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Porphyry support for a water basin, Porphyry, Roman — Porphyry support for a water basin
Roman
2nd century CE

Porphyry vessel with bearded masks, Porphyry, Roman — Porphyry vessel with bearded masks
Roman
ca. late 1st century BCE‒early 2nd century CE

Fragmentary porphyry head of a bearded man, Porphyry, Roman — Fragmentary porphyry head of a bearded man
Roman
2nd or 3rd century CE

Porphyry basin, Porphyry, Roman — Porphyry basin
Roman
2nd–3rd century CE

Statue of Senenmut Holding a Sistrum, Porphyritic diorite — Statue of Senenmut Holding a Sistrum
ca. 1479–1458 B.C.

Fragment from Patterned Vessel with Thick Walls, Red porphyry — Fragment from Patterned Vessel with Thick Walls
ca. 1427–1400 B.C.

Fragment from a Mosaic Bowl, Red porphyry — Fragment from a Mosaic Bowl
ca. 1427–1400 B.C.

Fragment from a Mosaic Bowl, Red porphyry — Fragment from a Mosaic Bowl
ca. 1427–1400 B.C.

Side table, John Wildsmith, Carved and gilded pine; marbles, including rosso and nero antico, orange Veronese, yellow Siena, brown, gray, and white fleur de pêcher, black and gold Portor, orange and violet Spanish brocatello, and white Carrara, and hardstones, including gray and red granite, red and white jasper, pink quartz, porphyry, bloodstone, serpentine, golden and brown agate and onyx, and lapis lazuli, British, London — Side table
John Wildsmith
John Mayhew
table top 1759, base 1794

Console table, Gilded linden and poplar, green porphyry, gilt-bronze, Italian, Rome — Console table
Italian, Rome
ca. 1700–1725

Frog Amulet, Porphyry — Frog Amulet
ca. 1295–1185 B.C.

Colossal Statue of Amenhotep III, reworked, reinscribed by Merneptah, Porphyritic diorite — Colossal Statue of Amenhotep III, reworked, reinscribed by Merneptah
ca. 1390–1352 B.C.

Colossal Seated Statue of Amenhotep III, reworked, reinscribed by Merneptah, Porphyritic diorite — Colossal Seated Statue of Amenhotep III, reworked, reinscribed by Merneptah
ca. 1390–1352 B.C.

Head of a cow goddess, Porphyritic diorite — Head of a cow goddess
ca. 1295–1070 BCE

Inscribed Base of a Royal Statue, Gray porphyritic diorite — Inscribed Base of a Royal Statue
ca. 1295–1070 B.C.

Heart Scarab with the Cartouche of Amenirdis, Porphyry — Heart Scarab with the Cartouche of Amenirdis
ca. 760–747 B.C.

Head of Thutmose III, Porphyritic diorite — Head of Thutmose III
ca. 1479–1425 B.C.

Standing boy, Andrea Mantegna Italian, Bronze, silver inlay (eyes), on a later porphyry and ormolu base, Italian, probably Mantua — Standing boy
Andrea Mantegna
Andrea del Verrocchio
late 15th–early 16th century

Vase on a column stand, Hôtel des Menus-Plaisirs, Versailles, Egyptian porphyry, gilt-bronze mounts, French, Versailles and Paris — Vase on a column stand
Multiple artists/makers
after 1771–72, mounts ca. 1780

Pair of five-light candelabra, Luigi Valadier Italian, Bronze, fire-gilt; porphyry, iron (pin), Italian, Rome — Pair of five-light candelabra
Luigi Valadier
Lorenzo Cardelli
1774

Disc-shaped mace head, Porphyry — Disc-shaped mace head
ca. 3850–2960 B.C.

Heart Scarab, Green porphyry — Heart Scarab
ca. 1550–1186 B.C.

Falcon-headed crocodile, possibly Soknopaios, Stone or porphyry (?); base of glass — Falcon-headed crocodile, possibly Soknopaios
1st century BC–1st century AD

"Porphyry" Vase and cover, Wedgwood and Bentley British, Creamware "porphyry ware" on black basalt plinth, British, Etruria, Staffordshire — "Porphyry" Vase and cover
Wedgwood and Bentley
ca. 1770

Nymph with a Shell, Antoine Coysevox French, Bronze, on modern porphyry base, French, Paris — Nymph with a Shell
Antoine Coysevox
Late 17th century

Disc-shaped mace head, Porphyry — Disc-shaped mace head
ca. 3850–2960 B.C.

Glass vessel fragments

ca. 1550–1295 B.C.

Glass vessel fragments

ca. 1427–1400 BC

ca. 3850–2960 B.C.

Weight, 1/2 kedet

ca. 1981–1550 B.C.

String of 33 scarab beads

ca. 1981–1504 B.C.

ca. 1981–1550 B.C.

ca. 1981–1550 B.C.

Cornflower amulet

ca. 1981–1550 B.C.

664–30 B.C.

Ape Head Amulet

664–332 B.C.

ca. 1981–1550 B.C.

ca. 1981–1550 B.C.

ca. 1981–1550 B.C.

ca. 1981–1550 B.C.