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Bronze statuette of Vanth, Etruscan, found near Mount Vesuvius, Italy, 425-400 BCE. Vanth was the servant of Charun (Greek Cheiron), lord of the Underworld. She begins to appear in Etruscan mythology from the late 5th century BC and becomes the most frequent represented of Etruscan death demons or spirits. She attends from the moment of death until the entry into the Underworld. GR 1772.3-2.15
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Bronze statuette of Vanth, Etruscan, found near Mount Vesuvius, Italy, 425-400 B...

Fragment of a wallpainting: God with flowers and two nymphs End of the 1st century CE; Pompeii, house of the Vestales H.: 0,92m; W.: 1,78m CC 70
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Fragment of a wallpainting: God with flowers and two nymphs End of the 1st ce...

Front face of the sarcophagus "with trees" ("à arbres"): Scenes from the Old and the New Testament First half of the 4th century CE; Rome ? White marble; H.: 0,70m; W.: 2,17m MR 807, Ma 2981
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Front face of the sarcophagus "with trees" ("à arbres"): Scenes from the Old and...

Scene of a hunt Herculanum, house of the Cerfs Around 60-80 CE Wallpainting; 0,40 x 0,26m P16
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Scene of a hunt Herculanum, house of the Cerfs Around 60-80 CE Wallpainting;...

Scene of a chariotrace Herculanum, house of the Cerfs Around 60-80 CE Wallpainting; 0,40 x 0,26m P16
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Scene of a chariotrace Herculanum, house of the Cerfs Around 60-80 CE Wallpai...

Roman mosaic showing a lion hunt 1st entury CE; Villa de Las Tiendas, Spain
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Roman mosaic showing a lion hunt 1st entury CE; Villa de Las Tiendas, Spain

Festoon with masks, leaves and fruit (detail) Casa del Fauno, Pompeii VI 12,2 Inv. 9994 See also detail 11-01-01/28 and overall 03-05-01/69
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Festoon with masks, leaves and fruit (detail) Casa del Fauno, Pompeii VI 12,2...

Tile antefix, Roman Britain, 2nd-3rd century. This object was one of a row of ornate terminals set along the eaves of a tiled roof. It was made in the tilery of the Roman army's 20th legion, whose emblem of a wild boar decorates the plaque. It was found in Holt, Clwyd. P&EE, 1911 2-6 1
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Tile antefix, Roman Britain, 2nd-3rd century. This object was one of a row of or...

Silver tigress from the Hoxne hoard, Roman Britain, buried in the 5th century. This statuette of a prancing tigress was intended as one of a pair of handles for a large silver amphora or vase, though no other part of such an object was found in the hoard. Tigers and other large feline species were associated with Bacchus, and the amphora to which this tigress belonged would no doubt have had Bacchic decoration. The figure is a solid casting with stripes inlaid in niello to create a black contrast with the silver background. The Hoxne (pronounced 'Hoxon') hoard is the richest find of treasure from Roman Britain. Alongside the approximately 15,000 coins were many other precious objects, buried for safety at a time when Britain was passing out of Roman control. P&EE, P.1994 4-8 30
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Silver tigress from the Hoxne hoard, Roman Britain, buried in the 5th century. T...

The Great Dish from the Mildenhall treasure, Roman Britain, 4th century. The staring face in the centre represents Oceanus, with dolphins in his hair and a beard formed of seaweed fronds. The inner circle, bordered by scallop shells, consists of sea-nymphs riding mythical marine creatures, a sea-horse, a triton, a sea-stag and a ketos, a dragon-like sea-monster. The wide outer frieze features Bacchus himself, holding a bunch of grapes and a thyrsus (a staff tipped with a pine-cone) and resting a foot on his panther. He presides over a celebration of music, dancing and drinking in his honour. The participants include the hero Hercules, overcome by the consumption of wine, the goat-legged god Pan, and various satyrs and Maenads (female devotees of Bacchus). This is the most famous object in the Mildenhall treasure, usually known as the 'Great Dish', or as the 'Neptune' or 'Oceanus Dish'. P&EE, 1946 10-7 1
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The Great Dish from the Mildenhall treasure, Roman Britain, 4th century. The sta...

Flanged silver bowl from the Mildenhall treasure, Roman Britain, 4th century AD. The decoration on the flat rims shows a variety of animals in hunting and pastoral scenes, themes which fall into the general category of Bacchic imagery. The inclusion of griffins, a mythical species, alongside real animals, is a common feature. The central medallion on this bowl shows a huntsman confronting a bear. Bowls of this shape were popular in late Roman table services. P&EE, 1946 10-7 5
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Flanged silver bowl from the Mildenhall treasure, Roman Britain, 4th century AD....

Hanging bowl from the Sutton Hoo burial, Anglo-Saxon, late 6th-early 7th century. This once magnificent and highly valued bronze hanging bowl has elaborately ornamented and inlaid hook-mounts, with extra ornamental square mounts in between. Inside, uniquely, is a free-standing silvery bronze fish that could rotate and appear to swim, indicating that the bowl may have held water for hand washing after a feast, or perhaps something stronger. Red, blue and pale green enamel were used, with inlaid glass, blue rods and bright patterns of millefiori. It was repaired using silver patches decorated in the local Anglo-Saxon style and is typical of medieval Celtic art from Britain and Ireland. The bowl was found in 1939 in a richly furnished ship burial at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk. The burial, probably of King Raedwald, Anglo-Saxon ruler of East Anglia, is the most lavishly equipped tomb surviving from the early middle ages. M&ME, 1939, 10-10,110
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Hanging bowl from the Sutton Hoo burial, Anglo-Saxon, late 6th-early 7th century...