Ancient Metalwork

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Smelting of GoldRelief depicts metalworkers employed in the manufacture of jewelry, smelting gold by

Ancient Egyptian embossed silver usekh (”aegis”) with the head of a lioness, perhaps representing th

Ewer decorated with female figures. Iran, Sasanian Period, 7th-6th centuries A.D. Silver and gilt. A

Silver and gilt plate and bowl with image of hunting king. Iran, Sasanian Period, 4th to 5th century

Ancient Egyptian bronze sculpture of a cat and her kittens, thought to have been created in honor of

Bronze aegis of the goddess Isis, showing the goddess wearing a tripartite wig with twelve uraeus-se

Bronze portrait of a man, variously identified as Marcus Agrippa or Marcus Antonius.  Artist unknown

Hellenistic bronze sculpture of Hermes.  Now in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.  Photo credit:

Bronze statuette of a Siren.  Unknown South Italian or Etruscan artist; ca. 500 BCE.  Now in the Met

Ancient Greek necklace with the “Heracles knot”.  Artist unknown; ca. 230-210 BCE.  From Taras/Taren

Ancient Greek gold ring with a garnet intaglio, depicting either the god Dionysus himself or Ptolemy

Ancient Greek bronze coin, believed to have been issued by the city of Apollonia in Macedon.  On the

Drachm of the Indo-Greek king Philoxenos Aniketos (”Invincible”), who ruled a kingdom in present-day

Ancient Greek or Roman bronze statuette of a dwarf with silver eyes.  Artist unknown; 1st cent. BCE/

The great Athenian orator Demosthenes.  Roman copy (1st cent. BCE - 2nd cent. CE) in leaded bronze,

Silver beaker with birds and animals. Thracian, c. 4th century B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art. From

Gilded silver plate from the Sasanian Empire, depicting youths with winged horses.  The iconography

Ancient Egyptian spacer bead from a piece of jewelry (cast gold + amethyst), decorated to look like

Ancient Egyptian ring (gold and green jasper) with an image of the god Ptah.  Artist unknown; ca. 66

Statuette of the goddess Artemis/Diana. Unknown Anatolian artist; 1st cent. BCE. Now in the Getty Vi

Hellenistic copper-alloy bust of a man, thought by some scholars to depict Philip V of Macedon (r. 2

Anglo-Saxon and Viking personal ornamentation and combs, The Museum of East Riding, June 2017.

Koro or incense burner in the form of an ancient Chinese roof tile with a small spider on the side,

Small bronze figurine of a wreathed male figure, possibly the god Apollo.  An inscription on the leg

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