Vessel in the form of a horse's head

Fragment of a molded terracotta plaque, broken on all sides. Flat on the back. A great deal of brown dirt or accretion in the crevices. Two armed riders on horses (two, though t...

Red-figured Lucanian Type II nestoris. Broad ring foot with mid-length stem. Body flares from stem, rounds up, and turns in sharply to form a relatively narrow, flat shoulder. Neck...

Cylindrical tripod vessel with legs in the form of crouching bears and conical, mountain-form lid with knob in the form of a seated human figure with head tilted and arm resting on...

The cheek pieces of this horse bit are in the shape of walking horses. The bit is a square-sectioned rod, hammered and curled in opposite directions on the ends (20.8 cm long, 2.7 ...

Figural designs on polychrome ceramics offer tantalizing and often puzzling glimpses into the complex society of the Samanid realm, now divided between northeastern Iran and Uzbeki...

On the shoulder: This scene depicts gorgons chasing after the hero Perseus, whose most famous accomplishment was beheading one of the gorgons, Medusa; presumably here we see the tw...