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Fragment of a colossal horse from the quadriga of the Mausoleum at Halikarnassos (Bodrum, south-western Turkey), 350 BCE. One of the Seven wonders of the Ancient World, the four-horse chariot group would have been about 6,5 m long and around 5 m high. It was positioned on the top of the stepped pyramid that crowned the Mausoleum. GR, 18571.12-20.238-9
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Fragment of a colossal horse from the quadriga of the Mausoleum at Halikarnassos...

Central scene of the east frieze of the Parthenon,the Acropolis,Athens. 438-432 BCE. Above the porch an unusually long block of stone is carved with a scene showing a folded cloth. This sacred robe or peplos of Athena was escorted to the Acropolis by the procession of the Great Panathenaic Festival held in Athens every four years. GR, East frieze V, 28-30
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Central scene of the east frieze of the Parthenon,the Acropolis,Athens. 438-432...

Figure of Iris from the west pediment od the parthenon, Acropolis, Athens. She is shown as if just alighting on the Acropolis; her drapaery is pressed flat against her body and flutters out at the edges. It was held at the waist by a bronze girdle,now missing. Her wings, also missing, were socketed into her shoulders at the back where the joins would not have been seen. GR, West Pediment, N
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Figure of Iris from the west pediment od the parthenon, Acropolis, Athens. She i...

Gold plaques showing Artemis as "Mistress of the Animals", Greek, Orientalizing period, 660-620 BCE. The seven gold plaques are of sheet gold and were designed to be worn at the top edge of a garment with the rosettes pinned at the shoulders. The goddess tames wild animals at each hand. Pomegranates, a symbol of fertility, hang from the bottom of each plaque. GR 1861.11-11.1,3
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Gold plaques showing Artemis as "Mistress of the Animals", Greek, Orientalizing...

Faience figure of a swiming girl, Greek, 6th BCE. The cosmetic spoon shows a swimming girl holding a bowl in her outstretched hands. Her naked body is coloured a blue- green and she has short, dark curly hair. The spoon was probably made on the island of Rhodes but belongs to a long tradition of spoons in this form. See 03-01-01/21, 08-01-21/40, 08-05-05/13. GR 1860.4-4.76
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Faience figure of a swiming girl, Greek, 6th BCE. The cosmetic spoon shows a swi...

Bronze figure of a running girl, Greek, 520-500 BCE. Found at Prizren, Serbia; possibly made in or near Sparta. Athletes in the Greek world were mostly male, and a running girl is therefore a rarity. But in Sparta, with a tough tradition, girls ran in the Heraia, in honour of the goddess Hera. Pausanias describes the girl-runners as wearing a short tunic like the one in the bronze figurine. GR, 1876.5-10.1 (Bronze 208)
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Bronze figure of a running girl, Greek, 520-500 BCE. Found at Prizren, Serbia;...

Terracotta group of "knucklebone" (astragalos) players, Hellenistic Greek, 330-300 BCE. The two figures throw the knucklebones up in the air and try to catch as many as possible in one hand as they fall. The "knucklebones" were in fact anklebones of sheep or goats, or models made of ivory, bronze or terracotta. Probably from Taranto (Puglia) in Apulia,Italy. GR, 1867.5-10.(TER)
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Terracotta group of "knucklebone" (astragalos) players, Hellenistic Greek, 330-3...

Jug with a griffin-head spout, 675-650 BCE. Made on one of the islands of the Cyclades, perhaps Paros, found on Aigina. The potting, the modelling of the griffin's head and the painted decoration of the vase are of the highest quality. Griffins, fabulous animals, come from the Near East. Like sphinxes, the are guardians and protetors of the dead. GR 1873.8-20.385
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Jug with a griffin-head spout, 675-650 BCE. Made on one of the islands of the Cy...

Pottery jug with high spout, Cycladic, Milos, Aegean Sea, 1800-1550 BCE. Characteristic of the Cyclades in the Middle Bronze Age, with dark, matt paint applied to a white background. Nipples link these pots, with their upward tilted spouts,to the human form. GR 1920.10-15.1
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Pottery jug with high spout, Cycladic, Milos, Aegean Sea, 1800-1550 BCE. Charac...

Black-figured "Siana" cup, Greek, 575-550 BCE. Both sides of this cup show activities that may be interpreted as rituals in honour of Demeter, a goddess mostly concerned with women's lives, agriculture and fertility. The first man whom Demeter had taught to plough was Bouzyges and members of that Athenian family performed an annual ceremony at the foot of the Acropolis. GR 1906.12-15.1
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Black-figured "Siana" cup, Greek, 575-550 BCE. Both sides of this cup show activ...

White ground jug, attributed to the Brygos painter, around 490 BCE. The finely dressed woman is spinning woollen thread; she holds a distaff in her left hand, and draws out a strand of wooll with her right. The wooll is attached to a hook at the top of the weighted spindle. As the thread lengthens, the spindle sinks to the ground and the woman will have to stop, wind the thread around the spindle and start again. The vase represents an early experiment in the technique of painting in outline on a white ground. GR 1873.8-20.304
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White ground jug, attributed to the Brygos painter, around 490 BCE. The finely d...

Red-figured rhyton (driking horn), signed by the potter Sotades, 470-460 BCE, from the Brygos tomb at Capua, Campania, Italy. The sphinx was coated in fine,white slip. The red-figure scenes on the cup show Kekrops, the legendary, snake-bodied king of Athens. The spout between the front legs of the sphinx was closed, probably with a finger, while the cup was filled and the wine then allowed to flow out, from a considerable height, into a cup or bowl below. GR 1873.8-20,265
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Red-figured rhyton (driking horn), signed by the potter Sotades, 470-460 BCE, fr...