Works of Art (18)
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Bowl, ca. 725–675 B.C.; Archaic, Cypriot; Said to be from Kourion, Gilt silver (74.51.4554) |
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Chair panel of Thutmose IV, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Thutmose IV, ca. 1400–1390 B.C.,
Egyptian,
Cedar (30.8.45) |
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Cylinder seal and modern impression: worshipper approaching bearded god, 1820–1730 B.C.; Classic Syrian I style, Syria, Hematite (1991.368.5) |
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Dinos (mixing bowl), ca. 630–615 B.C.,
Attributed to the Polyteleia Painter,
Greek, Corinthian (Transitional Period),
Terracotta (1997.36) |
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Funerary stele (shaft) surmounted by two sphinxes, last quarter of 5th century B.C.; Classical, Cypriot; Said to be from the necropolis at Golgoi, Limestone (74.51.2499) |
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Furniture support: female sphinx with Hathor-style curls, 1820–1740 B.C.; Old Assyrian Trading Colony period, Probably Acemhöyük, Central Anatolia, Ivory (Hippopotamus), gold foil (32.161.46) |
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Grave stele of a youth and a little girl, ca. 530 B.C.; Archaic, Greek, Attic, Parian marble (11.185a-c,f,g) |
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Handle of a hydria, early 6th century B.C., Greek, Bronze (06.1093) |
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Horse blinker with sphinx, 8th–7th century B.C.; Neo-Assyrian, Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Ivory (54.117.1) |
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Incense Burner, ca. 1530–40, Northern Italian (probably Padua), Bronze with dark brown lacquer patina (1982.60.108) |
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Oedipus and the Sphinx, 1864,
Gustave Moreau (French),
Oil on canvas (21.134.1) |
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Ornamental Panel, 1521, Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi) (Italian), Engraving; sheet, trimmed within platemark (49.95.41) |
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Plaque with sphinxes, 9th–8th century B.C.; Neo-Assyrian period; Syrian style, Arslan Tash(?), Syria, Ivory with traces of gold foil (57.80.4a,b) |
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Sarcophagus, second quarter of 5th century B.C.; Archaic, Cypriot, Limestone (74.51.2453) |
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Set of jewelry, early 5th century B.C.; late Archaic,
Etruscan,
Gold, glass, rock crystal, agate, carnelian (40.11.7-.18) |
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Sphinx of Hatshepsut, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Hatshepsut, ca. 1473–1458 B.C.,
Egyptian,
Red granite with traces of blue and yellow paint (31.3.166) |
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The River Nile, ca. 1785–95, Giovanni Volpato (Italian), Hard-paste biscuit porcelain (2001.456) |
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Thematic Essays (3)
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