The Ancient Way of Life

~ Standing Pyx.

Place of origin: Spain, Barcelona

Date: ca. 1400

Medium: Silver, enamel

~ Headless Statue of Artemis of the Colonna Type.

Culture: Roman

Place of origin: Italy

Date: A.D. 1st century

Medium: Marble

~Conical Drinking Cup (Rhyton). Culture: Mycenaean Place of origin: Greece Date: 14th century B.C. Medium: Terracotta

~ Volute-Krater with Pegasus at Top, and a Man in a Shrine with Horse. Attributed to: the Baltimore Painter (Italy, circa 320 B.C.) Place of origin: South Italy, Apulia Date: ca. 320 B.C. Medium: Red-figure ceramic

~ Head of Apollo (from the Lansdowne Artemis). Attributed to: Kephistodotos the Elder (active early 4th century B.C.) Place of origin: Italy, Rome Culture/Date: Roman, A.D. 1st- or 2nd- century copy after a Greek original of the early 4th century B.C. Medium: Marble

~ Head of Medusa. Place of origin: Greece Period: Hellenistic period Date: 3rd-2nd century B.C. Medium: Bronze

~ Bassinet and Visor from a Bassinet. Culture: European or French (?) Place of origin: France, Europe Date: ca. 1390-1400 Medium: Steel; leather replaced

~Pair of earrings. Place of origin: Europe Date: A.D. 1st century-4th century Materials and Techniques: Gold, granulated, with porphyry.

~Corbel. Artist/maker unknown, English Geography: Made in England, Europe Date: Late 15th century Medium: Oak

~Armor for use in the Tilt (Ballienrennen). Geography: Made in Saxony, Germany, Europe Date: c. 1575 Medium: Steel; leather (replaced); textiles

~Armor for a Boy of About Seven, For Use in Foot Tourney Over the Barriers. Artist/maker unknown, Italian Geography: Made in northern Italy, Italy, Europe Date: c. 1580-1585 Medium: Steel; brass; leather (replaced)