EditorialForehead jewel (tika) Forehead jewel (tika) Forehead Jewel (tika), A forehead ornament (tika) in the shape of a golden crescent moon, with a bunch of jewels. Everything is inlaid with red and green stones and diamond splinters. Nine pearls hang from th...
EditorialBronze head of a goddess, Late Hellenistic or Early Imperial, ca. 100 B.C.?A.D. 100, Greek or Roman, Bronze, H. 1 in. (2.5 cm), Bronzes, Head of a woman wearing a diadem with short straight hair, parted in the middle, and slightly wavy around the foreh...
EditorialBronze head of a goddess, Late Hellenistic or Early Imperial, ca. 100 B.C.?A.D. 100, Greek or Roman, Bronze, H. 1 in. (2.5 cm), Bronzes, Head of a woman wearing a diadem with short straight hair, parted in the middle, and slightly wavy around the forehead.
EditorialLion head amulet, Late Period?Ptolemaic Period, 664?30 B.C., From Egypt, Faience, H. 2.9 ? W. 2.5 ? D. 1.1 cm (2.9 ? 2.5 ? 1.1 cm), This lion head amulet exhibits changes in the representation of lions that appeared during the later first millennium BC...
EditorialLion head amulet, Late Period?Ptolemaic Period, 664?30 B.C., From Egypt, Faience, l. 1.6 cm. (5/8 in.) ? w. 2.9 cm (1 1/8 in.), This lion head amulet exhibits changes in the representation of lions that appeared during the later first millennium BC. Th...
EditorialBronze head of a goddess, Late Hellenistic or Early Imperial, ca. 100 B.C.?A.D. 100, Greek or Roman, Bronze, H. 1 in. (2.5 cm), Bronzes, Head of a woman wearing a diadem with short straight hair, parted in the middle, and slightly wavy around the forehead.
EditorialLimestone statue of Apollo, Hellenistic, ca. 3rd?1st century B.C., Cypriot, Limestone, Overall: 21 x 8 in. (53.3 x 20.3 cm), Stone Sculpture, The figure can be identified as the god Apollo. His hairstyle, with a knot above the forehead, is that of Apol...
EditorialLimestone male head, Imperial, 30 B.C.?A.D. 330, Roman, Cypriot, Limestone, Overall: 9 1/4 ? 5 1/2 ? 7 in. (23.5 ? 14 ? 17.8 cm), Stone Sculpture, The expression is severe. A wrinkle runs obliquely from each side of the nose and another is inscribed at...
EditorialHead of a Buddha or Bodhisattva, 5th?6th century, Afghanistan (probably Hadda), Clay with inset garnet eyes, H. 12 1/4 in. (31.1 cm); W. 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm); D. 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm), Sculpture, This head gives a sense of the refinement of Afghan sculptu...
EditorialLimestone head of a beardless male votary, Late Archaic?Early Classical, late 6th century or early 5th century B.C., Cypriot, Limestone, Overall: 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 4 in. (14 x 9.5 x 10.2 cm), Stone Sculpture, The head is covered with schematic locks that...
EditorialMiniature Cippus (magical stela) with Horus in profile wearing gazelle head on the forehead, Third Intermediate Period?Late Period, Dynasty 25?30, ca. 712?332 B.C., From Egypt, Anhydrite, H. 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in), w. 2.3 cm (7/8 in), Depth 1.5 cm (9/16 in).
EditorialBull's head mask with human characteristics, Cypro-Archaic II, ca. 600?480 B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta; hand-made, H. 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm), Terracottas, The mask, which may represent Acheloos, is handmade. It has bulging eyes, a flat muzzle, and a flat pr...