Ancient Figurines and Artifacts

Ceramic figurines and votive figures from ancient civilizations, displaying artistic styles and cultural significance.

Abbildung figure, Mayan culture, Jaina Island, Mexico, 600-900 AD, ceramic, MuEC, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 23171361

Abbildung figure, Mayan culture, Jaina Island, Mexico, 600-900 AD, ceramic, MuEC, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 23171361

Ushebti of pharaoh Taharqa, serpentine, 25th dynasty, 690-664 BC, tomb of Taharqa, Nuri, Sudan, collection of the British Museum.

Terracotta Harappa human figurine from the Indus Valley Civilisation at Mohenjo-Daro, Pakistan. The Indus Valley Civilisation was a Bronze Age culture, (33001300 BCE; mature period 26001900 BCE) mainly in the north-western regions of South Asia, extending from what today is northeast Afghanistan to Pakistan and northwest India. Dated 2700 BC

Male votive figure, ceramic, from Illa Plana, Ibiza, second half 5th century B.C. Museum: Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid.

'Sitting Lion'. Cyprus, First half of the 6th century BC. Dimensions: h. 14,1 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Amulet of the God Anubis 664 BCE-332 BCE Egypt. Faience . Ancient Egyptian

Biche of Balazote. Hybrid man/animal. Limestone. Iberian culture. 6th-5th century BC. Balazote, Albacete. National Archaeological Museum, Madrid. Spain. Detail.

Shabti with Hieratic Inscription. Egypt, 19th - 24th Dynasty (1315 - 711 BCE). Sculpture. Terracotta

Roman relief depicting Diana the Goddess of hunting; 2nd Century AD; Barcelona; Spain

Terracotta Head, Nok, 500BC-200 AD. NIGERIA.

figura con tocado de cuernos, 300-200 a.C, Museo arqueológico de Ibiza y Formentera, Patrimonio de la Humanidad «Ibiza, biodiversidad y cultura», Ibiza, balearic islands, Spain.

Mayan stucco portrait head of a female dignitary, with stylised hair. 600-900 AD. Hormiguero, Campeche, Mexico

Seated statue of Ramesses II. Dated 19th Dynasty, reign of Ramesses II.

Alabaster group of Aphrodite and Eros, Said to have been found near Byblos, Lebanon. 150-50 BC The ship's rudder and the dolphin allude to her maritime nature she may be Aphrodite Euploia (of fair voyage), a patron deity of sailors. She is shown wearing elaborate gilded jewellery that includes a diadem, necklace, cross-strap between her breasts, and arm-bands. Traces of gilding also survive on Eros's wings and the whole group was brightly coloured.

Guardian Figure (Dvarapala). Indonesia; Eastern Java. Date: 1401-1500. Dimensions: 82.6 × 35.6 × 36.0 cm (32 1/2 × 14 × 14 1/4 in.). Andesite. Origin: Eastern Java. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Female figure ca. 1981-1550 B.C. Middle Kingdom-Early New Kingdom. Female figure. ca. 1981-1550 B.C.. Baked clay. Middle Kingdom-Early New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb MMA 810 (M10), MMA excavations, 1913-14. Dynasty 12-17

Board with an AnthropomorphicFigure

Central Asia. Historic region of Transoxiana. Sirin. Creatures with a human head and body of a bird. Clay; carving. 6th-7th c. Penjikent, Tajikistan. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.

Vietnam, Danang, Danang Museum of Cham Sculpture, 7th-8th century Chim Than Garuda holy bird Garuda

Human figurine.

Console with male head, console building element sandstone stone, sculpted Console with male head surrounded by curls.

Bird-Headed Figure Whistle 8th-9th century Veracruz This freestanding ceramic figure represents a mastery of Veracruz decorative style and a spirited, improvisational use of form. An attitude of power is conveyed by a wide stance, outward extended elbows, and hands placed upon hips. Opposing the solidity of this posture is the floating, asymmetrical form of a fantastic horned and feathered serpent projecting from the head of the masked human figure or bird-headed anthropomorph. This figure wears an elaborate collar and a loincloth with a panel decorated with an abstract design that can be read as a splayed anthropomorphic figure. The broad collar that caps the figure's shoulders possesses a central element and is incised along its edge to depict a fringed border. Panels of scrollwork and interlaces and bands of repeated motifs characteristic of the art of Veracruz appear in relief on surfaces throughout the composition. The figure is actually a whistle and its musical function and the

Statue of a man with rosette-diadem. Limestone. 6th century BC. Idalion (Dali). Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany.

Hadrian (Publius Aelius Hadrianus) (76-138). Roman emperor (117-138). Nerva-Antonine dynasty. Colossal statue of the emperor Hadrian wearing a breastplate. Archaeological Museum of Piraeus. Greece.

fragment of the lid of the sarcophagus of pharaoh Ramesses VI, 20th dynasty, tomb of Ramesses VI, valley of the kings, Thebes, Egypt, replica collection of the British Museum.

Keystone with gable head, male head with wings (Mercury), keystone gable ornament building component sandstone stone cement, sculpted Above wider than below in high-relief male head with mustache and goatee down two curls. The raised wings at the temples do Mercury think Mercury

Shabti. Egypt, 19th - 31st Dynasty (1315 - 333 BCE). Sculpture. Terracotta

Italy. Pontremoli. Stele Museum In Piagnaro Castle. Massa. 1000bc

Harpokrates, Horus the child with the Nemes crown with royal disc and the hemhem crown in bronze, late Egyptian period, Huesca museum, Aragon community, Spain.

High-ranking male figure wearing expensive dress and ornaments. Ceramics. Colima style (100-400 AD). Western Mexico. Mesoamerica. Museum of the Americas. Madrid, Spain.

Flute player ca. 1550-1295 B.C. New Kingdom. Flute player. ca. 1550-1295 B.C.. Limestone. New Kingdom. From Egypt. Dynasty 18

Bronze statuette of the Egyptian god Set. Artist: Unknown

Male Figure 2nd century B.C.-A.D. 3rd century Colima. Male Figure 316644

Monumento funerario de Malla, Ajuntament de Malla.

Uszebti. unknown, author

Fragment of a marble grave stele with the head of a youth. Culture: Greek. Dimensions: H. 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm). Date: 1st quarter of the 5th century B.C..The very short hair, well-defined jaw, and unsmiling mouth identify this as a work of the early fifth century B.C. The eye was originally inset. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Bronze figure of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, beauty and Procreation, removing her sandal. Dated 200 BC

sculpture of a couple of ancestors sculpture of a couple of ancestors, 5th century BC, Cerrillo Blanco, Porcuna, Iberian Museum of Jaén, Andalusia, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 21720763

Italy, Rome. The Mouth of Truth

Amulet of the God Anubis. Egyptian. Date: 664 BC-332 BC. Dimensions: 4 × 1 × 1.5 cm (1 9/16 × 3/8 × 9/16 in.). Faience. Origin: Egypt. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Ancient Egyptian.

Seated female tambourine player ca. 600-480 B.C. Cypriot The figurine has a handmade body that is divided at the hips into a flat skirt at the front and a flat "seat" at the rear.. Seated female tambourine player 241239

Mayan ceramic female figurine, Mexico 600-900 AD

The statue of Ebih-II, superintendent of Mari. c. 2400 BC. Sumerian. It was found in the temple of Ishtar, Mary (modern Tell Hariri), Syria. Ebil-Il is seated on a wicker stool. He is bare-chested and wears a long Kaunakes skirt. Louvre Museum. Paris. France.

Basalt stele from commagene. This shows the commagenian king Antiochus I (About 69-30 BC) Greeting the god Verethragna Heracles-Ares as his equal. The style of dress Antiochus is related to contemporary Parthian fashion whereas the nudity of the god is in Greek style and the inscription is in Greek. 1st Century BC, Samsat Turkey

Marble head of a woman late 6th century B.C. Greek, probably Cycladic or northern Ionian The asymmetries in the rendering of the hair indicate that this head probably belonged originally to a figure in motion, possibly a Nike (personification of victory). It may have served as an akroterion, embellishing the roof of a building. The well-preserved portions beautifully illustrate the way that stylization and sensitive rendering of palpable detail were integrated to create the distinctive abstract yet vigorous quality of Archaic sculpture.. Marble head of a woman. Greek, probably Cycladic or northern Ionian. late 6th century B.C.. Marble. Archaic. Stone Sculpture

HALCON-DIOS DEL ALTO EGIPTO ESCULTURA EN METAL. Location: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. HORUS DIOS EGIPCIO.

Europe, Italy, Campania, Pompei

Mayan stucco portrait head of a male dignitary, with stylised hair. 600-900 AD. Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico

Bronze sculpture titled 'Javan Dancer' by Georg Kolbe. Georg Kolbe (1877-1947) a German figure sculptor.

Lady of Ibiza. 4th-3rd century BC. Terracotta. Identified with the Punic Goddess Tanit. From the Necropolis of Puig des Molins, Ibiza (Balearic Islands). National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.

Ushabti of Senkamanisken. Serpentine. King Senkamanisken, Nuri, Napatan Period (643-623 B.C.).

Waino Aaltonen (1894-1966). Cubistic Design for the Aleksis Kivi Monument. Ceramics. The Turku City Art Collection.

Part of a mould figurine. XVI group of Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico. Classic recent (600-900 AD). Ceramic. The dignitary represented here sports a high headdress composed of a series of masks Itzamnaaj. In the upper right corner we see the front of the head or Cosmic Monster Dragon Celeste, be a fantastic half deer-half crocodile

Terracotta male head ca. 1200-1050 B.C. Cypriot The facial features and flat upper skull of this large head and the nearby female statuettes are characteristic of Mycenaean figural art.. Terracotta male head 241026

Statuette of a female offering bearer carrying a box filled with flour. From the 20th-19th century BC.

Female Ancestor Figure (AnaDeo)

statue of a servant grinding crops. Limestone. Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty (2465-2323 B.c.) In the 5th Dynasty a great variety of servant figures are incorporated to the egyptian tomb. They are shown in productive activities. They can be considered as the earlier forms of the later funerary models and shabtis.

Statue of a lions head of the corner piece of the temple of Barcino. Barcelona. Spain 2013

Human Face Carved In Stucco, Alberto Ruz Lhuillier Site Museum, Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico

Human figurine in painted ceramic, Huesca, Iberian period three hundred and fifty to fifty BC, Huesca museum, Aragon community, Spain.

Child (Eros) Holding Container. Eastern Mediterranean, Possibly Hellenistic (332 - 31 BCE). Sculpture. Terracotta

Scotland, Isle of Lewis. Stornoway Museum, The Lewis Chessmen, famous Nordic 12th century medieval ivory chess pieces (rook) found on Lewis in 1831.

Statuette of a Female Figure; Unknown; Greece, Cyclades, Europe; 3000 - 2800 B.C.; Greek Island marble; Object: H: 14.2 cm (H: 5 9/16 in.)

Manly bust. Painted ceramics. Mayan culture. Jaina style. Late classic period (600-900 AD). Mesoamerica. Mayan region. Museum of the Americas. Madrid, Spain.

Greek civilization, metope from Heraion of Argos, circa 423 B.C.

Iran, Tehran, National Museum of Iran. A stone column fragment of a human-headed animal. It was found at the ancient site of Persepolis, the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire circa 550 BC.

Terracotta head of a panther. Culture: Roman. Dimensions: H. 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm.). Date: 1st century A.D..This well-modeled head of a panther served as a spout in antiquity. It is ornamented with a wreath of ivy leaves and clusters of grapes, Dionysian cult symbols. The panther, the most graceful and fascinating but also the most savage and bloodthirsty of all the cats associated with Dionysus, entered into the god's retinue by way of Asia Minor. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Partial Statue of King Amenhotep IV 1350 B.C.

Corbel 15th century French. Corbel. French. 15th century. Limestone. Sculpture-Architectural

Statue of a Crouching Lion; Greece; about 380 B.C; Marble; 37.5 × 22.2 × 89.9 cm (14 3,4 × 8 3,4 × 35 3,8 in.)

Phoenician pottery. Terracotta amphora (6th-7th cent. BC) by Sant Jaume Mas den Serra site. Montsia, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.

Casts of victims of the Pompeii Volcano eruption. Dated 8th Century

Tripod Monument from the Bouleuterion (Town Hall). Reconstructed with original fragments. 2nd century BC. Marble. Milet. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany.

Unknown mask Jean-Pierre Dantan (1800-1869), says Dantan the young. Unknown mask. Terracotta and plaster.

Sceptre with the representation of the god Bes. Bronze. Late Period (715-332 BC).

Accounts of the treasurers of the goddess Athena for 377-375 BC part of a relief from the Temple of the Parthenon, Athens Greece

Clay Figure From Taiona Tribe In The Gold Museum In La Candelaria, The Old Town Of Bogota, Colombia

Basalt Moai figure, which are monolithic human figures carved by the Rapa Nui people on the Chilean Polynesian island of Easter Island. Dated 16th Century

Mayan stucco portrait head of a male dignitary, with stylised hair. 600-900 AD. Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico

Marble torso of the so-called Apollo Lykeios A.D. 130-161 Roman Copy of a Greek bronze statue of the mid-4th century B.C. often attributed to PraxitelesThis torso was part of the collection of antiquities assembled in Rome by the Marquess Vincenzo Giustiniani during the first third of the seventeenth century. As was the custom during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, contemporary sculptors carved the missing parts and added them to what remained of the ancient statue. This torso was mistakenly restored as Dionysos instead of Apollo. The seventeenth-century additions were removed when it came to The Metropolitan Museum of Art.. Marble torso of the so-called Apollo Lykeios 246998

Roman Double portrait head of the Poet Sappho; 2nd century AD. Sappho (c. 630 - c. 570 BC) was an Archaic Greek poet from the island of Lesbos. Sappho is known for her lyric poetry,

Louis-Ernest Barrias (1841-1905). Head of helmets. Terracotta. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. Christianity, in bust, sketch, woman, holy character, portrait, Christian religion, holy

Oenochoé in the shape of a woman's head. Molded terracotta. Canosa, second half of the 4th century BC. AD Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 58798-1 Boisson, ceramic, jug, woman, large Greece, 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th century Av.jc, molding, oenochoe, ancient period, character, pitcher, container, terracotta, head, wine

Marble disk (part) with a relief depicting a female head, probably Goddess Aphrodite, ca.460-450 BC. The hair is gathered in a sakkos (snood). From Melos, Greece. National Archaeological Museum. Athens, Greece.

Ancient Greek Kouros used at the entrance way of a tomb, intended to act as a guardian. Dated 500 BC

Mask

Dantan, Jean Pierre (dit Dantan young) (n.1800-12-28-D.1869-09-06), serious portrait of man. (Dummy title). Terracotta patinated plaster. Carnavalet museum, history of Paris. Man. Mask.

Nude Male Holding Object. Egypt, Ptolemaic Period - Roman Period (332 BCE - 337 CE). Sculpture. Terracotta

Mausoleum of Pozo Moro. Iberian civilization. 6th century BC. Chinchilla de Monte-Aragon. Spain. Detail corner. Lion. National Archaeological Museum, Madrid. Spain.

Head of a Woman, Amedeo Modigliani, 1910-1911, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA, North America

Mexico, Oaxaca, Huatulco. Copalita, Eco-Archeological Park, Copalita Museum. Mayan and Olmec artifacts, ceramic figure. (Editorial Use Only)

CABEZA COLOSAL OLMECA - 1000-400 AC. Location: MUSEO NACIONAL DE ANTROPOLOGIA. MEXICO CITY. CIUDAD DE MEXICO.

Capital with vegetal motives and figures. First third of the 13th century. Marble. Unknown origin.National Art Museum of Catalonia. Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain.

ribbed fuste and Corinthian capital of the Forum, 1st century, Museum-Interpretation Centre of the archaeological park of Segóbriga, Saelices, Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.

LA MUJER DE LA VASIJA-ESCULTURA EN BRONCE 2MT. Author: PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France.

PAREJA DE DAMAS. CERAMICA ROJA SIN VIDRIAR. CHINA. DINASTIA TANG (618-906). RADSOM. ESCULTURA.

escultura antropomorfa, museo de la plaza central, Chichicastenango , Municipio del departamento de El Quiché, Guatemala, Central America.

Mexico.Mexico city.National Museum of Antropology.Maya culture.Late classic period ceramic (600-800 AC).Stucco head..

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