Carved Collection (page 6)

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

Mesopotamia. Summer. Archaic Dynasty III. King Eannatum of Lagash. From Girsu. 2424-2405BC. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Israel. Jerusalen. Crusader graffiti in the Church of the Ho
Crusader graffiti on the walls of the stairs leading to the Chapel of Saint Helena, in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, in the Old city of Jerusalem. Israel

Hittite art. Orthostat. 8th century BC. Relief: Hunting a lion. Found in old city of Sma al /Zincirli (Turkey). Pergamon Museum. Museum Island. Berlin. Germany

Hittite art. Colossal statue of the Weather God Hadad. Gerds
Hittite art. Colossal statue of the Weather God Hadad. Found in Gerdshin, near Sma al /Zincirli (Turkey). Basalt. 775 BC. Pergamon Museum. Museum Island. Berlin. Germany

Etruscan Art. Italy. Antefix as a womans head. C. 500 B. C
Etruscan Art. Italy. Antefix as a womans head. C. 500 B.C. Polychromed terracotta. From Cerveteri. Gregorian Etruscan Museum. Vatican Museums. Vatican City

Turkey. Church of the Buckle (Tokali Kilise). Frescoes
Turkey. Church of the Buckle (Tokali Kilise). Interior decorated with frescoes. 10th-11th centuries. Goreme Valley. Cappadocia

Romanesque Art. Spain. Chest of Saint Aemilian of Cogolla. I
Romanesque Art. Spain. Chest of Saint Aemilian of Cogolla. Middle of 11th century. Decorated with ivory carvings that represents his life

USA. Near Los Alamos. New Mexico. Bandelier National Monument. Multistory dwellings of Ancestral Pueblo People. Frijoles Canyon

Oliphant. Aachen Cathedral Treasury. Germany
Oliphant of Charlemagne. C. 1000. Ivory. Hunting knife (8th century) and sheath (10th - 11th centuries). Aachen Cathedral Treasury. Germany

United States. Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Abraham Lin
United States. Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Head of the United Statess president carved into Mount Rushmore. Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865). By Gutzon and Lincoln Borglum, 1927-1941. Keystone

Hieroglyphic writing of the tomb of Nykaiankh. Egypt
Hieroglyphic writing. Limestone architrave of the tomb of Nykaiankh with text inscribed with a prayer. Detail. The deceased is a priest of the Sun Temple of King Userkaf. 5th Dynasty. Old Kingdom

Magical wand. Egypt
Magical wand of ivory of hippopotamus tusk with images depicting deities and protective spirits to ward off evil spirits. To provide magical protection for mother and child. 1750 BC. 12th Dynasty

Mesopotamian stone cult vessel. Uruk
Stone cult vessel with anthropomorphic decoration, supported by two heroes wearing belts. 3300-3000 BC. Late Uruk Period. Mesopotamian-Sumerian art. Probably from Uruk. British Museum. London

Egypt. Abu Simbel. Great Temple of Ramses II. Night view
Egypt. Abu Simbel. Great Temple of Ramses II (1290-1224 BC) with the four colossi of the pharaoh with nemes, double crown and hands on knees. Night view. 19th dynasty. New Kingdom

Antelope engraved on a stone plaque. Neolithic. National Arc
Antelope engraved on a stone plaque. Saguia El Hamra. Western Sahara. Neolithic. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain

Upper part of the marble stele (grave marker) of Kallidemos
Greek art. Greece. Upper part of the marble stele (grave marker) of Kallidemos. Date ca. 350-325 BC. Comes from Attica. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States

Calle de Lima, Callao, Peru, South America
Calle de Lima, port of Callao, Peru, South America. Date: circa 1910

Devils House (Duivelshuis), Malines (Mechelen), Belgium
Devils House (Duivelshuis, or Prodigal Son), a wooden gothic building in Malines (Mechelen), Belgium, dating back to the 16th century. The name comes from Biblical scenes carved above the door

Fireplace in Town Hall, Courtrai, Belgium
Ornately carved stone fireplace, Aldermens Chamber, Town Hall, Courtrai (Kortrijk), Belgium, dating back to the 16th century. Date: circa 1910

Mermaid of Zennor wood carving, Zennor Church, Cornwall
A wood carving of a mermaid on the end of a pew in Zennor Church, near St Ives, Cornwall. She is known as the Mermaid of Zennor and is depicted with long flowing hair

Boy and girl in a fantasy boat on a Christmas card -- A Christmas Dream. Date: circa 1890s

Carved Hornbill Skull
Casque of a helmeted hornbill (Rhinoplax vigil) carved to depict a Chinese battle scene set in a town by a river. There also features a figure holding a flag bearing the Chinese w鮠 character

Rough-toothed dolphin skull with ink scrimshaw
Skull of a rough-toothed dolphin, a species that lives deep in tropical waters.The skull, believed to date back to 1850, has been decorated with ink by sailors in scrimshaw

Dandelion in art nouveau patterns.. Lithograph with pochoir (stencil) handcoloring from Eugene Grassets Plants and their Application to Ornament, Paris, 1897

Kailashnath Temple. 8th c. INDIA. Ellora. Ellora Caves. Ellora. Cave 16. Hindu temple carved into a basalt cliff. It is designed to recall Mount Kailash, the abode of Lord Shiva

A bearded man stands in front of 3 ornately carved columns
Black and white. A bearded man stands in front of 3 ornately carved columns which are falling into disrepair - one of them has lost its middle section. At least of of the carvings represents Buddha

A room with a low ceiling and dirt floor
Black and white. A room with a low ceiling and dirt floor. The stone walls (partly in ruins) have been carved decoratively and there are several doorways

Japan - Geisha Girls kneels at her low writing table to finish a letter Date: circa 1904

The Gortyn code, Gortyn, Crete, Greece
The Gortyn code (also called the Great Code) was a legal code that was the codification of the civil law of the ancient Greek city-state of Gortyn in southern Crete

Mexico - Patzcuaro Michoacan Mariposas - Butterfly Boats
Mexico - Mariposas, Patzcuaro, Michoacan - Butterfly Fishing Boats Date: circa 1930

Viola da Gamba (Leg Viol) - a Bass Viol, played held betwen the knees of the player (hence the name!). Shakespeare mentions the Viola da Gamba as viol-de-gamboys

British regimental crest -Cherat Hills, Pakistan
British Indian Regimental Badges Carved into the Rock Face in the Cherat Hills. Cherat was a hill station and sanatorium for British troops above the village of Saleh Khana commanding a view over

Le Jardin d Hercule, by Hubert Robert (1733-1808)

Sapphire Buddha pin less then two centimetres tall. Sapphie is so hard it would have needed something as hard or harder to shape it, most probably another Sapphire

Kitchen interior, St Donats Castle, Glamorgan, Wales
Sketch of the kitchen interior at St Donats Castle, Glamorgan, Wales, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. 1842

Effigy of T E Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)
Carved stone effigy (detail) of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence (aka Lawrence of Arabia, 1888-1935), British Army officer best known for his liaison role during the Arab Revolt against

Elderly Victorian man sitting in a chair
An elderly Victorian man sitting in a chair, with a table and books at his side. He holds a cane in his left hand

Tomb of Edmund Tudor, St Davids Cathedral, South Wales
Interior of St Davids Cathedral, looking westward from the High Altar, in St David s, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. In the foreground is the 15th century tomb of Edmund Tudor

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