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Pointed handaxe
Swanscombe,
England, c 450,000 to
c 250,000 BC |
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Neolithic
stone axe
set in an antler sleeve,
Switzerland,
c 3500 BC |
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Iron
Age boat brooch
bronze,
England,
c 8th century BC |
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Egyptian
cartonage death mask,
Egypt,
Late Period,
c1000 BC |
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Painted wood coffin lid
with the goddess Isis,
Egypt, Late Period,
c 1000 BC |
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Cuneiform
tablet from Sumer,
Nineveh and Babylon,
Early Dynastic Period,
2500-700 BC |
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Pottery
Jar found by Flinders Petrie,
Ur, Iraq,
3000 BC |
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Italic
bronze foot armour,
Olympia,
Greece,
5th century BC. |
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Head
of Dionysus
Hellenistic period
c3rd century BC |
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Pottery
votive figurine of a woman holding her breasts,
Cyprus,
Iron Age, 10th to 5th century BC |
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Red-figure
plate
by the Amphorae Painter,
Apulia, South Italy,
330-320 BC |
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Etruscan
bucchero
bread stand,
Clusium (Chiusi),
Italy, c 600-500 BC |
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Plaque
of Apollo,
Britain,
Roman,
1st century AD |
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Roman
glass,
Cyprus and Egypt,
1st century |
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Swastika
brooch
Saxon
England |
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Polychrome
wood crucifix,
the so-called Crusader Crucifix, Italy,
about 1250 AD. |
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Reliquary
of the Dead Christ, polychrome wood, silk and metal thread,
Flanders, 16th century AD |
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Wood
sculpture depicting
Father of Divine Pity,
after the Master of Flemalle,
Flemish, 15th century |
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Masonry
from the Rosary Place
of Edward II,
London, England,
1325 AD
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Alchemist's
dispensing flask,
London,
England,
15th century. |
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Miniature
of Shepherds at Nativity,
Illumination, French,
1400 - 1450 AD |
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Book
of Hours,
Paris,
15th century AD |
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Mystical
Marriage of St Catherine of Siena, tempera on panel,
School of Siena (possibly Sassetta), Italy, c 14th century AD |
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The
Angel Gabriel,
stained glass window
from Winchester Cathedral,
c 1490 AD |
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Heraldic
armorial window, Ettington,
England,
16th century or earlier |
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Madonna
and Child,
oil on panel,
Flemish or Italian,
15th century AD |
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Pieta,
oil on panel,
Venetian School,
possibly 15th century AD
|
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Coronation
of the Virgin,
stained glass panel
English or French,
1525 AD
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God
the Father,
stained glass panel,
Charterhouse of St Barbara,
Cologne, Germany,
16th century.
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Carved
oak panel
from Cheveley Manor,
Suffolk,
c 1600-1900 AD |
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Silver
gilt chalice,
Badajos,
Spain,
1690 AD
|
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Venetian
winged goblet,
Venice,
1650 AD |
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Adoration
of the Shepherds
Van Honquist,
Oil on canvas,
Flemish, 17th century |
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Gargoyle,
Peter Paul Rubens,
Chalk and paint,
17th century |
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Large gilt crucifix,
wood and gilt
Baroque, Italian,
17th century
|
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Queen
Anne Prayer Book,
paper and leather,
English,
18th century |
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Miniature of
Charles I,
colour on paper,
London, England,
1660. |
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Fan made of
feathers,
Victorian,
England,
c 1850 |
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Lacquered
writing desk,
gift of Queen Mary of Teck,
c 1900 AD |
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Detail
of Aysgarth document,
vellum,
Yorkshire Dales,
17th century |
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The
Hay Gleaners,
watercolour on paper,
Birkett Foster, England,
19th century. |
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Icon
of Saints Cyril and Methodias
with Christ Triumphant,
School of Moscow,
gilt, enamels and paint, 18th century |
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Islamic
bronze dish
with salutations to Allah,
Khurasan, Iran,
12th century AD |
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Quran
(Koran),
Egypt,
14th century cover. |
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Illuminated
Quran
(Koran),
Lucknow,
India |
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Persian
Shield
decorated with inscription,
Iron, steel and leather.
Iran,17th-18th century, |
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Turkish
Blunderbuss,
Iron, rosewood and silver,
19th century AD |
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Gold
lacquer book,
Pagan,
Burma,
19th century AD |
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Sandstone
sculpture of Tara,
Sailendra dynasty,
Java,
Indonesia |
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Fluteplayer
tomb model,
Tang dynasty,
China,
8th century AD |
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White jade
handaxe
engraved with a tiao-tieh mask,
China,
date
|
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Silver and
jade sword,
with archaic jade insets,
China,
12th and 18th century. |
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Jade Fish,
Qing dynasty,
China,
17th century or earlier
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Japanese wakizashi
(short sword),
by Hichibejo Sukesada,
Edo Period, 1663 AD |
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Japanese
helmet (kabuto) and mask (men-po) signed by Myochin family, Edo Period,
1848 AD. |
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Colour
prints
by Hokusai,
Edo, Japan,
19th century |
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Fighting
sword or battle prong
edged with sharks teeth,
Kiribati, Micronesia,
late 19th century. |
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After
the feast of the Dreamtime Hero, Walooma, by Mandjiwi, Gulpu tribe,
Aboriginal bark painting
Elcho Island, 1977. |
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Icon
of St Michael as
Guardian of the Host.
Painted panel,
possibly Syrian, 15th century. |
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Bishop's
Throne,
wood and leather
Italian,
17th century |
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