Genie Collection

Two Warriors, One with a Winged Genie on His Helmet, 1475/1500. Creator: School of Maso Finiguerra Italian, 1426-1464
Two Warriors, One with a Winged Genie on His Helmet, 1475/1500

Winged genie. Detail of a relief from the palace of Assyrian king Sargon II, 722-705 BC. Artist: Assyrian Art
Winged genie. Detail of a relief from the palace of Assyrian king Sargon II, 722-705 BC. Found in the collection of Musee du Louvre, Paris

Bactrian statuette of the genie La Balafre (the Scarred One), made of chlorite, calcite, and iron

Aladdin discovers the Lamp, c1930. Creator: Unknown
Aladdin discovers the Lamp, c1930. From " Stories from the Arabian Nights". [Nelson, c1930]

Illustration for a fairy story, 1953. Creator: Shirley Markham
Illustration for a fairy story, 1953. Shirley Markham (1931-1999) studied Graphic Design and Illustration at Central School of Art in London from 1950-1952

Rudyard Kiplings own illustration for How the Camel Got His Hump, c1902, (c1950). Scene from Kiplings Just So Stories for Little Children

THe Jinns. Miniature from a ottoman manuscript, 1582. Found in the collection of Bibliotheque Nationale de France

Mycenaean gold signet ring picturing a fertility rite, 13th century BC
Mycenaean gold signet ring from Tiryns, picturing a fertility rite. A lion headed genii hold libations in front of a goddess who holds a stemmed chalice

A protective Assyrian genie, from the Pergamon Museum in Berlin

Assyrian relief of a genie protector, from the palace of Sargon II at Khorsabad
Assyrian relief of a genie protector with a bucket and a cedar cone, from the palace of Sargon II at Khorsabad. From the British Museums collection

Assyrian relief of a genie protector from the palace of Sargon II at Khorsabad. From the British Museums collection

Detail of the hand on a relief of an Assyrian genie
Detail of the hand on a relief of a protective Assyrian genie, covered with Cuniform script. At the Pergamon Museum in Berlin

Carnelian cylinder seal of Mushezib-Ninurta, Neo-Assyrian, from northern Iraq, 9th century BC
Carnelian cylinder seal of Mushezib-Ninurta, Neo-Assyrian, from Sherif Khan (Tarbisu), northern Iraq, 9th century BC. The king, shown in mirror image

Babylonian lion-headed terracotta monster, probably representing one of the seven evil genii, 699BC. From the British Museums collection

Roman wallpainting showing Mount Vesuvius and Bacchus (Dionysus) or the Genius Loci, Pompeii, Italy
Roman wallpainting, Pompeii, Italy; showing Mount Vesuvius and the figure of Bacchus (Dionysus) god of wine wearing clusters of grapes or of the Genius Loci. The snake is a protective cthonic deity

Statuette of the genie La Balafre, Bactrian, end of 3rd to the start of 2nd millenium BC
Statuette of the genie La Balafre (the scarred one), Bactrian, end of 3rd to the start of 2nd millenium BC. The genies body is covered with snake scales. The scar symbolises a destructive ritual

Statue of a Hindu evil genie, 1828. Illustration from L Inde Francaise. (Paris, 1828)

Bronze Spirit of the Nile statuette with offering, Late Period, c664BC-323BC. Louvre

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