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Terracotta water vessel in the shape of a head, by Mbitim

Water vessels of this kind were devised at the end of the ni…
Terracotta figurine

This female figurine, made of fine clay, has a prominent pin…
Terracotta figure seated on a throne

This charming little terracotta shows a small female figure …
Three terracotta figures of mother goddesses

There are two broad traditions of sculptural representation …
Terracotta figurine of a woman with a child

Many female figurines of this type have been found throughou…
Brick with Sanskrit inscription

Markham Kittoe (1808-1853) found this brick in a field in th…
Terracotta female head

The city of Ushkur, ancient Huvishkapura, in the Kashmir val…
Terracotta head of a bodhisattva

South of the Kashmir valley, Akhnur in the area of Jammu has…
Terracotta tile with a musician

While the origins of the Hindu temple are difficult to trace…
Terracotta tile with crouching figures

Harwan is one of the earliest archaeological sites in Kashmi…
Terracotta antefix, satyr's head and female head

This painted head was actually a terracotta antefix, a type …
Terracotta ash-urn with a lid in the form of a woman lying in bed

This enchanting terracotta ash-urn from Cerveteri shows a de…
Terracotta 'Campana' relief with a Nilotic scene

This relief panel represents a lighthearted Roman interpreta…
Terracotta coffin (larnax)

This terracotta coffin comes from a Late Minoan cemetery. Th…
Terracotta figurine of 2 gladiators

Early representations of gladiatorial combat show both men d…
Terracotta funerary urn

This elaborately decorated vase was used as a cinerary urn (…
Terracotta mantle-dancer

Figures of dancers are popular in terracotta and are occasio…
Terracotta protome of Dionysos

The god Dionysos can be recognized by two of his characteris…
Terracotta scent bottle in the form of a fat, squatting man

Rhodes is a relatively large Greek island that was prosperou…
Terracotta scent-bottle in the form of a warrior's head

Large quantities of small scent-bottles were made on the isl…
Terracotta 'Tanagra' figure of a woman wearing a sunhat

'Tanagras' are named after the site in Boeotia, central Gree…
Three terracotta figurines

Female figures like these are found throughout the Mycenaean…
Two terracotta figurines of African boxers

Traditional athletic contest in the Greek tradition played a…
Terracotta statue of a woman

Traces of red paint show that this statue was originally pai…
Seated terracotta figurine

This stylized human figure was discovered at the site of Vin…
Terracotta flask in the form of a scribe

This terracotta figure of a scribe depicts him as a very fat…
Terracotta model of a house

In ancient Egypt, rich tomb owners included wooden models of…
Glazed ceramic tile

This glazed ceramic plaque depicts two ass-headed demons fro…
Canopic jar

This anthropomorpic (human-shaped) vessel was a container fo…
Group of votive terracottas

Among the votive offerings left by the Minoans at their peak…
Lamp showing a chariot race

The circus, with its long, narrow structure purpose-built fo…
Model of a granary or beehive decorated with geometric patterns

Several pottery models similar in shape to this one, roughly…
Painted terracotta cinerary urn with a man on the lid

The young man depicted on the lid of this urn wears a white …
Painted terracotta head from a statue of a worshipper

This head is in true Cypriot style with an Assyrian type bea…
Terracotta alabastron with the top in the form of a female head and bust

This perfume bottle reproduces in clay a type of vessel orig…
Terracotta 'Campana' plaque with a scene of a triumphal procession

Named after Giorgio Campana who first published them in the …
Terracotta chariot group

This terracotta group is of a pair of horses pulling a chari…
Terracotta figure of a horseman

Horse and rider figures were popular grave offerings in sixt…
Terracotta figure of a woman in Greek dress

This terracotta belongs to the time when Cyprus was part of …
Terracotta figure of an actor

The face of this figure is a highly stylized mask of an old …
Terracotta figure of winged Victory

The ancient city of Myrina, half-way between the powerful ce…
Terracotta figurine of a woman riding on a pig

The figurine shows a large pig, bearing on its back a fat wo…
Terracotta group of three dancers in a ring

This small terracotta group has three female figures wearing…
Terracotta group of two women

The two women lean together on their comfortable-looking cou…
Terracotta head of a young man

This head represents a young man with curling locks of hair.…
Terracotta head shaped like a vase

This terracotta head of a fashionable lady from southern Ita…
Terracotta lamp with a caricatured scene

After Antony and Cleopatra's suicides in 30 BC, Octavian beg…
Terracotta model of a merchant ship

Being an island, shipping was essential for the Cypriots. Th…
Terracotta relief showing Skylla

Cut-out terracotta plaques with flat backs were a speciality…
Terracotta seated figure

This is one of five seated figures found in the 'Tomb of the…
Terracotta tablet with Cypro-Syllabic inscription

This well-fired clay tablet has holes at the top of one side…
Terracotta 'Tanagra' figure

'Tanagra' figures are named after the site in Boeotia, centr…
Terracotta 'Tanagra' figure of a woman

Tanagra figures are named after the site in Boeotia, central…
Tragic theatre mask made of terracotta

This terracotta mask represents a female character from anci…
Water pipe

This length of water pipe was excavated at Kalfata by the Bu…
Glazed terracotta tile

This glazed tile was found by the excavator Henry Layard at …
Moulded clay figure

This terracotta figurine was excavated at Susa in 1852 by W.…
Painted terracotta figurine of a woman

Figurines like this from the Halaf period (about 5300-4800 B…
Terracotta figure of an animal

This animal was probably sacred to a god or a goddess and wa…
Terracotta head of a ewe

Sheep played an important role in the ancient Sumerian econo…
Terracotta mould of a man on horseback

Terracotta moulds were mass produced in southern Mesopotamia…
Terracotta plaque showing a bull-man holding a post

This plaque depicts a creature with the head and torso of a …
Terracotta plaque with an erotic scene

This baked clay plaque appears to show a man and woman havin…
Terracotta vase

There are many ancient documents referring to a conflict bet…
Terracotta portrait bust of Oliver Cromwell by Louis-François Roubiliac

Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), who had studied law, was a Memb…
Terracotta portrait bust of Sir Hans Sloane by Michael Rysbrack

Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753), who trained as a doctor, was Pr…
Limestone figurine in the form of a woman and her baby lying on a bed

One of the most important objectives of marriage in ancient …
Terracotta bottle in the shape of a female lute player

The form of this bottle is often compared to the female musi…

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