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Antiquities

A selection of photographs of Sigmund and Anna Freud's personal collections of antiquities.

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: 3001: Table Screen, Chinese, Qing Dynasty, 19th century

: 3004: Vishnu statue, Indian, 20th century

: 3007: Athena, Roman, 1st or 2nd century AD

: 3026: Figure of Bastet, Egyptian, Late Period

: 3027: Imhotep, Egyptian, Late Period

: 3028: Figurine of a King, Egyptian, Late Period

: 3029: Balsamarium, Etruscan, 3rd century BC

: 3036: Ptah, Egyptian, Late Period

: 3037: Isis Suckling the Infant Horus, Egyptian, Late Period

: 3038: Figure of Zeus/Jupiter, Roman, 2nd century AD

: 3039: Figure of Venus, Roman, 1st-2nd Century AD

: 3040: Figure of Hermes/Mercury. 1st-2nd century AD

: 3043: Luristan animal finial, Iranian, 9th-8th century BC

: 3044: Bronze Luristan finial, Iranian, 9th-8th century BC

: 3072: Amenophis I and Ahmose-Nofretiri, Egyptian, 18th Dynasty

: 3079: Stone Zuni animal figurine, 20th century

: 3080: Marble plaque bearing funeral inscriptions, Roman

: 3084: Carving of kneeling figure, Balinese, 1930s

: 3091: Cigar case, French, 20th century

: 3096: Sigmund Freud’s wedding ring, 1886

: 3101: Scholar screen, 19th century

: 3106: Falcon-headed canopic jar stopper, Egyptian, Late Period

: 3117: Athenian Red-figured Hydria, Greek., Classical Period

: 3124: Falcon-headed figure, 19th Century

: 3126: Lacquered figure of a Daoist sage, Chinese, 19th century

: 3128: Head of Osiris, Egyptian, Third Intermediate Period

: 3132: Figurine of Osiris with attendant, Egyptian, Late Period

: 3133: Baboon of Thoth, Egyptian, Roman Period

: 3134: Figure of Neith, Egyptian, Late Period

: 3135: Warrior, Umbrian, 500-450 BC

: 3138: Amon-Re, Egyptian, Probably Late Period

: 3140: Female statuette, Chinese, T’ang dynasty

: 3141: Female statuette, Chinese, T’ang dynasty

: 3146: Metal porcupine figure, 20th century

: 3151: Head of a Bodhisattva, Chinese, Ming Dynasty

: 3262: Bottle, Roman, AD 100-150

: 3269: Shabti Figure of Djehutyemheb, Egyptian, New Kingdom (late 18th-18th Dynasty)

: 3271: Shabti Figure of Senna, Egyptian, New Kingdom (18th Dynasty)

: 3273: Artemis, Greek, 2nd century AD

: 3275: Wood carving of labourers and oxen, Egyptian

: 3285: Mummified Falcon, Egyptian, Late Period

: 3286: Human-headed Bird, Egyptian, Ptolemaic Period

: 3307: Head of a Woman, Egyptian, Middle Kingdom (12th Dynasty)

: 3347: Ivory statuette of Buddha, c. 1700

: 3351: Shabti of Imhotep Born of Bastetirdis, Egyptian, Late Period

: 3362: Head of a King protected by the Horus Falcon, Egyptian, 18th Dynasty

: 3392: Phallus amulet, Roman

: 3442: Figure of goddess Hathor, Egyptian, Late Period

: 3444: Head of a Guardian Figure, Chinese, Ming Dynasty

: 3464: Shabti statuette, Egyptian, Late Period

: 3471: Venus, Roman, 1st or 2nd century AD

: 3484: Falcon Reliquary, Egyptian, Late Period

: 3550: Grape flask, Roman, 3rd century AD

: 3594: Unguentarium, Roman, AD 150-250

: 3679: Athenian Black-figured Lekythos, Greek, Archaic Period

: 3683: Athenian Black-figured Lekythos, Greek, Archaic Period

: 3700: Athenian Red-figured Lekythos, Greek, Classical Period

: 3711: Athenian White-ground Lekythos, Greek, Classical Period

: 3713: Gradiva, 1908

: 3723: Horse and Rider, Greek, Archaic Period

: 3725: Female figure, Syrian, c. 2000-1750 BC

: 3752: Grotesque Heads, Greek, Hellenistic Period

: 3757: Stirrup Jar, Mycenaean, Late Helladic IIIB

: 3783: Vulture, Egyptian, Late Period

: 3809: Pataikos Figure, Egyptian, Late Period

: 3830: Sphinx amulet, Egyptian, Late Period

: 3858: Coffin mask, Egyptian, Roman period

: 3868: Figure of Baubo, Egyptian, Ptolemaic Period

: 3880: Figure of Eros, Greek, Hellenistic Period Myrina, 150-100 BC

: 3897: Figure of Eros, Greek, Hellenistic Period Tanagra, 300-250 BC

: 3898: Figure of Eros, Hellenistic period

: 3903: Figure of Eros, Hellenistic period

: 3911: Figure of Eros, Hellenistic period

: 3912: Figure of Eros, Greek Hellenistic Period 300-200 BC

: 3929: Figure of Aphrodite, Greek, 3rd century BC

: 3957: Neck rest, New Guinea, 19th century

: 3976: Fragment of a Wall Painting, Roman, 1st century BC – 1st century AD

: 4004: Heart Scarab, Egyptian, New Kingdom (18th-19th Dynasty)

: 4028: Netsuke in the form of a Shishi, Japanese, Edo Period

: 4242: Cylinder seal, Mesopotamian, Early Dynasty III

: 4243: Cylinder seal, Old Babylonian, 19th-18th century BC

: 4381: Fragment from the Lid of a Sarcophagus, Roman, AD 160-210

: 4387: Sphinx, Greek, late 5th – early 4th century BC

: 4392: Camel, Chinese, Early Tang style (20th century forgery)

: 4393: Column Krater, South Italy, c. 330 BC

: 4394: Jar, Roman, AD 50-150

: 4400: Red-figured Hydria, Greek, Classical Period

: 4520

: 4581: Donation Stele, Egyptian, Ptolemaic Period

: 5046: Silver Ring with Blue Glass Intaglio, Roman, 1st Century AD (setting: 20th century)

: 2014.1: Jade and gold brooch, Chinese

: 2014.102: Coffin mask from male mummy, Egyptian, Roman Period