Paintings & Mixed Media

Germany, Erfurt, circa 1420 A.D. Triptych in a wooden frame comprising: Left: Mary in blue robe advancing against a red field, one hand raised bef...

Circa 650-575 B.C. With two figural scenes: Side A: the first of the canonical labours of Heracles, the fight against the Nemean lion - in the cen...

3rd-1st century B.C. Carved in the half-round in three-quarter view, youthful Greek male head with stern features, hair gathered in a browband, ho...

Augustan, circa 5 B.C.-1 A.D. Modelled in the round probably using Parian marble, head of a youth depicted turning slightly to his left, hair trim...

Coptic, 3rd-6th century A.D. Modelled in the half-round on a flat background as a bust of a woman with stern expression, dressed in a tunic emphas...

Hellenistic, 3rd-1st century B.C. Carved in the round with thick wreath of laurel leaves to the brow, short tousled hair, stern face with thick ja...

Cypro-Archaic I, 750-600 B.C. Carved in the round as an advancing bull with its tail placed between the hindlegs, thick fur to the throat; the fil...

2nd-3rd century A.D. The god standing nude on an ivy-leaf base in contrapposto pose with right arm extended and hand held palm-outwards; mantle pi...

17TH-19TH CENTURY A.D. Advancing horse modelled in the round with one foreleg raised, detailed bridle, crupper and other harness, textured saddlec...

Circa 6th century B.C. Modelled in the round with tight-fitting robe and carefully detailed tiered hairstyle; right hand raised to support a chali...

Circa 19th-20th century A.D. Modelled in the round standing wearing paridhana robe and with bumpa vessel slung on a strap to the right shoulder. 1...

1st century B.C.-2nd century A.D. Carved in the round as a torso of a slender female with hips turned, probably in contrapposto pose; mounted on a...

Circa 1720 A.D. Illustrating scenes from the Gospel of Luke and representing the nativity of Christ; the centre shows Virgin Mary sitting on a thr...

19th century A.D. A panel of twelve glazed pictorial tiles in vibrant colours depicting a battle scene from the epic poem 'Shahnameh', written dur...

Circa 1st-2nd century A.D. Modelled in the round with putto-like features, holding a nebris draped over his shoulders in the manner of Dionysus, w...

Mid 17th century A.D. Carved portable icon with integral loop, frontal and rear recesses each with a door hinged with thread; painted scenes withi...

17th century A.D. Rectangular vellum leaf with hand-coloured composite scene: top left, Mary in blue mantle holding infant Jesus on her knee, addr...

Italian, Lombardy, circa 1480 A.D. Rectangular panel with cartapesta relief of Virgin and Child carved in the half-round; Mary seated, nimbate wit...

6th century B.C. Standing erect on a square base wearing an ankle-length robe with mantle with segmented edge draped from the left shoulder, left ...

3rd-4th century A.D. With short hair, cut and combed in regular lines, furrowed brow and wide deep-set eyes, small fleshy mouth, intense and power...

1st-early 2nd century A.D. The god standing nude supporting a cornucopia on his right shoulder and a syrinx in his left hand; ithyphallic with fur...

16th century A.D. Wooden triptych with recessed panels to inner face, twine hinges; central image of Mary and infant Jesus flanked by nimbate ange...

Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C. With rounded profile, stub arms and head without facial detailing, vestigial legs; accompanied by ...

1st-2nd century A.D. With an elongated body and a long nozzle with a rounded tip; raised rim enclosing the upper face with an ivy lef-shaped filli...

Circa 1860 A.D. Depicting nimbate Mary Theotokos with veiled head and wearing a maphorion mantle over a dark blue robe with gold cuffs, inclined t...

Circa 2nd century A.D. A rare depiction of Flora standing holding a separately cast garland in her left hand, wearing pointed shoes, a long tunica...

6th century B.C. The female seated on a chair with arm-supports at the sides, wearing a long robe with ruched panel to the chest and pleated sleev...

3rd century A.D. Modelled nude in advancing pose with right arm bent across the body and fist clenched to support an attribute (absent); the facia...

Archaic, circa 8th-7th century B.C. Broad dished bowl with carinated profile, flat rim with slashed detailing, band of reserved advancing lions an...

Mid-2nd millennium B.C. Comprising a shallow rounded bowl supported by three feet modelled as reclining lions; old inked collection number 88.349 ...

Circa 10th-11th century A.D. Discoid in plan with integral stub handle; central Maltese cross with herringbone ring and epigraphic band, radiating...

1st-2nd century A.D. Modelled in the round, standing nude with one arm raised above the head and the other bent, probably from a larger ensemble o...

4th-3rd century B.C. Modelled in the round as a figure of a lar standing with the left hand raised with palm facing forwards, right arm extending ...

Circa 14th century B.C. Amulet of a deity in human form wearing a pointed cap and pleated kilt, hands placed on the chest supporting coiled serpen...

19th century A.D. Comprising a painted board with mounting panel and slots to the reverse, gessoed surface with painting of St John the Baptist st...

Roman, 1st-2nd century A.D. Modelled as a grotesque male head, depicted clean-shaven and hairless apart from a small tuft of hair to the rear with...

Ptolemaic Period, 323-30 B.C. Modelled in the half-round with a stephane and centre-parted hair, serene facial features including hooded eyes and ...

43-150 A.D. Standing adorant, wearing a knee-length tunic, the right arm held across the body to support the left hand raised to the mouth; mounte...

Tuscany, Italy, circa 1450 A.D. Vellum manuscript page with hand-coloured large initial 'S' in a square frame and miniature painting of Christ eme...

Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, 664-31 B.C. Carved figure of a falcon perching on an ellipsoid base, with mortice in the top of the head for a separ...

Circa 6th century B.C. Modelled in the round figure standing nude, the arms stretched out to the front, flat pinched head with conical headdress, ...

Early 19th century A.D. Decorated with a polychrome frieze of scalloped cartouches displaying birds perched amongst fruiting vegetation, insects i...

Late Period, 664-332 B.C. Rectangular with two sockets to the upper face, low-relief recumbent ibex; incised hieroglyphic text to one short sidewa...

1st-2nd century A.D. Bare-chested with fish-tail extending to the rear, raising a periwinkle-shell horn to his lips; left arm supporting a ship un...

1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. Modelled in the round with luxuriant flowing hair, large lentoid eyes with inlaid black irises, small slit mouth...

2nd millennium B.C. Of conical profile with raised ropework detailing to the broad shoulder. 1.48 kg, 14.6 cm wide (5 3/4 in.). Private Europea...

3rd millennium B.C. Carved steatite seal in the form of a reclining feline with sockets at the eyes; drilled pattern to the underside. 130 grams,...

Circa 3300-3000 B.C. Pillow-shaped tablet with dense cuneiform text to two broad faces and one edge. 130 grams, 82 mm (3 1/4 in.). Private coll...

13th century A.D. With 21 lines of bastarda script text in black with blue versals and gold leaf detailing, red and blue decorative blocking, vert...

4th millennium B.C. Modelled in the round as a seated female with pinched facial features, hands pressed flat beneath the breasts, legs flexed; tr...

Italy, circa 1500 A.D. With raised rim, nimbate bust of Christ in profile with long beard and shoulder-length hair, folded collar to the mantle; d...

Circa 1450 B.C. A high-status green chalcedony seal with frieze depicting a seated figure in horned headdress facing a standing figure with arms o...

Late Period, 664-525 B.C. Modelled in the round wearing the atef crown (hedjet with lateral ostrich feathers) and uraeus to the brow with tail ext...

Coptic, 7th-11th centuries A.D. or later. Flat anthropomorphic panel with incised ring-and-dot ornament to obverse, single central ring-and-dot to...

19th-20th century A.D. Painted on a wooden board with mounting slots and panels to the reverse, gessoed surface with painting of the Virgin of Kaz...

1st-3rd century A.D. Comprising a square-section tapering body with lateral stub arms; head of Mercury (Greek Hermes) above with applied twisted g...

7th-19th century A.D. Comprising: a cross buckle with pin; the upper plate of a small enkolpion with a praying Virgin or Saint; two orthodox pecto...

Circa 300 B.C.-300 A.D. Terracotta bifacial burner, the bowl formed as a human mask to each broad face with applied grotesque detailing and notche...

2nd century A.D. Modelled in advancing pose with one foreleg raised and tail looped over onto the rump, head erect with suggestion of an ornamenta...

Middle Kingdom, 11th-12th Dynasty, 2023-1862 B.C. Composed of three figures: a standing cow or other quadruped giving birth to its young, its head...