Clay Collection

The Babylonian Map of the World, c. 510-c. 500 BC. Artist: Assyrian Art
The Babylonian Map of the World, c. 510-c. 500 BC. Found in the collection of British Museum

Clay tablet with linear B script, 15th century BC
Clay tablet from Knossos with linear B script, from the British Museums collection, 15th century BC

Dionysus and two Maenads. Attic black-figured amphora, ca 550-530 BC. Found in the Collection of Bibliothe que Nationale de France

The Euphronios Krater (Sarpedon krater). Sarpedons body carried by Hypnos and Thanatos, c. 510-c. 500 BC. Found in the Collection of Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia

Akkadian inscription on a brick-stamp of baked clay
Inscription in Akkadian on a brick-stamp of baked clay of King Sarkali-Sarri of the Akkadian dynasty, from Nippur. from the Archaeological Museums collection, Istanbul

The International Exhibition: clay manufactures of the Shropshire coalfields, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: architectural clay manufactures of the Shropshire coalfields, 1862. 'The encaustic pavement in the centre is...in colour red, black, and cream-yellow

Interior of a Studio in Paris, 1886. Creator: Eva Fredrika Bonnier
Interior of a Studio in Paris, 1886. Additional Info: Eva Bonnier was one of many Swedish women artists who studied and worked in Paris in the 1880s

Funerary Sculpture of a Kneeling Entertainer, 206 B.C.-25 A.D.. Creator: Unknown
Funerary Sculpture of a Kneeling Entertainer, 206 B.C.-25 A.D

Funerary Sculpture of a Standing Woman, 206 B.C.-25 A.D.. Creator: Unknown
Funerary Sculpture of a Standing Woman, 206 B.C.-25 A.D

Funerary Sculpture of a Standing Man, 206 B.C.-25 A.D.. Creator: Unknown
Funerary Sculpture of a Standing Man, 206 B.C.-25 A.D

Funerary Sculpture of a Horse and Rider, between 618 and 906. Creator: Unknown
Funerary Sculpture of a Horse and Rider, between 618 and 906

Funerary Sculpture of a Pair of Military Officials (image 2 of 2), between c.500 and c.534. Creator: Unknown
Funerary Sculpture of a Pair of Military Officials (image 2 of 2), between c.500 and c.534

Funerary Sculpture of a Pair of Military Officials (image 1 of 2), between c.500 and c.534. Creator: Unknown
Funerary Sculpture of a Pair of Military Officials (image 1 of 2), between c.500 and c.534

Funerary Sculpture of a Female Equestrian Drummer (image 2 of 2), between c.500 and c.534. Creator: Unknown
Funerary Sculpture of a Female Equestrian Drummer (image 2 of 2), between c.500 and c.534

Funerary Sculpture of a Female Equestrian Drummer (image 1 of 2), between c.500 and c.534. Creator: Unknown
Funerary Sculpture of a Female Equestrian Drummer (image 1 of 2), between c.500 and c.534

Funerary Sculpture of a Noble Lady, between c.700 and c.800. Creator: Unknown
Funerary Sculpture of a Noble Lady, between c.700 and c.800

Funerary Sculpture of a Wrestler, between c.700 and c.800. Creator: Unknown
Funerary Sculpture of a Wrestler, between c.700 and c.800

Altar Chamber with Altar, between c.1450 and c.1550. Creator: Unknown
Altar Chamber with Altar, between c.1450 and c.1550

Throne Chamber with Throne, between c.1450 and c.1550. Creator: Unknown
Throne Chamber with Throne, between c.1450 and c.1550

Funerary Sculpture of a Double-Courtyard Residential Compound, between c.1450 and c.1550. Creator: Unknown
Funerary Sculpture of a Double-Courtyard Residential Compound (image 2 of 2), between c.1450 and c.1550

Funerary Sculpture of a Double-Courtyard Residential Compound, between c.1450 and c.1550. Creator: Unknown
Funerary Sculpture of a Double-Courtyard Residential Compound (image 1 of 2), between c.1450 and c.1550

Head of a Bodhisattva, Probably Avalokitésvara (Guanyin), the Bodhisattva... between c.1450-c.1550. Creator: Unknown
Head of a Bodhisattva, Probably Avalokitesvara (Guanyin), the Bodhisattva of Mercy, between c.1450 and c.1550

Kitchen Chamber with Kitchen (image 1 of 2), between c.1450 and c.1550. Creator: Unknown
Kitchen Chamber with Kitchen (image 1 of 2), between c.1450 and c.1550

Head of a Buddha (Fotuo), between c.800 and c.906. Creator: Unknown
Head of a Buddha (Fotuo), between c.800 and c.906

Acrobat, 200 B.C. - A.D. 500. Creator: Unknown
Acrobat, 200 B.C. - A.D. 500

Crawling Figure, 200 B.C. - A.D. 500. Creator: Unknown
Crawling Figure, 200 B.C. - A.D. 500

Wallet or purse with birds and flowers on marbled suede, c.1900-c.1925. Creator: Anon
Wallet or purse with birds and flowers on marbled suede, c.1900-c.1925. With pockets for business cards and paper money, made in Dutch East Indies/Amsterdam

Terracotta figurine of a civil official, Han Dynasty, ca 160-130 BC. Creator: Anonymous master
Terracotta figurine of a civil official, Han Dynasty, ca 160-130 BC. Found in the collection of the Han Yangling Museum, Xianyang

'Terrain argileux crevasse la chaleur; Afrique du nord, 1914. Creator: Jules Gervais-Courtellemont
'Terrain argileux crevasse la chaleur; Afrique du nord, 1914. From "Grande Geographie Bong Illustree", 1914

Prometheus Moulding Man from Clay, 1845. Creator: Constantin Hansen
Prometheus Moulding Man from Clay, 1845

L'atelier du sculpteur Henri Allouard, 1905. Creator: Leon-Maxime Faivre
L'atelier du sculpteur Henri Allouard, 1905. Studio of the sculptor Henri Allouard. Allouard (1844-1929) poses in his workshop as he works on a clay statuette of a woman dancing

Specimen illustrations for a monograph on clay stones by J.M. Arms Sheldon, c1900. Creator: Frances S. Allen
Specimen illustrations for a monograph on clay stones by J.M. Arms Sheldon, c1900. (Among the books published by American entomologist, educator)

Tomb Guardian. Tomb of Lou Rui, 570. Creator: Chinese Master
Tomb Guardian. Tomb of Lou Rui, 570. Found in the collection of the Shanxi Museum

Children modeling clay at desks and drawing on blackboard in Washington, D.C. classroom, (1899?)

Greek hoplite fighting a Persian (Terracotta red-figure kylix), ca 470 BC. Creator: Ancient pottery, Attican Art
Greek hoplite fighting a Persian (Terracotta red-figure kylix), ca 470 BC. Found in the collection of the National Archaeological Museum, Athens

Greek soldier fighting a Persian (Terracotta red-figure Nolan amphora), ca 470 BC. Found in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Amazonomachy (Battle of Greeks against Amazons). Lekythos, ca 420-410 BC. Creator
Amazonomachy (Battle of Greeks against Amazons). Lekythos, ca 420-410 BC. Found in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Combat between an Amazon and a Greek. (Nolan amphora), ca 470-460 BC. Creator: Alcimachus Painter (active c. 460 BC)
Combat between an Amazon and a Greek. (Nolan amphora), ca 470-460 BC. Found in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Athena presides over the voting for the award of the arms of Achilles, c. 490 BC. Found in the collection of the Art History Museum, Vienne

Panathenaic prize amphora with marathon runners at the Olympic games, ca 550-530 BC. Found in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Making adobe bricks, Bosque Farms project, New Mexico, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Making adobe bricks. Bosque Farms project, New Mexico. These bricks are to be used in construction of the new school building

Bosque Farms project - making adobe brick for school and permanent houses, New Mexico, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Bosque Farms project. Making adobe brick for school and permanent houses. New Mexico

Fallen Railway Arches in Copenhagen-Fields, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Fallen Railway Arches in Copenhagen-Fields, [London], 1850. Extension of the Birmingham Railway to Blackwall. Last week, one of the most important works on this line

Nunipayo [i.e. Nampeyo] decorating pottery, c1900. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Nunipayo [i.e. Nampeyo] decorating pottery, c1900. Photograph show Tewa Hopi potter Nampeyo seated on mat painting designs on pottery

Zuni potter, c1903. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Zuni potter, c1903. Zuni woman kneeling on animal skin on floor, making pottery

The potter, c1906. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The potter, c1906. Hopi woman painting small pottery vessel

Minoan Clay Figurine Horse and Rider (Goddess), Terracotta, Arkhanes, Crete, c1400BC-c1100 BC. A rare representation from Post-Palataial Period. Heraklion Archaeological Museum

Medieval stone mosaic, (1898). Creator: Unknown
Medieval stone mosaic, (1898). Figs 1-8: Engraved stone-flags from the old cathedral at St. Omer, 13th century (ground brown, interior design of horse and horseman filled up with red)

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