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Executed by an Athenian sculptor of marble from the quarry at Mount Pentelicus

Crouching Lion, 330-317 BCE

Ancient Greek

G340

Black-figured amphorah, used for carrying wine or oil; the front side depicts a quadriga with Poseidon, Amphitrite, another unidentified goddess, and heroenes; on the reverse and around warrior appears to be leaving for battle, with his wife and son bidding him farewell

Black-Figure Neck Amphora, c. 540 BCE

Attributed to the Painter of Vatican 359

G241

Ptolemaic Ruler in the Guise of Hercules, 2nd century BCE

Graeco-Egyptian

G241

face-covering helmet with back and sides curled upward; vertical opening at center from eye holes through bottom; organic design on forehead; curving eyebrows, connected at center

Corinthian helmet, c. 540 BCE

Unknown Greek

G241

inside scene depicts a seated youth with athletic equipment hanging on wall; outer band depicts two scenes in one, a standing figure holding a lyre and two youths, and in the other, two standing youths with staffs face a central figure gymnasium scenes; red on black

Red-figure Kylix, 5th century BCE

Attributed to the Villa Giulia Painter

G241

may represent the nature goddess or "Great Mother" of early man.; simple, schematic standing figure with crossed arms

Female Figure, c. 2500-2400 BCE

Cycladic

G241

Attic; black-figured hydria (three-handled water jar) in the main scene the goddess Athena, painted white, harnesses her four-horse chariot; the scene on the shoulder depicts the divine battle between Heracles and Cynus, with Zeus intervening

Hydria, c. 530 BCE

Attributed to the Antimenes Painter

G241

Towel, loosely woven linen. Embroidered with a border of square floral motifs set closely together. Worked in pink, blue and green silks and tinsel thread.

Towel, 19th century

Greece

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towel, natural linen embroidered at each end with a border in a stylized tree design; this border is in turn surrounded by a narrow line of stitiching at the top of which is a row of very stiff single flowers; red, rose, yellow, and blue predominate

Towel, 19th century

Greece

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Ecole Egyptien, 19th century

Zangaki

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from grave stele, modern red marble base

Head of a Bearded Man, c. 375 BCE

the Sculptor of the Pheidylla Stele

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Panel, 19th century

Greece

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inscribed, handle ending in swan's head; should be considered in combination with foliate Sieve (72.103)

Ladle, late 4th or early 3rd century BCE

Ancient Greek

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should be considered in combination with Ladle (72.104)

Foliate Sieve, late 4th or early 3rd century BCE

Ancient Greek

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surface well preserved with the exception of the nose and chin

Head of Aphrodite, 3rd century BCE

Ancient Greek

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Fine natural patina; probably used as a seal

Horse, 8th century BCE

Ancient Greek

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white ground lekythos, an oil vessel which would have been used in a funereal context; scene of maiden and youth in a red cloak, standing at a grave monument nude female figure to left and draped male figure to right

Lekythos, 5th century BCE

attributed to The Bird Painter

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example of early Hellenistic metalwork; Zeus can be clearly identified by the attributes of the eagle and thunderbolt held in his left and right hands respectively

Zeus, c. 340 BCE

Ancient Greek

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Attic style, classical period; represents a man of the Philomelos family and his wife, Plathane

Grave Stele, 5th century BCE

Ancient Greek

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scene of mourning, with a figure with a bird representing the mourner and a clothed youth probably representing the deceased White ground painted with black glaze at top and bottom, covered about the middle with a thin whitewash on which is painted in red with traces of black a figure standing before a grave stone; around neck is an arabesque design in red paint and on shoulder a band of meander pattern in red underscored with two lines of yellow.

Lekythos, c. 450-430 BCE

Attributed to The Carlsberg Painter

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two wire-like handles; two lobes on body which rests on lobed stem attached to foot

Kantharos, 5th century BCE

Ancient Greek

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Conventionalized Cretan figure enclosing a star; two inserted borders in white thread embroidered with a diamond motif.

Scarf, 18th century

Greece

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Vessel (vase/Lekythos), ceramic, Greek, V Century B.C. cat. card dims H. 6-1/2', W. 2-3/4' In the Manner of the Meidias painter

Lekythos, 5th century BCE

Attic

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Chasse dei Pous, 19th century

Zangaki

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Cover, of brown linen, embroidered all over in quatrefoil lozenge design with henna silk in surface darning stitch. A seam runs from end to end through the center.

Cover, 18th century

Greece

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Square of canvas entirely embroidered in dark blue, green and brown floss and gold metal threads in flower design. Piece composed of two strips joined together.

Panel, 19th century

Greece

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Three border ends of towel scarves sewn together. The linen materal is embroidered with meetal and linen thread in conventionalized flowerg plant motifs. Each of the three sections has cream silk borders woven into the sides of the material. White, pink, and blue threads are used.

Towel Fragment, 19th century

Greece

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Panel, brown linen with all-over geometrical design of lower and spring leaf. Embroidered in red, blue, green, yellow, brown and rose silk. Composed of two pieces joined in the middle. Lined and edges bound with green sateen. A narrow border with the same geometrical design is set off with a chain stitch. Herringbone stitch.

Panel, 19th century

Greece

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Bed Curtain, linen embroidered in green and tan silks with medallions known as the 'Glastra' motif; worked in cross stitch

Bed Curtain, 18th century

Greece

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loosely woven linen embroidered with colored silks in rows of floral sprays

Pillow Cover, 19th century

Greece

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Linen strip, with a design of geometrical flowers and leaves embroidered in blue, red, green, and yellow silks in herringbone stitch. One complete and two partial borders remain. They contain a smaller version of the flower motif. The strip is lined with red satin.

Panel, 19th century

Greece

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Textile, 18th century

Greece

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Bed curtain, end of loosely woven linen embroidered with geometrical design worked in green, yellow and blue squares.

Bed Curtain (end), 18th century

Greece

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A border of white linen in punto reale and half stitch. (Germans call this Holbein stitch) with rose colored silk in ornato and geometrical forms.

Border, 17th century

Greece

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Linen embroidered in cross stitch with a conventionalized tree motive repeated in a formal design in all-over pattern. Red, green, blue and gold silks used.

Embroidered Fabric, 17th century

Greece

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Tent hanging, part of, embroidered at each end with ten rows of conventionalized tree-in-pot design. Red, blue, green and white on a mustard colored background. Sides turned under; one end finished wit twisted warp fringe, the other with short loose warp fringe.

Tent hanging, 19th century

Greece

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A band of linen embroidered with dark red silk in ornaments and birds facing each other. Lower edge pointed.

Band, 18th century

Greece

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after a Hellenistic Greek bronze

Torso of a Dancing Faun, 1st century CE

Graeco-Roman

G241

small panel with blue and beige woven decorative pattern

Embroidery, c. 1900

Turkey or Greece

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Kothon Jar, 625 BCE

Etrusco-Corinthian

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Embroidery, 17th century

Greece

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Oinochoe, 1000-500 BCE

Greece

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Earring in the Shape of a Bull, 3rd century BCE

Ancient Greek

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Panel, 19th century

Greece

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Band, 18th century

Greece

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Knitter's Yarn Holder (?), c. 1925-1935

Greece

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Fragment of Man's Sock, 19th century

Greece

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Knitter's Yarn Holder, c. 1900

Greece

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Spindle Whorl, 19th century

Greece

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Spindle for Plying, c. 1900

Greece

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Fragment of Man's Sock, 19th century

Greece

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Spindle Whorl, c. 1958

Greece

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Spindle, c. 1935-1945

Greece

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Spindle for Plying, c. 1900

Greece

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Belt, 20th century

Greece

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Fragment of Amphora, 7th century BCE

Ancient Greek

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Case border, Date Unknown

Greece

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Border, Date Unknown

Greece

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Pillow top, Date Unknown

Greece

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Scarf, Date Unknown

Greece

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Scarf, Date Unknown

Greece

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Strip, Date Unknown

Greece

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Lekythos, 5th century BCE

Ancient Greek

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Medallion with figure of a Bird, 20th century

Greece or Cyprus

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