THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Applied Art
21. APPLIED ART. Etruria.
Situla from Bologna with relief sides. Detail.
Bronze. 6th century BCE.
Bologna, Civic Archaeological Museum.
22. APPLIED ART. Rome.
Plain cinerary jar.
Local limestone. Late 1st cent. CE.
Inv. No. MR 2061.
Brescia, Santa Giulia Civic Museum.
23. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
Detail of canope urn. Personage with hand near his chin.
Terracotta. 6th century BCE.
Chiusi, National Etruscan Museum.
24. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
Funerary mask.
Bronze.
7th century BCE.
Chiusi, National Etruscan Museum.
25. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
Lid of funeral canope urn from Chiusi.
Terracotta. 7th century BCE.
Chiusi, National Etruscan Museum.
26. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
Lid of canope urn.
Terracotta. 6th century BCE.
Chiusi, National Etruscan Museum.
27. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
Canope urn with the handles.
Terracotta.
6th century BCE.
Chiusi, National Etruscan Museum.
28. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
Urn from Chiusi.
Clay.
Ca. 600 BCE.
Chiusi, National Etruscan Museum.
29. APPLIED ART. Etruria.
Orestes killing his mother Clytemnestra.
Etruscan bronze mirror.
4th—3rd cent. BCE.
Christie’s Fine Art Auction House, London.
30. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
Vessel with figured legs from Vetulonia.
Bronze. 7th century BCE.
Florence, National Archaeological Museum.
31. APPLIED ART. Greece.
Bronze tripod.
C. 1050 — c. 950 BCE.
Kouklia, Museum.
32. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
Mask.
Terracotta.
5th century BCE.
London, British Museum.
33. APPLIED ART. Rome.
Livia on a Roman lamp (?).
Clay.
Ca. 40—80 CE.
Inv. No. 1856,1226.497.
London, British Museum.
34. TOREUTICS. Rome.
Sword of Tiberius. Detail of the scabbard: Tiberius and Augustus.
Ca. 15 CE.
Inv. No. 1866,0806.1.
London, British Museum.
35. TOREUTICS. Rome.
Cup with Odysseus in the Underworld. Side A: Odysseus offering a sacrifice and blind prophet Tiresias.
Silver.
25 BCE — 100 CE.
Inv. No. 96.AM.57.
Los Angeles, John Paul Getty Museum, Getty Villa in Malibu.
36. TOREUTICS. Rome.
Cup with Odysseus in the Underworld.
Silver.
25 BCE — 100 CE.
Inv. No. 96.AM.57.
Los Angeles, John Paul Getty Museum, Getty Villa in Malibu.
37. TOREUTICS. Rome.
Cup with Odysseus in the Underworld. Side B: conversation of philosophers.
Silver.
25 BCE — 100 CE.
Inv. No. 96.AM.57.
Los Angeles, John Paul Getty Museum, Getty Villa in Malibu.
38. TOREUTICS. Rome.
Cup with Odysseus in the Underworld.
Silver.
25 BCE — 100 CE.
Inv. No. 96.AM.57.
Los Angeles, John Paul Getty Museum, Getty Villa in Malibu.
39. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Atrium with an inscription in honour of Pliny the Younger.
Milan, Basilica of Sant’Ambrogio.
40. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
Mask from Chiusi.
Bronze.
First half of the 7th century BCE.
Munich, Glyptotek.