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British Museum Collection (page 14)

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: British Neolithic beaker from Lambourne, Berkshire, England

British Neolithic beaker from Lambourne, Berkshire, England. From the British Museums collection

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: The Grimes Graves Goddess, Neolithic, Norfolk

The Grimes Graves Goddess, Neolithic, Norfolk. Chalk goddess from Grimes Graves, Pit 15, Norfolk, England. It was found in a Neolithic flint mine, and is possibly a fertility figure

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Macedonian coin of the fifth century BC

Macedonian coin of the fifth century BC. A coin from Mende showing Dionysus on a mule with a drinking cup, from the British Museums collection

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Celtic bronze flagon from France, 5th century BC

Celtic bronze flagon from France, 5th century BC
A Celtic bronze flagon from Basse-Putz, Lorraine, France, from the British Musuems collection, 5th century BC

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Celtic bronze armlet from Scotland

Celtic bronze armlet from Scotland
A bronze armlet, one of a pair found in Dummond Castle in Scotland, and currently in the British Museums collection

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Iron Age British Female Chariot Burial

Iron Age British Female Chariot Burial
A British Iron Age chariot burial at Arras Barrow cemetery in the Yorkshire Wolds. The skeleton of a woman of high rank c. 35-40 years old, with an iron mirror and harness trappings of bronze

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Chinese fourth century BC bronze plaque, depicting a tiger

Chinese fourth century BC bronze plaque, depicting a tiger looking back. An Ordos type bronze plaque, from the British Museums collection

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Parthian ceramic plaque from the 1st to 3rd century, depicting a mounted archer

Parthian ceramic plaque from the 1st to 3rd century, depicting a mounted archer
Parthian ceramic relief plaque, depicting a mounted male archer, 1st to 3rd Century. Said to be from Syria. From the British Museums collection

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: A carved wooden door from Nigeria depicting men on horseback

A carved wooden door from Nigeria depicting men on horseback
A carved wooden door from Yorubaland, Nigeria, depicting Portugese men on horseback. From the British Museum

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Bronze Mask from Benin, Nigeria

Bronze Mask from Benin, Nigeria
A bronze mask from Benin, Nigeria, currently in the British Museum

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Roman copy of a lost Greek original bust of Alexander the Great, 350 BC

Roman copy of a lost Greek original bust of Alexander the Great, 350 BC
Roman copy of a lost Greek original bust of Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) of 350 BC, from the British Museums collection

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Anglo-Saxon Gold Pendant

Anglo-Saxon Gold Pendant
An Anglo-Saxon gold pendant, currently in the British Museum

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Anthony Panizzi, Italian bibliographer, 1874. Artist: Carlo Pellegrini

Anthony Panizzi, Italian bibliographer, 1874. Artist: Carlo Pellegrini
Anthony Panizzi, Italian bibliographer, 1874. Panizzi (1797-1879) fled the 1821 revolution in Italy and became Chief Librarian at the British Museum (1856-1866), where he designed the Reading Room

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Nude woman sitting on a chaise longue, putting on her shirt, 18th century

Nude woman sitting on a chaise longue, putting on her shirt, 18th century. Artist: Jean-Antoine Watteau
Nude woman sitting on a chaise longue, putting on her shirt, 18th century. From the collection of the British Museum, London, Great Britain

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Young woman, nude, holding one foot in her hands, 1716-18. Artist: Jean-Antoine Watteau

Young woman, nude, holding one foot in her hands, 1716-18. Artist: Jean-Antoine Watteau
Young woman, nude, holding one foot in her hands, 1716-18. From the collection of the British Museum, London, United Kingdom

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Chinese statuette of a judge of Hell

Chinese statuette of a judge of Hell
Chinese stoneware figure of a judge of Hell, from the British Museums collection

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Greek bronze of one of the Eumenides

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

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Greek terracotta scent bottle in the shape of a helmeted head, 6th century BC

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

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Roman period Egyptian mummy of a child, 3rd century

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

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Model of a Coccosteus attacking a Diplacanthus

Model of a Coccosteus attacking a Diplacanthus
Devonian model of a Coccosteus attacking a Diplacanthus, from the British Museums collection

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Paleolithic hand-axe

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

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Chinese wooden sculpture of an antlered head

Chinese wooden sculpture of an antlered head
Han period Chinese wooden sculpture of an antlered head, possibly linked to Shamanism. From the British Museums collection

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Mycenaean pottery rhyton in the shape of a Bulls Head, 14th century BC

Mycenaean pottery rhyton in the shape of a Bulls Head, 14th century BC
Mycenaean pottery rhyton in the shape of a Bulls Head, from a tomb at Karpathos, from the British Museums collection, 14th century BC

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Vase depicting the animals of the Chinese zodiac, 6th century

Vase depicting the animals of the Chinese zodiac, 6th century
Vase depicting the animals of the Chinese zodiac, from the Six Dynasties period, from the British Museums collection, 6th century

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Pictish incised stone with a bull motif, 6th century

Pictish incised stone with a bull motif, 6th century
Pictish incised stone with a bull motif, from Burghead, Moray, Scotland. One of a number of fine incised bull deisgns from the area. From the British Museums collection, 6th century

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Sassanian dish showing a king holding lions

Sassanian dish showing a king holding lions
Sassanian silver dish showing a king holding lions, from the British Museums collection

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Detail of a Celtic bronze torc, 4th century BC

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

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Egyptian faience head of Bes

Egyptian faience head of Bes
Roman period head from a large faience figure of the Egyptian god Bes, from the British Museums collection

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Greek sculpture of Demeter

Greek sculpture of Demeter
Sculpture of Demeter from Knidos, in the British Museums collection

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Greek terracotta scent bottle in the shape of a female bust

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

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Ivory Chinese figurine of Tien Kuan

Ivory Chinese figurine of Tien Kuan
Ming dynasty ivory figurine of Tien Kuan, Master of Heaven, from the British Museums collection

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Attic plate with an image of an archer in Scythian dress, 5th century BC. Artist: Epiktetos

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

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Greek terracotta of a woman in a flowing dress

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

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Model of a Bothriolepsis

Model of a Bothriolepsis, a fish from the Upper Devonian Strata in Canada, from the British Museums collection

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Detail of a Greek lekythos showing a mistress and maid, 5th century BC

Detail of a Greek lekythos showing a mistress and maid, 5th century BC
Detail of a lekythos (oil vessel) showing a mistress and maid, from Athens, from the British Museums collection, 5th century BC

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Fossil skeleton of a Pterodactyl, from the British Museums collection

Fossil skeleton of a Pterodactyl, from the British Museums collection

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Egyptian papyrus depicting taking the mummy to the necropolis, 13th century BC

Egyptian papyrus depicting taking the mummy to the necropolis, 13th century BC
Egyptian papyrus depicting taking the mummy to the necropolis, from the Book of the Dead of Hunefer, from the British Museums collection, 13th century BC

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Greek terracotta vessel of a comic actor, 2nd century BC

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

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Celtic bronze shield boss, 2nd century BC

Celtic bronze shield boss, 2nd century BC
Celtic bronze shield boss found in the River Thames at Wandsworth, from the British Museums collection, 2nd century BC

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Greek painting of a Scythian archer blowing a trumpet, 6th century BC

Greek painting of a Scythian archer blowing a trumpet, 6th century BC
Attic painting on a clay plate of a Scythian archer blowing a trumpet, from the British Museums collection, 6th century BC

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Detail of the Elgin Marbles, 5th century BC. Artist: Phidias

Detail of the Elgin Marbles, 5th century BC. Artist: Phidias
Detail of the Elgin Marbles, showing the Panathenaic procession and a sacrificial animal. From the British Museums collection, 5th century BC

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Faience head of the Egyptian goddess Hathor

Faience head of the Egyptian goddess Hathor from Thebes, from the British Museums collection

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Romano-British bronze head, 2nd century

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

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Terracotta scent bottle in the shape of a horses head

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

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Greek clay lamp made in Athens, 5th century BC

Greek clay lamp made in Athens, 5th century BC
Greek clay lamp, made in Athens and found at Gela in Sicily. From the British Museums collection, 5th century BC

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Parthian silver dish showing Dionysus with Ariadne

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

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: The Strangford Apollo, 5th century BC

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

Background imageBritish Museum Collection: Egyptian bronze of a cat and kittens

Egyptian bronze of a cat and kittens, sacred to the goddess Bast, from the British Museums collection



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