop […]

Afghanistan, 10th – 11th centuryA cruciform belt fitting engraved with an elaborated Kufic inscription. Size: 4 × 4.2 cmA cruciform […]

Khorassan, 11th–12th century ADSize: 9 cm high, 8.7 cm diameterCast bronze, gilding, nielloDownload PDF The shape of this unusual incense-burner is […]

Herat, Afghanistan, first half 15th centurySize: 7.52 cm high, 3.57 × 3.59 cm baseDownload PDF The seal is in the […]

Azerbaijan or Eastern Anatolia, 2nd half 15th centurySize: 24 cm highDownload PDF The reason for dating this mask to the […]

Syria, mid-15th century ADSize: 19 cm highDownload PDF This tile, underglaze painted in blue on white with the image of […]

Turkey, circa 1500 ADSize: 17.5 cm, Mammoth ivory and woodDownload PDF Apart from the elegance of design the plaque is […]

Herat, Afghanistan, 16th–17th centurySize: 16.5 cm longDownload PDF In hot climates the soundtrack of gardens comes from frogs, crickets and […]

Probably Herat, Afghanistan, late 15th centurySize: 10.5 cm diameterDownload PDF This talisman is most unusual, and in the course of […]

Turkey, 18th century or earlierSize: 8 cm diameterDownload PDF This example is unusual for its various attachments; a black stone […]

Inscribed with the name of Atziz Kwarezm ShahCentral Asia, 1127–1156Size: 2.5 cmDownload PDF Sometimes tiny objects pack a mighty punch. […]

Ghazna, Afghanistan, AH 613 / AD 1216–17 Weight: 44.48 gramsSize: 4.5 cm diameterDownload PDF This rare numismatic masterpiece is one of two known […]

1814–1866Shunga–PersicaIran, second half 19th centuryGouache on paperSize: 22.3 × 34 cmDownload PDF When Christie’s illustrated this miniature in a catalogue […]

North India, 17th centurySize: 6 cmDownload PDF

India, Deccan or Mughal, second quarter 17th centurySize: 19.5 cm longDownload PDF The bowl of the spoon is carved of […]

North India, 17th centurySize: 13 cm and 10 cm highDownload PDF

Ottoman Bosnia, 18th centurySize: 12 × 10 cmDownload PDF The inscription in Persian, ‘Yadgar-e-Saray Bosnia’ means ‘Memento of the Palace […]

Iran, 17th centurySize: 24 cm with keyDownload PDF It bears a quatrain reported as being recited by Ibn al-Burhan on […]

Iran, circa 1909Size: 4 × 4.5 cmDownload PDF The Anjoman-e Okhovat, the ‘Order of Fraternity’, was established in 1899 by […]

Turkey, 18th–19th centurySize: 50 cm long Carved woodDownload PDF  We know this belonged to a Bektashi dervish because of the […]

Turkey, 18th–19th centurySize: 3.5 × 2.8cmSilver frame and loopDownload PDF

Iran, mid–16th centurySize: 39.5 × 26 cmDownload PDF The manuscript has 317 folios, and 6 fly-leaves. The text is written […]

South Italy or Sicily, circa 1200Size: 39 cm longDownload PDF That this bronze is medieval is not in doubt. Its […]

Berlin, Germany, mid-18th centurySize: 102 × 149 cmOil on canvasDownload PDF The pelts of the Oranienburg fox with two tails, […]

Germany, 16th centurySize: 18.5 cm highDownload PDF Exhibited and published: An Exhibition of Medieval, Renaissance and Islamic Works of Art, […]

South Germany, 12th centurySize: 66 cm highLimewoodDownload PDF A long river journey has worn smooth and reshaped the Heian Bosatsu […]

Japan, Heian period (794–1185), early 12th centurySize: 35 cm highHikoki (Japanese cypress wood)Download PDF Sculptures of Nagare Botoke (‘Flowing Buddha’) […]

Japan, circa 1900 Size: 32 × 22 cmDownload PDF The magical surface of this tray is the result of decades of […]

Japan, 19th centurySize: 12 × 7.5 cmDownload PDF This exquisite thick slice of ivory, with its honey-coloured patina and deceptively […]

Japan, 18th centurySize: 76 cm diameterDownload PDF The contrast between the rough wood and the smooth surface of the interior, […]

Indus Valley, 3rd millennium BCSize: 2.4 cm diameterDownload PDF THE EVIL EYEOne morning, Bahaudin Naqshband went into the great market […]

Indus Valley, 3rd millennium BCSize: 3.5 cm longSilver mountDownload PDF

Ancient Bactria, 3rd millennium BC; engraved 10th/11th century ADSize: 3 × 2.5 cmDownload PDF The bezel is engraved with an eight-pointed […]

Afghanistan, 1st–2nd century ADSize: 12.5 cm highDownload PDF Around her neck she wears a necklace with a talisman to ward […]

Spain, early 17th centurySize: 8 × 4.5 cmDownload PDF Published and exhibited: J. Kugel, Joyeaux Renaissance, Une Splendeur Retrouvée, Paris, […]

Sri Lanka, dated 1771Size: 14.5cm highDownload PDF The amorous scene, the trumpeting winged cherubs above the initials ‘CBI’ and ‘IDB’, […]

Probably Ayudhya, Siam, 16th centurySize: 11.5 cm diameter, 11.3 cm high; wood mount 17 cm highIvory and woodDownload PDF This […]

19th centurySize: 151 × 98 cmEider down and puffin skinsDownload PDF I hesitated to include this blanket in the catalogue, […]

Mario Ruspoli to John Hewett, 1971Download PDF When someone like John Hewett disappears, an archive of the endeavours of an […]

Bering Sea, 1336–AD 1458 Size: 3.8 cm highDownload PDF This tiny head has an unexpected feature: when viewed against the light […]

Alaska, 19th centurySize: 36 cm longDownload PDF

East Coast America, 19th centurySize: 96.5 cm longDownload PDF The cane is made from the rib of a whale, and […]

Okvik Culture, St Lawrence Sound, 400 BC–AD 100 Size: 24.5 cm longDownload PDF

Jamestown, Massachusetts, 17th–18th centurySize: 19 cm longBuffalo horn In 1607, three ships carrying 104 men landed at a place they […]

Portugal, 19th centurySize: 1m 20cm highOak and mahoganyDownload PDF A whaler was wrecked by a storm off the north coast […]

On kind loan from a private collectionDownload PDF SEA OTTER16th–17th centurySize: 9 cm longThe sea otter is a most unusual […]

The Monte Region of ArgentinaSize: 7 to 10 cmDownload PDF These mysterious stones come from the collection of Ricardo and […]

Peru, age of engraving disputedSize: 19 × 15 cmDownload PDF There have been many magical objects that have passed through […]

The Twenty-Eight Phases of the Moon(December, 2015)Size: 60 × 30 cmOil on canvasDownload PDF In 2012, at the first Every […]

Mezcala, West Coast of Mexico, 700 BC–AD 300 Size: 17.8 cm highHard stoneDownload PDF He gazes into other worlds, the stars […]

Mezcala, West Coast of Mexico, 700 BC–AD 300 Size: 19 cm highSerpentineDownload PDF If you care to look into the dark […]

Size: 49 × 31 cmWeight: 70 kg approximatelyMeteorite type: IronStructural Classification: Coarse OctahedriteGroup I. 6.68% Ni; 0.43% Co; 0.25% P; […]

Imilac, ChileSize: 160 × 110 mmWeight: 196 g and 214 gDownload PDF It says a lot for the sensibility of […]

Russia, found 1967Size: 11 cmWeight: 5,800 gDownload PDF Seymchan is a pallasite meteorite found in the dry bed of the […]

Cabuchon lodestone mounted in silver and steelBezel size: 3.2 × 2.3 cmDownload PDF Lodestone is one of only two minerals […]

Gweru District, ZimbabweSize: 41 × 26 × 23 cmDownload PDF

Fontainebleau, France, circa 30 million years oldSize: 20 cm highDownload PDF Formed from grains of quartz cemented by infiltrations of […]

Holland, 18th centurySize: 40 cm highWeight: 75 kg approximatelyDownload PDF

Probably Linghi County, Anhui Province, Qing Dynasty (1644–1911)Size: 53 cm highCalcite with fitted rosewood baseDownload PDF Chinese scholars liked to […]

English, dated 1628Size: Apple 6 cm diameter, 8 cm high with stalk; Skull 4.5 cm highSilver, colours, leather boxDownload PDF

Haiti, 19th centurySize: 9 cm highOld label: Polished pewter cane top from Voodoo priest staff. Haiti, 19th c.Download PDF This […]

France, 16th–17th centurySize: 5 cm highDownload PDF There is another version in the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, but it represents […]

France, 18th centurySize: 3.3 cmDownload PDF

France, circa 1800Size: 7 cm highDownload PDF

France, 18th centurySize: 4.5 cm highDownload PDF

Probably Venice, 16th–17th centurySize: 13 cmWeight: 2.4 kgDownload PDF This unusual bead was found on one of Indonesia’s outer islands, […]

Satan in CouncilMezzotint and engraving, 1824Size: 480 × 701 mmOne of approximately ten known impressions on wove paper (Cambell-Wees 87)Beneath […]

Les SataniquesThe complete series of Felicien Rops’ extraordinary Les Sataniques. Vernis mou on Japan paper, each signed or initialled by […]

North America, early 20th centurySize: 1m 77cm highDownload PDF Interest in the balalaika in America developed as a result of […]

fromJEAN-CLAUDE CIANCIMINO’sAlchemical toy-cupboardDownload PDF Inscription: ‘The disciple of xxx [place, erased] xxx mao [name, erased] signed respectfully.To offer a Hu […]

Gandaki River, Nepal, ancientfromJEAN-CLAUDE CIANCIMINO’s Alchemical toy-cupboardDownload PDF One of Jean-Claude’s abiding passions was for mysterious stones. He would bring […]

Nepal, ancient. Size: 8.5 cm longfromJEAN-CLAUDE CIANCIMINO’s Alchemical toy-cupboard

Tibet, 18th–19th century, or olderSize of mortar: 9.5 × 7 cmfromJEAN-CLAUDE CIANCIMINO’s Alchemical toy-cupboardDownload PDF

Probably Benares, made for the Nepali Temple, 19th centurySize: 8 cm high, base 6.5 cm squarefromJEAN-CLAUDE CIANCIMINO’s Alchemical toy-cupboardDownload PDF

Probably Benares, made for the Nepali Temple, 19th centurySize: 6 cm high, base 9 cm squarefromJEAN-CLAUDE CIANCIMINO’s Alchemical toy-cupboardDownload PDF

Nepal, 16th–17th centurySize: 6.7 cm squarefromJEAN-CLAUDE CIANCIMINO’s Alchemical toy-cupboardDownload PDF

Tibet, 17th century or earlierSize: 15 × 10 cmfromJEAN-CLAUDE CIANCIMINO’s Alchemical toy-cupboardDownload PDF Exhibited and Published: Tantra, Hayward Gallery, London, […]

Tibet, ancient Size: 20 cmfromJEAN-CLAUDE CIANCIMINO’s Alchemical toy-cupboardDownload PDF Cups made from the human skull are a familiar part of […]

Haiti, 19th centurySize: 52 cm longSteel and brassfromJEAN-CLAUDE CIANCIMINO’s Alchemical toy-cupboardDownload PDF Objects connected with magic and religion had a […]

Himalayan region, ancientSize: 13 cm longBrown stonefromJEAN-CLAUDE CIANCIMINO’s Alchemical toy-cupboardDownload PDF

Mound Culture, Illinois, circa 1500–1200 bcSize: 12.5 cm diameter fromJEAN-CLAUDE CIANCIMINO’s Alchemical toy-cupboardDownload PDF

China, river-polished, probably collected in the Ming period, 16th–17th centurySize: 14 cm widefromJEAN-CLAUDE CIANCIMINO’s Alchemical toy-cupboardDownload PDF

fromJEAN-CLAUDE CIANCIMINO’s Alchemical toy-cupboardDownload PDF 296  CONSTELLATED RED PORPHYRY GRINDING STONE AND PESTLEIndia, 19th century or earlierSize of stone: 28 […]

England, 18th centurySize: 21 cm highfromJEAN-CLAUDE CIANCIMINO’s Alchemical toy-cupboardDownload PDF

England, first half 19th centurySize: 23.5 cm, 17 cm and 11 cm highfromJEAN-CLAUDE CIANCIMINO’s Alchemical toy-cupboardDownload PDF

Germany, 17th–18th centurySize: 25 cm highfromJEAN-CLAUDE CIANCIMINO’s Alchemical toy-cupboardDownload PDF

Germany, 18th centurySize: 10.5–3 cm diameterfromJEAN-CLAUDE CIANCIMINO’s Alchemical toy-cupboardDownload PDF The interest in this group of turned ivories was revealed […]

Byzantine Empire, 10th–11th centurySize: 33.5 cm diameterfromJEAN-CLAUDE CIANCIMINO’s Alchemical toy-cupboardDownload PDF For a silver-gilt mounted alabaster paten in the Treasury […]

Japan, 19th centurySize: 28 cm highfromJEAN-CLAUDE CIANCIMINO’s Alchemical toy-cupboardDownload PDF The species originated in South Africa, and then through trade […]

Himalayan region, naturally formedSize: 24 cm, 16 cm highfromJEAN-CLAUDE CIANCIMINO’s Alchemical toy-cupboardDownload PDF Found in rivers, rolled smooth over centuries, […]

415–250 million years old; base circa 1800Fossil size: 19 cm high, 25 cm long Base size: 11 cm high, 28 […]

Western India, early 18th centurySize: 11.5 × 26.3 cmColours on paperfromJEAN-CLAUDE CIANCIMINO’s Alchemical toy-cupboardDownload PDF Inscribed on the back: ‘J.C […]

Japan, 17th centurySize: 6.5 cm highfromJEAN-CLAUDE CIANCIMINO’s Alchemical toy-cupboardDownload PDF I remember very well the day Jean-Claude bought this reliquary […]

Jain, Gujarat, 18th centurySize: 31 × 13 cmOpaque watercolour on woodfromJEAN-CLAUDE CIANCIMINO’s Alchemical toy-cupboardDownload PDF Exhibited and published: The Peaceful […]

France, early 19th centurySize: 42.5 cm highfromJEAN-CLAUDE CIANCIMINO’s Alchemical toy-cupboardDownload PDF

Italy, early 19th centurySize: Table 15 cm high; Sphere 7.5 cm diameterfromJEAN-CLAUDE CIANCIMINO’s Alchemical toy-cupboardDownload PDF

Central India, 14th–15th centurySize: 33 cm and 19 cm highfromJEAN-CLAUDE CIANCIMINO’s Alchemical toy-cupboardDownload PDF

France, early 19th centurySize: 32 cm highfromJEAN-CLAUDE CIANCIMINO’s Alchemical toy-cupboardDownload PDF These are rare three-dimensional realizations of Wentzel Jamnitzer’s engravings […]

New Kingdom, 1550–1070 BCSize: 14 cm highfromJEAN-CLAUDE CIANCIMINO’s Alchemical toy-cupboardDownload PDF Jean-Claude obviously had a taste for women from all […]

Egypt, 18th Dynasty, 1550–1292 BCSize: 19 cm longCarved woodfromJEAN-CLAUDE CIANCIMINO’s Alchemical toy-cupboardDownload PDF This beard is a reminder of an […]

The Levant, early 1st millennium BCSize: 8 cm highfromJEAN-CLAUDE CIANCIMINO’s Alchemical toy-cupboardDownload PDF

New Kingdom, 1550–1070 BCSize: 16.5 cm high, 29.5 cm longfromJEAN-CLAUDE CIANCIMINO’s Alchemical toy-cupboardDownload PDF

1927–1983‘And on the Seventh Day God ended His work which He had made’New York, 1959–75Size: 20 × 16cmLabradoriteDownload PDF Oblomovsky arrived […]

A l’Heure de l’Observatoire – les AmoureuxSize: Image: 35.5 × 89.8 cm, Sheet: 60.5 × 105.3 cmLithograph printed in colours, […]

Mae West’s Lips SofaMade, and re-branded ‘Marilyn Lips’, by Studio 65, 1972Size: 84 cm high, 205.5 cm wideWool-upholsteredDownload PDF The […]

CadeauCast metal multiple, 16.5 cm highSigned, titled and numbered 4822/5000 in white ink on the handleInitialled and numbered on the […]

Poire d’Erik SatieColour lithograph on paper, 1969Size: 45.7 × 29.2 cmSigned with monogram (lower right) and numbered ‘116/120’ (lower left)Download […]

Priapus, God of FertilityEdition of Galerie Iolas, 1972, signed and numbered 185/500Size: 52 cm high, 30 cm diameterDownload PDF 

Palettes No. IVMultiple, with wood and paint, 1969Size: 71 × 51 cm (outer margins)Signed and numbered 35/74 in pencil (lower […]

Stamped: ‘Young, 37 Gower St WC, 1888’Made for E. HinchcliffeSize: 60 cmDownload PDF It is obvious why such a palette […]

George Washington Bridge with “B”Lithograph, 1931–32Size: 35.2 × 25 cmFull margins. Edition of 50 (from an intended edition of 75).Signed, […]

Men of SteelDrypoint, circa 1940Size: 378 × 295 cm. Full margins. Edition of 250.Signed and titled in pencil (lower margin).Published […]

Laguna CoveWood engraving on Japan paper, 1935Size: 13.2 × 7.9 cmFull margins. Edition of 200.Signed and titled in pencil (lower […]

Smoke TreeWood engraving on Japan paper, 1953Size: 20 × 15 cm. Full margins. Artist’s proof, aside from the edition of […]

Desert WallWood engraving, 1932Size: 14 × 17.8 cmFull margins. Signed, titled and numbered 7/50 in pencil (lower margin).A very good, […]

Sultry DayWood engraving, 1937Size: 20.3 × 15.2 cmFull margins. Edition of 200, published by American Artists Group, New York.A superb, […]

The Sentinel of the MesaNot illustratedLithograph on cream laid paper, 1933Size: 40 × 50 cmWide margins. Signed, titled and dedicated […]

Windwhipped PinesLithograph, circa 1928Size: 40.5 × 56 cmFull margins. Signed and titled in pencil (lower margin).A very good impression.Download PDF

Shallow CreekLithograph, circa 1928Full margins. Edition of 150. Signed in pencil (lower right).Published by Associated American Artists, New York.A superb, […]

MoonlightLithograph, 1926Size: 35.6 × 42.9 cm. Wide margins. Edition of 60. Signed, titled and dated in pencil (lower margin). Winnan […]

A Negro GroupWood engraving on thin laid Japan paper, circa 1927Size: 18.7 × 22.1 cm. Full margins. Signed and titled […]

Germany, mid-19th centuryCase size: 56 × 90 cmLeather, fabrics, feathers and brass; mahogany, green baize and original glassDownload PDF

England, 15th–16th centurySize: 5 cm longDownload PDF Birds of prey were trained to return to the call of a whistle. […]

London, 19th centuryCase size: 79 × 113 cm (open)74 chisels (one missing from the full set of 75)Download PDF The […]

Kenyah-Kayan style, Mahakam River, East Kalimantan, Borneo, 19th centurySize: 115 cm long, 26 cm high, 30 cm wide.Hardwood, shells and […]

Ivory Coast, 19th centuryDownload PDF a.  long-beaked bird of abstract form, 21 cm high.b.  man clasping his beard and groin, […]

Southern Africa, probably by a Nguni sculptor, circa 1900Size: 32 cm highDownload PDF Presented to girls on their maturity, such […]

South-central Congo, along the Wamba River, circa 1930Size: 11.5 cm high, 14.5 cm wideDownload PDF This cup had a ceremonial […]

Mbole tribe, Central Congo, 19th centurySize: 24 cmWeight: 1.8 kgDownload PDF Copper was wealth in the Congo in the 19th […]

Ifugao people, Luzon, Philippines, 19th centurySize: 36 cm diameterDownload PDF This classic Ifugao artefact, adzed from hardwood, has been described […]

Solomon Islands, 19th centurySize: 14 cm – 6.7 cmDownload PDF For smaller transactions in the Solomon Islands, too small for […]

Rubiana Lagoon, Solomon Islands, collected in 1895Size: 17 cm. Weight: 1.48 kgDownload PDF Such island currencies were not subject to […]

Cameroon, 19th centurySize: 26 cm longWeight: 53 gDownload PDF

Ibo tribe, Nigeria, 19th centurySize: 41 cmWeight: 2.78 kgDownload PDF Spirally twisted copper was the original currency of the Ibo, […]

Cook Islands, early 19th centurySize: 18 cm longDownload PDF Known as a matau by the Cook Islanders, this rare example […]

Cambodia, mid-20th centurySize: 28 × 46 cmOx-horn and steelDownload PDF The horn gathered a beak-full of rice, which was then […]

New Britain, circa 1900Size: 22 cm maximum diameter The largest island of the Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain was known as […]

Ancient Bactria, 3rd millennium BCSize: 9 cm acrossDownload PDF

Pacific Islands, pre-ContactSize: 18 cm longDownload PDF

Pacific Islands, pre-ContactSize: 32 cm longDownload PDF

Orissa, 18th centurySize: 20.6 cm highDownload PDF She presents herself very boldly, unlike coy Greek Aphrodite. She reflects several recognizable […]

North India, circa 1600Size: 4.5 cm highDownload PDF The ivory is carved in the form of a lion’s head with […]

Deccan, 17th centurySize: 26.5 × 11.5 × 9 cmDownload PDF There are similar pen-boxes in the Museum fur Islamische Kunst, […]

Not illustratedBig Island of Hawaii, 17th–18th centurySize: 17.5 cm and 16.5 cm long Of typical faceted Polynesian shape used for […]

‘Coiffed to Kill’Lagos, Nigeria, 28th January 2011Size: 60 × 49.5 cmDownload PDF Johnson Donatus Aihumekeokhai Ojeikere was born in 1930 […]

Central Congo region, circa 1900Size: 24 cm highDownload PDF The Lele people, related to the Kuba tribe, live between the […]

1887– 1970A Ventriloquist at Christie’sSize: 34 × 49 cmWatercolour on paperDownload PDF H.M. Bateman was the great cartoonist of the […]

From the Rosehill CollectionCirca 2,400 BC, type 1 Dagger PeriodSizes: 21.2 cm, 20.2 cm, 19.2 cm, 19 cm, 19 cm

Renaissance Rome, 17th centurySize: 1 m 20 cmParian marble

Rome, 1st half of 20th centurySize: 90 cm highParian marble

Central Europe, circa 1000 BCSizes: a.24cm high. b.21cm high. c.13cm high.

South Arabia, 1st-2nd century ADSizes: a.21 cm high (inlaid eyes); b. 22bm high

South Arabia, 1st-2nd century ADSize: 20.5 cm

Antilles, West Indies, 900-1500Size: 15 cm high

Probably from Bhutan, early 20th centurySize: 30 cm longWith suspension loop

A NarcissusIran, early 18th centurySize: 29 x 19 cm album page: 15 x 11.5 cm paintingGouache and gold on paper

Probably Herat, Khurasan, second half 15th centurySize: 13.5 cm high This appears to be the only known example of a […]

Sicily, 12th-13th centurySize: 12 x 8 x 8 cmLined with late medieval textile Provenance: Lionel Harris (1862-1942)

By George Baxter, 1857Size: 13 x 9 cm Vah-Ta-Ah was the daughter of Cakobau, the “cannibal king” of Fiji. She […]

South Africa, 1889Size: 12 x 16 cm

France, 19th centurySize: 10 cm high

Sunflowers.2017Size: 60 x 40 cmOil on canvas

19th century, some earlier a.  A Walrus Tusk, facetted and decorated in scrimshaw with multiple scenes of hunting , with […]

Germany, early 20th centurySize: 8 cm highDownload PDF

North-West Coast USA, 19th centurySize: 72 cm long

Central Asia, 6th-5th century BCSize: 3 cm highDownload PDF The Scythians established the first nomadic empire of Central Asia. This […]

Tabriz or Baghdad, circa 1310 ADSize: 30 x 22 cm The manuscript is the first juz’ of a 30-part Qur’an, […]

Probably Herat, Afghanistan, early 16th century ADSize: 22.5 x 15 cmLacquer binding, circa 1600 AD The manuscript has 36 folios […]

Mound Culture, Illinois, circa 1500-1200 BCSize: 26.5 cm long Provenance: David Knight Estate, London.The hard stone is a beautiful green-black […]