Medieval and Ancient Sculptural Art

A variety of sculptures, including corbels and amulets, illustrating cultural and artistic styles from different historical periods.

Figure, 300-999, 10 7/8 in. (27.62 cm), Ceramic, Mexico, 4th-10th century

Pre-Colombian ceramic art in Larco Museum, Lima, Peru.

Mwana Pwo Mask, 20th century, 9 x 6 1/8 x 4 1/4 in. (22.9 x 15.6 x 10.8 cm), Wood, raffia, metal, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 20th century, The Mwana Pwo (young woman) mask represents the female ancestor of the Chokwe people. It embodies ideal feminine beauty and records traditional Chokwe facial scarification patterns.

Capital with Christ Giving the Keys to Saint Peter. Culture: Southwest French. Dimensions: Overall: 9 3/16 x 10 x 9 1/2 in. (23.3 x 25.4 x 24.1 cm). Date: 1150-1200. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Maske für die Einleitung Initiation mask, Dan, Ivory Coast, 19th century, carved wood, MEB, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 23171328

Red granite standing figure of a king, 18th dynasty, about 1450BC. From Thebes. The statue can be dated upon style grounds to the middle of the 18th dynasty and represents either Tuthmoses III or his successor Amenophis II wearing the white crown of Upper Egypt.

Wooden sculpture from Themba Gule, National-Culture-Museum, Pretoria, South Africa, Africa

Statue in Junagarh fort, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India Copyright: xDinodiaxPhotox

Funerary mask in gold foil embossed. IV Grave Circle A in the Royal Tombs of Mycenae. Dated in the 16th century B.C. National Archaeological Museum. Athens. Greece.

Egyptian god Harpa-Khruti (Horus the Child) . Amulet in silver 715-332 BC

DETALLE DE LA FUENTE DEL PATIO DE LOS LEONES DE LA ALHAMBRA DE GRANADA. Location: ALHAMBRA-PATIO DE LOS LEONES. GRANADA. SPAIN.

FIGURAS MODELADAS REPRESENTANDO UNA ESCENA CON ESCENA SEXUAL - CERAMICA - CULTURA TUMACO-TOLITA (500 AC-500 DC) ECUADOR. Location: MUSEO DE AMERICA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Openwork furniture plaque with sphinx striding through a floral landscape ca. 9th-8th century B.C. Assyrian Found in a storeroom at Fort Shalmaneser, a royal building at Nimrud that was probably used to store tribute and booty collected by the Assyrians while on military campaign, this fragmentary plaque carved in the openwork technique depicts a winged, leonine animal, probably a sphinx, striding to the right. It was probably used to decorate a piece of wooden furniture. Two mortises cut into the preserved edge of the plaque on the right side suggest that the now-missing forepart of this hybrid creature, including its forelegs and head, was attached to the body by tenons. The lower hind legs have broken off. The floral stalks growing behind the sphinxs body and the single palmette preserved below its chest suggest that this hybrid creature was originally depicted striding through a floral landscape. The elegant carving technique, seen in the individually articulated wing feathers and

Youth Wittig, Edward (1879 1941)

ESTATUA EN BRONCE DE ATHENA. Location: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO-ESCULTURA. ATHENS. GREECE. ATENEA PARTHENOS.

Votive Tank Shrine with Three Monkey Musicians 1 CE-200 CE Uttar Pradesh. Hand-modeled terracotta with red slip .

Limestone statue of King Amenophis II in the form of the god Tanen

Mexico, Mexico City, District Federal, Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Anthropology Museum

Phoenician female figure, Archaeological Museum of Ibiza and Formentera, Ibiza, Spain.

Mexico city.National Museum of Anthropology.Maya culture.Jaguar head.

Torso of a goddess, anonymous, 1175 - 1250 Body of a woman, of which head, arms and feet are missing; Maybe the bodhissatva prajnaparamita Cambodia sandstone Body of a woman, of which head, arms and feet are missing; Maybe the bodhissatva prajnaparamita Cambodia sandstone

Figure of a hawk symbolizing the Egyptian god Horus. From the Late Period. Dated 600 BC

Ridge tile. Terracotta, remains of green, turquoise and yellow glazes. Paris, Cernuschi museum. 78844-2 Asian art, Chinese art, archeological object, character

Funerary monument shaped oil bottle (lekythos) with reliefs depicting a goodbye with three women. From Athens. Ca. 330 BC. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum. Copenhagen. Denmark.

GREEK ART. VI B.C. GREECE. Persian rider in parian marble. Dated in 520 b.C. Acropolis Museum. Athens. Greece ..

Regensburg, Gothic gargoyle of a town house

'Antinous as Osiris'. Italy. Rome, Late 18th century. Dimensions: height: 172,0 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Finial in the Form of an Apsara ca. 12th century Thailand (Haripunjaya). Finial in the Form of an Apsara. Thailand (Haripunjaya). ca. 12th century. Bronze. Metalwork

Mask 3rd-7th century Teotihuacan. Mask. Teotihuacan. 3rd-7th century. Stone. Mexico, Mesoamerica. Stone-Sculpture

Aquamanile (ewer) depicting Aristotle and Philis. Germany, late 14th century. Bronze. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.

Roman bronze statuette of Vulcan found at Rainesse Farm, Catterick, Yorkshire. Artist: Unknown

Madrid, M.A.N. Arte Edad Antigua. Ánfora del tipo Trajamar 1. Cerámica. Long. 65, boca 12,5. s. VIII-VII a.c.

Young woman with bun in saber blade, (mingqi) ". Terracotta. China, Tang era. Paris, Cernuschi museum. 25900-9 Bun, tang dynasty, young woman, saber blade, mingqi, funeral statuette, terracotta, tomb

Mummy of an Ibis embellished by the figure of Thoth with the head of an Ibis Bird. Found a Saqqara. Ptolemaic-Roman300-50 BC

Mold for Image of the Goddess Durga. India, Jammu and Kashmir, Kashmir region, 11th century. Sculpture. Buff terracotta

Cuchimilco male figure. Chancay, Peru. (1000-1450 AD). Inca Empire. Polychrome ceramic. Museum of world Cultures, Barcelona, Catalonia.

Central Asia. Historic region of Transoxiana. Sirin. Creatures with a human head and body of a bird. Clay; carving. 6th-7th c. Penjikent, Tajikistan. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.

Double -sided gingerbread form

VEB MUSEUM, Dresden, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Aimé-Jules Dalou (1838-1902). "Worker pushing a block". Terracotta. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. Worker, push block, terracotta

CABEZA EN BARRO DE GUERRERO O SACERDOTE PROCEDENTE DEL TEMPLO DE LAS INSCRIPCIONES DE PALENQUE - ESCULTURA MAYA. Location: MUSEO DE LA VENTA. VILLAHERMOSA. CIUDAD DE MEXICO.

Korean by Eudald Serra (1911-2002) Catalan sculptor. Dated 1937

Shamanic bench from Ecuador, Manabi Province. Dated 14th Century

Bottle, Skeletal Couple with Child 3rd-7th century Moche Moche ceramic vessels were made in specialized workshops where every step of ceramic production was undertaken in situ, from the preparation of clays to the firing process. Vessels were made with two-piece molds, facilitating the production of multiples. After the molding process, potters carefully added handles, spouts, and small details, in this case the incised ribs and modeled arms. Skeletal individuals are often depicted in Moche ceramics, probably symbolizing the interplay and complementarity between life and death. It has been suggested that in Moche religion, a transitory stage between life and death is expressed by the existence of transitional beings such as simian individuals and the animated deceased. In painted or sculpted vessels, animated skeletons dance, embrace, play music with flutes and rattles, carry funerary offerings, or engage in sexual activities. This embracing skeletal couple with child perhaps illustrat

Mask with human features. White marble. Olmec culture. Middle Preclassic Period (1200-400 BC). Mexico, Gulf Coast. Museum of the Americas. Madrid, Spain.

Charles V (1500-1558). Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria (1519-1556), king of Spain (1516-1556) and Lord of the Netherlands as titular Duke of Burgundy (1506-1555). Bust of Emperor Charles V. Silver. Late 19th century, early 20th century. Silversmith Majadas, Toledo. Based on the bronze bust made in Milan around 1553 by Leon and Pompeo Leoni. Museum of Santa Cruz. Toledo. España.

ISIS DEL CABECICO DEL TESORO-VERDOCAY. Location: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO-COLECCION. MURCIA. SPANIEN.

Fragment of a sculpture. Fragment of a relief with a representation of the top of two women's figures.

ELEFANTE DE GRANITO S X- DISTRIBUIDOR DE AGUA POR UNA TUBERIA HORADADA EN SU INTERIOR. Location: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS. CORDOBA. SPAIN.

Nose and lips of Akhenaten ca. 1353-1336 B.C. New Kingdom, Amarna Period Found in the dumps south of the Sanctuary of the Great Aten Temple or in the Sanctuary itself, this fragment is attributed to Akhenaten. The inner corner of one eye is visible alongside the nose.Although there is little to distinguish many representations of the king and the queen, particularly relatively early in the Amarna years, the especially long line alongside the nose and lips and the sinuous upper lip support that identification.. Nose and lips of Akhenaten 544710

Girl's head by Pietro Maggioni (1950-1995)

Capitel de Santa Maria de Besalú, siglo XII. Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya.

Personage. Joan Miro sculpture outside of the Foundation Joan Miro on the Montjuic in Barcelona. Joan Miro was one of the famous artists

Ring of Figures 2nd century B.C.-A.D. 3rd century Colima In this scene eight alternating male and female figures holding each other at the shoulders form a circle. The females are taller than the males; they wear headbands and long skirts wrapped around their hips; the males wear loincloths and chin straps. In the center of the circle are three male figures holding objects, possibly musical instruments. The heads of the females are solid clay while those of the males are hollow and appear to be whistles. The facial features of all figures are appliqued.. Ring of Figures. Colima. 2nd century B.C.-A.D. 3rd century. Ceramic. Mexico, Mesoamerica, Colima. Ceramics-Sculpture

Medallion portrait of a man, on imitation-rock corals standard, Jean-Baptiste Janelle (De Jonge), 1741 Paris terracotta (clay material) Paris terracotta (clay material)

ESTATUA DE ARTEMIS DE EFESO - COPIA DEL ORIGINAL DEL SIGLO II AC - ALABASTRO. Location: NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY. NEAPEL. ITALIA. DIANA (MYTHOLOGY). DIANA DE EFESO. DIANA EFESINA.

Colossal head attributed to a portrait of the Roman emperor Galba. 1st century AD. Bobadela. Tábua. Portugal. Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro (Coimbra). On display at the National Archaeology Museum. Lisbon, Portugal.

Appliqué in the Form of a Griffin. South Haly, probably Taranto, 330-320 B.C.. Sculpture. Terracotta

Fragment with Personifications of Victory and the Nile 6th century Byzantine This is one of two fragments (see 1971.49.2) that may once have formed a single object celebrating the annual flooding of the Nile River. Holding a wreath, Nike (personification of victory) and the long-haired man Nilos (personification of the river) are surrounded by puttismall childlike figures that, in Egypt, symbolized the number of feet that the river rose each year, ushering in the season of growth and abundance.. Fragment with Personifications of Victory and the Nile 465955

statue of the god Re-Horakhty, granite, Dynasty XIX, reign of Rameses II, 1279-1213 BC, Tell el -Maskhuta, Egypt,(Centre Cultural La Caixa - Palma),collection of the British Museum.

Ancient Egypt. Wooden statuette of a Pagan. 14th century BC. New Kingdom. 18th Dynasty. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.

Lion Head. Afghanistan, 3rd-4th century. Sculpture. Terracotta with traces of paint

Madrid, M.A.N. Arte Prehistórico. Ídolo cilindro fabricado en alabastro con decoración incisa de motivos oculares y posible tatuaje facial. Extremadura.

Europe, Italy, Campania, Naples, National Archaeological Museum

Mascaron of the new bridge Anonymous, mascaron of the new bridge. Sculpted stone. Carnavalet Museum, History of Paris.

Christussäule im Kath. Mariendom Hildesheim Christussäule im Kath. Mariendom Hildesheim Copyright: xZoonar.com/HGVorndranx 21484228

Mexico.Mexico city.National Museum of Anthropology.Ceramic figure.

Egyptian art. Man head. Limestone. Polychomy. Louvre Museum. Paris. France.

Bronze head of Hypnos, the Greek god of sleep. Dated 275 BC

Mingqi Horse and Palefrenier. Wood with traces of polychromy. China, Tang dynasty. Paris, Cernuschi museum. Cheval, DYNASTIE TANG, FIGURINE FUNERAIRE, FUNERARY FIGURINE, GROOM, Horse, MINGQI, MINGQIS, PALEFRENIER, PARTLY POLYCHROMED, TANG DYNASTY, TRACE POLYCHROMIE, animal, bois, wood

apostel apostle, polychrome carving, twelfth century, Girona art museum, Girona, Catalonia, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/TOLOxBALAGUERx 22283073

Lazio Roma Grottaferrata Museo31. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Stone woman; 2nd half of the 10th century (1150-00-00-1200-00-00);

Vessel in the Form of a Bull-Gilan, Iran Artist Unknown National Museum, Tehran, Iran

Artemis found in the island of Delos , Antiquities, Sculpture, Goddesses, Artemis Greek deity. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

King Amenemhat III, Pharaoh of the 12th. Dynasty of Egypt. Reigned C. 1818-1770 BCE. Bust in greywacke.

Carving from an Overmantel, c. 1675-77. Grinling Gibbons (British, 1648-1721). Linden wood; The arrangement of architectural elements within grand interior spaces in the late 1600s and early 1700s emphasized symmetry and height. Decorative elements such as elaborately carved mantels, mirrors, paintings, and applied wall decorations were often stacked to achieve a visual focal point at one or both ends of the room. This particular overmantel decoration once hung above the fireplace in the Green Drawing Room of the Earl of Essex at Cassiobury in Watford, near London. In 1823, the British painter William Henry Hunt (1790-1864) produced a watercolor of the drawing room which featured this overmantel decoration.Grinling Gibbons was born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, of English parents. After training there as an artist, he came to England in the 1660s and soon began to work as a sculptor of interior ornament, particularly in wood. One of his first large-scale decorative projects was the s

Armored Guardian King (Tianwang) Trampling Demon. China. Date: 701 AD-750 AD. Dimensions: H. 37 in. Earthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glazes and traces of pigments. Origin: China. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Relief decorative element (6th cent. BC) Terracotta. Southern sanctuary, Temple of Hera, Archaeological site of Paestum. Paestum Museum.

Greek terracotta vessel of a comic actor, 2nd century BC. Artist: Unknown

Ahu Akivi, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Easter Island Rapa Nui, Chile, South America

Terracotta statuette of a satyr. Culture: Greek, South Italian, Tarentine. Dimensions: H. 8 5/16 in. (21.1 cm). Date: late 4th-early 3rd century B.C..The satyr wears a wreath and holds a cornucopia in his left hand. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

BRONCES IBERICOS-PROCEDE COLECCION GOMEZ-MORENO. Location: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO-ESCULTURA IBERICA. GRANADA. SPAIN.

Terracotta figure of a man riding a goose, made in Boeotia. Dated 5th Century BC

Mask, human face with frog in beard, 20th century, 20 x 10 1/2 in. (50.8 x 26.7 cm), Painted copper, Mexico, 20th century

MADERA Y CUERDA 1937. Author: Henry Moore. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MUCH HADHAM. ENGLAND.

Austria, Melk. 900 year old baroque Melk Abbey (aka Benediktinerstift). The Green Room filled with Hapsburg Dynasty treasures. Gold face mask.

Theatermaske nein Theater mask no, Ko-omote, Japan, 17th century, carved and painted wood, MuEC, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 23171275

Egyptian art. Man head. Limestone. Polychomy. Louvre Museum. Paris. France.

The Mouth of Trurh. Marble. 1st century A.D. Basilica of Saint Mary in Cosmedin. Rome. Italy.

Ancient female figure from the Neolithic period, Ukraine.

virgin, 12th century, Olot, La garrotxa, Girona art museum, Girona, Catalonia, Spain.

General. Thomas Schutte; German, born 1954. Date: 2011. Dimensions: Sculpture: 19 1/4 × 9 3/4 in. (49 × 25 cm); vitrine: 80 × 15 3/4 in. (203 × 40 cm). Aluminum, with shirt. Origin: . Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: THOMAS SCHÜTTE.

Skull decorated with turquoise from the Treasury of Tomb 7 in Monte Alban, Mexico, side view. Mixtec Civilization, post-classical period, 14th-15th Century.

bronze votive offering bronze votive offering, Iberian sanctuaries of Collado de los Jardines and Castellar de Santisteban, Iberian culture, Archeological Museum. Úbeda, Jaén province, Andalusia, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 21702763

Fragment with Personifications of Victory and the Nile 6th century Byzantine This is one of two fragments (see 1971.49.1) that may once have formed a single object celebrating the annual flooding of the Nile River. Holding a wreath, Nike (personification of victory) and the long-haired man Nilos (personification of the river) are surrounded by puttismall childlike figures that, in Egypt, symbolized the number of feet that the river rose each year, ushering in the season of growth and abundance.. Fragment with Personifications of Victory and the Nile 465956

Seated Female Figure. Jalisco, Ameca style; Ameca Valley, Jalisco, Mexico. Date: 100 AD-300 AD. Dimensions: H. 12.7 cm (5 in.). Ceramic and pigment. Origin: Jalisco state. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Figurine on display in glass case in the Shaanxi History Museum, Xian, China

Bronze statuette of armored warrior

Liubo Players andBoard, 25-220 CE, Earthenware with green glaze, A Figure Male: 3 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (8.89 × 6.35 cm), China, Chinese, Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 C.E.), Sculpture

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