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OXUS TREASURE

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Gold head from the Oxus treasure, Achaemenid Persian, 5th-4th century BC. Beaten gold head of a beardless youth with pierced ears. It may have been part of a statue, perhaps in another material such as wood. It is part of the Oxus treasure, the most important collection of gold and silver to have survived from the Achaemenid period. The treasure was found on the banks of the River Oxus, Takht-i Kuwad, Tadjikistan, and probably comes from a temple there. ANE, 123906
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Gold head from the Oxus treasure, Achaemenid Persian, 5th-4th century BC. Beaten...

Gold masks, Parthian, from Nineveh, northern Iraq, 2nd century. These gold masks come from graves on the site of the former Late Assyrian citadel at Nineveh. They were discovered in 1852. The graves date to a period when Nineveh was an an important town in the independent state of Adiabene, situated between the Parthian and Roman empires. Occasional finds of Roman pottery, coins and military equipment hint that Nineveh may have briefly been incorporated within the eastern Roman Empire. In the graves bodies had been placed in stone-lined cists roughly built from slabs of stone. It is not clear exactly how many tombs were discovered. The tomb from which these masks came possibly contained two bodies, one of which was identified by the excavator as a woman. A pair of fine earrings was also found in the tomb, together with a covering for the eyes, finger rings, gold buttons and beads and a coin of the Roman emperor Tiberius (reigned AD 14-37). The masks were placed over the faces of the corpses. This tradition is also attested from burials excavated in the eastern Roman Empire, reinforcing the evidence for cultural links between Rome and its eastern neighbours during this period. ANE, 123894;ANE, 123895
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Gold masks, Parthian, from Nineveh, northern Iraq, 2nd century. These gold masks...

Gold amulet containing relics, 2nd century. This amulet would have been valued for exuding divine energy and was probably worn as a protective talisman by a pious Buddhist. One of the gold coins discovered in the amulet is well known for its depiction of a standing Buddha captioned 'BODDO' in Bactrian (using Greek script). This coin, now also in the British Museum, is useful for art historians to date when and where images of the Buddha were first made. Found at the Ahin Posh Stupa, Jalalabad, ancient Gandhara, India. OA, 1880-29
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Gold amulet containing relics, 2nd century. This amulet would have been valued f...

Electrum cup with bas-relief depicting Scythians. Gold, 2nd half of the 4th century BCE. From Kul'-Oba kurgan, Crimea, Ukraine. Height 13cm.
#03080761

Electrum cup with bas-relief depicting Scythians. Gold, 2nd half of the 4th cen...

Mughal gold mohur (gold coin) of Jahangir depicting the sign of Sagittarius. India, 1623.
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Mughal gold mohur (gold coin) of Jahangir depicting the sign of Sagittarius. Ind...

Part of the tack for the royal horse, this bridle and bridle plate are embellished with gold-plated silver intricately worked in tendrils, dragon, phoenix and jachung, (a mythic animal often associated in Bhutan with Guru Rinpoche). H: 48 cm
#04010153

Part of the tack for the royal horse, this bridle and bridle plate are embelli...

Part of the tack for the royal horse, this saddle is embellished with gold-plated silver intricately worked in tendrils, dragon, phoenix and jachung (a mythic animal often assocciated in Bhutan with Guru Rinpoche). H: 26 cm L: 47 cm
#04010159

Part of the tack for the royal horse, this saddle is embellished with gold-pl...

Buddha Sakyamuni - sacred images of Buddha are found in all temples and symbolize the body of the Buddha, his speech and his mind. Copper, firegilding H: 46 cm
#04010265

Buddha Sakyamuni - sacred images of Buddha are found in all temples and symbo...

Ceremonial butter lamps made of solid gold are rare and usually of a copper alloy or silver. Today they are fuelled with vegetable oil rather than butter. The lighting of butter lamps is one of the most common means of increasing one's merit. H: 21,5 cm
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Ceremonial butter lamps made of solid gold are rare and usually of a copper allo...

Female idol with gold incrustations. Marble and gold. From tomb 3, Varna I, Bulgaria Neolithic (4th-3rd mill. BCE) Height 12.8 cm Inv. V-I-1795
#06010228

Female idol with gold incrustations. Marble and gold. From to...

Human mask with gold ornaments, and a necklace of gold pearls, quartz and kaolin. From tomb 3, Varna I, Bulgaria. Varna Culture, Neolithic (5th mill. BCE) Diameter 21 cm Inv. V-I 1779-84
#06010260

Human mask with gold ornaments, and a necklace of gold pearls, quartz...

Gold vessel, imported into Denmark. Handle with stylized horse's head was added locally. (See also 06-03-01/53) Late Bronze Age (800-400 BCE)
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Gold vessel, imported into Denmark. Handle with stylized hor...