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Ancient Figurines

A range of ancient ceramic and stone figurines depicting mythological and religious figures from Near Eastern and Egyptian cultures.

Apollo statuette. Copper alloy. High Empire. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Small fairly flattened anthropomorphic statuette. This male figure has a beardless face with barely sketched lines; The head is surrounded by a bay crown which lets out large locks. He wore an indeterminate ovoid object by right, perhaps one of his attributes (Lyre). Copper alloy, Roman antiquity, Gallo-Roman God, Divinity, Roman Empire, High Empire, Laure, Statuette, Ancient
Apollo statuette. Copper alloy. High Empire. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Small fairly flattened anthropomorphic statuette. This male figure has a beardless face with barely sketched lines; The head is surrounded by a bay crown which lets out large locks. He wore an indeterminate ovoid object by right, perhaps one of his attributes (Lyre). Copper alloy, Roman antiquity, Gallo-Roman God, Divinity, Roman Empire, High Empire, Laure, Statuette, Ancient
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Carthaginian Vase Fragment. Unknown
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François-Rupert Carabin (1862-1932). "Medal plate. Archeology". Metal, bronze, before 1910. Museum of Fine Arts of the city of Paris, Petit Palais. 57560-4 Bronze, naked woman, metal, female nude, numismatics, medal plate, back view
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Seated figure in painted ceramics, depicting a pregnant woman (Mexico, Gulf Coast) and naked female figure, ceramics (Mexico or Guatemala). Late Preclassic Period (400 BC-100 AD). Museum of the Americas. Madrid, Spain.
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The Goddess of Caldevigo, female figure praying in ceremonial garments, bronze statue from the votive deposit in Caldevigo near Este, Veneto, Italy. Paleoveneti Civilization, 5th Century BC.
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Marble statues representing brothers Kleobis and Biton
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HARMLESS WOMAN - 1969 - BRONCE PATINA Y ORO - 28,3x11,4x11,4. Author: LOUISE BOURGEOIS (1911-2010). Location: GALERIA SOLEDAD LORENZO. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Mexico.Mexico D.F.Museo Nacional de Antropologia.Incensiario de ceramica.Cultura de Teotihuacan.
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FIGURAS PUNICAS "D'AIFA"-S XX ARTE POPULAR. Location: ALFARERIA. SANTA EULALIA. SPAIN.
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Project of monument to the glory of Marat (1743-1793) Jean Constangular (1829-after 1877). "Monument project to the glory of Marat (1743-1793)". Terracotta.
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Statuette of standing man with inscription in South Arabian script (Qatabanic language) on the base: (Tabbakarib son of Aglum). Alabaster. Qatabanite period, 2nd century BC, Yemen, Qataban Kingdom
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A Dakini, c. 1100. Cambodia, Angkor, 11th century. Bronze; overall: 15.2 cm (6 in.).
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Figure: Horn Player 1550-1680 Edo peoples In the art of Benin, works in bronze can be commissioned only by the Oba, or ruler, or by others with his permission. According to oral traditions, the technique of lost-wax bronze casting was brought to Benin around the end of the fourteenth century from Ife, the ancient kingdom to the north noted for its exquisite cast-bronze commemorative heads. Prior to that time, Benin craftsmen produced hammered and incised, but not cast, bronze ornaments. Once the technique of lost-wax casting was mastered by the craftsmen of Benin, bronze heads and figures began to appear on the Oba's shrines. This figure of a court musician playing a side-blown trumpet attests to the technical virtuosity of the Benin bronze-casters. The figure's elaborately textured garment depicts the hide of a leopard, an animal associated with the power of the Oba. Similarly, the strands of coral around his neck and chest reaffirm this musician's status in the Benin court, since cor
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Bronze votive figure of an archer drawing his bow, wearing an horned cap, rectangular breastplate and greaves. Nuraghic, Sardinia. Dated 10000 BC
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Sculpture of Hercules as a child in the Capitoline museums in Rome, James Anderson (attributed to), after Anonymous, c. 1857 - c. 1875 photograph This photo is part of an album. Capitoline Museums paper albumen print sculpture. early life, prime youth of Hercules Capitoline Museums
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Pair of Figures, late 1800s-early 1900s. Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo or Central African Republic (most likely), possibly Monzombo people. Wood and iron; part 1: 145 x 31.8 x 23.2 cm (57 1/16 x 12 1/2 x 9 1/8 in.); part 2: 145 x 26.8 x 23.3 cm (57 1/16 x 10 9/16 x 9 3/16 in.). The Ubangi region's history of successive migrations and assimilations has resulted in numerous exchanges of religious beliefs and ritual practices. Despite some stylistic traits, including the heart-shaped faces and the male's crested coiffure, this figure with its female pair is unlike any other in the Ubangian corpus. Based on indirect evidence, the pair is said to represent the culture's primordial couple.
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Jar with Anthropomorphic Figure. Paracas; Ocucaje area, Ica Valley, south coast, Peru. Date: 650 BC-150 BC. Dimensions: 29.5 × 28.3 cm (11 5/8 × 11 1/8 in.). Ceramic with resinous postfire paint. Origin: Ocucaje. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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Warrior late 6th-7th century China. Warrior. China. late 6th-7th century. Glazed earthenware. Sui dynasty (581-618). Ceramics
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Ancient Aztec God Stone statue, Templo Mayor, Mexico City, Mexico. Great Aztec Temple created from 1325 to 1521.
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Polychrome ceramic depicting god of earth and spring, known as Xipe Totec, our lord the flayed one
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Netsuke of a Demon. Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 2 in. (5.1 cm); W. 1 in. (2.5 cm); D. 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Dancer, 7th century CE, Earthenware with slip and traces of pigment, 11 5/8 in. (29.5cm), This young dancer was most likely part of a larger group of tomb figures that included other performers and musicians. Her dress, consisting of a long skirt in alternating colors and a long-sleeved blouse under a jacket, was very fashionable in China in the seventh century C.E.—as well as in Korea andJapan. , China, Chinese, Tang dynasty (618-907 C.E.), Sculpture
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Selma Sandler, Dancing Doll, c 1940 Dancing Doll
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Incense burner in the shape of flower-woman. Middle 4th century BC. Terracotta. From Paestum. National Archaeological Museum. Paestum. Italy.
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Statue of Hercules, Roman villa with wonderful mosaic floors, 1st-5th century AD Desenzano del Garda, Lake Garda, Italy, Desenzano del Garda, Lake Garda, Italy, Europe
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Bronze statue depicting an archer shooting in an oriental style short skirt, from Saint Anastasio in Sardara, Sardinia Region, Italy.
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Sennin 1870 Japan. Sennin. Japan. 1870. Pottery, partly unglazed; the costume in reddish brown glaze (Takatori ware). Meiji period (1868-1912). Ceramics
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Seated Figure
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ESCULTURA EN MADERA. Author: LEANDRO MBOMIO (1938-). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Zulu Stone Sculpture Unique hand carved stone sculpture by a Zulu boy. Copyright: xZoonar.com/BrettxMulcahyx 1240582
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Figure Carried in a Litter Made 600 CE-950 CE Veracruz state. Ceramic and pigment . Veracruz, Classic
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'Crowned Buddha Pacifying the Ocean'. Siam (now Thailand). Bangkok art, second half of the 18th century. Dimensions: h. 20 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.
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Ancient Egyptian funeral statue of Tutankhamen, 18th Dynasty
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hijos del dios Hórus, periodo tardío de Egipto, XXVI dinastia, 664-525 a. C. loza policromada, Fundación Calouste Gulbenkian, («Fundaçío Calouste Gulbenkian»), Lisboa, Portugal.
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Gilded wooden statue of King Tutankhamun. 1326 BC From the tomb of King Tutankhamun
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Painted limestone statue depicting a scribe from Saqqara, Old Kingdom, Dynasty V
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Turquoise Mosaic Mask 1400 A.D. Mixtec-Aztec
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EXPOSICION ARTE AUSTRALIA-YIRRKALLA. Location: ATENEO-COLECCION. MADRID. SPANIEN.
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Head with Horns; Paul Gauguin (French, 1848 - 1903); 1895 - 1897; Sandalwood with traces of polychromy on a lacewood base; 22 × 22.8 × 12 cm (8 11,16 × 9 × 4 3,4 in.)
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Female Figurine (Venus of Kostenki) by Russian Forest Cultures / State Hermitage, St. Petersburg / Ancient Cultur / 23,000-21,000 BC / / Limestone / Objects / H 10,2
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Head of a Male Figure with a Mustache 4th-5th century Afghanistan (Hadda). Head of a Male Figure with a Mustache 38502
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MASCARA-KOSKIMO-INDIOS COSTAS NOROESTE AMERICA. Location: STAATLICHE MUSEUM, BERLIN, DEUTSCHLAND.
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Warrior 4th-5th century Byzantine. Warrior. Byzantine. 4th-5th century. Copper alloy. Metalwork-Bronze
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Sculpture of a girl made of chocolate, chocolate museum, Modica, baroque city, baroque angle, southeast, Sicily, Italy, Europe
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Double-headed red-figured drinking cup, also known as a 'Kantharos'. Greek, made in Athens circa 470 BC. The heads are back-to-back representing a satyr and a woman. Above them is a painted scene of satyrs.
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Plaque with Rain or Maize Deity. Mexico, Guerrero, Tabasco, or Veracruz, Olmec, 900-400 BCE. Stone. Serpentine
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Armor engraved with figure of Apollo followed by two Hyperborean virgins and Zeus accompanied by two young women
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Painted wooden statue of Osiris, god of the underworld, from Thebes. Dated 1170 BC
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Loaf of bread at the Teatre-Museu Dali, Dali Museum, Figueres, Girona, Catalonia, Girona, Spain, Europe
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Guezo, Guelele and Behanzin, kings of Dahomey. Wooden statues taken in Abome. Gift of gegeral Dodds to the Ethnographic Museum of Trocadéro in Paris, France. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1893
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Anthropomorphic sculpture, detail from a wooden throne, Foumban, Cameroon.