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3rd-2nd millennium B.C. A ceramic fertility idol modelled in the half-round as a naked female figure cupping her breasts, short hair emerging bene...

3rd-2nd millennium B.C. A ceramic fertility goddess idol modelled in the half-round with hands clasped together between her breasts, wearing a hea...

3rd-1st millennium B.C. A ceramic fertility idol produced in the half-round with hands cupping breasts, bearded male head wearing a head covering....

3rd-2nd millennium B.C. A ceramic fertility goddess idol produced in the half-round as a nude female figure clasping her breasts, wearing a headdr...

3rd-2nd millennium B.C. A ceramic fertility goddess figure modelled in the half-round with hands clasping breasts, wearing a headdress and neck or...

c.12th-8th century B.C. A ceramic fertility idol with stylised anatomical features, hands clasping full breasts, wearing neck ornamentation and vo...

c.3500-3000 B.C. A terracotta 'eye' idol with conical body and twin loops forming 'eyes'. 168 grams, 12 cm high (4 3/4 in). Earlier 20th century ...

13th-12th century B.C. A terracotta chalice composed of an openwork tripartite stem, bowl with inverted rim and splayed foot. 2.4 kg, 35.5 cm hig...

13th-12th century B.C. A terracotta chalice composed of an openwork tripartite stem, bowl with inverted rim and splayed foot. 2.1 kg, 35 cm high ...

3000-2700 B.C. A large Bronze Age terracotta bowl with four small ledge handles. 3.5 kg, 34 cm (13 1/4 in). UK gallery, acquired in the 2000s. Pr...

11th-10th century B.C. A ceramic tripod with the main body decorated with four images of warrior-hunters dressed in long chitons and armed with sp...

13th-12th century B.C. A ceramic carinated vessel with everted rim and shallow foot, ochre-coloured painted geometric motifs. 670 grams, 14.6 cm ...

13th-12th century B.C. A vessel with squat carinated vessel with two stubby conical legs pierced through to the body, funicular neck and integral ...

3rd-1st century B.C. A large amphora with squat carinated body and broad shoulder, broad neck, stepped rim, integral handle and domed foot, decora...

1st millennium B.C. A ceramic rhyton formed as a stylised kneeling ram with figure of eight-shaped body, its slender legs tucked beneath its over-...

3rd-7th century A.D. or later. A square-shaped stone tile with scene composed of a mounted huntsman galloping left on a horse, turning in the sadd...

14th-15th century A.D. A triangular glazed ceramic tile with central floral motif; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 4 kg, 42 x 36.5 cm (16...

2nd-mid 8th century A.D. An amulet fragment with tapering, flat-section body, bearing c.29 lines of magical Aramaic inscription to both faces. 14...

3rd-2nd millennium B.C. A pair of amuletic lead vessels formed as stylised fish with detailing to scales and heads, exaggerated mouths forming ves...

9th-12th century A.D. A pendant carved in amber depicting a female bust modelled in the round with high-relief stylised facial features, neatly ra...

18th-19th century A.D. A rectangular cover for a Qur'an comprising: two bronze plates and a slightly curved spine hinged along both long edges; ba...

16th century A.D. A very large tinned copper circular tray with bands and panels of dense foliage, birds and animals in profile. 3.6 kg, 58.5 cm ...

c.13th century A.D. A hemispherical bowl with a stylised floral motif to interior base, exterior with circumferential hatched band, concentric cir...

19th century A.D. A framed gouache on cardboard painting portraying an important panoramic view of Mecca, with a detailed representation of the Ka...

19th-early 20th century A.D. A large rectangular watercolour painting depicting a court scene with assembled crowd of courtiers and attendants, on...

Tang Dynasty, 618-907 A.D. A group of two ceramic figures, each modelled as a female musician on horseback, each horse standing on a quadrilateral...

Tang Dynasty, 618-907 A.D. A ceramic horse modelled in the round prancing on a rectangular base, right foreleg raised, with integral moulded saddl...

Northern Wei Dynasty, 386-534 A.D. A ceramic horse modelled in the round standing on an integral base, neck stretched upwards and head turned, mou...

Tang Dynasty, 618-907 A.D. A ceramic horse modelled in the round prancing on a rectangular base, right foreleg bent and raised, integral moulded s...

Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 A.D. A carved stone figure of a horse standing on a rectangular base with detailed bridle, saddle and saddle blanket, brai...

Tang Dynasty, 618-907 A.D. A ceramic figure modelled as a standing Bactrian camel on a flat irregular base, integral rider on a moulded saddle wit...

Tang Dynasty, 618-907 A.D. A ceramic figure of a lady in floor-length courtly dress with right hand holding a disc (embroidery frame?) and left ha...

Tang Dynasty, 618-907 A.D. A ceramic figure of a standing lady in floor-length courtly dress with hands enfolded within the sleeves; pink and gree...

Wei Dynasty, 534-550 A.D. A ceramic figure of a standing Guanyin female modelled in the round on a waisted lotus-flower base; the figure with eleg...

Han Dynasty, 206 B.C.-220 A.D. A ceramic figure of a slender female wearing a flared floor-length robe, hair tied to the rear, hands covered by th...

Song Dynasty, 960-1127 A.D. A terracotta tile with a facing high-relief figure of a female in floor-length robe with sash to the shoulders, holdin...

3rd millennium B.C. A carinated ceramic jar with short everted neck and two loop handles low down on the body, the upper body painted with a friez...

3rd millennium B.C. A ceramic jar with piriform body, bulbous neck, everted rim and two integral loop handles below the shoulder, decorated with a...

3rd millennium B.C. A ceramic jar with piriform body, bulbous neck, everted rim and two integral loop handles below the shoulder, decorated with a...

Wei Dynasty, 534-550 A.D. A carved schist statue of a standing figure with loosely draped shawl (uttariya) flowing over the flexed arms and erect ...

Northern Qi, 6th-7th century A.D. An Uddiyana style Buddha modelled in the round standing, wearing an ankle-length robe with u-shaped folds runnin...

c.6th century A.D. A Bodhisattva figure modelled in the round crowned and standing, right hand raised with palm facing outwards, left hand extende...

15th century A.D. A bronze figurine of the god Vishnu standing erect wearing pleated paridhana and columnar headdress; the six hands each holding ...

c.2nd century A.D. A bronze Uddiyana Buddha modelled in the round seated on a lotus flower, hands held in a teaching mudra, with detailing to the ...

5th-10th century A.D. A statuette modelled in the round as Buddha seated in padmasana, hair covering ushnisha, stylised facial features, silver in...

c.5th century A.D. A bronze stele with trefoil body, mounted on a four-legged base, Uddiyana-style Buddha standing at the centre, Bodhisattvas to ...

Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 A.D. A hollow-formed bronze li vessel in archaic Chou style, with three stub legs, globular body with high-relief masks, s...

Han Dynasty, 206 B.C.-220 A.D. A copper-alloy pilgrim's flask with 'heart-shaped' moulding to both faces, splayed base, narrow cylindrical neck, d...

Han Dynasty, 206 B.C.-220 A.D. A piriform copper-alloy vessel with raised medial band of figurative geometric animals, circumferential band of inl...

18th century A.D. or earlier. A hollow-formed bronze head from a statue of a Vajimukha wearing a tiered crown with notched brim and dentilled deta...

1st century B.C.-4th century A.D. A provincial bronze wolf statuette modelled standing, slender body and stylised features, geometric forms to bot...

Han or Eastern Zhou Dynasty, 334 B.C.-220 A.D. A flat-section bronze annular chariot fitting comprising two profile serpent masks with open mouths...

2nd-3rd century A.D. A discoid mirror with concentric geometric borders and scene composed of horse-drawn carriages and robed figures, possibly re...

6th-2nd century B.C. A mixed group of nine openwork belt mounts of predominantly zoomorphic form, comprising: two regardant birds with lug to each...

Tang Dynasty, 618-907 A.D. A group of four gilt musician figures depicting court ladies comprising: two seated figures dressed in voluminous robes...

18th-19th century A.D. A gilt Buddha figure modelled in the round wearing a robe, seated on a lotus flower dais, legs crossed and hands held in a ...

18th-19th century A.D. A hollow-formed gilt-bronze figure of Buddha sitting cross-legged on a D-shaped base, the right hand in the Bhumisparsha mu...

18th-19th century A.D. A gilt statuette of Ganesh from a Mahakala statue, modelled dancing, wearing jewellery and a skirt, nude torso; mounted on ...

14th-15th century A.D. A gilt copper-alloy head modelled in the round as a crowned Buddha head, semi-naturalistic detailing to the face, with lent...

Qing Dynasty, 18th-19th century A.D. A pair of bronze foo lion dogs modelled in the round standing, each with a front paw resting on a spherical o...