Black Background Collection (page 17)

Mochica stirrup-spout vessel of a fisherman
Mochica (north coast Peruvian) stirrup-spout vessel of a fisherman on a raft made of reed bundles. The type is still in use on Andean lakes

Mochica pottery sculpture of Viracocha, the creator god, who appears as a man with white hair and a beard. From the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh

Nazca pottery vessel with two painted warriors, 2nd century
Nazca pottery vessel with two painted warriors, from Peru. Currently in the Royal Scottish Museum in Edinburgh, 2nd century

Native American ritual club
A pacific north-west coast Native American ritual club with a bears head, made from elk antler. It was used as a slave killer at potlach festivals. Currently at the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh

Nootka Tribe Native American whalebone club, carved with an eagles head handle. From the Royal Scottish Museum in Edinburgh

Native American carved wooden figure of a man, 19th century
Native American carved wooden figure of a man, from the pacific north-west coast of America, from the Museum of Mankind in London, 19th century

Nootka Sound Native American figure of a man wearing a bears skin, symbolising the concept of interchangability of human and bear, in a shamanistic/totemic setting

Native American dance mask, from the pacific north-west coast of America. Now in the Museum of Mankind in London

Bronze and gold Canaanite deity

Syrian baked clay fertility figure, 5th century BC
Syrian clay fertility figure of baked clay, seated on a round stone, from Tell Chagar Bazar, 5th century BC

Akkadian cylinder-seal and impression of the flood epic, showing Uta-Napaishtim in a boat, and Gilgamesh with a bull

Egyptian Alabaster Jar
Egyptian Alabastar Jar from the Munich Egyptian Museum

Painted figure of an Egyptian servant making bread from an Egyptian tomb

Egyptian sculpture of a man and his wife
Egyptian funerary sculpture of a man and his wife, from the Louvres collection

Egyptian painted funerary mask, 2nd century BC
Egyptian stucco painted funerary mask of a woman, 2nd century BC

Egyptian water-clock
An Egyptian water-clock, which measured time by how long it took for the vessel to empty of water

Egyptian ivory handle of a dagger
Egyptian hippopotamus ivory handle of a flint dagger from Gebel Arrak, south of Abydos, Egypt. From the Louvres collection

Egyptian statuette of Bes
Egyptian statuette of the god Bes

Egyptian clay figure stuck with pins, with a possible magical use. From the Louvres collection

Egyptian faience statuette of a sow and piglets. The sow was sacred to Nut, goddess of the sky

Egyptian faience statuette of the Egyptian goddess Tauret
Faience statuette of the Egyptian hippopotamus-headed goddess Tauret

Bust of the Egyptian ruler Ptolemy I, 3rd century BC
Bust of Ptolemy I (367 BC - 283 BC), the ruler of Egypt, originating in Greece, 3rd century BC

Egyptian sculpture of Queen Hatsheput, 15th century BC
Egyptian sculpture of Queen Hatsheput (1508-1458 BC)

Assyrian Winged Bull detail at the Pergamom Museum, Berlin

Greek bronze of one of the Eumenides From the British Museums collection

Greek terracotta scent bottle in the shape of a helmeted head, 6th century BC
Terracotta scent bottle in the shape of a helmeted head, from Kamiros, Rhodes. From the British Museums collection, 6th century BC

Roman period Egyptian mummy of a child, 3rd century
Roman period Egyptian mummy of a child, seven to ten years old, wrapped in a shroud with a full-length portrait of the boy holding laurel leaves. From the British Museums collection, 3rd century

Paleolithic hand-axe of the Acheulian type, from Swakscombe, Kent. From the British Museums collection

Detail of a Neo-Punic relief showing a priest
Detail of a Neo-Punic relief on a stelae dedicated to Saturn showing a priest with a lion, from the British Museums collection

Detail of a Celtic bronze torc, 4th century BC
Detail of a Celtic bronze torc from Vielle Toulouse, France. From the British Museums collection, 4th century BC

Greek terracotta scent bottle in the shape of a female bust
Terracotta scent bottle in the shape of a female bust, made in Rhodes and found in Vulci, from the British Museums collection

Attic plate with an image of an archer in Scythian dress, 5th century BC. Artist: Epiktetos
Attic plate with an red-figure image of an archer in Scythian dress, from the British Museums collection, 5th century BC

Greek terracotta of a woman in a flowing dress, from the British Museums collection

Greek terracotta vessel of a comic actor, 2nd century BC
Greek terracotta vessel of a comic actor, wearing a mask impersonating a runaway slave sitting on an altar, from a Greek city in south Italy. From the British Museums collection, 2nd century BC

Romano-British bronze head, 2nd century
Hollow Romano-British bronze head from Felmingham Hall, Norfolk, from the British Museums collection, 2nd century

Terracotta scent bottle in the shape of a horses head from Rhodes, from the British Museums collection

Parthian silver dish showing Dionysus with Ariadne
Parthian silver dish showing Dionysus on a chariot with Ariadne, the very small female figure. The dish has Hellenistic influences, but is in Bactrian style. From the British Museums collection

The Strangford Apollo, 5th century BC
The Strangford Apollo, a Greek Kouros, probably from the Isle of Anareis, from the British Museums collection, 5th century BC

Detail of a Sassanian silver collar from the British Museums collection

Cycladic figures, 25th century BC
Cycladic figures 62 and 64, from the British Museums collection, 25th century BC

Greek bronze of a banqueter, probably from Dodona, from the British Museums collection

Terracotta statuette of a goddess
terracotta statuette of a goddess, possibly Hera, from Boeotia. From the British Museums collection

Greek pendant with bust of Aphrodite
Greek gold pendant with bust of Aphrodite from Egypt, from the British Museums collection

Bronze head of the Egyptian god Ra, probably from the bow of a sacred boat. The solar disc has been broken off. From the British Museums collection

Detail of a Greek bronze of a horseman
Greek bronze of a horseman wearing Corinthian armor from Grumentum, from the British Museums collection

Greek bronze of a girl runner, 6th century BC
Greek bronze of a girl runner, probably from Prisrend, Yugoslavia, and possibly Laconian. From the British Museums collection, 6th century BC

Chinese pottery model of a watch-tower, 1st century
Han Dynasty Chinese pottery model of a watch-tower. From the British Museums collection, 1st century

Chinese bronze mirror with figures of the Taoist gods, 2nd century
Chinese bronze mirror with figures of the Taoist gods, from the British Museums collection, 2nd century

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