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Inca gold llama

Miniature figurines wrought in hammered gold were deposited …

Pair of gold ear-rings

The isolated kingdom of Silla was long known to Arab traders…

The Baldehildis seal ring

This tiny gold object was originally part of a finger-ring. …

Gold strip fragments with coloured stone inlays

These gold fragments probably come from Ziwiyeh in north-wes…

Inca gold capacocha figure

Capacocha took place upon the death of an Inca king and were…

Iron Age gold coin of Anarevito and Eppillus

Gold hoop-shaped earring

This earring is made of a grooved strip of gold, curved into…

Bimaran Reliquary

The frieze on this reliquary bears one of the earliest depic…

Gan Ku, One Hundred Old Men, a pair of 6-fold screen paintings

'One Hundred Old Men' is a standard theme taken from the Chi…

Gold and coloured lacquer sake pourer in the form of a boy attendant

The figure forms a bottle which can be filled by removing th…

Gold dagger handle

In ancient China, gold and silver were not the prestigious m…

No mask known as hannya

In the Nō drama, the hannya is a mask worn by the chara…

Sculpture of the Buddha

This figure of the Buddha shows him in a popular Burmese for…

Dr Johnson's touch-piece

For many centuries it was believed that the touch of a king …

Edward VI coronation medal

This spectacular gold medal was produced for the coronation …

Hoard of gold coins and scrap gold

Between the sixth and the ninth century, the Mon peoples of …

Struck gold medal of Charles II by John Roettier: the Increase of the Navy

After the Restoration of Charles II to the throne of England…

5 guinea coin of Charles II

The embossed elephant indicates that this English coin is ma…

Gold boat-shaped earrings

These earrings came to the British Museum in the late ninete…

Gold cup from the Aigina treasure

The gold cup is decorated with four running spirals, a very …

Gold diadem with embossed decoration

This highly decorated funerary diadem was found on the skull…

Gold earrings from the Kyme Treasure

These elaborate earrings are among a group of nearly a hundr…

Gold ear-stud

This large gold ear-stud was made during the Etruscan Archai…

Gold falcon

Although this falcon was found in Crete, it is very Egyptian…

Gold ring with movable circular box-bezel decorated with a griffin

Although cities such as Athens were rich in the fifth centur…

Two gold fibulae (brooches)

These gold fibulae (brooches) are of the so-called D-shaped …

Backscratcher

This intriguing object is made from a technique known as bid…

Gold masks

These gold masks come from graves on the site of the former …

Gold necklace

This necklace may date to the time of the expansion of the H…

Gold ornament

This is a small strip of gold with openwork decoration. It m…

Pair of earrings

These earrings come from graves on the site of the former La…

Gilt bronze strap-end

This unique strap-end is decorated with two animals in profi…

Gold and enamel earrings

The crescent-shaped arcs of this pair of earrings have ename…

Gold torc

This torc is broken. When it was made it would have looked l…

Two embossed gold armlets

These gold armlets were part of a remarkable Early Bronze Ag…

Gold aureus commemorating the consecration of the emperor Hadrian

This gold coin was issued by Antoninus Pius, the successor o…

Secret society membership token

The inscription on the front reads Hong ying tong bao (top-b…

Gold coin of Muhammad ibn Sam showing the Goddess Lakshmi.

Gilded mummy portrait of a woman

The majority of mummy portraits that have survived have unfo…

Gold pectoral of a hovering falcon

Pectorals first appear in royal burials of the Middle Kingdo…

Gold shell amulet in with the name of Senwosret I

This oyster shell amulet is of a type which became very popu…

Gold signet ring of the Chief Steward, Sheshonq

Rings were a popular form of adornment from earliest times i…

String of gold amulets

This group of amulets consists of trussed ducks and wallet b…

Cast gold pendant of a winged shaman

The figure on this pendant combines human attributes with th…

Gold elephants

Gold ornaments of the Asante were often shaped into animals,…

Gold pectoral

This ornament is in the Muisca style typical of the Colombia…

Gold pendant depicting a ruler

This pendant represents a nobleman wearing a necklace, earri…

Gold pendant with a miniature portrait

This gold pendant, representing a Maya ruler, was allegedly …

Hammered and embossed gold helmet

Two combined techniques were used to fashioned this helmet: …

Bodhisattva mask for Gyodo

Gyōdō was a ceremony derived originally from China…

Bronze dui inlaid with gold and silver

Bronze vessels of the Eastern Zhou period (770-221 BC) diffe…