Category
page 1Individual hardstone carvings
Standard of Ur
approximately 4,500 years old, constructed in the form of a hollow wooden box with scenes of war and peace represented on each side through elaborately inlaid mosaics
Nimrud lens
piece of rock crystal
Jadeite Cabbage
sculpture of a cabbage in National Palace Museum, Taiwan
Pashupati seal
steatite seal that was discovered at the Mohenjo-daro archaeological site
Ram in a Thicket
sculptures excavated in Ur, in southern Iraq
Farnese Cup
Hellenistic cameo cup
Lothair Crystal
engraved gem
Pylos Combat Agate
Mycenean sealstone from Pylos, Greece
Cup of the Ptolemies
Late hellenistic or roman onyx cameo cup
Cameo with Valerian and Shapur I
Wine cup of Shah Jahan
The wine cup of Shah Jahan, the 5th Mughal emperor. (1657)
Anshan Jade Buddha
temple complex in Anshan, Liaoning, China
Poniatowski gems
19th-century collection of forgeries