Earring
This is a carved ivory earring from China. The deep relief carving depicts a scene of a group of figures and buildings with trees in the background. The earring has a matching brooch.
Egyptian Coffin Artefact
This carved wooden face is from an Ancient Egyptian coffin. Ancient Egyptian coffins were often painted with idealised images of the deceased.
Fan
Chinese or Japanese fan with a black lacquer box. The fan has wooden 'spokes' with carved scenes, and vividly painted views on the fabric. There is a pheasant painted on the inside of the box's lid and ...
Fan
This fan is from Tunis, North Africa. The fan is made from a palm leaf that has been drawn down to one side. The long stem of the palm leaf forms the handle of the fan.
Fan
This is a Senegalese fan from West Africa. It is made of woven straw, twisted around a red, orange and yellow painted stick. The fan is decorated with holes in a triangle pattern.
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This is a Senegalese fan from West Africa. It is made of woven straw attached to a short handle.
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This is a piece of carved soapstone from Japan. The figure at the top of the pedestal is leaning on his left arm. This figure may accompany a similar figure leaning on his right arm.
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This is a piece of carved soapstone from Japan. The figure at the top of the pedestal is leaning on his right arm. This figure may accompany a similar figure leaning on his left arm.
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This is an Ancient Egyptian figure of Ankh-Es-Ast. It is made of limestone with a faience glaze. The figure is broken and is now in two halves.
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This is a figure of the Japanese god Hote, or Hothe. It is made of carved and polished coal.
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This is a carved wooden figure of a Burman. It is wearing a white Pasoe, or shirtcloth, with a long pink skirt, decorated with the Acheik pattern. On it's head is a pink Gaung Baung (headress). Originally ...
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This is a carved wooden figure of a woman from central lowland Burma. It is wearing a white Htamein shirtcloth with a long black and gold skirt. Originally the figure may have held a fan or an umberella. ...
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This bronze lion figure is from Japan.
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This small ceramic head of a woman is from Ancient Rome. It was used to decorate sculpture. It forms part of a collection of minature souvenirs that were excavated at Rome and Pompeii.
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This is a bronze figure of the Uraeus from Egypt. The Uraeus was a royal symbol of a snake that was worn on the head dress of pharohs to signify their sovereignty. This figure is a fixing for a head dress ...
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A nineteenth century seated brass figure in meditation on a lotus throne, known as a Bodhisattva. Its legs are crossed, with the hands placed in the lap. The figure has an ornamental costume with traces ...
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A Russian painted metal plate figure from Nizhni Novgovod, which is said to be over 100 years old. The figure is of a man wearing a black and white costume with gilded decoration and a green hat. He is ...
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A Russian painted metal plate figure from Nizhni Novgovod, said to be over 100 years old. The figure is of a man wearing a black and white costume with gilded decoration and a green hat. He has a moustache ...