Ornate Collection (page 27)

The Princess Lamballe late 18th century. Artist: Antoine Callet
The Princess Lamballe late 18th century. Marie-Therese-Louise de Savoie-Carignan, Princesse de Lamballe (1749-1792), the intimate friend of Queen Marie Antoinette, was lynched by revolutionaries

San Rocco in Glory, 1564. Artist: Jacopo Tintoretto
San Rocco in Glory, 1564. From the Scuola San Rocco, Venice, Italy

Mass said by the canon de la Porte, or the main altar of Notre Dame, Paris, 1708-1710. From the Musee du Louvre, Paris

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

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

Gold jewelled Roman bracelet
Gold Roman bracelet, set with sapphires, emeralds, and pearls. Found in Tunis, and now in the British Museum

Detail from the Dejbjerg Cart, 1st century BC
Detail from the Dejbjerg Cart, found in a bog near Ringkoding, Denmark, 1st century BC

Shir-Dar Madrasa in Samarkand, 17th century
Shir-Dar Madrasa in Samarkand. Shir-dar means decorated with tigers, 17th century

Persian tiles with animals and lines from Persian poetry, 13th century
Persian tiles with hares and predators and lines from Persian poetry, 13th century

Persian tile with gazelles and an inscription from the Quran, 13th century
Persian tile with gazelles and an inscription from the Quran, Sum LXXXVII, decorated in lustre on an opaque white glaze, 13th century

Persian tile depcting Kushrau seeing Shirin bathing, 19th century
Persian tile depcting Kushrau seeing Shi in bathing, from the V&As collection, 19th century

Gold dinar of the Abbasid dynasty, 10th century
Gold dinar of the Abbasid dynasty, of Caliph al-Musta sippu. It was minted at Baghdad, 10th century

St Basils Cathedral domes, 16th century
St Basils Cathedral domes in Red Square in Moscow, 16th century

Gold head of a Mycenaean silver pin, 16th century
Gold head of a Mycenaean silver pin from a shaft grave at Mycenae in Greece. It depicts a nature goddess holding garlands. In the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, 16th century

Marble Roman slab of the Fox and Grapes
Marble Roman slab of the Aesop of the Fox and Grapes from Old Corinth in Greece

Viking Jellinge-style Disc-Brooch
Viking Disc-Brooch from York, in the Jellinge Style

Anglo-Saxon square-headed brooch from a grave, 5th century
Anglo-Saxon square-headed brooch from an inhumation grave at Hornsea, east Yorkshire. Currently at the Yorkshire Archaeological Society Museum, York, 5th century

Anglo-Saxon radiate-headed brooch, 5th century
An Anglo-Saxon radiate-headed brooch with chip-carved decoration, inlaid with garnets. From a cemetery at Hornsea, east Yorkshire

Viking bronze and tortoise-shell brooch, c. 8th-11th century
Viking bronze and tortoise-shell brooch from Scandinavia in the gripping-beast style, from the Ashmoleons collection, c.8th-11th century

The Chichester Extinguisher, 1868. This cartoon depicts the Bishop of Chichester berating his ritualist parson. The parson is wearing ornate vestments and is burning incense

Pulpit, Peter and Paul Cathedral, St Petersburg, Russia, 2011. Artist: Sheldon Marshall
Pulpit, Peter and Paul Cathedral, St Petersburg, Russia, 2011. The cathedral, which was built between 1712 and 1733, stands within the Peter and Paul Fortress. It was designed by Domenico Trezzini

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