Tsuba
This is a Japanese sabre guard. It is made from cast bronze. The guard is decorated with a cast and gilded Japanese dragon motif. The hole is for a blade.
Tsuba
This is a Japanese sabre guard. It is made from cast bronze. The guard is decorated with cast and gilded flowers around the side. It has a small central hole for a blade.
Tsuba
This is a small Japanese sabre guard. It is made from cast bronze. The guard is decorated with a cast and gilded rabbit. It has two opposing holes through the sides for a blade.
Turkash
A Sudanese quiver, known as a 'turkash' in Western Sudan. It has a long leather case, which is wider at the top than the base. The bottom end is reinforced with extra leather and has a leather strap for ...
Tusk
A section of an elephant's ivory tusk, which is yellow in colour.
Tusk
This carved ivory tusk is from Cameroon. It has been carved to depict a hand holding a snake. The tusk was bought from traders in the hinterland of the German Cameroons.
Urn
This is a miniature Japanese urn with lid. It is made from bronze and stands on a square wooden base. It is decorated with cast and gilded trees and birds.
Urn
This is a miniature bronze Japanese urn with lid. The two handles are in the form of elephant heads and the lid is surmounted by a temple dog. The sides are decorated with a cast relief of birds. This ...
Urn
This is a miniature bronze Japanese urn with lid. The two handles are in the form of elephant heads and the lid is surmounted by a temple dog. The sides are decorated with a cast relief of birds. This ...
Urn
A small Ancient Greek urn, with a curving body on a pedestal base. The neck of the urn narrows and widens when reaching the rim. It has two handles and two portraits of women have been painted in red ...
Urn
An early Greek urn made from a beige fabric with painted black bands inside the rim, base and handles. The rim is broken and has a piece missing.
Ushabti
This is a limestone figure of the Egyptian god Thoth. Thoth was the divinity of wisdom and scribe to the gods. His sacred animals were the Ibis and the baboon and he could take the form of either animal. ...
Ushabti
The second figure from the left is a minature ushabti from Egypt. The ushabti is possibly ceramic, and there are traces of faience glaze. Ushabti were buried with the dead to look after them in the afterlife. ...
Ushabti
The figure on the right is a minature ushabti from Egypt. The ushabti is possibly ceramic, and there are traces of faience glaze. Ushabti were buried with the dead to look after them in the afterlife. ...
Ushabti
The second figure on the right is a minature ushabti from Egypt. The ushabti is possibly ceramic, and there are traces of faience glaze. Ushabti were buried with the dead to look after them in the afterlife. ...
Ushabti
To the left is a fragment of a minature ushabti from Egypt. The ushabti is possibly ceramic, and there are traces of faience glaze. Ushabti were buried with the dead to look after them in the afterlife. ...
Ushabti Figure
The upper half of a mummiform Ancient Egyptian ushabti figure. There are traces of a green glaze and carvings on the front.
Ushabti Figure
A carved, wooden, Ancient Egyptian mummiform ushabti figure. The ushabti is simple and without any apparent decoration.