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2nd-1st century BC. A ceramic skyphos with two strap handles, the sidewall with everted rim, four appliqué panels, each presenting an erotic scene...

6th century BC. An Archaic buffware flask formed as a Corinthian aryballos warrior head wearing helmet; flat rim to mouth of the vessel and painte...

2nd century BC. A silver bell-shaped cup or bowl, raised from a single sheet of silver, parcel-gilt, with hatched gilt bands to the inner face, po...

2nd-1st century BC. A silver parcel-gilt cup comprising a globular body with rounded underside, repoussé rosette with ropework border, segmented b...

2nd-1st century BC. A substantial silver cup with fluted globular body, flat base with incised concentric rings; tapering shoulder, everted rolled...

5th-4th century BC. A silver two-handled drinking cup with a flared foot, plain body with everted rim; two applied loop handles with scallop shell...

4th-3rd century BC. A piriform silver vessel with small foot with multi-petalled rosette within the recess, vertically fluted body, ovolo to the s...

2nd-1st century BC. A slender silver rhyton formed as the forepart of a roe deer with folded legs, the animal's neck slightly arched; large eyes, ...

2nd-1st century BC. A shallow silver phiale with chamfered thickened rim; narrow band of gilding beneath the rim, broad parcel-gilt decorative ban...

2nd-1st century BC. A hammered, chased and soldered silver-gilt cup with central medallion of Nike in high-relief; the bowl is formed as a truncat...

4th-2nd century BC. A silver drinking vessel with deep rounded body, arched ribbed rim, waisted stem and tiered discoid foot; circumferential band...

6th-4th century BC. A silver ladle or simpulum with large integral round loop handle, surmounted by two lions with heads facing back; to the lower...

6th century BC. A bronze statuette modelled as a bare-chested banqueteer, reclining on his left side, knees bent slightly towards the chest, right...

5th-4th century BC. A bronze statuette of a dancing satyr with right leg and arm straight, left leg and arm raised, bearded face with wide slender...

9th-8th century BC. An eastern Mediterranean or Syrian bronze statuette or idol formed as a female figure standing with hands placed on the hips, ...

6th-5th century BC. A pair of bronze vase handles, stamnos, each comprising a round-section bow with beaded ribs, collars at the centre and at eac...

2nd-1st century BC. A substantial gold ring with facetted and angled shoulders, raised bezel with everted rim set with finely-carved banded agate ...

4th-3rd century BC. A gold finger ring with round-section hoop and discoid terminals comprising a decorative border featuring small granulated bea...

5th-3rd century BC. A gold ring with slender D-section hoop, expanding at the shoulders to an oval-shaped bezel, set with an emerald cabochon. See...

4th-5th century AD. A magnificent hairpin with sheet-gold laid over bronze core, tapering pin with an acanthus leaf capital, above a rock crystal ...

1st century BC. An amber-coloured moulded glass bowl with flared rim, ribbing to the rounded sidewall. Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corn...

2nd-1st century BC. A substantial aqua glass cup with small shallow dimple base; engraved with seven elliptical medallions, each with lozenge-cros...

Late 2nd-early 1st century BC. A clear glass skyphos with straight sides which narrow slightly towards the rim, splayed circular foot and integral...

2nd-1st century BC. A substantial blue glass amphoriskos with inverted ovoid body, broad shoulder, cylindrical neck and everted rim flanked by two...

4th-2nd century BC. A glass alabastron with applied duck-head handles, dark olive green body with applied zigzag motif and circumferential bands o...

Early 2nd century AD. A large Samian ware beaker with moulded relief decoration in the Barbotine technique with a globular body resting upon a ped...

1st century BC-1st century AD. A red slip ware pelike with figures associated with the cult of Pan or Silvanus, comprising from handle to handle: ...

3rd-4th century AD. A gold finger ring with raised boss to the bezel with intaglio bust of Sol (Greek Helios) wearing a radiate crown. Cf. Chadour...

1st-2nd century AD. A high-quality lamp stand of heavy construction with impressive detailing, the tripod base modelled as lion paws with separate...

1st-3rd century AD. A hollow-formed life-size bronze right foot and ankle from a statue of a god, goddess, hero, boy or an athlete; fine detailing...

3rd century AD. A collection of bronze belt fittings comprising: fittings in the form of seriffed ornamental letters reading 'VTERE FELIX', 'use t...

3rd century AD. A collection of bronze belt fittings comprising: fittings in the form of seriffed ornamental letters reading 'VTERE FELIX', 'use t...

3rd century AD. An outstanding silver finial of a standing eagle with erect head, folded wings and long tail, superb rendering of the beak and eye...

2nd-3rd century AD. A silver patera with flared sidewall and concentric rings to the underside; rim with rosettes and storks' heads in profile fla...

Early 5th century AD. A gold spoon with oval bowl, two applied volute scrolls to each side of the adjoining handle; the lower part of the handle f...

1st century BC-1st century AD. A fine alabaster statue of Venus (Greek Aphrodite) of Medici type, the nude goddess of love shown standing, leaning...

3rd century AD. A carved marble bust of a wealthy man with powerful expression, possibly a portrait of the Emperor Carus, close-cropped receding h...

2nd century AD. A huge marble phallus in an erect state, with defined gland and detailed corpus cavernosum, the column of tissue of the corpus spo...

3rd-5th century AD. A blue-green jar with bulbous body featuring concentric bands of trailing; rounded and everted rim, deep concave neck, concave...

6th-7th century AD. A solid gold ring with round-section hoop and round bezel showing a bust of Christ Pantokrator, below two facing angels bendin...

10th-12th century AD. A gold finger ring with discoid bezel, niello-inlaid nimbate bust of a female saint flanked by 'CN/X?'. 4.14 grams, 20.84mm ...

7th century AD. A gold finger ring comprising a broad flat-section hoop with applied beaded wire borders and scrolled tendril detailing, architect...

6th-8th century AD. A gold finger ring with parallel outer bands of punched pellets and median band of billets with ring and stroke elements to th...

6th-7th century AD. A mixed group of silver-gilt liturgical items comprising: a hanging lamp with flared foot, carinated segmented body, flared ne...

Mainly 10th-12th century AD. A mixed group of bronze trade weights comprising: two discoid with balustered rim, one with pointillé '??' notation, ...

2nd millennium BC. A white jasper cylinder seal with frieze of figures and cuneiform inscription; accompanied by a museum-quality impression and t...

Reign of Sin-Iddinam, 1785-1778 BC. A ceramic barrel-shaped writing tablet with dense cuneiform text to the sidewall. 1.1 kg, 14.5cm (5 3/4"). Ex ...

9th-8th century BC. A substantial ochre-coloured vessel with globular body and flat base, short spout with loop handle above, larger strap handle ...

1st millennium BC. A substantial piriform vessel with slightly raised foot and trumpet-shaped everted rim, chocolate on white linear design betwee...

6th-4th century BC. An attractive core-formed polychrome opaque glass kohl bottle with a tapering, square-section body, slightly convex base, roun...

4th-6th century AD. A green glass bowl with flared foot, rounded rim and sidewall bands of facetting. Cf. Whitehouse, D., Sasanian and Post-Sasani...

6th-7th century AD. A substantial cut glass bowl with ring of seven large disc studs below the rim and seven smaller beneath, disc base. Cf. simil...

6th-4th century BC. A substantial bright blue glazed composition statuette of a recumbent lion, finely modelled with incised details, the front pa...

2nd century BC-2nd century AD. A carved alabaster figurine of a robed female standing with arms bent and fists clenched, D-shaped face with exagge...

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A substantial stone idol in three parts: a stylised serpentine body carved in relief with layers of leaves on all faces, a ...

Late 3rd millennium BC. A carved alabaster tent weight with bull images and inlay; accompanied by a typed and signed scholarly note issued by the ...

Circa 3000 BC. A flat female idol in alabaster, of hourglass form; roughly-cylindrical head, emphasised breasts; mounted on a custom-made stand. S...

Western Jin Dynasty, circa 300 AD. A majestic gilded bronze standing Bodhisattva Maitreya figure with Gandharan influence; the substantial statue ...

Western Qin Dynasty, 385-431 AD. A gilt-bronze statuette, influenced by the Gandharan style or that of the neighbouring Uddiyana region, of Shakya...

Northern Wei, early 5th century AD. A gilt-bronze buddha figure kneeling on a throne, flanked by lions, flames radiating from the upper arms, plea...