Carved Collection (page 5)

Aubervilliers, France - The Post Office - opened in 1927. Date: circa 1930

Sphinx - Thames Embankment - Base of Cleopatras Needle
Sphinx - River Thames Embankment - Base of Cleopatras Needle. Westminster and Hungerford Bridge can be seen in the background. Date: circa 1930s

New Zealand - Ancient Carved Maori Gateway or Waharoa - 20ft high - Te Koutou Pah (or Pa - a village of more commonly, a hill fort), Rotorua - now in the Auckland Museum. Date: 1920s

Launcells, Cornwall - Judas Bench End - 30 Pieces of silver
St. Swithins Church, Launcells, Cornwall - Judas Bench End - 30 Pieces of silver Date: circa 1940s

Misericords - Worcester Cathedral, Worcester, Worcestershire
Misericords in Worcester Cathedral, Worcester, Worcestershire. Most of the misericord carvings at Worcester Cathedral date from around 1379. Date: 14th century

Man and daughter - Doorway of Old House - Quimper, France - Rue du Gueodet.. Now Les Caratides Bar Restaurant Date: circa 1910

Carved Cross Shaft, St Cuthberts Church, Bewcastle, Cumbria
Carved Cross Shaft, Churchyard of St Cuthberts Church, Hamlet of Bewcastle, Cumbria (7th / 8th century) - this has been described as the best pre-Norman carving in England. Date: circa 1910s

Roman Ruins at Volubilis, Morocco - A Corinthian Column Date: 1929

Oak armchair and stool
Oak armchair with parquetry banding, inlaid decoration and carved details, made in the west of England c.1600-1640. Date: c.1600-1640

Table, detail
Draw-leaf table made from oak with carved friezes, made in England c.1600-1650. Date: c.1600-1650

Draw-leaf table made from oak with carved friezes, made in England c.1600-1650. Date: c.1600-1650

Mirror, reverse
Gilt carved wood and gesso pier glass surmounted by a vase, made in England, c.1790. Date: c.1790

Side chair
One of a set of three chairs in imitation rosewood, with carved rope twist top rails, scrolled crossbars and woven rush seats, c.1815-1820. Date: c.1815-1820

Mirror
Gilt carved wood and gesso pier glass surmounted by a vase, made in England, c.1790. Date: c.1790

Tall back chair made from beech, carved and ebonised with a cane seat and back panel, and a modern green cotton damask squab cushion, thought to date c.1690-1700. Date: c.1690-1700

Walnut armchair with a lyre-shaped back carved with a stylised scallop shell, with a drop-in seat upholstered in modern green damask, probably made in London c.1740. Date: c.1740

Hishams Palace. 8th century AD. Khirbat al-Mafjar, near Jericho. Was built by Waild Ibn Yazid in 734 AD, during the reign of Caliph Hisham Ibn Abdelmalik (724-743 AD). Stucco dome of the diwan

Hishams Palace. Human figure sculpture. Stucco. Khirbat al
Hishams Palace. 8th century AD. Khirbat al-Mafjar, near Jericho. Was built by Waild Ibn Yazid in 734 AD, during the reign of Caliph Hisham Ibn Abdelmalik (724-743 AD). Human figure sculpture. Stucco

Having dinner on the Confederate Memorial, Stone Mountain
Confederate Memorial, Stone Mountain, Georgia, USA - Governor Trinkle of Virginia and other Notables Having Dinner on the carved Shoulder of General Lee

Earliest known carved heads in Syria, at Tell Brak
The earliest known carved heads in Syria, found at Tell Brak. This page from the Illustrated London News in May 1939, reporting on excavations at Brak

Anthropomorphic stone stelae. Yamna Culture. 36th-23rd centu
Anthropomorphic stone stelae or statue menhirs, located in Yamna secondary graves. Yamna Culture. Late Copper Age - Early Bronze Age. 36th-23rd centuries BC

Mesopotamia. Kudurru (stele) of Shitti-Marduk. Nebuchadnezza
Mesopotamia. Kudurru (stele) of Shitti-Marduk. Limestone. Inscription. Cuneiform. Nebuchadnezzar I (1124-1105 BC) reign. Elamite campaign. From Sippar (Abu Habba). Babylonian

Hittite art. Stele of King Bar-Rakib (744-727 BC) sitting o
Hittite art. Orthostat or stele of King Bar-Rakib (Barrakit 744-727 BC) sitting on the throne.750 BC. Zone of Sma al /Zincirli (Turkey) to South of Turkey. Detail. Pergamon Museum. Museum Island

Sarcophagus of a married couple. About 240 AD. Ancient Rome
Roman art. Sarcophagus of a married couple. About 240 AD. The couple extending hands to each other also appear in the side panels. He as a Greek orator, she as a muse, a cultural ideal. Glyptothek

Iran. Isfahan. Friday Mosque. The Oljeitu Mihrab. 1310
Iran. Isfahan. Masjed-e Jame (Friday Mosque). The Oljeitu Mihrab, constructed in 1310 by Mongol ruler Oljeitu

Mycenaean art. Llyre of ivory with decorative carvings at the base that was the sound box. National Archaeological Museum. Athens. Greece

Advert for Oetzmann & Co. Victorian furniture 1883
Various Victorian furniture, available from Oetzmann & Co, Hampstead, London. 1883

INDIA. Ellora. Ellora Caves. Ellora. Cave 21. Hindu Temple Rameshwar or Rameshvara, carved in the rock, 7-8th c. Sculptures in the facade. Hindu art. Architecture

Statue of King Parakrama Bahu I, Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka
Statue of King Parakramabahu I (Parakramabahu the Great - 1123-1186) at Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka. Date: circa 1910s

Edwardian boy in jacket and breeches
An Edwardian boy wearing jacket and breeches poses for his photo in the photographers studio. He is leaning against a carved wooden table, with a painted backdrop behind him

Totem poles, Khanty Mansiysk museum, Russia
A display of carved totem poles of the Mansi tribe at the open air Okrug Ethnographic Museum (Torum Maa) in Khanty Mansiysk, Western Siberia, Russia

Section of an Arch - Ruins of Temple of Jupiter, Damascus
Section of an Arch - Ruins of the Temple of Jupiter - Damascus, Syria. Found at one end of the 422m Al-Hamidiyeh Bazar Souk (Covered market)

Marble thrones in the Theatre of Dionysus, Athens, Greece
The Theatre of Dionysus, Athens, Greece. Alterations to the stage were made in the Hellenistic period, and 67 marble thrones (4 pictured here) were added around the periphery of the orchestra

Minakshi-Sundareshwara Temple, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Minakshi-Sundareshwara Temple with Great Pagoda, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India, rebuilt in the 16th and 17th centuries. Date: circa 1910s

Vases and Friezes which belonged to Robert Adam
Roman Marble funerary (cinerary) vases and friezes which belonged to Robert Adam - in Sir John Soanes Museum, London, WC2. Date: circa 1920s

Quaich, two-lugged, wooden highland bowl or drinking vessel, 1700 (c); carved with celtic strapwork design, 1st Jacobite Rebellion, 1715. Date: 1700 (circa)

A Maori Fire Alarm, Ohinemutu, New Zealand
A quite spectacular Maori Mounted bell at the Te Papaiouru Marae, Ohinemutu, Rotorua, New Zealand - made in memory of Tara-hai-ahia, a well-respected member of the local Maori community

Middle babylonian. Black diorite tablet of Nabu-apla-iddina
Mesopotamian Art. Middle Babylonian. 875-850 B.C. Black diorite tablet carved with labelled scene showing Nabu-apla-iddina, the priest

Mesopotamia. Commemorative stone stela. Babylonian, about 900-800 BC. Iraq. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Mesopotamia. Early Dynastic Period. Statue of Kurlil. From T
Mesopotamia. Early Dynastic Period. Statue of Kurlil. Found next to the Temple of Ninhursag in Tell al-Ubaid. Southern Iraq. 2500 BC. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Stela of Seneferseshempepy. 2150 BC. Dendara. 6th Dynaty. Br
Limestone stela of Seneferseshempepy. 2150 BC. From Dendara. 6th Dynaty. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

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